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Poppy @ The Wild Path
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A wild wanderer with a passion for the natural world | #Vegan | #Neurodivergent | Van dweller | Proud to have been #homeeducated | Striving to make a positive difference to protect our beautiful world ❤️ https://awildwanderer.substack.com/
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Hi fellow Blueskiers! 👋 I'm Poppy - Nature-lover, wild wanderer & blogger over at 'The Wild Path' (link in bio).

Nature is my happy place, & as a neurodivergent adult, it gifts me so much calm, joy & wonder every day ❤️ I'm passionate about doing all I can to help protect our beautiful earth 🌍 (1/2)
These dainty little Aster blooms have been gifting me so much joy since their petals began unfurling a few days ago 🥰 They looked particularly beautiful this morning, cloaked in a fine mist of tiny water droplets, with their colour popping so vibrantly beneath an overcast, grey sky ❤️

#DailyNature
The Hemp Agrimony was still looking so stunningly beautiful 😍 (2/2)
The Comfrey has enjoyed a little revival along our local riverbank, as this bountiful plant gives one final flourish before the season's end 🥰 They added a wonderful splash of colour to our wander today & are proving a welcome source of pollen & nectar for the Bumblebees too 🐝❤️

#WildflowerHour
They were so incredibly beautiful they brought a tear to my eye 🥹❤️ Aren't trees just magical at this time of year, when their leaves are gradually transforming into autumn splendour, but they're still holding on to the last colour of summer 😍
Everything's feeling so wonderfully autumnal, on this first day of meteorological #autumn 🍁🍂🧡🍄 With massing Jackdaws noisily gathering, & a Robin just beginning its sweet song, it's the perfect evening to light a beautiful candle, get cosy, & welcome in my favourite season of all 🥰
Isn't it just! 😍 I don't think I've ever seen anything in the natural world with this particular, striking hue. It looked so beautiful in the sunshine ❤️
I hadn't ever realised quite how beautiful flowering Common Reed was 😍 Their feathery, iridescent purple flowers have been a real highlight on our wanders this week ❤️

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Lots of beautiful #fruits spotted along our local footpath this week 🧡🍂🍁 A selection of Lords-and-ladies, #blackberries, Yew berries & Elder berries for this week's #WildflowerHour. I'm loving all the bounty of beautiful berries this year ❤️

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The Hawthorns are looking so beautiful this year, aren't they ❤️
✨ Treasures from our morning walk today ✨

💧Shimmering raindrops on reeds;
🕸️ A magnificent Orb Weaver Spider;
🍄 Delicately beautiful Pleated Inkcaps fruiting amongst the fallen leaves;
🦋 And an incredible chrysalis

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There's nothing quite like the peace of a wild village #churchyard 🌿 Beneath the shade of the churchyard's trees, with the ancient church spire towering above us, we quietly watched a Collared Dove thoughtfully gather the perfect sticks for its nest somewhere nearby ❤️

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Ooh, I think that's definitely the one ☺️ Thanks so much ❤️
I've been trying hard this year to tackle the IDs of some of the #wildflower species I've always struggled to differentiate, but this week's #WildflowerHour pick has stumped me. I'm thinking it might be Bristly Oxtongue, but would appreciate any #WildflowerID help ❤️

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Images from left, clockwise: Hemp Agrimony and Great Willowherb, Marsh Woundwort, Meadow Vetchling and Tufted Vetch ❤️

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"This bridge led us out of the #trees, and towards the #river meadows beyond, along a wonderfully wild path edged by dense displays of stunning #summer #wildflowers"

From my latest #blogpost: awildwanderer.substack.com/p/the-nicest...

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A gathering of Marsh Woundwort growing tall amongst the dense greenery of the riverbank, where a young Reed Warbler chirred continuously as it slowly made its way into the safety of the deep, dense reeds 🌿 ❤️

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