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@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 6:11 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk The weather couldn't make it's mind up in #Lancashire on my lunch walk, heavy showers, rainbows then sunny spells! Lovely colour in the leaves and fungi & the shadow of a solitary butterfly but too quick to ID. I fear I may have seen my last for the year. @thephotohour.bsky.social

Rain on a fallen leaf, a munched fly agaric, huge trees, pretty daisies,a rainbow ,autumn leaves, plums and custards, huge clouds, fuchsia, soaked flowers and more autumn leaf colour

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 5:50 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk Very wet on my lunch walk today so I took a different direction and found #nature treasure, in the form of lots of fresh #mushrooms all brightly coloured! Some fabulous #autumn leaves too in golds and reds brightening the grey! #Lancashire @thephotohour.bsky.social #vitaminN

Clockwise from top left; shaggy ink cap, fly agaric,birch bolete, birch milkcaps, redlead Roundheads, more emerging fly agaric, rain covered roses, golden leaves, huge trees, rain drops on ladies mantle leaves

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 7:49 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk Lovely sunny #Lancashire this lunchtime, filled with #autumn colour, from ripening fruit, to autumn leaves, #mushrooms and a #butterfly. Beautiful! @thephotohour.bsky.social

Red edges oak leaves, hoverfly on aster, woodland walk, ginko leaves, fly agaric, small tortoiseshell, rose, fungi, fallen leaf, pretty grasses & spindle fruit.

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 5:45 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk from early Sunday morning & a very special visit to @rspbengland.bsky.social #LeightonMoss to see the bearded tits. Still bright weather conditions saw them visiting the grit trays early, a delightful #nature treat. #Lancashire @thephotohour.bsky.social #Birdlife #UKBirds #vitaminN

Top to bottom; a spiders web catching the early morning sunshine, a pair of cinnamon coloured bearded tits, the make showing off his markings, beautiful blue skies, swans on the water, light picking out the waiting watchers.

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 5:21 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk from Sunday, with a lovely explore around #Arnside and #Beetham, seeing unexpected wild roe deer followed by managed fallow deer, yew trees and golden spindles and blue skies reflecting well! @thephotohour.bsky.social #NorthLancashire

Clockwise from top left; reflecting buoys, bountiful deer, a secret turret, yew berries, roe deer rumps, pretty orange flower, male fallow deer, female roe, seascapes and landscape, RNLI on a jetski, a pretty roe deer, a huge yew tree, golden spindles and red clover

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:33 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk Forecast defying local walk in #Preston this morning, enjoying waxcaps & other mushrooms, beautiful skies, woodland & red admiral. @thephotohour.bsky.social #Lancashire #vitaminN

Clockwise from top left; a golden waxcaps, traffic light leaf, a fairy inkcap village, red admiral, I think deceivers, blue cloudy skies, marigolds, more skyscapes, a golden leaf, milkcaps, roses & woodland tree

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:09 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk Yesterday's cold start was replaced by heavy rain overnight that didn't clear til mid-morning. Imagine my delight on my lunch walk at finding red admirals and comma on the asters! Plus a new area of fly agaric sadly mostly damaged by mowing. @thephotohour.bsky.social #Lancashire

Clockwise from top left; Comma, red admiral both on aster, a fallen fly agaric, rain on ladies mantle leaves, and fabulous changing leaves

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 6:44 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk Lucky to have a bright lunch walk today, with #fungi & #butterflies & pretty flowers before the rain swept in. Think we may have a wet couple of days, but that's why I love taking photos, to keep for the grey days. #Lancashire #vitaminN @thephotohour.bsky.social

Clockwise from top left; Snapdragons, roses, red admiral on aster, just ohe fly agaric left, helenium, monks hood, cherries, inkcap, a big tree, red admiral and speckled wood, changing trees and fruit.

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 7:47 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk A stunning #autumn day with better than forecast weather & new fly agaric in a patch I 1st saw them in 2020-then absent til today! Speckled wood & red admiral on the wing plus luscious autumn shades coming in the trees. Same tomorrow please! 🙏🦋 @thephotohour.bsky.social #Lancashire

Clockwise from top left; pollinators on daisies, red oak leaves, golden sycamore, yellowing ginko, bright berries, fly agaric mushrooms, speckled wood, red admiral, roses, silver birch, light through the leaves, speckled wood

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 7:46 PM

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 7:06 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk oh what a wet and miserable day in Lancashire, wetting drizzle, so let's nip back to that day in late June when I met the pretty silver studded blues I posted this morning. Beautiful #NorthWales with pretty sunrises & packed with wildlife. @thephotohour.bsky.social #vitaminN

Clockwise from top left; South Stack lighthouse, silver studded blues, mating ringlet, a superb wild carrot globe, sea thrift, devils bit scabious, razorbill, sea holly, mountain views, bog pimpernel and orchids

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 7:49 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk from yesterday and a visit to #LeightonMoss , in the hopes of seeing bearded tits, sadly none spotted but a lovely visit all the same with lots of #bird life to admire, and the song was lovely, so many voices! Details in ALT @thephotohour.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #UKBirds

Top left then clockwise; marsh harrier, water views, the sky tower, teal, reflections, robin, shoveler, egret, woolly milkcaps, view from the sky tower, goldcrest, cormorant, heron, asters, ivy bee, water forget-me-not

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 5:26 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk Gorgeous day in #Preston today, lovely warm sunshine & good company after good coffee with a friend! #Blueskies & majestic #trees putting on a flash of #autumn colour, plus wildflowers & #butterflies too. Perfect! @thephotohour.bsky.social #Lancashire

Clockwise from top left; red admiral, red leaves, light through the railway tunnel, gold leaves, roses, red hawthorn leaf, huge trees, red admiral, a traffic light leaf, meadowsweet, more trees changing, a gate view and light through a bramble leaf

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 6:53 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk Only a few, and smaller than previous years but surely that makes the #Flyagaric all the more special! Also seen today in #Lancashire birch bolete, dead mens fingers, beechwood sickener& strange brown jelly cups!! @thephotohour.bsky.social #FungiFriday #mushrooms

Changing Acer leaves, bright pink flowers, emerging fly agaric, a huge birch bolete, shaggy ink caps, beechwood sickener, birch tree, asters, and unknown brown jelly cups around an inch at longest

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 6:54 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk Lovely #October lunch walk in warm sunshine, enjoying the #autumn changes from ripe fruit to rich leaf colours. #Natures season gives me a sense of calm in it's predictable stability. Always great to see #butterflies too! @thephotohour.bsky.social #Lancashire

Comma and red admiral butterflies, bees and ladybirds all enjoying the sunshine in Lancashire today, with trees starting their autumn splendour too in shades of gold and crimson

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 7:15 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk After a very wet start in #Lancashire, the sun came out for my lunch walk today, along with the #butterflies and ladybirds too! Lots of #autumn colour coming through in the leaves now. Wonderful! @thephotohour.bsky.social #vitaminN @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Golden and red leaves, ladybirds, comma and small tortoiseshell feeding on asters, and hydrangea

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 7:38 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk from my on-foot commute the last couple of days. Pretty grasses and so much fruit. Pretty flowers and fungi. Lovely light yesterday afternoon too. @thephotohour.bsky.social #Lancashire #vitaminN

Clockwise from top left; sunlight through seeds, a huge peach fungi, mexican fleabane, ripe apples, blue skies, yellow flowers, roses, red and orange berries, asters, and pretty grass seeds

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 7:37 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk from #RHSHarlowCarr yesterday. Early sun blessed us with a red admiral #butterfly then we managed a lovely woodland & garden walk, taking in the wonderful #Lego wildlife creations before rain set in. Love all the colour this time of year #Autumn. @thephotohour.bsky.social

Clockwise from top left; Lego fly agaric, red admiral, helenium, rosy brittlegill, golden ginko, oil beetle, changing leaves, huge bees, a coal tit, kingfisher sculpture, gladioli, Lego kingfisher and cosmos

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 7:42 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk Jewel bright colours at #ThorpePerrowArboretum in #Yorkshire today, from changing Acer leaves to bright birds at mammal centre & stunning birds of prey. Warm in the sunshine too encouraging red admiral to play out. @thephotohour.bsky.social #vitaminN #autumn

Clockwise from top left; red admiral, peacock, Acer leaves, bald eagle, Sir Leonard's monument, smart topiary, Acer leaves surrounding the lake, bright changing colours in the arboretum, a great grey owl, Stan the Turkmenistan owl, changing leaves

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 5:19 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk Spooky goings on with a trip to #York, visiting both #YorkGhostMerchant shops then round #StAnthonys garden #buttetfly spotting before #YorkMuseumGardens for ghost spotting.. the wire sculptures are brilliant! A lovely #autumn explore @thephotohour.bsky.social @visityork.bsky.social

Clockwise from left; a monk ghost at the Abbey ruins, bright pink Japanese anemone, red admiral, the Shambles, an autumn decorated jewellers near the minster, the crypt at St Leonard's, zinnia, ghost on a penny farthing, red admiral both St Anthony's Garden before the York Ghost dispensary, my new purchase on the stage! A bee on seedum, beautiful dahlias, the plague doctor ghost, York minster and a beautiful art shop decorated for Autumn