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ecological consultancy based in south Wales specialist in bryology, botany and peatland ecology joey@havenecology.co.uk
A horse
Some very nosey company for NVC surveys today. Personal space doesnโt translate into farm horse apparently
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A view of an upland common in Wales
Alongside the hammering rain that seems to have made itself at home over the past couple of weeks, the other challenge Iโve noticed is finding time to post work updates alongside the annual August fieldwork rush. NVC surveys have been enjoyable despite the weather though!
04.09.2025 10:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Cladonia portentosa, a lichen (central and bottom right) surrounded by Calluna vulgaris
A dwarf shrub heath dominated by calluna vulgaris
Cowberry in fruit
Back to the Blorenge this week in search of some more peat amongst the heath. Fantastic site with some great examples of Cladonia hiding under the heather, this photoโs of Cladonia portentosa. The cowberry is also still going strong! Fantastic colours all around.
22.08.2025 16:10 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Beautiful weather at Parc Cwm Darran for today's #BioBlitz with Buglife! We're here til 4pm, with the next wildlife walk at 2pm.
Part of the Buglife Coal Spoil Connections project.
Four sheep in a foggy heath
Some absolutely stunning views for peat depth surveys today. Now thatโs what I call a gorgeous Welsh summer!
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Osmundia regalis growing at the base of a willow
Osmundia regalis
Nice to see a population of Royal Fern in full swing during some lowland peatland surveys near Swansea today. A very unassuming site when you first get to it but it hides some great features and nearly 4m of peat in places
01.08.2025 18:16 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
An upland peatland site in south Wales
Bog asphodel
All sorts of weather from 10 minutes of driving rain to an hour of blazing sun on site for peatland water vole surveys today. Managed to catch the last of the bog asphodel in flower as well, expecting them all to be bright orange in seed the next time I see them
31.07.2025 19:48 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Emperor moth caterpillar
Drosera rotundifolia on a Sphagnum carpet
A concrete fence post covered in lichen including Xanthoria
A few other species highlights from this week including an emperor moth caterpillar, which I donโt think Iโve seen before. Drosera (always a favourite of mine) and a well developed lichen community on this fence post which I think is mainly Xanthoria parietina.
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A stilling well in a reed dominated stream
A wasp spider
Back out onto the local marsh today, but this time for some stilling well repairs rather than water sampling. Highlight of the day though was not retrieving the stilling well from a very interesting smelling reed dominated channel, it was seeing a wasp spider in the field next to it on the way in!
23.07.2025 14:29 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"Clearcutting can make catastrophic floods 18x more frequent with effects lasting more than 40 yrs, according to a new study. In one watershed, these extreme floods also became >2x as large, turning a once-in-70-yrs event into something that now happens every nine years." ๐ phys.org/news/2025-07...
18.07.2025 16:52 โ ๐ 77 ๐ 40 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 3Typically, I forgot to take any pictures despite writing in my notebook to do so, but I had a great time at the University of Manchester on Monday delivering a Sphagnum ecology and ID workshop. Thanks to the people who came and big thanks especially to @jpritson.bsky.social for organising
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Eroded peat on the Blorenge, South Wales
Cowberry (also known as Lingonberry)
Absolutely roasting day to be out on the Blorenge mapping peat and erosion around footpaths with Adfer Natur CIC. Incredibly dense heath with more cowberry than Iโve seen in one place before
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What a rare beauty on the eve of #WalesNatureWeek!
This Golden Horsefly, was spotted by Rob Bacon on a Tywi forest peatland restoration site. See how this female probes for blood to guzzle before laying her eggs. The sacrifices our team make to share good nature pictures!
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A peat site with bog asphodel in flower
Bog asphodel is starting to come into flower at Maerdy. About half of it still seems to be in bud so hopefully some great photo opportunities in a couple of weeks. Luckily Iโll need to be back here for more vegetation and water vole work
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The moss house at the Firs, Manchester University
Mossy protest signs from the Moss Worlds project
Wilsonโs filmy fern at the moss house, the Firs, Manchester University
Cross stitch pieces of mosses, on plant pots, in a glass house
A very busy but rewarding week with the highlight definitely being the Moss Worlds final exhibition. The moss house at the firs is now one of my favourite places, it has Wilsonโs filmy fern growing on the walls! Great as well to see the moss protest signs and everyoneโs moss stitch pieces in person
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A chair in a brick yard
Highly glamorous bat surveys this evening. They canโt all be glorious views all the time!
03.07.2025 20:26 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
New paper out today led by Ben Keane on Sphagnum recovery from drought.
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A peat pan with a remnant piece of peat, presumably resultant from erosional action. A sundew - Drosera rotundifolia - is growing on the small patch of elevated peat
The heatwave continues for the peatland surveys today. Back on familiar ground at Maerdy wind farm for vegetation monitoring. Interesting to see the worlds most adventurous Drosera clinging to the last patch of eroding peat in one of the large pans on site
19.06.2025 14:41 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Fields with young bracken in the background and a blue sky
Bog pimpernel
The most blue sky seen during surveys in Wales for some time today. Looks like the heatwave finally showed up. Highlight of the survey was the first bog pimpernel seen this year! Found on a flushed slope just over that hill
18.06.2025 20:54 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Hi, Joey here! I have finally set up a separate voice for Haven Ecology, my ecological consultancy company based in South Wales. This account will be used to share things for Haven but for posts about all the projects Iโm involved in with my various hats on check out @bootlegbryos.bsky.social
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