Phoebe
@phoebe-poodle.bsky.social
Horticultural student. Fascinated by ferns, beguiled by bees...& most other living things! Member of Bumblebee Conservation Trust & British Pteridological Society. Also on Twitter where I'm @phoebe_poodle
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· Nov 13
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Something a bit warmer for this #FernFriday. Sticheropsis truncata, an upland fern from Indonesia. The fronds appear to fork, but actually extend continuously, with a hidden bud in the fork allowing the plant to spread out seeking light in forest gaps. #BritshFernSociety #BPS #RBGE
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Something a bit warmer for this #FernFriday. Sticheropsis truncata, an upland fern from Indonesia. The fronds appear to fork, but actually extend continuously, with a hidden bud in the fork allowing the plant to spread out seeking light in forest gaps. #BritshFernSociety #BPS #RBGE
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And here I was thinking growing ferns from spores would be tricky! Having sown them in June, I am swimming in Brittle Bladder-ferns. Not entirely sure what I will do with them all, the significant other already thinks we have way too many 😬 #ferns
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
And here I was thinking growing ferns from spores would be tricky! Having sown them in June, I am swimming in Brittle Bladder-ferns. Not entirely sure what I will do with them all, the significant other already thinks we have way too many 😬 #ferns
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Saying goodbye to the dahlias for 2025
What if i told you theres an easy trick to making sure your tubers dont rot!
Carefully lift the tuber
Cut the tops short, you dont even need to clean the tuber.
lay them out with good air circulation In a cool, dry, frost free area & dry off 𝙐𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣!
What if i told you theres an easy trick to making sure your tubers dont rot!
Carefully lift the tuber
Cut the tops short, you dont even need to clean the tuber.
lay them out with good air circulation In a cool, dry, frost free area & dry off 𝙐𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣!
Lou J Nicholls on Instagram: "Saying goodbye to the dahlias for 2025 but what if i told you theres an easy trick to making sure your tubers dont rot!
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November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Saying goodbye to the dahlias for 2025
What if i told you theres an easy trick to making sure your tubers dont rot!
Carefully lift the tuber
Cut the tops short, you dont even need to clean the tuber.
lay them out with good air circulation In a cool, dry, frost free area & dry off 𝙐𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣!
What if i told you theres an easy trick to making sure your tubers dont rot!
Carefully lift the tuber
Cut the tops short, you dont even need to clean the tuber.
lay them out with good air circulation In a cool, dry, frost free area & dry off 𝙐𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣!
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Very excited for this tonight!!! A free online event! Join in and discover what the Legenda fuss is about! www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...
Legenda with Janina Ramirez
Join broadcaster and bestselling historian Janina Ramirez for a brilliant reappraisal of the women behind the myths that shaped Europe.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Very excited for this tonight!!! A free online event! Join in and discover what the Legenda fuss is about! www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...
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I AM coming @simplybookshq but I’m having to battle flooding! Wait for me and join me online tomorrow @nationalarchivesuk , Thursday at Durham town hall or Friday @warwickwords …. Good thing I LOVE meeting you all and sharing my beautiful book, as this tour is knackering!!!! Xxx
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I AM coming @simplybookshq but I’m having to battle flooding! Wait for me and join me online tomorrow @nationalarchivesuk , Thursday at Durham town hall or Friday @warwickwords …. Good thing I LOVE meeting you all and sharing my beautiful book, as this tour is knackering!!!! Xxx
Super excited for tomorrow's online talk by @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social with The National Archives! Still time to register if you haven't already! It's free or pay what you can.
Wed 19 November at 19:30 & the recording available for 48hrs if you miss it www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...
Wed 19 November at 19:30 & the recording available for 48hrs if you miss it www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...
Legenda with Janina Ramirez
Join broadcaster and bestselling historian Janina Ramirez for a brilliant reappraisal of the women behind the myths that shaped Europe.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Super excited for tomorrow's online talk by @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social with The National Archives! Still time to register if you haven't already! It's free or pay what you can.
Wed 19 November at 19:30 & the recording available for 48hrs if you miss it www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...
Wed 19 November at 19:30 & the recording available for 48hrs if you miss it www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...
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Osmunda regalis 'Cristata' (Crested Royal Fern) still looking very green in the protected cloisters of Chester Cathedral #FernFriday #BritishFernSociety
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Osmunda regalis 'Cristata' (Crested Royal Fern) still looking very green in the protected cloisters of Chester Cathedral #FernFriday #BritishFernSociety
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A tree clothed in the Filmy-fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense at Ceunant Llennyrch NNR. Transported for a moment to the Macaronesian laurissilva. We can only imagine what virgin temperate rainforest looked like in the Welsh uplands now - perhaps this was a more common sight @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A tree clothed in the Filmy-fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense at Ceunant Llennyrch NNR. Transported for a moment to the Macaronesian laurissilva. We can only imagine what virgin temperate rainforest looked like in the Welsh uplands now - perhaps this was a more common sight @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Dear friends. I’ve done something different launching Legenda by targeting independent bookshops. I didn’t drive all sales to Amazon. So I’m relying on those of you that are reading it to share reviews & spread the word. I want this book to be supported by readers, not algorithms.
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Dear friends. I’ve done something different launching Legenda by targeting independent bookshops. I didn’t drive all sales to Amazon. So I’m relying on those of you that are reading it to share reviews & spread the word. I want this book to be supported by readers, not algorithms.
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NOTE: Lords amendment 130 is now amendment 40 in the Commons. It is vital this amendment is passed. If you have already contacted your MP, please do let them know of the change of name. If you haven't, please use our easy to use webpage to contact them today act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
URGE YOUR MP to keep Amendment 40 in the Bill
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is set to return to the House of Commons this week (week commencing 10 Nov). There is an opportunity to limit the damage the Bill will have but we need everyone to...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
NOTE: Lords amendment 130 is now amendment 40 in the Commons. It is vital this amendment is passed. If you have already contacted your MP, please do let them know of the change of name. If you haven't, please use our easy to use webpage to contact them today act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
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The Housing Secretary has tabled a motion to reject @houseoflords.parliament.uk Amendment 40 (formerly Amendment 130). It is troubling that the Government continues to reject an amendment that is based on scientific evidence and would safeguard our local nature. act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
URGE YOUR MP to keep Amendment 40 in the Bill
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is set to return to the House of Commons this week (week commencing 10 Nov). There is an opportunity to limit the damage the Bill will have but we need everyone to...
act.bats.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The Housing Secretary has tabled a motion to reject @houseoflords.parliament.uk Amendment 40 (formerly Amendment 130). It is troubling that the Government continues to reject an amendment that is based on scientific evidence and would safeguard our local nature. act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
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A great morning at Edge Hill University yesterday; students receive their Plant Heritage National Collection status for their collection of native and naturalised ferns. (Nice to see some of my plants on display too). Nice to see a young thriving plant horticulture group. #BritishFernSociety
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
A great morning at Edge Hill University yesterday; students receive their Plant Heritage National Collection status for their collection of native and naturalised ferns. (Nice to see some of my plants on display too). Nice to see a young thriving plant horticulture group. #BritishFernSociety
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This is URGENT and so important. Please do email your MP this weekend 👇🙏
Amendment 130 is the best chance to reduce the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’s risks to bat conservation. You can read more here: buff.ly/ACYQzDY
Email your MP in less than 2 minutes here: buff.ly/r43w7vE
Email your MP in less than 2 minutes here: buff.ly/r43w7vE
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is URGENT and so important. Please do email your MP this weekend 👇🙏
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“By the lake or river-side
Where the Alders dwell,
In the Autumn may be spied
Baby catkins; cones beside -
Old and new as well.
Seasons come and seasons go;
That's the tale they tell!”
Illustration & words from The Song of the Alder Fairy by Cicely Mary Barker. #FolkloreThursday #poetry #nature
Where the Alders dwell,
In the Autumn may be spied
Baby catkins; cones beside -
Old and new as well.
Seasons come and seasons go;
That's the tale they tell!”
Illustration & words from The Song of the Alder Fairy by Cicely Mary Barker. #FolkloreThursday #poetry #nature
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“By the lake or river-side
Where the Alders dwell,
In the Autumn may be spied
Baby catkins; cones beside -
Old and new as well.
Seasons come and seasons go;
That's the tale they tell!”
Illustration & words from The Song of the Alder Fairy by Cicely Mary Barker. #FolkloreThursday #poetry #nature
Where the Alders dwell,
In the Autumn may be spied
Baby catkins; cones beside -
Old and new as well.
Seasons come and seasons go;
That's the tale they tell!”
Illustration & words from The Song of the Alder Fairy by Cicely Mary Barker. #FolkloreThursday #poetry #nature
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For #FernFriday, here’s one of our most beautiful native ferns - Southern Polypody (Polypodium cambricum). Found this colony on the warm, south-facing limestone cliffs of Y Gogarth (Great Orme) above Llandudno, under a canopy of Whitebeam, Turkey Oak and Strawberry Tree @bsbibotany.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
For #FernFriday, here’s one of our most beautiful native ferns - Southern Polypody (Polypodium cambricum). Found this colony on the warm, south-facing limestone cliffs of Y Gogarth (Great Orme) above Llandudno, under a canopy of Whitebeam, Turkey Oak and Strawberry Tree @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Couldn't resist a later season visit to see the North East's only remaining population of Forked Spleenwort (Asplenium septentrionale). #ferns
September 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Couldn't resist a later season visit to see the North East's only remaining population of Forked Spleenwort (Asplenium septentrionale). #ferns
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With the UK losing protected natural space equivalent to 1,680 football pitches in the past 5 years, it's clear that we need nature to be front & centre of planning reforms🏡
This means doubling down on safeguards, with more places designated for nature recovery🏞️
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This means doubling down on safeguards, with more places designated for nature recovery🏞️
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development
Exclusive: 1,680 football pitches of protected natural land in England, Wales and Northern Ireland lost in five years
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October 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
With the UK losing protected natural space equivalent to 1,680 football pitches in the past 5 years, it's clear that we need nature to be front & centre of planning reforms🏡
This means doubling down on safeguards, with more places designated for nature recovery🏞️
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This means doubling down on safeguards, with more places designated for nature recovery🏞️
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Another fresh Scarce Silver-lines from our S. Yorkshire garden last night. #TeamMoth @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Another fresh Scarce Silver-lines from our S. Yorkshire garden last night. #TeamMoth @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
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This is so exciting! I've been hoping for this for years! Please share share share so people know.
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is so exciting! I've been hoping for this for years! Please share share share so people know.
Save this unique population of Red Squirrels from habitat loss as the Bryn Cadwgan energy park threatens their existence🐿️🌲
PLEASE SIGN BY 1 OCTOBER if you can, it only takes a minute and could really make a difference.
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/177721/...
PLEASE SIGN BY 1 OCTOBER if you can, it only takes a minute and could really make a difference.
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/177721/...
Save our red squirrels
We need your help to #SaveOurSquirrels! For over 20 years, we’ve been working to protect Red Squirrels in mid-Wales but now a wind farm development threatens to destroy one of the few forests they st...
action.wildlifetrusts.org
September 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Save this unique population of Red Squirrels from habitat loss as the Bryn Cadwgan energy park threatens their existence🐿️🌲
PLEASE SIGN BY 1 OCTOBER if you can, it only takes a minute and could really make a difference.
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/177721/...
PLEASE SIGN BY 1 OCTOBER if you can, it only takes a minute and could really make a difference.
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/177721/...
Save our red squirrels
We need your help to #SaveOurSquirrels! For over 20 years, we’ve been working to protect Red Squirrels in mid-Wales but now a wind farm development threatens to destroy one of the few forests they st...
action.wildlifetrusts.org
September 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Save this unique population of Red Squirrels from habitat loss as the Bryn Cadwgan energy park threatens their existence🐿️🌲
PLEASE SIGN BY 1 OCTOBER if you can, it only takes a minute and could really make a difference.
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/177721/...
PLEASE SIGN BY 1 OCTOBER if you can, it only takes a minute and could really make a difference.
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/177721/...
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the @folger.edu opens their long-term and short-term fellowship scheme for 2026. Includes book in progress fellowships, artistic research fellowships, and public humanities fellowships www.folger.edu/research/the...
Apply for a Fellowship | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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September 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
the @folger.edu opens their long-term and short-term fellowship scheme for 2026. Includes book in progress fellowships, artistic research fellowships, and public humanities fellowships www.folger.edu/research/the...
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Simon Bening, The Month of August, 1520-25. Manuscript, 140 x 104 mm (each), Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Codices latini monacenses (Clm) 23638, fol. 10v and 11r
August 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Simon Bening, The Month of August, 1520-25. Manuscript, 140 x 104 mm (each), Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Codices latini monacenses (Clm) 23638, fol. 10v and 11r
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