Moira O'Donnell
@naturelark.bsky.social
Fae Dundee 🏴 but now in South London. Choral singing, botany, butterflies, birds, wee beasties, cups of tea, G&T. Larking about in nature. Ooh look, there's a thing... 🤔
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Pinned
Is it a swan? Is it an angel? I think it's a swangel.
What a stunning bird! We were delighted to watch two Green Woodpeckers foraging in one of the meadows at Bethlem Royal Hospital the other day.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
What a stunning bird! We were delighted to watch two Green Woodpeckers foraging in one of the meadows at Bethlem Royal Hospital the other day.
❤️🖤💚💛
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I haven't been able to do much proper fungi hunting so far this year, so it was nice to spot this Twig Parachute, Marasmiellus ramealis (on a dead Bramble stem) while we were walking through the grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital yesterday. 📷 🍄
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #TwigOfTheDay
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #TwigOfTheDay
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I haven't been able to do much proper fungi hunting so far this year, so it was nice to spot this Twig Parachute, Marasmiellus ramealis (on a dead Bramble stem) while we were walking through the grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital yesterday. 📷 🍄
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #TwigOfTheDay
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #TwigOfTheDay
I was super pleased to find the Lesser Calamint, Clinopodium nepata, still in flower at Lesnes Abbey (LB Bexley) on Tuesday. I thought I had missed it for this year. It has a delicious minty aroma. #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I was super pleased to find the Lesser Calamint, Clinopodium nepata, still in flower at Lesnes Abbey (LB Bexley) on Tuesday. I thought I had missed it for this year. It has a delicious minty aroma. #WildflowerHour
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It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! 🎉Have you spotted any wild or naturalised plants in bloom across Britain & Ireland in the last week? Please share your pics if you have and did you find #thewinter10?
Still plenty in bloom here in central Scotland for #wildflowerhour - Wild Radish in an arable field, Jersey Cudweed in paving and Sweet Alison making a bid for freedom from a nearby planter.
The Cudweed is a recent coloniser, and seems to be spreading from Grangemouth along the Forth & Clyde Canal
The Cudweed is a recent coloniser, and seems to be spreading from Grangemouth along the Forth & Clyde Canal
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! 🎉Have you spotted any wild or naturalised plants in bloom across Britain & Ireland in the last week? Please share your pics if you have and did you find #thewinter10?
Butcher's Broom, Ruscus aculeatus, in the vast grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital. Always a delight to see. I tried to interest Mr O'D in cladodes, which I find fascinating, but he wasn't really paying attention. 🤷♀️ #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Butcher's Broom, Ruscus aculeatus, in the vast grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital. Always a delight to see. I tried to interest Mr O'D in cladodes, which I find fascinating, but he wasn't really paying attention. 🤷♀️ #WildflowerHour
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Powderpuff bracket, Postia ptychogaster.
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Powderpuff bracket, Postia ptychogaster.
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The amazing Purplepore Bracket (Trichaptum abietinum). Nondescript from above, astonishingly violet from below. On fallen pine a couple of weeks ago. November 2025. Surrey. #fungi #FungiFriends 💜
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The amazing Purplepore Bracket (Trichaptum abietinum). Nondescript from above, astonishingly violet from below. On fallen pine a couple of weeks ago. November 2025. Surrey. #fungi #FungiFriends 💜
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Am I allowed a bit more shameless self-publicity? Available for pre-order! 💚
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The Biological Recording Handbook
Biological recording is the discipline of writing down natural history observations of a correctly identified species, in a specific location, on a specific date, by a named individual. Simple enough,...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Am I allowed a bit more shameless self-publicity? Available for pre-order! 💚
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Curious about lichens?
Lichens of Britain & Ireland is a beautifully illustrated beginner’s guide to 200 species you can identify with just a magnifying lens.
Available to pre-order now!
Lichens of Britain & Ireland is a beautifully illustrated beginner’s guide to 200 species you can identify with just a magnifying lens.
Available to pre-order now!
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Curious about lichens?
Lichens of Britain & Ireland is a beautifully illustrated beginner’s guide to 200 species you can identify with just a magnifying lens.
Available to pre-order now!
Lichens of Britain & Ireland is a beautifully illustrated beginner’s guide to 200 species you can identify with just a magnifying lens.
Available to pre-order now!
I spent a delightful few minutes in the company of a flock of these adorable wee Bumbarrels at Lesnes Abbey Woods yesterday. I am also pleased to discover that another old name for Long-tailed Tits is Mumruffin.
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I spent a delightful few minutes in the company of a flock of these adorable wee Bumbarrels at Lesnes Abbey Woods yesterday. I am also pleased to discover that another old name for Long-tailed Tits is Mumruffin.
I meant to delete this test post, but since I forgot to, here is an explanation of what it is!
"Leaping from Wood Wharf’s waters, the piece serves as a striking reminder of the millions of tonnes of plastic waste swimming in the Atlantic & Pacific oceans."
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"Leaping from Wood Wharf’s waters, the piece serves as a striking reminder of the millions of tonnes of plastic waste swimming in the Atlantic & Pacific oceans."
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November 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I meant to delete this test post, but since I forgot to, here is an explanation of what it is!
"Leaping from Wood Wharf’s waters, the piece serves as a striking reminder of the millions of tonnes of plastic waste swimming in the Atlantic & Pacific oceans."
group.canarywharf.com/press-releas...
"Leaping from Wood Wharf’s waters, the piece serves as a striking reminder of the millions of tonnes of plastic waste swimming in the Atlantic & Pacific oceans."
group.canarywharf.com/press-releas...
I had a nice walk through Lesnes Abbey Woods today and met a friendly Green Man.
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I had a nice walk through Lesnes Abbey Woods today and met a friendly Green Man.
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It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted from across Britain & Ireland in the last week and did you manage to spot #thewinter10, our challenge for the coldest months! ☺️
#WildflowerHour #TheWinter10 from #Preston this week; a shy common daisy, ragwort, fox & cubs, hogweed, pineapple weed, angelica looking like snowflakes! Hedge mustard, white dead nettle, red campion, hazel catkins, buttercup, honeysuckle, spindle @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it must be time for #wildflowerhour! Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted from across Britain & Ireland in the last week and did you manage to spot #thewinter10, our challenge for the coldest months! ☺️
A big patch of Spotted Dead-nettle, Lamium maculatum, has established itself at the entrance to Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour
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November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A big patch of Spotted Dead-nettle, Lamium maculatum, has established itself at the entrance to Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour
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Selfheal, Prunella vulgaris, in the grassy area around Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Selfheal, Prunella vulgaris, in the grassy area around Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour
Some teeny weeny Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Veronica serpyllifolia, in the grassy area area around Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some teeny weeny Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Veronica serpyllifolia, in the grassy area area around Miller's Pond in Croydon. #WildflowerHour
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Woohoo! It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it’s time for #wildflowerhour 🥳 Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted in the last week & did you manage to find ten for #thewinter10 our challenge for the coldest months?
#thewinter10 in N. Wilts. for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Hogweed, Burnet Saxifrage, Wild Angelica, White Dead-nettle, Wild Basil, Bush Vetch, Welted Thistle, Devil's-bit Scabious, Ivy-leaved Toadflax & Trailing Bellflower. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Woohoo! It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it’s time for #wildflowerhour 🥳 Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted in the last week & did you manage to find ten for #thewinter10 our challenge for the coldest months?
A Pied Wagtail at East Croydon station waiting for the 9.33 to Victoria.
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A Pied Wagtail at East Croydon station waiting for the 9.33 to Victoria.
I went to visit the twelfth-century mural at St Peter and St Paul Church, Chaldon yesterday. I'm going to be very good from now on, as Hell really doesn't look like much fun, and I want to be scooting up that ladder of salvation.
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www.chaldonchurch.co.uk/history/chal...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I went to visit the twelfth-century mural at St Peter and St Paul Church, Chaldon yesterday. I'm going to be very good from now on, as Hell really doesn't look like much fun, and I want to be scooting up that ladder of salvation.
www.chaldonchurch.co.uk/history/chal...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.chaldonchurch.co.uk/history/chal...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An Oxeye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, in the churchyard of All Saints, Sanderstead, for #WildflowerHour.
November 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
An Oxeye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, in the churchyard of All Saints, Sanderstead, for #WildflowerHour.
Slender Thistle, Carduus tenuiflorus, at Elmley NNR this week for #WildflowerHour.
November 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Slender Thistle, Carduus tenuiflorus, at Elmley NNR this week for #WildflowerHour.
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It’s Sunday, it’s 8pm so it must be time for #WildflowerHour AND it’s the start of #thewinter10 our lovely challenge for the winter months!
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 8:00 PM
It’s Sunday, it’s 8pm so it must be time for #WildflowerHour AND it’s the start of #thewinter10 our lovely challenge for the winter months!
A wee cutie of a Parrot Waxcap in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist, Shirley, for #FungiFriday.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A wee cutie of a Parrot Waxcap in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist, Shirley, for #FungiFriday.
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