My, the #wildflowerhour challenges are popular now. Each week, we hold a discussion between #wildflowerhour Towers and the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland about what sort of theme we should go for next: which plant family has a lot of species in bloom right now, or which habitats might be good for people to hunt in? This week, we’ve decided to go for something a bit different.
It’s the wildlife that flowers attract. You can snap a bee, or a hoverfly, or a bird, or a mammal enjoying a plant, so long as they are wild. So no sheep, dogs or cats – and of course, no garden plants. #wildflowerhour is for flowers growing wild. In case you hadn’t worked that one out…
Now, a lot of the skills involved in botany are the same for identifying fauna too. But many wild flower lovers won’t know what sort of bee it is that’s crawling over a Spear Thistle. So if you love bugs, birds or other critters, then please do chip in to help out with IDs.
This is a great challenge to do with children, which works perfectly as we are launching #wildflowerkids this week. More on that soon…
All you need to do is post a picture of the wildlife and the flower either on Twitter with the hashtag #wildflowerhour, or in our Facebook group before 9pm on Sunday. Remember that the photos need to be taken this week to qualify.
Here are some examples from recent #wildflowerhour posts to get you going:
from #wildflowerhour http://www.wildflowerhour.co.uk/blog/2017/08/08/challenge-wildlife-and-flowers/
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