Wendy English
@whitbybotanist.bsky.social
Botany recorder for Whitby Naturalists Club with a general interest in the natural world and conservation.
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How fitting that my Deaths head Hawk moth has emerged on Halloween.🙂
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
How fitting that my Deaths head Hawk moth has emerged on Halloween.🙂
Collared Earthstar by the railway in Whitby for #WildFungiHour
October 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Collared Earthstar by the railway in Whitby for #WildFungiHour
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I will never tire of looking at the gills of waxcap fungi.
October 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I will never tire of looking at the gills of waxcap fungi.
Monitored botanically for 50 years!
@ynuorg.bsky.social
@ynuorg.bsky.social
Say 18th Oct 2025
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Saving May Moss - 50 years of conservation and science
By Brian Walker
How the most important, intact peat bog on NYM was saved , a beacon of citizen science and climate research . Personal stories, history +science .
1974-2024
Member £1 Visitor £2
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Saving May Moss - 50 years of conservation and science
By Brian Walker
How the most important, intact peat bog on NYM was saved , a beacon of citizen science and climate research . Personal stories, history +science .
1974-2024
Member £1 Visitor £2
October 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Monitored botanically for 50 years!
@ynuorg.bsky.social
@ynuorg.bsky.social
Late Zigzag Clover flower in a meadow next to Coast to Coast & Cleveland Way NTs. @northyorkmoors.org.uk staff & volunteers maintaining the meadow this week. #WildflowerHour
October 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Late Zigzag Clover flower in a meadow next to Coast to Coast & Cleveland Way NTs. @northyorkmoors.org.uk staff & volunteers maintaining the meadow this week. #WildflowerHour
Yellow-wort by a forestry track in Hardwood Dale Forest near Whitby for #WildflowerHour
October 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Yellow-wort by a forestry track in Hardwood Dale Forest near Whitby for #WildflowerHour
Whitby wildlife today: Dark Sword Grass (migrant) and Oak Bush Cricket from the moth trap, and Pale Tussock caterpillar exploring Caedmon Steps. @ynuorg.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Whitby wildlife today: Dark Sword Grass (migrant) and Oak Bush Cricket from the moth trap, and Pale Tussock caterpillar exploring Caedmon Steps. @ynuorg.bsky.social
The amazing Clifden Nonpareil has reached my moth trap near Whitby!
September 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The amazing Clifden Nonpareil has reached my moth trap near Whitby!
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Sat 4th Oct 2025 at 2 pm
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Our first talk of 2025/26
'What is the Non-native Species Inspectorate and what do we do?
Speaker Courtney Graham from the Animal and Plant Agency
Current projects and information about non- native species
Members £1, Visitors £2
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Our first talk of 2025/26
'What is the Non-native Species Inspectorate and what do we do?
Speaker Courtney Graham from the Animal and Plant Agency
Current projects and information about non- native species
Members £1, Visitors £2
September 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Sat 4th Oct 2025 at 2 pm
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Our first talk of 2025/26
'What is the Non-native Species Inspectorate and what do we do?
Speaker Courtney Graham from the Animal and Plant Agency
Current projects and information about non- native species
Members £1, Visitors £2
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Our first talk of 2025/26
'What is the Non-native Species Inspectorate and what do we do?
Speaker Courtney Graham from the Animal and Plant Agency
Current projects and information about non- native species
Members £1, Visitors £2
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Fragrant Agrimony Agrimonia procera - living up to its scientific name but not so much its common name. Lovely tall but largely unscented plants beside a footpath at Egton, NE Yorkshire. Reflexed lower spines on the fruit. #wildflowerhour
September 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Fragrant Agrimony Agrimonia procera - living up to its scientific name but not so much its common name. Lovely tall but largely unscented plants beside a footpath at Egton, NE Yorkshire. Reflexed lower spines on the fruit. #wildflowerhour
Just one live spike of Yellow Bird's Nest, Monotropa hypopitys at a site where up to 200 were found a couple of years ago. Drought?
Late for #WildFlowerHour. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Late for #WildFlowerHour. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just one live spike of Yellow Bird's Nest, Monotropa hypopitys at a site where up to 200 were found a couple of years ago. Drought?
Late for #WildFlowerHour. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Late for #WildFlowerHour. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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In 2024, St Hilda's Church, West Cliff, Whitby gave permission to Whitby Swifts for specially made swift boxes to be installed in the belfry. A swift call system was used to attract the birds. This year, swifts used at least 3 of the boxes. Success! @rspbengland.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
In 2024, St Hilda's Church, West Cliff, Whitby gave permission to Whitby Swifts for specially made swift boxes to be installed in the belfry. A swift call system was used to attract the birds. This year, swifts used at least 3 of the boxes. Success! @rspbengland.bsky.social
Small Copper on Common Fleabane near Whitby for #WildflowerHour. Lovely to see abundant butterflies this summer!
August 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Small Copper on Common Fleabane near Whitby for #WildflowerHour. Lovely to see abundant butterflies this summer!
Two unexpected species that grow on the North Yorkshire coastal cliffs: Wood Vetch and Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea.
#WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Two unexpected species that grow on the North Yorkshire coastal cliffs: Wood Vetch and Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea.
#WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
The Wildflower Society braved the weather to visit Fylingdales yesterday. Harebells growing thro' Bell Heather for #WildflowerHour #HarebellChallenge Fauna as well as flora to be seen.
July 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The Wildflower Society braved the weather to visit Fylingdales yesterday. Harebells growing thro' Bell Heather for #WildflowerHour #HarebellChallenge Fauna as well as flora to be seen.
Whitby has a few fragments of saltmarsh and flood plain. Good to see the Strawberry Clover doing well in the turf, and Sea Arrowgrass in flower. Hard-grass not recorded here before.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Whitby has a few fragments of saltmarsh and flood plain. Good to see the Strawberry Clover doing well in the turf, and Sea Arrowgrass in flower. Hard-grass not recorded here before.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
For #WildfloweHour #HelleborineChallenge, Epipactis dunensis and the special Lindisfarne version from a fantastic Northumbrian coast @bsbibotany.bsky.social meeting this weekend. Helleborines just one of many interesting species seen.
July 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
For #WildfloweHour #HelleborineChallenge, Epipactis dunensis and the special Lindisfarne version from a fantastic Northumbrian coast @bsbibotany.bsky.social meeting this weekend. Helleborines just one of many interesting species seen.
Wood Club-rush, Scirpus sylvaticus, grows in wet ditches beside the wonderful North York Moors Railway as it climbs north from Pickering.
#wildflowehour #GrassChallenge
#wildflowehour #GrassChallenge
June 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Wood Club-rush, Scirpus sylvaticus, grows in wet ditches beside the wonderful North York Moors Railway as it climbs north from Pickering.
#wildflowehour #GrassChallenge
#wildflowehour #GrassChallenge
The orchids are stunning at present!
June 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The orchids are stunning at present!
A short walk to enjoy orchids on Whitby West Cliff.
June 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A short walk to enjoy orchids on Whitby West Cliff.
Sea Milkwort, Lysimachia maritima, growing in a fragment of salt marsh by the river Esk in Whitby for #WildflowerHour. #AquaticPlants in the sense that they can be submerged on a high tide.
June 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Sea Milkwort, Lysimachia maritima, growing in a fragment of salt marsh by the river Esk in Whitby for #WildflowerHour. #AquaticPlants in the sense that they can be submerged on a high tide.
Shoreweed, Litorella uniflora, is an interesting plant well adapted to the fluctuating water levels at reservoirs like Scaling Dam. It grows underwater and on the shore. Now in full flower on dry land - although easily missed!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Shoreweed, Litorella uniflora, is an interesting plant well adapted to the fluctuating water levels at reservoirs like Scaling Dam. It grows underwater and on the shore. Now in full flower on dry land - although easily missed!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
Whitby -style #urbanbotany for #wildflowerhour.
Plants growing in cracks on Whitby west pier harbour wall, looking vertically downwards.
Plants growing in cracks on Whitby west pier harbour wall, looking vertically downwards.
June 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Whitby -style #urbanbotany for #wildflowerhour.
Plants growing in cracks on Whitby west pier harbour wall, looking vertically downwards.
Plants growing in cracks on Whitby west pier harbour wall, looking vertically downwards.
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Fantastic day looking at grasses, @bsbibotany.bsky.social Poaceae Walk on the coastal slopes btw Marske and Saltburn, vc 62. Now sorting specimens and lists... Did we get to 50 sp.?
Thanks all for a great day out
Thanks all for a great day out
June 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Fantastic day looking at grasses, @bsbibotany.bsky.social Poaceae Walk on the coastal slopes btw Marske and Saltburn, vc 62. Now sorting specimens and lists... Did we get to 50 sp.?
Thanks all for a great day out
Thanks all for a great day out
A few heathland bog plants from @northyorkmoors.org.uk today. A beautiful day with butterflies, damselflies, amphibians & fungi as well as special plants. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A few heathland bog plants from @northyorkmoors.org.uk today. A beautiful day with butterflies, damselflies, amphibians & fungi as well as special plants. @bsbibotany.bsky.social