Lyn Edmonds

@edmondslyn

Wildflowers; Nature; Genealogy; Retired Clinical Librarian; Wife, Mum, Grandma; Photos with mobile phone; WW1 - also posts @aftwf1418.bsky.social

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Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· 16d

Hemp Agrimony, Eupatorium cannabinum, whose nectar-rich clusters of pink and white flowers are a favourite with butterflies such as this Holly Blue, Celastrina argiolus #WetlandPlants #InternationalBogDay2026 #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A Holly Blue butterfly, which is pale blue and has black speckles on the underside of its wings is feeding on a cluster of the pink and white flowers of Hemp Agrimony

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· 16d

Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, a tall plant with brightly coloured spikes thriving alongside Hobson's Conduit in Cambridge 💜 #WetlandPlants #InternationalBogDay2026 #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Tall flowering plants with upright purple flower spikes stand out and rise above the surrounding wildflowers including some brambles with blackberries; there are trees and shrubs beyond

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· 16d

Gypsywort, Lycopus europaeus, with its tiny white and purple speckled flowers growing in a whorl around its square stem #WetlandPlants #InternationalBogDay2026 #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Small white and purple speckled flowers of Gypsywort growing around its square stem, with leaves beneath the flowers

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· 17d

A vibrant yellow flowerhead of Corn Marigold, Glebionis segetum 💛 #SundayYellow #FlowersonSunday #SundayFlowers #BloomScrolling #WildflowerHour

Top-down close-up of a bright golden yellow flowerhead with ribbed petals that have one or two notches at their tips, surrounding a darker yellow centre, with a blurred green and brown background

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· 19d

Curved shadow cast by a large tree branch; seen this week in Cambridge #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCurves

The base of a large mature tree with a shadow cast by one of the tree's large branches in the foreground; the shadow snakes across the dry grass in an S-shaped pattern. There are other trees and bushes in the distance which are in a roped off area.

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· 21d

Wooden hedgehog, its body crafted from a large log with smaller wooden named stakes used to represent the quills #WoodenWednesday #Woodendsday #Woodcraft 🦔

Close-up of a wooden hedgehog, its body crafted from a large log with smaller wooden named stakes used to represent the quills; it is on the ground which is covered with dry leaves, wood chips, and there are patches of greenery beyond

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· 22d

A mature Horse Chestnut tree providing much needed shade along the Backs in Cambridge #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

Close-up of a tall straight tree with its branches fully laden with hand-shaped leaves, the canopy casting a shadow around the tree; the tree stands in a grassy area with a narrow path and other trees and shrubs behind

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· 22d

A small soft toy Owl perched high up on some railings outside a Cambridge College - obviously wise but hopefully not afraid of the dark 🦉 #OwlishMonday #Cambridge

A small soft toy owl that has been placed on the top bar of some high black metal railings which have pointed finials and behind which are trees and bushes; sunlight filters through the leaves creating patches of light and shadow across the foliage

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· 23d

A spike of hairy purple bell-shaped Nettle-leaved Bellflower #StillFlowering in a shady position this week in Cambridgeshire💜 #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of a spike of small purple bell-shaped flowers with hairy petals and sepals, with leaves to the right and behind the flowers; set against a lightly blurred background of other stems and leaves

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· 23d

Some of this week's wildflower finds from Cambridgeshire: Self-Heal, Yellow Toadflax, Field Bindweed, Green Alkanet, Ragwort, Spear Thistle, Prickly Sow Thistle, Hemp Agrimony, Musk Mallow and Field Scabious #StillFlowering #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A collage of wildflowers, left to right:
Top half: Self-Heal, Yellow Toadflax, Field Bindweed, Green Alkanet, Ragwort and Spear Thistle
Lower half: Prickly Sow Thistle, Hemp Agrimony, Musk Mallow and Field Scabious

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· 23d

Pretty pink Great Willowherb, Epilobium hirsutum, each flower having 4 notched petals and a prominent white cross-shaped stigma in the centre; #StillFlowering in the heatwave because of its proximity to water 🩷 #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of a bright pink flower stalk, with one fully open flower with four notched petals and a prominent white cross-shaped stigma in the centre, one other flower is just opening and others are still in bud; its leaves are below the flowers and the background is lightly blurred

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· 28d

Delighted to have seen what I think was a large Tree Bumblebee, Bombus hypnorum foraging vigorously on a Wild Teasel, Dipsacus fullonum; seen yesterday in Cambridge #WildWebsWednesday #Bees #InsectThursday

Close-up of a bee with a black head, short antennae, fluffy gingery brown thorax, a black abdomen and a small white tail feeding on a Wild Teasel flower

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· 29d

Purple Beech tree, also known as Copper Beech, seen recently in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social #TreeTuesday #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday

Close-up of a tall straight tree with its branches fully laden with purple/coppery coloured leaves and casting a shadow around the tree; there is some ivy growing up the tree that stands in a grassy area with patches of vegetation and shrubs behind and to the left is a narrow path that curves into the distance

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jul 12

From Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire for the #WildflowerHour #AquaticPlants challenge a Yellow Water Lily, Nuphar lutea seen yesterday in the their lake and Fringed Water Lily, Nymphoides peltata with Common Duckweed, Lemna minor in their pond 💛💚 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Several bright green lily pads floating on the surface of a small lake with dark aquatic vegetation beneath; on the left is a single partially open Yellow Water Lily flower that has risen above the water on a green stem

A selection of floating aquatic plants on a small pond; there are two fully open bright yellow flowers with lightly fringed edges to their petals, some rounded green lily pads and the water's surface is dotted with a dense layer of tiny floating Duckweed plants , with a few thin brown stems or twigs lying across the water

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jul 12

Some of this week's wildflower finds from Cambridgeshire: Spear Thistle, Wild Marjoram, Common Ragwort, Lady's Bedstraw, Purple Loosestrife, Yarrow, Field Scabious, Hemp Agrimony, Bird's-foot Trefoil and Knapweed #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A collage of wildflowers, left to right:
Top half: Spear Thistle, Wild Marjoram, Common Ragwort, Lady's Bedstraw, Purple Loosestrife and Yarrow
Lower half: Field Scabious, Hemp Agrimony, Bird's-foot Trefoil and Knapweed

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jul 11

An old Bodgers sign from Wandlebury Country Park, Cambridgeshire, the home of Cambridge Bodgers and friends, members of the 'Association of Pole-Lathe Turners and Green Woodworkers' #SignsonSunday #WoodenWednesday #Woodendsday #Woodcraft #Bodgers

Close-up of an old weathered wooden sign lying among a pile of cut branches and logs; the sign has the word BODGERS carved into the wood in large, hand-cut letters and it is shaped like an arrow pointing to the right

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jul 9

Woodland Tobacco Plant, Nicotiana sylvestris dominating the selection of #PavementPlants along a narrow street in Cambridge and looking parched in the heatwave 🤍 #UrbanPlants #UrbanFlora #FlowersOnFriday #FridayFlowers #WhiteFlowers #WildflowerHour #BloomScrolling

A tall plant with long white drooping tubular-shaped flowers growing between a stone wall and an urban pavement on a bright sunny day; the plant has large broad green leaves, some of which look parched

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jul 8

So sad - an old, possibly Victorian, black iron gate adorned with decorative scrollwork with signs of rust and wear that has been dumped in a hedgerow and is slowly disappearing behind the foliage #IronworkThursday #ThursGate #lovegates

An old, possibly Victorian, black iron gate adorned with decorative scrollwork but with signs of rust and wear that has been dumped in a hedgerow and is slowly disappearing behind green foliage that is growing around and over it

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jul 7

Princess Alexandra of Kent®, a bright pink shrub rose bred by David Austin 2007 and named in honour of Princess Alexandra of Kent, herself a keen gardener, seen in Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire 🩷 #RoseWednesday #BloomScrolling

Close-up of a rose flower with bright pink coloured petals, surrounded by the green leaves of the shrub and two partially open buds behind it

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jul 5

A delicate soft pink flower of Wild Blackberry, Rubus fruticosus, seen this week in Cambridgeshire #ClimbingPlants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A single delicate pale pink fully open flower with 5 petals at the top of a thorny stem, with leaves and round green unopened buds below and lightly blurred green foliage in the background

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jul 5

White Bryony, Bryonia dioica, a fairly common but pretty climbing plant with curling tendrils and flowers with green veins on its hairy petals #ClimbingPlants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of a pale green veined flower with hairy petals amongst its own green lobed leaves, with some flowers still in bud and curling tendrils hanging down from its stem

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jul 5

Field Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis, although not very high is determined to climb up these tall grasses by wrapping itself around them; its funnel-shaped flowers looking more colourful from the rear #ClimbingPlants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of two open white funnel-shaped flowers with a hint of pink around their edges, with an unopened bud on the left; the flowers are attached to a slender vine that has twisted around some tall dried grasses

Close-up view of the flowers from the side and slightly from behind, showing the dark pink folds of the 'funnel, the vine and the tall dried grasses

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jul 4

Yellow Loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris with a visiting bee 💛 #SundayYellow #Stunday #FlowersonSunday #SundayFlowers #BloomScrolling #WildflowerHour

Close-up a spike of small bright yellow flowers, each with 5 petals, some open but most still in bud, all surrounded by green leaves; on the left side of the image a bee is perched on one of the flowers collecting nectar or pollen

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jul 4

Warning sign about honeybees, seen yesterday at Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire 🐝 #SignsonSunday #WarningSigns #Honeybees

A sign featuring a red-bordered triangular warning symbol with an image of a honeybee and honeycomb inside the triangle, with a white background and mounted on a black frame; beneath the triangle the sign reads Caution Honeybees at Work and the sign is protected with a transparent cover. Behind the sign is a wire mesh fence, with dried mainly brown grasses and vegetation all around.

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jul 2

A popular venue for pollinators celebrating #JacobinDay today - a Comma butterfly that was outnumbered by the bees on this local lavender bush 💜 #Butterflies #InsectThursday #ButterflyFriday @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Close-up of an orange and brown spotted butterfly feeding on lavender, with a background of lightly blurred green stems

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jun 30

Watching the world go by - a fluffy black Moorhen chick on a lilypad in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social #WildlifeWednesday #WednesdayWildlife #WaterWednesday #UKWildlife #Birds

The image shows a small fluffy black Moorhen chick standing on a green lilypad next to a fully open yellow water-lily flower. The chick has black downy feathers, an orange-red beak and long legs and toes spread across the lilypad. There are other lilypads on the surface of the pond, some are green, but others are older and brown. The water is visible between the lilypads, along with submerged stems and bits of floating plant material.

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jun 28

Fringed Willowherb, Epilobium ciliatum is considered one of the #invasiveplants in the UK; native to North America, it was first recorded here in the late C19th and has since aggressively naturalised across the country #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up of a fully-open tiny pink and white flower which has four deeply notched petals, with leaves above and below, an unopened pink bud on the left, part of a brick wall on the right, set against a lightly blurred green background

Wider view of a patch of tiny pink and white flowers, some fully open and others still in bud, surrounded by green leaves

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jun 26

St Peter's Church, Papworth Everard, had its origins in 13th/14th centuries but rebuilt in 1850s with a tower added in 1870s and a spire shortly after, but that was removed in 1963 as considered to be in a dangerous condition; 1888 lychgate now half-way up the path #TowerTuesday #SteepleSaturday

St Peter's Church in Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire which has a tower and lychgate, but the spire was removed in 1963

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jun 25

Vivid purple flowerhead near the top of a very tall Cotton Thistle, Onopordum acanthium, also known as the Scotch Thistle, seen recently at @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social 💜 #FlowersOnFriday #FridayFlowers #FloralFriday #PurpleFriday #PurpleFlowers #Thistle #BloomScrolling

Close-up of a thistle flower in bloom, the flowerhead is a vivid purple, made up of many thin, tubular florets clustered densely together, with fine white hairs below. The pale grey-green stem and leaves appear thorny with sharp points along the edges. There is another unopened flower below in the lightly blurred background.

Lyn Edmonds@edmondslyn· Jun 23

Lady of Shalott®, an orange-red shrub rose bred by David Austin in 2009 and named to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s birth, seen in Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire @midsandeastnt.bsky.social #RoseWednesday #BloomScrolling