Harebells were outnumbered by drifts of Small Scabious in the Yorkshire Dales nature reserves we explored this week, but there’s always something special about those perfect papery bells nodding in the breeze. #wildflowerhour #HarebellChallenge wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Three of the #DeadnettleFamily growing in the wall of Hind Wheel Dam, #RivelinValley . Hedge Woundwort, Water Mint and Skullcap (x2). Pleased to report neither phone nor glasses were lost overboard while taking these pictures, just a little dignity #WildflowerHour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

My camera was trained on this rather scruffy skipper when I realised it had led me to a plant new to me that I recognised from #wildflowerhour! Wild Basil (Clinopodium vulgare) at Hoe Grange Quarry, Derbyshire wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Large leafy divided bracts, dark red central flower, umbels form a ball after flowering, spiny fruits. It must be Wild Carrot (Daucus carota), here buffeted by the wind on the approach road to Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire Hardwick Hall and Stainsby Mill #wildflowerhour wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Tiny as they are, eyebrights (Euphrasia spp.) always catch my attention. Here growing on the floor of a disused limestone quarry, at the butterfly heaven that is Hoe Grange Quarry, Derbyshire #wildflowerhour wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

Green-veined White #butterfly on Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum) for #wildflowerhour #PollinatorPals challenge. The flower’s landing pad is helpfully marked out with a cross, that of a 4-lobed stigma. Hope Valley, Derbyshire wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

I was photographing bees on Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) when I spied something HUGE and GOLD out of the corner of my eye 😳. Hornet-mimic Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria). Hope Valley, Derbyshire #wildflowerhour #PollinatorPals wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Common Hemp-nettle (Galeopsis tetrahit) growing alongside Common Nettle (Urticaria dioica) at Thornhill NR, Bamford, Derbyshire #wildflowerhour wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

I love it when the #wildflowerhour challenge prompts me to find a plant I’ve never noticed before. Could this be Trifid Bur Marigold (Bidens tripartita)? On the banks of Damflask Reservoir, Loxley Valley, Sheffield #DaisyFamily wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

A floral display fringing the pond at Gloucester Services Southbound. Great Willowherb, Purple Loosestrife, Flowering-rush and the twirly-fruits of Meadowsweet. Overhead swallows and dragonflies locked in aerial combat. #wildflowerhour #M5botany BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour

For this week’s #wildflowerhour challenge, the #seedheads of Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) decorating a windy Cornish cliff top wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Utterly bonkers about conkers! Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) #autumn #conkers

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A confused Cowslip on an otherwise very autumnal day Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - Potteric Carr Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - follow us on Bluesky 🦋 #wildflowerhour wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

It looks a bit past its best, but I think this may be Black Horehound (Ballota nigra) bringing a touch of colour to a nature reserve car park. Alkborough, Humber Estuary #wildflowerhour #wildflowerID wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

I was photographing Reed Buntings on a path through the reed beds, when I was distracted by these bright golden flower heads. Could it be Buttonweed? #wildflowerhour #wildflowerID wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland