Donna Rainey
@donnarainey4.bsky.social
Lover of nature; fungi,native wildflower meadows, native woodlands, and all that depends on them.
Nice example of plant fasciation seen on Navalwort #wildflowerhour
January 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Nice example of plant fasciation seen on Navalwort #wildflowerhour
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It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be the 1st #WildFlowerHour of 2026!
It's also the final day of the 2026 #NewYearPlantHunt!
So, please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you've spotted in bloom over the past week across Britain & Ireland.
Need some #WildFlowerID help?
Just ask us!
It's also the final day of the 2026 #NewYearPlantHunt!
So, please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you've spotted in bloom over the past week across Britain & Ireland.
Need some #WildFlowerID help?
Just ask us!
It’s a good job I did @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt yesterday as this morning everything was covered in snow! Only 13 species seen in bloom but enough for #thewinter10! A single Cherry Plum flower looking lovely for #wildflowerhour & new to me, Hawthorn flowering alongside its berries! 😮
January 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be the 1st #WildFlowerHour of 2026!
It's also the final day of the 2026 #NewYearPlantHunt!
So, please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you've spotted in bloom over the past week across Britain & Ireland.
Need some #WildFlowerID help?
Just ask us!
It's also the final day of the 2026 #NewYearPlantHunt!
So, please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you've spotted in bloom over the past week across Britain & Ireland.
Need some #WildFlowerID help?
Just ask us!
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This is an amazing record if this rare fungi that is closely linked to temperate rainforest. Not before observed in the SE of Ireland!! Wow
Several examples of Hazel gloves fungi found in a woodland in County Waterford recently. I've only ever seen these in the west of Ireland before.
January 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
This is an amazing record if this rare fungi that is closely linked to temperate rainforest. Not before observed in the SE of Ireland!! Wow
Several examples of Hazel gloves fungi found in a woodland in County Waterford recently. I've only ever seen these in the west of Ireland before.
January 4, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Several examples of Hazel gloves fungi found in a woodland in County Waterford recently. I've only ever seen these in the west of Ireland before.
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In early 2021 we did translocations of Lobaria pulmonaria lichen onto 80 trees in the Haweswater area from a donor tree at Naddle which had a bough break off in storms of early 2020. We're checking them all + removing mesh+staples. @britishlichensociety.org.uk #LichenGBI @wildhaweswater.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 10:21 AM
In early 2021 we did translocations of Lobaria pulmonaria lichen onto 80 trees in the Haweswater area from a donor tree at Naddle which had a bough break off in storms of early 2020. We're checking them all + removing mesh+staples. @britishlichensociety.org.uk #LichenGBI @wildhaweswater.bsky.social
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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'Mr Tansley said water voles were like "little mini beavers" who "create all of these little micro habitats that other animals can get into".'
These tiny hydrological engineers create homes for wildlife, + porous banks that help slow the flow, reducing flood + drought risk.
These tiny hydrological engineers create homes for wildlife, + porous banks that help slow the flow, reducing flood + drought risk.
A project to protect river animals by eradicating mink has seen the East of England become the only place in Britain where water vole populations are increasing...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Explosion' of water vole numbers across the East of England
A project to boost water voles in East Anglia by eliminating mink is proving to be a success.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 10:54 AM
'Mr Tansley said water voles were like "little mini beavers" who "create all of these little micro habitats that other animals can get into".'
These tiny hydrological engineers create homes for wildlife, + porous banks that help slow the flow, reducing flood + drought risk.
These tiny hydrological engineers create homes for wildlife, + porous banks that help slow the flow, reducing flood + drought risk.
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
Full statement below:
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
Full statement below:
The Wolf moon at 7am this morning.
January 2, 2026 at 10:07 AM
The Wolf moon at 7am this morning.
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Axolotls are on the brink. Can we bring them back?
Their native habitat has shrunk to a single lake system — Xochimilco, just outside Mexico City — where water pollution, habitat loss and invasive species have pushed them to the edge of extinction
cdn.sanity.io/images/71jmx...
Their native habitat has shrunk to a single lake system — Xochimilco, just outside Mexico City — where water pollution, habitat loss and invasive species have pushed them to the edge of extinction
cdn.sanity.io/images/71jmx...
December 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Axolotls are on the brink. Can we bring them back?
Their native habitat has shrunk to a single lake system — Xochimilco, just outside Mexico City — where water pollution, habitat loss and invasive species have pushed them to the edge of extinction
cdn.sanity.io/images/71jmx...
Their native habitat has shrunk to a single lake system — Xochimilco, just outside Mexico City — where water pollution, habitat loss and invasive species have pushed them to the edge of extinction
cdn.sanity.io/images/71jmx...
Bush vetch & Dandelions flowering today. #wildflowerhour
December 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Bush vetch & Dandelions flowering today. #wildflowerhour
Ox eye daisy, Hybrid of Water /Wood avens & Ragged Robin all flowering today. #wildflowerhour
December 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Ox eye daisy, Hybrid of Water /Wood avens & Ragged Robin all flowering today. #wildflowerhour
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Nature’s garden. The mosses of the shorepine bog glowing after all this rain.
#solstice #wintersolstice
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#solstice #wintersolstice
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December 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Nature’s garden. The mosses of the shorepine bog glowing after all this rain.
#solstice #wintersolstice
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#solstice #wintersolstice
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Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Icicles today at the river.
December 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Icicles today at the river.
So much beauty on my morning walk.
December 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
So much beauty on my morning walk.
Dawn walk, Boxing day.
December 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Dawn walk, Boxing day.
Colour in the depths of Winter. #Wintersolstice
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Colour in the depths of Winter. #Wintersolstice
Some incredible morning skies. #wintersolstice
December 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Some incredible morning skies. #wintersolstice
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Christmas cheer!
to add to the Jake Paul schadenfreude, Andrew Tate also lost a fight to some reality TV influencer. most analysis of the fight I've read described his opponent as deeply untalented but Andrew lost anyway. Tate's endurance was awful and he was gassed after the first round.
December 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Christmas cheer!