Tristan Norton
@trisnorton.bsky.social
Local Government ecologist, Hampshire, UK.
Essex + Wessex.
BSBI recorder, South Hampshire
Essex + Wessex.
BSBI recorder, South Hampshire
Field Penny-cress Thlapsi arvense, Field Madder Sherardia arvensis. Quinoa Chenopodium quinoa. South Wonston, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Field Penny-cress Thlapsi arvense, Field Madder Sherardia arvensis. Quinoa Chenopodium quinoa. South Wonston, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Yellow Bristle-grass Setaria pumila and (I think) Green Bristle-grass Setaria viridis in a game cover crop at South Wonston, Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Yellow Bristle-grass Setaria pumila and (I think) Green Bristle-grass Setaria viridis in a game cover crop at South Wonston, Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
There's still plenty out there in November. Fresh Dense-flowered Fumitory Fumaria densiflora in a game cover crop at South Wonston, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
There's still plenty out there in November. Fresh Dense-flowered Fumitory Fumaria densiflora in a game cover crop at South Wonston, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Cut-leaved Dead-nettle Lamium hybridum and Henbit Dead-nettle Lamium amplexicaule from the last couple of days. Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Cut-leaved Dead-nettle Lamium hybridum and Henbit Dead-nettle Lamium amplexicaule from the last couple of days. Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
My absolute fave. Field Woundwort Stachys arvensis looking all apple-and-blackcurrant in a field margin in the Test Valley, Hampshire yesterday. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My absolute fave. Field Woundwort Stachys arvensis looking all apple-and-blackcurrant in a field margin in the Test Valley, Hampshire yesterday. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A Great Grey Shrike in the New Forest today. Crippling photo from me there, with my inadequate lens 🤣. My eldest's first though, and it showed really well in gorgeous light. Even hovered!
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A Great Grey Shrike in the New Forest today. Crippling photo from me there, with my inadequate lens 🤣. My eldest's first though, and it showed really well in gorgeous light. Even hovered!
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A new Red List for Vascular Plants in Great Britain has just been published - the first update for twenty years 🌿
So what is a Red List, and why does it matter? What does this new report tells us about the state of Britain’s flora?
So what is a Red List, and why does it matter? What does this new report tells us about the state of Britain’s flora?
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A new Red List for Vascular Plants in Great Britain has just been published - the first update for twenty years 🌿
So what is a Red List, and why does it matter? What does this new report tells us about the state of Britain’s flora?
So what is a Red List, and why does it matter? What does this new report tells us about the state of Britain’s flora?
A zesty sprig of pure summer sunshine today. Wild Parsnip Pastinaca sativa on the local downs near Sparsholt, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A zesty sprig of pure summer sunshine today. Wild Parsnip Pastinaca sativa on the local downs near Sparsholt, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A fantastic presentation on some hardcore survey work in the Scottish uplands here. Great to hear from Gus Routledge, who is unfortunately not on Bluesky ☹️, but evidently still doing inspirational field botany alongside @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social youtu.be/RZFv8lSfmj8?...
Tough tufts to tally: Scottish Tufted Saxifrage Survey 2025
YouTube video by Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
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November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A fantastic presentation on some hardcore survey work in the Scottish uplands here. Great to hear from Gus Routledge, who is unfortunately not on Bluesky ☹️, but evidently still doing inspirational field botany alongside @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social youtu.be/RZFv8lSfmj8?...
A less pleasant tick today (after seeing the Boat-tailed Grackle). Avon Heath, Dorset.
November 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A less pleasant tick today (after seeing the Boat-tailed Grackle). Avon Heath, Dorset.
As I had a day off today, I went to see this mad, perky little bird, a Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major that's turned up at Calshot, Hampshire. Very amusing, tootling around cars, boats, and verges and basically ignoring people. A real character. @hosbirding.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
As I had a day off today, I went to see this mad, perky little bird, a Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major that's turned up at Calshot, Hampshire. Very amusing, tootling around cars, boats, and verges and basically ignoring people. A real character. @hosbirding.bsky.social
Great-tailed Grackle in Southampton. Clearly arrived by ship, fresh in from the US, but I've never seen the issue with that: it's a wild bird that caught a ride for a bit. I can't imagine being sniffy about seeing an American plant in Southampton.
November 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Great-tailed Grackle in Southampton. Clearly arrived by ship, fresh in from the US, but I've never seen the issue with that: it's a wild bird that caught a ride for a bit. I can't imagine being sniffy about seeing an American plant in Southampton.
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Odds and sods. A ditch full of Shaggy Soldier Galinsoga quadriradiata, Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis and Dwarf Spurge Euphorbia exigua near home, escapee Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus in the ditch. Hampshire today and yesterday. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Odds and sods. A ditch full of Shaggy Soldier Galinsoga quadriradiata, Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis and Dwarf Spurge Euphorbia exigua near home, escapee Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus in the ditch. Hampshire today and yesterday. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
What looks like Rough Bristle-grass Setaria verticillata from a turnip field just near home this afternoon. Central Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What looks like Rough Bristle-grass Setaria verticillata from a turnip field just near home this afternoon. Central Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Zostera marina on the shore at West Wittering, West Sussex yesterday, showing the reach of the tide. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Zostera marina on the shore at West Wittering, West Sussex yesterday, showing the reach of the tide. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Some unseasonal flowers today on the beautiful West Sussex coast between Itchenor and the Witterings. Self-heal Prunella vulgaris and Dogwood Cornus sanguinea. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Some unseasonal flowers today on the beautiful West Sussex coast between Itchenor and the Witterings. Self-heal Prunella vulgaris and Dogwood Cornus sanguinea. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Heath Milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia and Dwarf Gorse Ulex minor. Canada Common, New Forest. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
October 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Heath Milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia and Dwarf Gorse Ulex minor. Canada Common, New Forest. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
Small Fleabane Pulicaria vulgaris still looking good in the northern New Forest today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
October 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Small Fleabane Pulicaria vulgaris still looking good in the northern New Forest today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
Lots more Coral-necklace Illecebrum verticillatum today at Canada Common, New Forest. Growing in damp hollows. The seed, which is abundant, must get blown or washed across the grassland and settle in these irregular features. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Lots more Coral-necklace Illecebrum verticillatum today at Canada Common, New Forest. Growing in damp hollows. The seed, which is abundant, must get blown or washed across the grassland and settle in these irregular features. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Nail Fungus Poronia punctata on Canada Common, New Forest today. Also a decent spread of
Psilocybe semilanceata.
Psilocybe semilanceata.
October 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Nail Fungus Poronia punctata on Canada Common, New Forest today. Also a decent spread of
Psilocybe semilanceata.
Psilocybe semilanceata.
This year, it's taken me until late October to see Coral-necklace Illecebrum verticillatum. Here it is on Canada Common, New Forest. It's seemingly a new spot for it. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This year, it's taken me until late October to see Coral-necklace Illecebrum verticillatum. Here it is on Canada Common, New Forest. It's seemingly a new spot for it. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Growing in a plant container at a New Forest pub, this looks like Hornungia alpina. Not one I've seen used as a bedding plant. Especially odd given it's growing with a variegated Ivy, so clearly not an alpine planter.
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Growing in a plant container at a New Forest pub, this looks like Hornungia alpina. Not one I've seen used as a bedding plant. Especially odd given it's growing with a variegated Ivy, so clearly not an alpine planter.
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Important context for conversations about nature recovery and #wilding. Humans have always been part of #naturalprocesses, our response to the nature crisis must include people.
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On the ecological impact of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Europe: Early Holocene (Mesolithic) and Last Interglacial (Neanderthal) foragers compared
Recent studies have highlighted evidence of human impact on landscapes dating back to the Late Pleistocene–long before the advent of agriculture. Quantifying the extent of vegetation transformations b...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Important context for conversations about nature recovery and #wilding. Humans have always been part of #naturalprocesses, our response to the nature crisis must include people.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Fruits of Marsh Dock Rumex palustris (L) and Golden Dock Rumex maritimus. The pale inflated tubercles are clearly an adaptation for seed dispersal in wet habitats. Are the spines just hooked enough for snagging in fur? @bsbibotany.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Fruits of Marsh Dock Rumex palustris (L) and Golden Dock Rumex maritimus. The pale inflated tubercles are clearly an adaptation for seed dispersal in wet habitats. Are the spines just hooked enough for snagging in fur? @bsbibotany.bsky.social