Fran Sinclair
@notfrangible.bsky.social
Plants are my passion but the rest of the world is pretty fascinating, too. Except sport.
And the fruits! Rosehip, Spindle, Privet, Hawthorn and Bittersweet #NotTheWinter10 #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
And the fruits! Rosehip, Spindle, Privet, Hawthorn and Bittersweet #NotTheWinter10 #WildflowerHour
And still they come! Common Fumitory, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Yarrow, Grey Field-Speedwell and Water Bent for #theWinter10 extras #WildFlowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
And still they come! Common Fumitory, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Yarrow, Grey Field-Speedwell and Water Bent for #theWinter10 extras #WildFlowerHour
Second tranche for #theWinter10 - Stinking Hellebore, Bush Vetchling, Nipplewort with a frosty background, Adria Bellflower and Red Valerian #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Second tranche for #theWinter10 - Stinking Hellebore, Bush Vetchling, Nipplewort with a frosty background, Adria Bellflower and Red Valerian #WildflowerHour
Good grief! Look at the time! 5 of my #theWinter10 - Hogweed, a not very enthusiastic Red Deadnettle, Smooth Sowthistle, Winter Heliotrope and Bristly Oxtongue #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Good grief! Look at the time! 5 of my #theWinter10 - Hogweed, a not very enthusiastic Red Deadnettle, Smooth Sowthistle, Winter Heliotrope and Bristly Oxtongue #WildflowerHour
And a bonus 3 for #WildflowerHour: lovely Shaggy Soldier, my first Winter Heliotrope of the season and one of many White Deadnettles undaunted by weather. All in Bradford-on-Avon.
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
And a bonus 3 for #WildflowerHour: lovely Shaggy Soldier, my first Winter Heliotrope of the season and one of many White Deadnettles undaunted by weather. All in Bradford-on-Avon.
Second half of #theWinter10, all from Waterford: Cornsalad, Creeping Thistle, Rape (I think), Red Clover and Black Medick.
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Second half of #theWinter10, all from Waterford: Cornsalad, Creeping Thistle, Rape (I think), Red Clover and Black Medick.
The first half of #theWinter10 for #WildflowerHour Ivy-leaved Toadflax and Annual Meadow Grass above Waterford’s John’s River, Forgetmenot and Annual Mercury in the backstreets and a Mayweed above the River Suir.
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The first half of #theWinter10 for #WildflowerHour Ivy-leaved Toadflax and Annual Meadow Grass above Waterford’s John’s River, Forgetmenot and Annual Mercury in the backstreets and a Mayweed above the River Suir.
So busy with travelling v weather that I missed #FridayFerns - here are some from the walls of Waterford: Rustyback, Wall Rue, Maidenhair Spleenwort (with fab Navelwort) and Polypody.
November 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So busy with travelling v weather that I missed #FridayFerns - here are some from the walls of Waterford: Rustyback, Wall Rue, Maidenhair Spleenwort (with fab Navelwort) and Polypody.
In a park in Waterford, fabulous orange offerings for #MushroomMonday
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In a park in Waterford, fabulous orange offerings for #MushroomMonday
#theWinter10 are all yellow this week with Groundsel, Smooth Sowthistle, Dandelion, Bristly Oxtongue and Common Ragwort, then Yellow Corydalis, Hedge Mustard, Hoary Mustard, Nipplewort and Hawkweed Oxtongue. All from Wiltshire for #WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#theWinter10 are all yellow this week with Groundsel, Smooth Sowthistle, Dandelion, Bristly Oxtongue and Common Ragwort, then Yellow Corydalis, Hedge Mustard, Hoary Mustard, Nipplewort and Hawkweed Oxtongue. All from Wiltshire for #WildflowerHour
This Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris doesn’t fit my self-imposed colour scheme (🙄) for Sunday’s #WildflowerHour but as it’s one of my favourite plants and it was much bigger than I usually see - and a bigger population - here it is for #FleabaneFriday 😄
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris doesn’t fit my self-imposed colour scheme (🙄) for Sunday’s #WildflowerHour but as it’s one of my favourite plants and it was much bigger than I usually see - and a bigger population - here it is for #FleabaneFriday 😄
The second half of #theWinter10 mostly from Bradford-on-Avon for #WildflowerHour Trailing Bellflower, Dwarf Mallow, Chalk Knapweed, Michaelmas Daisy and Purple Toadflax
November 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The second half of #theWinter10 mostly from Bradford-on-Avon for #WildflowerHour Trailing Bellflower, Dwarf Mallow, Chalk Knapweed, Michaelmas Daisy and Purple Toadflax
First half of #theWinter10 for #WildflowerHour - Bramble, Herb Robert, Himalayan Balsam, Meadow Cranesbill and Red Campion. All from Bradford-on-Avon this week.
November 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
First half of #theWinter10 for #WildflowerHour - Bramble, Herb Robert, Himalayan Balsam, Meadow Cranesbill and Red Campion. All from Bradford-on-Avon this week.
Possibly not in the spirit of #ThickTrunkTuesday but these are the only trees I’ve photographed this week! Beside the river in the country park at Bradford-on-Avon.
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Possibly not in the spirit of #ThickTrunkTuesday but these are the only trees I’ve photographed this week! Beside the river in the country park at Bradford-on-Avon.
Star of the arable Upavon site was Night-flowering Catchfly - masses of it 😍 #WildflowerHour
October 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Star of the arable Upavon site was Night-flowering Catchfly - masses of it 😍 #WildflowerHour
Small Toadflax, Viper’s Bugloss, Wild Mignonette, Saw-wort and Common Toadflax from sites near Upavon for #WildflowerHour
October 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Small Toadflax, Viper’s Bugloss, Wild Mignonette, Saw-wort and Common Toadflax from sites near Upavon for #WildflowerHour
Between buses in Trowbridge I found some nice #PavementPlants for #WildflowerHour Hemp Agrimony, Common Mallow, Thornapple (a lot of it about this year), Michaelmas Daisy and a Snapdragon.
October 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Between buses in Trowbridge I found some nice #PavementPlants for #WildflowerHour Hemp Agrimony, Common Mallow, Thornapple (a lot of it about this year), Michaelmas Daisy and a Snapdragon.
Wall Brown hoping for sun this afternoon near Upavon #WildWebsWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Wall Brown hoping for sun this afternoon near Upavon #WildWebsWednesday
Almost forgot #ThickTrunkTuesday - some Crack Willow doing what it says. Littleton Panell, Wiltshire
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Almost forgot #ThickTrunkTuesday - some Crack Willow doing what it says. Littleton Panell, Wiltshire
Spindle, Oxford Ragwort, Wild Strawberry, Red Campion and Tall Melilot from a variety of habitats for #WildflowerHour
October 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Spindle, Oxford Ragwort, Wild Strawberry, Red Campion and Tall Melilot from a variety of habitats for #WildflowerHour
From the perimeter track on Salisbury Plain here are Common Mouse-ear, Hogweed, Yarrow, Scabious and Wild Carrot for #WildflowerHour
October 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
From the perimeter track on Salisbury Plain here are Common Mouse-ear, Hogweed, Yarrow, Scabious and Wild Carrot for #WildflowerHour
From a surprise organic arable edge on Greensand - two versions of Green Nightshade, Corn Spurrey with Bugloss, and Small Nettle for #WildflowerHour
October 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
From a surprise organic arable edge on Greensand - two versions of Green Nightshade, Corn Spurrey with Bugloss, and Small Nettle for #WildflowerHour
From a stroll to the supermarket - Sweet Alyssum, Henbit, Common Storksbill, Hedgerow Cranesbill and White Dead-nettle for #WildflowerHour
October 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
From a stroll to the supermarket - Sweet Alyssum, Henbit, Common Storksbill, Hedgerow Cranesbill and White Dead-nettle for #WildflowerHour
A few from Savernake for #FungiFriday - there was so much of the Coral Fungus (top right)! Maybe Charcoal Burner below that.
October 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A few from Savernake for #FungiFriday - there was so much of the Coral Fungus (top right)! Maybe Charcoal Burner below that.
Calling all Solanum fans - this keys out as S nitidibaccum apart from petal width. Several plants with all petals like this. Plenty of normal-looking, white-flowered nearby. Any ideas, please?
October 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Calling all Solanum fans - this keys out as S nitidibaccum apart from petal width. Several plants with all petals like this. Plenty of normal-looking, white-flowered nearby. Any ideas, please?