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Andy Chandler-Grevatt
@mosssafari.bsky.social
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Teacher, Author, Researcher. Education, science, biology. Founder of Moss Safari - microscopic adventures to learn about microscopy and microbiology. 🔬💚 Diversity in every sense of the word 🏳️‍🌈.
Come, join the adventure.
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Andy Chandler-Grevatt @mosssafari.bsky.social · Nov 16
If you love moss, it’s friends and the life within it. Then follow me for appreciation, fascination and education here at Moss Safari 🔬💚
Welcome to my new followers!

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Moss Safari
Adventures in discovering organisms that live in moss
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It’s my birthday today and I got to do what love doing best. A Moss Safari. This time with T-level students at Plumpton College. Lots of tardigrades!
🔬💚 #iseemoss #mosssafari
Andy Chandler-Grevatt presenting with a screen behind him. On the screen is the image of what is seen on the microscope in front of him. There is a tardigrade in the image. He is surrounded by laboratory paraphernalia.
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Mossy rocks in Windsor at the weekend
Love seeing moss in urban settings.
🔬💚 #iseemoss
An irregular rock , part of a wall, on a street in Windsor. Foreground has moss small plants and grass growing on it. Blurred background shows shops, traffic lights and cars.
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Mossy rocks in Windsor at the weekend
Love seeing moss in urban settings.
🔬💚 #iseemoss
An irregular rock , part of a wall, on a street in Windsor. Foreground has moss small plants and grass growing on it. Blurred background shows shops, traffic lights and cars.
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Birds search roof moss for grub
📍University of Brighton
The library roof is covered in rain soaked moss. Crows and seagulls pace up and down turning over moss cushions to find food morsels.
🔬💚 #iseemoss
From a window the same height as a sloped roof on a building, you can see lots of green moss patches. Three black crows and a gull are searching for food in the moss. In the distance there are trees, a road and other university buildings.
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Want to learn the names of your mosses? This is the final blog with two FREE infographics to help you identify moss. Please use, like and share. #mosssafari #iseemoss
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Discovering Mosses Series: Steps to identifying a moss
As you can see below, I am very happy in mossy places. I love looking at moss. I used to feel intimidated by learning the names of mosses and being able to identify them. It is tricky because the m…
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November 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Mosses and fungi (candle wick?)
📍Cowfold, West Sussex, England
🔬💚 #iseemoss #mosssafari
Close up of earth with moss growing in it. Amongst the moss are vertical translucent white long streaks - like burning smoke from a candle.
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Some exciting news. The Moss Safari book has been shortlisted for the ASE Book of the Year Award 2025. 💚🔬 #iseemoss www.ase.org.uk/news/ase-boo...
ASE Book of the Year 2025 Shortlist
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November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Roadside moss cushions
💚🔬 #iseemoss #mosssafari
Close-up view of a moss-covered brick wall and pavement taken from a low angle, with dry autumn leaves scattered along the edge. A dark blue car is driving in the background along a tree-lined road, with green and yellow foliage, its autumn. The perspective emphasizes texture and contrast between natural elements and built environment.
October 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Learn to identify mosses with me using my infographics. Free to download.
💚🔬 #iseemoss #mosssafari

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Discovering Mosses Series: How does a moss grow?
This is the second blog in the Moss Safari “Discovering Mosses” project. It pairs with the infographics I am making as I research, learn, and put my mossy knowledge into practice. Did you go on a s…
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October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Isopods!! 🧡
A vibrant illustrated poster featuring 14 species/varieties of isopods of various colors. They are illustrated on a yellow-vibrant orange background and have numbers with a key describing which species is which.
October 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Loved seeing these sun kissed sporophytes and gametophytes along a tree branch today.
💚🔬 #iseemoss #mosssafari
📍Burgess Hill, England
Close-up of a sunlit tree branch draped in vibrant green moss, with slender sporophytes rising like tiny spires. The sunlight catches the moss’s fine textures, casting a golden glow that highlights its lush density.
October 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Want to learn about mosses but put off by how complex it seems. Join me for a basic course this half term via my free Moss Safari Discovering Mosses infographic series. Let me know what you think. First blog. Four to follow. #iseemoss #mosssafari 💚🔬

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Discovering Mosses Series: What is a Moss?
It’s a damp but sunny October. If you are looking for something free that helps you connect with nature, the Discovering Mosses activities are just for you. This is the first blog in the Moss…
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October 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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We were at New Scientist Live in London this weekend. Met lots of people to share the wonders of moss! Here’s what we did, who we met and an update on merch deals
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Exhibiting Moss Safari at New Scientist Live 2025
Moss Safari was at New Scientist Live 2025 in London this weekend. This blogs looks at what we did, who we met and gives details of the Moss Safari merch deals. Thanks if you came to say ‘Hi’! 🔬💚…
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October 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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We are at New Scientist Live this weekend and Monday. If you are coming along visit us on the Quekett stand and we hope to have a tardigrade to show you! See if you can catch one!

#NSL2025 #NewScientistLive2025 #Excel

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Teachers and Parents: Visit Moss Safari at New Scientist Live!
Visiting New Scientist Live? Plan ahead with the Moss Safari free New Scientist Live activity. Moss Safari will be at New Scientist Live this October. We will be on the Quekett Microscopical Club S…
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October 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Mossy outreaches?
🔬💚 #iseemoss
Close-up of a moss-covered tree trunk in a forest, showing vibrant green moss and tiny sprouting leaves along the bark. The angled perspective highlights the texture of the tree and the delicate plant growth, with blurred trees and foliage in the background suggesting a lush, wooded environment.
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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A moss mat cushion on an autumn forest floor.
💚 #iseemoss
Pleurocarpous moss cushion amongst fallen hawthorn leaves
October 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Was looking for moss, but found these fun guys!
Love this time of year!
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Ink cap mushroom caps by the dozen growing up a mossy tree trunk - close up
October 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Moss just moves in if you stay still long enough

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explorenorth.bsky.social Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦 @explorenorth.bsky.social · Oct 7
At the site of a former logging camp on Vancouver Island.
A wrecked 1930s truck in a thick forest of cedar trees and ferns, covered in moss.
October 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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A moment of balance

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21rosa.bsky.social Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · Oct 7
#ThickTrunkTuesday moss covered birch stretching skywards
(near Thorngrafton #Northumberland)

The birch grove provides a moist, shaded understory while the fern enriches soil stability and contributes to nutrient cycling

#nature #trees #iseemoss #woodland #forest #green
A graceful, Y shaped birch by fern filled undergrowth
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Love this mossy carpet!
Great pic

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shankarauthor.bsky.social Shankar @shankarauthor.bsky.social · Oct 7
I am at the edge of the Forst. She is eloquent at times, moody more often. The stories she has needs time to soften.

#AmWriting #fantasy #writing #YA #fiction #WritingInspiration #Eidenforst #writesky
The moss on the forest floor with patches of sun filtered through the canopy
October 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Friends and mossy neighbours

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handmaiduns.bsky.social Just Kate @handmaiduns.bsky.social · Oct 7
Hello #FungiFriends

Look at this little guy and tiny companion I just found on some moss
A small fungi with a round, flat top. There’s a little tiny one just starting to grow, leaning on the bigger one. They’re both chilling on some gorgeous green moss that lives on the bird bath
October 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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That green zings

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tichatnwa.bsky.social natou @tichatnwa.bsky.social · Oct 7
thought i posted this already

guess not
moss on a brick wall
October 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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thought i posted this already

guess not
moss on a brick wall
October 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Love this mossy circle!
💚🔬 #iseemoss
frwildflowers.bsky.social FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · Oct 7
Fall in Eldorado Canyon 🌿
Fallen leaf on moss tuft
October 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Dry moss. Crisp sporophytes
📍Worthing, England
💚🔬 #iseemoss #mosssafari
Close-up of vibrant green moss growing on a rough, weathered stone or concrete surface. Numerous thin, brown sporophytes rise from the moss, each ending in a small capsule.
October 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM