Matt P
@bertolicus.bsky.social
Plant-based runner prone to long distance silliness, paddler, sourdough baker, lazy gardener, slave to a house-wolf and wannabe botanist 🌲🐺🌱🏃♂️🏳️🌈
Potential Picea torano, shoot colour seems a bit off but the rest seems to check out - a very neat first record in Scotland if it’s a 👍🏻
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Potential Picea torano, shoot colour seems a bit off but the rest seems to check out - a very neat first record in Scotland if it’s a 👍🏻
Saturday morning, a Robin singing from the middle of the road and getting superb acoustics - bliss
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Saturday morning, a Robin singing from the middle of the road and getting superb acoustics - bliss
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A carload of somewhat crazy birders drove to the beautiful little town of #WatsonLake, #Yukon today to see the female #EurasianBullfinch that has been visiting a feeder there... First record for Canada! (that wasn't an escaped cage bird) #birds #listers
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A carload of somewhat crazy birders drove to the beautiful little town of #WatsonLake, #Yukon today to see the female #EurasianBullfinch that has been visiting a feeder there... First record for Canada! (that wasn't an escaped cage bird) #birds #listers
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In London, in 2025, we're keeping penguins in a windowless basement with no access to deep water, to entertain tourists?
This is UTTERLY unacceptable.
Rehome them to someone whose focus is conservation, not exploiting wildlife for money. #London #SeaLife
This is UTTERLY unacceptable.
Rehome them to someone whose focus is conservation, not exploiting wildlife for money. #London #SeaLife
MPs call for release of 15 penguins ‘trapped’ at London aquarium
Cross-party group wants environment secretary to urgently examine moving the birds to a facility ‘better aligned with their needs’
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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The cover art is finished for my new book and I LOVE IT!
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The cover art is finished for my new book and I LOVE IT!
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
A cheeky lunchtime jog up into the Pentlands; bright, cold and slippy!
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A cheeky lunchtime jog up into the Pentlands; bright, cold and slippy!
For fans of googly eyes
The seed oil of Paullinia cupana has cyanolipids that ARE cyanogenic. Has anyone tested the seeds of Acer or Aesculus for cyanolipids? They weren’t included in the family in the 1970s, when cyanolipid research was popular. 📷: Paullinia cupana Bernard Dupont CCBYSA2 #Sapindaceae #Botany 🌾🧪
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For fans of googly eyes
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Join our national monitoring project and help expand a GB-wide network of pheromone traps to improve understanding of the eight toothed spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus.
👉 Sign up: ow.ly/TICy50XtxN9
@forestrycommission.bsky.social @sylva.org.uk #DefraGovUK
👉 Sign up: ow.ly/TICy50XtxN9
@forestrycommission.bsky.social @sylva.org.uk #DefraGovUK
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Join our national monitoring project and help expand a GB-wide network of pheromone traps to improve understanding of the eight toothed spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus.
👉 Sign up: ow.ly/TICy50XtxN9
@forestrycommission.bsky.social @sylva.org.uk #DefraGovUK
👉 Sign up: ow.ly/TICy50XtxN9
@forestrycommission.bsky.social @sylva.org.uk #DefraGovUK
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What an incredible month November has been so far, and thanks to simply shaking some leaves.
Three new leafhoppers for me, two of these possibly new to Essex.
#Hemiptera
#Cicadellidae
#Leafhopper
Three new leafhoppers for me, two of these possibly new to Essex.
#Hemiptera
#Cicadellidae
#Leafhopper
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
What an incredible month November has been so far, and thanks to simply shaking some leaves.
Three new leafhoppers for me, two of these possibly new to Essex.
#Hemiptera
#Cicadellidae
#Leafhopper
Three new leafhoppers for me, two of these possibly new to Essex.
#Hemiptera
#Cicadellidae
#Leafhopper
Using an Alnus key this morning and stopped in my tracks by ‘semicraspedodromus’ - thank you Google
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Using an Alnus key this morning and stopped in my tracks by ‘semicraspedodromus’ - thank you Google
Dippers in full flow in the sunshine today, it’s a bit heretical, but this song knocks a nightingale into a cocked hat imho.
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Dippers in full flow in the sunshine today, it’s a bit heretical, but this song knocks a nightingale into a cocked hat imho.
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I love this avenue or Wellingtonia (sequoiadendron giganteum or giant redwoods).
They were planted in 1952 by Mary Wellesley who'd bought the woodland to rescue it from neglect, and then gifted it to the forestry commission in 1986.
#Berko #WoodlandPhotography #Hockeridge
They were planted in 1952 by Mary Wellesley who'd bought the woodland to rescue it from neglect, and then gifted it to the forestry commission in 1986.
#Berko #WoodlandPhotography #Hockeridge
November 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I love this avenue or Wellingtonia (sequoiadendron giganteum or giant redwoods).
They were planted in 1952 by Mary Wellesley who'd bought the woodland to rescue it from neglect, and then gifted it to the forestry commission in 1986.
#Berko #WoodlandPhotography #Hockeridge
They were planted in 1952 by Mary Wellesley who'd bought the woodland to rescue it from neglect, and then gifted it to the forestry commission in 1986.
#Berko #WoodlandPhotography #Hockeridge
Interesting ‘path’ today 😋
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Interesting ‘path’ today 😋
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Did you know the name of the spiked thingy on the end of a Stegosaurus’ tail? Coolest etymology ever.
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Did you know the name of the spiked thingy on the end of a Stegosaurus’ tail? Coolest etymology ever.
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This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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There are only a few places on earth where thousand year old trees still stand. The west coast of Canada is one of them but every day they are logged.
Time to stop the logging: buff.ly/CKJRcLy #ProtecttheIrreplaceable
#ActOnClimate #nature pics @TJWattPhoto #cop16cali
Time to stop the logging: buff.ly/CKJRcLy #ProtecttheIrreplaceable
#ActOnClimate #nature pics @TJWattPhoto #cop16cali
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
There are only a few places on earth where thousand year old trees still stand. The west coast of Canada is one of them but every day they are logged.
Time to stop the logging: buff.ly/CKJRcLy #ProtecttheIrreplaceable
#ActOnClimate #nature pics @TJWattPhoto #cop16cali
Time to stop the logging: buff.ly/CKJRcLy #ProtecttheIrreplaceable
#ActOnClimate #nature pics @TJWattPhoto #cop16cali
I’ve struggled with interval training for the last 6 months, rarely hitting target HRs. Since Sweden and losing fitness it’s amazingly satisfying to complete sessions where I *do* hit targets ☺️
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I’ve struggled with interval training for the last 6 months, rarely hitting target HRs. Since Sweden and losing fitness it’s amazingly satisfying to complete sessions where I *do* hit targets ☺️
There are few things as pleasing as hauling a fresh sourdough from the hot oven, the crusty fug that pervades the house, or the accompanying crackle as it meets cold air.
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
There are few things as pleasing as hauling a fresh sourdough from the hot oven, the crusty fug that pervades the house, or the accompanying crackle as it meets cold air.
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Two-day-old zebrafish larvae, as seen through a scanning electron microscope
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Two-day-old zebrafish larvae, as seen through a scanning electron microscope
Long, frass-packed leaf mine on Carpinus betulus, doesn’t readily key out via bladmineerders.nl - any guidance out there?
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Long, frass-packed leaf mine on Carpinus betulus, doesn’t readily key out via bladmineerders.nl - any guidance out there?
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The Trees That Were Saved and Destroyed by the Same Mistake botany.one/2025/11/the-...
"The authors emphasise the importance of taxonomy throughout the conservation process."
"The authors emphasise the importance of taxonomy throughout the conservation process."
The Trees That Were Saved and Destroyed by the Same Mistake
For 20 years, Mexican communities accidentally planted millions of endangered trees, while simultaneously logging thousands in their natural habitat, without knowing it.
botany.one
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The Trees That Were Saved and Destroyed by the Same Mistake botany.one/2025/11/the-...
"The authors emphasise the importance of taxonomy throughout the conservation process."
"The authors emphasise the importance of taxonomy throughout the conservation process."
Pteridium aquilinum should be Latin for path-obscuring ankle-slasher. More fun than pounding roads and tracks though 😉
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Pteridium aquilinum should be Latin for path-obscuring ankle-slasher. More fun than pounding roads and tracks though 😉
The joys of a double coated dog and a mild spell of weather in late autumn 🤦🏻♂️
November 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The joys of a double coated dog and a mild spell of weather in late autumn 🤦🏻♂️