Eyebrights (Euphrasia sp) on the South Downs, tiny jewels in the rain and wind #wildflowerhour

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) with #whiteform of flower, Grass of Parnassus ( Parnassia palustris), Knotted Pearlwort ( Sagina nodosa), Blue Fleabane( Erigeron acris), Strawberry Clover (Trifolium fragiferum) ) #sefton #wildflowerhour ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩

Carline Thistle ( Carolina vulgaris), #whiteform Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre), Peacock on Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) #wildflowerhour ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩

Stemonitis, looking good on wet rotting wood in a wooded stream in a Worcestershire dingle today #slimemould .

Super pics

Ormsgill slag banks is good for small blues and other butterflies too.

The great toad migration has begun! 🐸

Press officer Pete looks forward each year to toadlets migrating away from their birth ponds & coming through his garden.

What makes it more amazing is that the garden is surrounded by walls and fences - these are athletic amphibians!

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Those lower down look like froglets in profile

Or it’s acquired unusual polinia from the flower. Very interesting!

They seem to have legs? Unusual colour but could be mites

The very spiny Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) #lancashire
#daisyfamily #wildflowerhour ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩

More of the #daisyfamily Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica), Feverfew (Tanacetum Parthenon), Scentless Mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum), Shaggy Soldier (Galinsoga quadriradiata)
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Common Blue Sowthistle (Cicerbita macrophylla) #Cumbria #daisyfamily #wildflowerhour ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩

Unmistakable lemon-yellow flowers of Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum)
#daisyfamily #wildflowerhour ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩

Here are some Common Cudweed characters. (Filago vulgaris)
#daisyfamily #wildflowerhour ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩

Some standout Fox-and-Cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca) #Cumbria #daisyfamily #wildflowerhour ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩

Broad-leaved and Green-flowered helleborines flowering under dense tree cover #northwest ⁦Wild Orchids UK & Ireland⁩

Seriously big Parasol Mushroom dwarfing heather next to it. #fungi #SouthCumbria

Frog orchids have had a growth spurt with recent rains ⁦Wild Orchids UK & Ireland⁩ ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩ #SouthCumbria