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Ian Senior

@ians4ad.bsky.social

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4AD nut, shoegazer, ex Plant Biologist now Web Developer at Oxford Uni. Committee Member of the Friend's of Earlham Cemetery. Fungi botherer & flora finder with some of Norfolks best botanists & field mycologists Mastodon: @[email protected] Twitter: @Ians4AD

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 10h

www.abc.net.au/news/science...

One to three invertebrate species are going extinct in Australia every week, study suggests

Scientists say more than 9,000 non-marine invertebrate species have gone extinct in Australia since Europeans arrived in 1788.

www.abc.net.au

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 18h

After examining 10,494 herbarium specimens of the orchid genus Caladenia, new Australian research suggests there’s been a >60% decline in orchid pollination since 1977 with sexually deceptive orchid species more impacted

#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #pollination

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One hundred years of Australian flower data reveals pollination drop

Researchers behind a new study examining thousands of flower specimens collected over the past century say temperature increases could be behind a pollination decline in native orchids.

www.abc.net.au

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 20h

Only on a Wednesday 😄🍄

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 1d

Just checked and yes they are giant funnel.

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I thought you said trooping! 😄

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 1d

A Wall basking in the garden this morning..... @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social

An image of a Wall butterfly basking in the garden this morning. The rich orange-coloured insect, with brown markings across its wings, has a tiny white dot inside a dark circle on each wing tip. It is perched amid fallen autumn leaves enjoying the warmth of the sun.

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 1d

Got around to going to see the local trooping funnels at lunch today after @vannabartlett.bsky.social told me where they were. Has to be one of the largest groups of fungi I've ever come across. Amazing that last week's mowers didn't destroy them before they got going. 📷🍄

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 1d

We came across a couple of these plants in west Norfolk at the weekend too. Growing on a field edge. Our VC27 recorder will be interested in the record. Easiest to pop it on iRecord.

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Autumn @autumnlavender.bsky.social · 28d

I've started working on a complete rework for the swamp arena in Wibbly Witches, I'm hoping to make it more unique and chaotic! #gamedev #madewithunity 🎮
You can get Wibbly Witches on Steam here:
store.steampowered.com/app/1305590/...

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Sajad Alipour @sajadalipour98.bsky.social · 1d

Prometheum pilosum
Crassulaceae
NE of Iran, Kalibar
Elevation 2500m
June 2025
A real rock plant
#Crassulaceae

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West Midlands Fungus Group @westmidsfungi.bsky.social · 1d

Fluorescence of a Russula under 365nm UV light #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology #Fluorescent

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 2d

With apologies for being a day late for #WildflowerHour (due to some unaccustomed Sunday evening gallivanting), here is some Fig-leaved Goosefoot, Chenopodium ficifolium, growing on some unloved ground next to the Fairfield Halls in central Croydon.

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 1d

I've looked for it on Port Meadow in the past and failed to find it too! Luckily we now have a local population in Norfolk so I have since seen it there instead.

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 1d

The mega rare Creeping Marshwort Helosciadum repens from North Hinksey, Oxford today. Great to see it doing so well there. I couldn't find it on Port Meadow, but that's a huge area! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 1d

My main reason for visiting the beautiful Port Meadow, Oxford, was to see Marsh Dock Rumex palustris. This species doesn't occur in Hampshire (one record, from 1928), so a special trip was needed. Very pleased, it's a lovely thing. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 1d

A new study led by @globaloceanbgc.bsky.social researchers at MBARI has found that marine heatwaves can reshape ocean food webs, slowing the transport of carbon to the deep sea and hampering the ocean’s ability to buffer against climate change.

Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/marine-...

Marine heatwaves have hidden impacts on ocean food webs and carbon cycling • MBARI

New study analyzing data from robotic floats and plankton records reveals how marine heatwaves reshape ocean food webs and slow transport of carbon to the deep sea.

www.mbari.org

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 2d

Saw loads of Spathularia flavida in Staffordshire yesterday. I normally see a few at this site, but there seemed to be patches everywhere this year #FungiFriends #ukwildlife #mycology #fungi #Ascomycota

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · 2d

Entoloma neglectum from a Cotswold Common. There are around 17 British records including duplicates since 1800 to date so this sequenced find is quite rare #Fungifriends #Fungi #Mycology #Nature #UKWildlife

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 2d

Still time for this year!

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Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social · 2d

Orange-peel Clematis naturalised on waste ground in an industrial estate near Launceston today for #wildflowerhour

Clematis tangutica

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Andy Rogers @withylake.bsky.social · 2d

Goodyera macrophylla @860m in the Parque Florestal do Fanal, Madeira today, 5/10/2025 🇵🇹 😃

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 2d

Cool!

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 2d

Some fabulous stands of Hog's Fennel (Peucedanum officinale) in Kent including many hosting the rust fungus Puccinia rugulosa 😍 #wildflowerhour

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Neil Forbes @treebeard793.bsky.social · 2d

Earlier this year we published a summary of our short-term study of the apparent changing phenology of Sabulina verna, Spring Sandwort, at #Arnside Knott in @bsbibotany.bsky.social News. Had a quick visit yesterday and it was by some margin the most abundant flowering species.
#wildflowerhour

Sabulina verna, Spring Sandwort.
Arnside Knott, Heathwaite

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Henk-Jan van der Veen @henk-janvdveen.bsky.social · 2d

Interrupted Clubmoss (Lycopodium annotinum) and Marsh Clubmoss (Lycopodiella inundata)
Two evergreen beauties and real bog-specials spotted this week!
#WildflowerHour

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