Gleb Berloff
@gberloff.bsky.social
3rd year Physics with Astrophysics student at Warwick University with an eye on general relativity
Love spending time outdoors, looking for interesting birds, rare mushrooms, beautiful orchids and waterfalls. My favourite habitats are raised bogs
Love spending time outdoors, looking for interesting birds, rare mushrooms, beautiful orchids and waterfalls. My favourite habitats are raised bogs
Favourites from the Isle of Mull
August 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Favourites from the Isle of Mull
A day of insanity in the Chiltern Hills. The incredibly rare red helleborine still surviving the scorching heat, red kites floating overhead and albino fragrant orchids. Whilst inspecting, I noticed a Dactylodenia (conopsea x fuchsii) nearby! @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A day of insanity in the Chiltern Hills. The incredibly rare red helleborine still surviving the scorching heat, red kites floating overhead and albino fragrant orchids. Whilst inspecting, I noticed a Dactylodenia (conopsea x fuchsii) nearby! @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Also from the Cairngorms, northern marsh and heath spotted orchids. Also creeping lady’s tresses right off a trail in Abernethy Forest and what I assume was once a lesser twayblade @ukorchids.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Also from the Cairngorms, northern marsh and heath spotted orchids. Also creeping lady’s tresses right off a trail in Abernethy Forest and what I assume was once a lesser twayblade @ukorchids.bsky.social
Heath fragrant, coralroot, lesser butterfly and even small-white orchid flowering in the Cairngorms today. Heath fragrant was my favourite, smelled lovely! @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Heath fragrant, coralroot, lesser butterfly and even small-white orchid flowering in the Cairngorms today. Heath fragrant was my favourite, smelled lovely! @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Burnt-tip orchids (including a strange pale variant), fly orchids, white helleborines and common spotted orchids from the Pegsdon Hills area. Also lots of kites, pasqueflowers (some still in flower) and woodland strawberries @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Burnt-tip orchids (including a strange pale variant), fly orchids, white helleborines and common spotted orchids from the Pegsdon Hills area. Also lots of kites, pasqueflowers (some still in flower) and woodland strawberries @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
So, they did it again. Someone has again destroyed Cambridge Airport's lizard orchid. The same one which last year reached 1.1m tall. This is a wildlife crime, as the orchid is legally protected. I've reported it to the police @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
So, they did it again. Someone has again destroyed Cambridge Airport's lizard orchid. The same one which last year reached 1.1m tall. This is a wildlife crime, as the orchid is legally protected. I've reported it to the police @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
My first encounter with frog orchids at a fen in Cambridgeshire. And one green-winged orchid still in flower. Most were absolutely tiny, but some are the size of early marsh orchids! The flowers themselves, however, look nothing like frogs! @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My first encounter with frog orchids at a fen in Cambridgeshire. And one green-winged orchid still in flower. Most were absolutely tiny, but some are the size of early marsh orchids! The flowers themselves, however, look nothing like frogs! @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A truly unexpected discovery... a very rare man orchid in a field just east of Cambridge.
Observed the orchid whilst a cuckoo was trying to distract me
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Observed the orchid whilst a cuckoo was trying to distract me
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A truly unexpected discovery... a very rare man orchid in a field just east of Cambridge.
Observed the orchid whilst a cuckoo was trying to distract me
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Observed the orchid whilst a cuckoo was trying to distract me
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Duke of Burgundy at Bonsai Bank. Absolutely TINY butterfly! @ukbutterflies.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Duke of Burgundy at Bonsai Bank. Absolutely TINY butterfly! @ukbutterflies.bsky.social
Loads of lady orchids at Bonsai Bank, including some massive specimens. Hordes of people looking for a leucistic lady orchid...until I found another one!!
Other things found today was the Duke of Burgundy, fly orchids and a GIANT early purple orchid!
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Other things found today was the Duke of Burgundy, fly orchids and a GIANT early purple orchid!
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Loads of lady orchids at Bonsai Bank, including some massive specimens. Hordes of people looking for a leucistic lady orchid...until I found another one!!
Other things found today was the Duke of Burgundy, fly orchids and a GIANT early purple orchid!
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Other things found today was the Duke of Burgundy, fly orchids and a GIANT early purple orchid!
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
White helleborines in full flower in Cambridge city. On a playground @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
White helleborines in full flower in Cambridge city. On a playground @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Early orchids of 2025. Warwick University's early purple orchids putting on a lovely display, and a surprise encounter with a small clump of green-winged orchids in Moseley Bog @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Early orchids of 2025. Warwick University's early purple orchids putting on a lovely display, and a surprise encounter with a small clump of green-winged orchids in Moseley Bog @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
My orchid favourites from 2024:
Monkey orchid from the Chilterns
Military orchid from Suffolk
Serapias bergonii from Suffolk
And lady's slipper from Yorkshire
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Monkey orchid from the Chilterns
Military orchid from Suffolk
Serapias bergonii from Suffolk
And lady's slipper from Yorkshire
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
My orchid favourites from 2024:
Monkey orchid from the Chilterns
Military orchid from Suffolk
Serapias bergonii from Suffolk
And lady's slipper from Yorkshire
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Monkey orchid from the Chilterns
Military orchid from Suffolk
Serapias bergonii from Suffolk
And lady's slipper from Yorkshire
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
On the 5th March, I presented my summer 2024 research in UK Parliament as part of the Posters in Parliament 2025 event. My project was one of only 2 selected from my university. The presentation took place in Portcullis House
March 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
On the 5th March, I presented my summer 2024 research in UK Parliament as part of the Posters in Parliament 2025 event. My project was one of only 2 selected from my university. The presentation took place in Portcullis House
Starting off the 2025 orchid season with 5 lovely giant orchids coming into flower somewhere in the UK. There were 13 plants in total, including many non-flowering rosettes.
Unlike many rare orchids, this one was also very very beautiful
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Unlike many rare orchids, this one was also very very beautiful
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
March 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Starting off the 2025 orchid season with 5 lovely giant orchids coming into flower somewhere in the UK. There were 13 plants in total, including many non-flowering rosettes.
Unlike many rare orchids, this one was also very very beautiful
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Unlike many rare orchids, this one was also very very beautiful
@ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
On Friday, 3 short-eared owls, 1 long-eared owl, 1 barn owl and a couple red kites at Eldernell
December 8, 2024 at 1:48 PM
On Friday, 3 short-eared owls, 1 long-eared owl, 1 barn owl and a couple red kites at Eldernell
Link to my blog, where I post reports from my birdwatching trips, bolete forays, orchid sightseeing, along with the odd waterfall or landmark thrown in!
naturalistgb.blogspot.com
naturalistgb.blogspot.com
Nature GB
naturalistgb.blogspot.com
August 17, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Link to my blog, where I post reports from my birdwatching trips, bolete forays, orchid sightseeing, along with the odd waterfall or landmark thrown in!
naturalistgb.blogspot.com
naturalistgb.blogspot.com