"Ha ha yes yes " when yoyr driving threw a small hamlet and you see thos beuty sat on a gate ,well i jus6 had to get aquated...."So nice " 💙

Lovely St Davids day Daffs yesterday at Bromsberrow heath,Are beutiful native wild daffodils Narcissus Pseudonarcissus with there bright yellow petals and darker trumpets 💛

An early 7 am vist yesterday to the Tower mustard site at Bromsberrow heath me Brian Laney and Tim Rich have been keeping habitat open with seasonally opening up bare soil areas the last few years ,various rossettes showing nicely,always good to natter along to each other as we work.

I discovered this Seriously strong Population of Scleropodium tourettii a few years back ,previously to this colony it was only known in Gloucestershire at Symonds yat,it was nice to cast an eye over it again yesterday on the red sandstone exposures above Bromsberrow @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Reboulia hemispherica (Hemisphaeric Liverwort) on the Keuper red sandstone outcrops in-between Bromsberrow and Chasend hill yesterday, I found this exceedingly strong Colony of this lovely thallus Liverwort a few years back whilst searching for Tortula Vahiliana @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Riccia Sorocarpa (Common Crystalwort) growing on the bare soil patches in an arable field gateway at Redmarley D abitôt yesterday @bbsbryology.bsky.social

A Sunday trip over to Redmarley D abitôt today give the arable a search, HH Knights Riccia nigra find in 1912 was on my mind ,a species ling shot but worth a mooch , lots of Sphaerocarpos (Balloonwort) always nice to see @bbsbryology.bsky.social

A couple of old toads thos morning.

Adoxa moschatellina starting to push threw ,on a bank on the edge of Wormwood hill in Horsley.

A nice patch of Protobryum bryoides growing on one of the thousands of yellow meadow ant hills at Berkley deer park this winter ,two 7 hour mondays searching hundreds of these ant hills for Rodobryum roseum, no sighn but only half the site searched so it could show . @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Helleborus Viridis on recently opening up woodland adjacent to Killcot lane on the borders of South Gloucestershire tuther friday ,always love the green flowering Hellebore 💚🌿

It was great to Finally after much preorder delay ,get the Magnificent European boletus vol.1 delivery this week ,a seriously nice book that I certainly wasn't going for the refund option a month or so ago in an email from Summerfield books, good things come to those that wait .

Platydictya jungermanoides, growing infront of two Caves in the Wye valley Gorge last Saturday, lovely species and habitat @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Marchesinia mackaii (MacKay's Pouncewowort) or rock treacle as I call it,on the Limestone Outcrops in the Wye valley Gorge last weekend @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Anomodon longifolius (Long-leaved Tail-moss) on the Carboniferous limestone outcrops at Lady park wood in the Wye valley Gorge last Saturday @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Finally caught up with a liverwort i have put a fair bit of time in for,Fossombronia fimbriata on the Preseli hills yesterday, on the edge of a stream were a track used frequently by livestock crosses , a classic habitat for it ,second day of a Sixteen day mossing sesh @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Some rather fertile Marchantia polymorpha in the pavement edges at Strathclyde services this morning,150 miles to go then I have two weeks in moss heaven , Cairngorms bryophytes here i come @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Top of the morning from us ,just the wind threw the trees and a Blackbird and wood pigeon calling close 🙂🐾🌿

I have watched this Whisteria Climb this Yew tree over tge last four years ,it was looking absolutely Marvellous in Wednesday.

Dwarf Mallow next to the garden fence at home on Tuesday.

Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) on the edge of Stockend wood in Edge near Stroud on Tuesday.

White helleborine's in little London in Rodbrough in Stroud on Thursday morning.

Oxeye daisy's (Leucanthemum vulgare) outside the yard gates at Gossington this morning,the start of another working week #jobzagoodun

Gyrographa saxigena/Opegrapha saxigena, found in two of the various old limestone Quarries in Stanley & Penn woods this weekend, a lovely Lichen species of shaded rock in old woodlands .

Gyalecta jenensis, on the shaded wooded limestone Quarries in the steep Scarp woodland of Stanley & Penn woods this weekend,lovely brown thallus and splendid abundant Orange Apothecia.

Porina linearis, growing on the Oolite limestone in one of the old limestone Quarries in Stanley & Penn woods on Saturday ,lovely pink thallus and black perithecia.

Penn & Stanley woods today 🙂🐾

Fantastic old beech tree's holding there own on a quarry edge today in Stanley woods.

Keen amongst the green today 🙂🐾🌿

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Lovely old limestone Quarry in Stanley wood today 🙂🐾

Another eight hours today in Penn & Stanley woods 🙂🐾

White helleborine's in penn& Stanley wood yesterday.

Birds-nest Orchids in Penn & Stanley wood yesterday .

Penn & Stanley wood yesterday 🙂🐾

One of various old limestone Quarries in Penn & Stanley wood on Saturday 🙂🐾

A lovely eight hours in Penn/ Stanley wood yesterday 🙂🐾

Eight hours searching this splendid local woodland yesterday and another eight today ,right the rucky is packed and iam gona disappear in and dissolve some time ,have a G'day all 🙂🐾🌿

A check up on a Cotswold red helleborine on Wednesday and a tad scrag end so probably won't flower this year ,still a full day today searching this old historic Cephalanthera rubra site for you never know,one could just be hiding and holding it's own , if ya don't look noubt gets found 🙂🐾

Shoreweed (Littorella uniflora) on the Upper Usk above the Usk reservoir last weekend.

Taraxacum faeroense,growing on the Upper Usk last Sunday,Breacon dandy finery indeed.

Taraxacum pietii-oosterveldii, growing on the edge of a wet flush on the Upper Usk last Sunday,a lovely Dandylion sp.

Opegrapha saxigena/Gyrographa saxigena on the limestone outcrops in the Wooded Landslip at Bonchurch near Ventnor a few weeks back.

Porpidia macrocarpa, growing on riverside boulders along the Upper Usk last Sunday.

Porpidia crustulata,growing on pebbles and stones along the edge of the Upper Usk last Sunday.

Large Stonefly (Perla bipunctata) and Nymph skin ,on the Upper Usk last Sunday,lovely species.

Tipula vittata,on the Upper Usk last Sunday.

Claw Brook-moss (Hygrohypnum ochraceum) in the Upper Usk last Sunday,love the Hygrohypnum's @bbsbryology.bsky.social