Did you know the name of the spiked thingy on the end of a Stegosaurus’ tail? Coolest etymology ever.

There are only a few places on earth where thousand year old trees still stand. The west coast of Canada is one of them but every day they are logged. Time to stop the logging: buff.ly/CKJRcLy #ProtecttheIrreplaceable #ActOnClimate #nature pics @TJWattPhoto #cop16cali

I’ve struggled with interval training for the last 6 months, rarely hitting target HRs. Since Sweden and losing fitness it’s amazingly satisfying to complete sessions where I *do* hit targets ☺️

👩‍🌾 L'Illustration horticole: Gand, Belgium: Imprimerie et lithographie de F. et E. Gyselnyck, 1854-1896. [Source]

There are few things as pleasing as hauling a fresh sourdough from the hot oven, the crusty fug that pervades the house, or the accompanying crackle as it meets cold air.

Oh Norfolk

Two-day-old zebrafish larvae, as seen through a scanning electron microscope

Long, frass-packed leaf mine on Carpinus betulus, doesn’t readily key out via bladmineerders.nl - any guidance out there?

The Trees That Were Saved and Destroyed by the Same Mistake botany.one/2025/11/the-... "The authors emphasise the importance of taxonomy throughout the conservation process."

Pteridium aquilinum should be Latin for path-obscuring ankle-slasher. More fun than pounding roads and tracks though 😉

The joys of a double coated dog and a mild spell of weather in late autumn 🤦🏻‍♂️

If you're out doing your @webs-gsmp.bsky.social counts this weekend, remember to record & report any dead or sick birds you find (info in the link). Bird flu cases are rising. www.bto.org/our-work/new... 📷 Dead Whooper Swan, by Kane Brides #UKbirding

Please keep an eye open for dead & dying Whooper Swans (and other waterbirds), see thread below on how to report for possible sampling & please also report to @birdtrack.bsky.social so we can start to build a comprehensive picture of the spread 👇🏻

First of the Cyclamen coum into flower this morning, last winter this one was flowering from Oct 29th until at least February

Plastic flowers and foliage picked up from Cornish beaches.

I felt like I was being judged last night 👀

This has got to be an Ologies subject @ologies.bsky.social

Conservation Officer vacancy with @n-t-s.bsky.social 40 hours per week based at Mar Lodge Estate, Braemar, Aberdeenshire c-js.uk/4oubBG7

Looking up! Discovering the Forest Jewels. Bavaria, Germany #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #fog #mushrooms #pilze

These videos of a rat hunting and eating bats will haunt my dreams. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Weekend ballast made - best get out and work up an appetite!

An interesting close encounter on my wander in the woods this morning 😳

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Dogs are truly amazing, worth a listen

Somehow managed a run out along the river and back - nonchalant Reynard negotiating roadworks enthralled commuters

Squirrels in the York museum gardens getting all the attention from visitors - but the trees need closer attention ☺️

Spot the graft union 😉

Noise cancelling headphones are a revelation on trains, but could someone invent odour cancelling please? Either that or ban tuna and eggs on trains…

Not sure what happened to the heavy rain that was forecast, but it’s a braw morning here in the Tweed Valley

I’ve got a few hours to enjoy York one afternoon/evening next week - what should I definitely not miss?

Narrow leaves ash - usually the cultivar ‘Raywood’ syluddenlybgets very easy to spot this time of year 👀

A very brief overnight stop at York overnight after a week down south with Observatree volunteers and colleagues - glad to be headed back north ☺️

In honour of the excellent Blattodeology episode of @ologies.bsky.social podcast, please enjoy these veeeeerrrry fancy Mardi Gras cockroaches (Polyzosteria mitchelli) from arid WA: The stripes! The yellow shorts! The blue socks! 🌏🪳 #wildOz (Go listen to the episode www.alieward.com/ologies/blat...)

I moved here from the south of England 8 years ago. Still the best move ever ☺️

Golden hour run at a civilised hour on a glorious October day in the local hills

Regent parrot chicks getting weighed are just so absurdly adorable and undignified 😂😭😇

Plenty still going on in the garden - and it’s a glorious day!

Tillandsia - much overlooked and neglected, scented spp worth seeking out. Yellow glowered T. crocata smells like jonquil to me, pale violet flowered T. mallemontii sweeter, possibly sweetpea-like.

Today is World Mental Health Day - a reminder that awareness alone isn’t enough. Employers must take real action to support mental health. @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social has released a new Gone Foresting podcast exploring the pressures of forestry work & wellbeing 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/4oI4...

Sensible Syrphid seeking shelter

First head torch run of the season up through the forest - always takes me a while to get used to reading the terrain again 🤣

Look at her go! #invertebrates 🌿

Next up, chonky Petzl head-torch!!

It’s a clearout kinda day - iPod evolution locked away in a cupboard, amazingly kept the cables too!!

Finally time to face the fact I’ll probably not climb outdoors again and clear out the rack. Happy memories (and the odd bit of glute clenching).

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

Calling botanical researchers, the School of Natural Science at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor in Plant Biodiversity and Conservation. I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat! my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

Sad to report that we've lost another #kakapo, and a particularly significant one. Solstice was the last kākāpō rediscovered, found on Rakiura in 1997. She died on the weekend as a result of complications from the #disease cloacitis. There are now 237 kākāpō left. #conservation #parrots #birds

Buying weeds again, Plantago major ‘Purple Perversion’ - how could I not 😉

Another braw autumnal day in the valley