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Poppy @ The Wild Path
@awildwanderer.bsky.social
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A wild wanderer with a passion for the natural world | #Vegan | #Neurodivergent | Van dweller | Proud to have been #homeeducated | Striving to make a positive difference to protect our beautiful world ❤️

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These dainty little Aster blooms have been gifting me so much joy since their petals began unfurling a few days ago 🥰 They looked particularly beautiful this morning, cloaked in a fine mist of tiny water droplets, with their colour popping so vibrantly beneath an overcast, grey sky ❤️

#DailyNature
October 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The Hemp Agrimony was still looking so stunningly beautiful 😍 (2/2)
October 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Such a wonderful diversity of #wildflowers still in bloom this week ❤️ (1/2)

#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NaturePhotography #Photography#UKNature #Nature
October 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Such a gloriously dewy, sunshiny morning ☀️❤️

#NaturePhotography #Photography #Autumn #AutumnSunshine #UKNature #Nature #DailyNature
September 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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The Comfrey has enjoyed a little revival along our local riverbank, as this bountiful plant gives one final flourish before the season's end 🥰 They added a wonderful splash of colour to our wander today & are proving a welcome source of pollen & nectar for the Bumblebees too 🐝❤️

#WildflowerHour
September 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Today's been just the most perfect #September day 🥰 Glorious #trees, low golden #sunshine and the wonderful, serene atmosphere of early #autumn 🍁🍂☀️

#NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #Photography #DailyNature #UKNature #AutumnTrees #CosySeason #AngleseyAbbey @midsandeastnt.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Everything's feeling so wonderfully autumnal, on this first day of meteorological #autumn 🍁🍂🧡🍄 With massing Jackdaws noisily gathering, & a Robin just beginning its sweet song, it's the perfect evening to light a beautiful candle, get cosy, & welcome in my favourite season of all 🥰
September 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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I hadn't ever realised quite how beautiful flowering Common Reed was 😍 Their feathery, iridescent purple flowers have been a real highlight on our wanders this week ❤️

#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NaturePhotography #Photography #Wildflowers #UKNature
August 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Lots of beautiful #fruits spotted along our local footpath this week 🧡🍂🍁 A selection of Lords-and-ladies, #blackberries, Yew berries & Elder berries for this week's #WildflowerHour. I'm loving all the bounty of beautiful berries this year ❤️

#NaturePhotography @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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✨ Treasures from our morning walk today ✨

💧Shimmering raindrops on reeds;
🕸️ A magnificent Orb Weaver Spider;
🍄 Delicately beautiful Pleated Inkcaps fruiting amongst the fallen leaves;
🦋 And an incredible chrysalis

#NaturePhotography #Photography #DailyNature #Fungi #UKNature
August 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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There's nothing quite like the peace of a wild village #churchyard 🌿 Beneath the shade of the churchyard's trees, with the ancient church spire towering above us, we quietly watched a Collared Dove thoughtfully gather the perfect sticks for its nest somewhere nearby ❤️

#NatureWriting #Photography
August 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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I've been trying hard this year to tackle the IDs of some of the #wildflower species I've always struggled to differentiate, but this week's #WildflowerHour pick has stumped me. I'm thinking it might be Bristly Oxtongue, but would appreciate any #WildflowerID help ❤️

#NaturePhotography #Photography
August 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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"This bridge led us out of the #trees, and towards the #river meadows beyond, along a wonderfully wild path edged by dense displays of stunning #summer #wildflowers"

From my latest #blogpost: awildwanderer.substack.com/p/the-nicest...

#WildflowerHour #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting #DailyNature
August 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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A gathering of Marsh Woundwort growing tall amongst the dense greenery of the riverbank, where a young Reed Warbler chirred continuously as it slowly made its way into the safety of the deep, dense reeds 🌿 ❤️

#NaturePhotography #Photography #UKNature #Nature #DailyNature #Wildflowers #Birdwatching
August 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Some much needed peace & quiet besides our local #river after a hectic, overwhelming morning in town. #Nature always works such wonders on calming #anxiety and easing #neurodivergent minds 🌿 ❤️

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August 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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"With Red Kites soaring low above us, we eagerly explored the grassland, where some real chalkland wildflower treasures greeted us..."

Words from: awildwanderer.substack.com/p/a-look-bac...

#WildflowerHour #Wildflowers #UKNature #NatureWriting #DailyNature @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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A little #Bumblebee within a large Bindweed flower for this week's #PollinatorPals #WildflowerHour challenge ❤️

#NaturePhotography #Photography #UKNature #Nature #DailyNature #Insects #Wildflowers #Flowers #BloomScrolling @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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It's always wonderful to happen upon patches of wildness in unexpected places 🥰 This beautifully wild tangle of Bindweed & #blackberries gifted a little joy in a garden centre car park, attracting #bumblebees & a stunning Comma ❤️

#NaturePhotography #Photography #Insects #Butterflies #UKNature
August 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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"Along the high ridge of the Bedfordshire Chilterns, a sweeping, intimate valley lies, its steep, sun-soaked heights juxtaposed so wonderfully against an opposing slope of dense, tall trees, hiding the welling spring at the valley’s bottom"

Words from: awildwanderer.substack.com/p/a-look-bac...
August 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Two stunningly beautiful Common Blue #butterflies spotted on a wander along the River Great Ouse in #Cambridgeshire this week 😍 Counted 24 in total for our #BigButterflyCount 🎉

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August 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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The last of the flowering Small Teasel in one of my local woodlands this week ❤️

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August 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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I absolutely fell in love with this adorably tiny Snail discovered this morning on one of our Japanese Anemone leaves 😍 I've never seen a Snail this small before!

#UKNature #UKWildlife #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography #Garden #WildlifeGardening
July 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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The tiniest, jewel-like raindrops resting so perfectly on dainty petals this morning ❤️ Aren't flowers after rain just the most exquisitely beautiful thing! 😍

#Nature #Rain #UKNature #NaturePhotography #Photography #DailyNature #WildlifeGardening #Flowers #Garden
July 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Some beautifully bright Common Fleabane for this week's #WildflowerHour, which added such lovely sunny colour to a rainy day ❤️

#UKFlora #UKNature #NaturePhotography #Photography #Nature
July 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Beautifully dainty Meadow Cranesbill for this week's #WildflowerHour; their thin, lilac petals catching the bright sunlight so perfectly ❤️

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July 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM