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Dave

@sylvatica2024.bsky.social

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Self taught botanist living in Cornwall, formerly Kent. Hoping to spread the joys of nature to others through my posts. Cornwall blog at: https://sylvatica2022.blogspot.com/ Kent blog at: https://barbus59.blogspot.com/

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 1d

Tall Tutsan naturalised at Par, Cornwall today. Quite a common find in this area.

Hypericum x inodorum

Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 1d

Water Mint by a brackish stream at Par, Cornwall today.

Mentha aquatica

Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 1d

Sea Radish in flower at Par, Cornwall today.

Raphanus raphanistrum subsp maritimus

Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 1d

Balm-leaved Figwort flowering at Par, Cornwall today.

Scrophularia scorodonia

Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 1d

Michaelmas Daisy brightening up several parts of Par Sands in Cornwall today.

Symphyotrichum x versicolor

Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 1d

A Tansy colony having a second go at flowering at Par Sands today, Cornwall.

Tanacetum vulgare

Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 1d

Sea Rocket going strong at Par Sands today, Cornwall.

Cakile maritima

Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 1d

Common Flax in a tree well yesterday in Wadebridge

Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 3d

Another one in my garden today in north Cornwall. Ichneumon Wasp possibly Pimpla rufipes or Endromopoda detrita

Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 4d

@gavinbroad.bsky.social Hi Gavin, is it possible to ID this insect? This photo is all I have of it. North Cornwall today.

Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 4d

Luckily I took a sample home and turns out this is Amaranthus hybridus (Green Amaranth).

Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 4d

This seems to be a female Ichneumon extensorius wasp that I found in my back garden today in Wadebridge. There's only 1 prior record for it in Cornwall from 1906, so any knowledgable insect person's input would be most welcome.

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 4d

In a field of Sunflowers, I found a solitary Thorn Apple in fruit, again, a likely seed contaminant when the sunflowers were sown. St. Endellion, Cornwall today.

Datura stramonium

Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 4d

Common Amaranth (I think) in an arable field, no doubt a seed contaminant when the crop of Maize was planted. St. Endellion Cornwall today.

Amaranthus retroflexus

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 6d

Lungwort growing in a kerb edge on an industrial estate near Launceston today.

Pulmonaria officinalis

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 6d

I found some flowering this week too in Cornwall. It was a young plant that had been mowed which no doubt forced it into flower.

Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 6d

You might find bsbi.org/wp-content/u... interesting (page 33) as it details C. intybus subspecies.

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 6d

A garden escaped Bloody Cranesbill on an industrial estate road verge near Launceston today for #wildflowerhour

Geranium sanguineum

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 6d

Orange-peel Clematis naturalised on waste ground in an industrial estate near Launceston today for #wildflowerhour

Clematis tangutica

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 6d

One of around 100 Common Dog Violets flowering on a south facing grassy bank near Launceston today for #wildflowerhour

Viola riviniana

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 6d

Germander Speedwell flowering near Launceston today for #wildflowerhour

Veronica chamaedrys

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 6d

Common Centaury flowering on an industrial estate near Launceston today for #wildflowerhour

Centaurium erythraea

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 7d

There's actually a train that goes from Edinburgh to Penzance, so you could see both venues in a couple of days.

Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 7d

Hemp agrimony by the sea wall at Hannafore Looe today.

Eupatorium cannabinum

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 7d

Sea Carrot and Sea Mayweed at Hannafore Looe today.

Daucus carota subsp gummifer and Tripleurospermum maritimum

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