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Wildlife Trust BCN @wildlifebcn.org · 05/10/2026

🥳We are very excited to see work starting on one of our biggest ever wetland restoration sites. Now, after lots of planning and preparation, the diggers have arrived to turn an area almost the size of Hyde Park into a thriving wetland. Read more here www.wildlifebcn.org/news/work-st...

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My first freshwater dinoflagellate (a swimming alga) from a ditch at Woodwalton Fen: quite spectacular - www.flickr.com/photos/clado...

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Ceratium carolinianum, drain north of Mason's Drove, Woodwalton Fen , stacked 0030

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bogtrotter2024.bsky.social @bogtrotter2024.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Good to see Volume 13 of the Thorne & Hatfield Moors Papers in print 12 Papers incl. @ecology-digest.bsky.social Humberhead Levels spider survey: final report (1st part in Vol.12) more details on other papers in ALT. @brianecambs.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social

Other Papers on sphagnum propogation, Royal Fern in Lincs & HHL & an update on the neglected Thorne Moors gem (Buckleria paludum), Large Heath, archaeological excavations at Epworth Rectory. Synopsis of the Outline Study of the Level of Hatfield Chase. 12 Papers in total.

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I stumbled across your web app through a search, and it's brilliant, and great fun. I wanted to see distribution of 'elm' placenames and it's wonderfully thorough. Thanks for sharing - it needs to be more widely known!

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Strelitzia nicolai is bird-pollinated in an unusual way. Perching birds, like this Cape weaver (Ploceus capensis), pick up the pollen on their feet! 📷: Andrew Core CCBYNC4. #Strelitziaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱 Want more #ornithophily? Prof. Jeff Ollerton wrote an excellent book about it.

A plate of two photos showing a yellowish bird perched on the flower of a Strelitzia. The bird’s feet are clasping the flower and exposing the anthers.

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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've written Joe Harkness's obituary for the Guardian. I hope it pays good tribute to a wonderful man who was brave, honest and made the world a better place. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Joe Harkness obituary

Writer, teacher and naturalist who explored the effects of the natural world on neurodivergency

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Andy Symes @andysymes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Beautiful Plume pursued by small shadow dragons - dramatic scenes on my kitchen wall last night #TeamMoth

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VC40Ladybirds 🐞 @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Uploading the Dot Ladybird (Stethorus pusillus) with 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) again, just because I like it!! 😆 From August in Shropshire #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I remember seeing Margaret Attwood at the IOC in Vancouver in 2018 - the closest thing to Canadian royalty?! Excellent to see a chair in Ornithology being endowed - see quoted tweet for direct details & more background in this @theguardian.com article www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

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‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research

Award-winning novelist celebrates late partner’s love of birds with gift to establish the Graeme Gibson chair in avian biology

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I nearly didn't post this one from Private Eye. Then thought 'Go on. @justrena.bsky.social would have loved it'. I hope so.

Man and woman in front of a wall of skulls. Woman says 'Investing in crypto is something else, dear. What you've done is buy an ossuary'.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026

Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/

Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm not good enough at fungi to run courses, but I lead quite a lot of guided walks, and that's just the sort of explanation that people will remember :-)

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lovely way to describe it - I might use that in future if that's ok!

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Quite emotional to report that we've just found our amazing survivor Marsh Tit, still here in his ancient woodland kingdom. He's now 11 yrs 4 months old, survived the 2026 heatwaves/drought and smelt the wildfires of nearby Holme Fen. I ringed him in my 30s and I'm now in my 50s.

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

An account of a book scam markavery.info/2026/09/20/b... #naturewriting #books #authors

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I had my first, in Bucks, at Rushmere, near Beds border, in August 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/clado... and it turned up in a light trap in Histon, Cambridge, this July.

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Polistichus connexus, a scarce ground-beetle, Rushmere Park, Beds-Bucks border DSC_7985

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NullPointer 🍄 @nuiipointer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Interesting fungal find: This parasitic plant fungus (Exobasidium karstenii) lives exclusively on bog-rosemary (Andromeda polifolia) and makes some of the leaves much broader, and purple. The green and the purple leaves here are the same plant! #naturephotography #fungifriends

Top view of some bog-rosemary, with narrow, green, rolled up leaves. In the middle is a sprig of broad, purple leaves. They are the same plant, but infected with a gall fungus.

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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com

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Judy Webb @judywebb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My goodness, that looks like a nice bit of lowland spring fen. What was the moss? Thatchy & tall dead reed means it could do with a good cut & collect, then goodness knows what good things may return, perhaps grazing later on happens? Sweep netting in May & June needed for soldierflies...

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Nothing special so far, but thick stands of Calliergonella with some nice amoebae etc. looked promising. Yes, the fen and the meadow both need more management; I don't think the wet parts have been mown or grazed for a few years. I hope a local grazier might put a few cattle on once it's re-fenced.

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Terry & Judy Wood @tandjwood.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Good luck with the appeal and wouldn't it be great to, one day, join it to Flitwick Moor.... (understand it is 5 fields away).

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It feels like it should have: I was there too early, in April (needed a quick survey before a grant application): still, some interesting things www.flickr.com/photos/clado... I didn't find any tufa but there was quite a bit of wet moss, so there's hope. I look forward to a later visit next year!

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Pulloxhill Marsh, Bedfordshire

Explore this photo album by Brian Eversham on Flickr!

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Pulloxhill is special, though only 12.5 acres. It's close to Flitwick Moor, so maybe visit both... Flitwick has a good range of Sphagnum, incl swathes of girgensohnii well outside its main range, loads of Scirpus sylvaticus, and plenty of sedges, inc. abundant canescens and hard-to-find C. elongata

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

5 or 6 fields, yes - and there's already a stream, hedge and partly a footpath between them. From the top of Pulloxhill Marsh, you can see the trees of Flitwick Moor - quite an inspiring view!

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thanks so much for your support. This really is a wonderful site - a chalk spring, a neutral spring and an acidic spring from the Greensand meet in the central marsh - I can't think of a site of this size with such diversity, and the plants and invertebrates to prove ti.

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Martin Harvey @kitenet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thrips are tiny creatures that lay very tiny eggs, into which these astonishingly tiny wasps lay their own minuscule eggs. What an amazing form of life 🔬

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

9,500 years old! And still intact! A Mesolithic woven baskets from Spain’s Cueva de los Murciélagos (“Cave of the Bats”) are Europe’s oldest known basketry. Thanks to the cave’s near‑zero humidity, organic materials didn’t decay, preserving several baskets for more than 9,000. 🧵/1/2 📷 me

Woven cylindrical basket displayed against a black background, with a wide rim and rounded base illuminated by a spotlight.

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Government is asking for views about the good causes National Lottery funding should support. But in the 'call for evidence', nature is not included in the description of 'heritage' anymore. This is potentially BAD NEWS. You can help here:

action.wildlifetrusts.org

Nature could miss out from Lottery funding – have your say

Respond to the call to action to share nature IS heritage and the National Lottery needs to continue to support nature.

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Looks good for a locust, but perhaps Desert rather than Migratory - maybe @stuvigreen.bsky.social can offer a view. I don't know if they are still bred in schools in numbers, or whether lab escape is now less likely than a natural wanderer.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Need to harness the power of Bluesky, so reposts are appreciated. If anyone here, or anyone you know attends Bangor University (the Welsh one) and needs a room for the upcoming year, get in touch. One of my son's housemates has dropped out at the last minute, so their house is one short.

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Wildlife Trust BCN @wildlifebcn.org · 12/09/2026

📸 Could your photo be our next Header Photo of the Month? 🌿 Send us your favourite photo taken on one of our reserves for a chance to feature on our Facebook & Bluesky headers! 📅 Deadline: 20th September 📧 communicationsteam@wildlifebcn.org We can't wait to see your photos!

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Celebrating receiving an advance copy of my new Magnum Opus (with 4,000 images), by catching a Clifden Nonpareil on the same day.

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Jonathan Tonkin @handle.invalid · 11/09/2026

A species can be common in an ecosystem and still be doomed. If it can no longer reproduce, e.g. due to degradation or climate change, it's likely already facing extinctioning. Sometimes ecosystems reflect land-use decisions from 50y ago as much as today's. New piece on ghosts, debts, and credits.

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Ghosts, debts, and credits

The hidden lags between what we do and what it costs

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Wonderful ancient artistry! About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory! Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse! 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

And, seeing my first Clifden Nonpareil today www.flickr.com/photos/clado... prompted me to check, and South's Moths was a school prize when I was 15... Far less easy to use than Skinner or the current field guide, but I now appreciate, with charming chatty text

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Clifden Nonpareil, Catocala fraxini, Ramsey Heights light trap, Cambridgeshire 1000000435

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Spot on - in Breckland, Field, Mottled and Stripe-winged have had a good year, but really struggled to find Common Green at usual sites. More pink- and purple-backed Field than usual, too.

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Reminder of happy childhood days - the Wayside & Woodland volume I had on permanent loan from the local library for a couple of years. A key part of my gateway into entomology

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller Monday, September 07,1953

P1- NANCY AND SLUGGO ARE WALKING DOWNTOWN
SLUGGO: I HAVE AN IDEA, NANCY
P2- THEY WALK BEHIND A WOODEN FENCE
SLUGGO: LET’S STAND BEHIND THIS FENCE
NANCY: WHY?
P3- SLUGGO: THIS IS LABOR DAY ---
LET'S GIVE THE BOSS AN EASY STRIP TO DRAW

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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 06/09/2026

Deacon in local Catholic Church went full Ezekiel in homily today, re climate crisis and the horrors being visited on those least responsible: "seen recently in Nepal and Tibet. The blood of more than 1,300 people is on our hands, from this one incident of climate injustice alone."

Deacon Ray's Homily 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

"It is important we celebrate this feast appropriately because part of our duty, as the body of Christ, is to be responsible stewards of creation, another most precious gift which God has granted us. We have lived comfortably using the resources of the Earth, without regard for future generations, but the debt is now due, and we need to make difficult choice about the way in which we live. This is especially true in the western world where despite baking summers and sodden winters we are still largely sheltered from the worst effects of the climate crisis, while those in less wealthy countries suffer disproportionately, as we have seen recently in Nepal and Tibet. The blood of more than 1,300 people is on our hands, from this one incident of climate injustice alone.

To borrow a famous phrase from a fictional journalist, the job of the homilist is "to comfort the afflicted, and to afflict the comfortable". So, if you are still sitting comfortably in your pew, then I have failed this morning. But I hope and pray that you are feeling just a little uncomfortable, and that your hearts have been softened towards your brothers and sisters, whoever and wherever they may be."

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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It is back to school everyone! And to mark that, we have here William Keble Martin's paintbox which was used for his well loved Concise British Flora in Colour (1965) published when Martin was 88. It has 1,400 species of plants and has been the inspiration for many budding botanists ever since.

Antique watercolor kit with brushes and squeezed paint tubes in an open velvet-lined case set before an open botanical reference showing detailed plant illustrations and labels.

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

As Europe slouches back towards fascism, a reminder where it leads.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Art by Jonatan Maldonado

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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

After another shower of cowards tried to campaign on Facebook for people to stop donating to the RNLI when they discovered that they don't ask to see your passport when rescuing you if you're drowning in the sea, I started a monthly donation. You might want to do the same. Or just a one off.

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A new book on British Earthstars by Jonathan Revett is now available to preorder from @summerfieldbooks.com #MycoBookClub #fungi #FungiFriday #Mycology www.summerfieldbooks.com/product/brit...

14. Geastrum rufescens Pers.

Rosy Earthstar

<<< rufescens = red, reddening >>>

Icons: Pegler et al. (1995) p103; Jeppson (2013) p168; Læssøe et al. (2019) p1249.

A medium to large sized species with thick fleshed pinkish-red non-hygroscopic rays, a fimbriate peristome and stalked spore sac

Unexpanded fruitbody: Subglobose, 30mm 40mm.

Expanded fruitbody: 50mm - 90mm with 5-8 non-hygroscopic rays, flattened or arching with age.

Mycelial layer: Persistent, encrusting debris.

Fibrous layer: Pale grey brown

Fleshy layer: Warm reddish pink, flesh up to 8mm thick when fresh, quickly cracking and falling apart, darker with age but normally with residual reddish tones.

Spore sac: Subglobose 10mm 30mm diameter, greyish buff or light brown, smooth or minutely hairy (hand lens needed!) and with a fimbriate peristome which is often ill-defined and a short stem.

Mature Spore Mass: Dark brown.

Spores: Globose, 3.8µm 4.3µm, covered in elongated warts up to 0.5µm high.

Capillitial hyphae: 4.0µm 8.0µm, thick walled, tapering, encrusted.

Habitat: Rich litter in both deciduous and coniferous woodland, parks, arboretums.

Distribution: An uncommon species but well represented across Britain.

Discussion:

Unmistakable when fresh, thick fleshed with some degree (often very intense) of pinkish red tones and a weakly defined fimbriate peristome. The spore sac often degrades very quickly, especially around the peristome and can end up with several tears and holes. The short stem is best seen in mature specimens when all the flesh has eroded.

Unlikely to be confused with other earthstars when fresh but old specimens can resemble Geastrum michelianum or even Geastrum fimbriatum however the rays normally have dark reddish tones and sometimes dried patches of the thick flesh. The spores are also larger than G fimbriatum & G michelianum.

Often found in and around rotting tree stumps or on big thick piles of needle litter.

European Distribution & Species:

Common and widespread a…

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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

By Wendell Berry, RIP:

They Sit Together on the Porch

They sit together on the porch, the dark Almost fallen, the house behind them dark.
Their supper done with, they have washed and dried The dishes-only two plates now, two glasses, Two knives, two forks, two spoons-small work for two.
She sits with her hands folded in her lap, At rest. He smokes his pipe. They do not speak, And when they speak at last it is to say What each one knows the other knows. They have One mind between them, now, that finally For all its knowing will not exactly know Which one goes first through the dark doorway, bidding Goodnight, and which sits on a while alone.

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Great to see Environment Secretary @angelaeagle1.bsky.social recognising the benefits of restoring nature for preventing wildfires and improving climate resilience. An important rebuttal of unsupported claims ‘rewilding’ is to blame for wildfires, like those at Dunwich Heath this summer.

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My reading of it is that the whole Dyke is in Cambridgeshire vice-county, which many recorders still use; and the north-east side of the Racecourse section is in modern administrative Suffolk (whose boundary follows the Dyke), so if you use modern counties, the butterflies there probably visit both!

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