Roger_TL45Y
@rogerhorton.bsky.social
Retired scientist. Prone to 🌱 fads: Artemisas|Calamints|Crataegus|Medicks|Poplars|Goldilocks|Solanum|Dipsacus|Ferns. FLS. Cambridge UK but often in Suffolk 📷: Whooper Swans at Lakenheath. TL45Y =tetrad (2x2km square) round Cherry Hinton. ❤️ 🇪🇺 🇳🇱 & Berlin
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While the frost is thick and the ground is solid, our work doesn't stop!
We were out early in Fulbourn Primary School today, prepping for our rain garden project.
You might wonder: Why bother to dig when it’s icy?
A🧵. 1/4
We were out early in Fulbourn Primary School today, prepping for our rain garden project.
You might wonder: Why bother to dig when it’s icy?
A🧵. 1/4
January 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
While the frost is thick and the ground is solid, our work doesn't stop!
We were out early in Fulbourn Primary School today, prepping for our rain garden project.
You might wonder: Why bother to dig when it’s icy?
A🧵. 1/4
We were out early in Fulbourn Primary School today, prepping for our rain garden project.
You might wonder: Why bother to dig when it’s icy?
A🧵. 1/4
Good job there’s no #NewYearPlantHunt today! Snow in Cambridge. 😲😉
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Good job there’s no #NewYearPlantHunt today! Snow in Cambridge. 😲😉
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November 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
No snow today in #Cambridge but temperatures below 0°C all morning. Here's a Daisy amongst frosted thistles during my @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt 🥶
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
January 4, 2026 at 8:34 PM
No snow today in #Cambridge but temperatures below 0°C all morning. Here's a Daisy amongst frosted thistles during my @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt 🥶
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
Excitement this morning after much searching along the verge of Cherry Hinton Rd in my @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt when I found anthers on Cock's-foot Grass! 🙄
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
January 4, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Excitement this morning after much searching along the verge of Cherry Hinton Rd in my @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt when I found anthers on Cock's-foot Grass! 🙄
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
This afternoon I stopped off at @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social for a cup of tea. Contemplated another @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt but could only find these four that might qualify 🤔😉:
Daisy & Red Dead-nettle,
Winter Heliotrope & Red Nightshade.
#WildFlowerHour
Daisy & Red Dead-nettle,
Winter Heliotrope & Red Nightshade.
#WildFlowerHour
January 4, 2026 at 7:55 PM
This afternoon I stopped off at @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social for a cup of tea. Contemplated another @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt but could only find these four that might qualify 🤔😉:
Daisy & Red Dead-nettle,
Winter Heliotrope & Red Nightshade.
#WildFlowerHour
Daisy & Red Dead-nettle,
Winter Heliotrope & Red Nightshade.
#WildFlowerHour
This morning 'earth stood hard as iron' but I still made a @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt between two old favourites: Butcher's Broom in wild part of local park and Stinking Hellebore in Lime Kiln Close reserve, plus 15 others in between. 🍒🏘️ Cherry Hinton #Cambridge #WildFlowerHour
January 4, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This morning 'earth stood hard as iron' but I still made a @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt between two old favourites: Butcher's Broom in wild part of local park and Stinking Hellebore in Lime Kiln Close reserve, plus 15 others in between. 🍒🏘️ Cherry Hinton #Cambridge #WildFlowerHour
The @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt I joined in #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk stuck to its brief of 'Churchyard and Crankles' so missed this Christmas Cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum, a #PavementPlant, still flowering in a nearby street. #WildflowerHour
January 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt I joined in #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk stuck to its brief of 'Churchyard and Crankles' so missed this Christmas Cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum, a #PavementPlant, still flowering in a nearby street. #WildflowerHour
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My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜
January 3, 2026 at 11:38 AM
My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜
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📚 CPPF is seeking a Consultant Education Advisor to guide our schools programme at Wandlebury. Primary teaching & outdoor learning experience required. Flexible role (~15 days/year). Apply by 30 Jan: https://cambridgeppf.org/consultant-education-advisor-role/
#EducationJobs #OutdoorLearning
#EducationJobs #OutdoorLearning
January 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
📚 CPPF is seeking a Consultant Education Advisor to guide our schools programme at Wandlebury. Primary teaching & outdoor learning experience required. Flexible role (~15 days/year). Apply by 30 Jan: https://cambridgeppf.org/consultant-education-advisor-role/
#EducationJobs #OutdoorLearning
#EducationJobs #OutdoorLearning
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Honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum. Climbing shrub. Stems twist clockwise. Leaves thin, net-veined, usually glaucous below. Leaves are ciliate (fringed with hairs). Leaves sessile or have petiole up to 15mm.
January 4, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum. Climbing shrub. Stems twist clockwise. Leaves thin, net-veined, usually glaucous below. Leaves are ciliate (fringed with hairs). Leaves sessile or have petiole up to 15mm.
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Tried to escape the bitter wind in Dover town for #NewYearPlantHunt #3, but failed 🥶. Frost made it difficult to find flowers, but we managed 37 species.
Even the Soldiers were sheltering from the wind.
Even the Soldiers were sheltering from the wind.
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Tried to escape the bitter wind in Dover town for #NewYearPlantHunt #3, but failed 🥶. Frost made it difficult to find flowers, but we managed 37 species.
Even the Soldiers were sheltering from the wind.
Even the Soldiers were sheltering from the wind.
⭐⭐⭐IVY! ⭐⭐⭐
Photo taken by hanging over the parapet of a cycle bridge. 🤗
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt #Cambridge
Photo taken by hanging over the parapet of a cycle bridge. 🤗
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt #Cambridge
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
⭐⭐⭐IVY! ⭐⭐⭐
Photo taken by hanging over the parapet of a cycle bridge. 🤗
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt #Cambridge
Photo taken by hanging over the parapet of a cycle bridge. 🤗
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt #Cambridge
Half way through a @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt but I just couldn’t ignore this VR pillar box! #PostboxSaturday #Cambridge
January 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Half way through a @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt but I just couldn’t ignore this VR pillar box! #PostboxSaturday #Cambridge
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This Sunday: Leper Chapel Open Day, 1.30–3.30pm. Step inside one of Cambridge’s oldest buildings and explore with a volunteer guide. Support step-free access via the Leper Chapel Appeal.
https://cambridgeppf.org/save-the-leper-chapel/
https://cambridgeppf.org/save-the-leper-chapel/
January 3, 2026 at 10:02 AM
This Sunday: Leper Chapel Open Day, 1.30–3.30pm. Step inside one of Cambridge’s oldest buildings and explore with a volunteer guide. Support step-free access via the Leper Chapel Appeal.
https://cambridgeppf.org/save-the-leper-chapel/
https://cambridgeppf.org/save-the-leper-chapel/
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What will Norwich be like in 1000 years' time?
My thoughts here - storvaxt.blogspot.com/2015/09/norw...
#ClimateChange #prophecy #Norwich #Norfolk #UK
My thoughts here - storvaxt.blogspot.com/2015/09/norw...
#ClimateChange #prophecy #Norwich #Norfolk #UK
Norwich 3000 AD
Exploring links between Life and the Imagination, including biodiversity, geodiversity, landscape, archaeology, history, art, poetry and philosophy.
storvaxt.blogspot.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:02 AM
What will Norwich be like in 1000 years' time?
My thoughts here - storvaxt.blogspot.com/2015/09/norw...
#ClimateChange #prophecy #Norwich #Norfolk #UK
My thoughts here - storvaxt.blogspot.com/2015/09/norw...
#ClimateChange #prophecy #Norwich #Norfolk #UK
Spot the flower. Spot the cathedral. A tiny Red Dead-nettle on a mossy tombstone with the cathedral behind a conifer in #BuryStEdmunds during yesterday's Bury Water Meadows Group / @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social Flora Group @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt. #SteepleSaturday
January 3, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Spot the flower. Spot the cathedral. A tiny Red Dead-nettle on a mossy tombstone with the cathedral behind a conifer in #BuryStEdmunds during yesterday's Bury Water Meadows Group / @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social Flora Group @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt. #SteepleSaturday
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Great Wood-rush, Luzula sylvatica. Tussock or mat-forming. Basal leaves glossy, bright green, sparsely hairy and up to 12mm wide. Midrib not obvious. Very acute leaf tip. White marginal hairs usually 8-15mm long.
January 3, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Great Wood-rush, Luzula sylvatica. Tussock or mat-forming. Basal leaves glossy, bright green, sparsely hairy and up to 12mm wide. Midrib not obvious. Very acute leaf tip. White marginal hairs usually 8-15mm long.
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#FontsonFriday the Cathedral of St Edmundsbury in Bury St Edmunds #Suffolk
January 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
#FontsonFriday the Cathedral of St Edmundsbury in Bury St Edmunds #Suffolk
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Inspired by this I took a closer look at our front hedge and found just a few in amongst all the berries! (not far from you Roger 😉)
January 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Inspired by this I took a closer look at our front hedge and found just a few in amongst all the berries! (not far from you Roger 😉)
Four #ferns in Malvern #Worcestershire walls:
Male and Hart's-tongue,
Wall-rue and Rustyback.
#FernFriday
Male and Hart's-tongue,
Wall-rue and Rustyback.
#FernFriday
January 2, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Four #ferns in Malvern #Worcestershire walls:
Male and Hart's-tongue,
Wall-rue and Rustyback.
#FernFriday
Male and Hart's-tongue,
Wall-rue and Rustyback.
#FernFriday
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Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown www.theguardian.com/environment/... Great article by Ajit Niranjan in @theguardian.com about the @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt #NYPH
Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown
New year plant hunt shows rising temperatures are shifting natural cycles of wildflowers such as daisies
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown www.theguardian.com/environment/... Great article by Ajit Niranjan in @theguardian.com about the @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt #NYPH
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Bartheletia paradoxa on Ginkgo biloba and European mistletoe hyperparasitic fungus, Sphaeropsis visci found on today's walk with the boys. #fungifriends
January 1, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Bartheletia paradoxa on Ginkgo biloba and European mistletoe hyperparasitic fungus, Sphaeropsis visci found on today's walk with the boys. #fungifriends
Ornate cottage door in a #Cambridge side street during @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt today. There was a load of Ivy on the wall but no sign of intact flowers. Has anyone found any yet I wonder?! 🤔
#AdoorableThursday
#AdoorableThursday
January 1, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Ornate cottage door in a #Cambridge side street during @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt today. There was a load of Ivy on the wall but no sign of intact flowers. Has anyone found any yet I wonder?! 🤔
#AdoorableThursday
#AdoorableThursday