A glorious Early Purple Orchid, found by chance along a quiet lane. Many thanks to Paul Green for the ID. #WildflowerHour

It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour ! Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised plants you’ve found blooming from across Britain & Ireland especially if they are #treeflowers the focus of this week’s challenge!

🧵1/2 Twenty-four hours in the life of the Hedge.

Since I was a small boy I've always been fascinated by that gap in the hedge - who goes there?

Cast: Robin, Wren, Blackbird, Weasel, Song Thrush, Pheasant, LTF Mouse, Badger, Roe Deer.
Megan

I'm assuming this is some sort of Hemp Nettle or similar? Seen in a field gateway this week, any ideas what it actually is, please #WildflowerHour #WildflowerID

Tutsan, Ragwort and Wood Avens flowering this week #Wildflowerhour

Herb Robert and Self heal on a damp morning during the week #Wildflowerhour

Lesser Skullcap & Devil's-bit Scabious up at the bog #Wildflowerhour

me discovering the prices of pints in temple bar yesterday:

Eyebright flowering along a woodland path #wildflowerhour

Selfheal growing in a local wood #Wildflowerhour

Buddleja might be a bit of a thug but it does attract an awful lot of little creatures, like this Hummingbird Hawkmoth #WildWebsWednesday WildWebsWednesday

Tree Bumblebee enjoying the Bramble flowers WildWebsWednesday #WildWebsWednesday

A teeny weeny baby Lizard, the first for me this year

While visiting the graveyard in Thornford I had a quick look in the church, my first visit since I was christened there in 1972 ThornfordBridgeHalt

Yarrow and some sort of Alchemilla (I think) growing on my great grandparents grave in Thornford, Dorset #Wildflowerhour

Travellers joy and Ivy Leaved Toadflax for #wildflowerhour

Fox and Cubs growing at the edge of my Dads lawn #hairyplants #wildflowerhour

Ragwort glowing in the sun #WildflowerHour

Wool Carder Bees making the most of the Foxgloves in the garden #WildWebsWednesday WildWebsWednesday