Joey Pickard
@bootlegbryos.bsky.social
Your friendly neighbourhood peat and moss person
I mostly work on habitat restoration and upland research in south Wales for @havenecology.bsky.social Adfer Natur CIC, Swansea Uni & Lost Peatlands, views my own etc
I mostly work on habitat restoration and upland research in south Wales for @havenecology.bsky.social Adfer Natur CIC, Swansea Uni & Lost Peatlands, views my own etc
Of course, presented without comment. I have acquired a new ink for my fountain pen
January 12, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Of course, presented without comment. I have acquired a new ink for my fountain pen
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A bit of snow up on the Bwlch mountain yesterday
January 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
A bit of snow up on the Bwlch mountain yesterday
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Fantastic Data job, making a difference!
Go for the Data and GIS Officer role for NPAP, the Programme that coordinates Wales Peatland Action.
£37K- £41K+ p/a. Deadline 01/02/2026. Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
@natreswales.bsky.social
#jobs #greenjobs #environment #GIS
Go for the Data and GIS Officer role for NPAP, the Programme that coordinates Wales Peatland Action.
£37K- £41K+ p/a. Deadline 01/02/2026. Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
@natreswales.bsky.social
#jobs #greenjobs #environment #GIS
January 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Fantastic Data job, making a difference!
Go for the Data and GIS Officer role for NPAP, the Programme that coordinates Wales Peatland Action.
£37K- £41K+ p/a. Deadline 01/02/2026. Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
@natreswales.bsky.social
#jobs #greenjobs #environment #GIS
Go for the Data and GIS Officer role for NPAP, the Programme that coordinates Wales Peatland Action.
£37K- £41K+ p/a. Deadline 01/02/2026. Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
@natreswales.bsky.social
#jobs #greenjobs #environment #GIS
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The Wildlife Trusts of South and West Wales are looking to appoint a communications officer. Be part of the resistance to the attacks on nature in Wales! www.welshwildlife.org/jobs/communi...
Communications Officer | The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Communications Officer! We're looking for a creative individual with an eye for design and flair for storytelling to create engaging content acros...
www.welshwildlife.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
The Wildlife Trusts of South and West Wales are looking to appoint a communications officer. Be part of the resistance to the attacks on nature in Wales! www.welshwildlife.org/jobs/communi...
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#HappyNewYear!
Onwards and upwards as we upscale capacity and triple peatland restoration by 2030!
Thanks to all for your efforts in protecting peatlands and the support to #WalesPeatlandAction
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#HighNatureLowCarbon
@natreswales.bsky.social
Onwards and upwards as we upscale capacity and triple peatland restoration by 2030!
Thanks to all for your efforts in protecting peatlands and the support to #WalesPeatlandAction
cdn.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/av3hhxjt/npa...
#HighNatureLowCarbon
@natreswales.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
#HappyNewYear!
Onwards and upwards as we upscale capacity and triple peatland restoration by 2030!
Thanks to all for your efforts in protecting peatlands and the support to #WalesPeatlandAction
cdn.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/av3hhxjt/npa...
#HighNatureLowCarbon
@natreswales.bsky.social
Onwards and upwards as we upscale capacity and triple peatland restoration by 2030!
Thanks to all for your efforts in protecting peatlands and the support to #WalesPeatlandAction
cdn.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/av3hhxjt/npa...
#HighNatureLowCarbon
@natreswales.bsky.social
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A member of the public took a photo of the #peatland at Castell Nos in Wales 🏴 every Sunday this year and even sent me this video he made!
I really love how people have embraced #PeatColours across the world
I really love how people have embraced #PeatColours across the world
December 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A member of the public took a photo of the #peatland at Castell Nos in Wales 🏴 every Sunday this year and even sent me this video he made!
I really love how people have embraced #PeatColours across the world
I really love how people have embraced #PeatColours across the world
December 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
That’s fantastic! My favourite of our restoration sites from the last Lost Peatlands project. Awesome that someone is engaging with the site and the #PeatColours project so regularly. I’ll tel the rest of the project team when we’re back in work
December 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
That’s fantastic! My favourite of our restoration sites from the last Lost Peatlands project. Awesome that someone is engaging with the site and the #PeatColours project so regularly. I’ll tel the rest of the project team when we’re back in work
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✨ Golden-eye moment! 💛
Out in the Cynon Valley today, our team found Golden-eye Lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmos) on hawthorn at the former Aberaman Colliery.
Once Critically Endangered, this Mediterranean species is now spreading - it was first recorded in Wales in 2015 on coal spoil.
Out in the Cynon Valley today, our team found Golden-eye Lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmos) on hawthorn at the former Aberaman Colliery.
Once Critically Endangered, this Mediterranean species is now spreading - it was first recorded in Wales in 2015 on coal spoil.
December 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
✨ Golden-eye moment! 💛
Out in the Cynon Valley today, our team found Golden-eye Lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmos) on hawthorn at the former Aberaman Colliery.
Once Critically Endangered, this Mediterranean species is now spreading - it was first recorded in Wales in 2015 on coal spoil.
Out in the Cynon Valley today, our team found Golden-eye Lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmos) on hawthorn at the former Aberaman Colliery.
Once Critically Endangered, this Mediterranean species is now spreading - it was first recorded in Wales in 2015 on coal spoil.
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🎵 We wish you rewetted peatlands… and a Happy New Year! 🎵
This is our 🌿💧peatland twist on the classic Christmas jingle.
We send it to all peatland lovers and hope for it to become as true as possible in 2026!🌟
This is our 🌿💧peatland twist on the classic Christmas jingle.
We send it to all peatland lovers and hope for it to become as true as possible in 2026!🌟
December 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🎵 We wish you rewetted peatlands… and a Happy New Year! 🎵
This is our 🌿💧peatland twist on the classic Christmas jingle.
We send it to all peatland lovers and hope for it to become as true as possible in 2026!🌟
This is our 🌿💧peatland twist on the classic Christmas jingle.
We send it to all peatland lovers and hope for it to become as true as possible in 2026!🌟
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Who should pay when commercial forestry creates conservation problems? New analysis shows 200,000-971,000 ha of UK peatland at risk from conifer invasion. Based on our @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social poster. #peatlands
Link - tinyurl.com/yc3b2s9h
Feedback/ comments welcome—not my usual writing style!
Link - tinyurl.com/yc3b2s9h
Feedback/ comments welcome—not my usual writing style!
The Silent Invasion
How Non-Native Conifers Are Threatening Britain’s Peatlands
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Who should pay when commercial forestry creates conservation problems? New analysis shows 200,000-971,000 ha of UK peatland at risk from conifer invasion. Based on our @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social poster. #peatlands
Link - tinyurl.com/yc3b2s9h
Feedback/ comments welcome—not my usual writing style!
Link - tinyurl.com/yc3b2s9h
Feedback/ comments welcome—not my usual writing style!
Fantastic news about the UK rejoining Erasmus. I assume this plan is based on the bold assumption that there will be any courses or universities left by 2027 that are not collapsed into financial ruin.
December 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Fantastic news about the UK rejoining Erasmus. I assume this plan is based on the bold assumption that there will be any courses or universities left by 2027 that are not collapsed into financial ruin.
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Looking forward to lots of #peatland and #wetland chats at #BES2025 with our thematic session and social. Come and chat to us to find out more about the group and how to get involved!
We have our Thematic Session @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting this week on Tuesday 16th December
Past and Future Resilience of Global Wetlands
10:30-12:30 in the Sidlaw Auditorium
Conveners: @nickgirkin.bsky.social @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com @alicemmilner.bsky.social
Past and Future Resilience of Global Wetlands
10:30-12:30 in the Sidlaw Auditorium
Conveners: @nickgirkin.bsky.social @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com @alicemmilner.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Not long now until our 15th #NewYearPlantHunt!
From 1 - 4 January, let's head out and see how many wild or naturalised plants we can find in bloom.
Resources to help us:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
The data we collect will deepen our understanding of how our plants are responding to a changing climate.
From 1 - 4 January, let's head out and see how many wild or naturalised plants we can find in bloom.
Resources to help us:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
The data we collect will deepen our understanding of how our plants are responding to a changing climate.
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Not long now until our 15th #NewYearPlantHunt!
From 1 - 4 January, let's head out and see how many wild or naturalised plants we can find in bloom.
Resources to help us:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
The data we collect will deepen our understanding of how our plants are responding to a changing climate.
From 1 - 4 January, let's head out and see how many wild or naturalised plants we can find in bloom.
Resources to help us:
bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
The data we collect will deepen our understanding of how our plants are responding to a changing climate.
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We usually showcase the plants, fungi & invertebrates of coal spoil sites - but here’s some of the hidden life too 🐭
Wood Mice sheltering under a metal sheet at Darren Fawr Tip in the Garw Valley.
Coal tips: full of surprises, even in winter.
#GloiNatur #CoaltoNature #SouthWalesValleys
Wood Mice sheltering under a metal sheet at Darren Fawr Tip in the Garw Valley.
Coal tips: full of surprises, even in winter.
#GloiNatur #CoaltoNature #SouthWalesValleys
December 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We usually showcase the plants, fungi & invertebrates of coal spoil sites - but here’s some of the hidden life too 🐭
Wood Mice sheltering under a metal sheet at Darren Fawr Tip in the Garw Valley.
Coal tips: full of surprises, even in winter.
#GloiNatur #CoaltoNature #SouthWalesValleys
Wood Mice sheltering under a metal sheet at Darren Fawr Tip in the Garw Valley.
Coal tips: full of surprises, even in winter.
#GloiNatur #CoaltoNature #SouthWalesValleys
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Please share. Calling all bog lovers and peat aficionados - please drop a thumbs up or comment on this talk, and show TEDx why bogs are the best. My great hope is that we can drum up more bog champions in this world. With love and appreciation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWt9...
Bogs are real superheroes, cast as villains | Dr. Merritt Turetsky | TEDxBoulder
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Please share. Calling all bog lovers and peat aficionados - please drop a thumbs up or comment on this talk, and show TEDx why bogs are the best. My great hope is that we can drum up more bog champions in this world. With love and appreciation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWt9...
Question for the worldwide peat feed - are people aware of studies for Caesium 137 contamination for your work patch and is that something that anyone feels they need to consider for restoration works? Either as a driver for management or a constraint for what you could do? Thanks!
December 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Question for the worldwide peat feed - are people aware of studies for Caesium 137 contamination for your work patch and is that something that anyone feels they need to consider for restoration works? Either as a driver for management or a constraint for what you could do? Thanks!
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Visited the Lewis Merthyr coal tip above Trehafod last weekend. Once industrial spoil, it’s now heather, whinberry, lichens & warm bare ground supporting specialist wildlife. Conifers are creeping in, so management is key. Even in winter it’s beautiful 💚
#GloiNatur #CoaltoNature #CoalSpoil
#GloiNatur #CoaltoNature #CoalSpoil
December 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Visited the Lewis Merthyr coal tip above Trehafod last weekend. Once industrial spoil, it’s now heather, whinberry, lichens & warm bare ground supporting specialist wildlife. Conifers are creeping in, so management is key. Even in winter it’s beautiful 💚
#GloiNatur #CoaltoNature #CoalSpoil
#GloiNatur #CoaltoNature #CoalSpoil
An incredibly proud moment seeing my Sphagnum moss stitch amongst the other fantastic displays from the moss worlds project at the Castlefield Viaduct visitors centre. Huge congrats to the moss worlds team on a fantastic project and great exhibition. If you’re around Manchester - go and see it!
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
An incredibly proud moment seeing my Sphagnum moss stitch amongst the other fantastic displays from the moss worlds project at the Castlefield Viaduct visitors centre. Huge congrats to the moss worlds team on a fantastic project and great exhibition. If you’re around Manchester - go and see it!
December 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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I'm lichen it ...
I'm lichen it a lot!
These petroglyphs from Shining Cliff Woods are rather beautiful but sadly we don't think they're archaeology
'Concentric boulder lichen' (porpidia/actomelia) might be the answer, but none of the online pix are this spectacular - any lichenologists out there?
I'm lichen it a lot!
These petroglyphs from Shining Cliff Woods are rather beautiful but sadly we don't think they're archaeology
'Concentric boulder lichen' (porpidia/actomelia) might be the answer, but none of the online pix are this spectacular - any lichenologists out there?
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I'm lichen it ...
I'm lichen it a lot!
These petroglyphs from Shining Cliff Woods are rather beautiful but sadly we don't think they're archaeology
'Concentric boulder lichen' (porpidia/actomelia) might be the answer, but none of the online pix are this spectacular - any lichenologists out there?
I'm lichen it a lot!
These petroglyphs from Shining Cliff Woods are rather beautiful but sadly we don't think they're archaeology
'Concentric boulder lichen' (porpidia/actomelia) might be the answer, but none of the online pix are this spectacular - any lichenologists out there?
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Day 4 is Bog-rosemary. With nodding pink bells and bicoloured, Rosemary-esque leaves, it brightens up autumnal raised bogs a treat!
It reaches the north of its range in central Scotland, where I spent several Sep days refinding old records of this local rarity from the 1980s and 90s #wildflowerhour
It reaches the north of its range in central Scotland, where I spent several Sep days refinding old records of this local rarity from the 1980s and 90s #wildflowerhour
December 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Day 4 is Bog-rosemary. With nodding pink bells and bicoloured, Rosemary-esque leaves, it brightens up autumnal raised bogs a treat!
It reaches the north of its range in central Scotland, where I spent several Sep days refinding old records of this local rarity from the 1980s and 90s #wildflowerhour
It reaches the north of its range in central Scotland, where I spent several Sep days refinding old records of this local rarity from the 1980s and 90s #wildflowerhour
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WE GOT FERNS, folks.
I hope you like ferns. If you don’t, just listen and you will like ferns. 🌿🌿🌿
Dr. Li is hilarious and charming and you will love him. And ferns.
In conclusion: ferns.
www.alieward.com/ologies/pter...
I hope you like ferns. If you don’t, just listen and you will like ferns. 🌿🌿🌿
Dr. Li is hilarious and charming and you will love him. And ferns.
In conclusion: ferns.
www.alieward.com/ologies/pter...
Pteridology (FERNS) with Dr. Fay-Wei Li — alie ward
Fronds. Forest dwellers. Spores. Houseplants. Queer icons. We’ve got ferns. The charming and hilarious professor and author of “Ferns: Lessons in Survival from Earth’s Most Adaptable Plants,” Dr. Fay-...
www.alieward.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
WE GOT FERNS, folks.
I hope you like ferns. If you don’t, just listen and you will like ferns. 🌿🌿🌿
Dr. Li is hilarious and charming and you will love him. And ferns.
In conclusion: ferns.
www.alieward.com/ologies/pter...
I hope you like ferns. If you don’t, just listen and you will like ferns. 🌿🌿🌿
Dr. Li is hilarious and charming and you will love him. And ferns.
In conclusion: ferns.
www.alieward.com/ologies/pter...
First field day in a while this week at probably my favourite peat site of the year at Cwmparc. We managed to find some incredible macrofossils preserved close to the boundary with the underlying clay and bedrock strata. Almost intact Sphagnum plants with entire stem and branch sections! Great fun
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
First field day in a while this week at probably my favourite peat site of the year at Cwmparc. We managed to find some incredible macrofossils preserved close to the boundary with the underlying clay and bedrock strata. Almost intact Sphagnum plants with entire stem and branch sections! Great fun