Peter Brash
@peterbrash.bsky.social
Ecologist, birder, entomologist, botanist and bat botherer. Born in Liverpool and returned via circuitous route. I block dickheads on sight.
Five more makes 11 for my #winterten #wildflowerhour
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Five more makes 11 for my #winterten #wildflowerhour
The first 6 of a #Winterten for #wildflowerhour
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The first 6 of a #Winterten for #wildflowerhour
Nothing new under the sun. St Methodius giving St Cyril the 'bunny ears' treatment on Charles Bridge Prague.
October 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Nothing new under the sun. St Methodius giving St Cyril the 'bunny ears' treatment on Charles Bridge Prague.
I knew she reminded me of somebody.
October 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I knew she reminded me of somebody.
A time of joy and happiness for everybody. Apart from these two obviously.
October 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A time of joy and happiness for everybody. Apart from these two obviously.
Thanks to @wordsanddeeds.bsky.social for the news on this Great White Egret along Estuary Boulevard in Speke. Photographed with my phone from the car. Incredibly tame. This was the first bird that I twitched, back in 1981 at Penmaenpool when I think there were less than 10 post 1954 records!
October 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Thanks to @wordsanddeeds.bsky.social for the news on this Great White Egret along Estuary Boulevard in Speke. Photographed with my phone from the car. Incredibly tame. This was the first bird that I twitched, back in 1981 at Penmaenpool when I think there were less than 10 post 1954 records!
You might need to pipe down.
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
You might need to pipe down.
Now, I'm not an arborist but I really don't think that this has been thought through.
October 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Now, I'm not an arborist but I really don't think that this has been thought through.
An increase of over 30% for a smattering of AI twaddle that I won't use? Bollocks to that.
October 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
An increase of over 30% for a smattering of AI twaddle that I won't use? Bollocks to that.
He said 'these days you get arrested and thrown in jail for saying you're North Korean don't you?'
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
He said 'these days you get arrested and thrown in jail for saying you're North Korean don't you?'
A few peas from arable margins this week for #wildflowerhour Crimson Clover, what look like agricultural varieties of Common Vetch and Tufted Vetch along with Alsike Clover.
September 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A few peas from arable margins this week for #wildflowerhour Crimson Clover, what look like agricultural varieties of Common Vetch and Tufted Vetch along with Alsike Clover.
Think I've got on to the Sand Lucerne thanks to the below named too. This time in Sefton, South Lancs. ##wildflowerhour
September 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Think I've got on to the Sand Lucerne thanks to the below named too. This time in Sefton, South Lancs. ##wildflowerhour
One of my favourites for #wildflowerhour Spiked Speedwell, it took a long time for me to finally catch up with this plant. Quite surprised by how many plants there were.
September 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
One of my favourites for #wildflowerhour Spiked Speedwell, it took a long time for me to finally catch up with this plant. Quite surprised by how many plants there were.
Late for ##wildflowerhour with this gorgeous Araneus quadratus (Four-spot Orb-weaver) in a Wild Carrot seed head.
September 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Late for ##wildflowerhour with this gorgeous Araneus quadratus (Four-spot Orb-weaver) in a Wild Carrot seed head.
AI is like having an army of dickheads in your pocket part 1483.
September 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
AI is like having an army of dickheads in your pocket part 1483.
Well personally, I've never heard a better description of damp hand theory.
August 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Well personally, I've never heard a better description of damp hand theory.
Left a Purple Toadflax growing in my South Liverpool back yard, hoping that recent colonist Toadflax Brocade moth would make use of it. Delighted to report that my cunning plan has worked.
August 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Left a Purple Toadflax growing in my South Liverpool back yard, hoping that recent colonist Toadflax Brocade moth would make use of it. Delighted to report that my cunning plan has worked.
It's been a while since I last saw Meadow Thistle. This one at Wicken Fen this week. #wildflowerhour
August 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It's been a while since I last saw Meadow Thistle. This one at Wicken Fen this week. #wildflowerhour
Great Fen-sedge at Wicken Fen. Easy to see how it gets the alternative name Saw Sedge. ##wildflowerhour
August 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Great Fen-sedge at Wicken Fen. Easy to see how it gets the alternative name Saw Sedge. ##wildflowerhour
Cambridge Milk-parsley at Wicken Fen. 30 years on from seeing this on a walk led by @dartmoorac.bsky.social when I was a first-year undergraduate @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
August 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Cambridge Milk-parsley at Wicken Fen. 30 years on from seeing this on a walk led by @dartmoorac.bsky.social when I was a first-year undergraduate @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
Yellow Loosetrife Bee being a #pollinatorpal on the aforementioned for #wildflowerhour
August 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Yellow Loosetrife Bee being a #pollinatorpal on the aforementioned for #wildflowerhour
Macropis in action.
August 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Macropis in action.
Stopped off at Wicken Fen after working in Essex yesterday. Yellow-loosestrife bee Macropis europaea has been on my 'wants' list for a while, look at the pollen baskets. The carrion beetle Oiceoptoma thoracica a nice bonus.
August 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Stopped off at Wicken Fen after working in Essex yesterday. Yellow-loosestrife bee Macropis europaea has been on my 'wants' list for a while, look at the pollen baskets. The carrion beetle Oiceoptoma thoracica a nice bonus.