Rob Winstone
@robwinstone.bsky.social
Horticulturalist, amateur naturalist, musician, woodland creature etc.
Another from Lamplighter’s Marsh. The marsh itself is dominated by sea-couch grass (Elymus arthericus) along with a patch of common reeds. I heard and spotted a reed warbler too but couldn’t snap a shot :/
#Bristol #plants #botanical #wildlife
#Bristol #plants #botanical #wildlife
June 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Another from Lamplighter’s Marsh. The marsh itself is dominated by sea-couch grass (Elymus arthericus) along with a patch of common reeds. I heard and spotted a reed warbler too but couldn’t snap a shot :/
#Bristol #plants #botanical #wildlife
#Bristol #plants #botanical #wildlife
Expectation vs reality…
Think I may have missed them. Probably not the best time to visit in 30 degrees C weather either, but damn… will they make it through these droughts?
#badgeworthbuttercup #ranunculusophioglossifolius #wildlife #trust #plants #botany #nature
Think I may have missed them. Probably not the best time to visit in 30 degrees C weather either, but damn… will they make it through these droughts?
#badgeworthbuttercup #ranunculusophioglossifolius #wildlife #trust #plants #botany #nature
June 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Expectation vs reality…
Think I may have missed them. Probably not the best time to visit in 30 degrees C weather either, but damn… will they make it through these droughts?
#badgeworthbuttercup #ranunculusophioglossifolius #wildlife #trust #plants #botany #nature
Think I may have missed them. Probably not the best time to visit in 30 degrees C weather either, but damn… will they make it through these droughts?
#badgeworthbuttercup #ranunculusophioglossifolius #wildlife #trust #plants #botany #nature
Echium vulgare, or Viper’s bugloss, growing in abundance at Lamplighter’s Marsh in #Bristol
#wildflower #urbanwildlife #purple #vipersbugloss #beauty #botany #nature #plants
#wildflower #urbanwildlife #purple #vipersbugloss #beauty #botany #nature #plants
June 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Echium vulgare, or Viper’s bugloss, growing in abundance at Lamplighter’s Marsh in #Bristol
#wildflower #urbanwildlife #purple #vipersbugloss #beauty #botany #nature #plants
#wildflower #urbanwildlife #purple #vipersbugloss #beauty #botany #nature #plants
Lathyrus sylvertris and Verbena officinalis at Lamplighter’s Marsh in Bristol.
June 18, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Lathyrus sylvertris and Verbena officinalis at Lamplighter’s Marsh in Bristol.
Anacamptis pyramidalis, Verbascum thapsus, Silene latifolia & Malva sylvestris all growing wild along Severn Beach this summer.
#botany #weed #wildflower #botanical #plants #native #wildlife
#botany #weed #wildflower #botanical #plants #native #wildlife
June 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Anacamptis pyramidalis, Verbascum thapsus, Silene latifolia & Malva sylvestris all growing wild along Severn Beach this summer.
#botany #weed #wildflower #botanical #plants #native #wildlife
#botany #weed #wildflower #botanical #plants #native #wildlife
Lathyrus nissolia, the grass vetchling. Almost indistinguishable from a grass until it flowers, due to its lack of true leaves, leaflets or tendrils. The leaf stalk is flattened out and resembles a leaf of grass, with stipules at the base.
June 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Lathyrus nissolia, the grass vetchling. Almost indistinguishable from a grass until it flowers, due to its lack of true leaves, leaflets or tendrils. The leaf stalk is flattened out and resembles a leaf of grass, with stipules at the base.
New job at a rare plant nursery 🌿 Pan Global Plants
May 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
New job at a rare plant nursery 🌿 Pan Global Plants
A pretty little wood anemone (Anemonoides nemorosa) I saw in Lower Woods yesterday. The foliage is quite different to the others I saw, as it is dark greenish-purple. These are ancient woodland indicators.
March 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A pretty little wood anemone (Anemonoides nemorosa) I saw in Lower Woods yesterday. The foliage is quite different to the others I saw, as it is dark greenish-purple. These are ancient woodland indicators.
Colocasia gigantea
March 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Colocasia gigantea
Just some gorgeous #orchids & a nice #bromeliad.
February 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Just some gorgeous #orchids & a nice #bromeliad.
Winter offers a challenge to identify plants when their flowers are but a distant memory.
January 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Winter offers a challenge to identify plants when their flowers are but a distant memory.
Spotted this tiny crinoid column by the stream in Lower Woods recently. These ‘living fossils’ are relatives of sea cucumbers & urchins, despite looking like a plant. #FossilFriday
December 13, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Spotted this tiny crinoid column by the stream in Lower Woods recently. These ‘living fossils’ are relatives of sea cucumbers & urchins, despite looking like a plant. #FossilFriday
A pollarded oak behind my aptly named local pub ‘The Royal Oak’. Pollarding is a practice that involves removing the top branches of trees to encourage new growth, often resulting in a very wide and short tree (it also extends their life, this is an old fella). Short King! #ThickTrunkTuesday
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
A pollarded oak behind my aptly named local pub ‘The Royal Oak’. Pollarding is a practice that involves removing the top branches of trees to encourage new growth, often resulting in a very wide and short tree (it also extends their life, this is an old fella). Short King! #ThickTrunkTuesday
Trametes gibbosa on a snowy November day in southwest England. #FungiFriends
November 19, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Trametes gibbosa on a snowy November day in southwest England. #FungiFriends
What looks like a meadow puffball (Lycoperdon pratense) but I swear it’s too big. Any ideas? #FungiFriends
November 17, 2024 at 3:52 PM
What looks like a meadow puffball (Lycoperdon pratense) but I swear it’s too big. Any ideas? #FungiFriends
Whittling in the woods from whence it came
November 15, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Whittling in the woods from whence it came
Not a real tree but an interesting one. #protoindoeuropean
November 15, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Not a real tree but an interesting one. #protoindoeuropean
Just visited the very mossy Tŷ Canol in Pembrokeshire, one of our few temperate rainforest fragments 🏴 #Cymru #temperaterainforest #moss
November 15, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Just visited the very mossy Tŷ Canol in Pembrokeshire, one of our few temperate rainforest fragments 🏴 #Cymru #temperaterainforest #moss
Clifton Botanical Gardens in Autumn, where I am currently studying. Super big old trees & tiny new flowers in the glasshouses.
November 15, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Clifton Botanical Gardens in Autumn, where I am currently studying. Super big old trees & tiny new flowers in the glasshouses.
Marchantia polymorpha, a common liverwort growing in a garden amongst paving stones #bryophyte #liverwort #botany
November 15, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Marchantia polymorpha, a common liverwort growing in a garden amongst paving stones #bryophyte #liverwort #botany
Happy #NationalMushroomDay - Daldinia concentrica, potentially the UK’s most common fungus, seen here on an ash dieback victim. These feel, look and act like coal. A frozen Neolithic man was found to have a pouch of these, essentially used for carrying a fire with you. #FungiFriends #foraging
November 15, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Happy #NationalMushroomDay - Daldinia concentrica, potentially the UK’s most common fungus, seen here on an ash dieback victim. These feel, look and act like coal. A frozen Neolithic man was found to have a pouch of these, essentially used for carrying a fire with you. #FungiFriends #foraging