Yes - like when local MP had a meeting to talk about improving flood defences when attending this national emergency briefing should have the priority for that day - it’s all here, eloquently communicated by experts, no agenda except desire for a healthy planet www.nebriefing.org
Taxiphyllum wissgrillii
Great Glos bryology group meeting last Sunday at the Hudnalls NR on challenging slippery slopes above the Wye. Over 100spp - thanks to Sharon for the report www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/event/glouce... and an awful lot of the ids! @pilkyplant.bsky.social @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Thank you! Very good speakers and excellent range of topics, good venue, well-organised and plenty of time to network. 💚
#RecordOfTheWeek today is the Springtail Pogonognathellus longicornis, seen in Abernant by Mark Evans.
This is the largest Springtail species in the UK, reaching a massive 6mm 😁
Many thanks to Mark for the record and great photo, submitted via www.sewbrecord.org.uk
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.
Euonymus europaeus - end of October 2024
#Wildflowerhour #fruits
Ledra aurita
Ledra aurita - no wonder rarely spotted on lichen covered tree trunk habitat
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
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!
Late but…
The day-flying Forester moth (Adscita statices) on Salad Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba) at end of May, in Gloucestershire
#wildflowerhour #PollinatorPals
Adder’s Tongue Fern
@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
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
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.
Cranberry- Vaccinium oxycoccos
White Beak-sedge - Rhynchospora alba
Pen-yr-Orsedd - magnificent acidic bog - new V. record for Osmunda regalis
Small-leaved Sweet-briar - Rosa agrestis - Bryn Euryn NR
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
Large Emerald
Ghost Moth male
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
Galium Carpet
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..
Shrubby Cinquefoil
Mountain Avens
Dark-red Helleborine
Fen Violet
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).
The Burren
Bryum species tbc
Turlough Garyland, Coole Park
Dumortiera hirsuta
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
Pinion-white Spotted
Alder Kitten
Lobster Moth
Pauper Pug?
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
Possible Pauper Pug FW 11mm
Wonderful
Thank you for your lovely daily posts capturing the essence of our bryological exploration around Freiburg 💚
Dicranum viride
Bryum schleicheri
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..
Spellcheck 🤦🏽♀️
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
Stunning Blue Moor-grass - Sesleria caerulea in full bloom on the calcareous grassland throughout the week at BBS Wharfdale spring meeting.
Definitely glittering ✨
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.