Field Horsetail

Field Horsetail, Equisetum arvense, Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, April 2025
Field Horsetail, Equisetum arvense, Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, April 2025

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Spore-bearing fertile

non-photosynthetic stem

natural marvel

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by Scooj

  • also a really annoying pernicious weed.

Orange hawkweed

Orange hawkweed, Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, September 2024
Orange hawkweed, Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, September 2024

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Early autumn hue

scattered among worn tombstones

mother earth returns

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by Scooj

Greenbank Cemetery – 30 Days Wild (7/30)

Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, June 2024
Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, June 2024

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Final resting place

when we return to the soil

verdant new life thrives

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Odemera lurida – 30 Days Wild (5/30)

Oedemera Lurida, Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, June 2024
Oedemera Lurida, Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, June 2024

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An oxeye daisy

a slender beetle rests up

feasting on nectar

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.