Sarah Gibson
@windsweptsarah.bsky.social
Author, Swifts and Us, the Life of the Bird that Sleeps in the Sky, William Collins (2021). Agent jmlockart@bsky.social. Shropshire
Ten feisty flowers brightening the wet November days in town and in the Oswestry hills: Devil's bit scabious, musk mallow, meadorw cranesbill, herb Robert, self-heal, hogweed, hawkbit, viper's bugloss, daisypnll9 and evening primrose. #WinterTen #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Ten feisty flowers brightening the wet November days in town and in the Oswestry hills: Devil's bit scabious, musk mallow, meadorw cranesbill, herb Robert, self-heal, hogweed, hawkbit, viper's bugloss, daisypnll9 and evening primrose. #WinterTen #WildflowerHour
Most unexpected flower this week was a little sprig of blackthorn in an otherwise wintry hedgerow. Also seen white deadnettle, wood avens, speedwell, dogwood, bramble, knapweed and a campion flower with SPECTACULARLY TWIRLING anthers! #WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Most unexpected flower this week was a little sprig of blackthorn in an otherwise wintry hedgerow. Also seen white deadnettle, wood avens, speedwell, dogwood, bramble, knapweed and a campion flower with SPECTACULARLY TWIRLING anthers! #WildflowerHour
I found this one today in grassland, can you identify it for me?
November 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I found this one today in grassland, can you identify it for me?
Flowering this week in north-west Shropshire for #WildflowerHour are common knapweed, sowthistle, scentless mayweed, tormentil and in the 2nd collage buttercup, campion, wild carrot, self-heal, devil's-bit scabious and ragwort. These are #theWinter10.
November 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Flowering this week in north-west Shropshire for #WildflowerHour are common knapweed, sowthistle, scentless mayweed, tormentil and in the 2nd collage buttercup, campion, wild carrot, self-heal, devil's-bit scabious and ragwort. These are #theWinter10.
The shocking pink berries of spindle are just opening out to reveal their equally flamboyant orange seeds,their leaves turning a subtler shade of gorgeous colour.
October 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The shocking pink berries of spindle are just opening out to reveal their equally flamboyant orange seeds,their leaves turning a subtler shade of gorgeous colour.
October 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Last summer my husband was given some puss moth caterpillars by a guy he met while in hospital. We fed them on willow leaves and watched in fascination as they grew. In time they developed chrysalises. Today two of them emerged! #moths
April 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Last summer my husband was given some puss moth caterpillars by a guy he met while in hospital. We fed them on willow leaves and watched in fascination as they grew. In time they developed chrysalises. Today two of them emerged! #moths
Cuckoo flower, a favourite food plant for orange tip butterflies. #wildflowerhour
April 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Cuckoo flower, a favourite food plant for orange tip butterflies. #wildflowerhour
Field speedwell growing between the tarmaced pavement and my neighbour's wall. #tinyflowers #wildflowerhour
April 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Field speedwell growing between the tarmaced pavement and my neighbour's wall. #tinyflowers #wildflowerhour
I'm late for #Wildflowerhour but here is a cluster of Field Maple flowers. They are so easily overlooked but exquisitely lovely when you notice them. #treeflowers
April 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I'm late for #Wildflowerhour but here is a cluster of Field Maple flowers. They are so easily overlooked but exquisitely lovely when you notice them. #treeflowers
You have to seek out town hall clock, a tiny woodland plant with 5 green flowers arranged in a unique cube-shape. Every spring I go back to an old, overgrown tramway cutting where it thrives in the damp shade.
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
April 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
You have to seek out town hall clock, a tiny woodland plant with 5 green flowers arranged in a unique cube-shape. Every spring I go back to an old, overgrown tramway cutting where it thrives in the damp shade.
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
Town hall clock, bluebell, cherry blossom and wood anemone for #wildflowerhour #woodlandplants
April 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Town hall clock, bluebell, cherry blossom and wood anemone for #wildflowerhour #woodlandplants
My white flowering currant is alive with bees. At 8pm it was still buzzing with huge queen bumblebees and much smaller, black female hairy footed flower bees. Such a good shrub for wildlife. #bees #wildlifegardens
April 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My white flowering currant is alive with bees. At 8pm it was still buzzing with huge queen bumblebees and much smaller, black female hairy footed flower bees. Such a good shrub for wildlife. #bees #wildlifegardens
Wood anemones, primroses, dog violets and a galaxy of celandines in this sunny woodland glade today. #wildflowerhour
March 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Wood anemones, primroses, dog violets and a galaxy of celandines in this sunny woodland glade today. #wildflowerhour
March 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The bee flies are back! Here's one in my garden on a pulmonaria - just about in the photo top right.
March 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The bee flies are back! Here's one in my garden on a pulmonaria - just about in the photo top right.
Yellow Star of Bethlehem blowing in the breeze, shining in the sun on a rocky outcrop in the Oswestry hills. #yellowflowers #wildflowerhour
March 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Yellow Star of Bethlehem blowing in the breeze, shining in the sun on a rocky outcrop in the Oswestry hills. #yellowflowers #wildflowerhour
10 at last! Primrose, celandine, gorse, common whitlow grass, red dead nettle, oposite-leaved golden saxifrage, shepherd's cress, speedwell,groundsel and daisy. #wildflowerhour
March 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
10 at last! Primrose, celandine, gorse, common whitlow grass, red dead nettle, oposite-leaved golden saxifrage, shepherd's cress, speedwell,groundsel and daisy. #wildflowerhour
Thrilled to see this sprig of mistletoe on my apple tree! We've been squishing berries under the bark for years. Now for exponential growth. #mistletoe
February 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Thrilled to see this sprig of mistletoe on my apple tree! We've been squishing berries under the bark for years. Now for exponential growth. #mistletoe
I had one the time before yesterday when the sun came out. As soon as the crocuses opened up it roared in!
February 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I had one the time before yesterday when the sun came out. As soon as the crocuses opened up it roared in!
This coltsfoot flower (terrible photo) opened its sun-like petals today, warmed by the actual sun that shone down on us all day. #wildflowerhour
February 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This coltsfoot flower (terrible photo) opened its sun-like petals today, warmed by the actual sun that shone down on us all day. #wildflowerhour
On my street on Sunday, wretched
February 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
On my street on Sunday, wretched
Snowdrops between mossy tree roots in a long- abandoned walled garden.
February 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Snowdrops between mossy tree roots in a long- abandoned walled garden.