Crikey. Sat writing about orchids* this afternoon and what should I see flying around the top of the fig tree outside the window than a mint-fresh Holly Blue?! Surely a third generation butterfly, and the latest I've ever seen one in the UK.

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Every initiative to restore wetlands and #wetland functions deserves attention, as #freshwater availability and biodiversity declines. Even better in this UK initiative is that it forms part of a much larger fenland restoration initiative. #GenerationRestoration 🌰

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Discovered this strange 'extra leafy' Devil's-bit Scabious plant in amongst normal DBS, which are on their last flowers & mostly in seed. Flower heads only just starting into bloom with extra long green involucral bracts. Anyone in @bsbibotany.bsky.social ever seen anything like this? a mutation?

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Conifer Mazegill (Gloeophyllum sepiarium) is described as "common worldwide" but this from near Coniston a few days ago is the first time I've noticed it. Love the colour scheme 😍 #FungiFriday

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"Neither fully land nor fully water, neither fully alive nor fully dead, boglands' ambiguity made them powerful in the human imagination"- beautiful essay on boglands and their role today in climate and ecology by @queenofpeat.bsky.social. #nature #naturewriting #bogs #climate #climatescience

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