Branches of plane tree with bauble-like fruits against blue sky and white fluffy clouds.
Warwickshire’s champion (I think) London plane, in actual sun!
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Branches of plane tree with bauble-like fruits against blue sky and white fluffy clouds.
Warwickshire’s champion (I think) London plane, in actual sun!
When, oh when, will it be dry?
Nice article on how pet flea & tick treatments end up in rivers:
the-european.eu/story-57030/...
My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
Lamppost with four lights. Grey blue evening sky
Streetlight reflections on wet paving stones leading to church door.
Light showing through church windows. Framed by leafless branches.
Street lamp shining on leaves. Framed by other branches.
Stratford upon Avon evening lights
Warwickshire’s Brandon Marsh starlings did not disappoint.
The algorithms are making it a lot harder to spread the word about these online talks. Although numbers are still reasonable, it would be a great help if folk were able to give the 30 December event a quick share 🙂
Booking available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...
Riverbank trees and evening sky reflections in river. Church steeple in the background on the right.
Rather lovely evening light today.
There were zero plans to invest in our natural capital - despite the fact it would add billions to our economy, create jobs & benefit the whole of society in countless ways.
Ignoring nature is short-sighted.
You cannot build a stable future on a collapsing natural foundation.
Otters linocut by my mum, Jo
The cover of 21st-Century Yokel
The back cover of 21st-Century Yokel
I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!
A somewhat psychedelic linocut of a hare
I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Possibly Badhamia utricularis. Tiny orange baubles hanging down on stalks underneath a fallen log.
And as for this, which is apparently a slime mould
Possibly leafy brain fungus?
Possibly Bulgaria inquinans
Shaggy ink cap I think
Possibly yellow brain fugus? A tremella
Forest of Dean. So many fungi. So much to learn.
A scenic view of a National Park landscape with a winding stone path leading through green hills and valleys under soft sunlight. In the centre of the image, bold black text on a red-and-black hazard-striped background reads: “DON’T WEAKEN NATIONAL PARK PROTECTIONS.” Below it, in white text, is the hashtag “#NationalParksMatter.”
Our National Parks are at risk. ⚠️
From the rugged Lakes to the sweeping South Downs, these landscapes define us and our future. They sustain wildlife, communities and our wellbeing - and they must be protected.
A future that puts them at risk isn't what anyone voted for.
Missed you.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
Tall wooden door/gates. Old paint peeling off in brown and blue and green.
Early with this - a Suffolk favourite
#AdoorableThursday
Interior stonework in Salisbury Cathedral
Patterns of light on stone floor
Concentric circles of posts marking Woodhenge.
Large upright stone against deep blue sky - Avebury.
Wiltshire never disappoints.
Two flower heads with long thin purple pink flowers. Bumblebee, fluffy orange behind the head, on left hand side
Common carder bee on wild bergamot (I think)
Record numbers of Hen Harriers have been illegally killed or gone missing in suspicious circumstances over the last five years:
No more Beewashing please! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees. Pls RT if you agree.
youtu.be/fiBYBmlKSYU
It was! Beautiful afternoon.
Orangey coloured stone in centre right of picture. Pebbles and broken snail shells around it.
Song thrush anvil and associated snail shells.
There’s more…. Environment Agency insider alleges ‘cover-up’ over sewage sludge on farmland. Regulator and government accused of colluding with water industry to dump potentially toxic waste without oversight
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With @nationaltrust.org.uk, Woodland Trust, and @beavertrust.bsky.social, we’re asking the UK Government to fund farmers and landowners to Make Space for Water – restoring river corridors that protect against floods, clean water, and bring nature back.
✍️ 👇
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Extracting peat destroys one of our best carbon stores and trashes a unique, biodiverse habitat. Doing so to grow pretty flowers is hugely selfish. Ever heard of the climate and ecology crisis?
Come on, RHS, show some spine!
Sign saying Wildflowers Tea in front of a church.
The best of signs
Early days re the impact on human health, but tens of millions of non native birds released every year is having an effect on tick numbers and the potential to spread Lyme disease.
@wildjustice.bsky.social @ruthtingay.bsky.social @iolowilliams.bsky.social
#Pheasants
#UpTick
"Imagine flattening an irreplaceable grade I listed building like the Royal Albert Hall, replacing it with karaoke machines in various towns and then telling the public this is a ‘win-win’ for architecture and music." @ruthtingay.bsky.social on threats to wildlife
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
