Jo Parmenter
@jo-the-botanist.bsky.social
Norfolk-based #BSBI #IAmABotanist & consultant ecologist (semi-retired, in order to spend more time looking at plants). Hobbies/Interests: looking at plants. Oh, and I cook things, too (including plants).
Need help with a plant? Try #WildFlowerID
Need help with a plant? Try #WildFlowerID
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#Reedham in Norfolk (my village) is famous for its chain ferry but so few of the people who visit the ferry realise that stiff saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia rupestris grows profusely around what my SatNav proudly announces to be the ferry port! It seems to have had a 'good year' here.
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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 9:19 AM
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...
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It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
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Flag-shagging ain’t cheap — lad slapped with a £2,000 fine for decorating 64 lamp posts like it’s Brexit Christmas 🎄😂
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Flag-shagging ain’t cheap — lad slapped with a £2,000 fine for decorating 64 lamp posts like it’s Brexit Christmas 🎄😂
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Seems only right for a massive shout out today for Rach Appleby (www.instagram.com/rachapplebya...) - who was chosen to illustrate my book cover. Do have a peek at Rach's fab portfolio... I particularly like her #birdart #nature #natureart #wildlifeart #urbannature #naturewriting
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Seems only right for a massive shout out today for Rach Appleby (www.instagram.com/rachapplebya...) - who was chosen to illustrate my book cover. Do have a peek at Rach's fab portfolio... I particularly like her #birdart #nature #natureart #wildlifeart #urbannature #naturewriting
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To keep momentum going and to stop our botanical brains from seizing up over the winter, I shall be posting a series of vegetative ID posts through December and January.
The posts will start on Monday 1st December. I hope you will find them useful
The posts will start on Monday 1st December. I hope you will find them useful
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
To keep momentum going and to stop our botanical brains from seizing up over the winter, I shall be posting a series of vegetative ID posts through December and January.
The posts will start on Monday 1st December. I hope you will find them useful
The posts will start on Monday 1st December. I hope you will find them useful
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‘The Fenland Flora- survival against the odds’ webinar from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust is now available to view
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8fV0...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8fV0...
The Fenland Flora – survival against the odds
YouTube video by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
m.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
‘The Fenland Flora- survival against the odds’ webinar from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust is now available to view
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8fV0...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8fV0...
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BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.
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Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Reform UK’s vow to scrap thousands of nature laws risks pushing Britain’s depleted countryside into irreversible decline, argues Stuart Spray
'Nigel Farage's Plan to Scrap Nature Protections Would Speed 'Demise' of UK Countryside'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Reform UK’s vow to scrap thousands of nature laws risks pushing Britain’s depleted countryside into irreversible decline, argues Stuart Spray
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Cor blimey Steve, that’s an honour and a half!!! Cannot thank you enough for this, I’m absolutely stoked #BookoftheYear @chiffchat.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
My natural history book of the year is ‘Urban Plants’ by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social
Informative, entertaining and inspiring - after reading it you will never walk down a street, pass by a wall or look at a grass verge in the same way again. Highly recommended @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Informative, entertaining and inspiring - after reading it you will never walk down a street, pass by a wall or look at a grass verge in the same way again. Highly recommended @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Cor blimey Steve, that’s an honour and a half!!! Cannot thank you enough for this, I’m absolutely stoked #BookoftheYear @chiffchat.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
A little early for #Wildflowerhour, but I need to get on and cook dinner now ... we had a #NorfolkFloraGroup meeting yesterday on a 'less rainy than expected' sort of day and found shed-loads of pale galingale Cyperus eragrostis growing around a flooded concrete pad near Tunstead, East Norfolk.
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A little early for #Wildflowerhour, but I need to get on and cook dinner now ... we had a #NorfolkFloraGroup meeting yesterday on a 'less rainy than expected' sort of day and found shed-loads of pale galingale Cyperus eragrostis growing around a flooded concrete pad near Tunstead, East Norfolk.
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Unfortunately another item showed a woman planting Rhododendron(!) and many other non-natives among native woodland in a Scottish valley. Too many pieces begin with "it was just wilderness [i.e. native woodland] when I arrived, and now I've cleared it and replaced it with... "
November 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Unfortunately another item showed a woman planting Rhododendron(!) and many other non-natives among native woodland in a Scottish valley. Too many pieces begin with "it was just wilderness [i.e. native woodland] when I arrived, and now I've cleared it and replaced it with... "
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Despite the season it was a good day for brambles with #NorfolkFloraGroup This is one of the Rubus x loganobaccus group hybrids which include Loganberry - raspberry x one of the fruticosus agg, in this case the second parent is probably Rubus hindii. They have raspberry-like leaves & bramble stems
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Despite the season it was a good day for brambles with #NorfolkFloraGroup This is one of the Rubus x loganobaccus group hybrids which include Loganberry - raspberry x one of the fruticosus agg, in this case the second parent is probably Rubus hindii. They have raspberry-like leaves & bramble stems
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Prickly saltwort Sasola kali still going strong near Gt Yarmouth pier
November 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Prickly saltwort Sasola kali still going strong near Gt Yarmouth pier
Perhaps my favourite fern (v hard to choose though) - rustyback Asplenium ceterach on the sea wall at Gt Yarmouth
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Perhaps my favourite fern (v hard to choose though) - rustyback Asplenium ceterach on the sea wall at Gt Yarmouth
Fragrant evening-primrose Oenothera stricta has made progress in colonising the consolidated dune grassland of north denes since my last visit
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Fragrant evening-primrose Oenothera stricta has made progress in colonising the consolidated dune grassland of north denes since my last visit
The much-photoed shrubby hare's-ear Bupleurum fruticosum at Gt Yarmouth North Denes
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The much-photoed shrubby hare's-ear Bupleurum fruticosum at Gt Yarmouth North Denes
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This will be fun ☺️
People of Norfolk, come and spend a cosy winter evening with me, @themarshtit.bsky.social and @timholtwilson.bsky.social as we talk birds, landscape and history at NWT’s Cley reserve on 5th Dec. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tales-of-b.... #NorfolkWildlifeTrust #NorfolkNature #naturewriting
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This will be fun ☺️
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Am I allowed a bit more shameless self-publicity? Available for pre-order! 💚
@pelagic.bsky.social
pelagicpublishing.com/products/the...
@pelagic.bsky.social
pelagicpublishing.com/products/the...
The Biological Recording Handbook
Biological recording is the discipline of writing down natural history observations of a correctly identified species, in a specific location, on a specific date, by a named individual. Simple enough,...
pelagicpublishing.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Am I allowed a bit more shameless self-publicity? Available for pre-order! 💚
@pelagic.bsky.social
pelagicpublishing.com/products/the...
@pelagic.bsky.social
pelagicpublishing.com/products/the...
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Nature isn’t a “blocker” – it makes our lives better.
Our coast, countryside, heritage and wildlife underpin our food, water and health and put millions of pounds into the economy. The Government must not weaken the laws that protect them.
Our coast, countryside, heritage and wildlife underpin our food, water and health and put millions of pounds into the economy. The Government must not weaken the laws that protect them.
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Nature isn’t a “blocker” – it makes our lives better.
Our coast, countryside, heritage and wildlife underpin our food, water and health and put millions of pounds into the economy. The Government must not weaken the laws that protect them.
Our coast, countryside, heritage and wildlife underpin our food, water and health and put millions of pounds into the economy. The Government must not weaken the laws that protect them.
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A few of the c.200 Cottonweed Otanthus maritimus now planted on the SE Hampshire coast, perfectly adapted to tough out the worst of the winter weather. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A few of the c.200 Cottonweed Otanthus maritimus now planted on the SE Hampshire coast, perfectly adapted to tough out the worst of the winter weather. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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'If ecosystems go, we go'
Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline.
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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The three worst English harvests in order - 2020, 2025, 2024
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
Drought and heatwaves lead to second worst harvest on record, analysis shows
England has suffered its second worst harvest on record after a year of heatwaves and drought, according to ECIU analysis of Defra figures.
www.edp24.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The three worst English harvests in order - 2020, 2025, 2024
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
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How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽