Hilary
@penny4it.bsky.social
Botany, ecology, FISC 4, Biological Recording, gardening, mountains, dogs. Proud Mum. Northumberland, UK. 💚
We are blessed to have Curlews nesting in our area each year.Here’s a video I took a while ago near my home, with their unique warbling calls.
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
We are blessed to have Curlews nesting in our area each year.Here’s a video I took a while ago near my home, with their unique warbling calls.
Our second day of freezing temperatures and snow in north- east England. The dog is loving it, doing’zoomies’, rolling in the snow-covered grass and snuffling around all the bushes enjoying the scents and smells.
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Our second day of freezing temperatures and snow in north- east England. The dog is loving it, doing’zoomies’, rolling in the snow-covered grass and snuffling around all the bushes enjoying the scents and smells.
Our little burn is swollen with #rainwater too, washing all the fallen branches and debris away. #northumberland #streams
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Our little burn is swollen with #rainwater too, washing all the fallen branches and debris away. #northumberland #streams
#bluebells #wildflowers #Rannerdale
Here’s a picture of bluebells growing wild in Cumbria in May,2024.
Here’s a picture of bluebells growing wild in Cumbria in May,2024.
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
#bluebells #wildflowers #Rannerdale
Here’s a picture of bluebells growing wild in Cumbria in May,2024.
Here’s a picture of bluebells growing wild in Cumbria in May,2024.
It’s hard to miss these Fly #Agaric (Amanita muscaria) #fungi when they pop up in the woods this time of year. The fungal #mycelium of this species forms symbiotic relationships with Pine and Birch trees, providing the trees with soil nutrients in exchange for plant sugars. #Nature is amazing.
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
#NatureWriting #natureArt
Just a capture of reflections of branches in the stream water below, like inky marbling.
Just a capture of reflections of branches in the stream water below, like inky marbling.
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
#NatureWriting #natureArt
Just a capture of reflections of branches in the stream water below, like inky marbling.
Just a capture of reflections of branches in the stream water below, like inky marbling.
#AshDieback is now evident wherever you go in the UK. As more and more trees succumb to this disease their dead and dying branches make stark silhouettes against the autumn sky.
November 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
#AshDieback is now evident wherever you go in the UK. As more and more trees succumb to this disease their dead and dying branches make stark silhouettes against the autumn sky.
Bistort is a lovely wildflower, which also is useful in the garden, thriving wherever there is ample moisture and often flowering right through to winter.
November 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Bistort is a lovely wildflower, which also is useful in the garden, thriving wherever there is ample moisture and often flowering right through to winter.
#fungi #schroom #natureWriting
Came across a rather large #fungus in the woods recently. The dog was fascinated too.
Came across a rather large #fungus in the woods recently. The dog was fascinated too.
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#fungi #schroom #natureWriting
Came across a rather large #fungus in the woods recently. The dog was fascinated too.
Came across a rather large #fungus in the woods recently. The dog was fascinated too.
#Swaledale #Yorkshire Enjoyed a lovely dogwalk in Swaledale yesterday, from Reeth to Grinton. Paused for cake and coffee at #TheDalesBikeCentre cafe and cakery, delicious! Lots of wild fruits and joyous reds and yellows of autumn leaves. Snapped this photo of #Spindle flowers & fruits too.
October 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
#Swaledale #Yorkshire Enjoyed a lovely dogwalk in Swaledale yesterday, from Reeth to Grinton. Paused for cake and coffee at #TheDalesBikeCentre cafe and cakery, delicious! Lots of wild fruits and joyous reds and yellows of autumn leaves. Snapped this photo of #Spindle flowers & fruits too.
#NatureWriting #bees. #bumblebees #pollinators
It’s great to still see bumblebees nectaring in the garden. This one is visiting a patch of Bistort, which is still in flower on the edge of my little Orchard.
It’s great to still see bumblebees nectaring in the garden. This one is visiting a patch of Bistort, which is still in flower on the edge of my little Orchard.
September 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#NatureWriting #bees. #bumblebees #pollinators
It’s great to still see bumblebees nectaring in the garden. This one is visiting a patch of Bistort, which is still in flower on the edge of my little Orchard.
It’s great to still see bumblebees nectaring in the garden. This one is visiting a patch of Bistort, which is still in flower on the edge of my little Orchard.
Before the rain came this afternoon I managed to get out into the garden and grab a photo of this beautiful rambling #rose, Ghislaine de Féligonde, still flowering here in #Northumberland in September. #gardening #DavidAustinRoses
September 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Before the rain came this afternoon I managed to get out into the garden and grab a photo of this beautiful rambling #rose, Ghislaine de Féligonde, still flowering here in #Northumberland in September. #gardening #DavidAustinRoses
September 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
#fernFriday #nature #plants #UK
Hard Ferns ( Struthiopteris spicant, syn. Blechnum spicant ) in Northumbrian woodland. UK.
Hard Ferns ( Struthiopteris spicant, syn. Blechnum spicant ) in Northumbrian woodland. UK.
September 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
#fernFriday #nature #plants #UK
Hard Ferns ( Struthiopteris spicant, syn. Blechnum spicant ) in Northumbrian woodland. UK.
Hard Ferns ( Struthiopteris spicant, syn. Blechnum spicant ) in Northumbrian woodland. UK.
September 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#SeptemberFlowers #gardening #AutumnFlowers
This is a really lovely Agastache, similar flower shape to Salvias, it’s a stunning autumnal colour and goes beautifully with other late flowers such as Verbena (Vervain) bonariensis and Asters.
This is a really lovely Agastache, similar flower shape to Salvias, it’s a stunning autumnal colour and goes beautifully with other late flowers such as Verbena (Vervain) bonariensis and Asters.
September 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
#SeptemberFlowers #gardening #AutumnFlowers
This is a really lovely Agastache, similar flower shape to Salvias, it’s a stunning autumnal colour and goes beautifully with other late flowers such as Verbena (Vervain) bonariensis and Asters.
This is a really lovely Agastache, similar flower shape to Salvias, it’s a stunning autumnal colour and goes beautifully with other late flowers such as Verbena (Vervain) bonariensis and Asters.
Sometimes you need a perspective:
September 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Sometimes you need a perspective:
August 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
August 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I had a beautiful blue #tradescantia last summer, but it didn’t get through the winter.
August 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I had a beautiful blue #tradescantia last summer, but it didn’t get through the winter.
August 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
August 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM