Polychaete Bob
@polychaetebob.bsky.social
Kate Mortimer - A marine biologist specialising in marine bristleworms (Polychaeta, especially magelonids), who loves hockey 🏑, running and the great outdoors
Works for @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social
Postgraduate student @sosbangor.bsky.social
Works for @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social
Postgraduate student @sosbangor.bsky.social
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It is finally #WormWednesday again! 🪱
The perfect time to post my photo of this 40 cm long beast! :D
Scientific name: Phyllodoce lineata
↓ thread with more info ↓
#marinelife #polychaetes #invertebrates
The perfect time to post my photo of this 40 cm long beast! :D
Scientific name: Phyllodoce lineata
↓ thread with more info ↓
#marinelife #polychaetes #invertebrates
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It is finally #WormWednesday again! 🪱
The perfect time to post my photo of this 40 cm long beast! :D
Scientific name: Phyllodoce lineata
↓ thread with more info ↓
#marinelife #polychaetes #invertebrates
The perfect time to post my photo of this 40 cm long beast! :D
Scientific name: Phyllodoce lineata
↓ thread with more info ↓
#marinelife #polychaetes #invertebrates
Just under a week to get your applications in - We are looking for a new Head of Zoology at National Museum Cardiff
@amgueddfacymru.bsky.social
@amgueddfacymru.bsky.social
JOB ALERT 🫎🦋🐞🪱🐍🦦🐚
Come and work with us at National Museum Cardiff. Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales seeks a new Head of Zoology to lead an experienced curatorial team driving forward innovative research and public engagement programmes.
nmwtest.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/v...
Come and work with us at National Museum Cardiff. Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales seeks a new Head of Zoology to lead an experienced curatorial team driving forward innovative research and public engagement programmes.
nmwtest.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/v...
October 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Just under a week to get your applications in - We are looking for a new Head of Zoology at National Museum Cardiff
@amgueddfacymru.bsky.social
@amgueddfacymru.bsky.social
JOB ALERT 🫎🦋🐞🪱🐍🦦🐚
Come and work with us at National Museum Cardiff. Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales seeks a new Head of Zoology to lead an experienced curatorial team driving forward innovative research and public engagement programmes.
nmwtest.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/v...
Come and work with us at National Museum Cardiff. Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales seeks a new Head of Zoology to lead an experienced curatorial team driving forward innovative research and public engagement programmes.
nmwtest.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/v...
October 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
JOB ALERT 🫎🦋🐞🪱🐍🦦🐚
Come and work with us at National Museum Cardiff. Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales seeks a new Head of Zoology to lead an experienced curatorial team driving forward innovative research and public engagement programmes.
nmwtest.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/v...
Come and work with us at National Museum Cardiff. Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales seeks a new Head of Zoology to lead an experienced curatorial team driving forward innovative research and public engagement programmes.
nmwtest.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/v...
A few of the visitors to the garden. Lucky to have so many woodpeckers visit
September 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
A few of the visitors to the garden. Lucky to have so many woodpeckers visit
Absolutely loving my new T shirt from @sillytees.bsky.social. If you know you know! 😆🤣
August 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Absolutely loving my new T shirt from @sillytees.bsky.social. If you know you know! 😆🤣
Great game of cricket yesterday against Cowbridge. Went right down to the wire, with only 5 runs in it. So glad to come away with the win.
July 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Great game of cricket yesterday against Cowbridge. Went right down to the wire, with only 5 runs in it. So glad to come away with the win.
Finishing off the deep clean in the natural history galleries for another year. Today was dusting dinosaurs 🦕 🦖🧽
Great to get up close with these amazing specimens and models. Can officially report that they are all sparkling now and ready to welcome dino fans in the morning.
Great to get up close with these amazing specimens and models. Can officially report that they are all sparkling now and ready to welcome dino fans in the morning.
July 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Finishing off the deep clean in the natural history galleries for another year. Today was dusting dinosaurs 🦕 🦖🧽
Great to get up close with these amazing specimens and models. Can officially report that they are all sparkling now and ready to welcome dino fans in the morning.
Great to get up close with these amazing specimens and models. Can officially report that they are all sparkling now and ready to welcome dino fans in the morning.
Lovely visit to Castell Coch this afternoon. Lots of conservation work going on but still lots to see and the ceilings are just beautiful.
July 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Lovely visit to Castell Coch this afternoon. Lots of conservation work going on but still lots to see and the ceilings are just beautiful.
I am so pleased that we were able to get to the Tower of London whilst the Poppies to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of WWII were there. So moving and poignant to see.
July 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I am so pleased that we were able to get to the Tower of London whilst the Poppies to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of WWII were there. So moving and poignant to see.
Day 2 in the big smoke and 28,000 steps later we had visited Trafalgar Square, Marble Arch, Horse Guards, Westminster, Whitehall, Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Greenwhich, Buckingham Palace, Leicester Square, China Town, Covent Garden and to finished off with Phantom of the Opera.
July 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Day 2 in the big smoke and 28,000 steps later we had visited Trafalgar Square, Marble Arch, Horse Guards, Westminster, Whitehall, Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Greenwhich, Buckingham Palace, Leicester Square, China Town, Covent Garden and to finished off with Phantom of the Opera.
Really enjoyed visiting @sciencemuseum.org.uk, loads of great exhibitions. My daughter particularly enjoyed the history of medicine exhibit. Shame the space exhibit is currently closed but the flight exhibits were excellent.
July 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Really enjoyed visiting @sciencemuseum.org.uk, loads of great exhibitions. My daughter particularly enjoyed the history of medicine exhibit. Shame the space exhibit is currently closed but the flight exhibits were excellent.
Some of the fab exhibits @nhm.org. We spent hours looking around even though it’s a bit of a busman’s holiday for me. Even managed to find some polychaetes in the Darwin Centre and bumped into the fab Emma Sherlock for a catch up.
July 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Some of the fab exhibits @nhm.org. We spent hours looking around even though it’s a bit of a busman’s holiday for me. Even managed to find some polychaetes in the Darwin Centre and bumped into the fab Emma Sherlock for a catch up.
What an amazing building the @nhm.org is! I am just as fascinated by the architecture as the exhibits. There’s so much to look at, every column and ceiling is amazing!
July 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
What an amazing building the @nhm.org is! I am just as fascinated by the architecture as the exhibits. There’s so much to look at, every column and ceiling is amazing!
I had the great pleasure of attending Salvage Training this week at work. A fantastic course aimed at familiarising staff to procedures in the event of an emergency or incident. Pictured below is our attempt at building a wind tunnel to dry out damp books @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I had the great pleasure of attending Salvage Training this week at work. A fantastic course aimed at familiarising staff to procedures in the event of an emergency or incident. Pictured below is our attempt at building a wind tunnel to dry out damp books @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social
Had a great time photographing the Home Nations Masters Hockey Tournament in Swansea this weekend. Thanks to Dawn for this brilliant photo of me poised to take photos, excellent 🙌. Very excited to use my new gadget ☂️
June 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Had a great time photographing the Home Nations Masters Hockey Tournament in Swansea this weekend. Thanks to Dawn for this brilliant photo of me poised to take photos, excellent 🙌. Very excited to use my new gadget ☂️
This horse fly was keeping me company on the way to work!
June 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This horse fly was keeping me company on the way to work!
Another day doing a deep clean of the natural history galleries @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social. Working on the shore and woodlands making them sparkle for the visitors
June 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Another day doing a deep clean of the natural history galleries @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social. Working on the shore and woodlands making them sparkle for the visitors
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Many thanks to Katherine Jones and @polychaetebob.bsky.social for these snaps from Summer Mixed Training between Bridgend Hockey Club and Bridgend Ladies Hockey Club. There’s loads more over on our Facebook page.
June 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Many thanks to Katherine Jones and @polychaetebob.bsky.social for these snaps from Summer Mixed Training between Bridgend Hockey Club and Bridgend Ladies Hockey Club. There’s loads more over on our Facebook page.
Imaging the Holotype of Magelona anuheone Magalhães, Bailey-Brock & Watling, 2018 on #WormWednesday
April 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Imaging the Holotype of Magelona anuheone Magalhães, Bailey-Brock & Watling, 2018 on #WormWednesday
Gardens done, time to kick back with a cuppa in the sunshine ☀️
April 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Gardens done, time to kick back with a cuppa in the sunshine ☀️
A good day in the image suite taking photos of worms from the Gulf of Mexico.
Amazing to see how good Jones was at dissecting and mounting specimens. No wonder his drawings were so good #wormWednesday
Amazing to see how good Jones was at dissecting and mounting specimens. No wonder his drawings were so good #wormWednesday
April 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A good day in the image suite taking photos of worms from the Gulf of Mexico.
Amazing to see how good Jones was at dissecting and mounting specimens. No wonder his drawings were so good #wormWednesday
Amazing to see how good Jones was at dissecting and mounting specimens. No wonder his drawings were so good #wormWednesday
And the second puzzle of the year is finished. A lovely cabinet of natural history curiosities!
April 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
And the second puzzle of the year is finished. A lovely cabinet of natural history curiosities!
Reposted by Polychaete Bob
Pile worms — scientific name Nereis vexillosa — can reach up to 30 centimeters (a little over 11 inches) long and are often found burrowed in sand or among mussels & barnacles. 🧵⤵️
📷 mjonwhidbey on iNaturalist
📍 United States
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
📷 mjonwhidbey on iNaturalist
📍 United States
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
April 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Pile worms — scientific name Nereis vexillosa — can reach up to 30 centimeters (a little over 11 inches) long and are often found burrowed in sand or among mussels & barnacles. 🧵⤵️
📷 mjonwhidbey on iNaturalist
📍 United States
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
📷 mjonwhidbey on iNaturalist
📍 United States
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
First jigsaw of the year complete, and it’s a beautiful one. Was pretty hard but loved doing it. Thank you Harry, for such a lovely present.
April 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
First jigsaw of the year complete, and it’s a beautiful one. Was pretty hard but loved doing it. Thank you Harry, for such a lovely present.