Peter Brash
@peterbrash.bsky.social
Ecologist, birder, entomologist, botanist and bat botherer. Born in Liverpool and returned via circuitous route. I block dickheads on sight.
#WinterTen for #Wildflowerhour Oxeye Daisy, Musk Mallow, Common Flax, Common Knapweed, Common Vetch, Cow Parsley, Cock's-foot, Sticky Mouse-ear, Spear Thistle and False Oat-grass.
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#WinterTen for #Wildflowerhour Oxeye Daisy, Musk Mallow, Common Flax, Common Knapweed, Common Vetch, Cow Parsley, Cock's-foot, Sticky Mouse-ear, Spear Thistle and False Oat-grass.
Second part of my dozen #winterten for #wildflowerhour White Campion, Ribbed Melilot, Hogweed, Pansy, Crimson Clover a d Wild Angelica.
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Second part of my dozen #winterten for #wildflowerhour White Campion, Ribbed Melilot, Hogweed, Pansy, Crimson Clover a d Wild Angelica.
First six of my #winterten for #wildflowerhour Buckwheat, Chicory, Red Dead-nettle, Redshank, Meadowsweet and Holly.
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
First six of my #winterten for #wildflowerhour Buckwheat, Chicory, Red Dead-nettle, Redshank, Meadowsweet and Holly.
Contacting Liverpool Council about paying a motoring fine. Will it take 5 attempts? Will I be ignored every single time? Like the time that they told me they'd be taking away the defunct disabled parking bay and associated street junk from outside my house? Wish me luck.
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Contacting Liverpool Council about paying a motoring fine. Will it take 5 attempts? Will I be ignored every single time? Like the time that they told me they'd be taking away the defunct disabled parking bay and associated street junk from outside my house? Wish me luck.
I've never seen a fasciated banana before.
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I've never seen a fasciated banana before.
Five more makes 11 for my #winterten #wildflowerhour
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Five more makes 11 for my #winterten #wildflowerhour
The first 6 of a #Winterten for #wildflowerhour
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The first 6 of a #Winterten for #wildflowerhour
Nothing new under the sun. St Methodius giving St Cyril the 'bunny ears' treatment on Charles Bridge Prague.
October 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Nothing new under the sun. St Methodius giving St Cyril the 'bunny ears' treatment on Charles Bridge Prague.
I knew she reminded me of somebody.
October 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I knew she reminded me of somebody.
A time of joy and happiness for everybody. Apart from these two obviously.
October 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A time of joy and happiness for everybody. Apart from these two obviously.
Thanks to @wordsanddeeds.bsky.social for the news on this Great White Egret along Estuary Boulevard in Speke. Photographed with my phone from the car. Incredibly tame. This was the first bird that I twitched, back in 1981 at Penmaenpool when I think there were less than 10 post 1954 records!
October 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Thanks to @wordsanddeeds.bsky.social for the news on this Great White Egret along Estuary Boulevard in Speke. Photographed with my phone from the car. Incredibly tame. This was the first bird that I twitched, back in 1981 at Penmaenpool when I think there were less than 10 post 1954 records!
You might need to pipe down.
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
You might need to pipe down.
Now, I'm not an arborist but I really don't think that this has been thought through.
October 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Now, I'm not an arborist but I really don't think that this has been thought through.
An increase of over 30% for a smattering of AI twaddle that I won't use? Bollocks to that.
October 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
An increase of over 30% for a smattering of AI twaddle that I won't use? Bollocks to that.
He said 'these days you get arrested and thrown in jail for saying you're North Korean don't you?'
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
He said 'these days you get arrested and thrown in jail for saying you're North Korean don't you?'
A few peas from arable margins this week for #wildflowerhour Crimson Clover, what look like agricultural varieties of Common Vetch and Tufted Vetch along with Alsike Clover.
September 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A few peas from arable margins this week for #wildflowerhour Crimson Clover, what look like agricultural varieties of Common Vetch and Tufted Vetch along with Alsike Clover.
Think I've got on to the Sand Lucerne thanks to the below named too. This time in Sefton, South Lancs. ##wildflowerhour
September 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Think I've got on to the Sand Lucerne thanks to the below named too. This time in Sefton, South Lancs. ##wildflowerhour
One of my favourites for #wildflowerhour Spiked Speedwell, it took a long time for me to finally catch up with this plant. Quite surprised by how many plants there were.
September 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
One of my favourites for #wildflowerhour Spiked Speedwell, it took a long time for me to finally catch up with this plant. Quite surprised by how many plants there were.
Late for ##wildflowerhour with this gorgeous Araneus quadratus (Four-spot Orb-weaver) in a Wild Carrot seed head.
September 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Late for ##wildflowerhour with this gorgeous Araneus quadratus (Four-spot Orb-weaver) in a Wild Carrot seed head.
AI is like having an army of dickheads in your pocket part 1483.
September 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
AI is like having an army of dickheads in your pocket part 1483.
Well personally, I've never heard a better description of damp hand theory.
August 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Well personally, I've never heard a better description of damp hand theory.
Left a Purple Toadflax growing in my South Liverpool back yard, hoping that recent colonist Toadflax Brocade moth would make use of it. Delighted to report that my cunning plan has worked.
August 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Left a Purple Toadflax growing in my South Liverpool back yard, hoping that recent colonist Toadflax Brocade moth would make use of it. Delighted to report that my cunning plan has worked.
It's been a while since I last saw Meadow Thistle. This one at Wicken Fen this week. #wildflowerhour
August 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It's been a while since I last saw Meadow Thistle. This one at Wicken Fen this week. #wildflowerhour