Wendy English
@whitbybotanist.bsky.social
Botany recorder for Whitby Naturalists Club with a general interest in the natural world and conservation.
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
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!
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
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.
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@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.
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@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!
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@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.
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
Black Horehound, Ballota nigra by a lane @northyorkmoors.org.uk Reputed to have many medicinal applications.
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
June 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Black Horehound, Ballota nigra by a lane @northyorkmoors.org.uk Reputed to have many medicinal applications.
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
A local speciality; Bithynian Vetch for #wildflowerhour #peafamily challenge. Nearly lost from its local site, but annual cutting & raking has worked wonders. Thanks to @whitbynats.bsky.social and @northyorkmoors.org.uk .
June 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A local speciality; Bithynian Vetch for #wildflowerhour #peafamily challenge. Nearly lost from its local site, but annual cutting & raking has worked wonders. Thanks to @whitbynats.bsky.social and @northyorkmoors.org.uk .
Bird's-nest & Greater Butterfly Orchids on NYMNP. #WildflowerHour Numbers of most other species well down.
June 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Bird's-nest & Greater Butterfly Orchids on NYMNP. #WildflowerHour Numbers of most other species well down.
Fly Orchids, Ophrys insectifera, flowering at a local site. Numbers very low ( just a handful, as opposed to typical many tens)
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@bsbibotany.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Fly Orchids, Ophrys insectifera, flowering at a local site. Numbers very low ( just a handful, as opposed to typical many tens)
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
Large Bittercress, Cardamine amara, is a plant I don't often see, so I was pleased to find 2 large patches in damp areas of YWT Littlebeck Wood yesterday. Purple anthers confirm id.
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@bsbibotany.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Large Bittercress, Cardamine amara, is a plant I don't often see, so I was pleased to find 2 large patches in damp areas of YWT Littlebeck Wood yesterday. Purple anthers confirm id.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
Lovely damp bank covered in Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage & ferns in woodland close to the north Yorks coast.
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@bsbibotany.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Lovely damp bank covered in Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage & ferns in woodland close to the north Yorks coast.
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@bsbibotany.bsky.social
Toothwort growing on Hazel roots - a sort of #treeflower for #Wildflowerhour
April 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Toothwort growing on Hazel roots - a sort of #treeflower for #Wildflowerhour