Paul Fletcher
@paul-fletcher.bsky.social
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Nature Conservation. Botanist. Native plant reintroduction. RHS volunteer. Lives in Essex.
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Reintroduction of Marsh Sow-thistle (Sonchus palustris) to a Thames-side marsh in East london this year. Planting out in April and flowering in August 2024. Thanks to
@fungiflowers.bsky.social
and
@thameswater.bsky.social
12 months ago
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Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) for
#WildflowerHour
at Church Road Flood Meadow
#Essex
2 days ago
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Limbarda (Inula) crithmoides for
#WildflowerHour
at Blackwater Estuary NNR
#Essex
9 days ago
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Can anyone
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
recommend a Grid Reference app for android to at least 8 figures?
13 days ago
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Paul Fletcher
Rob Knell
16 days ago
Homage to Xavier Bou: little swifts at the Olifants River high-water bridge, Kruger National Park. Unstacked from video taken with an Iphone 14.
#birds
#photography
#SouthAfrica
#iPhone
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Betony (Betonica officinalis) still in flower for
#WildflowerHour
at Hatch Road Country Park, Brentwood
#Essex
16 days ago
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reposted by
Paul Fletcher
Rob Knell
20 days ago
A couple of really skanky hyaenas from the Kruger Park.
#wildlife
#photography
#kruger
#hyaena
#filthhound
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Paul Fletcher
Alan McElligott
about 1 month ago
2025. Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural artifactsâsome up to 650 years old [Spain]
phys.org/news/2025-10...
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Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural artifactsâsome up to 650 years old
Many people have probably seen birds picking up small pieces of man-made materials, like strips of a plastic bag or paper litter, and taking them into their nest. This behavior appears to be fairly wi...
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-bearded-vulture-hoards-cultural-artifacts.html
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Slender Hare's-ear (Bupleurum tenuissimum) for
#WildflowerHour
, near Great Wakering,
#Essex
. Slightly out of focus due to coastal breeze.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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@bramblebotanist.bsky.social
,
@jo-the-botanist.bsky.social
Would it be okay to DM you both regarding your thoughts on a possible plant conservation project in Norfolk?
about 2 months ago
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Paul Fletcher
Alan McElligott
about 2 months ago
2025. The hunted, not the hunters: AI reveals early humans were prey for leopards
phys.org/news/2025-09...
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The hunted, not the hunters: AI reveals early humans were prey for leopards
A new study may be about to rewrite a part of our early human history. It has long been thought that Homo habilis, often considered the first true human species, was the one to turn the tables on the ...
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-hunters-ai-reveals-early-humans.html
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Heather (Calluna vulgaris) and Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix) on Sunshine Plain,
#EppingForest
,
#Essex
,
#lowlandheath
for
#WildflowerHour
,
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
0
24
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Brown Wild Service-tree 'chequers' (Sorbus torminalis) and red Hawthorn berries (Crataegus monogyna) for
#WildflowerHour
,
#fruits
, in Doddinghurst,
#Essex
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
2 months ago
1
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Reintroduced Marsh Sow-thistle (Sonchus palustris) for
#WildflowerHour
,
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
, Thames-side marshes, East London.
3 months ago
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11
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One of the Eastbrookend CP Black-poplars (Populus nigra subsp. betulifolia), East London.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
#WildflowerHour
,
#ents
,
#wetwoodland
3 months ago
0
10
1
Meadow Crane's-bill (Geranium pratense) at Harlow Common,
#Essex
for
#WildflowerHour
,
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
3 months ago
0
11
2
My pot grown Bromus interruptus is in flower - hurrah!
#WildflowerHour
,
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
3 months ago
1
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1
Dwarf Gorse (Ulex minor) at Chigwell Row Wood LNR
#heathland
,
#Essex
for
#WildflowerHour
,
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
3 months ago
0
7
1
Heather (Calluna vulgaris) at Backwarden NR, Danbury for
#WildflowerHour
- declining in
#Essex
due to scrubbing over of
#heathland
,
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
3 months ago
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The Ironworks Nature Reserve at
#Maldon
,
#Essex
is showing recovery after the recent rains with new grow of reed and other plants. The group and volunteers looking after the site have made a brilliant job by clearing much of the debris.
3 months ago
0
2
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Lesser Calamint (Clinopodium nepeta) for
#Deadnettlefamily
,
#WildFlowerHour
,
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
. Probably a better candidate for County Flower of
#Essex
!
4 months ago
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Paul Fletcher
Friends of Lye Valley
4 months ago
â ANNOUNCEMENT â It's not currently possibly to safely or easily walk the full length of the Lye Valley after some mindless vandal(s) set fire to part of the boardwalk last night. The City Council are aware of the situation, and are visiting today.
@headingtonnews.bsky.social
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Out of curiosity does anyone know why plants such as Yellow Archangel and Broad-leaved Willowherb have the species/ subsp name 'montanum' when the bulk of their range is not near mountains.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
#WildFlowerHour
4 months ago
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2
Alas unable to complete the
#HarebellChallenge
for
#WildflowerHour
but here's a relative instead, Nettle-leaved Bellflower (Campanula trachelium),
#Essex
,
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
4 months ago
0
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After the devastating fire yesterday at Ironworks Meadow Nature Reserve in
#Maldon
,
#Essex
donations are being asked for to rebuild the boardwalk and bridge giving people better access to the site. If you would like to donate go to
www.gofundme.com/f/chelmer-bl...
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Donate to CHELMER BLACKWATER IRONWORKS MEADOW RESERVE FIRE RECOVERY, organized by Ian Harden
Help Us Rebuild Chelmer Blackwater Nature Reserve On 14th Jul⊠Ian Harden needs your support for CHELMER BLACKWATER IRONWORKS MEADOW RESERVE FIRE RECOVERY
https://www.gofundme.com/f/chelmer-blackwater-reserve-restore/cl/s?v=amp14_t2&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp13_t1-amp14_t2&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_GB&attribution_id=sl%3Ab61785fc-42cf-456c-900a-982ce25fafff&ts=1752695774
4 months ago
1
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Devastating fire at Ironworks Meadow Nature Reserve in
#Maldon
,
#Essex
today has burnt the grassland, reedbed and destroyed the boardwalk.
4 months ago
3
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8
Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) for
#WildFlowerHour
but especially for
@haggewoods.bsky.social
. Roadside Nature Reserve on chalky boulder clay at High Laver in
#Essex
.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
4 months ago
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For
#WildFlowerHour
Common Restharrow (Ononis repens),
#HairyPlants
, on a RNR at High laver
#Essex
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
4 months ago
0
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2
A sizable clump of Betony (Betonica officinalis) at Hatch Road Country Park, Brentwood for
#WildFlowerHour
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
4 months ago
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reposted by
Paul Fletcher
Rob Knell
4 months ago
Marsh Harrier chicks have fledged at my local nest in the latest 24 hours. Here's one with some fuzz still present on its head. Now I need to find something else to obsess about.
#birds
#ukwilldlife
#ukbirds
#wildlifephotography
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Two heath grasses for the
#GrassChallenge
, Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea) and Wavy Hair-grass (Avenella flexuosa).
#WildFlowerHour
,
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
. Both on the same fragmented heathland, Essex.
4 months ago
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reposted by
Paul Fletcher
Rob Knell
5 months ago
Some more pictures of a male marsh harrier bringing breakfast for the kids. 0710 this morning
#birds
#wildlife
#ukwildlife
#britishbirds
#yorkshire
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reposted by
Paul Fletcher
Kew Gardens
5 months ago
BIG NEWS! Weâve found that ash trees are fighting back against ash dieback disease! đłđȘ Scientists at Kew & QMUL âȘ@qmul.bsky.social have discovered that young ash trees are evolving resistance to this devastating fungus - & fast đ Read the storyđ
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
#PlantScience
#SciNews
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A bit late but for
#WildFlowerHour
, Trailing St. John's-wort (Hypericum humifusum) and Tormentil (Potentilla erecta) at Chigwell Row Wood LNR Heath,
#WildEssex
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
5 months ago
2
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Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) at Roughtalley's Wood
#WildEssex
for
#WildFlowerHour
5 months ago
0
10
0
For the
#WildFlowerHour
#PeaFamily
challenge, Grass Vetchling (Lathyrus nissolia), Birds-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) & Smooth Tare (Ervum tetraspermum) various meadows in Essex
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
5 months ago
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Two scramblers for
#WildFlowerHour
Sweet-briar (Rosa rubiginosa) and White Bryony (Bryonia dioica) near Morton
#WildEssex
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
5 months ago
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reposted by
Paul Fletcher
Rob Knell
5 months ago
Some more pix from Monday
#birds
#ukwildlife
#seabirds
#wildlife
#Bempton
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Flowering Curled Pondweed (Potamogeton crispa) for
#WildFlowerHour
at Blackmore village pond
#WildEssex
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
5 months ago
0
6
1
Yellow Pimpernel (Lysimachia nemorum) for
#WildFlowerHour
at Roughtalley's Wood
#WildEssex
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
5 months ago
1
21
1
#WildFlowerHour
- Yellow-rattle (Rhinanthus minor) and Common Vetch (Vicia sativa subsp sativa) for
#WildFlowerShow
#WildEssex
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
6 months ago
0
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3
For
#WildFlowerHour
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) and Mouse-ear-hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum)
#WildFlowerShow
#WildEssex
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
6 months ago
0
14
1
Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis) for
#WildFlowerHour
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
at Mill Green Common
#WildEssex
6 months ago
1
36
4
A Buttercup (Ranunculus acris) for want of a meadow!
#WildFlowerHour
6 months ago
0
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Rather boring this week for
#WildFlowerHour
,
#speedwell
-pale form of Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) in Writtle, All Saints churchyard,
#WildEssex
6 months ago
0
9
0
#HighUpPlants
for
#WildFlowerHour
in Essex wasn't easy! So, here's Heath Dogs-violet, scarce in
#WildEssex
instead, taken this week in vc18.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
6 months ago
0
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Pink Bluebell (Hyacinthoides x massartiana), Ramsons (Allium ursinum) and Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) for
#WildFlowerHour
at
#WoodlandTrust
The Mores
#WildEssex
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
6 months ago
0
7
1
Yellow archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon) and Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) for
#WildFlowerHour
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
Weald Country Park
#WildEssex
6 months ago
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1
reposted by
Paul Fletcher
ChrisGibsonWildlife
6 months ago
New blog just posted: The Wild Side of Essex - the Colne Valley and Chalkney Wood at Bluebell time
www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-sid...
@naturetrek.bsky.social
#NatureWriting
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reposted by
Paul Fletcher
Michael J. Warren
7 months ago
Bird place-name of the day 10: EARNLEY (W. Ssx). OE earn + leah. âEagle woodâ. Requested by
@paul-fletcher.bsky.social
.
#birdsandplace
#naturewriting
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Broom (Cytisus scoparius) for
#WildFlowerHour
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
taken while listening to nightingales on Danbury Common
#WildEssex
7 months ago
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9
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