Tom Boughton
@boardsexplored.bsky.social
All things #maps, #wildcamping, ponds, biodiversity #boardgames and #history. Rode a bicycle 25,000k around the world. Now more stationary
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
When is National Moss Day this year? Is it the 21st of this month?
When is National Moss Day this year? Is it the 21st of this month?
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
When is National Moss Day this year? Is it the 21st of this month?
When is National Moss Day this year? Is it the 21st of this month?
Forget the birds and the bees.
📍Loughton
💡Calliphora vomitoria spend around 10-14 days as adults. With such a short window -mating is a top priority!
📍Loughton
💡Calliphora vomitoria spend around 10-14 days as adults. With such a short window -mating is a top priority!
March 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Forget the birds and the bees.
📍Loughton
💡Calliphora vomitoria spend around 10-14 days as adults. With such a short window -mating is a top priority!
📍Loughton
💡Calliphora vomitoria spend around 10-14 days as adults. With such a short window -mating is a top priority!
The #RiverRoding rises at Molehill, but its importance is mountainous.
Walking a #river is a route to understanding; the good, the bad, the beauty and the pressures. To know it is to want to protect it.
#ukrivers
storymaps.com/frames/bfd76...
Check out the riverrodingtrust.org.uk
Walking a #river is a route to understanding; the good, the bad, the beauty and the pressures. To know it is to want to protect it.
#ukrivers
storymaps.com/frames/bfd76...
Check out the riverrodingtrust.org.uk
River Roding - Source to Mouth leg 1
From Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, England to Great Canfield, Dunmow, England
storymaps.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The #RiverRoding rises at Molehill, but its importance is mountainous.
Walking a #river is a route to understanding; the good, the bad, the beauty and the pressures. To know it is to want to protect it.
#ukrivers
storymaps.com/frames/bfd76...
Check out the riverrodingtrust.org.uk
Walking a #river is a route to understanding; the good, the bad, the beauty and the pressures. To know it is to want to protect it.
#ukrivers
storymaps.com/frames/bfd76...
Check out the riverrodingtrust.org.uk
🖼️ Sunnier times.
Meadow Grasshopper, Pseudochorthippus parrallelus
📍 #EppingForest
💡 To tell this species form its cousin, the lesser marsh grasshopper, look for the black 'knees' on its hind legs.
#naturephotography #macro #insect #caelifera
Meadow Grasshopper, Pseudochorthippus parrallelus
📍 #EppingForest
💡 To tell this species form its cousin, the lesser marsh grasshopper, look for the black 'knees' on its hind legs.
#naturephotography #macro #insect #caelifera
February 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
🖼️ Sunnier times.
Meadow Grasshopper, Pseudochorthippus parrallelus
📍 #EppingForest
💡 To tell this species form its cousin, the lesser marsh grasshopper, look for the black 'knees' on its hind legs.
#naturephotography #macro #insect #caelifera
Meadow Grasshopper, Pseudochorthippus parrallelus
📍 #EppingForest
💡 To tell this species form its cousin, the lesser marsh grasshopper, look for the black 'knees' on its hind legs.
#naturephotography #macro #insect #caelifera
🖼️ European Paper Wasp, Polistes dominula
📍 #Malta
💡 These clever builders make their nests from dead wood and plant fibres mixed with saliva—essentially crafting their own paper! 🏗️🐝
#naturephotography #macro #wasp #vespid
📍 #Malta
💡 These clever builders make their nests from dead wood and plant fibres mixed with saliva—essentially crafting their own paper! 🏗️🐝
#naturephotography #macro #wasp #vespid
February 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🖼️ European Paper Wasp, Polistes dominula
📍 #Malta
💡 These clever builders make their nests from dead wood and plant fibres mixed with saliva—essentially crafting their own paper! 🏗️🐝
#naturephotography #macro #wasp #vespid
📍 #Malta
💡 These clever builders make their nests from dead wood and plant fibres mixed with saliva—essentially crafting their own paper! 🏗️🐝
#naturephotography #macro #wasp #vespid
February 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ Welcome
📍 #Malta
💡 Ipomoea Carica - cairica translates to "from Cairo", the city where this species of morning glory was first collected.
#naturephotography #macro #bee
🖼️ Welcome
📍 #Malta
💡 Ipomoea Carica - cairica translates to "from Cairo", the city where this species of morning glory was first collected.
#naturephotography #macro #bee
February 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ Welcome
📍 #Malta
💡 Ipomoea Carica - cairica translates to "from Cairo", the city where this species of morning glory was first collected.
#naturephotography #macro #bee
🖼️ Welcome
📍 #Malta
💡 Ipomoea Carica - cairica translates to "from Cairo", the city where this species of morning glory was first collected.
#naturephotography #macro #bee
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ Tachina fera poses on an umbellifer
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Tachina fera mothers lay their eggs on food plants - when the larvae hatch they enter a passing caterpillar and consume them.
#naturephotography #macro #diptera
🖼️ Tachina fera poses on an umbellifer
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Tachina fera mothers lay their eggs on food plants - when the larvae hatch they enter a passing caterpillar and consume them.
#naturephotography #macro #diptera
January 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ Tachina fera poses on an umbellifer
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Tachina fera mothers lay their eggs on food plants - when the larvae hatch they enter a passing caterpillar and consume them.
#naturephotography #macro #diptera
🖼️ Tachina fera poses on an umbellifer
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Tachina fera mothers lay their eggs on food plants - when the larvae hatch they enter a passing caterpillar and consume them.
#naturephotography #macro #diptera
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ salad burnet, Sanguisorba minor
📍 #Loughton
💡 Its young leaves smell of cucumber and make a great addition to a Pimms Cup!
#naturephotography #macro #forage
January 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ salad burnet, Sanguisorba minor
📍 #Loughton
💡 Its young leaves smell of cucumber and make a great addition to a Pimms Cup!
#naturephotography #macro #forage
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ spotted longhorn, Rutpela maculata
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Adult spotted longhorns, like other flower beetles, feed on pollen and nectar -they are important #pollinators.
#bugs #butterfly #naturephotography #macro
🖼️ spotted longhorn, Rutpela maculata
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Adult spotted longhorns, like other flower beetles, feed on pollen and nectar -they are important #pollinators.
#bugs #butterfly #naturephotography #macro
January 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ spotted longhorn, Rutpela maculata
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Adult spotted longhorns, like other flower beetles, feed on pollen and nectar -they are important #pollinators.
#bugs #butterfly #naturephotography #macro
🖼️ spotted longhorn, Rutpela maculata
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Adult spotted longhorns, like other flower beetles, feed on pollen and nectar -they are important #pollinators.
#bugs #butterfly #naturephotography #macro
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ Antenna(e)
📍 #Loughton
💡 Red Admirals can be spotted on the wing in the UK throughout the year – even in January!
#bugs #butterfly #naturephotography
🖼️ Antenna(e)
📍 #Loughton
💡 Red Admirals can be spotted on the wing in the UK throughout the year – even in January!
#bugs #butterfly #naturephotography
January 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ Antenna(e)
📍 #Loughton
💡 Red Admirals can be spotted on the wing in the UK throughout the year – even in January!
#bugs #butterfly #naturephotography
🖼️ Antenna(e)
📍 #Loughton
💡 Red Admirals can be spotted on the wing in the UK throughout the year – even in January!
#bugs #butterfly #naturephotography
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ Bryony Ladybird
📍 Malta
💡 There are ~47 different ladybird species in the UK but over 5,000 globally
#bugs #bettel #insects #naturephotography #macro
January 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ Bryony Ladybird
📍 Malta
💡 There are ~47 different ladybird species in the UK but over 5,000 globally
#bugs #bettel #insects #naturephotography #macro
A 2000yr old silver multi-tool.
Beautiful, elegant, and arrestingly modern.
#roman #history
fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/learn-with-u...
Beautiful, elegant, and arrestingly modern.
#roman #history
fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/learn-with-u...
Look, think, do: Roman "Swiss Army Knife"
A Look Think Do page for Roman "Swiss Army Knife"
fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
January 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A 2000yr old silver multi-tool.
Beautiful, elegant, and arrestingly modern.
#roman #history
fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/learn-with-u...
Beautiful, elegant, and arrestingly modern.
#roman #history
fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/learn-with-u...
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ Cuckoo spit overfloweth.
📍 Loughton
💡 The frothy bubbles protect the nymphs of froghoppers, AKA spittlebugs.
#bugs #naturephotography #essexwildlife
🖼️ Cuckoo spit overfloweth.
📍 Loughton
💡 The frothy bubbles protect the nymphs of froghoppers, AKA spittlebugs.
#bugs #naturephotography #essexwildlife
January 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ Cuckoo spit overfloweth.
📍 Loughton
💡 The frothy bubbles protect the nymphs of froghoppers, AKA spittlebugs.
#bugs #naturephotography #essexwildlife
🖼️ Cuckoo spit overfloweth.
📍 Loughton
💡 The frothy bubbles protect the nymphs of froghoppers, AKA spittlebugs.
#bugs #naturephotography #essexwildlife
🖼️ Six legs just weren't enough for this wily caterpillar, so it added a wooden one. 🏴☠️
📍 #Essex
#MacroPhotography #orthosia #insects #NaturePhotography
📍 #Essex
#MacroPhotography #orthosia #insects #NaturePhotography
January 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
🖼️ Six legs just weren't enough for this wily caterpillar, so it added a wooden one. 🏴☠️
📍 #Essex
#MacroPhotography #orthosia #insects #NaturePhotography
📍 #Essex
#MacroPhotography #orthosia #insects #NaturePhotography
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ A jumping spider strings a tightrope between two saffrondrop bonnets.
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Named for its yellow and red colouration, Mycena crocata is found in deciduous forests near beech and oak trees.
#fungi
🖼️ A jumping spider strings a tightrope between two saffrondrop bonnets.
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Named for its yellow and red colouration, Mycena crocata is found in deciduous forests near beech and oak trees.
#fungi
January 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ A jumping spider strings a tightrope between two saffrondrop bonnets.
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Named for its yellow and red colouration, Mycena crocata is found in deciduous forests near beech and oak trees.
#fungi
🖼️ A jumping spider strings a tightrope between two saffrondrop bonnets.
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Named for its yellow and red colouration, Mycena crocata is found in deciduous forests near beech and oak trees.
#fungi
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ A yellow water lily, Nuphar lutea, blooming in Baldwin's Pond.
📍
#EppingForest
💡 Nicknamed "brandy bottles" thanks to their scent, which some say is reminiscent of the morning after a boozy night!🍸
🖼️ A yellow water lily, Nuphar lutea, blooming in Baldwin's Pond.
📍
#EppingForest
💡 Nicknamed "brandy bottles" thanks to their scent, which some say is reminiscent of the morning after a boozy night!🍸
January 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ A yellow water lily, Nuphar lutea, blooming in Baldwin's Pond.
📍
#EppingForest
💡 Nicknamed "brandy bottles" thanks to their scent, which some say is reminiscent of the morning after a boozy night!🍸
🖼️ A yellow water lily, Nuphar lutea, blooming in Baldwin's Pond.
📍
#EppingForest
💡 Nicknamed "brandy bottles" thanks to their scent, which some say is reminiscent of the morning after a boozy night!🍸
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ A common red soldier beetle perches atop a bentgrass culm.
📍 #EppingForest
💡 A nickname for this beetle is 'bloodsucker' but it prefers to chow down on aphids and nectar. 🧛
🖼️ A common red soldier beetle perches atop a bentgrass culm.
📍 #EppingForest
💡 A nickname for this beetle is 'bloodsucker' but it prefers to chow down on aphids and nectar. 🧛
January 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ A common red soldier beetle perches atop a bentgrass culm.
📍 #EppingForest
💡 A nickname for this beetle is 'bloodsucker' but it prefers to chow down on aphids and nectar. 🧛
🖼️ A common red soldier beetle perches atop a bentgrass culm.
📍 #EppingForest
💡 A nickname for this beetle is 'bloodsucker' but it prefers to chow down on aphids and nectar. 🧛
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ A Grass bug surveys the lush spring greens.
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Grass bugs change colour as the seasons pass. This one’s vibrant green in spring, but by now, it has turned a deep brown to blend in for winter.
🖼️ A Grass bug surveys the lush spring greens.
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Grass bugs change colour as the seasons pass. This one’s vibrant green in spring, but by now, it has turned a deep brown to blend in for winter.
January 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Sifting through my 2024 camera roll before they fade into the archives:
🖼️ A Grass bug surveys the lush spring greens.
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Grass bugs change colour as the seasons pass. This one’s vibrant green in spring, but by now, it has turned a deep brown to blend in for winter.
🖼️ A Grass bug surveys the lush spring greens.
📍 #EppingForest
💡 Grass bugs change colour as the seasons pass. This one’s vibrant green in spring, but by now, it has turned a deep brown to blend in for winter.
A change of pace exploring #Malta on foot with @headwaterhols 🥾🌅
Dramatic coasts cliffs, deep history, a rekindled door obsession, and diverting lichen.
👉 arcg.is/Db8K5
Dramatic coasts cliffs, deep history, a rekindled door obsession, and diverting lichen.
👉 arcg.is/Db8K5
Malta and Gozo
Spirals
arcg.is
January 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A change of pace exploring #Malta on foot with @headwaterhols 🥾🌅
Dramatic coasts cliffs, deep history, a rekindled door obsession, and diverting lichen.
👉 arcg.is/Db8K5
Dramatic coasts cliffs, deep history, a rekindled door obsession, and diverting lichen.
👉 arcg.is/Db8K5
Reposted by Tom Boughton
Hello from the Wren Group! We are a friendly group of people of all ages and backgrounds, who have an interest in learning about and conserving wildlife.
We focus mainly on Wanstead Flats and Park and nearby parts of Epping Forest.
Join us for walks, talks, practical work and more...
We focus mainly on Wanstead Flats and Park and nearby parts of Epping Forest.
Join us for walks, talks, practical work and more...
November 23, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Hello from the Wren Group! We are a friendly group of people of all ages and backgrounds, who have an interest in learning about and conserving wildlife.
We focus mainly on Wanstead Flats and Park and nearby parts of Epping Forest.
Join us for walks, talks, practical work and more...
We focus mainly on Wanstead Flats and Park and nearby parts of Epping Forest.
Join us for walks, talks, practical work and more...