anna...just...anna
@annakirksmith
Artist. I am curious about a lot of stuff. Prefer the rest of nature to humans. Hoping my other half doesn't read that last bit. Geology, marine, inverts, 👍💚
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At the request of Johann Doorley, a thread on the ferns living in my place, and some (layperson's) pointers on how to identify them. 1. First up is polypody ('many-footed') fern, which mostly grows as an epiphyte, and is very heavily associated with temperate rainforest.
The big blues are back! 3 Clifden Nonpareil this morning to light in the same Poplar stand Mark Cubitt and I had them last year. East Lothian. Scottish born and bred? Must be.
Remembering mountain moth trap mornings monitoring migration in the Pyrenees during my PhD with University of Exeter, Cornwall and Karl Wotton The hawkmoths (Conovulus and Death's head here) are some of the most impressive insect migrants. The death's heads even squeak and smell of honey!
“UK to appoint nature envoy for first time” This is great news - and it means that the UK really needs to act to protect more land for nature pronto, to have credibility in international nature negotiations! David Lammy Steve Reed MP theguardian.com/environment/20…