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babsspence.bsky.social
babsspence.bsky.social
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Mainly interested in botany (including bryophytes, though a beginner on these).
An unexpectedly floriferous arable edge in Oxfordshire with plentiful Round-leaved and Sharp-leaved Fluellen (Kickxia spuria & K. elatine), along with Small Toadflax, Scarlet Pimpernel, Field Madder, Treacle-mustard and much else.
October 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Flowering away in the Lake District: Touch-me-not Balsam, Impatiens noli-tangere, #wildflowerhour
September 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Tufted Hair-grass, Deschampsia cespitosa, in gold, Oxfordshire, #wildflowerhour
August 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Looking fresh in a still-damp field - Amphibious Bistort, Persicaria amphibia, Oxfordshire, #wildflowerhour
August 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Spiked water-milfoil thriving in a pond created by Sandwich Bird Observatory #wildflowerhour
August 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The reddish-purple hairy filaments and contrasting yellow petals of Dark Mullein, Verbascum nigrum, on a road verge near Stokenchurch, Bucks, #wildflowerhour
August 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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For #WildflowerHour #Deadnettlefamily
The lovely Wild Clary.
Most at this site (in the background) had gone over.
Castle Mills Lock, Beds.
July 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
White Bryony, Bryonia dioica, improving a fence in Oxfordshire, #wildflowerhour
July 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Round-headed Rampion, the pride of Sussex no less.

#WildflowerHour #SouthDowns
July 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Wild mignonette, Reseda lutea, with its strange-looking seedpods, #wildflowerhour
July 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Wood Barley, Hordelymus europaeus, near Bledlow Ridge, Bucks, #wildflowerhour #GrassChallenge
June 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Highland Saxifrage, Saxifraga rivularis, above Coire na Ciste, Ben Nevis, Scotland
#WildflowerHour (very!)#TinyPlants
June 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Alpine Mouse-ear, Cerastium alpinum, above Coire na Ciste, Ben Nevis, Scotland #WildflowerHour
June 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Mossy Saxifrage, Saxifraga hypnoides, Ben Nevis, Scotland #WildflowerHour
June 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Moss Campion near the Falls of Dee, Am Monadh Ruadh, Scotland #PinkFamily #WildflowerHour
June 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Tendrils of White Bryony, Bryonia dioica, have latched onto a spider's web, Bucks, #wildflowerhour
June 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Western Clover, Trifolium occidentale, in Cornwall last week, #wildflowerhour
May 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Box on Box Hill (!), Surrey, today (Buxus sempervirens). #wildflowerhour
April 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Ground ivy (glechoma hederacea) from a walk this week near Goring (S. Oxon) showing the sepal tubes with teeth ending in a prickle. #Sepals #wildflowerhour
March 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Recent sunshine highlighted female Hazel flowers - the only time I've found it easy to spot them! Bucks. #wildflowerhour
March 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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At a garden centre on old weathered trellis work mostly between the Lupins & Nerine some very ginger mosses.
Not good at them but at least I'm better that the phone app that suggested Sunburst Lichen or Sweet chestnut 🙄
Ideas gratefully received. #Mosses #BonkersForBryophytes #Bryophytes
February 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'm not sure which Ragwort species this is, but very early! Near Oxford. #wildflowerhour
February 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Quite early this year, I think - Winter Aconite, Eranthis hyemalis, in yesterday's sunshine, Radnage churchyard, Bucks, #wildflowerhour
January 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Last 4 of #thewinter10 from Saunderton station in Bucks - Common Nettle, Cut-leaved Cranesbill, Barren Brome & False Oat-grass. #wildflowerhour
November 17, 2024 at 8:32 PM
#thewinter10 all from Saunderton station in Bucks. Nos. 3-6: Annual Meadow-grass, Groundsel, Mugwort & Dark Mullein. #wildflowerhour
November 17, 2024 at 8:27 PM