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Matt Ellery<p>New blog: The Wiltshire Cycleway (Part 1)</p><p>I went for a solo, fully loaded cycle tour of Wiltshire and Somerset. In this part: fun with trains and the Salisbury plain.</p><p><a href="https://mattellery.co.uk/posts/2025/08/18/diary-the-wiltshire-cycleway-part-1/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mattellery.co.uk/posts/2025/08</span><span class="invisible">/18/diary-the-wiltshire-cycleway-part-1/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CycleTouring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CycleTouring</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/camping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>camping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a></p>
Peter Sketch<p>This week&#39;s challenge for <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WildflowerHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WildflowerHour</span></a> was the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/DaisyFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DaisyFamily</span></a> so here are 4 from this week: 3 from my front yard (Fox-and-Cubs, Fleabane, Common Ragwort) and one from <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Rivermead" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rivermead</span></a> which is also in <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Swindon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Swindon</span></a> - Sneezewort. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Chris KoesterTrinity Chapel at Salisbury Cathedral.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Salisbury?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Salisbury</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Wiltshire?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wiltshire</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/England?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#England</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/SilentSunday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilentSunday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Trinity?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trinity</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/SalisburyCathedral?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SalisburyCathedral</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Cathedral?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cathedral</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Chapel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chapel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/TrinityChapel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrinityChapel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/AmnestyInternational?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmnestyInternational</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Windows?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/ChurchWindows?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchWindows</a>
Chris KoesterSalisbury Cathedral - View over the water surface of the baptistery to the west portal.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Salisbury?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Salisbury</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Cathedral?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cathedral</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/SalisburyCathedral?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SalisburyCathedral</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Baptistery?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Baptistery</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/reflection?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reflection</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/England?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#England</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Wiltshire?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wiltshire</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Spiegelung?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spiegelung</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/ChurchWindowd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchWindowd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Kirchenfenster?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kirchenfenster</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Taufbecken?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Taufbecken</a>
Chris KoesterGood evening.<br> The King's Head Inn in Salisbury.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Salisbury?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Salisbury</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/KingsHead?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KingsHead</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/KingsHeadSalisbury?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KingsHeadSalisbury</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/pub?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pub</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/night?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#night</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/lights?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lights</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Wiltshire?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wiltshire</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/England?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#England</a>
Andrew Donkin<p>Agh - I missed yesterday’s <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> here, a shameful day late, is one of Avebury’s finest. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/avebury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avebury</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> Photo taken last November.</p>
Peter Sketch<p>Michaelmas Daisy and one of its <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/PollinatorPals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PollinatorPals</span></a> - a tiny hoverfly. Seen in my local park in <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Swindon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Swindon</span></a> this morning. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WildflowerHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WildflowerHour</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Peter Sketch<p>Went to the local park this morning looking for flowers with their <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/PollinatorPals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PollinatorPals</span></a> - this is Hemp Agrimony with a rather large hoverfly. Not sure what species of hoverfly, but it&#39;s definitely pollinating the flowers. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WildflowerHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WildflowerHour</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Swindon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Swindon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Chris KoesterThe King's Head - home for a few nights.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Salisbury?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Salisbury</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/England?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#England</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Pub?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pub</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Wiltshire?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wiltshire</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/TheKingsHead?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheKingsHead</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/TheKingsHeadSalisbury?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheKingsHeadSalisbury</a>
Chris KoesterGreetings from Salisbury Cathedral.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Salisbury?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Salisbury</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/SalisburyCathedral?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SalisburyCathedral</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Cathedral?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cathedral</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/Wiltshire?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wiltshire</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.rzgierskopp.de/discover/tags/SilentSunday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilentSunday</a>
Chris Bond<p>Printed monochrome postcard showing the Devil's Den near Marlborough in Wiltshire. Published by F. Frith &amp; Co Ltd, Reigate, Frith' Series, № 46874, photo registered in 1901. Postally unused, but is c.1905. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dolmens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dolmens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Postcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DevilsDen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevilsDen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marlborough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marlborough</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a></p>
Artists Garden<p>Oh, I have been lazy again with my social media …<br>This border is planted with ornamental grasses, biennials and perennials - and also home to self sown biennials (Evening primrose, Teasels behind in the grass meadow) and annuals (Poppies, Corncockle). The grasses glow in the summer morning light. </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ArtistsGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ImperfectGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImperfectGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gardener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardener</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GardenPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GardenPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wolfkettler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wolfkettler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GardenWiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GardenWiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WiltshireGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WiltshireGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/HealthyLifestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthyLifestyle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/HealthyLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthyLiving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>summer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/natural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>natural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NaturalGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WeedGardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeedGardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/weeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weeds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WildlifeFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifeFriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PlanetFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetFriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PollinatorFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PollinatorFriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SelfSown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfSown</span></a></p>
Peter Sketch<p>Welted Thistle at the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WildlifeTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WildlifeTrust</span></a> site at <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/LowerMoorFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LowerMoorFarm</span></a>. Just look at the spines on that. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WildflowerHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WildflowerHour</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Peter Sketch<p>This was an exciting find. A new species for the ever-growing list of plants that have sown themselves into the cracks in the paving of my driveway. Hemp Agrimony. I have no idea how it got here and I&#39;m now starting to struggle to find somewhere to park. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WildflowerHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WildflowerHour</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Swindon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Swindon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Andrew Donkin<p>For today’s <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> here is a line of beauties from the awesome <a href="https://toot.community/tags/avebury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avebury</span></a> in <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> I really enjoy seeing everyone’s Sunday standing stone contributions each week. A lovely thing for a Sunday. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/megalithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalithic</span></a></p>
Kevin Wilbraham<p>A gold torc dating to the Bronze Age that was found in 1990 by metal detectorists at Monkton Deverill in Wiltshire. Now part of the collections at Salisbury Museum. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FindsFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FindsFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prehistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> 📷My own.</p>
Artists Garden<p>The bottom of the garden. Confusingly, the garden slopes *up* towards the bottom.<br>Bottom left the pond. The brick construction on the right is what we call the folly. Bees, other insects, birds and pond dwelling individuals love it. So do I.<br>Planted to feel and look natural, wild, full and overflowing. Weeds a.k.a. wildflowers are welcome.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ArtistsGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ImperfectGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImperfectGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/romantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romantic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RomanticGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RomanticGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gardener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardener</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GardenPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GardenPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wolfkettler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wolfkettler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GardenWiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GardenWiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WiltshireGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WiltshireGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/HealthyLifestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthyLifestyle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/HealthyLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthyLiving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>summer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/natural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>natural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NaturalGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WeedGardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeedGardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/weeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weeds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WildlifeFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifeFriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PlanetFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetFriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PollinatorFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PollinatorFriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SelfSown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfSown</span></a></p>
Peter Sketch<p>Because of the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/HarebellChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HarebellChallenge</span></a> I went to a nearby <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WildlifeTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WildlifeTrust</span></a> reserve which I expected to have them, Clout&#39;s Wood. It has a nice chalky grassland hillside which I&#39;m sure I&#39;ve seen them on before. Not a hint of them. However the Woolly Thistle population was having a good year and there were hundreds of those. Incredible things. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WildflowerHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WildflowerHour</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Peter Sketch<p>There was supposed to be a <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/HarebellChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HarebellChallenge</span></a> for <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WildflowerHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WildflowerHour</span></a> this week. Harebells are a bit tricky to find in <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Swindon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Swindon</span></a>, but the two common Campanula species the grow on walls are everywhere in Old Town. Well, usually. This year&#39;s been so dry it was hard to find one in flower. Did find this one, Trailing Bellflower, but Wall Bellflower eluded me completely. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Artists Garden<p>A Gatekeeper butterfly on the flower of an Echinops ritro (Southern globe thistle).</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gatekeeper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gatekeeper</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/butterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>butterfly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/echinops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>echinops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EchinopsRitro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EchinopsRitro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/globethistle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>globethistle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ArtistsGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ImperfectGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImperfectGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gardener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardener</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GardenPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GardenPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wolfkettler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wolfkettler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GardenWiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GardenWiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WiltshireGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WiltshireGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>summer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/natural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>natural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NaturalGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WildlifeFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifeFriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PlanetFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetFriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PollinatorFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PollinatorFriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a></p>