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Spring is in the air! It's been the warmest day of the year so far here at Wild Lakeland HQ, reaching 15.3c! We have had our first sighting of a Buff-tailed Bumblebee, and plenty of Lesser Celandines bursting into flower!

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Now is a good time to look out closely for the freshly emerging shoots of Pignut (Conopodium majus) in meadows and other species-rich grasslands. #Wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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The first Lesser Celandine is out in our meadow, and look just how important these early wildflowers are for insects such as this Hoverfly! #SpringIsComing #Wildflowers

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One of my favourite wildflowers is emerging from its winter slumber in the hedgerows. It's scientific name is Adoxa moschatellina, but does anyone know what it's common name is?

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Sedum anglicum (English Stonecrop) with some Rumex acetosella (Sheep's Sorrel) thrown in, growing on rocks in the NW Lake District this weekend. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #Wildflowerhour #LakeDistrict

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Must admit I'm a bit mad on Daffodils so I am going to start a thread with all the varieties I have planted at @wildlakeland.bsky.social HQ . In order as they come into flower... Starting with Narcissus 'tete-a-tete'. Small, early and delightful!

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Song Thrush in full song for the first time this year! 😍

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In 2019 and 2020 we carried out bracken to grassland restoration on an area of very dense, deep litter bracken... Here is a quick revisit 5 years on... The area is now fairly species-rich with tonnes of Hypericum, Tormentil, Bugle, Dog-violet, Pignut and even Wood Anemone.

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Fell Ponies had lots of energy today! One of them seemed to have a particular bout of the zoomies! #LakeDistrict #FellPonies #ConservationGrazing

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Snowdrops now looking superb and Spring now feeling like it might be on the horizon! #LakeDistrict #Wildflowerhour

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More #SignsOfSpring - not quite there yet but getting closer. Green Hellebore, Helleborus viridis & Wild Daffodils, Narcissus pseudonarcissus. #wildflowerhour at Witherslack Woods, Cumbria

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The Buttermere valley.

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Look who are back at Loweswater! The Fell Ponies! If you followed us on twitter you may remember we have Fell Pony grazing every winter as a critical part of maintaining plant diversity across the species-rich grasslands. #LakeDistrict #FellPonies #Conservation

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Borrowdale

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Had to stop and admire this Lancashire style of hedge-laying today, on land which was historically in Lancashire! #Hedgelaying #Hedgerows

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Exactly 4 years between photos. Hedge-laying in 2021 (left), with 4 years of growth and a couple of trims to create a nice dense, impenetrable hedge (right). Should remain manageable for another 20 years before it can once again be laid, and the hedge cycle starts again! #Hedgelaying #Hedgerow

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The road to spring is here! We have our first Snowdrop in flower at Wild Lakeland HQ! The days are getting longer, and the sun is shining! 🌞 #LakeDistrict #Spring #Snowdrops

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Back from a rather prolonged break! Been to Tenerife and La Gomera, with some time looking at endemic plants, and other wildlife! 😍 #CanaryIslands #Tenerife #LaGomera #Botany #Wildlife

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Some unusual layered cloudscapes across Skiddaw today. These two photos are several hours apart to show how it has been gradually changing. #LakeDistrict #Clouds #Skiddaw #NorthLakes

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Merry Christmas everyone, from a gloomy north Lakes this morning! #LakeDistrict #Christmas

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A few from Northumberland.

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Some vibrant Gorse (Ulex europaeus) on the Northumberland coast, flowering in quite an abundance, for this week's #wildflowerhour

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A day late for #wildflowerhour, but I do have another species now in flower! A defiant Primrose (Primula vulgaris) wanting to get underway with Spring! Maybe a little too early! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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