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@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

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 6:56 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk Beautiful sun bathed lunch walk in #Lancashire today. Pretty #butterflies abound again feeding on #autumn flowers, with the leaves slowly taking on their autumn shades. @thephotohour.bsky.social #vitaminN

Clockwise from top left; A shy ladybird enjoying a yellow flower, huge trees in the sunlight, yellow flowers and spindle fruit, changing leaves, comma on seedum, red leaves, red admiral, hydrangea, speckled wood and hoverfly.

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 7:47 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk Blue skies and #butterflies on my #Lancashire lunch walk today, and look at those #autumn colours! Happy to see painted ladies, red admiral, speckled wood, a camera shy small tortoiseshell but by far the most were #comma, at least a dozen flitting around. @thephotohour.bsky.social

Ripe fruit, pretty flowers, red admiral, painted ladies and comma in good number in the sunshine

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 6:47 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk from Sunday morning, and after a hearty breakfast at the Boathouse Brasserie #Rufford we headed to #MereSandsWood to enjoy mighty #trees, #fungi, #dragonflies, #birds and blue skies. Excellent visit! @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #Lancashire

Clockwise from top left; Views of the lake, blusher aminata, coot, bright turkey tails, white saddle (helluva crispa) stinking dapperling, ragwort with hoverfly, fly agaric, sulphur tufts, bleeding bonnets, woodland view, speckled wood, blue skies, male common darter.

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 7:36 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk from Saturday's Uni drop off. It was a quick drop off this time as he got the keys in July, so we had a wander at #CannonHillPark #Birmingham before I left. It was great for #birdlife, with champion #trees, even a land train! Autumn colours too. @thephotohour.bsky.social #vitaminN

Clockwise from top left; moorhen, squirrel, red spinning Jennie's, champion trees, a ladybird, swan boats, baby moorhen, art in the park, a cormorant, acers putting on their autumn colours, the land train, canada geese in a row, floral displays, willow dragonfly, beautiful mallard head colours.

@s4r4h-l.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 8:07 PM

#JoinMeOnMyWalk Safely home from the Brum run, and everyone's happy, though even though it's my 5th year of doing it I don't think I'll ever get used to dropping them off! Here's yesterday's lunch walk, with #fungi #fruit and #butterflies from drizzly #Lancashire! @thephotohour.bsky.social #vitaminN

Top left to right; speckled wood, ripe apples, red admiral
Middle; turkey tails, nastertium and deceivers
Bottom; flu agaric, stump puffball and plums & custard