James Rowland
@jamesrowland23.bsky.social
Ecologist. Interested in insects, plants, mosses, and lichens.
Some interesting lichens on the veteran Oaks at Helmingham Hall, Suffolk yesterday. 1/3
January 17, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Some interesting lichens on the veteran Oaks at Helmingham Hall, Suffolk yesterday. 1/3
Surprise discovery in the garden today. This is an overwintering female European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula). Formerly considered a vagrant species in the UK. It now appears to have scattered breeding populations across south-eastern England. #wasps @kentfieldclub.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Surprise discovery in the garden today. This is an overwintering female European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula). Formerly considered a vagrant species in the UK. It now appears to have scattered breeding populations across south-eastern England. #wasps @kentfieldclub.bsky.social
Couple of interesting finds walking through Orlestone Forest in Kent. The first is Little Shaggy-moss (Rhytidiadelphus loreus) a very common species in the west of the UK but rather rare in Kent. The second is the lichen Pertusaria pertusa, a common epiphyte found on smooth and rough bark. 1/2
December 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Couple of interesting finds walking through Orlestone Forest in Kent. The first is Little Shaggy-moss (Rhytidiadelphus loreus) a very common species in the west of the UK but rather rare in Kent. The second is the lichen Pertusaria pertusa, a common epiphyte found on smooth and rough bark. 1/2
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Announcing another chance to learn #lichens online! My next 'Lichens for Beginners' course starts in January. Perfect for anyone just discovering these unique and beautiful life-forms. All you need to know to understand lichens and identify common species. Join me! aspenecology.com/lichens-for-...
October 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Announcing another chance to learn #lichens online! My next 'Lichens for Beginners' course starts in January. Perfect for anyone just discovering these unique and beautiful life-forms. All you need to know to understand lichens and identify common species. Join me! aspenecology.com/lichens-for-...
A bit late but White Dogwood (Cornus alba) planted along the side of a road. Very similar to Red-osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea) except the stone of the fruit is longer than wide and the leaves are shortly acuminate to acute. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A bit late but White Dogwood (Cornus alba) planted along the side of a road. Very similar to Red-osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea) except the stone of the fruit is longer than wide and the leaves are shortly acuminate to acute. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social
A new one for me last month. White Spindles (Clavaria fragilis) growing in a Low Weald meadow. @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #grasslandfungi
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A new one for me last month. White Spindles (Clavaria fragilis) growing in a Low Weald meadow. @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #grasslandfungi
Came across this interesting Cotoneaster on the outskirts of Norwich today. Could this be Cotoneaster dammeri? @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social @bramblebotanist.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social #Cotoneaster
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Came across this interesting Cotoneaster on the outskirts of Norwich today. Could this be Cotoneaster dammeri? @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social @bramblebotanist.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social #Cotoneaster
Nicotiana sylvestris growing as a pavement weed in Norwich this week. First record for either Norfolk vice county. Species on the increase? @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #Norfolk
September 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Nicotiana sylvestris growing as a pavement weed in Norwich this week. First record for either Norfolk vice county. Species on the increase? @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #Norfolk
New sawfly larva for me the other day. Have a suspicion this might be a Wild Rose Fusehorn (Arge ochropus). Any ideas @andymus.bsky.social #sawflies #insects
September 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
New sawfly larva for me the other day. Have a suspicion this might be a Wild Rose Fusehorn (Arge ochropus). Any ideas @andymus.bsky.social #sawflies #insects
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Something funky going on here! Small Scabious with a series of unified stems that collectively produced a solitary flowerhead, that then split out into several solitary stems again, each with its own terminal flowerhead... must be the beer in Norfolk!
July 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Something funky going on here! Small Scabious with a series of unified stems that collectively produced a solitary flowerhead, that then split out into several solitary stems again, each with its own terminal flowerhead... must be the beer in Norfolk!
Double whammy while on holiday in New England. Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) on knotweed (Reynoutria sp.). Both are non-native species in the northeastern US. The Japanese beetle first arrived in the US on plants from Japan as part of 1916 World’s Fair. #invasiveinsects #invasiveplants (1/4)
July 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Double whammy while on holiday in New England. Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) on knotweed (Reynoutria sp.). Both are non-native species in the northeastern US. The Japanese beetle first arrived in the US on plants from Japan as part of 1916 World’s Fair. #invasiveinsects #invasiveplants (1/4)
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Set a dozen batologists free in Broadland & rightly anticipate a few interesting bramble records.. not a new-to-GB waterlily. Nymphaea candida has small flowers with erect petals, filaments wider than anthers & concave stigmatic disc. Leaves with anastomosing veins at edges. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Set a dozen batologists free in Broadland & rightly anticipate a few interesting bramble records.. not a new-to-GB waterlily. Nymphaea candida has small flowers with erect petals, filaments wider than anthers & concave stigmatic disc. Leaves with anastomosing veins at edges. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Oh dear @nationaltrust.org.uk how have you got this so terribly wrong. Please contact me directly if you want to create a wildflower meadow & not an annual cornfield area. @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
How’s this for a view on #NationalMeadowsDay? Great Chalfield Manor in Wiltshire has erupted with colour.
This meadow is part of our joint plan with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust to turn a farm into a learning hub for regenerative farming – a method that aims to improve soil health and biodiversity.
This meadow is part of our joint plan with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust to turn a farm into a learning hub for regenerative farming – a method that aims to improve soil health and biodiversity.
July 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Oh dear @nationaltrust.org.uk how have you got this so terribly wrong. Please contact me directly if you want to create a wildflower meadow & not an annual cornfield area. @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Interesting find for #wildflowerhour. Found Sedum pallidum naturalised in mown grassland in Kent. New to Kent (either vice county) and eighth record on the BSBI DDb. #Kent #Sedum #BSBI @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Interesting find for #wildflowerhour. Found Sedum pallidum naturalised in mown grassland in Kent. New to Kent (either vice county) and eighth record on the BSBI DDb. #Kent #Sedum #BSBI @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Interesting bramble growing in scrub next to some ancient woodland in Kent at the weekend. Bit of a bramble novice but perhaps Series Glandulosi @bramblebotanist.bsky.social? (1/2)
June 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Interesting bramble growing in scrub next to some ancient woodland in Kent at the weekend. Bit of a bramble novice but perhaps Series Glandulosi @bramblebotanist.bsky.social? (1/2)
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Chaenotheca hispidula, a really smart pinhead lichen at Houghton Park today. Immersed thallus, greeny yellow pruinose base to fruiting head, and relatively large globose spores. First county record since 1974.
June 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Chaenotheca hispidula, a really smart pinhead lichen at Houghton Park today. Immersed thallus, greeny yellow pruinose base to fruiting head, and relatively large globose spores. First county record since 1974.
Came across this Usnea on a broken Oak twig in some secondary woodland bordering a disused sand quarry in Kent. Think it might be Usnea subfloridana. (1/2)
June 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Came across this Usnea on a broken Oak twig in some secondary woodland bordering a disused sand quarry in Kent. Think it might be Usnea subfloridana. (1/2)
Two beetles while out and about today. A female black-headed cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa coccinea) and a lesser stag beetle larva (Dorcus parallelipipedus). @colsocbi.bsky.social @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #beetle
May 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Two beetles while out and about today. A female black-headed cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa coccinea) and a lesser stag beetle larva (Dorcus parallelipipedus). @colsocbi.bsky.social @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #beetle
Common vetch (Vicia sativa ssp. nigra) and heath speedwell (Veronica officinalis). #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @kentfieldclub.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Common vetch (Vicia sativa ssp. nigra) and heath speedwell (Veronica officinalis). #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @kentfieldclub.bsky.social
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A great few day pointing at special Breckland plants with Wilts Bot Soc: Military Orchid Orchis militaris, Purple Milk-Vetch Astragalus danicus, Breckland Birthwort Aristolochia hirta and Rare Spring Sedge Carex ericetorum #wildflowerhour
May 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A great few day pointing at special Breckland plants with Wilts Bot Soc: Military Orchid Orchis militaris, Purple Milk-Vetch Astragalus danicus, Breckland Birthwort Aristolochia hirta and Rare Spring Sedge Carex ericetorum #wildflowerhour
New plant for me growing at the end of my street. Turns out it’s also new to Suffolk (either vice county)! Hirsute Garlic (Allium trifolatium) can be separated from the closely related species by hairs at edge of leaves, tepals tinged pink and yellow anthers. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
New plant for me growing at the end of my street. Turns out it’s also new to Suffolk (either vice county)! Hirsute Garlic (Allium trifolatium) can be separated from the closely related species by hairs at edge of leaves, tepals tinged pink and yellow anthers. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Any thoughts on this Iris? @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social @bramblebotanist.bsky.social (1/2).
May 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Any thoughts on this Iris? @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social @bramblebotanist.bsky.social (1/2).
Checked the rose in my garden today and, unfortunately or fortunately depending on your view, the rose has been colonised by the rose aphid (Macrosiphum rosae). In the photo, there are immature green apterae and a mature red alatae.
May 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Checked the rose in my garden today and, unfortunately or fortunately depending on your view, the rose has been colonised by the rose aphid (Macrosiphum rosae). In the photo, there are immature green apterae and a mature red alatae.
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I'm finding it hard to see why this #lichen on sallow trunk in Earsham, Norfolk, England, isn't Punctelia borreri, except it would be first record for Norfolk, and only fourth for East Anglia. 'Starry-sky' look from scattered punctiform pseudocyphellae, soralia concentrated in thallus centre… 1/2
April 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I'm finding it hard to see why this #lichen on sallow trunk in Earsham, Norfolk, England, isn't Punctelia borreri, except it would be first record for Norfolk, and only fourth for East Anglia. 'Starry-sky' look from scattered punctiform pseudocyphellae, soralia concentrated in thallus centre… 1/2
A rather late post, but wallflower living up to its name growing on the Roman wall in Colchester. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A rather late post, but wallflower living up to its name growing on the Roman wall in Colchester. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social