Drinking a good gin
Next to a Ginkgo will go
Down well with the sun

I may able to bring some to sell (cut-price!) 💚🪲💚

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It’s not rocket science… a bit of urban recording in #Shrewsbury yields Eruca sativa, Rocket #pavementplants #urbanbotany

No pressure there, then! 😳💚🪲💚

Hi @nationaltrust.org.uk - if only you’d asked @bsbibotany.bsky.social or @plantlifeuk.bsky.social , they could have given you a proper guide. Probably no true Spanish in UK but hybrids that are good at backcrossing. Still, nice flowers 👍💚🌱💚

Hey, have you booked yet? The 40th anniversary of NFBR. Get in there! Some great speakers (er, and me)…

Well in vc40 Shropshire, it’s a cracking find. But head just a little bit west over the border and it seems to be a lot more common. Although there was a chap assiduously weeding the stone walls on our walk to the castle 🤦‍♀️💚🌱💚

Glorious Spring day in Montgomery, with Scarlet Tiger caterpillars munching on Green Alkanet, Dark-edged Beeflies, Rustyback fern, plus Red Kites, Buzzards, and a million Chiffchaffs

Ok, I might just be convinced by this Spring malarkey. Bombylius major, Dark-edged Beefly, Primroses, and a Chiffchaff!

Woah - no greater sacrifice! Thank you.

Thank you Moira 💚

Oh squeak! It’s official publication day!

Yesterday’s gardening session produced the first Seven-spot Ladybird (actually about twenty) of the year, and Eristalis tenax sunning itself.

Oh yes, he’s a star!

Wow, thanks Bill!

Well, I’m bound to agree with h what Sue says!

Ah! The amount of mucus was truly spectacular! When I eventually tracked down the flatworm, I couldn’t believe something so small had completely slimed an entire blanket and a settee. That would explain it. Thank you!

Wow that’s so cool - I read your paper and this seems to be the only species with pets as vectors in France? Strange!

Yes, it was a surprise to see it surviving in the frozen wastelands of Shrewsbury!

What a splendid idea! 💚🌱💚

It’s in that wonderful front wall/pavement niche, north facing but v sheltered. I hope it isn’t weeded out. I give people a long hard stare when they start weeding the pavement on our street.

Yes, I’ve just read it - someone in the PSL FB group gave me the link. It’s fascinating that it’s just this particular species. Anyway, a fascinating beastie - it’s just emptied a woodlouse!

Ooh, first county record for #Shropshire for Geranium maderense, Giant Herb Robert! Pavement plants are the best 💚🌱💚

Which part?! I now have Jones, the ship’s cat next to me in case something happens…

It’s about 4 cm long and it’s in a standard NHS poo pot.

No, he’s beautiful! Look at those stripes! 🤩

A colour photograph of a tree surrounded by cornfields.

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Flatworm Friday! My first ever terrestrial flatworm which I think may be Caenoplana variegata but waiting for confirmation. It’s a INNS, brought in on the cat’s fur.

You’re more than welcome! It’s been a privilege to have learned so much from my students 💚🌱🪲🌱💚