April Windle
@aprilwindle
🍃 Mad love for nature, particularly lichens. Lichen surveys, conservation & education. 🍁 British Lichen Society Education Chair 🌿 LinkedIn: April Windle.
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Today is UK Fungus Day - a celebration of the wonderful world of #fungi (British Mycological Society)! Lichens are special types of fungi, that partner up with algae and/or cyanobacteria! With over 2000 species in Britain & Ireland - today, is a celebration for lichens too #ukfungusday
Was brilliant to see Lydford Gorge (#Dartmoor) & it’s lichens get a shoutout on #BBC Breakfast TV on Saturday. This site is phenomenal and hugely important for its #lichens & #bryophytes. I was lucky enough to survey this site last year. Thank you Helen Briggs! #Devon
A short peice written by Helen Briggs for the #BBC on the conservation importance of Lydford Gorge, #Dartmoor for its #lichens & #bryophytes. Some important works pending in the next few months. PS. excuse my chipped nail varnish! bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…
It was great to give a presentation on Atlantic #woodlands & associated management for #lichens last month, on behalf of the Institute of Chartered Foresters (Institute of Chartered Foresters). Nearly an hour waxing lyrical about how wonderful lichens are on #Dartmoor.
Was a pleasure to deliver a talk at the The Dartmoor Society’s Rainforest conference last week - taking audience members on a woodland tour across #Devon to visit four fantastic sites owned by the #WoodlandTrust. Thank you for having me!! #rainforests
Great to host friend & colleague Jesse Miller (Jesse Miller @texosporium.bsky.social), exploring one of #Dartmoor’s finest temperate rainforests. Jesse lives in the Pacific North West (America) and is President of California Lichens, so was fascinating to explore similarities and differences within this biome.
Was great to team up with Woodlands.co.uk and @TomHartwellFilm to produce a short #lichen series in one of my favourite woodlands on #Dartmoor (#Devon). Full video can be watched here: youtu.be/YnyxpY8V-GI?si…