Lots of Broad-leaved Helleborine in woodland near Tandragee Co. Armagh today, including one lacking chlorophyll. I learned last year this variant is now known as var. monotropoides. There were two but one was eaten back to the stem. @ukorchids @BSBI_Ireland

Fragrant Orchid (subsp. conopsea I think). Thought I'd have to go out west to see these beauties but found them on a little scrap of grassed over quarry spoil in north Armagh -almost read to pop. Delighted!

Phone pic of a Common Blue near Portadown Co. Armagh today. Very windy here so this little one was holding on tight.

Irish Damselfly at RSPB Montiaghs Moss Reserve Co. Antrim. @RSPBNI

Wood Sorrel and Early Purple Orchid from a recent visit to Clare Glen Co. Armagh. Absolutely favourite time of the year.

Despite the cool windy weather, I managed to find Green Hairstreak in good numbers last week near Portadown Co. Armagh.

A perfectly positioned Wild Strawberry on the stony bed of a disused rail track. Waterford Greenway Co. Waterford.

First orchids of 2024 for me. Early Purple orchid in the hedgerow along the Waterford Greenway Co. Waterford @BSBI_Ireland . Record shot only as a drainage ditch prevented closer inspection.

Wood Anemones popping up in Tandragee Co Armagh today. Just a few for now but enough to encourage a woodlander wanderer.

Looks like Black Bulgar (Bulgaria inquinans) . Fairly chunky with a rubbery consistency. Would be a first for me so confirmation welcome @ViciousCheese and all twitter friends, if poss. On dead oak Craigavon City park at the weekend.

False Puffball slime mould (Reticularia lycoperdon) on dead alder. Bog woodland near Portadown Co. Armagh.

First ever @BSBIbotany #NewYearPlantHunt this morning. Nine plants in flower incl. Common Whitlowgrass and Lesser Celandine. The earliest I've ever recorded LC in flower and a nice way to kick off the new year.

Wall-rue (Asplenium ruta-muraria) adding a touch of colour to a grey stone wall. Kilmore Co. Armagh

Twitter world, could this possibly be Silky Pinkgill Entoloma sericeum var.sericeum or am I barking up the wrong mycological tree? Found along a grassy pathway in bog woodland. Brackagh Co. Armagh.

Lots of huge Parasols Macrolepiota procera on a hillside near Tandragee Co. Armagh. This is open pasture land that's never tilled, artificially fertilised, or cropped for silage. The boundary hedges are cut occasionally but that's about it. A rarity in north Armagh.

Terracotta Hedgehog Hydnum rufescens in the deepest darkest recesses of Peatlands Pk Co. Armagh. First time finding this one. There were good numbers so I turned one over for a closer look. Picked up a Tick for my trouble.

Glistening Inkcap ( Coprinellus micaceus) -- and a little slug . Peatlands Pk Co. Armagh.

Perennial Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) along the pathway to a local bog. So irresistible I just had to take a pic.

Looking like a pile of soggy dog hair, Urchin Earthfan, Thelehpora penicillata . Peatlands Pk Co. Armagh. First time I've found this one.

My Common Hawker pic 2023. I usually get one chance to grab a pic but sometimes fluff it. This one posed for just long enough. Selshion Bog near Portadown Co. Armagh.