Flowering grass from the chalk verge of the Ridgeway National Trail for this week's #wildflowerhour #grasschallenge is it Meadow Foxtail? BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour

Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) a key wild flower of chalk grasslands on the Berkshire Downs very popular with pollinators. Surprised to hear from an American walker this is a very invasive weed in Montana! #wildflowerhour #insectweek BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Looking for a new role in the great outdoors? Join our National Trails team working on The Ridgeway National Trail and #ThamesPath in beautiful national landscapes across southern England. Job details 👇careers.oxfordshire.gov.uk/jobs/job/Natio… #MondayMotivation The CJS Team Chilterns National Landscape

On 30th June 1891 Sir Stanley Spencer CBE RA was born. So let’s celebrate an extraordinary artist with church bells ringing, ducks flying and his beloved Thames moving. Happy Birthday Stanley! 🤎 🔈Sound On🔈

Love, love Jane Tomlinson - Artist 🌻⭐️ Shipping Forecast collection😍 #shippingforecast100 'veering westerly' 'losing its identity' 'backing northerly' 😍

Larvae of rose sawflies (Arge ochropus or pagana) munching their way through rose leaves in the garden today. #noticingnature #natureconnectedness Buglife NatureBureau

Swifts are the stars of my daily dawn choruses around my home from May to August. They're fabulous birds! Thank you for the daily dawn chorus Tom McKinney BBC Radio 3

Today another full lock at #Hurley many spectators took the opportunity to witness the continuing journey of the #Swan Upping event on day 3,it was also great to see the #Caversham Princess and its wonderful crew arrive to collect passengers for a day on the River Environment AgencySE

Ghosts of the Farm is coming September 30th! I'm thrilled you can pre-order it here Waterstones (UK) in their Summer offer, 28-31 July. Pre-orders really help get books noticed, & I'd love that for my wonderful #womenfarming #naturewriting Chelsea Green Publishing waterstones.com/book/ghosts-of…

It's a 'mast' year for Oak trees as acorns are ripening. Spot evidence of oak gall wasps too. These extraordinary shapes were created by the larvae of Knopper Gall Wasp (Andricus quercuscalicis). Galls are part of the biodiversity that a healthy oak tree supports. Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre

For #thicktrunktuesday a multi-stemmed Wild Service tree (?) at one of the entrances to the Cuttle Brook Nature Reserve in Thame. Galls on the leaves too. It's a 'gall' year! TiCL 🍃💚🍃 Chiltern Woods Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre

Multi-stemmed Silver Maple tree at one of the entrances to Cuttle Brook Nature Reserve in Thame, for #thicktrunktuesday fans. Thank you Chiltern Woods for correct identification of this water-loving, fast-growing tree, with maple bladder-gall mite evident on the leaves.

Pollinators Pathmaker virtual reality inside the wonderfully immersive 'Unearthed: the power of gardening' British Library and for real outside in the piazza #pollinatorpals wildflowerhour

🥾🥾Best foot forward today for Joe Townsend starting his 45 mile hike from Kassam Stadium, Oxford to Madejski Stadium, Reading fundraising for The Joey Beauchamp Foundation Thames Rivers Trust Sport Local Action Street Soccer Foundation OxTweets OU in the Community The Yellow Army Reading FC Oxford Clarion

Sunday evening sunshine and shadows in Alexandra Park, Surbiton #goldenhourglow Kingston Council

Wonderful sight, with a man carrying a red flag in front of the traction engine to warn oncoming traffic!

Magnificent oak tree at the Mayberry Place entrance to the lovely Fishponds Park in Surbiton. Is it a White Oak? Paul Wood 🌳 TiCL 🍃💚🍃 Citizen Zoo #thicktrunktuesday

Very blue flowers on a wetland plant with arrow-head shaped leaves spotted among the bullrushes and purple-loosestrife in the lovely restored pond at Fishponds Park in Surbiton. Citizen Zoo #wetlandplant #wildflowerhour

🖊️I've signed this ZSL petition to make access to nature a statutory right for every school child. I've seen how children benefit from watching wildlife, planting trees, photographing and walking with nature. Petition 👇 chng.it/YgjStM2HSS via Change.org UK

Beautiful trees reveal Blenheim Park's history: oaks in C12th deer park for original Woodstock Manor, Lebanese cedars and beeches in Lancelot 'Capability' Brown's C18th design for Blenheim Palace 👇 #thicktrunktuesday blenheimpalace.com/stories/capabi… OxTweets Blenheim Palace TiCL 🌳🌲🌴