Rebecca Wheeler
@botanybeck.bsky.social
Obsessed with the natural world, especially #fungi, #wildflowers and #orchids. 🍄
Wildlife gardener and Forest School Practitioner.
Leads @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Love needle-felting and always trying to recreate my nature finds in wool felt #SciArt
Wildlife gardener and Forest School Practitioner.
Leads @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Love needle-felting and always trying to recreate my nature finds in wool felt #SciArt
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Rebecca Wheeler
@botanybeck.bsky.social
· Oct 28
A Crimson Waxcap looking even more beautiful bathed in sunbeams! 🌞
Hygrocybe punicea, Elan Valley.
#fungi #mushroommonday 🍄📸
Hygrocybe punicea, Elan Valley.
#fungi #mushroommonday 🍄📸
For #MushroomMonday #fungifriends I’m still seeing plenty of winter #fungi in the woods at work, at least something is enjoying the rain! White Brain, Yellow Brain, Black Witches Butter, Turkey Tail, fresh Velvet Shanks & beautiful vibrant Scarlet Elfcups are always a joy to see! ❤️
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 AM
For #MushroomMonday #fungifriends I’m still seeing plenty of winter #fungi in the woods at work, at least something is enjoying the rain! White Brain, Yellow Brain, Black Witches Butter, Turkey Tail, fresh Velvet Shanks & beautiful vibrant Scarlet Elfcups are always a joy to see! ❤️
Gorse still looking glorious for #wildflowerhour plus a couple of new things blooming in Warrington this week, top left, naturalised Cornelian Cherry starting to open, bottom left Alder Catkins & top right, not only is Elder shooting but the flower buds are well on the way too!
February 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Gorse still looking glorious for #wildflowerhour plus a couple of new things blooming in Warrington this week, top left, naturalised Cornelian Cherry starting to open, bottom left Alder Catkins & top right, not only is Elder shooting but the flower buds are well on the way too!
After all the rain, some welcome sunshine this afternoon, so I went to check on my favourite patch of Lesser Celandines.
It didn’t disappoint! 😀
Aren’t they gorgeous! 💛🥰
#Wildflowerhour
It didn’t disappoint! 😀
Aren’t they gorgeous! 💛🥰
#Wildflowerhour
February 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
After all the rain, some welcome sunshine this afternoon, so I went to check on my favourite patch of Lesser Celandines.
It didn’t disappoint! 😀
Aren’t they gorgeous! 💛🥰
#Wildflowerhour
It didn’t disappoint! 😀
Aren’t they gorgeous! 💛🥰
#Wildflowerhour
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I’m delighted that the #orchid tour of #Tenerife went as planned. Well, nearly - I had to drop out at the last minute because my wife decided to have a baby, and not quite when we expected him to arrive either! Our guests had a great time, expertly led by @dunnjons.bsky.social and Dave Fairhurst
February 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I’m delighted that the #orchid tour of #Tenerife went as planned. Well, nearly - I had to drop out at the last minute because my wife decided to have a baby, and not quite when we expected him to arrive either! Our guests had a great time, expertly led by @dunnjons.bsky.social and Dave Fairhurst
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The Radnor Lily or Early Star of Bethlehem (Gagea Bohemica) is a fabulous little plant. The leaves are small and grass-like and easily go unnoticed. But in mid winter a few of these plants pop up beautiful yellow flowers at their only known British site. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The Radnor Lily or Early Star of Bethlehem (Gagea Bohemica) is a fabulous little plant. The leaves are small and grass-like and easily go unnoticed. But in mid winter a few of these plants pop up beautiful yellow flowers at their only known British site. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
One new to me this week! A species that I’ve not come across before, Winter Heliotrope, Petasites pyrenaicus. Sweetly scented but sadly an invasive introduced species but it was interesting to see it whilst visiting my daughter in Leeds. #wildflowerhour
February 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
One new to me this week! A species that I’ve not come across before, Winter Heliotrope, Petasites pyrenaicus. Sweetly scented but sadly an invasive introduced species but it was interesting to see it whilst visiting my daughter in Leeds. #wildflowerhour
Something new to photograph this week! The first primroses and snowdrops open for #wildflowerhour. Such a delight to see them 🥰
January 25, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Something new to photograph this week! The first primroses and snowdrops open for #wildflowerhour. Such a delight to see them 🥰
Excited #fungifriends to see my first Scarlet Elfcups of the year and one a perfect little❤️ too! 🥰
#fungi #mushroommonday #fungifriday
#fungi #mushroommonday #fungifriday
January 18, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Excited #fungifriends to see my first Scarlet Elfcups of the year and one a perfect little❤️ too! 🥰
#fungi #mushroommonday #fungifriday
#fungi #mushroommonday #fungifriday
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Every Sunday evening, #WildFlowerHour brings us all some joy in a world where joy is often in short supply.
Huge thanks to all of you who share photos and observations!
Thanks also to @botanybeck.bsky.social who keeps the @wildflowerhour.bsky.social show on the road!
Huge thanks to all of you who share photos and observations!
Thanks also to @botanybeck.bsky.social who keeps the @wildflowerhour.bsky.social show on the road!
My timeline is a 50/50 jumble of #WildflowerHour and #Venezuela — the former being of great comfort in the face of the latter. Thank you to everyone brightening my evening. Forgot one of my Kentish finds: primrose.
January 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Every Sunday evening, #WildFlowerHour brings us all some joy in a world where joy is often in short supply.
Huge thanks to all of you who share photos and observations!
Thanks also to @botanybeck.bsky.social who keeps the @wildflowerhour.bsky.social show on the road!
Huge thanks to all of you who share photos and observations!
Thanks also to @botanybeck.bsky.social who keeps the @wildflowerhour.bsky.social show on the road!
It’s a good job I did @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt yesterday as this morning everything was covered in snow! Only 13 species seen in bloom but enough for #thewinter10! A single Cherry Plum flower looking lovely for #wildflowerhour & new to me, Hawthorn flowering alongside its berries! 😮
January 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It’s a good job I did @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt yesterday as this morning everything was covered in snow! Only 13 species seen in bloom but enough for #thewinter10! A single Cherry Plum flower looking lovely for #wildflowerhour & new to me, Hawthorn flowering alongside its berries! 😮
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The first flowers of Green Hellebore are starting to open, part of a thriving population in a wood in deepest east Kent #wildflowerhour
December 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The first flowers of Green Hellebore are starting to open, part of a thriving population in a wood in deepest east Kent #wildflowerhour
Just a few spotted whilst out on a recce for the upcoming @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt Clockwise from top right Scentless Mayweed, Common Hogweed, Bush Vetch, Common Daisy and Hazel catkins with a pale female flower. #wildflowerhour Will they still be in flower next week? 😀
December 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Just a few spotted whilst out on a recce for the upcoming @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt Clockwise from top right Scentless Mayweed, Common Hogweed, Bush Vetch, Common Daisy and Hazel catkins with a pale female flower. #wildflowerhour Will they still be in flower next week? 😀
In recent years, I usually see the odd pink anemone-like female Hazel catkin before Christmas. I was surprised this week though to see so many fully open male catkins & producing lots of pollen too!!!! #wildflowerhour
December 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
In recent years, I usually see the odd pink anemone-like female Hazel catkin before Christmas. I was surprised this week though to see so many fully open male catkins & producing lots of pollen too!!!! #wildflowerhour
A lovely walk in sunny Llandudno yesterday & happily I managed #thewinter10 😀 🔁 From top left, Fumitory, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Sweet Alyssum, cheeky goats! 🐐 Tree Mallow (at Penmaenmawr) Groundsel, Feverfew, Antirrhinum, Daisy & in centre Dandelion & Gorse. #wildflowerhour
December 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A lovely walk in sunny Llandudno yesterday & happily I managed #thewinter10 😀 🔁 From top left, Fumitory, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Sweet Alyssum, cheeky goats! 🐐 Tree Mallow (at Penmaenmawr) Groundsel, Feverfew, Antirrhinum, Daisy & in centre Dandelion & Gorse. #wildflowerhour
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Lovely to catch up with these two botanical superstars at yesterday's #BIBConf25!
@naturelark.bsky.social (on left) and @botanybeck.bsky.social, the driving force behind @wildflowerhour.bsky.social!
Looking good, #wildflowerhour ladies!
@naturelark.bsky.social (on left) and @botanybeck.bsky.social, the driving force behind @wildflowerhour.bsky.social!
Looking good, #wildflowerhour ladies!
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Lovely to catch up with these two botanical superstars at yesterday's #BIBConf25!
@naturelark.bsky.social (on left) and @botanybeck.bsky.social, the driving force behind @wildflowerhour.bsky.social!
Looking good, #wildflowerhour ladies!
@naturelark.bsky.social (on left) and @botanybeck.bsky.social, the driving force behind @wildflowerhour.bsky.social!
Looking good, #wildflowerhour ladies!
After recent frosts, it was slim pickings on my walk today for #wildflowerhour. The brightest pop of colour from Spindle berries. Flowering faithfully for months, there was just one flower on the Ivy-leaved Toadflax & a few Ivy flowers remaining, don’t think they will last for the #NewYearPlantHunt!
November 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
After recent frosts, it was slim pickings on my walk today for #wildflowerhour. The brightest pop of colour from Spindle berries. Flowering faithfully for months, there was just one flower on the Ivy-leaved Toadflax & a few Ivy flowers remaining, don’t think they will last for the #NewYearPlantHunt!
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Ophrys lucis, your 'orchid of light' on Rhodes.
I enjoyed shedding some light myself today. Remember the time a competitor who boasts of his conservation credentials lobbied BSBI to refuse charitable donations from my wildlife tour company?
I do. It's an illuminating tale.
I enjoyed shedding some light myself today. Remember the time a competitor who boasts of his conservation credentials lobbied BSBI to refuse charitable donations from my wildlife tour company?
I do. It's an illuminating tale.
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Ophrys lucis, your 'orchid of light' on Rhodes.
I enjoyed shedding some light myself today. Remember the time a competitor who boasts of his conservation credentials lobbied BSBI to refuse charitable donations from my wildlife tour company?
I do. It's an illuminating tale.
I enjoyed shedding some light myself today. Remember the time a competitor who boasts of his conservation credentials lobbied BSBI to refuse charitable donations from my wildlife tour company?
I do. It's an illuminating tale.
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We're ready to share hosts of orchids with lots of people today at the brilliant @bsbibotany.bsky.social conference at Edge Hill University.
'Orchid Summer' author @dunnjons.bsky.social & Ghost Orchid finder @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social will be there all day, and would love to see you!
#orchids
'Orchid Summer' author @dunnjons.bsky.social & Ghost Orchid finder @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social will be there all day, and would love to see you!
#orchids
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We're ready to share hosts of orchids with lots of people today at the brilliant @bsbibotany.bsky.social conference at Edge Hill University.
'Orchid Summer' author @dunnjons.bsky.social & Ghost Orchid finder @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social will be there all day, and would love to see you!
#orchids
'Orchid Summer' author @dunnjons.bsky.social & Ghost Orchid finder @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social will be there all day, and would love to see you!
#orchids
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Discussing the Ghost #Orchid and its current status in the British Isles at the @bsbibotany.bsky.social Botanical Conference 2025, handily been put next to the @mariposanature.bsky.social stand so I can talk about our tours too, where you can come and see Ghost #Orchids in the wild if you want to!
November 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Discussing the Ghost #Orchid and its current status in the British Isles at the @bsbibotany.bsky.social Botanical Conference 2025, handily been put next to the @mariposanature.bsky.social stand so I can talk about our tours too, where you can come and see Ghost #Orchids in the wild if you want to!
Spent a lovely day visiting my daughter so my #wildflowerhour finds this week are from the Rodley nature reserve in Leeds. Fourteen spotted in flower for this week’s #thewinter10! Also lovely to see Nettle-leaved Bellflower, one which had escaped me until now 😀 Names below ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Spent a lovely day visiting my daughter so my #wildflowerhour finds this week are from the Rodley nature reserve in Leeds. Fourteen spotted in flower for this week’s #thewinter10! Also lovely to see Nettle-leaved Bellflower, one which had escaped me until now 😀 Names below ⬇️
It’s always nice #fungifriends to see a species for the first time, so I was super happy to see this lovely Stubble Rosegill, Volvopluteus gloiocephalus today with another interesting little fungus right at its feet! They were like tiny nails!! #MushroomMonday #FungiFriday
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It’s always nice #fungifriends to see a species for the first time, so I was super happy to see this lovely Stubble Rosegill, Volvopluteus gloiocephalus today with another interesting little fungus right at its feet! They were like tiny nails!! #MushroomMonday #FungiFriday
At first glance on my walk this afternoon, it didn’t seem like much was in flower but upon closer inspection I soon spotted twelve in bloom for the start of #thewinter10, the #wildflowerhour challenge for the winter months. See ALT for names ☺️
November 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
At first glance on my walk this afternoon, it didn’t seem like much was in flower but upon closer inspection I soon spotted twelve in bloom for the start of #thewinter10, the #wildflowerhour challenge for the winter months. See ALT for names ☺️
I’ve seen some beautiful grassland fungi for #WildFungiHour in the last few days. 🔁 from top left Mealy Pinkgill, Dark Fieldcap, Parrot Waxcaps, Persistent Waxcaps looking like flowers, Blackening Waxcaps, Poppies for #WildflowerHour & lastly gorgeous Crimson & Scarlet Waxcaps🥰
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I’ve seen some beautiful grassland fungi for #WildFungiHour in the last few days. 🔁 from top left Mealy Pinkgill, Dark Fieldcap, Parrot Waxcaps, Persistent Waxcaps looking like flowers, Blackening Waxcaps, Poppies for #WildflowerHour & lastly gorgeous Crimson & Scarlet Waxcaps🥰
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I don’t know about you but I’ve seen lots of fungi this week, shall we have a #WildFungiHour tomorrow for #WildFlowerHour & celebrate all those wonderful diverse grasslands that ‘flower’ in the autumn too! All the wild blooms that you’ve spotted in the last week are welcome too of course! See ALT ⬇️
October 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I don’t know about you but I’ve seen lots of fungi this week, shall we have a #WildFungiHour tomorrow for #WildFlowerHour & celebrate all those wonderful diverse grasslands that ‘flower’ in the autumn too! All the wild blooms that you’ve spotted in the last week are welcome too of course! See ALT ⬇️
The craziest coloured Parrot Waxcaps I’ve ever seen!! Aren’t they amazing!!!! 💚🩵💛🩷🧡
#FungiFriends #MushroomMonday
#FungiFriends #MushroomMonday
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The craziest coloured Parrot Waxcaps I’ve ever seen!! Aren’t they amazing!!!! 💚🩵💛🩷🧡
#FungiFriends #MushroomMonday
#FungiFriends #MushroomMonday