#OnThisDay in 1856, Charles Darwin noted in his journal 'began...writing species sketch.' This 'sketch' would form the base of his book On the Origin of Species.

Flippity flip flop flip.

How many times can a Government promise something, but then not deliver?

C'mon Rishi Sunak - what's stopping you?

Is it the #DinosaurHorticultureIndustry by any chance?!

Toxic pet flea and tick treatments are polluting UK freshwaters.... imperial.ac.uk/news/243875/to…

Thread. And an important principle. If you like something someone's done, don't be afraid of telling them

In 2019 & 2021, the govt instructed universities 'to increase the number of international HE students hosted in the UK to 600k per year', to 'increase the value of our education exports'.

When you punish unis for implementing govt policy, maybe gloating isn't the right response?

Our annual Bat Punt Safaris are underway and you can book on this unique experience from now until September. 🦇
Float down the Cam with a bat detector in hand as our expert guides tell you all about the world's only flying mammals wildlifebcn.org/bat-punts
Scudamore's Punting Company

Tomorrow at 2 pm, join us and Jack Ashby for a talk based on one of the earliest European illustrations of the thylacine by John Lewin, painted shortly after the species became known to the colonists. Book below.
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Our phenology project monitors almost 90 trees/shrubs in our collection & their seasonal changes.
A team of volunteers gather images & data to help us understand the effects of #climatechange on plants to help us protect & conserve them.

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Knocking Hoe
Simply one of the most exquisite chalk grasslands.
Some early plants: Common Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), Taraxacum rubicudum (+ other section Erythrosperma).
Knocked out of the park by young Ground-pine (Ajuga chamaepitys)!!!

After a busy couple of days, I needed a couple of hours in the calm green oasis of Holme Fen NNR - sunlight filtered by Silver Birch, sculptural shapes of Scaly Male-ferns, scurries of Green Tiger-beetles and the ever-present call of a Cuckoo

Great Fen The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants

Catching up on my Yorkshire trip, perhaps the first modern testate amoeba records for Thorne Moors: flickr.com/photos/cladoni… , flickr.com/photos/cladoni… , flickr.com/photos/cladoni… Bog-trotter Mark Lynes Lewis Saunders

Happy birthday Søren Kierkegaard. We can feel the flames.

May I please get 2 followers to copy and re-post this tweet? I'm trying to demonstrate that someone is always listening 💯 #SuicidePrevention 0800 689 5652 Just two. Any two. Copy, not retweet. (Happy to oblige, linden hawthorne )

Iris sibirica, Siberian Flag Iris, opening today

This year our swift population will reduce by an estimated TEN THOUSAND breeding birds &/ the population will lose its ability to replenish itself by up to 15,000 chicks. The govt is ignoring #swifts plight despite a simple, urgent & essential solution backed by all experts.

Some of the Scarce Tufted Sedge (Carex cespitosa) being grown at Nosterfield Nature Reserve habitat creation nursery. Among Britain's most endangered plants, these are being grown for Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust's species recovery project.

Tories poised to 'break another environmental promise' as hopes of peat ban fade inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

Florence Nightingale, born #OnThisDay in 1820, is best known as the ‘lady with the lamp’ and the founder of modern nursing. She was also a brilliant statistician and pioneered the use of data visualisation. #WomenInSTEM bit.ly/3WeBwHc

On November 12, 1833, there was a meteor shower so intense that it was possible to see up to 100,000 meteors crossing the sky every hour. At the time, many thought it was the end of the world, so much so that it inspired this woodcut by Adolf Vollmy.

I'm looking for a few more moth trappers who would be happy to help collect parasitoid wasps 🐝🦋 as part of my PhD (equipment and postage provided). Especially looking for people in the unfilled vice-counties and Northern Ireland! Gavin Broad Prof Seirian Sumner Message me for more info