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For one of my 30 Days Wild challenges (The Wildlife Trusts' annual challenge event) today I set off on a Wetland Bird Survey 🐦

This voluntary survey is a great thing to get involved with if you have the time and ability to do so!

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I never fail to find something new when I go out in nature 🌿

In a few months I start a new job as a nature reserve intern so in the meantime, I'm brushing up on my invert ID skills🪲

22.05.2025 14:52 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

I never fail to find something new when I go out in nature 🌿

In a few months I start a new job as a nature reserve intern so in the meantime, I'm brushing up on my invert ID skills🪲

22.05.2025 14:52 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

green beetle with thick thighs on the white petals of an oxeye daisy

same green, swollen-thighed beetle, this time walking on a white person's hand. it's about the length of a fingernail

news just in!! meet the beetle who never skips leg day 🦵

the swollen-thighed beetle! 🪲
(Oedemera nobilis)

found in western Europe, the males of this species have really thick thighs and you'll often find them on open-faced flowers like the oxeye daisy pictured on the left here

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TikTok - Make Your Day

🔗 to original tiktok

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17.03.2025 13:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

(i know i already did a post about this on here but i finally put a video together!)

17.03.2025 12:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

did you know that if you smell a gorse flower after it's been bathing in the warm, spring sun, you will be able to smell the distinct scent of coconut 🥥?

#flowers #natureconnection #botany #nature #fyp #sensory

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(reupload now that we can post longer videos!)

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come with me on a nature walk! 🌿

#nature #wildlife

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Moss on a tree stump

Photo of some bark. Liverwort in the foreground, a clump of moss in the background

Tufted moss on a branch.

A close up of leafy liverwort You can see how it branches and creates 'y' shapes. Some liverworts are only one cell thick!

today's selection of bryophytes!
(mosses and liverworts, see alt text for more info)

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and believe it or not, even this is an over simplification 😂😭

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Photo of some vibrant green moss

A close up of the original photo to highlight the reddish sporophyte, standing solitary and upright.

how do mosses reproduce?

through this little guy! they use what is called a sporophyte to release spores 👀 look closely and you can see the capsule at the top of the solitary stalk (seta) which is where the spores are. the capsules have a neat little lid too to control when they disperse spores

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oh nooo 😭😭 there are so many different types on there as well!

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(just be careful, their needle-like leaves are very sharp and you don't want a nasty spine to the nose 😬)

11.03.2025 13:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A photo of gorse. It's a green spiky shrub which has beautiful yellow flowers. The sky behind is blue.

did you know: when gorse flowers are in the sun, they smell like coconut 🥥!

next time you're near some, give them a little sniff and think about a chilled, piña colada 🍹

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