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I love this little fern. Rustyback growing on a flint stone wall near home. Not many sites for it in Hampshire and it has disappeared from some sites on the Isle of Wight.
November 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I love this little fern. Rustyback growing on a flint stone wall near home. Not many sites for it in Hampshire and it has disappeared from some sites on the Isle of Wight.
Nottingham Catchfly silene nutans is enjoying a second flush of flowers on Hayling Island.
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Nottingham Catchfly silene nutans is enjoying a second flush of flowers on Hayling Island.
Spiked Speedwell Veronica spicata still flowering beautifully in the Avon Gorge.
October 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Spiked Speedwell Veronica spicata still flowering beautifully in the Avon Gorge.
A surprise find in the shape of Dittrichia viscosa Woody Fleabane on the central reservation of a dual carriageway outside Southampton. Made my day!
October 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A surprise find in the shape of Dittrichia viscosa Woody Fleabane on the central reservation of a dual carriageway outside Southampton. Made my day!
May not be much to look at, but this is the very rare Potamogeton nodosus Loddon Pondweed looking rather attractive in a river on the Hampshire Berkshire border.
October 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
May not be much to look at, but this is the very rare Potamogeton nodosus Loddon Pondweed looking rather attractive in a river on the Hampshire Berkshire border.
Another one for Sorbus fans: the rare Sorbus domestica growing on coastal cliffs in a remote spot along the river Severn.
September 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Another one for Sorbus fans: the rare Sorbus domestica growing on coastal cliffs in a remote spot along the river Severn.
One of my favourite species of dock: Rumex maritimus, golden dock, looking particularly golden in a damp meadow in Cambridgeshire
September 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
One of my favourite species of dock: Rumex maritimus, golden dock, looking particularly golden in a damp meadow in Cambridgeshire
For Sorbus fans: Sorbus herefordensis growing on the edge of woodland in Herefordshire ( of course). A very handsome tree!
September 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
For Sorbus fans: Sorbus herefordensis growing on the edge of woodland in Herefordshire ( of course). A very handsome tree!
Not your usual mugwort, this is Chinese mugwort, which flowers much later in the season and has different leaves to common mugwort.
September 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Not your usual mugwort, this is Chinese mugwort, which flowers much later in the season and has different leaves to common mugwort.
End of summer colour: golden samphire still putting on a great display along the sea wall at Broadmarsh, Hampshire.
September 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
End of summer colour: golden samphire still putting on a great display along the sea wall at Broadmarsh, Hampshire.
This little beauty is the hybrid between common and pale toadflax, Linaria x sepium. Growing with Pale toadflax, Linaria repens, on chalk grassland on a disused railway embankment in Hampshire
September 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This little beauty is the hybrid between common and pale toadflax, Linaria x sepium. Growing with Pale toadflax, Linaria repens, on chalk grassland on a disused railway embankment in Hampshire
Pale toadflax, Linaria repens, flowering happily on chalk grassland on a disused railway embankment in Hampshire
September 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Pale toadflax, Linaria repens, flowering happily on chalk grassland on a disused railway embankment in Hampshire
I found this persicaria capitata legging it down a drainpipe in Falmouth town centre! Made me smile 😃
September 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I found this persicaria capitata legging it down a drainpipe in Falmouth town centre! Made me smile 😃
Carline thistle looking particularly golden in the evening sun in Sharp Tor point, Devon
September 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Carline thistle looking particularly golden in the evening sun in Sharp Tor point, Devon
A trip to Dartmoor is not complete without seeing this gem, ivy leaved bellflower. Love seeing this!
September 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A trip to Dartmoor is not complete without seeing this gem, ivy leaved bellflower. Love seeing this!
Crataegus persimilis
broad-leaved cockspur thorn growing well away from any garden, at the foot of a disused railway embankment in a remote part of north Devon
broad-leaved cockspur thorn growing well away from any garden, at the foot of a disused railway embankment in a remote part of north Devon
September 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Crataegus persimilis
broad-leaved cockspur thorn growing well away from any garden, at the foot of a disused railway embankment in a remote part of north Devon
broad-leaved cockspur thorn growing well away from any garden, at the foot of a disused railway embankment in a remote part of north Devon
Pale toadflax ( Linaria repens) flowering happily on the shingle at Browndown, Hampshire
August 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Pale toadflax ( Linaria repens) flowering happily on the shingle at Browndown, Hampshire
The white firm of Dorset Heath ( Erica cilliaris) on a Cornish heath. Magic!
August 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The white firm of Dorset Heath ( Erica cilliaris) on a Cornish heath. Magic!
Sea daffodils flowering in Cornwall today. Good for the soul.
August 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Sea daffodils flowering in Cornwall today. Good for the soul.
Crinum x powellii ( white flowered form) well established on cliffs at Housel Bay, Lizard, Cornwall
August 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Crinum x powellii ( white flowered form) well established on cliffs at Housel Bay, Lizard, Cornwall
I never tire of seeing jewelweed or orange balsam by the river Meon in Hampshire. Good for the soul.
July 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I never tire of seeing jewelweed or orange balsam by the river Meon in Hampshire. Good for the soul.
Summer’s here: the wonderful clematis flammula or virgin’s bower, flowering sweetly at Ventnor, Isle of Wight ❤️
July 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Summer’s here: the wonderful clematis flammula or virgin’s bower, flowering sweetly at Ventnor, Isle of Wight ❤️
The delightfully quirky Tall Thrift Armeria maritima spp elongata at its type locality at Ancaster, Lincolnshire.
July 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The delightfully quirky Tall Thrift Armeria maritima spp elongata at its type locality at Ancaster, Lincolnshire.
Found a new site for Violet Helleborine Epipactis purpurata in south Hampshire 👍.
July 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Found a new site for Violet Helleborine Epipactis purpurata in south Hampshire 👍.
A rather special helleborines: Epipactis sancta on Holy Island, doing well this year!
July 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A rather special helleborines: Epipactis sancta on Holy Island, doing well this year!