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David Harris
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I find nature fascinating and inspiring - there's always so much to learn!
I love photographing plants, especially orchids.
Also like butterflies, dragonflies, insects, fungi, trees, and, of course, birds 😊
Lives in Cambridge UK
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David Harris @cycle4nature.bsky.social · Nov 17
A few of my fave finds in 2024, posting here, so it feels more like home... 😊
Looking forward to 2025...
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I found some Dwarf Mallow for #WildFlowerHour, first time I've seen it in Cambridge.
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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For this week's #WildflowerHour #TheWinter10 -
White Campion, Narrow-leaved Ragwort, Common Toadflax, Bristly Oxtongue, Poppy, Purple Toadflax, Musk Mallow, Black Nightshade, Common Chickweed, Buttercup.
Cambridge is still in bloom 🙂
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November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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A full #TheWinter10 for #WildFlowerHour this evening.
Names in ALT text.
Love this challenge - it's a great motivator through the winter months... 🙂
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Shepherd's Purse, Common Carrot, White Dead-nettle, a stubborn Scarlet Pimpernel (it was in bloom yesterday!), Yarrow, Red Dead-nettle, budding Common Chickweed, Calamint hanging in, just, Lesser Hawkbit (?), Field Scabious.
November 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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A few "Halloweenified" #Fungi for #Halloween 🎃👻
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Almost to the day, last year, the Cambridge Red Cage fungi were out. They were over about a week ago this year.
#WildFungiHour #WildFlowerHour
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October 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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A few fungi for #WildFungiHour / #WildFlowerHour...
All from our local park.
Two years ago I counted over 50 Collared Earthstars!
My favourite are the Shaggy Scalycaps, almost over now.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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I don’t know about you but I’ve seen lots of fungi this week, shall we have a #WildFungiHour tomorrow for #WildFlowerHour & celebrate all those wonderful diverse grasslands that ‘flower’ in the autumn too! All the wild blooms that you’ve spotted in the last week are welcome too of course! See ALT ⬇️
Species-rich grasslands can be just as colourful in the autumn too - with fungi!!! Grassland fungi are very special and are some of the most threatened organisms globally. Let’s celebrate them for #WildFlowerHour this week. Spotted a waxcap, club, coral or other grassland fungi this week, show us your pics this Sunday 8-9pm
October 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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For this week's #WildFlowerHour here are a few I've found this week...
Some sort of escapee Aster, Common Calamint (could be Lesser, it's quite stunted), Carrot, a rather optimistic Bramble, White Dead-nettle, Herb-Robert, Yarrow & Red Dead-nettle.
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October 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Shaggy Scalycap - so cool!
They've just emerged in our local Cambridge park.
#Fungi #Mushrooms
October 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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I found a few Magpie Inkcaps in Thetford Forest yesterday for #FungiFriday...
October 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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A few mushrooms from The Brecks this weekend. I've never seen so many Fly Agarics in one place!
Sorry @wildflowerhour.bsky.social -I'll be back to normal for #WildFlowerHour next week... 🪻
October 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Still a lot in bloom near Cambridge - all taken on a couple of bike rides.
#WildflowerHour
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Dandelion, Great Mullein, Hedge Woundwort, Chicory, Musk Mallow, Hedgerow Crane's-bill & Common Mallow; Common Stork's-bill, Field Scabious, Brown Knapweed, Oyeye Daisy, Viper's Bugloss; Bristly Oxtongue, gorgeous pink Yarrow; Baby Toadflax (?), Red Clover, Common Road flax, Lesser Calamint, Creeping Cinquefoil, White Dead-nettle; Ragwort, Daisy, Buttercup, White Campion, Field Speedwell, Fleabane, Musk (?) Mallow.
October 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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One of the very best days, #orchid -hunting with my good mate and fellow @mariposanature.bsky.social leader @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social in Madeira. We found over 20 flowering plants of European über-rarity, Goodyera macrophylla. A day of amazing plants, great company, good laughs, and muddy boots!
Goodyera macrophylla © Jon Dunn Goodyera macrophylla © Jon Dunn
October 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Love the colours of Viper's Bugloss. Quite a few in bloom around Cambs this weekend.
#WildflowerHour
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September 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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How about some Autumn Heather for this week's #WildFlowerHour...
Lots of it out around here at the moment.
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September 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Bee and Lizard orchid rosettes in our local (Cambs.) country park, getting ready for Winter. I hope there's a little more rain for them next year... 🤞🏻
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September 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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And finally, a few more #FavouritePlant (s) from this year.
Purple Toothwort was a first for me - thanks @rogerhorton.bsky.social for the guidance 🙂
Looking forward to next year, with #TheWinterTen in the meantime... ❄️
#WildflowerHour
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September 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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I gave in... here's a collection of some of the amazing flowers I've seen this year...
Mostly orchids, and I'm not naming them, you have to work it out 😉
#WildflowerHour #FavouritePlant
Looking forward to finding them all again, and more, in 2026 🍻
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September 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Difficult to choose a single #FavouritePlant for #WildflowerHour - I usually cheat & post a collage!
But, I saw Early Spider orchids for the first time this year. It was a fantastic day out in Kent, and @dunnjons.bsky.social found a particularly stunning aberration....
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September 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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A selection of #SeedHeads for this week's #WildflowerHour - names in ALT text.
I tried to find a few with flowers as well as seeds on the same plant, to add some colour! 🙂
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Great Mullein, Hawkweed Oxtongue, White Campion, Common Burdock; Teasel, Alfalfa, Brown Knapweed (?); Wild Carrot, Hogweed, Tansy, Black Horehound; Broad-leaved Dock, Buck's-horn Plantain (?), Spear Thistle, Ragwort, Yarrow.
September 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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I attempted a 🌈 of #Fruits for this week's #WildFlowerHour challenge 🙂
I'm not 100% sure they're technically all "wild", but I needed the colours... 😅
Names in ALT text.
Hawthorn, Guelder-rose, Rosehip, Cherry plum, Mirabelle plum, Acorn, unripe Blackberry, Dogwood, ripe Blackberry (it was delicious), Elderberry & Purged Buckthorn.
August 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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The Common Centaury that grows locally is now past its best, so here is a pic when it was fresher, a few weeks ago...
#WildFlowerHour #GentianFamily
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August 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Can you find a flowering member of the Gentian family or Gentianaceae, that’s the challenge this week. Post your finds for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #GentianFamily. Happy flower hunting!
The beautiful fringed flowers of the Autumn Gentian. Can you find a member of the Gentian Family, that’s the challenge this week from WildflowerHour. Don’t forget that Yellow Wort and the Centaury’s are also members of this gorgeous family!
August 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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I found some Beds. Autumn Lady's Tresses yesterday for #WildflowerHour.
It's a happy and sad occasion...
I love seeing them - they're stunning - but it also marks the end of the UK orchid season!
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August 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Common Fleabane for this week's #WildFlowerHour challenge - #DaisyFamily.
They're a gorgeous yellow 💛
August 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM