Wylie Horn

@wyliehorn

Passionate naturalist and thrawn gadgie. Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig. Bruidhinn Gàidhlig rium mas e ur thoil e.

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Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· 6d

What fresh AI hell is this in Apple Music?! Fortunately it can be turned off. See appleinsider.com/inside/apple... #AI #AISlop

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jul 19

World Cup Final half-time show

A bored looking woman at the infamous Wonka Experience event in Glasgow.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jul 18

A film poster for ‘The Exterminator’featuring a man dressed in black wearing a black motorcycle helmet and carrying a flamethrower.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 28

Heath Fragrant-Orchid(?), Gymnadenia borealis, on the footslopes of Beinn Chabhair, Arrochar, Scotland #OrchidChallenge #WildflowerHour

The pink flowers of Heath Fragrant Orchid growing amongst various grasses and Calluna vulgaris. Mountains are visible on the horizon.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 25

Anyway, it was a beautiful day on Ben Lomond yesterday. #ScotlandBrazil #WorldCup2026

An inquisitive raven at the summit of Ben Lomond with Loch Lomond in the background.

The view from the summit of Ben Lomond, with Ben Vane on the extreme right of the photo.

The view south down Loch Lomond from the summit of Ben Lomond.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 25

Nae further comment needed.

Scotland Manager, Ally McLeod, with his head in his hands in the dugout during a Scotland match in the 1978 World Cup.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 14

Feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium, growing in an Oxfordshire churchyard. #ChurchyardFlowers #WildflowerHour

The erect stem of feverfew, covered in pinnate, pinnately-lobed green leaves. There is a gravestone behind and left of the plant. The plant itself is growing on a grave.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 14

Woodruff, Galium odoratum, in an Oxfordshire churchyard. #ChurchyardFlowers #WildflowerHour

The four-petalled white flowers of Galium odoratum with the whorls of the plants elliptic to lanceolate leaves below them.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 14

Common Spotted Orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii, growing in an Oxfordshire floodplain meadow. #OrchidChallenge #WildflowerHour

A common spotted orchid flower spike covered in a multitude of pink, purple spotted flowers. The plant is growing amongst Centaurea, and some grasses.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 14

Totally 21st Century sports watching in oor hoose last night: Knicks on the laptop fir the boy; Scotland on the telly fir us both. #Scotland #Knicks

A television screen showing the Scotland vs Haiti World Cup game. There is a laptop in front of it showing the New York Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs NBA play-off game. An assortment of living room furniture, plants, a cafetière, and some mugs are also in the shot.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 12

(Female?) Orange-legged Furrow Bee, Halictus rubicundus, on a Musk Thistle, Carduus nutans, capitula in an Oxfordshire floodplain meadow. #Bees #Hymenoptera

A small orange-legged furrow bee is feeding on a purple musk thistle capitula. The bees orange hind tibia and remnants of ginger pile on the thorax are visible. White stripes are visible on tergites 1 and 2.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 11

Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, on a Devil's-bit Scabious, Succissa pratensis, flower in an Oxfordshire floodplain meadow. #bees #Hymenoptera #WildflowerHour

A black, yellow, and buff striped bumblebee on a purple Devil’s-bit Scabious flower. The leaves of great burnet are in the background.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 11

Mating Six-spot Burnet moths, Zygaena filipendulae stephensii, on a Devil's-bit Scabious, Succissa pratensis, flower in an Oxfordshire floodplain meadow. #moths #lepidoptera. HT to @rlewington2.bsky.social for his consistently excellent guidebook artistry.

Two black and red six spot burnet moths on a purple devil’s-bit scabious flower in a floodplain meadow.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 7

Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus minor, growing in a lawn on its way to becoming a small wildflower meadow. #NoMowSummer #WildflowerHour

The complex inflated calyx and hooded yellow flowers of yellow rattle. The image also shows the plants' opposite, toothed, green leaves. The plants are growing amongst grasses on which they are hemi-parasitic.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 7

Oxeye daisies, Leucanthemum vulgare, and Bird's-foot Trefoil, Lotus corniculatus agg. #NoMowSummer #WildflowerHour

A dense stand of white and yellow oxeye daisies with a profusion of yellow Bird's-foot trefoil flowers growing in the foreground.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 7

After 7 and a ½ years of #NoMowSummer my back garden flower meadow is flourishing. #LawnFlowers #WildflowerHour

A newly dug pond in a grass monoculture in a square shaped back garden.

A flower meadow in a back garden. The sward is dominated by Oxeye daisies.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 7

Southern Marsh Orchid, Dactylorhiza praetermissa ssp. schoenophila, Oxfordshire, England #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge

The vivid pinkish purple flower spike of southern marsh orchid showing the structure of the labellum which is scarcely 3-lobed, orbicular to transversely broadly elliptic.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 7

Common Spotted Orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Oxfordshire, England #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge

A close up of the dark pink spotted flower spikes of common spotted orchids growing amongst grass

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 7

Common Twayblade, Neottia ovata, Oxfordshire, England #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge

A common twayblade flower spike showing the yellowish green labellum, tepals, and hood plus the two ovate-elliptic basal leaves. The plant is growing amongst rushes.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 7

Tufted Vetch, Vicia cracca, Clanfield, Oxfordshire, England #WildflowerHour #CarrotsAndPeas

Several one-sided spikes of 10-30 vivid bluish-mauve flowers of tufted vetch growing the base of a hedge. The opposite leaved branched tendrils are also in the frame.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 7

Crimson Clover, Trifolium incarnatum Ssp. incarnatum, Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire, England #WildflowerHour

The beautiful cylindrical crimson raceme of crimson clover sitting on the top of an erect, hairy stem. Two hairy, obovate to obcordate leaves are growing on the stem below the flower. The plant is growing amongst grass.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 6

This Riband Wave moth, Idaea aversata f.remutata decided to settle on my shoe when I was cycling home last night. #moths #lepidoptera

A fawn, sandy-brown Riband Wave moth of the form f.remutata which has three dark crosslines across the wings. The wings have a peppered appearance. The moth is sitting on a shiny black shoe.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 3

A picture that captures your essence

A man is sitting on a sofa drinking a mug of tea. He has a tea cosy in the shape of a male mallard duck on his head.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· Jun 1

Melanostoma scalare hoverfly on a Nipplewort, Lapsana communis, flower, Botley, Oxfordshire, England #Flies #Diptera #Insects

A small, dark, thinly wasted hoverfly sitting on a Nipplewort flower comprised of several fringed yellow leaves.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· May 29

I was fortunate enough to record this lovely burst of garden warbler, Sylvia borin, song near Clanfield, Oxfordshire, England earlier today. #UKBirding #Ornithology

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· May 29

A Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui, feeding on a Red Valerian, Centranthus ruber, flower in Botley, Oxfordshire, England earlier today. #butterflies #lepidoptera #insects

A strikingly marked orange, black, and white painted lady butterfly sitting on top of the vivid deep pink flower of red valerian.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· May 29

A Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle, Rutpela maculata, sitting on a Bur Chervil, Anthriscus caucalis, flower. Tubney Woods, Oxfordshire, England #beetles #Coleoptera #Insects

A strikingly marked yellow and black longhorn beetle sitting on the composite umbel inflorescence of Bur Chervil. It's long antennae that give the beetle its name are shown well.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· May 24

#GhostSign in Manchester

A large ghost sign on a brick building in Manchester saying ‘H.A. Howard & Sons Ltd.: Gileric Gowns; Day and Evening Wear’

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· May 17

Pink-sorrel, Oxalis articulata, growing on a grassy verge in Kingston Bagpuize, Oxfordshire, England #WildflowerHour

A large clump of the vibrant pink, five-petalled, flowers of pink-sorrel.

Wylie Horn@wyliehorn· May 17

Early Forget-me-not, Myosotis ramosissima, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxfordshire, England #WildflowerHour #TinyPlants * *More tiny flowers than tiny plants but too pretty to ignore.