Great fun at LNU field meeting to the fantastic wilder Doddington Hall today. Plants incl. Water-purslane, Heath Rush, Tubular Water-dropwort, a Sphagnum moss, Marsh Speedwell, Brown Sedge and Great Burnet. @LoveLincsPlants Lincsbirding BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Sir Joseph Banks

Bootprints in a tile tomb on display Yorkshire Museum 🤩

Now complete! Check out our 🆓 collection 'Sensory Experiences in the Roman North' 👇 🏛️ Londinium senses Caroline Lawrence 🦷 pain & tooth amulets Adam Parker 🤟🤖 is in need of biscuits. ➡️ disability perspectives Dr Steph Evelyn-Wright 🛖 Roman domesticity Dr Nicky Garland & more! traj.openlibhums.org/collections/95…

What I've spent the last 6months planning, discussing, writing, creating, and installing. It's quite a pretty thing we made. Star Carr: Life after the Ice at the Yorkshire Museum til 2026. My head's been in the Mesolithic for faaaar too long. instagram.com/reel/C4yIhZDsh…

Enjoyable recording session with LNU today around the private Barlings Wood Park. About 154 plant species incl. Wood Sorrel, Early Purple Orchid, Hairy Woodrush, Pignut, Yellow Archangel, Wood Anemone, frequent white Bluebells, Bugle @LoveLincsPlants Lincs Wildlife Trust

Had a lovely time chasing invertebrates at the LNU field meeting today. Needed to be warmer and I am reminded how rusty I am, but all good stuff and some decent records.

Hi RNIB, is your stamps appeal still live? Id requested the envelopes but since heats nothing. Happy to post them if you are still collecting! rnib.org.uk/get-involved/f… via RNIB

We kicked off our 2024 field meetings last weekend at Barlings Park Wood, with a great turnout of attendees and a fantastic showing of woodland flora! We welcome anyone with an interest in Natural History, and all our upcoming meetings can be found here: lnu.org/meetings/field…

When recording Roman Trumpet brooches Portable Antiquities & Treasure we describe their decorative mouldings as 'acanthus' style. This ⬇️⬇️⬇️ is what we mean. See the similarity in the deeply lobed leaves. Thanks to Adam Parker 🤟🤖 is in need of biscuits. for the plant picture.

#parenting

Agromyza abiens new to VC54 from my garden 😁 LNU

Have I finally got Phytomyza krategi in my garden? NARS

Let's start a petition to replace all concrete paths with play park rubber crumb because my knees hurt and omg it's like walking on clouds.#parenting

Latest additions to VC lists; agromyzidae.co.uk/species-new-to… agromyzidae.co.uk/species-new-to… agromyzidae.co.uk/species-new-to… Many thanks to @MattAmes6 and Adam Parker 🤟🤖 is in need of biscuits. for the latter two records.

Beautiful sweet irony sent to me in the post from Halifax 😂

How many #phallusthursday relevant podcasts are there in the world? I talk about Roman phallic amulets at length (🫣) in this History Hack episode listennotes.com/podcasts/histo… Available also on YT and Spotify. 👌

Quotes from today with the toddler: "No, we don't eat it out of the dustpan" "Bring back the garam masala" "Which dinosaur is having tea?" "Yes, mama has big pants" #parenting

Cooking with my toddler is mostly me telling her to spit out the fistfull of butter she's smashed in 😬