Wild Lakeland
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Ecology | Botany | Conservation | Grasslands | Wetlands | Trees... 🌿 🐝 🦗 🦋🪻
Capturing the Lake District and beyond through the changing seasons.
📍Northern Lake District, Cumbria
www.wildlakeland.com
enquiries@wildlakeland.co.uk
Capturing the Lake District and beyond through the changing seasons.
📍Northern Lake District, Cumbria
www.wildlakeland.com
enquiries@wildlakeland.co.uk
A rather optimistic post I must say, but the first signs of Spring are already here! Lesser Celandine leaves have emerged in our meadow!
#WildflowerHour #LakeDistrict #SignsOfSpring
#WildflowerHour #LakeDistrict #SignsOfSpring
October 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A rather optimistic post I must say, but the first signs of Spring are already here! Lesser Celandine leaves have emerged in our meadow!
#WildflowerHour #LakeDistrict #SignsOfSpring
#WildflowerHour #LakeDistrict #SignsOfSpring
Feeling autumnal now! 🍁🍄🕸️
October 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Feeling autumnal now! 🍁🍄🕸️
Still plenty of Western Gorse, Ulex gallii in flower today on Sale Fell in the NW Lakes!
September 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Still plenty of Western Gorse, Ulex gallii in flower today on Sale Fell in the NW Lakes!
A great day of botanical surveying 😍
August 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A great day of botanical surveying 😍
How lovely is this Blotched-winged Hoverfly, enjoying a Devil's-bit Scabious flower in our meadow!
#PollinatorPals #WildflowerHour
#PollinatorPals #WildflowerHour
August 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
How lovely is this Blotched-winged Hoverfly, enjoying a Devil's-bit Scabious flower in our meadow!
#PollinatorPals #WildflowerHour
#PollinatorPals #WildflowerHour
This Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) is perfect for this week's #HairyPlants #WildflowerHour theme!
It is safe to say it is a rather hairy thing!
It is safe to say it is a rather hairy thing!
July 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) is perfect for this week's #HairyPlants #WildflowerHour theme!
It is safe to say it is a rather hairy thing!
It is safe to say it is a rather hairy thing!
Even road verges can be fantastic habitats for wildflowers and biodiversity - here is our little stretch which we have been proactively managing for the last decade or so!
July 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Even road verges can be fantastic habitats for wildflowers and biodiversity - here is our little stretch which we have been proactively managing for the last decade or so!
Sadly no Helliborines for this week's #Wildflowerhour, but I did manage to stumble upon a nice little population of Touch-me-not Balsam (Impatiens noli-tangere) which was growing in wet woodland in the #LakeDistrict.
It is the only native Impatiens species in the UK!
It is the only native Impatiens species in the UK!
July 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Sadly no Helliborines for this week's #Wildflowerhour, but I did manage to stumble upon a nice little population of Touch-me-not Balsam (Impatiens noli-tangere) which was growing in wet woodland in the #LakeDistrict.
It is the only native Impatiens species in the UK!
It is the only native Impatiens species in the UK!
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A day early for #NationalMeadowsDay, but just look at this ancient wildflower meadow I stumbled upon in Staffordshire the other day!
Grasslands should be full of life like this beauty, but often fall silent. Restoring them is vital if we want to see nature recover 🌱❤️
Grasslands should be full of life like this beauty, but often fall silent. Restoring them is vital if we want to see nature recover 🌱❤️
July 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A day early for #NationalMeadowsDay, but just look at this ancient wildflower meadow I stumbled upon in Staffordshire the other day!
Grasslands should be full of life like this beauty, but often fall silent. Restoring them is vital if we want to see nature recover 🌱❤️
Grasslands should be full of life like this beauty, but often fall silent. Restoring them is vital if we want to see nature recover 🌱❤️
A few meadows we have restored over the last few years...
#LakeDistrict #HayMeadow #GrasslandRestoration
#LakeDistrict #HayMeadow #GrasslandRestoration
July 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A few meadows we have restored over the last few years...
#LakeDistrict #HayMeadow #GrasslandRestoration
#LakeDistrict #HayMeadow #GrasslandRestoration
Couldn't decide which grass to post for #Wildflowerhour... So why not showcase our grass diversity!
Left to Right...
Common Bent
Meadow Foxtail
Sweet Vernal
Crested Dog's-tail
Soft Brome
Perennial Rye
Rough Meadow-grass
Timothy
Cock's-foot
False Oat
Meadow Barley
Yorkshire Fog
Tufted Hair-grass
Left to Right...
Common Bent
Meadow Foxtail
Sweet Vernal
Crested Dog's-tail
Soft Brome
Perennial Rye
Rough Meadow-grass
Timothy
Cock's-foot
False Oat
Meadow Barley
Yorkshire Fog
Tufted Hair-grass
June 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Couldn't decide which grass to post for #Wildflowerhour... So why not showcase our grass diversity!
Left to Right...
Common Bent
Meadow Foxtail
Sweet Vernal
Crested Dog's-tail
Soft Brome
Perennial Rye
Rough Meadow-grass
Timothy
Cock's-foot
False Oat
Meadow Barley
Yorkshire Fog
Tufted Hair-grass
Left to Right...
Common Bent
Meadow Foxtail
Sweet Vernal
Crested Dog's-tail
Soft Brome
Perennial Rye
Rough Meadow-grass
Timothy
Cock's-foot
False Oat
Meadow Barley
Yorkshire Fog
Tufted Hair-grass
This week's #Wildflowerhour theme is particularly fitting with this afternoon's weather! For #AquaticPlants we have Bog Pondweed, Potamogeton polygonifolius, which was growing in a shallow acidic pool in Borrowdale.
June 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This week's #Wildflowerhour theme is particularly fitting with this afternoon's weather! For #AquaticPlants we have Bog Pondweed, Potamogeton polygonifolius, which was growing in a shallow acidic pool in Borrowdale.
Little gang of recently fledged Tree Sparrows, seen from our kitchen window 😍
June 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Little gang of recently fledged Tree Sparrows, seen from our kitchen window 😍
A couple from our meadow today.
Amazing how lush it now looks after a good week or so of rain!
#LakeDistrict #HayMeadow
Amazing how lush it now looks after a good week or so of rain!
#LakeDistrict #HayMeadow
June 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A couple from our meadow today.
Amazing how lush it now looks after a good week or so of rain!
#LakeDistrict #HayMeadow
Amazing how lush it now looks after a good week or so of rain!
#LakeDistrict #HayMeadow
A few from the #PeaFamily or the #Fabaceae from our meadow this evening...
Meadow Vetchling
Red Clover (a particularly striking, dark crimson flowered example)
Bird's-foot Trefoil
#Wildflowerhour
Meadow Vetchling
Red Clover (a particularly striking, dark crimson flowered example)
Bird's-foot Trefoil
#Wildflowerhour
June 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A few from the #PeaFamily or the #Fabaceae from our meadow this evening...
Meadow Vetchling
Red Clover (a particularly striking, dark crimson flowered example)
Bird's-foot Trefoil
#Wildflowerhour
Meadow Vetchling
Red Clover (a particularly striking, dark crimson flowered example)
Bird's-foot Trefoil
#Wildflowerhour
Safe to say the parents of this Pied Flycatcher brood have been very busy over the last couple of weeks!
A bumper nest of 9 chicks!
5-7 is a more normal brood size!
A bumper nest of 9 chicks!
5-7 is a more normal brood size!
June 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Safe to say the parents of this Pied Flycatcher brood have been very busy over the last couple of weeks!
A bumper nest of 9 chicks!
5-7 is a more normal brood size!
A bumper nest of 9 chicks!
5-7 is a more normal brood size!
Here is a dinky, but no less superb, Early Marsh Orchid -Dactylorhiza incarnata growing in Upper Teesdale for this week's #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge
June 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Here is a dinky, but no less superb, Early Marsh Orchid -Dactylorhiza incarnata growing in Upper Teesdale for this week's #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge
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Plus some bonus plants during a bit of botanical extra-time...
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May 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Plus some bonus plants during a bit of botanical extra-time...
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildlakeland.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildlakeland.bsky.social
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Just had a brilliant day looking at #Alchemillas #LadysMantles. A massive thanks to experts Jeremy Roberts & Linda Robinson for patiently instructing a small group in the ID of some 9 species(!!!)... Including this rare Rock Lady's Mantle @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildlakeland.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Just had a brilliant day looking at #Alchemillas #LadysMantles. A massive thanks to experts Jeremy Roberts & Linda Robinson for patiently instructing a small group in the ID of some 9 species(!!!)... Including this rare Rock Lady's Mantle @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildlakeland.bsky.social
Found this 'nest' on today's bird survey. In a muddy gateway right next to a road.
Can anyone guess which species these eggs belong to?
Can anyone guess which species these eggs belong to?
May 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Found this 'nest' on today's bird survey. In a muddy gateway right next to a road.
Can anyone guess which species these eggs belong to?
Can anyone guess which species these eggs belong to?
I stumbled across some sensational calcareous grassland at 440m asl, perfect for #Wildflowerhour #HighUpPlants.
The highlight was these lovely yellow Mountain Pansies (Viola lutea). The Yorkshire version, despite being in Cumbria!
The highlight was these lovely yellow Mountain Pansies (Viola lutea). The Yorkshire version, despite being in Cumbria!
May 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I stumbled across some sensational calcareous grassland at 440m asl, perfect for #Wildflowerhour #HighUpPlants.
The highlight was these lovely yellow Mountain Pansies (Viola lutea). The Yorkshire version, despite being in Cumbria!
The highlight was these lovely yellow Mountain Pansies (Viola lutea). The Yorkshire version, despite being in Cumbria!
This is my favourite colour in the world, the green of freshly emerged Beech leaves. I don't even particularly like Beech but there's just something so staggeringly vibrant about the colour, which isn't really matched by other species!
April 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is my favourite colour in the world, the green of freshly emerged Beech leaves. I don't even particularly like Beech but there's just something so staggeringly vibrant about the colour, which isn't really matched by other species!
Off theme for this week's #wildflowerhour, but I just had to share this Alexander's (Smyrnium olusatrum) which I very unexpectedly stumbled upon on the coast of Northumberland.
The fragrance was quite pungent and insects seemed to be loving it!
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The fragrance was quite pungent and insects seemed to be loving it!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Off theme for this week's #wildflowerhour, but I just had to share this Alexander's (Smyrnium olusatrum) which I very unexpectedly stumbled upon on the coast of Northumberland.
The fragrance was quite pungent and insects seemed to be loving it!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
The fragrance was quite pungent and insects seemed to be loving it!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social