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Camilla Lauren-Maatta
@camillalm.bsky.social
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Biologist/ecologist in Durham UK, with an interest in botany and science education. Originally from Finland. Trail runner.
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Lovely flowerheads of Greater Burnet and Devil's-bit Scabious in Northumberland for #wildflowerhour
Greater Burnet Sanguisorba officinalis (dark red with oval flowerhead) Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis (purple with round flowerhead)
August 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
camillalm.bsky.social
Brookweed Samolus valerandi, a semi-aquatic plant with globose fruits, growing next to the steps leading down to the beach at Durham coast #wildflowerhour
Small white flowers and globular fruits, basal rosette of leaves and alternating stem leaves.
August 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
camillalm.bsky.social
Norfolk dunes #ByTheSea covered by Sheep's-bit, Common Centaury, Seaholly and Hare's-foot Clover #WildflowerHour
Light-blue Sheeps-bit flowerhead, Jasione montana Pink Common Centaury Centauria erythraea Seaholly Eryngium maritimum is spiky and thistle-like Hare's-foot Clover with softly hairy oval flowerheads
August 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
camillalm.bsky.social
This Slow Worm (found near Loch Lomond) had just lost its tail (autotomy), probably trying to escape from a predator. The tail was still wriggling #UKwildlife #reptiles
A copper-coloured reptile (Slow Worm) with a recently detached tail.
July 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
camillalm.bsky.social
A Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata captured by Loch Lomond along the West Highland Way route #wildflowerhour #DeadnettleFamily
Blue-violet Skullcap: two-lipped softly hairy flowers with hooded upper lip and shallowly four-lobed lower lip and opposite lanceolate leaves.
July 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
camillalm.bsky.social
Just finished walking the West Highland Way with @artom.bsky.social. Here are some 'Scottish Bluebells' for the #HarebellChallenge #Wildflowerhour
Harebells with mountains and a West Highland Way signpost in the background. Close up of a Harebell flowerhead
July 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
camillalm.bsky.social
Meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis for #wildflowerhour #PeaFamily
Yellow flowers, unbranched tendril and pinnate leaves
June 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Amongst all the wonderful wildlife recorded during our bioblitz at Kilnsey Park Estate over the weekend, we were lucky enough to see the stunning Lady's Slipper Orchid in flower on Kilnsey Flushes. What a beauty! #wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge
June 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
camillalm.bsky.social
A slightly sad looking Common Spotted Orchid (due to the drought) on limestone grassland with Common Rock-rose, Salad Burnet, and Burnet Rose #wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge
Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, opening up from bud Common Rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium Salad Burnet Sanguisorba minor Burnet Rose Rosa pimpinellifolia
June 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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#WildFlowerShow of Kidney and Horseshoe Vetch and Common Milkwort by Durham Coast for #wildflowerhour
Magnesian limestone grassland with two yellow vetches, Hippocrepis comosa and Anthyllis vulneraria, and blue milkwort Polygala vulgaris.
May 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
camillalm.bsky.social
Spring Gentian, pink and white Birds-eye Primrose and Teesdale Violet from our walk in Teesdale last Sunday, belatedly for #wildflowerhour
Bright blue Spring Gentian, Gentiana verna Pink Birds-eye Primrose Primula farinosa White form of Bird's-eye Primrose Primula farinosa Teesdale Violet Viola rupestris with scoop shaped leaves and short hairs on the leaf stalk
May 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
camillalm.bsky.social
Worryingly dry on the blanket bog in Yorkshire Dales, but I spotted a few Cloudberry plants in flower on my run last weekend #wildflowerhour
A small white Cloudberry flower Rubus chamaemorus The palmate solitary leaf of a Cloudberry plant
May 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Mountain everlasting. A beautiful little bouquet. #wildflowerhour
May 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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artom.bsky.social
Wild Garlic, Allium ursinum, at Bishop Auckland Castle today #WildflowerHour
White flowers and green leaves of Wild Garlick agsinst black background.
May 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
camillalm.bsky.social
Tussocky Hare's-tail Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum with inflated leafsheaths and a single spike growing on blanket bog in North York Moors #HighUpPlants #wildflowerhour
May 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
camillalm.bsky.social
Mats of moisture-loving #tinyplants Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage in deciduous woodland by Tunstall reservoir, County Durham for #wildflowerhour
Light green Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
April 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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False Oxlip (Primula veris x vulgaris), a hybrid of cowslip and primrose (left) and Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris) in our local, ancient woodland for #WildflowerHour #WoodlandPlants
A small patch of dark green basal leaves and small yellow primrose-like flowers on top of tall stems. The plants are growing on the woodland floor with trees in the background of the picture. A patch of pale yellow primrose flowers on a woodland bank that's recently been subject to tree felling, letting more light in and encouraging growth of plants on the woodland floor.
April 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
camillalm.bsky.social
Greater Stitchwort and a few English Bluebells just coming into flower, North Yorkshire #woodlandplants #wildflowerhour
Greater Stitchwort Rabelera (Stellaria) holostea English Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta
April 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
camillalm.bsky.social
Naturalised Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis in flower on the 30th December #wildflowerhour
Yellow Winter Aconite (Buttercup family)
January 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Tänään julkaistu uusi Luontoon.fi kokoaa jatkossa kaikki Suomen ulkoilukohteet ja reitit samaan paikkaan. Retkeilyreittien lisäksi palvelussa on reittejä mm. pyöräilyyn, melontaan ja hiihtämiseen. Mukana ovat valtion, kuntien ja yhdistysten ylläpitämät retkeilypalvelut.
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December 10, 2024 at 11:23 AM
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Hello everyone! just finding my feet with how this all works! Give me a repost to help find friends from other platforms! ☺️
November 15, 2024 at 8:09 PM
camillalm.bsky.social
Yellow-wort and Carline Thistle still in flower on Magnesian Limestone grassland, County Durham #wildflowerhour
Yellow-wort Blackstonia perfoliata, flowers closed due to low light levels Carline thistle Carlina vulgaris with golden brown flower heads
October 27, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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A white-flowered Common Stork's-bill Erodium cicutarium growing on coastal dunes #wildflowerhour
Common Stork's-bill with white petals and pale yellow stigma
October 13, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium, Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum and Wild Carrot Daucus carrota #seedheads #wildflowerhour
September 22, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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Common Fleabane, Greater Knapweed and Perennial Sow-thistle brightening up the day at Durham coast #DaisyFamily #Wildflowerhour
Pulicaria dysenterica with dark yellow disc florets and lighter yellow ray florets Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa with long outer ray florets Perennial Sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis with glandular hair on the involucral bracts
August 25, 2024 at 7:30 PM