Tim Holt-Wilson
@timholtwilson.bsky.social
The story of the Earth - geoconservation, museums, the poetry of things old & wild - based in East Anglia, UK.
https://futureheritage.wordpress.com/
https://futureheritage.wordpress.com/
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"Peter Rabbit" creator Beatrix Potter's little-known scientific studies of mushrooms (which help mycologists identify species to this day) and of lichens (the mysterious reproduction of which she discovered, revolutionizing their place in the kingdoms of life) www.themarginalian.org/2015/07/28/b...
Beatrix Potter, Mycologist: The Beloved Children’s Book Author’s Little-Known Scientific Studies and Illustrations of Mushrooms
“Imagination is the precursor to policy, the precondition to action. Imagination, like wonder, allows us to value something.”
www.themarginalian.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"Peter Rabbit" creator Beatrix Potter's little-known scientific studies of mushrooms (which help mycologists identify species to this day) and of lichens (the mysterious reproduction of which she discovered, revolutionizing their place in the kingdoms of life) www.themarginalian.org/2015/07/28/b...
Living on the chill frontier of autumn, a hoverfly Ectophasia sp. soaks up the falling year's offerings of daylight and nectar on Scentless Mayweed.
A springtail looks up at the gigantic aerial zoomer with whom it shares its lifeworld.
#Norfolk #diptera #biodiversity
A springtail looks up at the gigantic aerial zoomer with whom it shares its lifeworld.
#Norfolk #diptera #biodiversity
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Living on the chill frontier of autumn, a hoverfly Ectophasia sp. soaks up the falling year's offerings of daylight and nectar on Scentless Mayweed.
A springtail looks up at the gigantic aerial zoomer with whom it shares its lifeworld.
#Norfolk #diptera #biodiversity
A springtail looks up at the gigantic aerial zoomer with whom it shares its lifeworld.
#Norfolk #diptera #biodiversity
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
Good news from #Chernobyl.
Studies of Eastern Tree Frog show that, apart from evolving darker skins, they show no evidence of stunted growth or shorter lives after exposure to radiation 39 years old. The site is a haven for biodiversity.
@arc-trust.bsky.social
Studies of Eastern Tree Frog show that, apart from evolving darker skins, they show no evidence of stunted growth or shorter lives after exposure to radiation 39 years old. The site is a haven for biodiversity.
@arc-trust.bsky.social
Vivir en Chernóbil hoy día no afecta ni a la edad ni al ritmo de envejecimiento de las ranas. Este estudio desmonta el mito de que la Zona de exclusión de Chernóbil es un infierno para la vida.
Las ranas de Chernóbil envejecen bien
La exposición a radiación no afecta ni a la edad ni al ritmo de envejecimiento de las ranas que viven actualmente en la Zona de Exclusión de Chernóbil (Ucrania).
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Good news from #Chernobyl.
Studies of Eastern Tree Frog show that, apart from evolving darker skins, they show no evidence of stunted growth or shorter lives after exposure to radiation 39 years old. The site is a haven for biodiversity.
@arc-trust.bsky.social
Studies of Eastern Tree Frog show that, apart from evolving darker skins, they show no evidence of stunted growth or shorter lives after exposure to radiation 39 years old. The site is a haven for biodiversity.
@arc-trust.bsky.social
Q: Hey Siri. What's wrong with #BBC journalism?
A: It is a national broadcaster with a remit to provide unbiassed content. Cutbacks have forced to take a lot of its editorial content from the Press owned by offshore media companies. It is difficult to maintain impartiality in this situation.
A: It is a national broadcaster with a remit to provide unbiassed content. Cutbacks have forced to take a lot of its editorial content from the Press owned by offshore media companies. It is difficult to maintain impartiality in this situation.
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Q: Hey Siri. What's wrong with #BBC journalism?
A: It is a national broadcaster with a remit to provide unbiassed content. Cutbacks have forced to take a lot of its editorial content from the Press owned by offshore media companies. It is difficult to maintain impartiality in this situation.
A: It is a national broadcaster with a remit to provide unbiassed content. Cutbacks have forced to take a lot of its editorial content from the Press owned by offshore media companies. It is difficult to maintain impartiality in this situation.
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In old, wet forests, the moss goes up and up.
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
In old, wet forests, the moss goes up and up.
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I am living in such fear of what the Planning & Infrastructure Bill will mean if passes unamended into law.
How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...
How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am living in such fear of what the Planning & Infrastructure Bill will mean if passes unamended into law.
How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...
How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...
Don't look too closely what it's growing on, but this tiny, delicate fungus is creating an ethereal garden out of filth. Seen today at Feltwell, Norfolk. Can you put a name to it @ians4ad.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk?
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Don't look too closely what it's growing on, but this tiny, delicate fungus is creating an ethereal garden out of filth. Seen today at Feltwell, Norfolk. Can you put a name to it @ians4ad.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk?
Excrescence on over-fertilised arable soil, Peziza [vesiculosa] swells and fructifies, brews spores, awaiting rain.
West Norfolk #fungi @norfolknats.bsky.social
West Norfolk #fungi @norfolknats.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Excrescence on over-fertilised arable soil, Peziza [vesiculosa] swells and fructifies, brews spores, awaiting rain.
West Norfolk #fungi @norfolknats.bsky.social
West Norfolk #fungi @norfolknats.bsky.social
Crawling across my carpet (rather than the florets of an umbellifer). Fine punctuated patterning on its elytra.
Thanks Dr Ross Piper @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social for identifying the leaf beetle Chrysolina oricalcia (Chrysomelidae) 'nationally scarce' but expanding its range. @colsocbi.bsky.social
Thanks Dr Ross Piper @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social for identifying the leaf beetle Chrysolina oricalcia (Chrysomelidae) 'nationally scarce' but expanding its range. @colsocbi.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Crawling across my carpet (rather than the florets of an umbellifer). Fine punctuated patterning on its elytra.
Thanks Dr Ross Piper @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social for identifying the leaf beetle Chrysolina oricalcia (Chrysomelidae) 'nationally scarce' but expanding its range. @colsocbi.bsky.social
Thanks Dr Ross Piper @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social for identifying the leaf beetle Chrysolina oricalcia (Chrysomelidae) 'nationally scarce' but expanding its range. @colsocbi.bsky.social
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To discover more about the #beetles 🪲 associated with deadwood in the UK, check out this fabulous resource from Dr Ross Piper: www.rosspiper.net/2020/01/10/s...
Saproxylic beetles - Dr. Ross Piper
Beetles, beetles, beetles. I love beetles and one of the best places to look for these animals is in and around deadwood. This often overlooked habitat positively bristles with a splendid variety of t...
www.rosspiper.net
December 8, 2024 at 10:20 AM
To discover more about the #beetles 🪲 associated with deadwood in the UK, check out this fabulous resource from Dr Ross Piper: www.rosspiper.net/2020/01/10/s...
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Possum looked into the mirror and scared itself.
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Possum looked into the mirror and scared itself.
From a great height?
Eyes bigger than stomach?
Seen on the floor of a Norfolk chalk quarry, visual evidence that someone - bird or mammal - ate too many sloes. The result is a regurgitation too splendid to ignore.
#slowfood #fastfood #Prunus_spinosa #AutumnBounty
Eyes bigger than stomach?
Seen on the floor of a Norfolk chalk quarry, visual evidence that someone - bird or mammal - ate too many sloes. The result is a regurgitation too splendid to ignore.
#slowfood #fastfood #Prunus_spinosa #AutumnBounty
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
From a great height?
Eyes bigger than stomach?
Seen on the floor of a Norfolk chalk quarry, visual evidence that someone - bird or mammal - ate too many sloes. The result is a regurgitation too splendid to ignore.
#slowfood #fastfood #Prunus_spinosa #AutumnBounty
Eyes bigger than stomach?
Seen on the floor of a Norfolk chalk quarry, visual evidence that someone - bird or mammal - ate too many sloes. The result is a regurgitation too splendid to ignore.
#slowfood #fastfood #Prunus_spinosa #AutumnBounty
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Looking forward to hearing why hard pressed working people will have to pay more tax, when the 50 UK families who collectively own £2/3 TRILLION - equal to half the population - remained untouched
Dead chancellor walking - dead government walking
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Dead chancellor walking - dead government walking
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves to set out priorities in pre-Budget speech - live updates
The chancellor is set to pledge the upcoming Budget will focus on
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Looking forward to hearing why hard pressed working people will have to pay more tax, when the 50 UK families who collectively own £2/3 TRILLION - equal to half the population - remained untouched
Dead chancellor walking - dead government walking
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Dead chancellor walking - dead government walking
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
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A 900-Page Pre-Pantone Guide to Color from 1692: A Complete High-Resolution Digital Scan
A 900-Page Pre-Pantone Guide to Color from 1692: A Complete High-Resolution Digital Scan
There’s ahead of its time, then there’s Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l’eau -- or, in its original Dutch title, Klaer Lightende Spiegel der Verfkonst, a 900-page book of paint colors mad...
www.openculture.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A 900-Page Pre-Pantone Guide to Color from 1692: A Complete High-Resolution Digital Scan
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🦇 For the first time, researchers have documented how Europe’s largest bat — the greater noctule — hunts and eats migrating birds in midair.
Study led by @ebdonana.bsky.social and @au.dk
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Study led by @ebdonana.bsky.social and @au.dk
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🦇 For the first time, researchers have documented how Europe’s largest bat — the greater noctule — hunts and eats migrating birds in midair.
Study led by @ebdonana.bsky.social and @au.dk
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Study led by @ebdonana.bsky.social and @au.dk
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Paleontologists have identified the 410-million-year-old specimens of Spongiophyton nanum from the Ponta Grossa Formation in the Paraná Basin of Brazil as one of the oldest and most widespread lichens from the fossil record.
www.sci.news/paleontology...
#fossils #paleontology
www.sci.news/paleontology...
#fossils #paleontology
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Paleontologists have identified the 410-million-year-old specimens of Spongiophyton nanum from the Ponta Grossa Formation in the Paraná Basin of Brazil as one of the oldest and most widespread lichens from the fossil record.
www.sci.news/paleontology...
#fossils #paleontology
www.sci.news/paleontology...
#fossils #paleontology
Wild Ken Hill Lime Kiln Restoration Project - rescuing a C19th pot kiln with a special population of #bats.
wildkenhill.co.uk/lime-kiln-re...
An interesting and well-written account of the natural and industrial history, including the #geology.
@wildkenhill.bsky.social
wildkenhill.co.uk/lime-kiln-re...
An interesting and well-written account of the natural and industrial history, including the #geology.
@wildkenhill.bsky.social
Lime Kiln Restoration Project - Wild Ken Hill
Find out about our work to protect the lime kilns at Wild Ken Hill, home to Brandt's/Whiskered Bat.
wildkenhill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Wild Ken Hill Lime Kiln Restoration Project - rescuing a C19th pot kiln with a special population of #bats.
wildkenhill.co.uk/lime-kiln-re...
An interesting and well-written account of the natural and industrial history, including the #geology.
@wildkenhill.bsky.social
wildkenhill.co.uk/lime-kiln-re...
An interesting and well-written account of the natural and industrial history, including the #geology.
@wildkenhill.bsky.social
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Often overlooked, small water bodies - streams, damp ditches, small bogs, ponds - support more rare species compared with larger habitats while high-quality ponds support about 2/3 of all freshwater plant + animal species in a landscape.
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freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/start-w...
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freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/start-w...
November 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Often overlooked, small water bodies - streams, damp ditches, small bogs, ponds - support more rare species compared with larger habitats while high-quality ponds support about 2/3 of all freshwater plant + animal species in a landscape.
🧵 1/4
freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/start-w...
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freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/start-w...
Alfred Russel Wallace was astounded by Cincinnurus regius and reflected on the meaning, beauty and fragility of what he found.
storvaxt.blogspot.com/2025/11/bird....
storvaxt.blogspot.com/2025/11/bird....
Bird of Paradise
Alred Russell Wallace reflects on taking a specimen of the King Bird of Paradise, Paradisea (Concinnus) regia, in the Aru Islands, Papua.
storvaxt.blogspot.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Alfred Russel Wallace was astounded by Cincinnurus regius and reflected on the meaning, beauty and fragility of what he found.
storvaxt.blogspot.com/2025/11/bird....
storvaxt.blogspot.com/2025/11/bird....
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
We flap into 2009 with "Of Giants and Dwarfs," an acrylic painting of Pleistocene Malta. The stars of the composition are the giant swan Cygnus falconeri) and dwarf elephants (Palaeoloxodon falconeri).
#SciArt #Dinosaurs #PaleoArt #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
We flap into 2009 with "Of Giants and Dwarfs," an acrylic painting of Pleistocene Malta. The stars of the composition are the giant swan Cygnus falconeri) and dwarf elephants (Palaeoloxodon falconeri).
#SciArt #Dinosaurs #PaleoArt #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
June 10, 2024 at 9:23 AM
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
We flap into 2009 with "Of Giants and Dwarfs," an acrylic painting of Pleistocene Malta. The stars of the composition are the giant swan Cygnus falconeri) and dwarf elephants (Palaeoloxodon falconeri).
#SciArt #Dinosaurs #PaleoArt #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
We flap into 2009 with "Of Giants and Dwarfs," an acrylic painting of Pleistocene Malta. The stars of the composition are the giant swan Cygnus falconeri) and dwarf elephants (Palaeoloxodon falconeri).
#SciArt #Dinosaurs #PaleoArt #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
Christmas bargain £13.59 (with free p&p) for 'Broadland. Shaping Marsh and Fen' by Tom Williamson & Alison Yardy (with ecology @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social and geology @timholtwilson.bsky.social). 400 pages of landscape history.
Go www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book... @broadsnationalpark.bsky.social
Go www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book... @broadsnationalpark.bsky.social
Broadland
www.herts.ac.uk
November 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Christmas bargain £13.59 (with free p&p) for 'Broadland. Shaping Marsh and Fen' by Tom Williamson & Alison Yardy (with ecology @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social and geology @timholtwilson.bsky.social). 400 pages of landscape history.
Go www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book... @broadsnationalpark.bsky.social
Go www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book... @broadsnationalpark.bsky.social
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Happy Halloween freshwater fiends! Do you believe in ghosts? Nope. How about ghost ponds?👻
Please allow us to introduce you to a the amazing #GhostPond aficionado @carlsayer.bsky.social for inspiring ponderings on the incredible power of ghost pond resurrections!
Check it out: youtu.be/bT1FLPCjEPw
Please allow us to introduce you to a the amazing #GhostPond aficionado @carlsayer.bsky.social for inspiring ponderings on the incredible power of ghost pond resurrections!
Check it out: youtu.be/bT1FLPCjEPw
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Happy Halloween freshwater fiends! Do you believe in ghosts? Nope. How about ghost ponds?👻
Please allow us to introduce you to a the amazing #GhostPond aficionado @carlsayer.bsky.social for inspiring ponderings on the incredible power of ghost pond resurrections!
Check it out: youtu.be/bT1FLPCjEPw
Please allow us to introduce you to a the amazing #GhostPond aficionado @carlsayer.bsky.social for inspiring ponderings on the incredible power of ghost pond resurrections!
Check it out: youtu.be/bT1FLPCjEPw
OCTOBER LANTERN
What eyes
You have, what teeth,
Grand Mother!
Your smile
Is something for turning,
Like leaves and trees
And grass
That crawls on the hill.
Sheep crop there.
Crows arrive.
There is something ajar
And the wind behind it
Is cold as candles.
[ #Hallowe'en 1994]
What eyes
You have, what teeth,
Grand Mother!
Your smile
Is something for turning,
Like leaves and trees
And grass
That crawls on the hill.
Sheep crop there.
Crows arrive.
There is something ajar
And the wind behind it
Is cold as candles.
[ #Hallowe'en 1994]
October 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
OCTOBER LANTERN
What eyes
You have, what teeth,
Grand Mother!
Your smile
Is something for turning,
Like leaves and trees
And grass
That crawls on the hill.
Sheep crop there.
Crows arrive.
There is something ajar
And the wind behind it
Is cold as candles.
[ #Hallowe'en 1994]
What eyes
You have, what teeth,
Grand Mother!
Your smile
Is something for turning,
Like leaves and trees
And grass
That crawls on the hill.
Sheep crop there.
Crows arrive.
There is something ajar
And the wind behind it
Is cold as candles.
[ #Hallowe'en 1994]
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Happy Halloween #FungiFriends #FungiFriday
October 31, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Happy Halloween #FungiFriends #FungiFriday