Reminder (for those who don't know this) that capitalising the individual words in a multi-word hashtag helps people with sight difficulties who use screen readers.
Mastodon seems to make all hashtags single-case, so you have to type in the full hashtag instead of letting it autocomplete.
While it may seem tiresome, it's actually a courtesy and a boon.
So, for instance, instead of #wildflowerhour , you use #WildFlowerHour
October Lark
October Wheatear
@petersketch that was also my thought but the Queen of Veronicas @NatureLark doesn't seem to be using mastodon to ask
The only place I see Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara, a single specimen a couple of weeks earlier than usual.
I think we have here
Common Field Speedwell, Veronica persica, though it lacks the smaller white lower lip of that species so #WildFlowerID.
Barren Strawberry, Potentilla sterilis; always early at this location in an ancient holloway.
Lesser Stitchwort, Stellaria graminea, insanely early in my experience hereabouts.
@meer_salt
This isn't an orchid.
It's probably Marsh Woundwort, Stachys palustris.
I'ts also not in flower at this time of year.
While I was keeping an eye out for #NewYearPlantHunt items, I also noted this apple tree which grows wild in a field hedge.
It always bears a good crop, and I saw not only that it still bore some fruit that hadn't dropped, but it also had a bough of apparently fresh leaves.
A very slim #NYPH2023 #NewYearPlantHunt selection for #WildFlowerHour this year.
Severe frosts before Christmas and then a lot of rain seems to have done for greater variety - I've recorded 20+ in previous nyphs.
Anyway:
Common Field Speedwell, Veronica persica
Shepherd's Purse, Capella bursa-pastoris
Probably Common Ragwort, Senecio spp.
Daisy, Bellis perennis
Dandelion, Taraxacum spp.
Gorse, Ulex europaeus.
[after psyching self up all day for phone assessment with therapy service]:
"Oh hello i'm sorry to call you 30 mins late but our system broke down we'll have to reschedule"
They don't seem to understand the amount of stress and anxiety that builds waiting to get of these calls.
Went for a walk today, kept an eye out for species for #NewYearPlantHunt , and found a grand total of 6. I've found over 20 in previous years. Weird.
We had a week of incredibly hard frost before Xmas and it's been wet on and off since. Ground supersaturated.
@Akki they're lovely. I saw one today too, and as I was on the side of a hill, we were at eye-level.
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A single Lapwing
Snipe!
