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October’s picture for Year of Gorse, taken yesterday after Storm Amy had passed through. Year of Gorse is an attempt to find gorse in flower every month of the year nearby (but I missed 2 months when I couldn’t find any), so 8 out of 10 so far.
Thanks to @Spaceways for starting it off.

#YearOfGorse

Photo of a spiky gorse branch with yellow flowers at the tips. Photo taken from below with the grey sky behind.

01/10/2025 - Gorse in October for #YearOfGorse

10th month of trying to take a photo of flowering gorse each month for a year.

Just two more months to go after this. Starting to get easier again now. Plenty of gorse coming back into flower. A welcome bit of colour on a grey day.

#EveningWalk #WildFlowers

Whoop whoop! A single gorse flower for September’s year of gorse spotting.
I didn’t spot any in June or August so only spotted on 7 out of 9 months so far.

Found today while out looking for galls for Gall Week September 2025 on iNaturalist

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A cropped photo of a single bright yellow gorse flower on a spiky leaved bush.

06/09/2025 - Gorse in September for #YearOfGorse

9th month of trying to take a photo of flowering gorse each month for a year.

Slow walk up and down the usual road today. The gorse was trimmed a few weeks back by the council. It seems to have shocked new flowers into life this week. Nice to see a bit of yellow back on the gorse.

#EveningWalk #WildFlowers

Yellow flowers of gorse. Big bush by the roadside.

01/08/2025 - Gorse in August for #YearOfGorse

8th month of trying to take a photo of flowering gorse each month for a year.

5 mile walk after work this evening. I saw just 2 lots of flowering gorse and there's a lot of gorse round here to look through. Tough time of year for finding any in flower.

#EveningWalk #WildFlowers

Yellow flowering gorse on the high road.

Beautiful day here in Sunny Scotland. Off out for a walk. Think my chances of getting a pic for #YearOfGorse are low but you never know. Hope everyone has a lovely day! ☺️

#saturday

04/07/2025 - Gorse in July for #YearOfGorse

7th month of trying to take a photo of flowering gorse each month for a year.

Into the tough months now. I walked past a fair bit of gorse this evening and nothing in flower. Headed up to the higher road and finally found a small yellow patch of flowers. Phew!

#EveningWalk #WildFlowers

A small yellow patch of gorse in flower. Walked about 5miles this evening. Plenty of gorse by the roadsides but just a few flowers at the moment.

June's pic for #YearOfGorse

It was an overcast, showery day so not the greatest pic (I do love yellow gorse against a blue sky!), but since it's dying off so quickly, I didn't want to delay.

I didn't originally think I'd have any trouble getting a gorse pic in June but I think the warm dry spring has sped up the flowering season and I struggled to find some at first (lots of bushes with dead blooms) but eventually hit the mother lode!

Not feeling confident for next month... 😬

A bush filled with yellow gorse flowers against an overcast sky.

08/06/2025 - Gorse in June for #YearOfGorse

6th month of trying to take a photo of flowering gorse each month for a year. I've made it to halfway 😃

What a difference a few weeks make. Gorse was flowering everywhere in May. So different this week with lots of the flowers dying off.

#WildFlowers

Yellow flower of gorse beside a track I was walking along today.

Extra bonus gorse for May as there was just so much of it - not on my home patch either but up near Dornoch.
Yes, it did smell of coconut.
There was more than I could fit in the photo- nearly 360 degree gorse
(Shout out to @Spaceways for the # )
#YearOfGorse #Whin

A view out over a gorse bush in flower. Behind it are more gorse bushes and to the side more again.
The flowers are vivid yellow and seem to cover most of the bush. The sky is blue with white fluffy clouds. There is a patch of scrubby grass at the bottom of the near bushes

Photo of gorse for the month of May for year of gorse (a photo of gorse in flower every month of the year - at least a week apart from the previous photo - started by @Spaceways )
Blue sky and hawthorn blossom also feature- appropriate for this months ongoing sunshine and no rain, taken 17 May in Fife.
#YearOfGorse #Flowers

A photo of a gorse bush covered in yellow flowers, behind it is a hawthorn tree covered in white flowers green trees form a backdrop with blue cloudless sky above.

My #YearOfGorse pic for May (a challenge to take a pic of gorse in flower every month of the year, idea credit to @Spaceways ).

I took a bunch of gorse photos during my walk yesterday. It was only when I got home that I realised I'd been photo-bombed by this little guy!

#bee #gorse

A close-up view of yellow gorse flowers with a bee sitting on one of the flowers.

04/05/2025 - Gorse in May for #YearOfGorse

5th month of trying to take a photo of flowering gorse each month for a year. Gorse is everywhere at the moment and today looked so nice in the sunshine. These are the easy months, it's going to get tricky come autumn.

#WildFlowers

Photo of a mass of yellow flowering gorse by the roadside. So nice in the sunshine.

April's pic for #YearOfGorse (a challenge to post a pic of gorse in flower taken each month of the year.) Credit to @Spaceways for the idea.

Managed to catch a few rays of April sunshine for this one!

A photo of a gorse bush, taken relatively close. Sunlight highlights the foreground flowers.

03/04/2025 - Gorse in April

4th month of trying to take a photo of flowering gorse each month for a year. The sunshine on the gorse looked so nice today on our walk. Just a slow stroll after a late visit to a hill last night.

Gorse is full of life. Most of it small but still as magic as anything we come across on our walks.

A few photos of bugs and stuff we saw on gorse today

Gorse shieldbug
Golden dung fly
Cross orbweaver spider
Honey bee

#YearOfGorse #WildFlowers #Insects

Photo of a Gorse shieldbug on gorse! My favourite bug to find on gorse. It can prove tricky to find.

Photo of a Golden dung fly on gorse. Not the greatest name but I like this little fly.

Photo of a small Cross orbweaver spider building a web on gorse.

A little busy Honey bee on gorse. Just magic to see them about this spring now.

March edition of the year of Gorse (a photo of gorse in flower every month) taken at sunset today in Fife as the orange light hit the gorse bush and changed the apparent flower colour. The close up picture focussed on the flowers changed the colours to closer to the expected yellow colour.
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Close up of gorse flowers, the camera compensated for the sunshine- the sky was blue but looks washed out pale in this picture.
The flowers are yellow pea like flowers and cover the stem and the bush behind it. Some of the spikey green needle like leaves are visible.

Gorse bush viewed from below- it was up a slope- the sky is blue and the flowers covering the bush look orange from the golden sunset light.

09/03/2025 - Gorse in March.

3rd month of trying to take a photo of flowering gorse each month of 2025 on walks from my house. There was so much yellow about today, all looking lovely in the sunshine.

#YearOfGorse #WildFlowers

Photo of yellow flowering gorse by the roadside.

I am finally posting some pics for the #YearOfGorse

I took a couple of pics in early January, but held off posting in case I found something better. Then before I knew it, it was February. Took more pics in Feb and forgot to post them. 🤦‍♀️

So today, I'm posting Jan, Feb AND March's pics in case I forget again. Three for one, gorse fans!

Some gorse bushes with a few yellow flowers loom large in the foreground. The sea and an island with snow topped hills can just be made out in the background behind the gorse. The image is labelled 'January'.

A fairly tall gorse bush covered in yellow flowers. Behind the bush a tree is visible in the background. The image is labelled 'February'.

A close up shot of some yellow gorse flowers. The image is labelled 'March'.

It’s gorse of course.
It’s 12th Feb 2025 and here’s my photo of this months gorse flower. Spotted on a golf course near St Andrews.
For the year of gorse (a photo of gorse in flower every month)
#YearOfGorse #Wildflower
@Spaceways

Photo of a gorse bush in flower. The yellow flowers take up the left and bottom of the image, in the background is another gorse bush without flowers in a rough grassy area and in the distance are small trees and shrubs. They sky is grey and overcast.

01/02/2025 - Gorse in February.

I love gorse, it always seems to be in flower. There is a lot about at the moment.

I'm trying to take a photo of flowering gorse each month of 2025 on walks from my house. Here's February's. Just 10 more months to go.

#YearOfGorse #WildFlowers

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