Andy Platt

I agree. But at least it is on public TV and not TNT sports!

And some exotics. We are going to need a bigger book!

Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs. Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella. Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba and Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis.

Tawny owl, Strix aluco

Oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus. Redshank, Tringa totanus and Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa.

Another favourite. Curlew, Numenius arquata

I'm at home with an ill child today. He wanted to stick some more feathers in our feather book. So, I thought I would share some of the pages. Jay, Garrulus glandarius.

My 2026 mothing has started. A Pale Brindled Beauty, Phigalia pilosaria waiting for me in the porch this evening. #teammoth

I've been gifted a 1930's R & J Beck, model 29 microscope. To be used at work. What a beautiful thing. Really good condition too!

A fantastic morning at Tice's meadow this morning. 38 species of birds. Absolute stand out was my first ever Water Rail. After 35 years of birdwatching. Made up.

🤦Rookie mistake! Have now corrected the record. Thanks Moira.

Bartheletia paradoxa on Ginkgo biloba and European mistletoe hyperparasitic fungus, Sphaeropsis visci found on today's walk with the boys. #fungifriends

Yes. They definitely got into it! 😁

Correction 27 species.

Took the boys out for the #NewYearPlantHunt... it involved a stop at the park. 25 species recorded. Some interesting ones to note. Smooth Tare, Ervum tetraspermum. Common Ramping-fumitory, Fumaria muralis and Round-leaved Crane's-bill, Geranium rotundifolium @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Apricot club Lapwing feathers Little mouse-ear Viola odorata var sulphuraea Lime hawk moth Red-belted clearwing Buff Arches Clammy goosefoot The Vestal Merveille du jour Ascobolus immersus Typhula setipes

A fantastic 2025. The family got into moths. New to me species of plants found. Experiences, such as seeing hundreds of Hirundines, set off on their migrations for the winter above Gilbert White's House. Lots of plans for next year.... including a clearwing quest. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #teammoth

A nice walk with family at Thursley NNR. Not many birds around. But did spot some some Ivy Broomrape, Orobanche hederae in Elstead on the way home, as we stopped for cake. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A nature walk with the boys turned into slime mold spotting. Trichia decipiens, T. botryrtis, Didymium squamulosum and Diderma hemisphaericum

Vapourer, Orgyia antiqua eggs found today while looking for slime molds with the youngsters. #teammoth

Apple-of-Peru, Nicandra physalodes calyces. Farnham, Surrey. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A quick trip into town to pick up the last minute bits for Christmas. Jersey Cudweed, Laphangium luteoalbum. What was a big population has shrunk as a result of building works. Farnham, Surrey. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Needs a scale bar. Looks irregular. So seems biological.

Phacelia species in Central Farnham. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

@stefanmilo.bsky.social Love the videos. Just a quick question, that you have probably had before. Who does the artwork? It's great!

Italian Rye-grass, Lolium multiflorum on the way to get cat and bird food. Farnham Surrey. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Mottled Umber, Erannis defoliaria as I left work for the Christmas holidays. #teammoth

A browse around the garden today. Trichia decipiens and Cobalt Crust, Terana caerulea. #fungifriends

Exidia nucleata and Chondrostereum purpureum from a walk yesterday. #fungifriends

A productive walk at my parent-in-laws in Suffolk. Typhula setipes, with bonus black pin-like Ophiognomonia alni-viridis and Diderma hemisphaericum slime mould. #fungifriends

Thank you. I now have a wishlist!