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Birds, botany, insects and stuff mainly but not always in Shropshire and often Venus Pool
@pilning.bsky.socialMuch Riccia cavernosa on the drawdown zone at VP & pics of Physcomitrium patens and Botrydium granulatum, thanks @astridbiddle.bsky.social for pointing the last two out. Got some Physcomitrium in a pot in the fridge but would never have got the alga! Well worth all the brushcutting #bryophytes #alga
@pilning.bsky.socialBrilliant - thanks! Definitely lots of Riccia cavernosa. I did bring a sample to check and I think I have a better photo of some of the bryophytes etc.
@pilning.bsky.socialAnnual management week at VP, also a chance to check out plants on the drawdown zone. Great to see the Limosella aquatica (Mudwort) having a big year. Plenty of Rumex maritimus (Golden Dock) too and delighted to find a plant of Rumex x knafii (Golden x Clustered) new to VC40! #wildflowerhour
@pilning.bsky.socialSilene dichotoma (Forked Catchfly) looking splendid earlier this week - twitched on 'waste' ground in Thetford on the way home from a week in Cley. Lovely find by the locals, thanks for sharing. #wildflowerhour
@pilning.bsky.socialI remember seeing dozens flying south across Chew Valley Lake one autumn day. Again the expanse of open water (in this case) allowed the scale of it to be seen.
@pilning.bsky.socialCatching up with some Norfolk highlights from last week including the (non - ruled out on sonogram) promising-looking 'Eastern' Yellow Wagtail, splendid weevil off Sea Beet Lixus scabricollis and a rust on Sea Campion at Cley with PSL maestros @graemelyons.bsky.social and @andymus.bsky.social
@pilning.bsky.socialThis was at Aylmerton.
@pilning.bsky.socialSteady now
@pilning.bsky.socialBig day out with @andymus.bsky.social who did nearly all the driving. My old colleague Simon Leach rediscovered Atriplex pedunculata (Pedunculate Sea-purslane) near Shoeburyness in 1987 after no records for c50 years. Site owner kindly gave us permission to look for it. #wildflowerhour
@pilning.bsky.socialNew plant for me during a mostly sunny autumn week in Norfolk. Asarina procumbens (Trailing Snapdragon) on a church near Cromer, looking splendid. I have failed to find it a few times before e.g. Llandudno. Thanks @bramblebotanist.bsky.social for gen #wildflowerhour
@pilning.bsky.socialLikewise great to bump into you and @linnetincley.bsky.social with top Vestal skills and some very peachy coloured ones.
@pilning.bsky.socialOh so they were. Didn't actually see those two and knew you'd found the Least 👌
@pilning.bsky.socialWell how about Mega Long-billed Murrelet Or is that Bird of the decade, must be🤔 Gyr at Berry Head (mega), Least Sand/King Eider duo and hmmm, Issy Shrike Wembury. Devon's good!
@pilning.bsky.socialIndeed, haven't had mobile trapping ability since moving from Bristol area where I had a third share in a generator. Looking forward to trying it abroad too.
@pilning.bsky.socialThe ALS one Paul. Wasn't cheap but seems good, net under the funnel doesn't want to be getting wet too often.
@pilning.bsky.socialTrying the new mobile LED trap out in Cley last night. It works! 15/11 including 2 Mallow, Feathered Thorn, Black Rustic, Green-brindled Crescent, Sallow etc. Never had the Mallow in Shrewsbury. #teammoth
@pilning.bsky.socialSeems like the orange veins through the dark at the wing tip is a good Spiny feature (which both of yours have). Some of the Bristol moth folk are familiar with this puzzle. I have not knowingly seen Spiny though so am far from being an expert here.
@pilning.bsky.socialThey apparently have a fondness for Ivy leaves. @exmoormothman.bsky.social found one in our garden quite quickly on Ivy on a visit last year
@pilning.bsky.socialYes, I should have remembered, but something to look forward to seeing one day. 4th time I have seen it, Bamff (Beaver place), Shropshire, Wilts and now Monts.
@pilning.bsky.socialNice one Steve! Yet to see on in the Midlands
