Bonsai Bank, an awesome chalky glade. Ten orchid species seen including hundreds of Lady Orchids, the star species here; Most Ladys were frazzled by the May heatwave but several seen in good flower
Flowers just starting to bloom in Lye Valley fen - Purple Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca and maroon flowered Water Figwort Scrophularia auriculata both visible from the boardwalk. @friendlyevalley.bsky.social A pity too wet for any insect visitors #Wildflowerhour
Collared Parachute for #StickOfTheWeek … and what a stick it is. #FungiFriends
A limestone landscape, of sheep-grazed ancient grassland on the edge of t'moors
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Finally got out to Devil's Dyke, nr Newmarket, Cambs recently @wildlifebcn.org to be treated to adonis blue alongside the commons, a few marbled white and a tiny brown argus
Other arable bits about Kent.. Broad-leaved Cudweed Filago pyramidata, Spreading Hedge-parsley Torilis arvensis, Cornflower Centaurea cyanus and Poppy Papaver rhoeas
Alex Prendergast
June is a special month for UK bumblebees – the Big Eight are joined by more of our rare and less common species 💛
👑 This month, most of these rare and less common queens will produce their first daughters – the workers 💼
🎱 For the Big Eight, many queens and workers will be joined by new males 🚹
Alex Prendergast
Bernoid
Judy Webb
Judy Webb
Plantlife
Chris Thaxter
The sward of ancient sheep grazed limestone pasture with ant hills gathering thyme, red clover, Galium verum
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Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Lin Hawthorne
Lin Hawthorne
Lotus corniculatus Bird’s-foot Trefoil:
Blooms May–Sept in grassy places, verges, short turf, and in meadows, it’s one of the quickest to rebloom after cutting, resulting in a prolonged flowering period.
following, here are some of the butterfly dependants:
