David
@duckinwales.bsky.social
North Wales based fern & lycophyte botherer (VC51); biological recorder working on Quillworts & Honduran Fern Flora. ♥️ botany, libraries, maps, books, education and nature. #FernFriday🪴
www.britishfernsociety.org.uk
FLS, BPS secretary & Cofnod LRC chair.
www.britishfernsociety.org.uk
FLS, BPS secretary & Cofnod LRC chair.
A bit of urban ferning last #FernFriday whilst walking through Warwick, the beautiful winter fronds of an urban Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken)
December 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A bit of urban ferning last #FernFriday whilst walking through Warwick, the beautiful winter fronds of an urban Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken)
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#NewSpecies!
New mountain vole from #tibet just came in:
Alticola yarlungia
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/DF350893-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #AlticolaYarlungia
#FAIRdata
#biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #mammals #rodentia #rodents #voles
New mountain vole from #tibet just came in:
Alticola yarlungia
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/DF350893-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #AlticolaYarlungia
#FAIRdata
#biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #mammals #rodentia #rodents #voles
December 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#NewSpecies!
New mountain vole from #tibet just came in:
Alticola yarlungia
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/DF350893-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #AlticolaYarlungia
#FAIRdata
#biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #mammals #rodentia #rodents #voles
New mountain vole from #tibet just came in:
Alticola yarlungia
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/DF350893-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #AlticolaYarlungia
#FAIRdata
#biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #mammals #rodentia #rodents #voles
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Vanishing experts, vanishing species: The taxonomy crisis
Training a new generation of taxonomists is urgent and new research maps where help is most needed to close the skill gaps.
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
Training a new generation of taxonomists is urgent and new research maps where help is most needed to close the skill gaps.
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Vanishing experts, vanishing species: The taxonomy crisis
Training a new generation of taxonomists is urgent and new research maps where help is most needed to close the skill gaps.
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
Training a new generation of taxonomists is urgent and new research maps where help is most needed to close the skill gaps.
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
Spore morphology and evolution in Isoetes, with some great SEM images. #Quillwort #Isoëtes
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Spore morphology and evolution in Isoetes (Isoetales)
Abstract. Isoetes (Isoetaceae, Isoetales) is a cosmopolitan genus with an ancient and diverse evolutionary history that presumably peaked in the Palaeozoic
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December 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Spore morphology and evolution in Isoetes, with some great SEM images. #Quillwort #Isoëtes
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#NewSpecies!
Polystichum oligodontum
A newly discovered fern from #china!
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/00D2F038-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#PhytoKeys #PolystichumOligodontum
#FAIRdata
#OA #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #plants #fern
Polystichum oligodontum
A newly discovered fern from #china!
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/00D2F038-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#PhytoKeys #PolystichumOligodontum
#FAIRdata
#OA #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #plants #fern
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#NewSpecies!
Polystichum oligodontum
A newly discovered fern from #china!
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/00D2F038-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#PhytoKeys #PolystichumOligodontum
#FAIRdata
#OA #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #plants #fern
Polystichum oligodontum
A newly discovered fern from #china!
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/00D2F038-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#PhytoKeys #PolystichumOligodontum
#FAIRdata
#OA #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #plants #fern
We've had nearly 300 bookings for our talk on the Clubmosses of Britain and Ireland by Fred Rumsey next Tuesday evening (2nd December) and there's still places left!
Book now for free (though donations towards our work are appreciated): share.google/lQL6JQ7E9SEQ...
Book now for free (though donations towards our work are appreciated): share.google/lQL6JQ7E9SEQ...
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A #fernFriday friend this week. Selaginella involvens, a sub tropical lycophyte from South east Asia #BritishFernSociety #BPS #RBGE
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A #fernFriday friend this week. Selaginella involvens, a sub tropical lycophyte from South east Asia #BritishFernSociety #BPS #RBGE
Something a bit warmer for this #FernFriday. Sticheropsis truncata, an upland fern from Indonesia. The fronds appear to fork, but actually extend continuously, with a hidden bud in the fork allowing the plant to spread out seeking light in forest gaps. #BritshFernSociety #BPS #RBGE
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Something a bit warmer for this #FernFriday. Sticheropsis truncata, an upland fern from Indonesia. The fronds appear to fork, but actually extend continuously, with a hidden bud in the fork allowing the plant to spread out seeking light in forest gaps. #BritshFernSociety #BPS #RBGE
Osmunda regalis 'Cristata' (Crested Royal Fern) still looking very green in the protected cloisters of Chester Cathedral #FernFriday #BritishFernSociety
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Osmunda regalis 'Cristata' (Crested Royal Fern) still looking very green in the protected cloisters of Chester Cathedral #FernFriday #BritishFernSociety
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Behind-the-scenes tours of the fernery & the Electron Microscopy Suite are just 2 of the extras on offer at #BIBConf25 on 29 November!
With 8 talks, a panel discussion, 40+ exhibits, #WildFlowerID quizzes & a pop-up bookshop, maybe we're giving people too much to choose from? Better than not enough!
With 8 talks, a panel discussion, 40+ exhibits, #WildFlowerID quizzes & a pop-up bookshop, maybe we're giving people too much to choose from? Better than not enough!
And don't forget to stop by the fernery 🪴
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A great morning at Edge Hill University yesterday; students receive their Plant Heritage National Collection status for their collection of native and naturalised ferns. (Nice to see some of my plants on display too). Nice to see a young thriving plant horticulture group. #BritishFernSociety
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Behind-the-scenes tours of the fernery & the Electron Microscopy Suite are just 2 of the extras on offer at #BIBConf25 on 29 November!
With 8 talks, a panel discussion, 40+ exhibits, #WildFlowerID quizzes & a pop-up bookshop, maybe we're giving people too much to choose from? Better than not enough!
With 8 talks, a panel discussion, 40+ exhibits, #WildFlowerID quizzes & a pop-up bookshop, maybe we're giving people too much to choose from? Better than not enough!
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Great to see the paper by @ecology-digest.bsky.social and I on the new British woodlouse (Chaetophiloscia elongata) now available. Check it (and other great material) out at bmig.org.uk/view/resourc...
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Great to see the paper by @ecology-digest.bsky.social and I on the new British woodlouse (Chaetophiloscia elongata) now available. Check it (and other great material) out at bmig.org.uk/view/resourc...
A great morning at Edge Hill University yesterday; students receive their Plant Heritage National Collection status for their collection of native and naturalised ferns. (Nice to see some of my plants on display too). Nice to see a young thriving plant horticulture group. #BritishFernSociety
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
A great morning at Edge Hill University yesterday; students receive their Plant Heritage National Collection status for their collection of native and naturalised ferns. (Nice to see some of my plants on display too). Nice to see a young thriving plant horticulture group. #BritishFernSociety
Fern with a view. Asplenium ruta-muraria (Duegredynen y muriau/Wall Rue) at home on the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct overlooking the River Dee, Denbighshire. #FernFriday #BritishFernSociety
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Fern with a view. Asplenium ruta-muraria (Duegredynen y muriau/Wall Rue) at home on the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct overlooking the River Dee, Denbighshire. #FernFriday #BritishFernSociety
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Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!
A great long weekends ferning in the Moffat area of Scotland, finishing at a British Pteridological Society members garden. Struthiopteris (Blechnum) spicant 'Rickard's serate' #fern #FernFriday #BritishFernSociety
October 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A great long weekends ferning in the Moffat area of Scotland, finishing at a British Pteridological Society members garden. Struthiopteris (Blechnum) spicant 'Rickard's serate' #fern #FernFriday #BritishFernSociety
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When #seismology meets #meteorology!
Ground shaking across #VancouverIsland is ramping up (but not felt) as the remnants of Tyhpoon Nakri approach the west coast.
The ground shaking started increasing just after midnight Pacific time (07:00 UTC on this figure) Oct. 17, as the storm gets closer.
⚒️🧪🌀🇨🇦
Ground shaking across #VancouverIsland is ramping up (but not felt) as the remnants of Tyhpoon Nakri approach the west coast.
The ground shaking started increasing just after midnight Pacific time (07:00 UTC on this figure) Oct. 17, as the storm gets closer.
⚒️🧪🌀🇨🇦
October 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
When #seismology meets #meteorology!
Ground shaking across #VancouverIsland is ramping up (but not felt) as the remnants of Tyhpoon Nakri approach the west coast.
The ground shaking started increasing just after midnight Pacific time (07:00 UTC on this figure) Oct. 17, as the storm gets closer.
⚒️🧪🌀🇨🇦
Ground shaking across #VancouverIsland is ramping up (but not felt) as the remnants of Tyhpoon Nakri approach the west coast.
The ground shaking started increasing just after midnight Pacific time (07:00 UTC on this figure) Oct. 17, as the storm gets closer.
⚒️🧪🌀🇨🇦
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Bloody brilliant 👇
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Bloody brilliant 👇
Tis fungi season 🙂. We briefly get to see a whole other kingdom of life that we don't see for the rest of the year ( other than on the supermarket shelf).
October 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Tis fungi season 🙂. We briefly get to see a whole other kingdom of life that we don't see for the rest of the year ( other than on the supermarket shelf).
Ye God's !!! High altitude nocturnal hunting...
October 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Ye God's !!! High altitude nocturnal hunting...
Not your usual wall fern. A stunning multi-crowned Royal fern (Osmunda regalis) in a metaquartz wall top. A sign condition must be pretty damp! #FernFriday
October 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Not your usual wall fern. A stunning multi-crowned Royal fern (Osmunda regalis) in a metaquartz wall top. A sign condition must be pretty damp! #FernFriday
Fungi and ferns, the perfect combination on a damp weekend. Amanita muscaria & Polypodium cf. vulgare on Betula.
#fernFriday #Coniston #LakeDistrict
#fernFriday #Coniston #LakeDistrict
October 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Fungi and ferns, the perfect combination on a damp weekend. Amanita muscaria & Polypodium cf. vulgare on Betula.
#fernFriday #Coniston #LakeDistrict
#fernFriday #Coniston #LakeDistrict
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I have thousands of #marineplankton microscopy images and measurements and would like to make these available to researchers. Where’s the best place to put them and how do scientists like their metadata? 🧪🦑
September 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I have thousands of #marineplankton microscopy images and measurements and would like to make these available to researchers. Where’s the best place to put them and how do scientists like their metadata? 🧪🦑
Dermatocarpon miniatum (Leather lichen) on a hard Carboniferous limestone outcrop at Denbigh Castle #ValeOfClwyd
September 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Dermatocarpon miniatum (Leather lichen) on a hard Carboniferous limestone outcrop at Denbigh Castle #ValeOfClwyd
A productive couple of hours scouring a shoreline in the rain and sifting through hundreds of broken specimens. Managed to find a handful of #Isoetes quills 😊 and a few invasive non-natives 🙁. #Quillwort
September 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A productive couple of hours scouring a shoreline in the rain and sifting through hundreds of broken specimens. Managed to find a handful of #Isoetes quills 😊 and a few invasive non-natives 🙁. #Quillwort