David
@duckinwales.bsky.social
North Wales based fern & lycophyte botherer (VC51); biological recorder working on Quillworts & Honduran Fern Flora. ♥️ botany, libraries, maps, books, education and nature. #FernFriday🪴
www.britishfernsociety.org.uk
FLS, BPS secretary & Cofnod LRC chair.
www.britishfernsociety.org.uk
FLS, BPS secretary & Cofnod LRC chair.
And don't forget to stop by the fernery 🪴
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A great morning at Edge Hill University yesterday; students receive their Plant Heritage National Collection status for their collection of native and naturalised ferns. (Nice to see some of my plants on display too). Nice to see a young thriving plant horticulture group. #BritishFernSociety
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
And don't forget to stop by the fernery 🪴
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With bumblebees probably nothing, but with ants probably general pest removal before the chemical defences can be deployed.
October 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
With bumblebees probably nothing, but with ants probably general pest removal before the chemical defences can be deployed.
Ants and early Bumblebees still use the valuable early season treat.
October 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Ants and early Bumblebees still use the valuable early season treat.
Shaggy ink cap deliquescing, Willow mazegill and Parasols around a Silver birch.
October 14, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Shaggy ink cap deliquescing, Willow mazegill and Parasols around a Silver birch.
Well spotted, on my list to see.
October 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Well spotted, on my list to see.
A plume moth, possibly Platyptilia gonodactyla. The caterpillar stage live as leaf miners I! Coltsfoot and Butterbur. Amazingly delicate moths that seen to land on spiders webs with impunity!
September 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
A plume moth, possibly Platyptilia gonodactyla. The caterpillar stage live as leaf miners I! Coltsfoot and Butterbur. Amazingly delicate moths that seen to land on spiders webs with impunity!
They are quite incredible, aren't they. Surviving in a quiet hostile ecosystem, yet appear quite delicate.
September 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
They are quite incredible, aren't they. Surviving in a quiet hostile ecosystem, yet appear quite delicate.