Roger_TL45Y
@rogerhorton.bsky.social
Retired scientist. Prone to 🌱 fads: Artemisas|Calamints|Crataegus|Medicks|Poplars|Goldilocks|Solanum|Dipsacus|Ferns. FLS. Cambridge UK but often in Suffolk 📷: Whooper Swans at Lakenheath. TL45Y =tetrad (2x2km square) round Cherry Hinton. ❤️ 🇪🇺 🇳🇱 & Berlin
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In Flanders' fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
John McCrae, In Flanders' Field.
Image: Fuch's herbal (Sel.2.81)
#ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
John McCrae, In Flanders' Field.
Image: Fuch's herbal (Sel.2.81)
#ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
In Flanders' fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
John McCrae, In Flanders' Field.
Image: Fuch's herbal (Sel.2.81)
#ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
John McCrae, In Flanders' Field.
Image: Fuch's herbal (Sel.2.81)
#ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay
Somewhere within that thicket of Gorse there's the trunk of a Walnut tree! Icklingham #Suffolk. #ThickTrunkTuesday
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Somewhere within that thicket of Gorse there's the trunk of a Walnut tree! Icklingham #Suffolk. #ThickTrunkTuesday
An autumnal lime tree with its suckers and lower branches trimmed back as far as they can reach by sheep showing its trunk. Icklingham #Suffolk. #ThickTrunkTuesday
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
An autumnal lime tree with its suckers and lower branches trimmed back as far as they can reach by sheep showing its trunk. Icklingham #Suffolk. #ThickTrunkTuesday
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Today is Armistice Day. The First World War did not officially end until 28 June 1919, but it was at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month #OTD 11 November 1918 that the guns fell silent. Siegfried Sassoon remembered that moment in his poem 'Everyone Sang':
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Today is Armistice Day. The First World War did not officially end until 28 June 1919, but it was at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month #OTD 11 November 1918 that the guns fell silent. Siegfried Sassoon remembered that moment in his poem 'Everyone Sang':
Great Spotted Woodpecker exit right. It had perched perfectly for a minute before I raised the camera. 😉
At @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Lackford Lakes.
#SuffolkBirds #Suffolk #BirdOfTheDay
At @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Lackford Lakes.
#SuffolkBirds #Suffolk #BirdOfTheDay
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Great Spotted Woodpecker exit right. It had perched perfectly for a minute before I raised the camera. 😉
At @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Lackford Lakes.
#SuffolkBirds #Suffolk #BirdOfTheDay
At @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Lackford Lakes.
#SuffolkBirds #Suffolk #BirdOfTheDay
Unmissable colour on an exposed tree stump on Icklingham Plains in the #Suffolk #Brecks. Could it be Golden Dust #Lichen, Chrysothrix candelaris, (but that likes shade) or Orange Rock Hair, Trentepohlia aurea, (but it's not on rock). 🤔
Any ideas please Rob?
@robyaxley.bsky.social
Any ideas please Rob?
@robyaxley.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Unmissable colour on an exposed tree stump on Icklingham Plains in the #Suffolk #Brecks. Could it be Golden Dust #Lichen, Chrysothrix candelaris, (but that likes shade) or Orange Rock Hair, Trentepohlia aurea, (but it's not on rock). 🤔
Any ideas please Rob?
@robyaxley.bsky.social
Any ideas please Rob?
@robyaxley.bsky.social
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🦋 Nov 24 || Biological Recording Company: Innovative Moth Monitoring: Farmer Citizen Science Using AI. >>> www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovative...
Innovative Moth Monitoring: Farmer Citizen Science Using AI
Join Dr Abigail Lowe (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) to hear about how AI is being used to help farmers monitor moth diversity on farms.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🦋 Nov 24 || Biological Recording Company: Innovative Moth Monitoring: Farmer Citizen Science Using AI. >>> www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovative...
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My annual Christmas Card Competition for children aged 11 and under is closing this Friday!
The winning design will feature on my official Christmas card for 2025!
Full details on how to enter can be found here: www.peterprinsley.org/christmas-ca...
The winning design will feature on my official Christmas card for 2025!
Full details on how to enter can be found here: www.peterprinsley.org/christmas-ca...
Christmas Card Competition — Dr Peter Prinsley MP
I’m delighted to announce the launch of my annual Christmas Card Competition, inviting pupils from schools across Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket to help design the card I’ll be sending out this…
www.peterprinsley.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My annual Christmas Card Competition for children aged 11 and under is closing this Friday!
The winning design will feature on my official Christmas card for 2025!
Full details on how to enter can be found here: www.peterprinsley.org/christmas-ca...
The winning design will feature on my official Christmas card for 2025!
Full details on how to enter can be found here: www.peterprinsley.org/christmas-ca...
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There's a petition for the Microbiology BSc course too: Microbiology - c.org/YXLh57RZyy
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Stop the removal of Microbiology at the University of Nottingham
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November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
There's a petition for the Microbiology BSc course too: Microbiology - c.org/YXLh57RZyy
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All back online I'm pleased to say.
Thanks to the CEH gnomes for toiling away in the bit caves all weekend.
Thanks to the CEH gnomes for toiling away in the bit caves all weekend.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
All back online I'm pleased to say.
Thanks to the CEH gnomes for toiling away in the bit caves all weekend.
Thanks to the CEH gnomes for toiling away in the bit caves all weekend.
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My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
Sign the Petition
Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at UoN
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November 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
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Found one Deadly Nightshade growing in the middle of a field #wildflowerhour
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Found one Deadly Nightshade growing in the middle of a field #wildflowerhour
Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus, with an honour guard Shaggy Soldiers, Galinsoga quadriradiata, each as a #PavementPlant in #Cambridge. #WildflowerHour.
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus, with an honour guard Shaggy Soldiers, Galinsoga quadriradiata, each as a #PavementPlant in #Cambridge. #WildflowerHour.
Flowers and berries of Black Nightshade, #Solanum nigrum, in the corner of a neglected car park in central #Cambridge.
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Flowers and berries of Black Nightshade, #Solanum nigrum, in the corner of a neglected car park in central #Cambridge.
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
Lucerne aka Alfalfa, Medicago sativa sativa as a #PavementPlant in #Cambridge, still in flower but with >2-turn spiral seed pods. #WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Lucerne aka Alfalfa, Medicago sativa sativa as a #PavementPlant in #Cambridge, still in flower but with >2-turn spiral seed pods. #WildflowerHour
Ten flower photos from Icklingham Plains #Suffolk. Area is seasonal Open Access so only just open since 1st Nov and fortunately its been a warm start to the month. Got carried away with colour variation in Maiden Pink, Dianthus deltoides, so strictly not eligible for #TheWinter10 😉 #WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Ten flower photos from Icklingham Plains #Suffolk. Area is seasonal Open Access so only just open since 1st Nov and fortunately its been a warm start to the month. Got carried away with colour variation in Maiden Pink, Dianthus deltoides, so strictly not eligible for #TheWinter10 😉 #WildflowerHour
Narrow-leaved Ragwort, Senecio inaequidens, in the margin of a sandy field margin at Icklingham #Suffolk. #WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Narrow-leaved Ragwort, Senecio inaequidens, in the margin of a sandy field margin at Icklingham #Suffolk. #WildflowerHour
Dozens of plants of Small #Nightshade, #Solanum triflorum, flowering still in a scarified area on Icklingham Plains #Suffolk west of the field where it normally grows. Flowers tinged mauve. 💜 #WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Dozens of plants of Small #Nightshade, #Solanum triflorum, flowering still in a scarified area on Icklingham Plains #Suffolk west of the field where it normally grows. Flowers tinged mauve. 💜 #WildflowerHour
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A Pied Wagtail at East Croydon station waiting for the 9.33 to Victoria.
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A Pied Wagtail at East Croydon station waiting for the 9.33 to Victoria.
For #JacobinDay of the Pomegranate here's on in #Cambridge Botanic Garden in August.
@cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
@cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
For #JacobinDay of the Pomegranate here's on in #Cambridge Botanic Garden in August.
@cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
@cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
Autumn colours on a Wild Service Tree (Sorbus torminalis) which isn’t a wild service tree as it’s growing in my garden. 😉
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Autumn colours on a Wild Service Tree (Sorbus torminalis) which isn’t a wild service tree as it’s growing in my garden. 😉
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It's 2 years since I left the staff of the #PeacePledgeUnion but I'm still an enthusiastic PPU member & #WhitePoppy wearer! It's great to see the media attention around #WhitePoppies this year. It's vital we #RememberThemAll by working for peace.
www.ppu.org.uk/news/mark-ry...
www.ppu.org.uk/news/mark-ry...
Mark Rylance to speak at white poppy ceremony marking rising civilian casualties in war
This Remembrance Sunday, acclaimed actor Sir Mark Rylance will speak at the national white poppy ceremony in London.The event, the National Alternative Remembrance Ceremony, will focus on the catastro...
www.ppu.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It's 2 years since I left the staff of the #PeacePledgeUnion but I'm still an enthusiastic PPU member & #WhitePoppy wearer! It's great to see the media attention around #WhitePoppies this year. It's vital we #RememberThemAll by working for peace.
www.ppu.org.uk/news/mark-ry...
www.ppu.org.uk/news/mark-ry...
