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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote a thing about last weekends Borrowdale trip:
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Borrowdale lichen trip report 19 October 2025

I know of three Cumbrian Borrowdales. The first, that we have visited repeatedly over the years, is justifiably famous for its lichens (as well as things like rain, tea bread, Yews and Gates). As for ...

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · 6d

Spent a pleasant day out on a recce

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 10d

How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · Sep 27

Nice lighthouse. If only I hadn't developed that oyster allergy...

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · May 30

Today's @theguardian.com country diary is a poignant celebration of the life of 'uniquely talented naturalist, conservationist, educator & campaigner Jamie Normington' by @amyjanebeer.bsky.social. A funny, dynamic, inspiring man whose life, along with the mayflies, reminds us to live every moment.

Country diary: A springtime with an ending | Amy-Jane Beer

Kirkham Abbey, North Yorkshire, and Old Hutton, Cumbria: Among this year’s epic blossom and mass of swarming insects, a funeral holds particular poignancy

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · May 29

I don't like the look of this lads

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · May 27

Good point!

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · May 27

Final @btobirds.bsky.social heron count of the year this morning. One local heronry appears deserted, the other's bigger than I've known it. Have they moved from one to t'other? We'll never know...

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · May 26

The big purples have been profuse in the garden and at the allotment.

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · May 26

It has been a good year for the Irises.

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · May 24

A case if it's one I've seen today...

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · May 19

Just one university - UCL - employs almost twice as many people as there are working in fishing boats.

Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · May 19

A reminder that more people are employed in the yoga industry than there are registered fishers working in the UK.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · May 18

Welsh temperate rainforest facing species 'extinction crisis'.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Celtic rainforest in Wales facing extinction crisis, ecologists warns

A rare lichen's last refuge on ancient oak felled by a storm puts a unique forest on the brink.

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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · May 13

I mean technically we're an archipelago of strangers, but whatever

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · May 13

Once again everyone will pay the price for a govt that refuses to confront the trade-offs it faces. Failing to fix or pay for social care not only makes social care worse, it makes local govt and the NHS worse. I suspect voters will care more abt that than 50k off net migration via care visas.

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · May 6

Made it out today, and explored the currently very dry beck: more Dermatocarpon luridum than I was expecting; a rather fine stonefly larva; an old metal and wire contraption. 4 species of warbler heard, otter spraint found, and I have Verrucaria samples to "investigate at a later date". #LichenGBI

Three pieces of old ornate metal, linked by wire. Something to do with horses maybe

A stonefly larva. No idea which species.

Dermatorcarpon luridum. There was a lot of it. Had to splash it to make it go green ( mostly it must be underwater).

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · May 5

Up to 130 with today's count. I can't imagine it will get much higher.

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · May 5

I wish I knew the answer to that question...

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · May 4

That's great.

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · May 4

76 was the garden count the other day.

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · May 4

Cute coot?

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · May 3

I thought it pitched outside leg, myself

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · Apr 30

I’ve written about the strange way that just thinking about cyclists makes otherwise rational people furious, in the light of Jeremy Vine’s decision to no longer post his cycling video because of all the abuse.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

No wonder Jeremy Vine is hanging up his helmet cam – the rage we cyclists face is off the scale | Peter Walker

Why does cycling make so many drivers lose their cool? It’s partly ignorance, but demonisation by politicians doesn’t help, says Peter Walker, a senior political correspondent for the Guardian

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · Apr 29

Though the spores are right for naegelii

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Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social · Apr 29

I was wondering about the browny-pink fruiting bodies...but to my eyes even they seem to have ostioles...

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