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Ian Senior

@ians4ad.bsky.social

Possible Luffia lapidella,
Ramshorn Bagworm moth? @norwichbirder.bsky.social

January 16, 2026 at 7:03 PM

Ian Senior

@ians4ad.bsky.social

Our Norfolk Flora Group use that term too! What do you reckon @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social & @bramblebotanist.bsky.social

Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 5h

Here is a bit of a necro-botany (if there is such a thing) challenge…..anybody want to hazard a guess?

January 16, 2026 at 6:57 PM

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Rob Yaxley

@robyaxley.bsky.social

My new favourite Cladonia is C. rangiferina, which I went to see today at its only known site in Norfolk near Horsey Gap. More usually found on montane heaths in Scotland, it’s a robust bushy “reindeer moss” with a pale grey and brown colour scheme. Seems to be doing well.

January 16, 2026 at 5:21 PM

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Rob Yaxley

@robyaxley.bsky.social

Also it was good to see that the legally protected Paralecanographa grumulosa is still present on the north and east side of Winterton church. A parasite of Dirina massiliensis.

January 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM

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Rob Yaxley

@robyaxley.bsky.social

Some rotting Peltigera (hymenina) at Horsey Gap had this fungus on it, which I make to be Nectriopsis lecanodes, another species with a northern UK bias to its records.

January 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM

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FrontRangeWildflowers

@frwildflowers.bsky.social

Calochortus gunnisonii, our Gunnison's Mariposa Lily, blooming near Eldora #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 16 🌿

White lily with purple ring around hairy yellow center

January 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM

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Carl Maxim

@carlmaxim.bsky.social

"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM

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FrontRangeWildflowers

@frwildflowers.bsky.social

Primula pauciflora, our Shooting Stars, blooming roadside in North Park #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 14 🌿

January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM

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Scientific American

@sciam.bsky.social

Global warming surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius for the past three years, meaning Earth is currently on track to breach the Paris climate agreement by the end of the decade

2025 Wasn’t the Hottest Year on Record. Earth Is Still Barreling to the Climate Brink

Global warming surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius for the past three years, meaning Earth is currently on track to breach the Paris climate agreement by the end of the decade

www.scientificamerican.com

January 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM

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FrontRangeWildflowers

@frwildflowers.bsky.social

Hyoscyamus niger, the nonnative invasive Black Henbane, blooming at the location of the historic Webster townsite. Noxious Weed List B

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 14 🌿

Creamy yellow flowers with purple reticulation and
centers

January 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM

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WATERSHED Investigations

@watershed-i.bsky.social

It's incredible how many oil & gas licenses in the UK overlap with Marine 'Protected' Areas - you can explore this on our Watershed Pollution Map:

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January 14, 2026 at 10:55 AM

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Ian Hall

@ianhall.bsky.social

🌊 Climate change is altering ocean circulation, reducing iron inputs and throttling phytoplankton photosynthesis at the base of marine food webs. Less plankton → less krill → fewer penguins, seals and whales etc...

Micronutrients matter

oceanographicmagazine.com/news/drop-in...

Drop in ocean's iron spells danger for seals, penguins, and whales - Oceanographic

Global warming is impacting ocean circulation and photosynthesis in phytoplankton, shrinking food supplies for krill, whales, and seals.

oceanographicmagazine.com

January 13, 2026 at 8:43 AM

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BSBI Botany

@bsbibotany.bsky.social

Huge thanks to 3,652 of you amazing #CitizenScientists who went out hunting for #NewYearPlantHunt!
You sent us >25K records of an astonishing 663 different wildflower spp. blooming across Britain & Ireland
Headlines in our infographic 👇
More details on our 2026 Results page: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

January 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM

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WA Orchids

@wa-orchids.bsky.social

Thelymitra benthamiana - the Leopard Sun Orchid

One of the sun orchids that is endemic to Australia. The Leopard Sun flowers between September and December, but it needs a sunny day for the orchid's flowers to open fully.

#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling #nature

Picture of an orchid with two flowers both partially open. The flowers are generally yellow in colour with numerous darker brown splotches across all of the petals and sepals. The centre of the flower is a lighter yellow

January 13, 2026 at 8:41 AM

Ian Senior

@ians4ad.bsky.social

No problem! I really like your chalk plants poster too. I have vague recollection that there were a fair number to choose from so I guess there is a water plants one? Maybe someone else has it on their wall. @nhm-london.bsky.social should resurrect the series again.

January 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM

Ian Senior

@ians4ad.bsky.social

I have the mountain plants one on the wall next to me right now! Cool poster. I guess we bought it when we visited the museum all those years ago.

January 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM

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Alex Prendergast

@bramblebotanist.bsky.social

Filago pyramidata Broad-leaved Cudweed at its last Essex location this week. Occupying various anthropogenic substrates and droughty sandy grassland #WildFlowerHour

January 11, 2026 at 6:08 PM

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Susan McCreery

@susanmccreery.bsky.social

Gum blossom starburst.✨️🌸

Corymbia ficifolia on a street in Thirroul.
#FlowerReport #ozplants

Two pinkish gum blossoms in full flower & others on the way (their caps still on or almost off) on a background of large green leaves.

January 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM

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Zack Labe

@zacklabe.com

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged about 427 ppm in December 2025

10 years ago December averaged about 402 ppm

Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/

Red line graph time series of monthly carbon dioxide abundance from January 1959 through December 2025. There is a seasonal cycle and long-term increasing trend. Current levels of CO2 are at 427 ppm. This is the Keeling Curve graph. A line for CO2 10 years ago is also annotated.

January 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM

Ian Senior

@ians4ad.bsky.social

Interesting research.

WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 5d

Bark is home to communities of microbes that consume different gases from air, new research finds. The types of microbe & the gases they consume vary between tree species & location, but the study found all absorbed hydrogen.

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We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees

We already knew forests were heavy lifters in reducing climate pollution. New research reveals the tiny microbes in tree bark can also “eat” climate gases.

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January 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM

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Jo Parmenter

@jo-the-botanist.bsky.social

Several of #NorfolkFloraGroup enjoying the verdant green of a NW Norfolk woodland in early spring, when we stopped for our lunchtime picnic yesterday. @norfolkgal70.bsky.social @ians4ad.bsky.social @stu32.bsky.social It didn't snow much at all!