Random wildlife stuff. Mostly plant related, normally from Devon and Cornwall. See @TimPurches for non-wildlife tweets

Plymouth
Joined April 2019
Spindle covered in flowers on Billacombe Green today
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A view from my outing yesterday along the De Lank river
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Next, Hairy Rock-cress (Arabis hirsuta) and Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)
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Some vascular plants from yesterday’s bryophyte meeting in Torquay. First, Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa)
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Many wonderful bryophytes were seen at the Devon Bryophyte Group meeting in Torquay today, most of which defeated my limited photography skills, but this Marchesinia mackaii was more obliging
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It’s not often you see a celebration of moss in your local theatre. Great work by @OurArtAndEnergy as part of their #TheMossyCarpet project on show at @TRPlymouth Support them at avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/c… @BBSbryology
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Best display of Sun Spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia) I’ve ever seen - at National Trust Wembury
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A couple of nice species from the upper reaches of the Lynher today - Schistostega pennata in the depths of a rabbit burrow and parches of Cephalozia curvifolia on a dead tree. @BBSbryology
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Not the best photos I’m afraid (it was a lively little thing) but could this be Heliophanus cupreus? @BritishSpiders
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Checking for rhizoidal tubers on Bryum species can be messy, time consuming and sometimes fruitless, but worth it when you find a species for the first time. This is Bryum sauteri from a roadside bank in Cornwall
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