Richard Ferris
@richardferris.bsky.social
Forest Ecologist, Defra. Formerly Forest Research and JNCC. Trees, wild places, family, friends, sport, music and books. Used to run fast. Now walk slowly. Love the South-West. Own views 🥾🌳🐕👨👩👧
Nature reclaims the space! In the 1700s, this was a grand Avenue to a large country estate. Someone went to an awful lot of effort for what is now an easily overlooked feature. Historical maps and a good eye 📷 RF #OldSulehay #woodland #history
March 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Nature reclaims the space! In the 1700s, this was a grand Avenue to a large country estate. Someone went to an awful lot of effort for what is now an easily overlooked feature. Historical maps and a good eye 📷 RF #OldSulehay #woodland #history
Really did feel like Spring today. Fantastic run through Thornhaugh Wood (Bedford Purlieus) in the mud and sunshine 🏃♂️ 🐕 📷 RF #NationalNatureReserve #ASNW #running #dayoff
February 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Really did feel like Spring today. Fantastic run through Thornhaugh Wood (Bedford Purlieus) in the mud and sunshine 🏃♂️ 🐕 📷 RF #NationalNatureReserve #ASNW #running #dayoff
Principled. Honest. Leader. 🇺🇦 ❤️
February 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Principled. Honest. Leader. 🇺🇦 ❤️
Festooned! 📷 RF #lichen #ancientwoodland
February 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Festooned! 📷 RF #lichen #ancientwoodland
www.newscientist.com/article/2469... why is nobody talking about this, outside of science circles? #sealevelrise #glaciers
The world’s glaciers have shrunk more than 5 per cent since 2000
An analysis of more than 270,000 glaciers worldwide reveals that they have lost around 7 trillion tonnes of ice since 2000, raising sea levels by 2 centimetres
www.newscientist.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
www.newscientist.com/article/2469... why is nobody talking about this, outside of science circles? #sealevelrise #glaciers
www.saatchigallery.com/exhibition/f... this looks absolutely amazing, but then it would given the subject matter 🖼️ 🌸 🎨 🌺
FLOWERS – FLORA IN CONTEMPORARY ART & CULTURE » Saatchi Gallery - Book Now
Saatchi Gallery FLOWERS - FLORA IN CONTEMPORARY ART & CULTURE Admission: Tickets from £12. Members Go Free.
www.saatchigallery.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
www.saatchigallery.com/exhibition/f... this looks absolutely amazing, but then it would given the subject matter 🖼️ 🌸 🎨 🌺
What a beauty 📷 RF #fungi #grassland
February 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
What a beauty 📷 RF #fungi #grassland
February 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
February 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Ashtead Common looking magnificent in the winter sunshine #nationalnaturereserve #veteranoaks #woodland
February 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Ashtead Common looking magnificent in the winter sunshine #nationalnaturereserve #veteranoaks #woodland
Fantastic gig by Ten Fe tonight. First time at The Dome in Tufnell Park 👌🏼 🎸 🎶 📷 RF #TenFe #TheDome #IndieMusic
February 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Fantastic gig by Ten Fe tonight. First time at The Dome in Tufnell Park 👌🏼 🎸 🎶 📷 RF #TenFe #TheDome #IndieMusic
On the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day, here’s a book recommendation. A deeply moving read and, given the current state of the world, highly relevant #HolocaustMemorialDay #NeverForget #Fascism #Genocide
January 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
On the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day, here’s a book recommendation. A deeply moving read and, given the current state of the world, highly relevant #HolocaustMemorialDay #NeverForget #Fascism #Genocide
January 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
www.bbc.com/future/artic... there’s so much value to be had from R&D investment in intensive monitoring like this #research #climatechange #trees
www.bbc.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
www.bbc.com/future/artic... there’s so much value to be had from R&D investment in intensive monitoring like this #research #climatechange #trees
January 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Kyoto: timely and enthralling play about first climate treaty reveals potent power of consensus. Looking forward to seeing this next week, but will it simply add to my pain? Theatre should be challenging, right? 🎭 🌎 #kyoto #RSC #theatre #climatechange
theconversation.com/kyoto-timely...
theconversation.com/kyoto-timely...
Kyoto: timely and enthralling play about first climate treaty reveals potent power of consensus
With a climate change denier as US president, Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s politics-as-glossy-spectacle could not be more on point.
theconversation.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Kyoto: timely and enthralling play about first climate treaty reveals potent power of consensus. Looking forward to seeing this next week, but will it simply add to my pain? Theatre should be challenging, right? 🎭 🌎 #kyoto #RSC #theatre #climatechange
theconversation.com/kyoto-timely...
theconversation.com/kyoto-timely...
Sulphur tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare), looking a little worse for wear. A common saprotrophic fungus, it’s commonly found feeding on stumps, felled trunks and other dead wood from broad-leaf trees and less commonly conifers 📷 RF #fungi #fungifriends #mushrooms #woodland
January 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Sulphur tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare), looking a little worse for wear. A common saprotrophic fungus, it’s commonly found feeding on stumps, felled trunks and other dead wood from broad-leaf trees and less commonly conifers 📷 RF #fungi #fungifriends #mushrooms #woodland
There’s a tendency to rush to measure everything, everywhere, when a more targeted approach focused on key taxa and interactions is more likely to generate testable data. Some valuable insights www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
www.frontiersin.org
January 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
There’s a tendency to rush to measure everything, everywhere, when a more targeted approach focused on key taxa and interactions is more likely to generate testable data. Some valuable insights www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
Wow! What a film. Loved everything about ‘A Complete Unknown’ and, seeing it a day before Trump’s inauguration reminds me that better days are possible. Hang in there, world. Timothee Chalamet’s portrayal is just remarkable 🎭 🎶 🎥 #ACompleteUnknown #BobDylan #film #folkmusic #rocknroll
January 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wow! What a film. Loved everything about ‘A Complete Unknown’ and, seeing it a day before Trump’s inauguration reminds me that better days are possible. Hang in there, world. Timothee Chalamet’s portrayal is just remarkable 🎭 🎶 🎥 #ACompleteUnknown #BobDylan #film #folkmusic #rocknroll
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... after running my own sustainability consultancy, I recognise this. With a few exceptions, businesses aren’t really tracking their impact on natural capital in everything that they do. A lot of talking the talk, but… #naturalcapital #business #sustainability
Do the world's largest companies integrate natural capital risks and opportunities into their operations in a meaningful way?
The destruction of natural capital is creating significant risks to the economy and society as a whole. Companies are fundamental to dealing with thes…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... after running my own sustainability consultancy, I recognise this. With a few exceptions, businesses aren’t really tracking their impact on natural capital in everything that they do. A lot of talking the talk, but… #naturalcapital #business #sustainability
January 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Took on Austria’s Alpine giant, Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse…all from the relative comfort of the indoor ‘gym’. Lactic acid still builds up, though! 🚴♂️ 🏔️ 📷 The Cyclist #austria #alps #grossglockner #turbotraining #cycling #fitness
January 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Took on Austria’s Alpine giant, Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse…all from the relative comfort of the indoor ‘gym’. Lactic acid still builds up, though! 🚴♂️ 🏔️ 📷 The Cyclist #austria #alps #grossglockner #turbotraining #cycling #fitness
Delicate and lovely #fungifriends #fungi
January 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Delicate and lovely #fungifriends #fungi