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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Aug 3

Pleased to come across Strawberry Clover Trifolium fragiferum, in flower, transitional and in fruit. The Walk, Lower Woods, Gloucestershire. For @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @gloswildlife.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Jul 20

No bells for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social but lovely blue of Sea Holly at Sandwich Bay with attendant Broomrape now crispy brown Orobanche minor var. psuedoamethystea @bsbibotany.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Jul 20

Fantastic. Well done! I remember similar in Picos de Europa years ago.

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Jul 20

Seaside Specials from Seasalter Kent. Hogs Fennel, Salsify, Dittander and Frosted Orache.

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Jul 8

Snap, in Purbeck recently.

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Jul 6

For @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
All from Purbeck recently. Yellow form of Stinking Iris, Wild Parsnip with attendant Red Soldier Beetles and Ivy Broomrape, all looking good and a pleasure to see. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · May 19

Viburnum opulus, Guelder-rose, what a beauty! In hedgerows now. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · May 17

A good stand of pink-flowered Bugle, Ajuga replans, along with the normal blue for comparison, in open woodland N.Wilts. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · May 15

A selection of Green-winged Orchids, Orchis morio, showing colour variation from two sites in North Wiltshire recently. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · May 14

The ethereal seed heads of Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara a couple of weeks ago. #firstseedheads

Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · May 4

Not at all high up I fear for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social but lovely nonetheless at Clattinger Meadows this morning. Snake’s Head Fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris most specimens come and gone though. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Apr 30

perennis!!

Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Apr 30

Got off to a good start here in Swanage for a few days. This is in Townsend Reserve, Chalk Milkwort, Polygala calcarea, Early Spider Orchid, Ophrys sphegodes, with Daisy, Bellis perennial. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Apr 13

Not exactly a tree for #treeflowers growing over a wayside wall for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social but totally irresistible.

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Apr 13

Quercus and Fraxinus out together for #treeflowers @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social but the Ash has the edge, and we need a soak, after all this fine weather! @jeremyjem.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Apr 13

Glad you found them.

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Apr 5

Went to see the small colony of Moschatel, Adoxa moschatellina, near home this week. Often known as Townhall Clock, now is the time to look for this charming flower and it helps to look for the distinctive leaves first. Scarce in N.Wilts. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Mar 26

Wow! The first bluebell for 2025! March 26th is just a tad early for our local woods in North Wiltshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Mar 23

And for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social this week a beautifully deep red edged flower of Stinking Hellebore, Helleborus foetidus in local woodland, North Wilts,
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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Mar 15

Green Hellebore Helleborus viridis, the scarcer of the two British species, in North Wilts woodland today. Thanks to @thejemster.bsky.social for showing me.

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Mar 11

Very nice!

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Mar 11

Thanks Moira.

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Mar 11

Just emerging here in Charente Maritime, the delightful wild Grape Hyacinth, Muscari neglecting. Quite tiny and dark, soon they will be everywhere in grassy places, roadsides, unmown lawns, vineyards etc. @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social @naturelark.bsky.social

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Jon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social · Mar 7

We've been the best of friends for almost a decade now, and he deservedly had a large following over on the bird site as a red-hot orchid hunter and all-round top botanist, but it seems not many folk here on here are aware of and following @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social. Shame that, as he's a top bloke!

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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · Mar 7

Probably a garden escape in Marignac, Charente Maritime. Flowers like Wild Pansy V. Tricolour, leaves like Mountain Pansy, V. Lutea. So pretty whatever the case.

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