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#WildflowerHour too late! 😱But I had managed the #CowslipChallenge at #BrockholesNatureReserve on Thursday along with goat willow, blossom, common daisy, ground ivy, good Friday grass & gorse. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #Lancashire #vitaminN
Cowslips with visiting ladybird, goat willow, blossom, common daisy, ground ivy, good Friday grass & gorse.
April 5, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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#Wildflowerhour from #BrockholesNatureReserve today, cowslips, fiddleheads, hawthorn, bluebells and TIMOTHY! 🤭 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #Lancashire @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Top row Timothy grass either side of cowslips hiding a ladybird! Bottom row fiddlehead unfurling, hawthorn & bluebell's
April 26, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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Common spotted and southern marsh #orchids in the sunshine #BrockholesNatureReserve this evening #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #bloomscrolling #DailyFlowers #vitaminN @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
A pretty common spotted orchid A southern marsh orchid
June 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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#MushroomMonday huge polypore on a dead tree at #BrockholesNatureReserve yesterday, I always think these look like meringues with cocoa dusting! My annual reminder, I only take photos of #fungi and don't recommend eating any! #mushrooms #vitaminN #Lancashire @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Close up of the polypore/bracket fungus View of the tree showing the size!
August 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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#SaturdayMotivation down in the meadow! Such a beautiful ringlet enjoying a thistle at #BrockholesNatureReserve, along with meadow browns, gatekeepers, skippers.... Such a wonderful time of year to find some grassland & observe these wonderful #butterflies @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Fantastically fresh rings on this lovely ringlet
July 4, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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A #collareddove at #brockholes #preston a while back. I adored the little snippet of light just peeking through..

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A collared dove on a feeding table at a nature reserve. There is a smattering of light and shadow.
April 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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#InsectThursday Gatekeeper #butterflies from yesterday at #BrockholesNatureReserve. Didn't spot any females, they lack the brown bar on the upper wing. @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Lancashire #vitaminN
Very fresh male Gatekeeper butterflies seen yesterday
July 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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#ThickTrunkTuesday with a mighty oak at #BrockholesNatureReserve last Wednesday, in an area with so many songbirds enjoying it's shade. @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #Lancashire
A huge oak tree providing woodland homes for small mammals and invertebrates
August 4, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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#InsectThursday with a #ThursdayThrowback to summer at #BrockholesNatureReserve when I FINALLY found a cinnabar #moth who was more than happy to pose! I find these beauties much shyer than burnet moths so I was delighted! #MothsMatter #UKButterflies #positivity #joy #vitaminN
November 28, 2024 at 7:50 AM
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#InsectThursday Three beautiful #butterflies from #BrockholesNatureReserve yesterday. White letter hairstreak, common blue, and comma. @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Lancashire #vitaminN @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Top white letter hairstreak, one of 3 feeding on both creeping thistle and brambles, a common blue on grass, and a beautiful comma.
July 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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#SundayYellow and friends, golden ragwort on Thursday with a meadow brown and a ringlet feeding side by side at #BrockholesNatureReserve @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #butterflies
A ringlet at the front with a meadow brown behind, feeding on ragwort flowers
July 5, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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#TuesdayBlue & #TitliTuesday with a beautiful common blue butterfly from last week at #BrockholesNatureReserve @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Lancashire @ukbutterflies.bsky.social
A basking common blue butterfly perched on a blade of dried grass
July 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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#pollinatorpals from #BrockholesNatureReserve today peacock on hemp agrimony , red admiral, a pair of meadow brown on creeping thistle, hemp nettle, water mint, purple loose strife ,meadow brown on knapweed #butterflies #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #Lancashire
Clockwise from top left: peacock on hemp agrimony , red admiral and a pair of meadow brown on creeping thistle,purple loose strife, water mint, meadow brown on knapweed and common hemp nettle.
August 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Hooray! It's a #butterfly day! 😁😍🎉🦋 My first white letter hairstreak at #BrockholesNatureReserve today. Very hard for see as their wing colour matches the browning brambles.... But I spotted him! 💚 @savebutterflies.bsky.social @lancashirewildlife.bsky.social
Fabulous white letter hairstreak feeding on brambles today
July 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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#SundayYellow with beautiful Erythronium 'Pagoda' /dog's tooth violet pagoda at #NTBeningboroughHall yesterday, also seen at #BrockholesNatureReserve too on Thursday, such a pretty vibrant flower grown from bulbs. #Bloomscrolling #DailyFlowers #vitaminN
Beautiful star like flowers that hang upside down to protect them from spring weather The underside of these pretty flowers
April 5, 2026 at 6:11 AM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EgretsAndHerons, any Egret or Heron will do.
The Alt Theme is #Yellow, any bird with Yellow as part of its plumage.”
ALT theme for me, with a very cute young blue tit at #BrockholesNatureReserve on Wednesday.

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A juvenile blue tit concentrating on his tea!
July 31, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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It's a #butterfly day! 😍🤩🎉🦋 Delighted to catch up with NFY #SmallCopper this beauty is Lycaena phlaeas eleus ab. caeruleopunctata, so called because of its aberration blue spots along the hind wing #BrockholesNatureReserve @savebutterflies.bsky.social #vitaminN #joy @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Beautifully fresh small copper butterfly, with it's blue dot abberation on the hind wing. So pretty
June 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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#InsectThursday with more views of the fabulous #SmallCopper (Lycaena phlaeas eleus ab. caeruleopunctata) so called because of its aberration blue spots along the hind wing, seen at Brockholes yesterday.#BrockholesNatureReserve @savebutterflies.bsky.social #InsectWeek #vitaminN #joy #Lancashire
more views of the fabulous #SmallCopper (Lycaena phlaeas eleus ab. caeruleopunctata) so called because of its aberration blue spots along the hind wing,
June 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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#Wildflowerhour Fabulous quaking grass from #BrockholesNatureReserve for this week's #GrassChallenge. Question, is the challenge knowing the grass or trying to get a photo when they wibble? 🤭 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #Preston @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #Lancashire
Quaking grass, when the seeds dry it makes a wonderful noise when the wind blows through it
June 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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#Flyday with Panorpa germanica, a scorpion fly seen at #BrockholesNatureReserve on Wednesday. Despite his name this attractive #fly doesn't sting. @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
An attractive scorpion fly which despite its name doesn't sting.
July 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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#FungiFriday from #BrockholesNatureReserve yesterday. Split gills on an old log, a scarlet elf cup channelling it's inner tulip, undercooked King Alfred's cakes, fabulous turkey tails and velvet shanks. #fungi #mushrooms #vitaminN #Lancashire
Left hand side and middle top; spilt gills, right scarlet elf cup and King Alfred's cakes in their initial purple tinged state, turkey tails and velvet shanks
January 2, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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#MushroomMonday Not too sure who this pretty #mushroom seen yesterday at #BrockholesNatureReserve is, it gave turkey tail vibes but had formed like a Victorian mop cap! #FungiFriends #vitaminN #Lancashire
A mop cap looking mushroom coloured green brown and grey seen at Brockholes yesterday.
January 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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#InsectThursday With those gorgeous common blues at #BrockholesNatureReserve yesterday. The females weren't quite as pretty as those at Arnside Knott last week, but more blue that usual. Due to heat maybe? @savebutterflies.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #butterflies
Fabulous blue and lilac fresh male common blues at the top, and 3 views of female common blues at the bottom looking more blue than I've usually seen locally
July 30, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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#FlutterbyFriday Nothing to see here! 🤭 A shy white letter hairstreak from #BrockholesNatureReserve on Wednesday. You can just about see him/her peeping at me! @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Lancashire @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
A white letter hairstreak enjoying the brambles, easy to see from this photo how hard it is to spot them, they blend in very well despite their bright underwing colouring
July 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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#JoinMeOnMyWalk A quartet of #sunset shots at #BrockholesNatureReserve, #Preston last Saturday as watched silently hoping to see a starling murmuration. Sadly it wasn't to be, but such a glorious sky it just makes me look forward to our next attempt! @stormhour.com #vitaminN #joy #sunsetphotography
Gorgeous clouds and colours over half an hour, with swans swimming serenely. A joy to see
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM