Enjoyed photographing this today

It has been a chance to showcase the three species of Japanese Shovel head worms that we described a couple of years ago.

Nice to set up for a Japan/Wales event tomorrow National Museum Cardiff. A chance to celebrate our collections and research from Japan. The activity will be based around one of the beautiful shell books in the collections, where the public will produce their own version using

Brilliant to see Luke Jerram’s Museum of the moon at National Museum Cardiff. Well worth a visit. @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social

Favourite present so far

Can you see me?

Couldn’t resist an early birthday present to myself 😆🙈

Haven’t heard about this one before, but definitely worth a visit. At the foot of the Black Mountains the lovely Tretower Castle & medieval Court. The castle was built by Roger Picard, whilst the court was created by Roger Vaughan and was a magnet for medieval Welsh Poets!

The rain couldn’t stop us enjoying a lovely stroll around Dyffryn Gardens on Monday. Managed to even get some blue sky

Our #Shoresearch volunteers have been learning to identify bristleworms and bivalves with our friends at Amgueddfa Cymru. They'll help us gather data to better understand our seas. 💙 Learn more about Shoresearch👉northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/livingseas/shoresearch-intertidal-citizen-science-surveys

Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888 (Annelida, Polychaeta)—Worldwide Identification Keys and the Re-Establishment of Maea Johnston, 1865 - New paper in Taxonomy Journal @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social #WormWednesday mdpi.com/3731190

A busy few weeks travelling up and down Wales, but great to be able to take part in a #marinetaxonomyroadshow with @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social and @northwaleswt.bsky.social to deliver taxonomic drawing and polychaete identification courses

Bridgend Ladies Hockey Club invites you to our Youth Hockey Event on 21st Feb, 10am-12. This free event is open to all girls aged 8-14. All equipment provided. Just wear your trainers! Free club T-shirt for every girl that signs up. For more info: email Bridgendladieshc@gmail.com

Thank you ☺️

Well it’s been far too long, but very happy to say that I passed my PhD Viva today 🥳

First jigsaw of the year complete - can anyone guess the location?

Brilliant evening

What a club!

A lovely evening at Christmas at Bute Park last night, really enjoyed

Lovely evening at Tredegar House looking at 500 years of Christmas

Wishing you all season’s greetings and all the best for 2026. Here’s a clat of shovel head worms from a forthcoming paper on the Magelonidae

A few snaps taken back in November during the frosty spell. Don't worry I did make sure they had some water afterwards 😆

CHAMPIONS 🙌🥳

Phyllodoce lineata against a black background. The head (top middle-left) has a bright yellow main colour, turning more muddy towards the tip. There are 4 short antennae located at the front as well as 4 pairs of long "tentacles" (tentacular cirri), 3 of which point backwards, and 1 forwards. In the front half, the back of the body, which is segmented as in all annelids, is also yellow with 3 brown spots per segment (one in the center, 2 on either side at the base of the parapodia). This gives the worm a stripy look. In the back half, the worm is entirely brown. The bottom side of the worm is a light turquoise colour and slightly iridescent. On each segment, the worm carries to leaf-shaped appendages, sometimes referred to as paddles.

It is finally #WormWednesday again! 🪱
The perfect time to post my photo of this 40 cm long beast! :D

Scientific name: Phyllodoce lineata

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A few of the visitors to the garden. Lucky to have so many woodpeckers visit

Absolutely loving my new T shirt from @sillytees.bsky.social. If you know you know! 😆🤣