P. Platyphylla is a liverwort with a complex structure made up of lobes, lobules and underleaves- but only the lobes are visible when viewed from above like in this photo.

Porella platyphylla

This example was found on limestone crags, and the species generally prefers drier, calcereous conditions than other Porella species.

It is our most common Porella species in England 🌿

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Upright stems and a yellow-green colour make it stand out against darker mosses on the forest floor

Ptilium crista-castrensis

Ostrich plume feather moss is definitely a species where the English name sticks better than the binomial!

An easy example for recognising a pinnately-branched (once divided) structure, similar to simple ferns 🌿

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Bazzania trilobata showing its three-lobed leaves and thread-like branches. It forms loose, upright hummocks that stand out immediately compared to other oceanic liverwort species.

Displaying it's more open, flat form. A humidity loving species that grows over rocks, trees, and sometimes just woodland floors in the wetter Western parts of the UK. In drier places, you're more likely to find it associated with microclimates such as ravines and wooded gorges.

Bazzania trilobata
One of the largest UK liverworts identifiable by its hummock formimg behaviours and three-lobed 'feet' that create a millipede-like appearance.

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For the botanists, the tiny Adder's-Tongue Fern at its main out-post on the equally tiny island of St Agnes, IoS. One of several plants located but, as usual, took some searching... @ukorchids.bsky.social #UKBotany #Scilly2025

Black-headed Gull

Bee Orchid

Bee Orchid

Surprised to see a BH Gull on the inland Dorset patch today & even more of a surprise was seeing 3 Bee Orchids, never recorded at the site before, as far as I'm aware! #UKbirding #UKbotany