Lovely to see this Royal recognition tonight. Go #Maiden !

Seriously late to #wildflowerhour but can I add a profusion of Ranunculus repens the humble buttercup.

Unfortunately not for working pensioners - many of whom are on below average income #WASPI .

The much-loved (but perhaps time-worn) “The Secret Life Of The Home” Science Museum gallery is to close… so if you’ve never been to the basement or want a last👀: go before 2 June! Free tickets & blogpost on it: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/saying-goodbye…
I thought I’d be sadder to see it go but…

Fabulous!

Maiden has just become the first all-female crew to WIN an around the world race. In 1989 we were the first all-female crew to race around the world and these awesome women have just taken it to the next level. SO PROUD of them I could burst!! The Maiden Factor #GirlPower

Not many cowslips here #wildflower hour but bluebells divine #Hertfordshire . Meanwhile cowslips naturalising and spreading on the #wildflower bank planted by a wonderful volunteer at our village fernery project - 115 species native to Hertfordshire planted inc Water Avens.

Not many cowslips here #wildflower _hour but bluebells divine #Hertfordshire . Meanwhile cowslips naturalising and spreading on the #wildflower bank planted by a wonderful volunteer at our village fernery project - 115 species native to Hertfordshire planted inc Water Avens.

Glad to greet the trilliums #lowthercastle Lowther Castle & Gardens today - and wonderful to see the groundwork for all the new planting to come. Hopefully candelabra primula and ferns will bloom again?

Introducing the Lake District’s latest innovation for nature lovers: ‘E-Sheep’! 🐑💡 As part of our new eco-friendly initiative, we’re tagging our local Herdwick sheep with LED lights to help hikers navigate the fells safely at night. Starting April 1st, follow the glowing flock…

Sustainable grass mowing contract here in the North West will replace machine mowers entirely by 2026

Excellent! Nice learning point thank you.

Blackthorn Prunus spinosum frothing everywhere #wildflowerhour

Lovely to see the horse chestnut 'stickybuds' #wildflowerhour

Early Spider Orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) 24.03.24. Saw a few hundred with open flower on a 10km walk from Durlston to Dancing Ledge and back. A high number for March 24th - though a long way to go before the slopes are peppered with them.

Quick, almost missed #WildflowerHour , busy looking for the aurora. Tiny Rue-leaved Saxifrage, from my run over Arnside knott this morning. Just in time?

Oh and a mass of Butterbur Petasides hybridus by a Gloucestershire stream #WildFlowerHour

#WildFlowerHour so have to add wild daffodils in their thousands in a Gloucestershire woodland - narcissus pseudonarcissus.

#WildFlowerHour anemonoides nemorosa peeping through the leaf cover in Gloucestershire, and white violets and wild strawberry on a Hertfordshire bank.

Yes outside Parliament with the anthem!