Do also come find me on Bluesky, as I very rarely check on here anymore! 🙂 (4/4)

I am open, however, to discuss any future opportunities for contract work delivering research, surveys, monitoring, and training. My website is a work in progress, but it can be found here and details the sort of work I carry out (3/4)   https://t.co/JQrUgcwl9a

Recently, I started my first piece of work as a full-time freelance ecologist, specialising mainly in pollinating insects across northern England and beyond. Reassuringly, I am more or less booked up for the summer now. (2/4)

10 years ago, I started my first paid job in Ecology and have very much enjoyed my time working for various charities to understand and conserve our often overlooked invertebrates and plants. (1/4)

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

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 @CommonByNature: https://t.co/T2TVxgSoyU We hope you enjoy it!

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!

Today was my last day at @savebutterflies 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!

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)

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)

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

Lots of lovely lichens adorning trees in Argyll this afternoon 😍

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

Wow. There's no other word for it!

I'm happy to have reached 50,000 records on @iRecordWildlife! 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 🐛🐝🐞🦗🌳🌼

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!

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

John from @NT_TheNorth and myself spoke to @SeanFletcherTV last month on Countryfile about this fascinating moth and light trapping to monitor species. 46 minutes in if anyone's interested @savebutterflies

A day of monitoring Netted Carpet larvae today in the Lake District. They feed on the seed pods of Touch-me-not Balsam, which is stunning in its own right. @savebutterflies @BC_Cumbria

John from @NT_TheNorth and myself spoke to @SeanFletcherTV last month on Countryfile about this fascinating moth and moth trapping to monitor species. 46 minutes in if anyone's interested @savebutterflies