Andrew Clarke
@mrandrewclarke.bsky.social
Art. Archaeology. Biomimicry. Birding. Botany. Conservation. Cymraeg. Entomology. Food. Foraging. Gardening. Health. Herbalism. Horticulture. Music. Natural History. Ornithology. Permaculture. Philosophy. Politricks. Spirituality. Sustainability + more
I speak for many birders when I say that the price of some optics is just ridiculous nowadays. I know you get what you pay for to some degree… but you don’t require a marketing PhD to realise that many more units could be sold if the price point was more affordable.
#BirdingGear
#BirdingGear
For a limited time only, get the incredible Kowa TSN-55A travel scope, complete with Kowa stay-on case for just £1999.
Order yours here: www.cleyspy.co.uk/product/kowa...
#UKBirding #BirdingGear
Order yours here: www.cleyspy.co.uk/product/kowa...
#UKBirding #BirdingGear
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I speak for many birders when I say that the price of some optics is just ridiculous nowadays. I know you get what you pay for to some degree… but you don’t require a marketing PhD to realise that many more units could be sold if the price point was more affordable.
#BirdingGear
#BirdingGear
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Great exhibition that many CNHS members attended last night. Our patron, Dafila Scott was there too with some of her wonderful paintings. #dafila.bsky.social #staplefordgranary.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Great exhibition that many CNHS members attended last night. Our patron, Dafila Scott was there too with some of her wonderful paintings. #dafila.bsky.social #staplefordgranary.bsky.social
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Poverty is a policy decision.
Concentrated wealth is a policy decision.
Inequality is a policy decision.
Remember this.
Concentrated wealth is a policy decision.
Inequality is a policy decision.
Remember this.
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Poverty is a policy decision.
Concentrated wealth is a policy decision.
Inequality is a policy decision.
Remember this.
Concentrated wealth is a policy decision.
Inequality is a policy decision.
Remember this.
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Based on what I've been able to find out, her name was probably Mary Frances Lewis and she lived in Ludlow
Bound into three exquisitely colored volumes, Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902) features hundreds of species, collected across 42 years by a female mycologist named M. F. Lewis:
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fungi-of-shropshire
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fungi-of-shropshire
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Based on what I've been able to find out, her name was probably Mary Frances Lewis and she lived in Ludlow
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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Great to speak at the @ethical-consumer.bsky.social conference this morning
Imagine if normal people owned more of the economy we depend on... 💰🍎💧🚄💻⚡️⚽️
Imagine if normal people owned more of the economy we depend on... 💰🍎💧🚄💻⚡️⚽️
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Great to speak at the @ethical-consumer.bsky.social conference this morning
Imagine if normal people owned more of the economy we depend on... 💰🍎💧🚄💻⚡️⚽️
Imagine if normal people owned more of the economy we depend on... 💰🍎💧🚄💻⚡️⚽️
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Wow, we found an even bigger and brighter one!!! analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-...
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Wow, we found an even bigger and brighter one!!! analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-...
Many thanks for the recommendation Lukas.
This is always a good place to start: archive.org/details/bota...
Botanical Latin : history, grammar, syntax, terminology, and vocabulary : Stearn, William T. (William Thomas), 1911-2001 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Originally published: Newton Abbot, Devon : David & Charles, 1992
archive.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Many thanks for the recommendation Lukas.
Can anyone recommend resources (both print and digital) to improve my rusty knowledge of the etymology of Greek/Latin/scientific names of flora & fauna?
Many thanks!
Many thanks!
November 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Can anyone recommend resources (both print and digital) to improve my rusty knowledge of the etymology of Greek/Latin/scientific names of flora & fauna?
Many thanks!
Many thanks!
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Our new paper is out! We show that assessing the effects of adding flower patches in cities is complex and their direct benefits for pollinator communities and pollination aren’t always straightforward.
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social #openaccess
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social #openaccess
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
The effects of flower supplementation on pollinators and pollination along an urbanisation gradient
Enhancing urban greenspaces for pollinator communities by planting flower patches is increasingly common, but their efficacy for different groups of insects (bees, hoverflies and moths) is unclear. O....
doi.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Our new paper is out! We show that assessing the effects of adding flower patches in cities is complex and their direct benefits for pollinator communities and pollination aren’t always straightforward.
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social #openaccess
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social #openaccess
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
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Brava!
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Brava!
Found a range of fungi incl. these smart Scarlet Waxcaps (Hygrocybe coccinea) nr Ringinglow, S.Yorkshire recently. Adjacent fields were emerald green from nitrate fertiliser application but this biodiverse pasture is too steep for the tractor!
@britishmyology.bsky.social
@sorbynathissoc.bsky.social
@britishmyology.bsky.social
@sorbynathissoc.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Found a range of fungi incl. these smart Scarlet Waxcaps (Hygrocybe coccinea) nr Ringinglow, S.Yorkshire recently. Adjacent fields were emerald green from nitrate fertiliser application but this biodiverse pasture is too steep for the tractor!
@britishmyology.bsky.social
@sorbynathissoc.bsky.social
@britishmyology.bsky.social
@sorbynathissoc.bsky.social
I also find it deeply ironic that some humans take it upon themselves to ask the artificial intelligence assistant @grok if a video or image has been generated by… wait for it… artificial intelligence! 🤦♂️
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I also find it deeply ironic that some humans take it upon themselves to ask the artificial intelligence assistant @grok if a video or image has been generated by… wait for it… artificial intelligence! 🤦♂️
Understanding biology isn’t a phobia. Gender dysphoria is the only mental illness demanding the rest of society adopt the delusion as part of their treatment.
Ironically the phrase to describe those cowards unwilling to speak up for women’s dignity, equality and safety is ‘grow a pair of balls!’ 🙄
Ironically the phrase to describe those cowards unwilling to speak up for women’s dignity, equality and safety is ‘grow a pair of balls!’ 🙄
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Understanding biology isn’t a phobia. Gender dysphoria is the only mental illness demanding the rest of society adopt the delusion as part of their treatment.
Ironically the phrase to describe those cowards unwilling to speak up for women’s dignity, equality and safety is ‘grow a pair of balls!’ 🙄
Ironically the phrase to describe those cowards unwilling to speak up for women’s dignity, equality and safety is ‘grow a pair of balls!’ 🙄
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Peregrines are now also common victims of secondary poisoning by rodenticides; they eat pigeons, doves and corvids which access poisoned bait stations which are ubiquitous in urban environments wildlifepoisoningresearchuk.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #UKBirding #Ornithology
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Peregrines are now also common victims of secondary poisoning by rodenticides; they eat pigeons, doves and corvids which access poisoned bait stations which are ubiquitous in urban environments wildlifepoisoningresearchuk.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #UKBirding #Ornithology
‘Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants and the prevalence of dementia.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...
What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
‘Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants and the prevalence of dementia.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...
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The Ocean’s Shapeshifters.
Squid and Cuttlefish change colour, shape, and texture in an instant and now they’re inspiring new biomimicry tech from soft robots to smart materials:
www.rockfordsrockopera.com/squid-cuttlefish-kraken
#SquidDay #CuttlefishDay #KrakenDay #Biomimicry #LostOnInfinity
Squid and Cuttlefish change colour, shape, and texture in an instant and now they’re inspiring new biomimicry tech from soft robots to smart materials:
www.rockfordsrockopera.com/squid-cuttlefish-kraken
#SquidDay #CuttlefishDay #KrakenDay #Biomimicry #LostOnInfinity
October 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The Ocean’s Shapeshifters.
Squid and Cuttlefish change colour, shape, and texture in an instant and now they’re inspiring new biomimicry tech from soft robots to smart materials:
www.rockfordsrockopera.com/squid-cuttlefish-kraken
#SquidDay #CuttlefishDay #KrakenDay #Biomimicry #LostOnInfinity
Squid and Cuttlefish change colour, shape, and texture in an instant and now they’re inspiring new biomimicry tech from soft robots to smart materials:
www.rockfordsrockopera.com/squid-cuttlefish-kraken
#SquidDay #CuttlefishDay #KrakenDay #Biomimicry #LostOnInfinity
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‘There is not a shred of rationality in destroying our planet, in continuing with an economic system that exhausts us, in going along with a political system that fails us every day. We have the minds to be rational. We can decide to end the war against ourselves.’
#photography #nature #resist
#photography #nature #resist
November 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
‘There is not a shred of rationality in destroying our planet, in continuing with an economic system that exhausts us, in going along with a political system that fails us every day. We have the minds to be rational. We can decide to end the war against ourselves.’
#photography #nature #resist
#photography #nature #resist
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Want to up your #WildFlowerID game this winter?
We just launched our Winter Webinar programme!
7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb.
Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend!
Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
We just launched our Winter Webinar programme!
7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb.
Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend!
Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
October 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Want to up your #WildFlowerID game this winter?
We just launched our Winter Webinar programme!
7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb.
Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend!
Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
We just launched our Winter Webinar programme!
7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb.
Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend!
Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
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I was really delighted to receive this beautiful book by the incredible @dougalisart.bsky.social this morning. Page after page of stunning art work, I will be pouring over this for days, and no doubt for years to come, using it as inspiration and motivation.
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I was really delighted to receive this beautiful book by the incredible @dougalisart.bsky.social this morning. Page after page of stunning art work, I will be pouring over this for days, and no doubt for years to come, using it as inspiration and motivation.
The Shetland Oriental Turtle Doves this week and Scannerman Bob's Turtle Dove sp. at South Gare on 19th November 22. Food for thought! @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
At this time of year many birders dream of seeing, maybe even finding, the Siberian gem that is Pallas’s Warbler.
Check this superb blog post by @gpcbirding.bsky.social which is illustrated with some truly wonderful images. Highly recommended!
#RareBirdsUK
www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/tkw5r...
Check this superb blog post by @gpcbirding.bsky.social which is illustrated with some truly wonderful images. Highly recommended!
#RareBirdsUK
www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/tkw5r...
A Pallas’s Leaf warbler and unexpected Pallid Swift - November 4th a bonus late autumn day at Donna Nook — Graham Catley Photography
On Sunday November 3rd a Pallas’s Warbler was reported at Stonebridge car park Donna Nook. Not a great surprise given the good autumn for eastern vagrants but every one is a treat for the eyes and a bird not to be missed particularly when it is only 42 miles away. Thus, Monday saw me heading to said
www.grahamcatley.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
At this time of year many birders dream of seeing, maybe even finding, the Siberian gem that is Pallas’s Warbler.
Check this superb blog post by @gpcbirding.bsky.social which is illustrated with some truly wonderful images. Highly recommended!
#RareBirdsUK
www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/tkw5r...
Check this superb blog post by @gpcbirding.bsky.social which is illustrated with some truly wonderful images. Highly recommended!
#RareBirdsUK
www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/tkw5r...