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Jo Stephen

@jostephen.bsky.social

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Haunter of woodlands, field ecologist, photographer, botanist, images from walks in my local landscape. https://linktr.ee/JoStephen

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · Dec 12

Beech tree, in winter, on the hill above the village, many moons ago.

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 1d

Sycamore leaves in a local wood

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 2d

Yellow-horned Poppy, Glaucium flavum, on Brownsea Island #wildflowerhour

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 2d

Common Mouse-ear, Cerastium fontanum #wildflowerhour

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 2d

Narrow-leaved Michaelmas Daisy, Symphyotrichum lanceloatum & spider, on a verge up the lane. #wildflowerhour

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 2d

It's #WorldAlgaeDay! Japanese algologist Kintaro Okamura (1867-1935) provided taxonomies & descriptions in English & Japanese for his monumental work "Nihon sorui zufu" / "Icones of Japanese Algae" (1907-1942). Find it in #BHLib via
#MBLWHOILibrary
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... 🧪

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Alex Nelson @alxnelson.bsky.social · 10d

Roseate spoonbills will splash their wings through the water as part of their beauty routine. Here's one doing so mid-splash, facing straight ahead towards the camera. I really love this shot. #birds

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 3d

Narrow-leaved Michalmas Daisy, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum, flowering on a verge earlier today.

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Guy Dickinson @tracing-silence.bsky.social · 3d

on / under…

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Mike Prince @mplandscapes.bsky.social · 3d

One on the phone from our walk around High Dam this morning. #googlepixel9 #snapseed

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 4d

Yellow-horned Poppy, Glaucium flavum, on Brownsea Island today.

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 4d

Want to up your #WildFlowerID game this winter?
We just launched our Winter Webinar programme!
7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb.
Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend!
Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...

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Felicity Keefe @felicitykeefe.bsky.social · 7d

New work evolving in the studio this Autumn…

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 6d

Golden Eye Lichen, Teloschisties chrysophthalmus, on a Hawthorn in ancient wood pasture up the lane.

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you

Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you

Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you, I love making them

Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 7d

The pond a mile up the lane from my house.

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 8d

Very!

Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 8d

What a beautiful plant

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 10d

I spent yesterday in the company of Mosses & Liverworts on a Dorset Flora Group Bryophyte workshop.

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 16d

Beech leaves.

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 18d

Coming soon: 'Wild Roses of Great Britain and Ireland'.
This latest title, no.26 in the series of #BSBIHandbooks for tricky plant groups, has just gone to the printers!
Available for #BSBImembers to pre-order now at the discount price of £16 (vs RRP £25).
Sample pages here:
bsbi.org/bsbi-handboo...

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 25d

Some fungi from a walk in the woods this morning.

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 29d

Yes, we’ll certainly here in Dorset it is.

Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you, it’s a beautiful plant isnt it