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Journeying home from a fantastic @bbsbryology.bsky.social meeting this weekend - interesting to visit Thorne Moors, an area ravaged by industrial peat extraction which ceased in early 2000s. Conservation management in the region now focused on rewilding and restoring precious peatlands.
October 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Journeying home from a fantastic @bbsbryology.bsky.social meeting this weekend - interesting to visit Thorne Moors, an area ravaged by industrial peat extraction which ceased in early 2000s. Conservation management in the region now focused on rewilding and restoring precious peatlands.
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August 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Eared Leafhopper - Ledra aurita, unusual visitor to MV trap on 23Aug25 (but see not alone whetstoneskev@bsky.social) amongst numerous hornets & wasps, large numbers of regular species. Also 6 Dark Sword-grass & 11 Centre-barred Sallow #teammoth #hemiptera
August 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Eared Leafhopper - Ledra aurita, unusual visitor to MV trap on 23Aug25 (but see not alone whetstoneskev@bsky.social) amongst numerous hornets & wasps, large numbers of regular species. Also 6 Dark Sword-grass & 11 Centre-barred Sallow #teammoth #hemiptera
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Tree-planting is always good, right? Well, it turns out that a tree planted in the wrong place can actually have a negative impact on the climate. That’s why a research team with scientists from The Nature Conservancy developed maps to help with strategic reforestation for maximum benefit!
New maps help decision-makers factor albedo into tree-planting plans
Albedo can cause large reductions to the climate benefit of tree planting – but new science helps identify locations with greatest climate-cooling potential
www.nature.org
August 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Tree-planting is always good, right? Well, it turns out that a tree planted in the wrong place can actually have a negative impact on the climate. That’s why a research team with scientists from The Nature Conservancy developed maps to help with strategic reforestation for maximum benefit!
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Late but…
The day-flying Forester moth (Adscita statices) on Salad Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba) at end of May, in Gloucestershire
#wildflowerhour #PollinatorPals
The day-flying Forester moth (Adscita statices) on Salad Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba) at end of May, in Gloucestershire
#wildflowerhour #PollinatorPals
August 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Late but…
The day-flying Forester moth (Adscita statices) on Salad Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba) at end of May, in Gloucestershire
#wildflowerhour #PollinatorPals
The day-flying Forester moth (Adscita statices) on Salad Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba) at end of May, in Gloucestershire
#wildflowerhour #PollinatorPals
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social we also found this forest of Adder’s Tongue Fern at #bythesea Kenfig dunes
August 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social we also found this forest of Adder’s Tongue Fern at #bythesea Kenfig dunes
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social. Eryngium maritimum has to be one of the most photogenic plants #wildflowerhour #bythesea
August 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social. Eryngium maritimum has to be one of the most photogenic plants #wildflowerhour #bythesea
The earliest I’ve had the mighty Clifden Nonpareil, Catocala fraxini, to my MV trap here in North Monmouthshire, VC35. Always a thrill.. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @hewittkvnvc35.bsky.social
@gmtord.bsky.social #moths
@gmtord.bsky.social #moths
August 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The earliest I’ve had the mighty Clifden Nonpareil, Catocala fraxini, to my MV trap here in North Monmouthshire, VC35. Always a thrill.. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @hewittkvnvc35.bsky.social
@gmtord.bsky.social #moths
@gmtord.bsky.social #moths
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Great few days at the BSBI Wales Annual Summer meeting in Denbighshire this week / cawsom dri diwrnod gwych yng nghyfarfod haf blynyddol BSBI Cymru yn sir Ddinbych.
August 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Great few days at the BSBI Wales Annual Summer meeting in Denbighshire this week / cawsom dri diwrnod gwych yng nghyfarfod haf blynyddol BSBI Cymru yn sir Ddinbych.
Just returned on a high from the annual Wales meeting, exhibition & AGM in VC50 based at Rhyd-y-creuau. Fantastic organisation by Denbeighshire recorder. Delyth Williams. Fabulous sites, plants & people (in no particular order 😉). diolch yn fawr iawn i bawb @bsbibotany.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Just returned on a high from the annual Wales meeting, exhibition & AGM in VC50 based at Rhyd-y-creuau. Fantastic organisation by Denbeighshire recorder. Delyth Williams. Fabulous sites, plants & people (in no particular order 😉). diolch yn fawr iawn i bawb @bsbibotany.bsky.social
We also moth trapped in Co Clare end of June/beginning of July. Nothing extraordinary but then all moths are beautiful #moths
Both Dew Moth (Setina irrorella) & White-spotted Sable Moth (Anania funebris) were glimpsed on The Burren #Irishmoths
Too early for the Burren Green maybe..
Both Dew Moth (Setina irrorella) & White-spotted Sable Moth (Anania funebris) were glimpsed on The Burren #Irishmoths
Too early for the Burren Green maybe..
July 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We also moth trapped in Co Clare end of June/beginning of July. Nothing extraordinary but then all moths are beautiful #moths
Both Dew Moth (Setina irrorella) & White-spotted Sable Moth (Anania funebris) were glimpsed on The Burren #Irishmoths
Too early for the Burren Green maybe..
Both Dew Moth (Setina irrorella) & White-spotted Sable Moth (Anania funebris) were glimpsed on The Burren #Irishmoths
Too early for the Burren Green maybe..
Although a bryology meeting to Co Clare, it was impossible not to take in the very special higher plant flora @bsbibotany.bsky.social including Potentilla fruticosa (Shrubby Cinquefoil), Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens), Epipactis atrorubens (Dark-red helleborine), & Viola elatior (Fen Violet).
July 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Although a bryology meeting to Co Clare, it was impossible not to take in the very special higher plant flora @bsbibotany.bsky.social including Potentilla fruticosa (Shrubby Cinquefoil), Dryas octopetala (Mountain Avens), Epipactis atrorubens (Dark-red helleborine), & Viola elatior (Fen Violet).
Delightful BIBS meeting in Co Clare with special thanks to Rory & Jo @bbsbryology.bsky.social. Lovely to meet so many Irish members, visit turloughs and the very special Burren #bryophtes
July 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Delightful BIBS meeting in Co Clare with special thanks to Rory & Jo @bbsbryology.bsky.social. Lovely to meet so many Irish members, visit turloughs and the very special Burren #bryophtes
Labour are backtracking on a plan to help save birds: by blocking a new rule that would make developers put a £35 nest brick in every new home. They think it'll help win them votes - we need to show it would do the opposite. Sign the petition 38d.gs/ky2i
May 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Labour are backtracking on a plan to help save birds: by blocking a new rule that would make developers put a £35 nest brick in every new home. They think it'll help win them votes - we need to show it would do the opposite. Sign the petition 38d.gs/ky2i
Rewarding trap 30th April N. Monmouthshire VC35. 157 of 51spp, 25 ffy. Some highlights; White-pinion Spotted, Alder Kitten, Lobster Moth, Great Prominent, Buttoned Snout, Least Black Arches, White Ermine, Orange Footman, The Coronet & Pauper Pug (FW11mm)?#teammoth
May 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Rewarding trap 30th April N. Monmouthshire VC35. 157 of 51spp, 25 ffy. Some highlights; White-pinion Spotted, Alder Kitten, Lobster Moth, Great Prominent, Buttoned Snout, Least Black Arches, White Ermine, Orange Footman, The Coronet & Pauper Pug (FW11mm)?#teammoth
Fantastic Freiburg. Huge thanks to @milueth.bsky.social & Philippa @bbsbryology.bsky.social for wonderful week of bryologising. From the banks of the Rhine to the heights of Feldberg.So many highlights..
April 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Fantastic Freiburg. Huge thanks to @milueth.bsky.social & Philippa @bbsbryology.bsky.social for wonderful week of bryologising. From the banks of the Rhine to the heights of Feldberg.So many highlights..
Back home in North Monmouthshire (VC35), first good trap results this year on a mild cloudy night (22Mar25). 84 of 19spp to MV. Lots of ffy including Yellow-horned and White-marked.
March 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Back home in North Monmouthshire (VC35), first good trap results this year on a mild cloudy night (22Mar25). 84 of 19spp to MV. Lots of ffy including Yellow-horned and White-marked.
We also ran a Robinson moth trap at Nell Bank (VC64) and were pleased with 17spp over the 6 nights including Pine Beauty, Engrailed, Brindled Pug, Dotted Border, Early Thorn, Early Grey and Dark Chestnut
March 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We also ran a Robinson moth trap at Nell Bank (VC64) and were pleased with 17spp over the 6 nights including Pine Beauty, Engrailed, Brindled Pug, Dotted Border, Early Thorn, Early Grey and Dark Chestnut
Stunning Blue Moor-grass - Sesleria caerulea in full bloom on the calcareous grassland throughout the week at BBS Wharfdale spring meeting.
March 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Stunning Blue Moor-grass - Sesleria caerulea in full bloom on the calcareous grassland throughout the week at BBS Wharfdale spring meeting.
Day 5 BBS spring meeting Wharfdale. Exploring Pickles Gill. Lots of finds here, including fruiting Palustriella commutata & rotting log smothered with Tritomaria exsectiformis
March 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Day 5 BBS spring meeting Wharfdale. Exploring Pickles Gill. Lots of finds here, including fruiting Palustriella commutata & rotting log smothered with Tritomaria exsectiformis
Day 4 BBS spring meeting Wharfdale. R. Wharfe, Ilkley. Silted branch with forest of Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum (which caused initial head scratching).
Candidates for Orthotrichum rivulare subjected to microscopic examination revealed their identity as O. sprucei with larger mid leaf cells.
Candidates for Orthotrichum rivulare subjected to microscopic examination revealed their identity as O. sprucei with larger mid leaf cells.
March 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Day 4 BBS spring meeting Wharfdale. R. Wharfe, Ilkley. Silted branch with forest of Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum (which caused initial head scratching).
Candidates for Orthotrichum rivulare subjected to microscopic examination revealed their identity as O. sprucei with larger mid leaf cells.
Candidates for Orthotrichum rivulare subjected to microscopic examination revealed their identity as O. sprucei with larger mid leaf cells.
Day 3 BBS spring meeting Wharfdale Dobpark Wood
Ptilidium pulcherrimum espied by Peter Martin growing on Betula branch. Reported other known site in VC64 has been felled.. @BBSbryology.bsky.social
Ptilidium pulcherrimum espied by Peter Martin growing on Betula branch. Reported other known site in VC64 has been felled.. @BBSbryology.bsky.social
March 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Day 3 BBS spring meeting Wharfdale Dobpark Wood
Ptilidium pulcherrimum espied by Peter Martin growing on Betula branch. Reported other known site in VC64 has been felled.. @BBSbryology.bsky.social
Ptilidium pulcherrimum espied by Peter Martin growing on Betula branch. Reported other known site in VC64 has been felled.. @BBSbryology.bsky.social
Day 2 BBS spring meeting Wharfdale. Around Thruscross- successful Schistostega pennata - ‘Goblin gold’ hunting by Claire Halpin. Her updated images will be here www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/learning/spe... Dichodontium pellucidum in base rich flush, Hyocomium armoricum from acidic stream
March 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Day 2 BBS spring meeting Wharfdale. Around Thruscross- successful Schistostega pennata - ‘Goblin gold’ hunting by Claire Halpin. Her updated images will be here www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/learning/spe... Dichodontium pellucidum in base rich flush, Hyocomium armoricum from acidic stream
Just back from brilliantly run BBS spring meeting in Wharfdale. Plenty of site choices, excellent evening talks & great group of people 😊 Day 1 highlight from Conistone Dib, Rhytidium rugosum debracket.
March 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Just back from brilliantly run BBS spring meeting in Wharfdale. Plenty of site choices, excellent evening talks & great group of people 😊 Day 1 highlight from Conistone Dib, Rhytidium rugosum debracket.
Wonderful day on ‘The Darens’ 2/3/25 for Glos BBS perfect weather, a list of 165 including Bryum elegans, Blepharostoma (debracket), Tortella fasciculata, Archidium alternifolium, Barbilophozia sudetica, Fissidens celticus and Nogopterium gracile
March 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Wonderful day on ‘The Darens’ 2/3/25 for Glos BBS perfect weather, a list of 165 including Bryum elegans, Blepharostoma (debracket), Tortella fasciculata, Archidium alternifolium, Barbilophozia sudetica, Fissidens celticus and Nogopterium gracile