VP Cook
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There were many wild highlights to my 2024, but sharing the aurora with a nightingale on 10th May was probably the greatest.
Good health, wellbeing and wildness to you all in 2025 x
Good health, wellbeing and wildness to you all in 2025 x
December 31, 2024 at 5:18 PM
There were many wild highlights to my 2024, but sharing the aurora with a nightingale on 10th May was probably the greatest.
Good health, wellbeing and wildness to you all in 2025 x
Good health, wellbeing and wildness to you all in 2025 x
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'Wiley at Wildside' is the most amazing garden my husband and I have ever visited. It's nowhere near as well known as it should be, but if you are anywhere near South Devon in 2025, I can't recommend it highly enough 🌿
#gardening #wildlifegardening #plants
wileyatwildside.com
#gardening #wildlifegardening #plants
wileyatwildside.com
WILEY AT WILDSIDE
Risk-taking in Landscape
wileyatwildside.com
December 31, 2024 at 11:08 AM
'Wiley at Wildside' is the most amazing garden my husband and I have ever visited. It's nowhere near as well known as it should be, but if you are anywhere near South Devon in 2025, I can't recommend it highly enough 🌿
#gardening #wildlifegardening #plants
wileyatwildside.com
#gardening #wildlifegardening #plants
wileyatwildside.com
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The 2025 #NewYearPlantHunt is now officially underway!
All the resources needed to take part are here: bsbi.org/new-year-pla...
Hoping the weather is kind to 1000s of intrepid botanists heading out over the next 4 days to record wild & naturalised plants blooming in midwinter.
Good luck everyone!
All the resources needed to take part are here: bsbi.org/new-year-pla...
Hoping the weather is kind to 1000s of intrepid botanists heading out over the next 4 days to record wild & naturalised plants blooming in midwinter.
Good luck everyone!
December 29, 2024 at 12:02 AM
The 2025 #NewYearPlantHunt is now officially underway!
All the resources needed to take part are here: bsbi.org/new-year-pla...
Hoping the weather is kind to 1000s of intrepid botanists heading out over the next 4 days to record wild & naturalised plants blooming in midwinter.
Good luck everyone!
All the resources needed to take part are here: bsbi.org/new-year-pla...
Hoping the weather is kind to 1000s of intrepid botanists heading out over the next 4 days to record wild & naturalised plants blooming in midwinter.
Good luck everyone!
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On this (Boxing) day of walks, some good walking/access news:
c. 40,000 miles of historic rights-of-way in England & Wales have been reprieved from deletion from the “definitive map” of such paths.
Great work @ramblers.org.uk & other campaigners on this.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
c. 40,000 miles of historic rights-of-way in England & Wales have been reprieved from deletion from the “definitive map” of such paths.
Great work @ramblers.org.uk & other campaigners on this.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Defra scraps England deadline to register thousands of miles of rights of way
Campaigners jubilant after government heeded warning 2031 cutoff would mean loss of precious footpaths
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 9:44 AM
On this (Boxing) day of walks, some good walking/access news:
c. 40,000 miles of historic rights-of-way in England & Wales have been reprieved from deletion from the “definitive map” of such paths.
Great work @ramblers.org.uk & other campaigners on this.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
c. 40,000 miles of historic rights-of-way in England & Wales have been reprieved from deletion from the “definitive map” of such paths.
Great work @ramblers.org.uk & other campaigners on this.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I know I've spammed everyone with the desert hyacinths found yesterday, but look at THIS one! 😍
December 22, 2024 at 8:43 AM
I know I've spammed everyone with the desert hyacinths found yesterday, but look at THIS one! 😍
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I had the BEST day surveying populations of desert hyacinth (Cistanche phelypaea). This leafless plant parasitises the roots of shrubs, and after winter rain, sends into the world its assertive spikes of blossom. Wow!
December 21, 2024 at 6:09 PM
I had the BEST day surveying populations of desert hyacinth (Cistanche phelypaea). This leafless plant parasitises the roots of shrubs, and after winter rain, sends into the world its assertive spikes of blossom. Wow!
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Nepeta glomerulosa
Lamiaceae
Yasuj, Iran, June 2022
Altitude: 2760m
Lamiaceae
Yasuj, Iran, June 2022
Altitude: 2760m
December 14, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Nepeta glomerulosa
Lamiaceae
Yasuj, Iran, June 2022
Altitude: 2760m
Lamiaceae
Yasuj, Iran, June 2022
Altitude: 2760m
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I can't quite believe it! I've been talking about finding a Penduline Tit for weeks, and then today I actually did!!! 😮🥳🤩 Lifer!! At RSPB Ouse Fen, a team effort with Hannah Bernie. Video by Stuart Short @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
December 13, 2024 at 4:44 PM
I can't quite believe it! I've been talking about finding a Penduline Tit for weeks, and then today I actually did!!! 😮🥳🤩 Lifer!! At RSPB Ouse Fen, a team effort with Hannah Bernie. Video by Stuart Short @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
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Wonderful to see this #RarePlantRegister for Surrey published, huge congratulations to @pennymarshwort.bsky.social & all the Surrey botanists who contributed!
December 13, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Wonderful to see this #RarePlantRegister for Surrey published, huge congratulations to @pennymarshwort.bsky.social & all the Surrey botanists who contributed!
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Cistanche tubulosa
A desert plant
Host plant: Calligonum tetrapterum
Yazd, Iran
Elevation 1500m
A desert plant
Host plant: Calligonum tetrapterum
Yazd, Iran
Elevation 1500m
December 14, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Cistanche tubulosa
A desert plant
Host plant: Calligonum tetrapterum
Yazd, Iran
Elevation 1500m
A desert plant
Host plant: Calligonum tetrapterum
Yazd, Iran
Elevation 1500m
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🎉Huge congratulations to our incredible Youth Representative, Raman, for winning the Countryfile Young Countryside Champion award!🌿🐦 #UKBirding #Ornithology
December 9, 2024 at 11:00 AM
🎉Huge congratulations to our incredible Youth Representative, Raman, for winning the Countryfile Young Countryside Champion award!🌿🐦 #UKBirding #Ornithology
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Good morning, and welcome to a new week! Our featured tour is Summer Butterflies of the Spanish Pyrenees - a colourful smorgasbord of some fabulous butterflies found in a wide range of habitats in a compact, particularly beautiful area of Spain. (1/3)
www.mariposanature.com/tours/butter...
www.mariposanature.com/tours/butter...
December 9, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Good morning, and welcome to a new week! Our featured tour is Summer Butterflies of the Spanish Pyrenees - a colourful smorgasbord of some fabulous butterflies found in a wide range of habitats in a compact, particularly beautiful area of Spain. (1/3)
www.mariposanature.com/tours/butter...
www.mariposanature.com/tours/butter...
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Day two on the platform. As I find my way about, let me fill your feed with beautiful wild plants. Here is a jade vine in its native Philippine rainforest. Have a good day everyone 🩵
December 9, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Day two on the platform. As I find my way about, let me fill your feed with beautiful wild plants. Here is a jade vine in its native Philippine rainforest. Have a good day everyone 🩵
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Day five of my #tree #adventcalendar & here's the Bowl Oak, one of my besties as my daughter would say. It holds onto its leaves late. I call it the Bowl Oak coz it has a bowl in its bole where you can sit & watch the water meadow from a new angle.
I'd love to see your arboreal besties...
I'd love to see your arboreal besties...
December 5, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Day five of my #tree #adventcalendar & here's the Bowl Oak, one of my besties as my daughter would say. It holds onto its leaves late. I call it the Bowl Oak coz it has a bowl in its bole where you can sit & watch the water meadow from a new angle.
I'd love to see your arboreal besties...
I'd love to see your arboreal besties...
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I've been to meet the truly remarkable botanist Dr Margaret Bradshaw.
The 98-year-old has been recording the flora in Teesdale for decades and we talked about plants, legacy, and how the area has adapted to a changing climate.
You can see the full report here:
www.itv.com/watch/news/a...
The 98-year-old has been recording the flora in Teesdale for decades and we talked about plants, legacy, and how the area has adapted to a changing climate.
You can see the full report here:
www.itv.com/watch/news/a...
November 28, 2024 at 6:08 PM
I've been to meet the truly remarkable botanist Dr Margaret Bradshaw.
The 98-year-old has been recording the flora in Teesdale for decades and we talked about plants, legacy, and how the area has adapted to a changing climate.
You can see the full report here:
www.itv.com/watch/news/a...
The 98-year-old has been recording the flora in Teesdale for decades and we talked about plants, legacy, and how the area has adapted to a changing climate.
You can see the full report here:
www.itv.com/watch/news/a...
Natures baubles on Cornus and Callicarpa at Harlow Carr #harrogate
December 2, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Natures baubles on Cornus and Callicarpa at Harlow Carr #harrogate
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After two years combing the streets, scaling walls, peering into gutters, scouring wasteground and lots of research and writing, my Urban Plants book is now with the designers! Very excited to also share the amazing cover by Carry Akroyd www.bloomsbury.com/uk/urban-pla...
October 17, 2024 at 5:18 PM
After two years combing the streets, scaling walls, peering into gutters, scouring wasteground and lots of research and writing, my Urban Plants book is now with the designers! Very excited to also share the amazing cover by Carry Akroyd www.bloomsbury.com/uk/urban-pla...
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My first post on here and what better way to start with some fungi from RHS Harlow Carr, Harrogate last week; Striated Earthstar Geastrum striatum, Bird’s-nest Fungi Crucibulum laeve and Redlead Roundhead Leratiomyces ceres
November 15, 2024 at 8:26 PM
My first post on here and what better way to start with some fungi from RHS Harlow Carr, Harrogate last week; Striated Earthstar Geastrum striatum, Bird’s-nest Fungi Crucibulum laeve and Redlead Roundhead Leratiomyces ceres
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The Blunt-fruited water-starwort Callitriche obtusangula.
It's an unobtrusive water plant, with pretty emergent rosettes.
Like a lot ot aquatic plants it has different shaped leaves
Completed for FSC
#waterstarwort #callitriche #waterplants ##aquaticplants #botanicalillustration #sciart 🐡
It's an unobtrusive water plant, with pretty emergent rosettes.
Like a lot ot aquatic plants it has different shaped leaves
Completed for FSC
#waterstarwort #callitriche #waterplants ##aquaticplants #botanicalillustration #sciart 🐡
November 23, 2024 at 12:27 AM
The Blunt-fruited water-starwort Callitriche obtusangula.
It's an unobtrusive water plant, with pretty emergent rosettes.
Like a lot ot aquatic plants it has different shaped leaves
Completed for FSC
#waterstarwort #callitriche #waterplants ##aquaticplants #botanicalillustration #sciart 🐡
It's an unobtrusive water plant, with pretty emergent rosettes.
Like a lot ot aquatic plants it has different shaped leaves
Completed for FSC
#waterstarwort #callitriche #waterplants ##aquaticplants #botanicalillustration #sciart 🐡
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Hi Bluesky! Sharing my last event of the year on here: Join me at Chelsea Barracks for an event with Gaze Burvill, on 4 Dec. Tickets here: tickettailor.com/events/gazebur…
November 23, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Hi Bluesky! Sharing my last event of the year on here: Join me at Chelsea Barracks for an event with Gaze Burvill, on 4 Dec. Tickets here: tickettailor.com/events/gazebur…
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Interesting new research quantifying the value of sowing small meadow areas in cities:
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Sown wildflower meadows: Can they replace natural meadows in urban spaces for bees, butterflies and hoverflies?
Areas with sown wildflower meadows, which are usually small areas, concentrate pollinating insects and have a similar value for pollinators as larger areas of natural meadows The abundance and diver...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Interesting new research quantifying the value of sowing small meadow areas in cities:
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Here's the @theguardian.com country diary feed, for anyone who enjoys a brief foray into the natural world at the start of each day. There are now 10 of us of @bsky.app & hopefully more on their way. Please share with other interested folk. Thank you 🙏
November 18, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Here's the @theguardian.com country diary feed, for anyone who enjoys a brief foray into the natural world at the start of each day. There are now 10 of us of @bsky.app & hopefully more on their way. Please share with other interested folk. Thank you 🙏
Cold night @RHS Harlow Carr so could be the final week of autumn colour #Liquidamber #Harrogate #Yorkshire
November 17, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Cold night @RHS Harlow Carr so could be the final week of autumn colour #Liquidamber #Harrogate #Yorkshire