Fiona Walsh
@gumboots.bsky.social
Botanist / ecologist at Enviro-dynamics. When not at work botanising, I spend my spare time botanising, jiu jitsuing, botanising, knitting, botanising, Muay Thai, botanising, and a million other sides projects involving plants…
September 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We need a senior ecologist! Maybe even a mainlander who wants to come and live i the best place in the world! Please pass it on to anyone you know
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Senior Ecologist & Team Coach
Enviro-dynamics - Hobart, TAS
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August 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
We need a senior ecologist! Maybe even a mainlander who wants to come and live i the best place in the world! Please pass it on to anyone you know
nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/20...
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At least he didn’t shake the guts out of it… and he gave it back without too much of a fight.
#yorkshireterrier #gardeningwithterriers #convolvulus
#yorkshireterrier #gardeningwithterriers #convolvulus
March 13, 2025 at 5:32 AM
At least he didn’t shake the guts out of it… and he gave it back without too much of a fight.
#yorkshireterrier #gardeningwithterriers #convolvulus
#yorkshireterrier #gardeningwithterriers #convolvulus
I think I need spaniels in my life.
March 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I think I need spaniels in my life.
Waiting for the boat with @tasbiophiliac and Grommie to go to the big island for the Paul Bunker (@chironk9) detection dog workshop.
You might wonder what a botanist who has a pet Yorkshire terrier who has dodgy hips and anger management problem would possibly be doing at a detection dog workshop…
You might wonder what a botanist who has a pet Yorkshire terrier who has dodgy hips and anger management problem would possibly be doing at a detection dog workshop…
February 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Waiting for the boat with @tasbiophiliac and Grommie to go to the big island for the Paul Bunker (@chironk9) detection dog workshop.
You might wonder what a botanist who has a pet Yorkshire terrier who has dodgy hips and anger management problem would possibly be doing at a detection dog workshop…
You might wonder what a botanist who has a pet Yorkshire terrier who has dodgy hips and anger management problem would possibly be doing at a detection dog workshop…
February 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Not sure if this link will work properly here, but today we collected seed from a new population of Pterostylis commutata. One of our critically endangered endemics!
And I can’t post it here cause it is too long! #orchidconservation
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And I can’t post it here cause it is too long! #orchidconservation
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February 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Not sure if this link will work properly here, but today we collected seed from a new population of Pterostylis commutata. One of our critically endangered endemics!
And I can’t post it here cause it is too long! #orchidconservation
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And I can’t post it here cause it is too long! #orchidconservation
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I made some videos the other week whilst I was away seed collecting. Thought I would share them with you.
February 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I made some videos the other week whilst I was away seed collecting. Thought I would share them with you.
Up near the Great Lake in boulder scree bagging Leionema montanum with James from the seed bank. So much fun so little money! And thankfully not as stupid hot as it was in Hobart.
Day one of my week off work when I go and work for free as a volunteer doing similar things I do at work!#conservation
Day one of my week off work when I go and work for free as a volunteer doing similar things I do at work!#conservation
January 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Up near the Great Lake in boulder scree bagging Leionema montanum with James from the seed bank. So much fun so little money! And thankfully not as stupid hot as it was in Hobart.
Day one of my week off work when I go and work for free as a volunteer doing similar things I do at work!#conservation
Day one of my week off work when I go and work for free as a volunteer doing similar things I do at work!#conservation
landscaperecovery.com.au/mjk-memorial...
Att: Tasmanian women in conservation!
The MJK Memorial Fund honours the late Mel Kelly's contribution to conservation in Tasmania.
Applications are open!
The Fund will provide up to $5,000 in funding to support a trailblazing woman in conservation.
Att: Tasmanian women in conservation!
The MJK Memorial Fund honours the late Mel Kelly's contribution to conservation in Tasmania.
Applications are open!
The Fund will provide up to $5,000 in funding to support a trailblazing woman in conservation.
MKJ Memorial Fund — Landscape Recovery Foundation
The Melanie Jane Kelly Memorial Fund has been established in recognition of Mel Kelly’s significant contribution to conservation for over 25 years
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January 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
landscaperecovery.com.au/mjk-memorial...
Att: Tasmanian women in conservation!
The MJK Memorial Fund honours the late Mel Kelly's contribution to conservation in Tasmania.
Applications are open!
The Fund will provide up to $5,000 in funding to support a trailblazing woman in conservation.
Att: Tasmanian women in conservation!
The MJK Memorial Fund honours the late Mel Kelly's contribution to conservation in Tasmania.
Applications are open!
The Fund will provide up to $5,000 in funding to support a trailblazing woman in conservation.
Reposted by Fiona Walsh
"In Australia it's easier to get a permit to destroy nature than fix it". The problems pointed out here apply equally to the regulatory overheads around undertaking biodiversity research, IMHO. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Environmental protection laws are stopping nature from being repaired
Australia has big ambitions for restoring its degraded environment, but the very regulations meant to protect nature could be thwarting that progress.
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January 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"In Australia it's easier to get a permit to destroy nature than fix it". The problems pointed out here apply equally to the regulatory overheads around undertaking biodiversity research, IMHO. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
The Central Plateau is possibly my favourite place to botanise. Visited the Olearia tasmanica, checked on the Leionema montanum seed set for the seed bank, generally just poked around looking at plants. Oh and found a lone Pteostylis pratensis in a new location for it. I love plants.
January 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The Central Plateau is possibly my favourite place to botanise. Visited the Olearia tasmanica, checked on the Leionema montanum seed set for the seed bank, generally just poked around looking at plants. Oh and found a lone Pteostylis pratensis in a new location for it. I love plants.
Getting Rigby used to sitting in the back of the Ute so he can come with me when I have field work and I’m not going far from the car. This used to be Mel’s Ute, and this was Fonzies spot. Mel would be laughing her head off that there is a yorkie in here as opposed to a big black Shepard ❤️
December 31, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Getting Rigby used to sitting in the back of the Ute so he can come with me when I have field work and I’m not going far from the car. This used to be Mel’s Ute, and this was Fonzies spot. Mel would be laughing her head off that there is a yorkie in here as opposed to a big black Shepard ❤️
I love this little fella so much. I love him as much as plants.
December 26, 2024 at 7:52 AM
I love this little fella so much. I love him as much as plants.
Lesson learnt. Grassy areas in summer plus puppies equals a nightmare for us all….
December 22, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Lesson learnt. Grassy areas in summer plus puppies equals a nightmare for us all….
Perfect last day of work for the year. I caged some Pterostylis commutata after Magali hand pollinated them and found way more than I found two days ago! #tasorchidconservation #ilovemyjob
December 20, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Perfect last day of work for the year. I caged some Pterostylis commutata after Magali hand pollinated them and found way more than I found two days ago! #tasorchidconservation #ilovemyjob
Just heading home from a week at @ecolsocaus.bsky.social conference #ESAus2024. Had a small burnout the week before and wasn’t feeling the best but I went ok because the ESA crowd are bloody amazing. Thanks to everyone who I hung out with and taught me great things.
December 14, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Just heading home from a week at @ecolsocaus.bsky.social conference #ESAus2024. Had a small burnout the week before and wasn’t feeling the best but I went ok because the ESA crowd are bloody amazing. Thanks to everyone who I hung out with and taught me great things.