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02.03.2026 09:37
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Wow!
Indeed - It feels like everyone is ignoring this!
This is an extreme worry and is being seriously under reported
The UK government didn’t want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I’m not surprised | George Monbiot | The Guardian share.google/m6OiUG01GK7B...
Something is seriously going wrong here with the lack of coverage or am I missing something?
This is brilliant fun!
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🤣 @bsbibotany.bsky.social ... if only ....
@suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social Male adder found on Purdis Heath, Ipswich, today (predated, unfortunately, for such a stunning creature) but good to know that they are there!
Also the BSBI maps show clusters of records around towns and cities so perhaps there is a bit of recording bias going on and it may be more widely distributed and under-recorded.
Thanks Jo - that's really interesting. Looks like your finds have doubled the number of records for Suffolk! I noticed your records are all coastal or is that just coincidence?
Ah - thanks Alex. My daughter did say that she thought the Norfolk group were looking into Erigeron and thought that you were concentrating on the flowers especially the phyllaries as the main id feature.
These are the hairs on the leaf edge under a microscope - I think they are definitely swollen.
You can see how Suffolk doesn't have many records! I find Poland a bit confusing. I definitely thought the leaf was lobed BUT in the key it comes under toothed so I went off course at that point!
Yes - I have seen Richard's site - very useful.
Whole plant
Leaf
Leaf tip - underside
Leaf midrib underside
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Hi. We found this strikingly green glossy rosette outside a pub today and Flora Incognita thinks it is Bilbao Fleabane (which isn't common in the Woodbridge area). Would be interested to hear what some of you guys think - thanks!
Probably!
Hi Roger - any idea how frequently this occurs? I must admit I have never noticed it before so must look a bit harder in future!
This is a truly horrifying account of increasingly likely collapse of essential natural systems which would bring mass food shortages, price rises & global disorder. Commissioned from UK intelligence chiefs but scandalously suppressed by Govt, & sneaked out now while attention is elsewhere 👇
Poppy?
I like these as artistic "still lifes" as well as catalogues. Looks like the last one is an abstract part of a structure of brick and flint
Well done Roger! - I think I may have found a Spurge Laurel in flower today. Good to meet up with you on Friday.
I try to stick to family and friend posts on FB plus, of course, the really interesting and useful groups of people that share my interests such as Natural History, etc.
I keep well away from there - I think Facebook is pretty bad too!
That would be great - thanks Jo.
Unfortunately I may have family commitments on the 1st BUT would love to join up with your group when you next visit the Brecks next year - found some really nice species this year around Icklingham but have yet to see the Speedwells.
Now that's a great idea - will promote to the newly formed Suffolk group!
Not at all. Too much emphasis is put on the economy and growth which, IMHO, seems increasingly to be at odds with the natural world, human society and individual wellbeing.
Yes - I remember it well along with the Daily Mail's " At last, a Tory budget!"
Black Horehound
Yarrow
Hogweed
