Three lovely lifers this evening at Market Weston Fen! Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris), Parsley Water-dropwort (Oenanthe lachenalii) and Marsh Woundwort (Stachys palustris)

A quick little animation I made of a few things I saw over the @bsbibotany.bsky.social summer meeting weekend! #WildflowerHour

A couple of fun grasses from the past week: Rye Brome (Bromus secalinus) and Crested Dog’s-tail (Cynosurus cristatus) #botany

Went on a short drive to see these gorgeous Maiden Pink (Dianthus deltoides) after work this evening!

Up early for @btobirds.bsky.social #BirdRinging this morning. Wish did a fab job supervising @avutarta.bsky.social extracting one of two Reed Buntings caught and colour ringed. All birds caught and ringed under licence, and properly supervised by @hughhanmer.bsky.social

⚠️ A reminder to please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. In England, Wales & Scotland, contact Defra, in Northern Ireland contact @daera-ni.gov.uk & in Republic of Ireland gov.ie. Please ALSO report them to @birdtrack.bsky.social. Thank you. #UKBirding

The relationship between eagle flight characteristics and rotor-swept zone entry varies per wind turbine: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-... Read all about it on #theBOUblog by Dr Ashleigh Marshall, or check out the original #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology

Siempre me entraba la duda de si ‘ganga’ tenía que ver con el ave esteparia y resulta que sí! Aunque no de la forma que yo esperaba 👀

Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐@rliblog.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2y ago

¡Esto es una ganga! La expresión proviene de la ganga ibérica (Pterocles alchata), un ave con carne relativamente dura, razón por la que se vendía más barato. 📷Francesco Veronesi #aves #birds

Might as well start actually using this... Anyway, caught my first Brambling of the year this morning - winter must finally be coming! Ringed under @btobirds.bsky.social licence. #Ornithology #birdringing