Lyn Edmonds

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Peacock butterfly with red wings and iridescent eyespots nectaring on some Grape Hyacinth

A mainly orange coloured Comma butterfly with dark brown markings resting with its wings fully open on a dead tree trunk with some green ivy nearby

Butterflies in our garden today - a Comma, a Peacock nectaring on some Grape Hyacinth and 2 camera-shy Brimstones also fluttered by 🦋
#InsectThursday #WildWebsWednesday #Butterflies @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

In the foreground there is part of a narrow path between walls of limestone blocks. There are many small green-leaved plants and mosses growing between the rocks. On the left side, there is a taller plant with upright stems and clusters of light green flowers. In the background and in the distance, tall trees rise above the wall, including an evergreen one with dark foliage. The sky is overcast.

Below ground level in the Limestone Rock Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social there is a narrow path between walls of limestone blocks, which provide a home for Mediterranean Spurge, many delicate plants that are yet to flower and mosses growing between the rocks.
#WallsOnWednesday

The lower part of a large mature tree with a deeply ridged and furrowed bark and several thick branches extending upwards and outwards; there are some snowdrops on the ground and other mainly leafless trees beyond

For #ThickTrunkTuesday, a large mature tree with a deeply ridged and furrowed bark and several thick branches extending upwards and outwards; seen recently at a National Trust property in #Cambridgeshire
#TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday

🐞Tucked right up inside a flowerhead🍃

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInteriors

Selection of 10 species of wildflowers in a collage: Top L/R: Lesser Celandine, Comfrey, Sweet Violet, Lesser Periwinkle, Daisy and Coltsfoot Bottom L/R: Dandelion, Stinking Hellebore, Common Field Speedwell and Primrose

#TheWinter10

From various locations in Cambridgeshire this week
Top L/R: Lesser Celandine, Comfrey, Sweet Violet, Lesser Periwinkle, Daisy and Coltsfoot
Bottom L/R: Dandelion, Stinking Hellebore, Common Field Speedwell and Primrose
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A brown wooden sign post indicating various locations at a National Trust property in Cambridgeshire, with a metal fence and grassy area beyond and leafless trees in the distance; with an overcast sky

So much to do and see even on a recent overcast day at the National Trust's Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire #FingerpostFriday @midsandeastnt.bsky.social

A metal field gate with some decorative curled details at its top corners, attached to black posts on either side. There are dry grasses and fallen leaves at the base of the gate. In the background is a large grassy field with sheep in the distance, a large tree with sprawling branches stands prominently on the right side, while a tall evergreen tree is on the left and other trees in the distance. The sky is cloudy and overcast.

A metal field gate with some decorative details at its top corners & looking not to have been opened for a while given the dry grasses & leaves gathered around its base; seen recently on the National Trust's Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire 🐑🐑
#ThursGate #lovegates #MetalworkThursday #IronworkThursday

A 7-spot ladybird tucked away inside an upturned pale green flowerhead, with parts of its leaves on both sides and a lightly blurred draker green background

A 7-spot #ladybird that thought it was safely tucked away from prying eyes inside the flower of a Stinking Hellebore, Helleborus foetidus
#WildWebsWednesday #Ladybugs #InsectThursday #Wildflowers #Insects

The lower part of a mature beech tree with thick branches, tree hollows and bracket fungi growing near its base; surrounded by a carpet of yellow and green flowers, with a rope fence behind it on the left and a metal fence to the right and other trees beyond

A mature beech tree with thick branches, tree hollows and bracket fungi growing near its base; surrounded by a carpet of Winter Aconites and seen recently on the National Trust's Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire @midsandeastnt.bsky.social
#TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

An old dark grey lichen covered wall with some small mosses growing along its top edge, with a lightly blurred grassy area beyond

Seen from above, a small rounded mossy structure with some yellowish-brown oval structures pushing through, which contain spores for reproduction

Growing on the wall edge of a burial plot; it seems these #mosses may be (L-R) the common Anomalous Bristle-moss, Orthotrichum anomalum and Grey-cushioned Grimmia or Hedgehog Moss, Grimmia pulvinata, both with spore capsules visible - also a close-up of the latter, seen from above #MossMonday

Selection of 10 species of wildflowers in a collage: Top L/R: Lesser Periwinkle, Small Nettle, Dandelion, Primrose, Red Dead-nettle and Oregon Grape Bottom L/R: Winter Aconite, Stinking Hellebore, Common Chickweed and Common Field Speedwell

#TheWinter10

Top L/R: Lesser Periwinkle, Small Nettle, Dandelion, Primrose, Red Dead-nettle and Oregon Grape
Bottom L/R: Winter Aconite, Stinking Hellebore, Common Chickweed and Common Field Speedwell
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of a pale, ruffled, crust-like fungus on a decaying tree branch;. the texture appears rough and it is set against a dark, green and brown background

Close-up of pale, ruffled, Netted Crust fungus, Byssomerulius corium, on a fallen branch in Wandlebury Woods, Cambridgeshire
#Fungi #FungiFriday #FungiFriends

Thank you, hopefully there will be more in flower next time I visit

Hi Roger, I wonder if you could help ID please - there's a lot of this at Wandlebury now, mostly not yet in flower - I was expecting poss. Cow Parsley, but apps suggesting Fool's or Hedge Parsley or even Hemlock! (ladybird for scale)

A red ladybird with black spots nestling in the leaves of a Silk Tassel Tree, where it may have spent the winter

A 7-spot ladybird sheltering on the hairy underside of a leaf of Garrya elliptica, a Silk Tassel Tree where it has possibly overwintered; the leaves have wavy edges and are quite 'leathery' so probably offer additional protection 🐞🍃
#WildWebsWednesday #Ladybirds #Ladybugs #InsectThursday

Close-up of an open white flower at the end of a narrow leafless branch, which also has some unopened buds; against a lightly blurred green and brown background

Close-up of an open white flower of Cherry Plum Blossom, Prunus cerasifera; seen this week in Cambridgeshire
#CherryPlumBlossom #CherryPlum #Blossom #WildflowerHour

A tiny star shaped flower growing on what appears to be a green leaf, but is in fact a modified stem called a cladode, which is quite thick and spiny at the tip

A tiny flower of Butcher's Broom, Ruscus aculeatus; seen this week in Cambridgeshire
#Butcher'sBroom #WildflowerHour

Selection of 10 species of wildflowers in a collage: Top L/R: Butcher's Broom, Ivy-leaved Speedwell, Wavy Bittercress, Hairy Bittercress, Common Field Speedwell and Comfrey Bottom L/R: Winter Heliotrope, Nipplewort, Thale Cress and Cherry Plum

#TheWinter10

Top L/R: Butcher's Broom, Ivy-leaved Speedwell, Wavy Bittercress, Hairy Bittercress, Common Field Speedwell and Comfrey
Bottom L/R: Winter Heliotrope, Nipplewort, Thale Cress and Cherry Plum
#WildflowerHour

A brown wooden Stable Rooms sign decorated with features and symbols of the countryside, such as a flower, a ladybird, a bug, a bird, a mouse etc.

For today's #BlueSkyArtShow #Wood this beautifully decorated wooden sign can be found above the door into #Wandlebury Country Park's Stable Rooms, near Cambridge
#SignsOnSaturday #SignsOnSunday #WoodenArt

Seen from above 2 Scurfy Twiglets, Tubaria furfuracea fungi growing on the ground, surrounded by some grass, some small green plants and dried leaf litter and bark

An unknown fungus with lichen, which incudes the yellowy-green Xanthoria parietina growing on the bark of a tree, with some grass to the right and a blurred tree branch beyond

Fungi seen this week in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social; on the left, Scurfy Twiglets, Tubaria furfuracea shown from above and on the right a fungus (ID unknown) with lichen, which incudes the yellowy-green Xanthoria parietina growing on the bark of a tree
#FungiFriends #FungiFriday #Fungus #Lichen

A bright green caterpillar in the cutaway part of a brown wooden signpost, with part of the road sign below

This lovely bright green Angle Shades Moth Caterpillar has overwintered in the sheltered part of a wooden urban signpost; seen yesterday in Cambridge
#InsectThursday #MothMonday #MothsMatter #TeamMoth #Caterpillars

A faded blotchy bramble leaf with a silvery white trail pattern on the leaf, which is an old vacated mine of a Stigmella moth which developed within the leaf; with a lightly blurred green and grey background

A faded bramble (blackberry) leaf with an old vacated mine of a Stigmella (aurella?) moth; seen in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire 🍃
#Moths #TeamMoth #LeafMiners #WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday

Part of the boundary walls of Cambridge University's Peterhouse College, as seen from the Coe Fen meadow

Part of a buttressed wall between the Coe Fen meadow and Cambridge University's Peterhouse College; the College roof is in the far distance on the left and there are the tops of trees on the College side of the wall

The boundary walls of Peterhouse College in Cambridge, as seen from the Coe Fen meadow
#WallsOnWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #Cambridge

A collage of wildflowers: Top L/R: Daffodil with snowdrops and aconites, Yarrow, Red Dead-nettle, Shining Crane's-bill, Common Chickweed and Greater Periwinkle Bottom L/R: Intermediate Periwinkle (Garden escape), Primrose, Daisy and Creeping Buttercup

#TheWinter10

Top L/R: Daffodil + snowdrops & aconites, Yarrow, Red Dead-nettle, Shining Crane's-bill, Common Chickweed & Greater Periwinkle
Bottom L/R: Intermediate Periwinkle (Garden escape), Primrose, Daisy & Creeping Buttercup
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of some Xanthoria parietina, a bright yellow/green lichen growing on a thin tree branch

Close-up of some Ramalina fastigiata, a grey-green lichen growing on a thin tree branch

Lichen growing on thin tree branches in Wandlebury Woods, Cambridgeshire; Xanthoria parietina (sometimes known as Sunburst Lichen) on the left an Ramalina fastigiata (sometimes known as Dotted Ribbon Lichen) on the right
#Lichen #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Two small bright purple flowers with orange coloured centres, as seen from above, surrounded by blades of mainly green grass

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous

Crocus tommasinianus, the Early Crocus, or Tommasini's Crocus, named in honour of the botanist Muzio G. Spirito de Tommasini; sometimes referred to as 'Tommies' 💜
#Crocus #PurpleThursday #PurpleFlowers

A cluster of 7-spot ladybirds huddled together after over-wintering on a moss covered wooden post in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire; there are leafless trees and a carpet of fallen leaves in the background

A cluster of 7-spot ladybirds still huddled together after over-wintering on a moss covered wooden post in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire; there are leafless trees and a carpet of fallen leaves in the background 🐞
#Ladybirds #Ladybugs #InsectThursday @cambridgeppf.bsky.social