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.
House of Correction, Penarlâg/Hawarden, Flintshire. A late 1750's 'lock up' for the village drunkards, vagrants and ner-do-wells. #portal
December 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
House of Correction, Penarlâg/Hawarden, Flintshire. A late 1750's 'lock up' for the village drunkards, vagrants and ner-do-wells. #portal
My kind of drain pipe for #FernFriday. Asplenium trichomanes (Maidenhair spleenwort), Dryopteris filix-mas (Male fern) and hiding away a few Asplenium adiantum-nigrum (Black spleenwort). #UrbanFerns #Chester #BritishPteridologicalSociety
December 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My kind of drain pipe for #FernFriday. Asplenium trichomanes (Maidenhair spleenwort), Dryopteris filix-mas (Male fern) and hiding away a few Asplenium adiantum-nigrum (Black spleenwort). #UrbanFerns #Chester #BritishPteridologicalSociety
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)
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
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
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
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).
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
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
Stopped to pick up this beautiful adult Tawny Owl today (RTA fatality) mainly to check for a ring and have a close look at such a stunning bird.
August 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Stopped to pick up this beautiful adult Tawny Owl today (RTA fatality) mainly to check for a ring and have a close look at such a stunning bird.
A nice find in the charity shop: The Flora of Svalbard by Olaf Rønning 1996. Maybe not the most up to date taxonomically but nice maps and community descriptions. #Svalbard #NatureBookChallenge #botany
August 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A nice find in the charity shop: The Flora of Svalbard by Olaf Rønning 1996. Maybe not the most up to date taxonomically but nice maps and community descriptions. #Svalbard #NatureBookChallenge #botany
Acid heath over Dalradian limestone next to the sea, including Harebells and virtually adjacent Grass of Parnassus; Port Ramsay, #IsleOfLismore #HarebellChallenge #Wildflowerhour
July 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Acid heath over Dalradian limestone next to the sea, including Harebells and virtually adjacent Grass of Parnassus; Port Ramsay, #IsleOfLismore #HarebellChallenge #Wildflowerhour
An exhausting day immersed in nature. Leeches, snails, lichens, clubmosses, flowers and fish. Time for bed! #IsleOfLismore #BiologicalRecording #Scotland
July 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
An exhausting day immersed in nature. Leeches, snails, lichens, clubmosses, flowers and fish. Time for bed! #IsleOfLismore #BiologicalRecording #Scotland
A slightly surprising find today, Lobaria pulmonaria (non-fertile) on an old dying Fushia magellanica
#IsleOfLismore #lichen #lismore @britishlichensociety.org.uk
#IsleOfLismore #lichen #lismore @britishlichensociety.org.uk
July 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A slightly surprising find today, Lobaria pulmonaria (non-fertile) on an old dying Fushia magellanica
#IsleOfLismore #lichen #lismore @britishlichensociety.org.uk
#IsleOfLismore #lichen #lismore @britishlichensociety.org.uk
Finally, a wet day and chance to write up some holiday observations #biologicalRecording
#IsleOfLismore
#IsleOfLismore
July 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Finally, a wet day and chance to write up some holiday observations #biologicalRecording
#IsleOfLismore
#IsleOfLismore
Any malacologists out there able to confirm this is Wireweed? Didn't bring my seaweed books on hols, DOH!!! #IsleofLismore
July 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Any malacologists out there able to confirm this is Wireweed? Didn't bring my seaweed books on hols, DOH!!! #IsleofLismore
Looks a good match, although I've only seen it once (one of Mary Gibby's original finds that was in the open but now under a dense conifer canopy). Your picture matches Jess et al's picture pretty well!
July 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Looks a good match, although I've only seen it once (one of Mary Gibby's original finds that was in the open but now under a dense conifer canopy). Your picture matches Jess et al's picture pretty well!
Top marks Dan and Dave, running 10 Park runs for charity, currently running no 8, #Ruthin and it's 27 degrees!!! For Move against Cancer.
June 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Top marks Dan and Dave, running 10 Park runs for charity, currently running no 8, #Ruthin and it's 27 degrees!!! For Move against Cancer.
A nice unexpected find on the walk home this evening, a Mountain male fern (Dryopteris oreades), a rather fine looking garden plant #UrbanPlants #ferns #Rhuthun #Rhedyn
June 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A nice unexpected find on the walk home this evening, a Mountain male fern (Dryopteris oreades), a rather fine looking garden plant #UrbanPlants #ferns #Rhuthun #Rhedyn
A Male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) brightening up the local streets #UrbanPlants #FernFriday
June 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A Male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) brightening up the local streets #UrbanPlants #FernFriday