Margaret FH56
@margaretfh56.bsky.social
Retired librarian. Live in Croydon,UK. Books, art, plants, astrology, folklore, mythology, cats. Photo is Molly, one of our rescue cats.
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Another from #Woodside and three from #Beckenham: black nightshade, gorse, red dead-nettle and groundsel.
Another from #Woodside and three from #Beckenham: black nightshade, gorse, red dead-nettle and groundsel.
November 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Another from #Woodside and three from #Beckenham: black nightshade, gorse, red dead-nettle and groundsel.
Another from #Woodside and three from #Beckenham: black nightshade, gorse, red dead-nettle and groundsel.
#wildflowerhour #winterten these are from #Woodside tram stop: ragwort, wood avens and shrunken michaelmas daisies.
November 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#wildflowerhour #winterten these are from #Woodside tram stop: ragwort, wood avens and shrunken michaelmas daisies.
#wildflowerhour #winterten
At #WaddonMarsh tram stop #croydon I found these four: traveller’s joy flower and buds, annual mercury, a blurry hogweed and some black horehound.
At #WaddonMarsh tram stop #croydon I found these four: traveller’s joy flower and buds, annual mercury, a blurry hogweed and some black horehound.
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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At #WaddonMarsh tram stop #croydon I found these four: traveller’s joy flower and buds, annual mercury, a blurry hogweed and some black horehound.
At #WaddonMarsh tram stop #croydon I found these four: traveller’s joy flower and buds, annual mercury, a blurry hogweed and some black horehound.
#wildflowerhour #winterten
Second group: yarrow, goosefoot and sowthistle. All at Woodside tramstop #croydon
Second group: yarrow, goosefoot and sowthistle. All at Woodside tramstop #croydon
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Second group: yarrow, goosefoot and sowthistle. All at Woodside tramstop #croydon
Second group: yarrow, goosefoot and sowthistle. All at Woodside tramstop #croydon
#wildflowerhour down to six of the #winterten and all looking very worse-for-wear this week. First three: groundsel, bristly oxtongue and ragwort. #croydon
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#wildflowerhour down to six of the #winterten and all looking very worse-for-wear this week. First three: groundsel, bristly oxtongue and ragwort. #croydon
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it the Loch Ness Monster in the River Wandle?
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it the Loch Ness Monster in the River Wandle?
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Last lot are from St Georges churchyard, #Beckenham
A very confused primrose, green alkanet and yellow corydalis.
Last lot are from St Georges churchyard, #Beckenham
A very confused primrose, green alkanet and yellow corydalis.
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Last lot are from St Georges churchyard, #Beckenham
A very confused primrose, green alkanet and yellow corydalis.
Last lot are from St Georges churchyard, #Beckenham
A very confused primrose, green alkanet and yellow corydalis.
#wildflowerhour #thewinterten
Next three are fleabane, michaelmas daisy and a lonely daisy.All in #Beckenham.
Next three are fleabane, michaelmas daisy and a lonely daisy.All in #Beckenham.
November 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Next three are fleabane, michaelmas daisy and a lonely daisy.All in #Beckenham.
Next three are fleabane, michaelmas daisy and a lonely daisy.All in #Beckenham.
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First four: black horehound, hogweed, bindweed and white dead nettle, in Waddon, #Croydon.
First four: black horehound, hogweed, bindweed and white dead nettle, in Waddon, #Croydon.
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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First four: black horehound, hogweed, bindweed and white dead nettle, in Waddon, #Croydon.
First four: black horehound, hogweed, bindweed and white dead nettle, in Waddon, #Croydon.
#wildflowerhour #thewinterten a squashed dandelion, ivy, sowthistle and petty spurge - I reckon that’s 12 this week!
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#wildflowerhour #thewinterten a squashed dandelion, ivy, sowthistle and petty spurge - I reckon that’s 12 this week!
#wildflowerhour #thewinterten second four: bristly oxtongue laid low by wind and rain but still flowering, yarrow, michaelmas daisy and nipplewort
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#wildflowerhour #thewinterten second four: bristly oxtongue laid low by wind and rain but still flowering, yarrow, michaelmas daisy and nipplewort
#wildflowerhour #thewinterten first four: creeping thistle, speedwell, black nightshade and ragwort
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#wildflowerhour #thewinterten first four: creeping thistle, speedwell, black nightshade and ragwort
#wildflowerhour only managed four out of #thewinterten. First may be hedge mustard? #wildflowerid then green alkanet, white dead nettle and yellow corydalis
November 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#wildflowerhour only managed four out of #thewinterten. First may be hedge mustard? #wildflowerid then green alkanet, white dead nettle and yellow corydalis
#wildflowerhour not much on offer this week, bittersweet berries, flowering stinging nettle and ragwort.
October 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
#wildflowerhour not much on offer this week, bittersweet berries, flowering stinging nettle and ragwort.
#wildflowerhour common mallow, yellow toadflax and green alkanet #Woodsidetramstop
October 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
#wildflowerhour common mallow, yellow toadflax and green alkanet #Woodsidetramstop
#wildflowerhour white deadnettle, yarrow, speedwell and bindweed
October 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
#wildflowerhour white deadnettle, yarrow, speedwell and bindweed
#wildflowerhour ivy flowers, not sure about second one #wildflowerid and third is creeping thistle flowers and seedheads. #lloydpark
October 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
#wildflowerhour ivy flowers, not sure about second one #wildflowerid and third is creeping thistle flowers and seedheads. #lloydpark
October 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#wildflowerhour an absolute unit of a bristly oxtongue, over a metre high. #Woodsidetramstop
October 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#wildflowerhour an absolute unit of a bristly oxtongue, over a metre high. #Woodsidetramstop
October 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
October 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Yesterday: how it started and how it finished.
I was the first in the waiting room to receive the ‘this way up’ mark, much hilarity ensued.
Many thanks to the lovely people at #MoorfieldsCroydon, especially the anaesthetist who remembered me from last time!
I was the first in the waiting room to receive the ‘this way up’ mark, much hilarity ensued.
Many thanks to the lovely people at #MoorfieldsCroydon, especially the anaesthetist who remembered me from last time!
October 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Yesterday: how it started and how it finished.
I was the first in the waiting room to receive the ‘this way up’ mark, much hilarity ensued.
Many thanks to the lovely people at #MoorfieldsCroydon, especially the anaesthetist who remembered me from last time!
I was the first in the waiting room to receive the ‘this way up’ mark, much hilarity ensued.
Many thanks to the lovely people at #MoorfieldsCroydon, especially the anaesthetist who remembered me from last time!
#wildflowerhour Dandelions are popping back up now the weather is cooler. Yet more bristly oxtongue, theres a lot of it this year, growing on the track at #Woodside
October 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
#wildflowerhour Dandelions are popping back up now the weather is cooler. Yet more bristly oxtongue, theres a lot of it this year, growing on the track at #Woodside
#wildflowerhour #Woodside tramstop, think these are bistort (growing on the track), goosefoot and a sow thistle.
October 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#wildflowerhour #Woodside tramstop, think these are bistort (growing on the track), goosefoot and a sow thistle.
#wildflowerhour #oldmansbeard a weird situation for a plant, growing between a tram shelter and a fence!
October 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#wildflowerhour #oldmansbeard a weird situation for a plant, growing between a tram shelter and a fence!