Joshua Styles
@joshual951.bsky.social
Plant obsessive, restoration ecologist and science communicator 🏳️🌈
Over 400 acorns sown so far, collected from veteran oaks nearby, with lots more to go!
English oak (Quercus robur) supports >2,500 species, making it one of Britain’s most important trees for biodiversity — yet it’s far less common than it should be in Liverpool 🌱❤️
English oak (Quercus robur) supports >2,500 species, making it one of Britain’s most important trees for biodiversity — yet it’s far less common than it should be in Liverpool 🌱❤️
September 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Over 400 acorns sown so far, collected from veteran oaks nearby, with lots more to go!
English oak (Quercus robur) supports >2,500 species, making it one of Britain’s most important trees for biodiversity — yet it’s far less common than it should be in Liverpool 🌱❤️
English oak (Quercus robur) supports >2,500 species, making it one of Britain’s most important trees for biodiversity — yet it’s far less common than it should be in Liverpool 🌱❤️
Absolutely the moon!
Endangered dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria) typically clings on in scraps of ancient grassland, but today we reintroduced 70+ plants I grew over summer onto this beaut Lancs Wildlife Trust reserve.
Huge thanks to Stephen Cartwright & all who helped! 🌱❤️
Endangered dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria) typically clings on in scraps of ancient grassland, but today we reintroduced 70+ plants I grew over summer onto this beaut Lancs Wildlife Trust reserve.
Huge thanks to Stephen Cartwright & all who helped! 🌱❤️
September 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Absolutely the moon!
Endangered dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria) typically clings on in scraps of ancient grassland, but today we reintroduced 70+ plants I grew over summer onto this beaut Lancs Wildlife Trust reserve.
Huge thanks to Stephen Cartwright & all who helped! 🌱❤️
Endangered dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria) typically clings on in scraps of ancient grassland, but today we reintroduced 70+ plants I grew over summer onto this beaut Lancs Wildlife Trust reserve.
Huge thanks to Stephen Cartwright & all who helped! 🌱❤️
Absolutely the moon!
Endangered dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria) typically clings on in scraps of ancient grassland, but today we reintroduced 70+ plants I grew over summer onto this beaut @Lancswildlife reserve.
Huge thanks to Stephen Cartwright & all who helped! 🌱❤️
Endangered dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria) typically clings on in scraps of ancient grassland, but today we reintroduced 70+ plants I grew over summer onto this beaut @Lancswildlife reserve.
Huge thanks to Stephen Cartwright & all who helped! 🌱❤️
September 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Absolutely the moon!
Endangered dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria) typically clings on in scraps of ancient grassland, but today we reintroduced 70+ plants I grew over summer onto this beaut @Lancswildlife reserve.
Huge thanks to Stephen Cartwright & all who helped! 🌱❤️
Endangered dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria) typically clings on in scraps of ancient grassland, but today we reintroduced 70+ plants I grew over summer onto this beaut @Lancswildlife reserve.
Huge thanks to Stephen Cartwright & all who helped! 🌱❤️
A major peat-former on fens and transition mires, bottle sedge (Carex rostrata) was all but extinct in Greater Manchester…
Having been growing an absolute tonne of this beaut all summer, today was the day it was planted out in this recovering @Lancswildlife reserve 😍🌱
Having been growing an absolute tonne of this beaut all summer, today was the day it was planted out in this recovering @Lancswildlife reserve 😍🌱
September 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A major peat-former on fens and transition mires, bottle sedge (Carex rostrata) was all but extinct in Greater Manchester…
Having been growing an absolute tonne of this beaut all summer, today was the day it was planted out in this recovering @Lancswildlife reserve 😍🌱
Having been growing an absolute tonne of this beaut all summer, today was the day it was planted out in this recovering @Lancswildlife reserve 😍🌱
Beautiful chicken-of-the-woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) on a veteran oak by me in Liverpool today 😍
September 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Beautiful chicken-of-the-woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) on a veteran oak by me in Liverpool today 😍
First time ever seeing this absolute stunnerrr in Cumbria today - few-flowered sedge (Carex pauciflora)!
A specialist of blanket mires and poor fens, this lil beastie can be found at <15 places in England where it’s red-listed Near-Threatened 🌱❤️
A specialist of blanket mires and poor fens, this lil beastie can be found at <15 places in England where it’s red-listed Near-Threatened 🌱❤️
August 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
First time ever seeing this absolute stunnerrr in Cumbria today - few-flowered sedge (Carex pauciflora)!
A specialist of blanket mires and poor fens, this lil beastie can be found at <15 places in England where it’s red-listed Near-Threatened 🌱❤️
A specialist of blanket mires and poor fens, this lil beastie can be found at <15 places in England where it’s red-listed Near-Threatened 🌱❤️
Has anyone else noticed it?
After years of waiting, it looks like we’re going to have a mast year with our native oaks!!!
I’ll be collecting acorns from veteran and ancient trees around Liverpool later this year for anyone or nurseries who would like some and would like to get in touch 🌱❤️
After years of waiting, it looks like we’re going to have a mast year with our native oaks!!!
I’ll be collecting acorns from veteran and ancient trees around Liverpool later this year for anyone or nurseries who would like some and would like to get in touch 🌱❤️
August 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Has anyone else noticed it?
After years of waiting, it looks like we’re going to have a mast year with our native oaks!!!
I’ll be collecting acorns from veteran and ancient trees around Liverpool later this year for anyone or nurseries who would like some and would like to get in touch 🌱❤️
After years of waiting, it looks like we’re going to have a mast year with our native oaks!!!
I’ll be collecting acorns from veteran and ancient trees around Liverpool later this year for anyone or nurseries who would like some and would like to get in touch 🌱❤️
Spotted the striking (and pungent) bog myrtle (Myrica gale) in a Cumbrian upland fen yesterday.
Once common on the Manchester Mosses before industry wiped it out over a century ago, Lancs Wildlife Trust and I have been working to reintroduce it since 2019 😍🌱
Once common on the Manchester Mosses before industry wiped it out over a century ago, Lancs Wildlife Trust and I have been working to reintroduce it since 2019 😍🌱
July 31, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Spotted the striking (and pungent) bog myrtle (Myrica gale) in a Cumbrian upland fen yesterday.
Once common on the Manchester Mosses before industry wiped it out over a century ago, Lancs Wildlife Trust and I have been working to reintroduce it since 2019 😍🌱
Once common on the Manchester Mosses before industry wiped it out over a century ago, Lancs Wildlife Trust and I have been working to reintroduce it since 2019 😍🌱
Last recorded >150 years ago in 1874, I was absolutely shocked to find oblong-leaved sundew (Drosera intermedia) at Abbots Moss in Cheshire!!
Not only is this beastie both rare and red-listed, this will soon probably be the last population in the entire county! 😱🌱❤️
Not only is this beastie both rare and red-listed, this will soon probably be the last population in the entire county! 😱🌱❤️
July 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Last recorded >150 years ago in 1874, I was absolutely shocked to find oblong-leaved sundew (Drosera intermedia) at Abbots Moss in Cheshire!!
Not only is this beastie both rare and red-listed, this will soon probably be the last population in the entire county! 😱🌱❤️
Not only is this beastie both rare and red-listed, this will soon probably be the last population in the entire county! 😱🌱❤️
A once-common and abundant plant of grasslands, Dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria) needs help.
For #NationalMeadowsDay, I’ve put a guide together on the propagation, reintroduction and management of this functionally important & imperilled beastie: nwrpi.weebly.com/uploads/9/4/...
For #NationalMeadowsDay, I’ve put a guide together on the propagation, reintroduction and management of this functionally important & imperilled beastie: nwrpi.weebly.com/uploads/9/4/...
July 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A once-common and abundant plant of grasslands, Dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria) needs help.
For #NationalMeadowsDay, I’ve put a guide together on the propagation, reintroduction and management of this functionally important & imperilled beastie: nwrpi.weebly.com/uploads/9/4/...
For #NationalMeadowsDay, I’ve put a guide together on the propagation, reintroduction and management of this functionally important & imperilled beastie: nwrpi.weebly.com/uploads/9/4/...
A day early for #NationalMeadowsDay, but just look at this ancient wildflower meadow I stumbled upon in Staffordshire the other day!
Grasslands should be full of life like this beauty, but often fall silent. Restoring them is vital if we want to see nature recover 🌱❤️
Grasslands should be full of life like this beauty, but often fall silent. Restoring them is vital if we want to see nature recover 🌱❤️
July 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A day early for #NationalMeadowsDay, but just look at this ancient wildflower meadow I stumbled upon in Staffordshire the other day!
Grasslands should be full of life like this beauty, but often fall silent. Restoring them is vital if we want to see nature recover 🌱❤️
Grasslands should be full of life like this beauty, but often fall silent. Restoring them is vital if we want to see nature recover 🌱❤️
AMAZING NEWS!!!!
Known from less than 10 places in England and just one site left in Cheshire, this beaut saltmarsh flat-sedge (Blysmus rufus) was found for the first time today on Hoylake beach on Wirral!!! So exciting eeee 😍🌱
Known from less than 10 places in England and just one site left in Cheshire, this beaut saltmarsh flat-sedge (Blysmus rufus) was found for the first time today on Hoylake beach on Wirral!!! So exciting eeee 😍🌱
June 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
AMAZING NEWS!!!!
Known from less than 10 places in England and just one site left in Cheshire, this beaut saltmarsh flat-sedge (Blysmus rufus) was found for the first time today on Hoylake beach on Wirral!!! So exciting eeee 😍🌱
Known from less than 10 places in England and just one site left in Cheshire, this beaut saltmarsh flat-sedge (Blysmus rufus) was found for the first time today on Hoylake beach on Wirral!!! So exciting eeee 😍🌱
A quick reminder that gardens can make such important spaces for biodiversity. 4 years on and things have come quite a way for me…
- over 30 marsh and spotted orchids ✅
- rocketing wildflower species richness ✅
- huge abundance of pollinators and other invertebrates ✅
- over 30 marsh and spotted orchids ✅
- rocketing wildflower species richness ✅
- huge abundance of pollinators and other invertebrates ✅
May 31, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A quick reminder that gardens can make such important spaces for biodiversity. 4 years on and things have come quite a way for me…
- over 30 marsh and spotted orchids ✅
- rocketing wildflower species richness ✅
- huge abundance of pollinators and other invertebrates ✅
- over 30 marsh and spotted orchids ✅
- rocketing wildflower species richness ✅
- huge abundance of pollinators and other invertebrates ✅
Not seen in this part of northwest England for over 50 years - it was amaze to find Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense)!
Unlike its cousin, yellow rattle, this beastie doesn’t parasitise the roots of grasses. Instead, it goes for woody plants, including oaks 😍🌱
Unlike its cousin, yellow rattle, this beastie doesn’t parasitise the roots of grasses. Instead, it goes for woody plants, including oaks 😍🌱
May 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Not seen in this part of northwest England for over 50 years - it was amaze to find Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense)!
Unlike its cousin, yellow rattle, this beastie doesn’t parasitise the roots of grasses. Instead, it goes for woody plants, including oaks 😍🌱
Unlike its cousin, yellow rattle, this beastie doesn’t parasitise the roots of grasses. Instead, it goes for woody plants, including oaks 😍🌱
When I first moved into my house, there was a single marsh orchid that flowered in this meadow in 2022…
After managing it, we’ve just had another record breaking year with 28 in flower now plus lots of other incredible wildlife making this place home!! Chuffed!!! 🌱❤️
After managing it, we’ve just had another record breaking year with 28 in flower now plus lots of other incredible wildlife making this place home!! Chuffed!!! 🌱❤️
May 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
When I first moved into my house, there was a single marsh orchid that flowered in this meadow in 2022…
After managing it, we’ve just had another record breaking year with 28 in flower now plus lots of other incredible wildlife making this place home!! Chuffed!!! 🌱❤️
After managing it, we’ve just had another record breaking year with 28 in flower now plus lots of other incredible wildlife making this place home!! Chuffed!!! 🌱❤️
Regionally Endangered in north-west England and last seen in Liverpool in 1926, today marks the first day that Dyer’s Greenweed (Genista tinctoria) has flowered here!
Reintroduced with permission to this @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social grassland, today, it’s thriving! 😍🌱
Reintroduced with permission to this @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social grassland, today, it’s thriving! 😍🌱
May 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Regionally Endangered in north-west England and last seen in Liverpool in 1926, today marks the first day that Dyer’s Greenweed (Genista tinctoria) has flowered here!
Reintroduced with permission to this @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social grassland, today, it’s thriving! 😍🌱
Reintroduced with permission to this @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social grassland, today, it’s thriving! 😍🌱
Not a great year for a lot of insects, but wow…can’t remember the last time I had this many bug splats on my car! 😱😍
May 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Not a great year for a lot of insects, but wow…can’t remember the last time I had this many bug splats on my car! 😱😍
Absolute shocker to find Toothwort (Lathraea squamaria), a rare and completely parasitic plant, at Manc Airport the other day. It hasn’t been seen here since 1965, while it now has only a single stronghold left in Cheshire 😨😍🌱
April 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Absolute shocker to find Toothwort (Lathraea squamaria), a rare and completely parasitic plant, at Manc Airport the other day. It hasn’t been seen here since 1965, while it now has only a single stronghold left in Cheshire 😨😍🌱
Last seen in Liverpool >100 years ago and found at two places Merseyside - it was a shock to find this beauttt at @nationaltrust.bsky.social Speke Hall!
It’s Spring Sedge (Carex caryophyllea) - a reliable indicator of ancient grassland and heaths 😍🌱
It’s Spring Sedge (Carex caryophyllea) - a reliable indicator of ancient grassland and heaths 😍🌱
April 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Last seen in Liverpool >100 years ago and found at two places Merseyside - it was a shock to find this beauttt at @nationaltrust.bsky.social Speke Hall!
It’s Spring Sedge (Carex caryophyllea) - a reliable indicator of ancient grassland and heaths 😍🌱
It’s Spring Sedge (Carex caryophyllea) - a reliable indicator of ancient grassland and heaths 😍🌱
Beaut lawn Duncan! I’ve just been celebrating Netherley’s first cowslips, plus 2000+ babies 😆😍🌱
April 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Beaut lawn Duncan! I’ve just been celebrating Netherley’s first cowslips, plus 2000+ babies 😆😍🌱
Nearly a year after I raised concerns about the @nationaltrust management of Speke Hall’s dry heath-the only example of its kind left in Merseyside- I met with them today as they committed to doubling its area!
An amazing step for one of Merseyside’s most endangered habitats 🌱❤️
An amazing step for one of Merseyside’s most endangered habitats 🌱❤️
April 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Nearly a year after I raised concerns about the @nationaltrust management of Speke Hall’s dry heath-the only example of its kind left in Merseyside- I met with them today as they committed to doubling its area!
An amazing step for one of Merseyside’s most endangered habitats 🌱❤️
An amazing step for one of Merseyside’s most endangered habitats 🌱❤️
Nope! It’s unmapped and doesnt appear to be covered by a permit
March 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Nope! It’s unmapped and doesnt appear to be covered by a permit
While walking down Netherley Brook to look for some of our rare woodland flora, I couldn’t help notice this sewage outfall pouring raw sewage nonstop into the brook! 😨🌱
How can this be stopped? Appalled is not the word @paulpowlesland.bsky.social
@carlcashman.bsky.social
How can this be stopped? Appalled is not the word @paulpowlesland.bsky.social
@carlcashman.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
While walking down Netherley Brook to look for some of our rare woodland flora, I couldn’t help notice this sewage outfall pouring raw sewage nonstop into the brook! 😨🌱
How can this be stopped? Appalled is not the word @paulpowlesland.bsky.social
@carlcashman.bsky.social
How can this be stopped? Appalled is not the word @paulpowlesland.bsky.social
@carlcashman.bsky.social
Ahhhh - look at this beautiful children’s book I helped feed in to by Mama Makes Books! My niece is going to adore it 😍🌱
February 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Ahhhh - look at this beautiful children’s book I helped feed in to by Mama Makes Books! My niece is going to adore it 😍🌱
It may look like plain old grass now, but this 0.5ha plot will be teeming with wildflowers soon!
We’ve been cutting and collecting clippings to help wildflower seeds germinate, and adding locally collected wildflowers like this yellow rattle. So excited for 2025 and beyond! 😍🌱
We’ve been cutting and collecting clippings to help wildflower seeds germinate, and adding locally collected wildflowers like this yellow rattle. So excited for 2025 and beyond! 😍🌱
January 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It may look like plain old grass now, but this 0.5ha plot will be teeming with wildflowers soon!
We’ve been cutting and collecting clippings to help wildflower seeds germinate, and adding locally collected wildflowers like this yellow rattle. So excited for 2025 and beyond! 😍🌱
We’ve been cutting and collecting clippings to help wildflower seeds germinate, and adding locally collected wildflowers like this yellow rattle. So excited for 2025 and beyond! 😍🌱