David
@duckinwales.bsky.social
North Wales based fern & lycophyte botherer (VC51); biological recorder working on Quillworts & Honduran Fern Flora. ♥️ botany, libraries, maps, books, education and nature. #FernFriday🪴
www.britishfernsociety.org.uk
FLS, BPS secretary & Cofnod LRC chair.
www.britishfernsociety.org.uk
FLS, BPS secretary & Cofnod LRC chair.
Osmunda regalis 'Cristata' (Crested Royal Fern) still looking very green in the protected cloisters of Chester Cathedral #FernFriday #BritishFernSociety
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Osmunda regalis 'Cristata' (Crested Royal Fern) still looking very green in the protected cloisters of Chester Cathedral #FernFriday #BritishFernSociety
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Behind-the-scenes tours of the fernery & the Electron Microscopy Suite are just 2 of the extras on offer at #BIBConf25 on 29 November!
With 8 talks, a panel discussion, 40+ exhibits, #WildFlowerID quizzes & a pop-up bookshop, maybe we're giving people too much to choose from? Better than not enough!
With 8 talks, a panel discussion, 40+ exhibits, #WildFlowerID quizzes & a pop-up bookshop, maybe we're giving people too much to choose from? Better than not enough!
And don't forget to stop by the fernery 🪴
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A great morning at Edge Hill University yesterday; students receive their Plant Heritage National Collection status for their collection of native and naturalised ferns. (Nice to see some of my plants on display too). Nice to see a young thriving plant horticulture group. #BritishFernSociety
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Behind-the-scenes tours of the fernery & the Electron Microscopy Suite are just 2 of the extras on offer at #BIBConf25 on 29 November!
With 8 talks, a panel discussion, 40+ exhibits, #WildFlowerID quizzes & a pop-up bookshop, maybe we're giving people too much to choose from? Better than not enough!
With 8 talks, a panel discussion, 40+ exhibits, #WildFlowerID quizzes & a pop-up bookshop, maybe we're giving people too much to choose from? Better than not enough!
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Great to see the paper by @ecology-digest.bsky.social and I on the new British woodlouse (Chaetophiloscia elongata) now available. Check it (and other great material) out at bmig.org.uk/view/resourc...
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Great to see the paper by @ecology-digest.bsky.social and I on the new British woodlouse (Chaetophiloscia elongata) now available. Check it (and other great material) out at bmig.org.uk/view/resourc...
A great morning at Edge Hill University yesterday; students receive their Plant Heritage National Collection status for their collection of native and naturalised ferns. (Nice to see some of my plants on display too). Nice to see a young thriving plant horticulture group. #BritishFernSociety
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
A great morning at Edge Hill University yesterday; students receive their Plant Heritage National Collection status for their collection of native and naturalised ferns. (Nice to see some of my plants on display too). Nice to see a young thriving plant horticulture group. #BritishFernSociety
Fern with a view. Asplenium ruta-muraria (Duegredynen y muriau/Wall Rue) at home on the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct overlooking the River Dee, Denbighshire. #FernFriday #BritishFernSociety
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Fern with a view. Asplenium ruta-muraria (Duegredynen y muriau/Wall Rue) at home on the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct overlooking the River Dee, Denbighshire. #FernFriday #BritishFernSociety
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Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!
A great long weekends ferning in the Moffat area of Scotland, finishing at a British Pteridological Society members garden. Struthiopteris (Blechnum) spicant 'Rickard's serate' #fern #FernFriday #BritishFernSociety
October 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A great long weekends ferning in the Moffat area of Scotland, finishing at a British Pteridological Society members garden. Struthiopteris (Blechnum) spicant 'Rickard's serate' #fern #FernFriday #BritishFernSociety
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When #seismology meets #meteorology!
Ground shaking across #VancouverIsland is ramping up (but not felt) as the remnants of Tyhpoon Nakri approach the west coast.
The ground shaking started increasing just after midnight Pacific time (07:00 UTC on this figure) Oct. 17, as the storm gets closer.
⚒️🧪🌀🇨🇦
Ground shaking across #VancouverIsland is ramping up (but not felt) as the remnants of Tyhpoon Nakri approach the west coast.
The ground shaking started increasing just after midnight Pacific time (07:00 UTC on this figure) Oct. 17, as the storm gets closer.
⚒️🧪🌀🇨🇦
October 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
When #seismology meets #meteorology!
Ground shaking across #VancouverIsland is ramping up (but not felt) as the remnants of Tyhpoon Nakri approach the west coast.
The ground shaking started increasing just after midnight Pacific time (07:00 UTC on this figure) Oct. 17, as the storm gets closer.
⚒️🧪🌀🇨🇦
Ground shaking across #VancouverIsland is ramping up (but not felt) as the remnants of Tyhpoon Nakri approach the west coast.
The ground shaking started increasing just after midnight Pacific time (07:00 UTC on this figure) Oct. 17, as the storm gets closer.
⚒️🧪🌀🇨🇦
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Bloody brilliant 👇
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Bloody brilliant 👇
Tis fungi season 🙂. We briefly get to see a whole other kingdom of life that we don't see for the rest of the year ( other than on the supermarket shelf).
October 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Tis fungi season 🙂. We briefly get to see a whole other kingdom of life that we don't see for the rest of the year ( other than on the supermarket shelf).
Ye God's !!! High altitude nocturnal hunting...
October 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Ye God's !!! High altitude nocturnal hunting...
Not your usual wall fern. A stunning multi-crowned Royal fern (Osmunda regalis) in a metaquartz wall top. A sign condition must be pretty damp! #FernFriday
October 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Not your usual wall fern. A stunning multi-crowned Royal fern (Osmunda regalis) in a metaquartz wall top. A sign condition must be pretty damp! #FernFriday
Fungi and ferns, the perfect combination on a damp weekend. Amanita muscaria & Polypodium cf. vulgare on Betula.
#fernFriday #Coniston #LakeDistrict
#fernFriday #Coniston #LakeDistrict
October 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Fungi and ferns, the perfect combination on a damp weekend. Amanita muscaria & Polypodium cf. vulgare on Betula.
#fernFriday #Coniston #LakeDistrict
#fernFriday #Coniston #LakeDistrict
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I have thousands of #marineplankton microscopy images and measurements and would like to make these available to researchers. Where’s the best place to put them and how do scientists like their metadata? 🧪🦑
September 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I have thousands of #marineplankton microscopy images and measurements and would like to make these available to researchers. Where’s the best place to put them and how do scientists like their metadata? 🧪🦑
Dermatocarpon miniatum (Leather lichen) on a hard Carboniferous limestone outcrop at Denbigh Castle #ValeOfClwyd
September 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Dermatocarpon miniatum (Leather lichen) on a hard Carboniferous limestone outcrop at Denbigh Castle #ValeOfClwyd
A productive couple of hours scouring a shoreline in the rain and sifting through hundreds of broken specimens. Managed to find a handful of #Isoetes quills 😊 and a few invasive non-natives 🙁. #Quillwort
September 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A productive couple of hours scouring a shoreline in the rain and sifting through hundreds of broken specimens. Managed to find a handful of #Isoetes quills 😊 and a few invasive non-natives 🙁. #Quillwort
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A smack of fried egg jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
#MarineLife #PhacellophoraCamtschatica #WestCoast #Pacific #Jellies #MontereyBay #MBARI #Cnidaria
#MarineLife #PhacellophoraCamtschatica #WestCoast #Pacific #Jellies #MontereyBay #MBARI #Cnidaria
August 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A smack of fried egg jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
#MarineLife #PhacellophoraCamtschatica #WestCoast #Pacific #Jellies #MontereyBay #MBARI #Cnidaria
#MarineLife #PhacellophoraCamtschatica #WestCoast #Pacific #Jellies #MontereyBay #MBARI #Cnidaria
Stopped to pick up this beautiful adult Tawny Owl today (RTA fatality) mainly to check for a ring and have a close look at such a stunning bird.
August 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Stopped to pick up this beautiful adult Tawny Owl today (RTA fatality) mainly to check for a ring and have a close look at such a stunning bird.
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⬆️ If you would like to visit our Public Reading Room or learn more about our collections, please use the link in our bio.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #SpecialCollections #Ephemera #PostageStamps #NatureInArt #ZoologicalArt #EntomologicalArt #BotanicalArt #Art #SciArt
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #SpecialCollections #Ephemera #PostageStamps #NatureInArt #ZoologicalArt #EntomologicalArt #BotanicalArt #Art #SciArt
August 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
⬆️ If you would like to visit our Public Reading Room or learn more about our collections, please use the link in our bio.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #SpecialCollections #Ephemera #PostageStamps #NatureInArt #ZoologicalArt #EntomologicalArt #BotanicalArt #Art #SciArt
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #SpecialCollections #Ephemera #PostageStamps #NatureInArt #ZoologicalArt #EntomologicalArt #BotanicalArt #Art #SciArt
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I had a great morning yesterday on the way back from Broughton at Menai! Read about it here analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/08/soft...
Soft power
Never underestimate the power of your enthusiasm for natural history to win people around. Hold that thought for now. Yesterday I was headin...
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August 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I had a great morning yesterday on the way back from Broughton at Menai! Read about it here analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/08/soft...
A nice find in the charity shop: The Flora of Svalbard by Olaf Rønning 1996. Maybe not the most up to date taxonomically but nice maps and community descriptions. #Svalbard #NatureBookChallenge #botany
August 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A nice find in the charity shop: The Flora of Svalbard by Olaf Rønning 1996. Maybe not the most up to date taxonomically but nice maps and community descriptions. #Svalbard #NatureBookChallenge #botany
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IT'S FINISHED!
The Art of #InverteFest April 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 86 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the human artists who contributed to our art book!
Download here drive.google.com/file/d/1JvEx...
The Art of #InverteFest April 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 86 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the human artists who contributed to our art book!
Download here drive.google.com/file/d/1JvEx...
May 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
IT'S FINISHED!
The Art of #InverteFest April 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 86 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the human artists who contributed to our art book!
Download here drive.google.com/file/d/1JvEx...
The Art of #InverteFest April 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 86 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the human artists who contributed to our art book!
Download here drive.google.com/file/d/1JvEx...
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Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊
Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches - Nature
The discovery of chemosynthesis-based benthic communities at depths of 5,800 m to 9,533 m in the Kuril–Kamchatka and western Aleutian trenches challenges traditional perspectives on the energy sources...
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July 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊
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Just 10 days left to join us on the Millennium Seed Bank Seed Conservation Techniques course - running online on 13-24 October 🌱
We'll cover the ins and outs of seed storage behaviour, genetic diversity sampling, seed bank design, and much more ❄️🧪🏛️
⏰ July 31 2025!
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We'll cover the ins and outs of seed storage behaviour, genetic diversity sampling, seed bank design, and much more ❄️🧪🏛️
⏰ July 31 2025!
www.kew.org/science/trai...
July 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Just 10 days left to join us on the Millennium Seed Bank Seed Conservation Techniques course - running online on 13-24 October 🌱
We'll cover the ins and outs of seed storage behaviour, genetic diversity sampling, seed bank design, and much more ❄️🧪🏛️
⏰ July 31 2025!
www.kew.org/science/trai...
We'll cover the ins and outs of seed storage behaviour, genetic diversity sampling, seed bank design, and much more ❄️🧪🏛️
⏰ July 31 2025!
www.kew.org/science/trai...