Tim Purches @Botany_Tim
Random wildlife stuff. Mostly plant related, normally from Devon and Cornwall. See @TimPurches for non-wildlife tweets Plymouth Joined April 2019-
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Many wonderful bryophytes were seen at the Devon Bryophyte Group meeting in Torquay today, most of which defeated my limited photography skills, but this Marchesinia mackaii was more obliging
What does wildlife conservation mean to you? Is it protecting people, species, biodiversity or something else? Please take my quick survey and spread the word: rebeccanesbit.com/what-does-cons… #EarthDay
Take a moment in your day to listen to this wonderful podcast all about our #moss inspired work with Bricks Bristol @bricksbristol & #TheMossyCarpet Episode 16 – Hope, Climate, Moss and Creativity with bryologist @mattstrib & Helen Meech @TheCCoalition open.spotify.com/episode/2Z0x8Q…
We were fortunate to see two lovely patches of this distinctive liverwort, a specialist of humid woodland. Read more on it here britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/learning/speci…
We were fortunate to see two lovely patches of this distinctive liverwort, a specialist of humid woodland. Read more on it here britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/learning/speci…
Lovely 'Mossy' walk on Venford Reservoir today with @OurArtAndEnergy @JWentomologist @Naomioutdoors @Botany_Tim Thank you all for an informative walk. The sunshine was a bonus! #dartmoor #moss #artandenergy #bryophytes #dorbeetle #minotaurbeetle #blackslug
Join us for a Mossy Wildlife Walk on #Dartmoor with @Botany_Tim & @JWentomologist 📆Sun 24 March ⌚️10am-12.30pm 📍Venford Reservoir, Dartmoor 💷Suggested donation £5 per person Details and tickets - eventbrite.co.uk/e/mossy-wildli… #artandenergy #moss #invertebrates #bryophytes
Regeneration of #mossy landscapes on #Dartmoor A chance to hear more about the roles of these small and often unnoticed plants – as pioneers, as preservers of history and in our changing environment. Mon 11 Dec 6.30-7.30pm via Zoom Reserve your free place: eventbrite.co.uk/e/770210589607…
It’s not often you see a celebration of moss in your local theatre. Great work by @OurArtAndEnergy as part of their #TheMossyCarpet project on show at @TRPlymouth Support them at avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/celebrating-… @BBSbryology
Best display of Sun Spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia) I’ve ever seen - at National Trust Wembury
It's "wildflower" season again on social media. Great colourful displays BUT issues which need to be raised : 1) They are often not WILDFLOWERS 2) They are not the best for INSECTS, they may be (not always) to POLLINATORS 3) They certainly aren't MEADOWS Let me explain 1/n
A couple of nice species from the upper reaches of the Lynher today - Schistostega pennata in the depths of a rabbit burrow and parches of Cephalozia curvifolia on a dead tree. @BBSbryology
This lovely rainforest tree, growing along the Dart river, really wants you to sign this petition to protect & restore Britain's lost rainforests: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6084… (So does the Sticta fuliginosa lichen growing on its trunk)
@Hcomosa @DurocYann Je me suis permise un remake parce que je trouvais ça super drôle ^^'
Birdfeeders are very popular, but are they what’s best for our feathered friends? | Sarah Hearne @SarahVHearne skeptic.org.uk/2021/12/birdfe…
Not the best photos I’m afraid (it was a lively little thing) but could this be Heliophanus cupreus? @BritishSpiders
AI-based apps like iNaturalist are fun but flawed - they're no substitute for real interaction and engagement with nature
AI-based apps like iNaturalist are fun but flawed - they're no substitute for real interaction and engagement with nature
Just *how many* plants live in our cities? Does it matter? Some thoughts featuring results from the UK #CityNatureChallenge and my own surveys in London! 🌱🌼🐛🕷️🐦#MoreThanWeeds morethanweeds.co.uk/2021/05/13/jus…
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Faye K @fayezee_i
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John Walters @JWentomologist
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Em Foster @emjfoster
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NBN Trust @NBNTrust
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Stephen Braund @stevebritgimp
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Alex Blanket @blanket_alex
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Fern Lover @lichenmoss4
16 Followers 80 Following Where I can share my thoughts and pictures of nature!:) ENJOY
🅼🅸🅲🅷🅴�.. @Michelle_39387
20 Followers 2K Following Do you want to see my sexiest photo? Add me and wait for a very nice surprise in Direct 👄🍓💖
Emma Pearce @EmmaInKernow
266 Followers 690 Following Ecologist and horticulturist; love a bit of GIS. Knitter, kayaker, hiker, birder, tea drinker, though not at the same time. Pro-Europe and proud. Views mine!
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🦋💙💙Clare Car.. @dragonflyclare
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Louis P @Sibthorpia
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Sophie Leguil @SLeguil
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Sarah Whild @SarahWhild
2K Followers 1K Following Card-carrying botanist and drinker of good gin. Lecturing in Biological Recording has kept me out of trouble. Mostly. Now retired so anything can happen...
George Tordoff @gmtord
2K Followers 687 Following Senior Ecologist at Butterfly Conservation. Also fascinated by other insects & bryophytes. I don't have any opinions, but if I did they'd be my own.
Mark Powell @obfuscans3
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Dr M still going wild.. @drmgoeswild
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3K Followers 5K Following I love nature, animals & books. Am interested in Ancient Egypt. I also enjoy creating art.
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Alex Prendergast @BrambleBotanist
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299 Followers 248 Following Education, nature, music, sustainability. Promoting well-being through connection with nature. Living with Parkinson’s
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wildflowerhour @wildflower_hour
35K Followers 1K Following The home of #WildflowerHour: 8-9pm every Sunday. Wild Flowers you find in Britain & Ireland. The biggest cheerleader for our wild plants! Tweets by @botany_beckBryology can be such a wonderful combination of learning, connecting with nature, keeping fit and socialising. And if you throw in views like this, what's not to like?
@mattrogers70 @Botany_Tim Yes it's always helpful when a bryophyte grows in one plane!
Take a moment in your day to listen to this wonderful podcast all about our #moss inspired work with Bricks Bristol @bricksbristol & #TheMossyCarpet Episode 16 – Hope, Climate, Moss and Creativity with bryologist @mattstrib & Helen Meech @TheCCoalition open.spotify.com/episode/2Z0x8Q…
bioone.org/journals/lindb… dug up an interesting review on the topic broadly for anyone interested.
The beautiful Rustwort Cephalozia curvifolia, one of the few UK liverworts that you can identify from several feet away! It needs to be permanently damp to survive in ancient woodlands so thrives at White Wood, Dartmoor, Devon thanks @TimPurches for id on @OurArtAndEnergy walk
Lovely 'Mossy' walk on Venford Reservoir today with @OurArtAndEnergy @JWentomologist @Naomioutdoors @Botany_Tim Thank you all for an informative walk. The sunshine was a bonus! #dartmoor #moss #artandenergy #bryophytes #dorbeetle #minotaurbeetle #blackslug
Join us for a Mossy Wildlife Walk on #Dartmoor with @Botany_Tim & @JWentomologist 📆Sun 24 March ⌚️10am-12.30pm 📍Venford Reservoir, Dartmoor 💷Suggested donation £5 per person Details and tickets - eventbrite.co.uk/e/mossy-wildli… #artandenergy #moss #invertebrates #bryophytes
Thanks to @Botany_Tim for showing us the amazing #mosses growing on walls, trees and mud in Central Park #Plymouth We contemplated how mosses make places carbon rich and resilient with their natural green energy systems Thank you Tim! #BeMoreMoss #TheMossyCarpet #artandenergy
Chuffed to have reached third place in the first round of #BUC2024! 10/10 on the plant ID round 🍐
Results for Round 1 Botanical University Challenge #BUC2024 are in! Amazing fun afternoon. All teams with 25 points or more through to Round 2. Watch from 14:00 Wednesday 21 February. Same YouTube channel.
Catch up (or watch again!) our Mossy Stories evening with @Botany_Tim talking #mosses & @JWentomologist talking about creatures which live on & in #moss - lots of #minibeasts A fascinating evening, thank you to Tim & John youtu.be/BHClyQ7mqjM?si… #artandenergy
Regeneration of #mossy landscapes on #Dartmoor A chance to hear more about the roles of these small and often unnoticed plants – as pioneers, as preservers of history and in our changing environment. Mon 11 Dec 6.30-7.30pm via Zoom Reserve your free place: eventbrite.co.uk/e/770210589607…
Depressing algal 'gloop' drowning grassland bryophytes at a SSSI in Somerset. Causes need urgent research but the alga(e) involved may be favoured by the surface eutrophication caused by high levels of deposition of atmospheric N.
Today’s office is a species rich sedge swamp with handy tussocks to sit on for lunch. I’m going to have to recommend some rhododendron control though!
@Botany_Tim Yes, that's the view from Efford Bridge near St John looking towards Torpoint.
This is fabulous! Well done Suzanne! 👏🏻👏🏻
Mission accomplished! I’ve finally found all 240 wildflowers in my Collins Gem guide. The project has taken me many years and to many places, from seashores to mountain tops, and I've absolutely loved it! 🧵 #wildflowerhour #TwitterNatureCommunity #wildflowerhunt
Originally found by @danryan_nature the amazing Sea Daffodil is now flowering. 2 plants on sand dunes, near St Austell, Cornwall 140822 late for #wildflowerhour Pancratium maritimum - believed to have arrived on its own steam from Brittany, no evidence of any planting.
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