Chris Rose
@chrisrosebxwild.bsky.social
Volunteer Site Manager of wetland Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation in SE London, ecologist, biodiversity restoration, species recording, nature-centred/degrowth green politics, horticulturalist, railways, cosmology.
Sunny day at #ThamesRdWetland Solo Reed work + removing rubbish left by fly-grazers 😠 3, poss 4 Water Rail, Teal, 2 Cetti's warblers, 2 Song Thrushes, Water Vole signs. New volunteers welcome at our @thames21.bsky.social staff-supported event on Jan 30th. Sign up: book.plinth.org.uk/e/FJvrhxZVIv...
January 24, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Sunny day at #ThamesRdWetland Solo Reed work + removing rubbish left by fly-grazers 😠 3, poss 4 Water Rail, Teal, 2 Cetti's warblers, 2 Song Thrushes, Water Vole signs. New volunteers welcome at our @thames21.bsky.social staff-supported event on Jan 30th. Sign up: book.plinth.org.uk/e/FJvrhxZVIv...
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Curculionidae of the World Online has moved to a new URL:
catalog.curculionoidea.org
The old URL can still be accessed.
We are working on a better and more detailed representation of the relationships between weevils and their host plants. Expect some really nice things in the near future!
catalog.curculionoidea.org
The old URL can still be accessed.
We are working on a better and more detailed representation of the relationships between weevils and their host plants. Expect some really nice things in the near future!
Curculionidae of the World Online
Curculionidae of the World Online is a collaborative taxonomic catalog of weevils, built on TaxonWorks. It provides curated data on taxonomy, distribution, biological relationships, as well as images ...
catalog.curculionoidea.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Curculionidae of the World Online has moved to a new URL:
catalog.curculionoidea.org
The old URL can still be accessed.
We are working on a better and more detailed representation of the relationships between weevils and their host plants. Expect some really nice things in the near future!
catalog.curculionoidea.org
The old URL can still be accessed.
We are working on a better and more detailed representation of the relationships between weevils and their host plants. Expect some really nice things in the near future!
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Are you spotting orchid rosettes in your area?
Would you like to be able to recognise native orchids before they come into bloom?
Try this helpful #WildFlowerID guide which Mike Waller of @ukorchids.bsky.social fame created for @nhm-london.bsky.social:
www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/id...
Would you like to be able to recognise native orchids before they come into bloom?
Try this helpful #WildFlowerID guide which Mike Waller of @ukorchids.bsky.social fame created for @nhm-london.bsky.social:
www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/id...
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Are you spotting orchid rosettes in your area?
Would you like to be able to recognise native orchids before they come into bloom?
Try this helpful #WildFlowerID guide which Mike Waller of @ukorchids.bsky.social fame created for @nhm-london.bsky.social:
www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/id...
Would you like to be able to recognise native orchids before they come into bloom?
Try this helpful #WildFlowerID guide which Mike Waller of @ukorchids.bsky.social fame created for @nhm-london.bsky.social:
www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/id...
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Did somebody mention basal rosettes?
Check out the fabulous Basal Project website, it has almost 2,000 photos of basal & juvenile leaves of British & Irish wild plants:
basalproject.org.uk
Check out the fabulous Basal Project website, it has almost 2,000 photos of basal & juvenile leaves of British & Irish wild plants:
basalproject.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Did somebody mention basal rosettes?
Check out the fabulous Basal Project website, it has almost 2,000 photos of basal & juvenile leaves of British & Irish wild plants:
basalproject.org.uk
Check out the fabulous Basal Project website, it has almost 2,000 photos of basal & juvenile leaves of British & Irish wild plants:
basalproject.org.uk
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5 ppl, 21 person hrs 44m work on sunny 16/1 #ThamesRdWetland @thames21.bsky.social 1st Lizard of yr basking at least 10.35-13.50. Prev earliest 19/1/16 (tho margin of error is we're usually only onsite 1 day/wk). 2 Peregrines. Buzzard. Bee Orchids. Join us 30/1: book.plinth.org.uk/e/FJvrhxZVIv...
January 19, 2026 at 12:20 AM
5 ppl, 21 person hrs 44m work on sunny 16/1 #ThamesRdWetland @thames21.bsky.social 1st Lizard of yr basking at least 10.35-13.50. Prev earliest 19/1/16 (tho margin of error is we're usually only onsite 1 day/wk). 2 Peregrines. Buzzard. Bee Orchids. Join us 30/1: book.plinth.org.uk/e/FJvrhxZVIv...
Not good at fungus ID. It's been suggested elsewhere that this specimen on a pile of rotting Reed at #ThamesRdWetland @thames21.bsky.social on 3/1/26 could be Entoloma sp.,or a Lepista sordida (rather than Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis). Thoughts welcome, tho may be impossible from just photos.
January 15, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Not good at fungus ID. It's been suggested elsewhere that this specimen on a pile of rotting Reed at #ThamesRdWetland @thames21.bsky.social on 3/1/26 could be Entoloma sp.,or a Lepista sordida (rather than Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis). Thoughts welcome, tho may be impossible from just photos.
Seedling Slender Thistle (Carduus tenuiflorus) 3/1. Species on new London NRS axiophyte list. Grew in gravelly substrate railway end #ThamesRdWetland @thames21.bsky.social Lost there as organic content rose. Persists on rill roadside grit/dirt outside fenceline, but vulnerable to council strimmers🙁
January 15, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Seedling Slender Thistle (Carduus tenuiflorus) 3/1. Species on new London NRS axiophyte list. Grew in gravelly substrate railway end #ThamesRdWetland @thames21.bsky.social Lost there as organic content rose. Persists on rill roadside grit/dirt outside fenceline, but vulnerable to council strimmers🙁
Firework (ab)use Barnehurst area LB Bexley started Oct 18th + carried on for 46 of the 81 days to the 6th Jan when finally stopped. On at least 4 nights let off post 11pm 'curfew' + on 2/1 at 02.47 when it was 1am. Massive escalation in amount and duration of use here @fireworkreform.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Firework (ab)use Barnehurst area LB Bexley started Oct 18th + carried on for 46 of the 81 days to the 6th Jan when finally stopped. On at least 4 nights let off post 11pm 'curfew' + on 2/1 at 02.47 when it was 1am. Massive escalation in amount and duration of use here @fireworkreform.bsky.social
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2025 was the year of the pseudoscorpion as far as I'm concerned. I managed to see 14 species in Norfolk, mostly by cycling round to various churchyards but I also got a lift out to a few places by car. Over 100 churchyards visited by bicycle though. Photo montage of species, map of 2025's records.
January 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
2025 was the year of the pseudoscorpion as far as I'm concerned. I managed to see 14 species in Norfolk, mostly by cycling round to various churchyards but I also got a lift out to a few places by car. Over 100 churchyards visited by bicycle though. Photo montage of species, map of 2025's records.
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RACING TO THE FINISH LINE Now that the introductory pages of our #FliesofBritainandIreland are being finalised the book is nearing completion - due Jan/mid-Feb 2026. Pre-order now bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @gailashton.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @wildlifekate.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
RACING TO THE FINISH LINE Now that the introductory pages of our #FliesofBritainandIreland are being finalised the book is nearing completion - due Jan/mid-Feb 2026. Pre-order now bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @gailashton.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @wildlifekate.bsky.social
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If you missed my talk on alien plants and have an hour to kill before #TheTraitors (haha!), it’s now available here www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdC.... Enjoy! @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Winter Talk: Urban plants, with Trevor Dines
YouTube video by Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
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January 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
If you missed my talk on alien plants and have an hour to kill before #TheTraitors (haha!), it’s now available here www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdC.... Enjoy! @bsbibotany.bsky.social
HELP NEEDED #ThamesRdWetland on Jan 30th! Due to adverse weather forecast, our 9/1 @thames21.bsky.social
staff-supported event was cancelled. BUT the large amount of work we need to do before end of March is undiminished. So we're trying again .... To book: book.plinth.org.uk/e/FJvrhxZVIv...
staff-supported event was cancelled. BUT the large amount of work we need to do before end of March is undiminished. So we're trying again .... To book: book.plinth.org.uk/e/FJvrhxZVIv...
January 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
HELP NEEDED #ThamesRdWetland on Jan 30th! Due to adverse weather forecast, our 9/1 @thames21.bsky.social
staff-supported event was cancelled. BUT the large amount of work we need to do before end of March is undiminished. So we're trying again .... To book: book.plinth.org.uk/e/FJvrhxZVIv...
staff-supported event was cancelled. BUT the large amount of work we need to do before end of March is undiminished. So we're trying again .... To book: book.plinth.org.uk/e/FJvrhxZVIv...
Join Friends of the Cray at Crayford on Friday Jan 23rd for selective vegetation management along the river at Footpath 106 below Crayford town centre. @thames21.bsky.social staff-supported event, equipment provided. Sign up: book.plinth.org.uk/e/iOJnKAVgHA...
River Cray at Crayford - Riverside Vegetation Management
<p><strong>Join us on the River Cray at Crayford!</strong> </p><p>This is a volunteer session is to help us cut back the overgrown vegetation on the banks of the River Cray and use it to build a dead ...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Join Friends of the Cray at Crayford on Friday Jan 23rd for selective vegetation management along the river at Footpath 106 below Crayford town centre. @thames21.bsky.social staff-supported event, equipment provided. Sign up: book.plinth.org.uk/e/iOJnKAVgHA...
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Digging a buried #ghostpond in Norfolk farmland way back in 2013. The darker lower sediments are the muds from a pond filled in 70+ years ago. We now know that ghost pond ressurection may be the most successful form of ecological restoration known! @billsutherland.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Digging a buried #ghostpond in Norfolk farmland way back in 2013. The darker lower sediments are the muds from a pond filled in 70+ years ago. We now know that ghost pond ressurection may be the most successful form of ecological restoration known! @billsutherland.bsky.social
Time firework use declared certifiable addiction, with therapy. Too much to hope NY the end of it. Some sufferer just letting off barrage of fireworks east of Barnehurst towards Erith. Fireworks now been used >half the nights since Oct 18th.
January 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Time firework use declared certifiable addiction, with therapy. Too much to hope NY the end of it. Some sufferer just letting off barrage of fireworks east of Barnehurst towards Erith. Fireworks now been used >half the nights since Oct 18th.
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During & 2 years after the restoration of a scrubbed over farm #pond. A massive increase in biodiversity observed. Return of Great Crested Newt & appearance of the mega rare Tassel Stonewort. We can report on 100s of stories like this from Norfolk. Ponds should be a higher conservation priority
January 5, 2026 at 10:08 PM
During & 2 years after the restoration of a scrubbed over farm #pond. A massive increase in biodiversity observed. Return of Great Crested Newt & appearance of the mega rare Tassel Stonewort. We can report on 100s of stories like this from Norfolk. Ponds should be a higher conservation priority
Three @thames21.bsky.social volunteers at a sunny cold #ThamesRdWetland 3/1. 12.5 person-hrs work. Ice prevented clearing previously cut Reed from H2O, so mainly pruned shrubs to restore sunlight to key reptile habitat. Linnet a new site record, tho species has very probably visited before.
January 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Three @thames21.bsky.social volunteers at a sunny cold #ThamesRdWetland 3/1. 12.5 person-hrs work. Ice prevented clearing previously cut Reed from H2O, so mainly pruned shrubs to restore sunlight to key reptile habitat. Linnet a new site record, tho species has very probably visited before.
Dark purple-skinned (black-looking) #Tomato from seed of fruit bought in Gravesend deli. Grown both outdoors (struggled to set fruit at 1st - hot + dry) and in unheated greenhouse 2025. None 100% coloured up (esp on bottoms) but went in late. Flavour OK with salt. Mainly cooked.
January 5, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Dark purple-skinned (black-looking) #Tomato from seed of fruit bought in Gravesend deli. Grown both outdoors (struggled to set fruit at 1st - hot + dry) and in unheated greenhouse 2025. None 100% coloured up (esp on bottoms) but went in late. Flavour OK with salt. Mainly cooked.
Fairly hot Chilli 'Kristian', grown in unheated greenhouse last year. Started a bit late. Some have only gone half yellow (and half green) despite being brought indoors some weeks ago, but these are fully ripe. #chilli
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Fairly hot Chilli 'Kristian', grown in unheated greenhouse last year. Started a bit late. Some have only gone half yellow (and half green) despite being brought indoors some weeks ago, but these are fully ripe. #chilli
Fed up with fireworks. They're also deliberate littering. This from my garden, 2/1. Back when I was young (+fireworks were couple of nights/yr + WAAAY quieter) the debris was usually a thickish card tube and a wooden stick. Now it' s yet more plastic pollution.
January 5, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Fed up with fireworks. They're also deliberate littering. This from my garden, 2/1. Back when I was young (+fireworks were couple of nights/yr + WAAAY quieter) the debris was usually a thickish card tube and a wooden stick. Now it' s yet more plastic pollution.
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Urban sprawl and light pollution disrupt commuting corridors of urban-roosting bats www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Urban sprawl and light pollution disrupt commuting corridors of urban-roosting bats
Artificial light at night poses a serious threat to wildlife, particularly to nocturnal species. Bats that roost in urban areas during the day but for…
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January 2, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Urban sprawl and light pollution disrupt commuting corridors of urban-roosting bats www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Get hands on at #ThamesRdWetland - important wildlife site within #CrayfordMarshes Sign-up for monthly
@thames21.bsky.social staff-supported habitat work (Reed cutting, Sallow pollarding, shrub pruning) 9/1, 13/2 +/or 13/3. Kit/tools provided. book.plinth.org.uk/e/LFbuahHJmC...
@thames21.bsky.social staff-supported habitat work (Reed cutting, Sallow pollarding, shrub pruning) 9/1, 13/2 +/or 13/3. Kit/tools provided. book.plinth.org.uk/e/LFbuahHJmC...
January 2, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Get hands on at #ThamesRdWetland - important wildlife site within #CrayfordMarshes Sign-up for monthly
@thames21.bsky.social staff-supported habitat work (Reed cutting, Sallow pollarding, shrub pruning) 9/1, 13/2 +/or 13/3. Kit/tools provided. book.plinth.org.uk/e/LFbuahHJmC...
@thames21.bsky.social staff-supported habitat work (Reed cutting, Sallow pollarding, shrub pruning) 9/1, 13/2 +/or 13/3. Kit/tools provided. book.plinth.org.uk/e/LFbuahHJmC...
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A simple way to make your own delicious cider with minimal equipment, just in time for Christmas. A great way to use up windfall apples.
youtu.be/jRjBUjcJJMg
youtu.be/jRjBUjcJJMg
How to make cider without a cider press
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A simple way to make your own delicious cider with minimal equipment, just in time for Christmas. A great way to use up windfall apples.
youtu.be/jRjBUjcJJMg
youtu.be/jRjBUjcJJMg