First siting of a small blue in Workington, west Cumbria today Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Cumbria Butterfly Conservation

Hurray for #WorldBeeDay ! 🐝💛
There are over 270 species of bee in the UK, can you identify them all?wildlifetrusts.org/blog/ryan-clar…

Tree of the day

Jacob’s ladder, north Cumbria #wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Wildflower hunting in the South Lakes today, greater butterfly orchids just coming into bloom, bogbean, spring Sandwort , GBFT, salad burnet and a bulbous buttercup #wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland #carrotsandpeas

Belties and hawthorn fles, Wet Sleddale

I’m going for the cute vote today, Drinker caterpillar at Wet Sleddale #caterpillars 🥹 #twigoftheday

Overwhelming stench of sheep urine. ‘Recalculating route…’

#FingerpostFriday 1 of 2

A newly refurbished specimen at the crossroads, Cumbria #FingerpostFriday

Wood bathing #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2024

Looking at the bigger picture #mentalhealthawarenessweek

Wednesday wander

Large Bitter-cress, Cardamine amara #wildflowerwednesday Wetheral, Cumbria

Anyone else just get an instant sense of calm looking at this? 😍

Visiting info for Gosling Sike here, if you'd like to see it in person! 👇
cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserve…

Thank you for sharing Hayley Twigs in Hair Howard

Tiger Sawgill fungi (Lentis tigrinus) growing on Salix on the edge of the Warwickshire Avon today near Jubilee bridge #fungi .

“Every single stretch of river in England currently tested carries a ‘do not swim’ advisory. This lot will simply join that ignoble, floundering list of failure.'

Timing of govt's announcement obviously has nothing to do with Wed's hearing. Environmental Audit Committee 🤣
theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Bluebells by the river #thicktrunktuesday

Rise and shine

Red Campion Woods, Gosling Sike #SilentSunday CumbriaWildlifeTrust

Flowering juniper haircap moss, Polytrichum juniperinum