St. Babeoc's heath, seen in Co Mayo & Co Galway,a member of the Lusitanian flora. #wildflowerhour nice to see white form too.
Ian Senior
@ians4ad.bsky.social
4AD nut, shoegazer, ex Plant Biologist now Web Developer at Oxford Uni. Committee Member of the Friend's of Earlham Cemetery. Fungi botherer & flora finder with some of Norfolks best botanists & field mycologists Mastodon: @ians4AD@mas.to Twitter: @Ians4AD
Palantir hoovering up European defence and NHS contracts whilst funnelling earnings back to the US to pay negligible corporate tax is a complete failure of digital sovereignty. European states must stop enriching tech firms that drain public coffers. Is it time to ban them? #FBPE
Palantir funnels earnings to US to avoid European taxes, report finds
A new study finds that Palantir, which boasts of high profit margins in the U.S., barely scrapes a margin in Europe, which helps slash its tax bill.
politico.eu
Tilletia contraversa ex Elymus hispidus Divoká Šárka, Prague, Czech Republic, 26.7.2026 #Tilletia #Tilletiacontraversa #Elymus #Elymushispidus #Smutfungus #Brandpilz #Phytopathology #FungiFriends #Nature
Mustang Clover, Sequoia National Park, USA. Actually not a true clover but a member of the phlox family, it is entirely endemic to California, meaning it grows naturally nowhere else in the world #bloomscrolling #wildflower #flower #pink #naturewednesday #flowerphotography
A masterclass in Thymes last night with Breckland Flora Group. Breckland Thyme Thymus serpyllum is the local special species. ID notes on ALT
Large-flowered Hemp-nettle Galeopsis speciosa in an Aberdeenshire field margin in heavy rain today. Certainly a plant worth getting soaked for. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Silver-spotted Skipper at Aston Rowant NNR yesterday (1/8/26.) @rowantnnr.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
@norfolknats.bsky.social Apparently fewer than 400 UK records of the Queen of Spain fritillary in 300 years. One today at NWT Ringstead Downs. There have been up to three.
Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?
1/3 The dangers of the NHS's £330m contract with Palantir are well known. A subscription-based contract that leaves the NHS without meaningful ownership. Lock-in to a single supplier that risks future price gouging. Critical health infrastructure dependent on a shady spy-tech company.
Large-flowered Hemp-nettle, Galeopsis speciosa, with last of the flowers and now seed heads at RSPB #LakenheathFen #WildflowerHour #Suffok
Matted Sea Lavender (Limonium bellidifolium) also in the upper salt marsh at Holme. @bramblebotanist.bsky.social @ians4ad.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
Southern England experienced its "driest month ever recorded" in July, the Met Office said, noting that records dated back to 1836. England saw 6.5mm of rainfall 10% of its usual average and less than half of the record of 13.4mm, set in 1911 www.euronews.com/my-europe/20... #ClimateEmergency
England and Wales record driest July on record, Met Office says
Southern England experienced its "driest month ever recorded" in July, the Met Office added, noting that records dated back to 1836. #EuropeNews
euronews.com
In Amsterdam, residents can apply for the city to remove the pavement stones and prepare a narrow planting bed helping Dutch streets become greener, cooler and better prepared for heavy rain. #ActOnClimate #Smartcities #ClimateActionNow
Sub-surface Pacific temperatures are now warmer than ever recorded having exceeded 1997's peak by 0.36°C. Further warming is still likely before they peak, little doubt now that this will be the strongest El Nino event in recorded history.
A Norfolk speciality - Intermediate Sea Lavender (Limonium intercedens) on the upper salt marsh nestled in amongst the Shrubby sea-blite (Sueda vera) A gorgeous day out with @bramblebotanist.bsky.social & @ians4ad.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
Jumped out of the truck to grab some rubbish on the side of the road at Lydd-on-sea (Dungeness) There on the pavement edge was several plants of Euphorbia maculata (Spotted Spurge) New for the wider Romney Marsh/Dungeness area and only a handful of East Kent records @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Roseroot (Rhodiola rosea) from yesterday's hike. Part of the only native population in Northumberland, no less! #botany
Made my first trip to Loch Builg today, cycling from near Crathie. Surprised to see wild strawberry on the shore, with a tiny creeping lady's-tresses nearby. Also I'm liking the sedge on the right for slender sedge Carex lasiocarpa at Lochan Feurach, a first for Banffshire if the referee agrees...
Sundews & other bog species on Dorset heathland yesterday 2/8/2026. Marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe), all 3 native sundew spp, D.intermedia, D.anglica, D.rotundiflora + the hybrid Drosera x belezeana; & the interloper, the non-native D.binata 😃 @lizlouise.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social
Two year ago today 🌿 Gentiana affinis, our Pleated Gentian, blooming on the East Fork Arkansas River #nativeplants
Still some lovely Bog orchids (Hammarbya paludosa) flowering in a Dorset bog yesterday 2/8/2026. @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social @lizlouise.bsky.social
Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Cowberry or Longonberry for #WildflowerHour. It's name translates as vine of mount ida.
Marsh Pennywort, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, beside the pond on Wisley Common. As usual, one has to rummage around under the leaves to find the wee flowers. #WildflowerHour
