BiophilliaBotany
@biophilliabotany.bsky.social
Connecting with nature #biophilia
Wildflower and habitat conservation
Wildlife & Meadowlands guardian
Prone to roam & meander #naturesblanket
by 🚲 & 👣
(Known to bang out a beat or 2 👐🏻🪘)
Wildflower and habitat conservation
Wildlife & Meadowlands guardian
Prone to roam & meander #naturesblanket
by 🚲 & 👣
(Known to bang out a beat or 2 👐🏻🪘)
When you check in on your friends to how their Frogs 🐸 are fairing during the hot spells, be be prepared
Wasn’t expecting quite the varied replies, wonderful full description in the pictures
1. Common frog
2. Frog fastener
3. Brick frog
4. Flower frog
Any others?
#Frogs
Wasn’t expecting quite the varied replies, wonderful full description in the pictures
1. Common frog
2. Frog fastener
3. Brick frog
4. Flower frog
Any others?
#Frogs
August 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
When you check in on your friends to how their Frogs 🐸 are fairing during the hot spells, be be prepared
Wasn’t expecting quite the varied replies, wonderful full description in the pictures
1. Common frog
2. Frog fastener
3. Brick frog
4. Flower frog
Any others?
#Frogs
Wasn’t expecting quite the varied replies, wonderful full description in the pictures
1. Common frog
2. Frog fastener
3. Brick frog
4. Flower frog
Any others?
#Frogs
Nudged to wonder back through the Somerset Levels & marshes for a summer peek to the ‘Sweet track’
Scutellaria galericulata, the common skullcap, marsh skullcap or hooded skullcap often seems to be tucked away within deep foliage
A lovely little thing amongst a landscape of immense history
Scutellaria galericulata, the common skullcap, marsh skullcap or hooded skullcap often seems to be tucked away within deep foliage
A lovely little thing amongst a landscape of immense history
August 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Nudged to wonder back through the Somerset Levels & marshes for a summer peek to the ‘Sweet track’
Scutellaria galericulata, the common skullcap, marsh skullcap or hooded skullcap often seems to be tucked away within deep foliage
A lovely little thing amongst a landscape of immense history
Scutellaria galericulata, the common skullcap, marsh skullcap or hooded skullcap often seems to be tucked away within deep foliage
A lovely little thing amongst a landscape of immense history
A wonderful time to observe subtle seasonal changes within our summer landscapes
Look out for Oak trees with wrinkly mutant acorns known as ‘Knopper’ Galls made by the Gall Wasp ~ Andricus quercuscalicis
The word Knopper derives from the German word 'Knoppe' meaning a kind of felt cap/helmet
#Oak
Look out for Oak trees with wrinkly mutant acorns known as ‘Knopper’ Galls made by the Gall Wasp ~ Andricus quercuscalicis
The word Knopper derives from the German word 'Knoppe' meaning a kind of felt cap/helmet
#Oak
July 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A wonderful time to observe subtle seasonal changes within our summer landscapes
Look out for Oak trees with wrinkly mutant acorns known as ‘Knopper’ Galls made by the Gall Wasp ~ Andricus quercuscalicis
The word Knopper derives from the German word 'Knoppe' meaning a kind of felt cap/helmet
#Oak
Look out for Oak trees with wrinkly mutant acorns known as ‘Knopper’ Galls made by the Gall Wasp ~ Andricus quercuscalicis
The word Knopper derives from the German word 'Knoppe' meaning a kind of felt cap/helmet
#Oak
During July 2018, the 1st of the Leaf-Cutter #Solitarybees were observed within my garden in order to their most prolific foliage preferred nesting materials totalling 17 varieties
Forward to 2025 still creating their convex nesting homes they chose >40 different varieties
Wisteria again came top
Forward to 2025 still creating their convex nesting homes they chose >40 different varieties
Wisteria again came top
July 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
During July 2018, the 1st of the Leaf-Cutter #Solitarybees were observed within my garden in order to their most prolific foliage preferred nesting materials totalling 17 varieties
Forward to 2025 still creating their convex nesting homes they chose >40 different varieties
Wisteria again came top
Forward to 2025 still creating their convex nesting homes they chose >40 different varieties
Wisteria again came top
If like me you’re seeking something rather uplifting atm checkout the posts, pictures and descriptions pouring in for the Wildflower hour challenge.
Absolutely fabulous! #DeadNettlefamily
Absolutely fabulous! #DeadNettlefamily
The image for this week’s #wildflowerhour challenge post is one from W. Keble Martin’s classic wildflower guide, The Concise British Flora in Colour. Isn’t it a beauty? There’s some very lovely members of the Lamiaceae or #DeadNettlefamily can you find one for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm?
July 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If like me you’re seeking something rather uplifting atm checkout the posts, pictures and descriptions pouring in for the Wildflower hour challenge.
Absolutely fabulous! #DeadNettlefamily
Absolutely fabulous! #DeadNettlefamily
I’m cycling home & literally just passed an elder gentleman swinging a hand trowel & a bag
At 1st I thought he was weeding I cycled back, gently enquiring of his trowel, he opened his bag it was full of wildflowers on a open dual roadside
He planned to dig more up to plant at home aw gawd tbc… 🥺
At 1st I thought he was weeding I cycled back, gently enquiring of his trowel, he opened his bag it was full of wildflowers on a open dual roadside
He planned to dig more up to plant at home aw gawd tbc… 🥺
July 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I’m cycling home & literally just passed an elder gentleman swinging a hand trowel & a bag
At 1st I thought he was weeding I cycled back, gently enquiring of his trowel, he opened his bag it was full of wildflowers on a open dual roadside
He planned to dig more up to plant at home aw gawd tbc… 🥺
At 1st I thought he was weeding I cycled back, gently enquiring of his trowel, he opened his bag it was full of wildflowers on a open dual roadside
He planned to dig more up to plant at home aw gawd tbc… 🥺
Built during the Neolithic period the ‘Sweet track’ located within the Somerset levels dates back to 3806 BC
A past visit during the winter with less overgrowth, it is a spectacular sight to see
Interesting insight🎥 from the South West Heritage Trust
youtu.be/aj8n_Bhte38?...
#InternationalBogDay
A past visit during the winter with less overgrowth, it is a spectacular sight to see
Interesting insight🎥 from the South West Heritage Trust
youtu.be/aj8n_Bhte38?...
#InternationalBogDay
July 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Built during the Neolithic period the ‘Sweet track’ located within the Somerset levels dates back to 3806 BC
A past visit during the winter with less overgrowth, it is a spectacular sight to see
Interesting insight🎥 from the South West Heritage Trust
youtu.be/aj8n_Bhte38?...
#InternationalBogDay
A past visit during the winter with less overgrowth, it is a spectacular sight to see
Interesting insight🎥 from the South West Heritage Trust
youtu.be/aj8n_Bhte38?...
#InternationalBogDay
The beauty of backdrops even in the depths of winter, cracked Willow #withy in abundance throughout the Somerset levels
A warm barmy afternoon, Glastonbury Tor once again graces my return to this idyllic Willow vista, the Blue Lias stonewall offering a still chalice to drink it all in
#Biophilia
A warm barmy afternoon, Glastonbury Tor once again graces my return to this idyllic Willow vista, the Blue Lias stonewall offering a still chalice to drink it all in
#Biophilia
July 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The beauty of backdrops even in the depths of winter, cracked Willow #withy in abundance throughout the Somerset levels
A warm barmy afternoon, Glastonbury Tor once again graces my return to this idyllic Willow vista, the Blue Lias stonewall offering a still chalice to drink it all in
#Biophilia
A warm barmy afternoon, Glastonbury Tor once again graces my return to this idyllic Willow vista, the Blue Lias stonewall offering a still chalice to drink it all in
#Biophilia
Just returned from sweeping up the sunrise whilst sauntering #naturesblanket
Common Fleabane ~ Pulicaria dysenterica offering a hidden home for the incredible:
#Waspspider
~ Argiope bruennichi
What a beauty and superb camouflage to find amongst one of my fav wildflowers
#Biophilia
Common Fleabane ~ Pulicaria dysenterica offering a hidden home for the incredible:
#Waspspider
~ Argiope bruennichi
What a beauty and superb camouflage to find amongst one of my fav wildflowers
#Biophilia
July 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Just returned from sweeping up the sunrise whilst sauntering #naturesblanket
Common Fleabane ~ Pulicaria dysenterica offering a hidden home for the incredible:
#Waspspider
~ Argiope bruennichi
What a beauty and superb camouflage to find amongst one of my fav wildflowers
#Biophilia
Common Fleabane ~ Pulicaria dysenterica offering a hidden home for the incredible:
#Waspspider
~ Argiope bruennichi
What a beauty and superb camouflage to find amongst one of my fav wildflowers
#Biophilia
July 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Up early today, pulled up on the brakes 🚲 to admire the low flying swifts and this beauty greets me
Wait for it…
Right next to my front wheel
Heart in mouth moment, sigh…
Wait for it…
Right next to my front wheel
Heart in mouth moment, sigh…
July 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Up early today, pulled up on the brakes 🚲 to admire the low flying swifts and this beauty greets me
Wait for it…
Right next to my front wheel
Heart in mouth moment, sigh…
Wait for it…
Right next to my front wheel
Heart in mouth moment, sigh…
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A great opportunity & a simple way to support our wonderful 🦔 friends
Posting a further batch of used stamps to:
The British Hedgehog Preservation Society
@hedgehogsociety.bsky.social
A fab way to assist this incredible charity
Here’s the 🔗 👇if you think you could help:
shorturl.at/iBa4a
Posting a further batch of used stamps to:
The British Hedgehog Preservation Society
@hedgehogsociety.bsky.social
A fab way to assist this incredible charity
Here’s the 🔗 👇if you think you could help:
shorturl.at/iBa4a
June 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A great opportunity & a simple way to support our wonderful 🦔 friends
Posting a further batch of used stamps to:
The British Hedgehog Preservation Society
@hedgehogsociety.bsky.social
A fab way to assist this incredible charity
Here’s the 🔗 👇if you think you could help:
shorturl.at/iBa4a
Posting a further batch of used stamps to:
The British Hedgehog Preservation Society
@hedgehogsociety.bsky.social
A fab way to assist this incredible charity
Here’s the 🔗 👇if you think you could help:
shorturl.at/iBa4a
Ever paused over a rippling blue field aching to ‘pull up’ anchor and ⛵️ sail off?
It’s possible
With a bounty of Flax/Linseed ~ Linum usitatissimum = “most useful”
As once rippled, rettled and hetcheled you have your sail cloth
How would you set your binnacle in
#naturesblanket
#Biophilia

It’s possible
With a bounty of Flax/Linseed ~ Linum usitatissimum = “most useful”
As once rippled, rettled and hetcheled you have your sail cloth
How would you set your binnacle in
#naturesblanket
#Biophilia

May 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ever paused over a rippling blue field aching to ‘pull up’ anchor and ⛵️ sail off?
It’s possible
With a bounty of Flax/Linseed ~ Linum usitatissimum = “most useful”
As once rippled, rettled and hetcheled you have your sail cloth
How would you set your binnacle in
#naturesblanket
#Biophilia

It’s possible
With a bounty of Flax/Linseed ~ Linum usitatissimum = “most useful”
As once rippled, rettled and hetcheled you have your sail cloth
How would you set your binnacle in
#naturesblanket
#Biophilia

There’s something really magical about the audio of a wildlife friendly garden/space
Particularly if you love the sounds of buzz pollination or ‘sonification’
It seems, letting these Welsh poppies do their thing trailing upto my door is a real welcome to all including the #Bees
#naturesblanket
Particularly if you love the sounds of buzz pollination or ‘sonification’
It seems, letting these Welsh poppies do their thing trailing upto my door is a real welcome to all including the #Bees
#naturesblanket
May 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
There’s something really magical about the audio of a wildlife friendly garden/space
Particularly if you love the sounds of buzz pollination or ‘sonification’
It seems, letting these Welsh poppies do their thing trailing upto my door is a real welcome to all including the #Bees
#naturesblanket
Particularly if you love the sounds of buzz pollination or ‘sonification’
It seems, letting these Welsh poppies do their thing trailing upto my door is a real welcome to all including the #Bees
#naturesblanket
Today I checked in on the homemade #Hoverfly lagoons ooh!
Did u know @buzzclub.bsky.social are interested in yr lagoon visitors?
tinyurl.com/thtefede
@ellenrotheray.bsky.social
You can easily make a lagoon encouraging #Hooverfly population with @davegoulson.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/5n6v2kxy
Did u know @buzzclub.bsky.social are interested in yr lagoon visitors?
tinyurl.com/thtefede
@ellenrotheray.bsky.social
You can easily make a lagoon encouraging #Hooverfly population with @davegoulson.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/5n6v2kxy
May 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Today I checked in on the homemade #Hoverfly lagoons ooh!
Did u know @buzzclub.bsky.social are interested in yr lagoon visitors?
tinyurl.com/thtefede
@ellenrotheray.bsky.social
You can easily make a lagoon encouraging #Hooverfly population with @davegoulson.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/5n6v2kxy
Did u know @buzzclub.bsky.social are interested in yr lagoon visitors?
tinyurl.com/thtefede
@ellenrotheray.bsky.social
You can easily make a lagoon encouraging #Hooverfly population with @davegoulson.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/5n6v2kxy
An ideal time to check in on this stunning rare wildflower root system Scutellaria altissima L. ~ Somerset Skullcap
As it’s local patch & habitat has been obliterated
Thankfully, I was called on the day so scooped a few seeds, now plant size & ready to reintroduce
#wildflowers
#naturesblanket
As it’s local patch & habitat has been obliterated
Thankfully, I was called on the day so scooped a few seeds, now plant size & ready to reintroduce
#wildflowers
#naturesblanket
May 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
An ideal time to check in on this stunning rare wildflower root system Scutellaria altissima L. ~ Somerset Skullcap
As it’s local patch & habitat has been obliterated
Thankfully, I was called on the day so scooped a few seeds, now plant size & ready to reintroduce
#wildflowers
#naturesblanket
As it’s local patch & habitat has been obliterated
Thankfully, I was called on the day so scooped a few seeds, now plant size & ready to reintroduce
#wildflowers
#naturesblanket
A dab of pink from the delicate tips of Quaking grass to the bold & beautiful Salsify
With bulging bundles of Ragged Robin tucked amongst blissful hues for the
#PinkFlower 🌸
quest
Love the tiny Bee nectaring on Red campion
#WildflowerHour
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
With bulging bundles of Ragged Robin tucked amongst blissful hues for the
#PinkFlower 🌸
quest
Love the tiny Bee nectaring on Red campion
#WildflowerHour
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A dab of pink from the delicate tips of Quaking grass to the bold & beautiful Salsify
With bulging bundles of Ragged Robin tucked amongst blissful hues for the
#PinkFlower 🌸
quest
Love the tiny Bee nectaring on Red campion
#WildflowerHour
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
With bulging bundles of Ragged Robin tucked amongst blissful hues for the
#PinkFlower 🌸
quest
Love the tiny Bee nectaring on Red campion
#WildflowerHour
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Early morning 🐦 calls from within the #Somersetlevels
Pop up your speaker to listen 🎧 into to the collective bird song of today’s #Dawnchorus
with the elusive #Bittern boom
What a gift to navigate #naturesblanket welcoming in the month of May on 2 wheels 🚲
#Birdsong
#nature
#Biophilia
Pop up your speaker to listen 🎧 into to the collective bird song of today’s #Dawnchorus
with the elusive #Bittern boom
What a gift to navigate #naturesblanket welcoming in the month of May on 2 wheels 🚲
#Birdsong
#nature
#Biophilia
May 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Early morning 🐦 calls from within the #Somersetlevels
Pop up your speaker to listen 🎧 into to the collective bird song of today’s #Dawnchorus
with the elusive #Bittern boom
What a gift to navigate #naturesblanket welcoming in the month of May on 2 wheels 🚲
#Birdsong
#nature
#Biophilia
Pop up your speaker to listen 🎧 into to the collective bird song of today’s #Dawnchorus
with the elusive #Bittern boom
What a gift to navigate #naturesblanket welcoming in the month of May on 2 wheels 🚲
#Birdsong
#nature
#Biophilia
No exaggeration this has to be the largest ‘patch’ of Wild garlic I’ve seen in years at this spot
It’s as far as the eye could see, with a fabulous hit on the olfactory
A favourite ancient wood peppered with Wood vetch, Archangel and the resting Bluebells
What a wonder to wander #naturesblanket
It’s as far as the eye could see, with a fabulous hit on the olfactory
A favourite ancient wood peppered with Wood vetch, Archangel and the resting Bluebells
What a wonder to wander #naturesblanket
April 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
No exaggeration this has to be the largest ‘patch’ of Wild garlic I’ve seen in years at this spot
It’s as far as the eye could see, with a fabulous hit on the olfactory
A favourite ancient wood peppered with Wood vetch, Archangel and the resting Bluebells
What a wonder to wander #naturesblanket
It’s as far as the eye could see, with a fabulous hit on the olfactory
A favourite ancient wood peppered with Wood vetch, Archangel and the resting Bluebells
What a wonder to wander #naturesblanket
Oh that’s fantastic!
Stunning find.
Thanks for sharing (I cant forget your inspiration of the measuring bottle of your gin was it?) 🫢 still got the pic?
Stunning find.
Thanks for sharing (I cant forget your inspiration of the measuring bottle of your gin was it?) 🫢 still got the pic?
Inspired by @biophilliabotany.bsky.social, yesterday I went to check on the Herb Paris, Paris quadrifolia, in one of my local ancient woods.
April 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Oh that’s fantastic!
Stunning find.
Thanks for sharing (I cant forget your inspiration of the measuring bottle of your gin was it?) 🫢 still got the pic?
Stunning find.
Thanks for sharing (I cant forget your inspiration of the measuring bottle of your gin was it?) 🫢 still got the pic?
⚠️ Just the perfect height to brush by on🦶🚲 or with 🐶’s
Capers spruce ~ Euphorbia lathyris
is dangerous ⚠️ to humans and pets
I’ve carefully removed this one along the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal Network tinyurl.com/mux46y47
#NationalCycleNetwork
@sustrans.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
Capers spruce ~ Euphorbia lathyris
is dangerous ⚠️ to humans and pets
I’ve carefully removed this one along the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal Network tinyurl.com/mux46y47
#NationalCycleNetwork
@sustrans.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
⚠️ Just the perfect height to brush by on🦶🚲 or with 🐶’s
Capers spruce ~ Euphorbia lathyris
is dangerous ⚠️ to humans and pets
I’ve carefully removed this one along the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal Network tinyurl.com/mux46y47
#NationalCycleNetwork
@sustrans.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
Capers spruce ~ Euphorbia lathyris
is dangerous ⚠️ to humans and pets
I’ve carefully removed this one along the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal Network tinyurl.com/mux46y47
#NationalCycleNetwork
@sustrans.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
It’s been a while for a #WildFlowerHour post! 👋 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
With a fabulous find of Herb Paris ~ Paris quadrifolia that’s just beginning to open on the fringes of an ancient woodland
Such a stunning sight in #naturesblanket at all growth stages
With a fabulous find of Herb Paris ~ Paris quadrifolia that’s just beginning to open on the fringes of an ancient woodland
Such a stunning sight in #naturesblanket at all growth stages
April 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It’s been a while for a #WildFlowerHour post! 👋 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
With a fabulous find of Herb Paris ~ Paris quadrifolia that’s just beginning to open on the fringes of an ancient woodland
Such a stunning sight in #naturesblanket at all growth stages
With a fabulous find of Herb Paris ~ Paris quadrifolia that’s just beginning to open on the fringes of an ancient woodland
Such a stunning sight in #naturesblanket at all growth stages
So many uplifting ‘take homes’ whilst ambling #naturesblanket
Completely immersed within an ancient woodland
Particularly when it’s #Bluebell time
Celebrating the wonderful array of:
#Bees #pollinators
#wildflowers all in abundance this year
#Biophilia
Completely immersed within an ancient woodland
Particularly when it’s #Bluebell time
Celebrating the wonderful array of:
#Bees #pollinators
#wildflowers all in abundance this year
#Biophilia
April 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
So many uplifting ‘take homes’ whilst ambling #naturesblanket
Completely immersed within an ancient woodland
Particularly when it’s #Bluebell time
Celebrating the wonderful array of:
#Bees #pollinators
#wildflowers all in abundance this year
#Biophilia
Completely immersed within an ancient woodland
Particularly when it’s #Bluebell time
Celebrating the wonderful array of:
#Bees #pollinators
#wildflowers all in abundance this year
#Biophilia
I know, but who doesn’t adore a male Andrena cineraria ~ Ashy mining bee?
Such a cool ‘tash’ as they emerge from their burrows searching for a mate, only to pop his clogs.
Job done!
#solitarybee
#naturesblanket
#baskingbee
Such a cool ‘tash’ as they emerge from their burrows searching for a mate, only to pop his clogs.
Job done!
#solitarybee
#naturesblanket
#baskingbee
April 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I know, but who doesn’t adore a male Andrena cineraria ~ Ashy mining bee?
Such a cool ‘tash’ as they emerge from their burrows searching for a mate, only to pop his clogs.
Job done!
#solitarybee
#naturesblanket
#baskingbee
Such a cool ‘tash’ as they emerge from their burrows searching for a mate, only to pop his clogs.
Job done!
#solitarybee
#naturesblanket
#baskingbee