Moira O'Donnell
@naturelark.bsky.social
Fae Dundee 🏴 but now in South London. Choral singing, botany, butterflies, birds, wee beasties, cups of tea, G&T. Larking about in nature. Ooh look, there's a thing... 🤔
#WildflowerHour
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Sulphur Tuft, Hypholoma fasciculare, on a log in High Broom Wood. I was very pleased with the spore print. @highbroom.bsky.social #FungiFriday #FungiFriends 🍄📷
November 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Sulphur Tuft, Hypholoma fasciculare, on a log in High Broom Wood. I was very pleased with the spore print. @highbroom.bsky.social #FungiFriday #FungiFriends 🍄📷
What a stunning bird! We were delighted to watch two Green Woodpeckers foraging in one of the meadows at Bethlem Royal Hospital the other day.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
What a stunning bird! We were delighted to watch two Green Woodpeckers foraging in one of the meadows at Bethlem Royal Hospital the other day.
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I haven't been able to do much proper fungi hunting so far this year, so it was nice to spot this Twig Parachute, Marasmiellus ramealis (on a dead Bramble stem) while we were walking through the grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital yesterday. 📷 🍄
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #TwigOfTheDay
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #TwigOfTheDay
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I haven't been able to do much proper fungi hunting so far this year, so it was nice to spot this Twig Parachute, Marasmiellus ramealis (on a dead Bramble stem) while we were walking through the grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital yesterday. 📷 🍄
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #TwigOfTheDay
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #TwigOfTheDay
I was super pleased to find the Lesser Calamint, Clinopodium nepata, still in flower at Lesnes Abbey (LB Bexley) on Tuesday. I thought I had missed it for this year. It has a delicious minty aroma. #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I was super pleased to find the Lesser Calamint, Clinopodium nepata, still in flower at Lesnes Abbey (LB Bexley) on Tuesday. I thought I had missed it for this year. It has a delicious minty aroma. #WildflowerHour
Butcher's Broom, Ruscus aculeatus, in the vast grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital. Always a delight to see. I tried to interest Mr O'D in cladodes, which I find fascinating, but he wasn't really paying attention. 🤷♀️ #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Butcher's Broom, Ruscus aculeatus, in the vast grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital. Always a delight to see. I tried to interest Mr O'D in cladodes, which I find fascinating, but he wasn't really paying attention. 🤷♀️ #WildflowerHour
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November 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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I spent a delightful few minutes in the company of a flock of these adorable wee Bumbarrels at Lesnes Abbey Woods yesterday. I am also pleased to discover that another old name for Long-tailed Tits is Mumruffin.
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I spent a delightful few minutes in the company of a flock of these adorable wee Bumbarrels at Lesnes Abbey Woods yesterday. I am also pleased to discover that another old name for Long-tailed Tits is Mumruffin.
Yes it was! The day we went there was a "meet the mudlark" event. She was showing the gold and amethyst Tutor ring she found on the Thames foreshore, which is currently going through the treasure process, so that was very exciting! I saw the adverts for the Hunger Games and thought it looked good.
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Yes it was! The day we went there was a "meet the mudlark" event. She was showing the gold and amethyst Tutor ring she found on the Thames foreshore, which is currently going through the treasure process, so that was very exciting! I saw the adverts for the Hunger Games and thought it looked good.
I had a nice walk through Lesnes Abbey Woods today and met a friendly Green Man.
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I had a nice walk through Lesnes Abbey Woods today and met a friendly Green Man.
A big patch of Spotted Dead-nettle, Lamium maculatum, has established itself at the entrance to Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour
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November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A big patch of Spotted Dead-nettle, Lamium maculatum, has established itself at the entrance to Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour
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Selfheal, Prunella vulgaris, in the grassy area around Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Selfheal, Prunella vulgaris, in the grassy area around Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour
Some teeny weeny Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Veronica serpyllifolia, in the grassy area area around Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some teeny weeny Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Veronica serpyllifolia, in the grassy area area around Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour
A Pied Wagtail at East Croydon station waiting for the 9.33 to Victoria.
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A Pied Wagtail at East Croydon station waiting for the 9.33 to Victoria.
I went to visit the twelfth-century mural at St Peter and St Paul Church, Chaldon yesterday. I'm going to be very good from now on, as Hell really doesn't look like much fun, and I want to be scooting up that ladder of salvation.
www.chaldonchurch.co.uk/history/chal...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.chaldonchurch.co.uk/history/chal...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I went to visit the twelfth-century mural at St Peter and St Paul Church, Chaldon yesterday. I'm going to be very good from now on, as Hell really doesn't look like much fun, and I want to be scooting up that ladder of salvation.
www.chaldonchurch.co.uk/history/chal...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.chaldonchurch.co.uk/history/chal...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An Oxeye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, in the churchyard of All Saints, Sanderstead, for #WildflowerHour.
November 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
An Oxeye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, in the churchyard of All Saints, Sanderstead, for #WildflowerHour.
Slender Thistle, Carduus tenuiflorus, at Elmley NNR this week for #WildflowerHour.
November 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Slender Thistle, Carduus tenuiflorus, at Elmley NNR this week for #WildflowerHour.
A wee cutie of a Parrot Waxcap in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist, Shirley, for #FungiFriday.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A wee cutie of a Parrot Waxcap in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist, Shirley, for #FungiFriday.
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A rather indignant looking Skylark at Elmley NNR yesterday.
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A rather indignant looking Skylark at Elmley NNR yesterday.
A good hare day yesterday at Elmley NNR. A beautiful Brown Hare in the field next to the car park. 🤎
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A good hare day yesterday at Elmley NNR. A beautiful Brown Hare in the field next to the car park. 🤎
A lovely floofy Kestrel at Abberton Reservoir yesterday. 😍
October 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A lovely floofy Kestrel at Abberton Reservoir yesterday. 😍
The cutest wee Great Mullein I ever did see. 💛 At Essex Wildlife Trust Abberton Reservoir. #WildflowerHour
October 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The cutest wee Great Mullein I ever did see. 💛 At Essex Wildlife Trust Abberton Reservoir. #WildflowerHour
For #WildFungiHour, a Scarlet Waxcap in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist, Shirley. #WildflowerHour
October 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
For #WildFungiHour, a Scarlet Waxcap in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist, Shirley. #WildflowerHour
Delighted to spot several clumps of Blue Fleabane, Erigeron acris, on the grass bank outside my office as I left work this evening. 😍
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Delighted to spot several clumps of Blue Fleabane, Erigeron acris, on the grass bank outside my office as I left work this evening. 😍
A lovely day yesterday singing a service of Choral Eucharist for St Luke with the New Gloriana Choir at Guildford Cathedral - The People's Cathedral.
www.guildford-cathedral.org/learn/history
www.guildford-cathedral.org/learn/history
October 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A lovely day yesterday singing a service of Choral Eucharist for St Luke with the New Gloriana Choir at Guildford Cathedral - The People's Cathedral.
www.guildford-cathedral.org/learn/history
www.guildford-cathedral.org/learn/history