Bumble hunting until sunset with Charlotte Rankin . Males of Broken-belted, Heath and White-tailed Bumblebees enjoying the Devil's-bit Scabious along this road verge in the North Pennines.

A lovely day recording bryophytes with the Cumbria Lichen and Bryophyte Group. This waterfall supported Aphanolejeunea microscopica, Drepanolejeunea hamatifolia, Harpalejeunea molleri, Plagiochila bifaria, P. exigua, Porella arboris-vitae, Radula voluta, Saccogyna viticulosa etc!

I'm happy to have reached 50,000 records on iRecord! Each one representing a memory of where I've seen a species. Lots more recording to be done, species to meet and places to explore 🐛🐝🐞🦗🌳🌼

Wow. There's no other word for it!

A lovely Radford's Flame Shoulder from the Butterfly Conservation 🦋 office this week. This migrant moth seems to be having a good year this year.

Lots of lovely lichens adorning trees in Argyll this afternoon 😍

The wonderful and Nationally Scarce Octopus Suckers lichen (Collema fasciculare) from Argyll today.

Argyll's atlantic woodlands were bursting with life recently, including the wonderfully named; Hazel Gloves, Frilly-fruited Jelly Lichen (Leptogium burgessii), Yellow Specklebelly (Pseudocyphellaria citrina) and Deceptive Featherwort (Pseudomarsupidium decipiens)

Three lovely limestone loving mosses and liverworts which brightened up a dull weekend. Scapania aspera (Rough Earwort), Rhytidium rugosum (Wrinkle-leaved Feather-moss) and Metzgeria pubescens (Downy Veilwort)

Today was my last day at Butterfly Conservation 🦋 after a wonderful two years filled with great moths, amazing habitats and lovely plants. I made over 200 site visits and was lucky enough to work on some of northern England's rarest moths, a real privilege!

The lovely Eagle’s Claw lichen (Anaptychia ciliaris subsp. ciliaris) seen at its only Cumbrian site this afternoon. A Nationally Scarce and S41 species. Also sampled the delicious cake at the nearby cafe!

Tonight's #NewYearPlantHunt Day Two round-up, summarising who found what & where across Britain & Ireland today, comes to you courtesy of the fabulous Mr James Common James Common: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2024/12/new-ye… We hope you enjoy it!

Lovely to see the moss Grimmia crinita yesterday in Buckinghamshire. In Britain, this species is only known from 2 sites. Beautiful!