Bittersweet var. marinum and Common Toadflax somehow surviving on the burning shingle #ByTheSea #Wildflowerhour
Steve
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Enjoying the nature and history of east Kent, after a lifetime of spreadsheets. "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be"
A few little things flowering in the dried-up mire of Burnham Beeches, including a tiny flower of Marsh Pennywort. Thanks to the Chiltern group for the meeting.
Marvellous display of chalk grassland species at Sands Wood LNR/LWS, and by the Wycombe Wanderers car park. Clustered Bellflower in abundance @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A record shot of one minute's rain, so we can remember what it looked like. And a bouquet of Purple Loosestrife and Common Fleabane for #wildflowerhour @kentfieldclub.bsky.social
Really enjoying the increasingly probable prospect of Trump having to present the World Cup trophy to Spain. Odds he tantrums out?
On this anniversary day, I remember the album Spirit of '76. Perhaps one of the most self-indulgent double albums of the '70s and that's saying something. But some good stuff in there in places, with enough cynicism that remains valid now. youtube.com/watch?v=KpwK...
America The Beautiful/The Times They Are A Changin'
YouTube video by Spirit - Topic
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The fire bugs are invading the allotment! At least three instars on show here.
An extraordinary horse paddock nearby - short turf with marvellous plants, including hundreds of Basil Thyme. Whatever the graziers are doing, it's working well. #wildflowerhour
Ok so SOMEBODY convinced me to make this and it took me absolutely ages when I was supposed to be doing something else so enjoy it! sgtp.lovable.app
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Who is still alive on the Sgt Pepper album cover?
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So good to see more insects on the wing, after last night's rain. These seemed to be attracted to the curry plant.
Just getting ready to sit in a shaded nook in the garden... laptop, drink, snacks, chair all set out. And then discovered that the blackbirds have fledged and are not happy with my presence. Back into the house.
I get a free subscription (so don’t judge me please!) and this link shouldn’t be paywalled. 🏺https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/0a7e7137e5b3fd5a
Stonehenge’s construction brought to life
Visual reconstruction suggests how 25-ton sarsen stones were pulled into place in about 2500 BC
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Heath Fritillary on Corky-Fruited Water-dropwort. Not a combination I've seen before.
Nearly 600 Duke of Burgundy butterflies counted in Kent www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/N...
Nearly 600 Duke of Burgundy butterflies counted in Kent
Decades of work by Butterfly Conservation, Natural England, farmers, landowners and volunteers have helped the endangered species increase dramatically across the county
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Had a quick walk around the estate first #lawnflowers #wildflowerhour. The contractors haven't cut (first time). All kinds of nice things - including 3 Corky-fruited Water-dropwort.
You know you're in good quality chalk grassland when there's so many botanists' thistles you can't sit down.
Saunders' law: "There is no gap in a window so narrow that a fly cannot find a way in. And there is no gap so large that it will ever find its way out".
Kidney Vetch glowing in the setting sun. Each flower-head carefully scrutinised for Small Blue eggs. #wildflowerhour
