Lucy Carden

Field ecologist & botanist 🌼 🌿

[Lucy Carden @_lucycarden]

Pure magic from this week. A local spot which is absolutely teeming with life right now! ☀️

#wildflowerhour @BSBIbotany

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@NatureLark @wildflower_hour Thanks! Don't have a Stace as it scares me 🤣

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Some botanical help please! #wildflowerhour #WildFlowerID @wildflower_hour

Geranium robertianium spp. maritimum?

Or is it just Geranium robertianium?

Greatstone, Kent.

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@Jo_the_botanist @wildflower_hour Some hairy, but mostly not from what I can see in my other photos.

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Another plant newbie this week, Wild Clary Salvia verbenaca.

@wildflower_hour #wildflowerhour

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At last, Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris at @RSPBDungeness 💙

Thanks to @NatureLark for the location heads up!

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@DavidKentNature And Lydden Temple Ewell

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More sunset botany. My favourites, Field Scabious, Knautia arvensis and Devil's-bit Scabious, Succisa pratensis.

#wildflowerhour

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Couldn't resist posting, Autumn Lady’s-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) at sunset 🌄

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I'm a big fan of field scabious (Knautia arvensis). The ultimate dose of summer gloriousness 🌿 #wildflowerhour

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Finally got to see Round-headed Rampion (Phyteuma orbiculare) this week. What a beauty!

#wildflowerhour

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@ChrisGPackham @michaelastracha @RSPBEngland @BBCSpringwatch

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Went looking for raft spiders in the ponds at @RSPBArne, turns out they prefer to hang out on the paths 🕷

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Had a bit of a moment yesterday with these beautiful grasses ♥️ sheep's-fescue Festuca Ovina and mat-grass Nardus Stricta

#wildflowerhour

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@DilgerTV Can't wait to get my hands on the book! Lucky to live very near to the site in Kent.

[Simon McCoy @SimonMcCoyTV]

From Paddington…. #TheQueen

[Paddington @paddingtonbear]

Thank you Ma’am, for everything.

[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

By 2024 more peat will be in bogs not bags! 💚
Today, the UK Government has announced that there will be a TOTAL BAN on the sale of bagged peat compost. We’ve been fighting for this since 1990 and recognise it is an important step in the protection of our peatlands. (1/5)

[Kent Wildlife Trust @KentWildlife]

Our wildlife is under threat from hotter summers, but nature also has some of the answers. UK Climate Projections have identified that for Kent, hotter summers with an increase in summer temperature of 2-3°C by 2040 are likely.
Visit https://t.co/DEpoWZiKmN to view the report.

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@LeifBersweden @RaghnaidS Come to Kent! Samphire Hoe is the place for bee beetles 😊

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Another butterfly newbie to me - Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Boloria selene 🦋