ben
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🌱🪲 taking you on my silly little adventures, connecting ourselves back to nature 🪲🌱
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spotted this guy twice now on my cycle to uni. screw lectures, my new academic goal is to befriend Mr Cormorant
September 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
spotted this guy twice now on my cycle to uni. screw lectures, my new academic goal is to befriend Mr Cormorant
For one of my 30 Days Wild challenges (The Wildlife Trusts' annual challenge event) today I set off on a Wetland Bird Survey 🐦
This voluntary survey is a great thing to get involved with if you have the time and ability to do so!
This voluntary survey is a great thing to get involved with if you have the time and ability to do so!
June 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
For one of my 30 Days Wild challenges (The Wildlife Trusts' annual challenge event) today I set off on a Wetland Bird Survey 🐦
This voluntary survey is a great thing to get involved with if you have the time and ability to do so!
This voluntary survey is a great thing to get involved with if you have the time and ability to do so!
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I never fail to find something new when I go out in nature 🌿
In a few months I start a new job as a nature reserve intern so in the meantime, I'm brushing up on my invert ID skills🪲
In a few months I start a new job as a nature reserve intern so in the meantime, I'm brushing up on my invert ID skills🪲
May 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I never fail to find something new when I go out in nature 🌿
In a few months I start a new job as a nature reserve intern so in the meantime, I'm brushing up on my invert ID skills🪲
In a few months I start a new job as a nature reserve intern so in the meantime, I'm brushing up on my invert ID skills🪲
I never fail to find something new when I go out in nature 🌿
In a few months I start a new job as a nature reserve intern so in the meantime, I'm brushing up on my invert ID skills🪲
In a few months I start a new job as a nature reserve intern so in the meantime, I'm brushing up on my invert ID skills🪲
May 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I never fail to find something new when I go out in nature 🌿
In a few months I start a new job as a nature reserve intern so in the meantime, I'm brushing up on my invert ID skills🪲
In a few months I start a new job as a nature reserve intern so in the meantime, I'm brushing up on my invert ID skills🪲
news just in!! meet the beetle who never skips leg day 🦵
the swollen-thighed beetle! 🪲
(Oedemera nobilis)
found in western Europe, the males of this species have really thick thighs and you'll often find them on open-faced flowers like the oxeye daisy pictured on the left here
the swollen-thighed beetle! 🪲
(Oedemera nobilis)
found in western Europe, the males of this species have really thick thighs and you'll often find them on open-faced flowers like the oxeye daisy pictured on the left here
May 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
news just in!! meet the beetle who never skips leg day 🦵
the swollen-thighed beetle! 🪲
(Oedemera nobilis)
found in western Europe, the males of this species have really thick thighs and you'll often find them on open-faced flowers like the oxeye daisy pictured on the left here
the swollen-thighed beetle! 🪲
(Oedemera nobilis)
found in western Europe, the males of this species have really thick thighs and you'll often find them on open-faced flowers like the oxeye daisy pictured on the left here
today's selection of bryophytes!
(mosses and liverworts, see alt text for more info)
(mosses and liverworts, see alt text for more info)
March 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
today's selection of bryophytes!
(mosses and liverworts, see alt text for more info)
(mosses and liverworts, see alt text for more info)
how do mosses reproduce?
through this little guy! they use what is called a sporophyte to release spores 👀 look closely and you can see the capsule at the top of the solitary stalk (seta) which is where the spores are. the capsules have a neat little lid too to control when they disperse spores
through this little guy! they use what is called a sporophyte to release spores 👀 look closely and you can see the capsule at the top of the solitary stalk (seta) which is where the spores are. the capsules have a neat little lid too to control when they disperse spores
March 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
how do mosses reproduce?
through this little guy! they use what is called a sporophyte to release spores 👀 look closely and you can see the capsule at the top of the solitary stalk (seta) which is where the spores are. the capsules have a neat little lid too to control when they disperse spores
through this little guy! they use what is called a sporophyte to release spores 👀 look closely and you can see the capsule at the top of the solitary stalk (seta) which is where the spores are. the capsules have a neat little lid too to control when they disperse spores
did you know: when gorse flowers are in the sun, they smell like coconut 🥥!
next time you're near some, give them a little sniff and think about a chilled, piña colada 🍹
next time you're near some, give them a little sniff and think about a chilled, piña colada 🍹
March 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
did you know: when gorse flowers are in the sun, they smell like coconut 🥥!
next time you're near some, give them a little sniff and think about a chilled, piña colada 🍹
next time you're near some, give them a little sniff and think about a chilled, piña colada 🍹