One of my favourite wild flowers - Sand Pansy (Viola tricolor subsp. curtisii) I love the flash of blue on the sepals! - in the dunes at Braunton Burrows 🤩 BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour

A few people have been asking about FISCs in Norfolk this year. I’ll be running one 14 August 2024 in Norwich with Natural England Natural England Norfolk & Suffolk Look out for a booking link on the BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland website

'When botanists go on holiday' Top left may well be the first Cotula australis for vc41.

Its been an incredible week of dream come true nature moments. This is one I've looked forward to for years. Dwarf Pansy (Viola kitaibeliana) flowering fabulously on Bryher 😍 #wildflowerhour

Special find on yesterday's Norfolk Flora group meeting, Taraxacum scanicum. Previously thought restricted to on Bank but now known in a number of places in Norfolk. This was a new site in vc26. BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland #wildflowerhour Dandelion Appreciation Society

Bee-killing pesticides are making a comeback. Here’s how we can stop them. via @greenpeaceuk greenpeace.org.uk/news/bee-killi…

Draba aizoides still just about in flower on limestone, Gower #wildflowerhour

Arenaria serpillifolia ssp lloydii in a rock cleft on the Gower coast #wildflowerhour

A veteran Marrubium vulgare sitting on top of an earth bank in the National Trust Rhossili car park. #wildflowerhour

Ranunculus tripartitus flowering in a muddy pool at Pitton Cross Common on Gower today. #wildflowerhour

Spring squill with a view - photo doesn't do justice to the hundreds of plants on the slope in SW Gower #wildflowerhour

Helianthemum nummularium with the more delicate hoary rockrose Helianthemum oelandicum ssp incanum in the background - Worms Head, Gower. #Wildflowerhour

Dynamic duo with guest #bee for #SundayYellow on #InternationalDayoftheDandelion

#Biodiversity failure. If insects go they will take us with them
A 'bug splat' survey found number of insects has fallen by 4/5th in 20y. The survey, which asked people to count squashed insects on number plates, found a fall of 78% between 2004 - 2023.
news.sky.com/story/bug-spla…

They could change it if they wanted, they don’t want. So legislate.
Survey finds that 60 firms responsible for half of world’s pollution. Study confirms Philip Morris International, Danone, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are worst offenders. theguardian.com/environment/20…

This coming Friday folks! Last chance to get your tickets to watch #SixInchesofSoil and join in the post film panel discussion with Patrick Barkham Charlie Curtis and Charlie Ennals Six Inches of Soil