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Andy Platt

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Botany, Ornithology, Mycology, Ecology and Palaeontology.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 2d

Finding it a bit hard to get on time for #wildflowerhour recently. Better late than never. Apple-of-Peru, Nicandra physalodes and Common Fumitory, Fumaria officinalis. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 4d

Merveille du Jour, Griposia aprilina to the trap last night. #teammoth

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Dave.

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 5d

Hi @wheatersdave.bsky.social it's the first time trapping in the autumn. Quick question if I may? When should I turn on the lights? Already Dark. But is it worth turning them on this early?

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 5d

Rooting Bolete, Caloboletus radicans in Farnham Park this week. #fungifriends

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 18d

I wasn't expecting much. So happy to get 23/7. Black Rustic, Aporophyla nigra and a selection of Lunar Underwing, Anchoscelis lunosa added to the first year list. #teammoth

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 24d

The previous night, there were some rather nice migrants. The Vestal, Rhodometra sacraria. L-album Wainscot, Mythimna l-album and Scarce Bordered Straw, Helicoverpa armigera. #teammoth

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 24d

Windy and cold night. Barred Sallow, Tiliacea aurago attracted to the light. In terms of bats Common pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus was seen and heard. Also heard were Serotine, Eptesicus serotinus. Brown ong-earred, Plecotus auritus and Noctule, Nyctalus noctula. #teammoth

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 24d

Absolute treat last night at Gilbert White's House for a bat and moth evening. Over 300 Hirundines (will need to zoom in on the picture) feeding by the hanger as I arrived and a couple of deer grazing in the meadow.

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 26d

Hopefully, bump into you in town while I'm not wearing a barbers gown!

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 26d

Oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus covering this fallen Beech. It would have been quite the forage if I was into that. #fungifriends

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 26d

Penny bun, Boletus edulis in Abbotts Wood, Surrey/Hants border. #fungifriends

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 26d

One of my favourite fungi. Saffrondrop bonnet, Mycena crocata. #fungifriends

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 26d

Got a new camera lens for me birthday. So, I had to give it a whirl. This is a nice Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa slime mould.

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 27d

Parasol, Macrolepiota procera on the way home. Size 9 for scale. #fungifriends

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · Sep 14

Also, in attendance at the free zoo was a single Common Fumitory, Fumaria officinalis. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · Sep 14

A trip to the free zoo - aka, the garden centre with an aquatic centre, with the youngest child yielded Henbit Dead-nettle, Lamium amplexicaule. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · Sep 2

Might take me a while 🤣

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · Sep 2

The birthday book fairy arrived today. Should keep me busy.

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · Sep 2

There are other benefits to going for a run. Common Ramping-fumitory, Fumaria muralis @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · Aug 31

A welcome suprise to come across a population of Goldenrod, Solidago virgaurea while taking my youngest swimming. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · Aug 31

Water Chickweed, Stellaria aquatica and Pink, Claytonia sibirica at Frensham great pond this week. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · Aug 31

Common Calamint, Clinopodium ascendens this week. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · Aug 31

More from the works in Farnham. Many-seeded Goosefoot, Lipandra polysperma and Thorn-apple, Datura stramonium. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · Aug 31

All sorts popping up after the new path was put in, by the River Wey, in Farnham. Tree Spinach, Chenopodium giganteum. Balkan Spurge, Euphorbia oblongata. Cockspur, Echinochloa crus-galli and Wild Mignonette, Reseda lutea. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour