Lyn Edmonds

Wildflowers; Nature; Genealogy; Retired Clinical Librarian; Wife, Mum, Grandma; Photos with mobile phone; WW1 - also posts @aftwf1418

[Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn]

Bumblebee on a bramble flower before the rains came this week 🐝
#InsectThursday #WildWebsWednesday #Bees #Wildflowers #Pollinators

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A small black fly, possibly a Pouting Woodlouse-fly (?), Rhinophora lepida that seems to be contemplating the depth of the funnel on this Field Bindweed flower before sampling the nectar 🪰
#WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday #WildFlowers

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVocal

One of the young Moorhen chicks chirping very loudly in @cubotanicgarden yesterday

#WildlifeWednesday #WednesdayWildlife #UKWildlife #Birds #Moorhen

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Another mature Horse Chestnut tree from the grounds of Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, with sunlight creating lighter patches on its textured trunk and scattered highlights on the ground through the leaf canopy above 🍃
#TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

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No Orchids I'm afraid, but I hope you like this week's wildflowers from Cambridgeshire: Common Knapweed, Wall Lettuce, White Clover, Smooth Sow-thistle, Black Medic, Dog Rose, Hedge Bindweed, Cornflower, Kidney Vetch, Field Bindweed
#WildflowerHour @wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany

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A Painted Lady butterfly enjoying Nepeta in the Pollinator Garden yesterday at Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire
#Butterflies @savebutterflies

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A Silver Y moth, Autographa gamma resting on our garden fence today (colour was more greyish-brown)
#MothsMatter #MigrantMoths #CambsMoths #MothMonday #InsectThursday

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A sunny woodland scene in Cambridgeshire centred around a lovely 'Private' rural gate that has become surrounded by overgrown trees, shrubs and wild flowers 🍃
#RuralGate #ThursGate #lovegates @LoveOfGates

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England's Rose® by David Austin, with its delicately ruffled vibrant pink petals that are paler towards the outer edge, seen recently at National Trust's Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire🩷
#RoseWednesday #BloomScrolling

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In the grounds of Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, a large, mature Horse Chestnut tree with a textured trunk that divides into broad branches overhead and forms a leafy canopy, with sunlight filtering through its leaves 🍃
#TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

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@wildflower_hour Thank you!

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Wandlebury's lush green and yellow water feature with Yellow Flag Irises and Yellow Water Lilies stealing the #WildflowerShow 💚💛
#WildflowerHour @wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany

[Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn]

Some of this week's wildflowers from Cambridgeshire, each would be worthy of inclusion in any #WildflowerShow
(Names in ALT text)
#WildflowerHour @wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany

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A Musk Thistle, Carduus nutans with its distinctive nodding flowerhead, seen earlier this week on a cloudy day in #Cambridge 💜
#MuskThistle #WildflowerHour @wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany

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A brightly coloured Yellow Water Lily, Nuphar lutea nestling against its floating oval-shaped lily pad leaf; seen this week in Cambridgeshire 💚💛
#SundayYellow #Stunday #FlowersonSunday #SundayFlowers #YellowFlowers #BloomScrolling #AquaticPlants #WildflowerHour

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A delicate pink and white flower of Dog rose, Rosa canina with a tiny Pollen Beetle on one petal and a small black Tachinid Fly on another 🩷🤍
#WildWebsWednesday #RoseWednesday #BloomScrolling #InsectThursday #WildFlowers #Pollinators

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Feeding time at the lake in @cubotanicgarden for the resident Moorhen families
#WildlifeWednesday #WednesdayWildlife #UKWildlife #Birds #UrbanWildlife #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTime

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A large mature Algerian Oak, Quercus Canariensis, seen yesterday (despite the autumnal-looking fallen leaves on the ground) in @cubotanicgarden
#TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

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For #WildflowerHour some #TinyPlants with #TinyFlowers seen in Cambridgeshire:
Corn Speedwell, Sticky Mouse-ear, Ivy-leaved Speedwell
Hairy Bittercress, Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Shepherd's Purse
Common Cornsalad, Cleavers, Ivy-leaved Toadflax
@wildflowerhour @bsbibotany

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Some 'not so tiny' wildflowers seen this week: Cuckoo Flower, Deadly Nightshade, Greater Periwinkle, Oxeye Daisy, Red Clover, Hedgerow Crane's-bill, Perennial Flax, Smooth Sow-thistle, Germander Speedwell, Three-cornered Leek
#WildflowerHour @wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany