
Wildlife recording mainly around Buxton, Bristol and South Wales. Biodiversity Information Officer @SEWBRec and @BRERC_Official
Bristol, England
Joined June 2013
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A magnificent herd of Picnic Tables roaming the grounds of Chatsworth Estate yesterday @ChatsworthHouse
Jonathan Mortin retweeted
Replying to @networkrail
@networkrail have the chance to do something lovely here. Something kind to little scraps of life heading to what their instinct tells them will be their safe, traditional nesting places. Something to defend our diminishing wildlife and set an example to admire. Please act.
Day Six since @networkrail said they’d unblock the mortar in nest holes at #ChapelMilton. It’s not happened. #swifts spotted 21 miles away today. #saveourswifts #unblocktheholes @WriterHannahBT
17 species in flower around Buxton yesterday (before the snow came and buried them all...) #NewYearPlantHunt
A cold and frosty start to today's #NewYearPlantHunt in Buxton (only 4 species found including these ones)
The characteristic black rosehips of Burnet Rose (Rosa spinosissima) from Derbyshire today #wildflowerhour
Orange Balsam (Impatiens capensis) from Buxworth Canal Basin, Derbyshire this week. #ByTheCanal but not #ByTheSea #wildflowerhour
8 butterflies on a single Ragwort plant (3 Gatekeeper, 3 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet and 1 Small Copper) in Derbyshire this week #wildflowerhour #BigButterflyCount
Common Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris) starting to flower in the wildflower glades of Grinlow Woods today #wildflowerhour #tinyplants
Green-veined White on a Dandelion today (Grinlow Woods, Buxton) #wildflowerhour
Green Hellebore (Helleborus viridis) flowering this week in High Plantation, Buxton #wildflowerhour
Lesser Celandine, Winter Aconite, Dutch Yellow Crocus and Coltsfoot flowering in Derbyshire this week #YellowFlowers #wildflowerhour
Jonathan Mortin retweeted
Replying to @ExtinctionR
9 species in flower on the last day of the #NewYearPlantHunt around Buxton including Creeping Comfrey, Snowdrop and one open Hazel catkin
18 species in flower around Buxton on Day 3 of the #NewYearPlantHunt including Winter Aconite and Water Avens
Thirteen species in flower on Day 2 of the #NewYearPlantHunt around Buxton
Day 1 of the #NewYearPlantHunt and only 8 species in flower around Buxton including the usual suspects (Dandelion, Daisy, Hogweed, Ivy etc) #wildflowerhour
Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) in Deep Dale (Topley Pike), Derbyshire this week #wildflowerhour @DerbysWildlife
Bog Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) on Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) in Grinlow Woods this week #wildflowerhour @BCA1967 #PollinatorPals
Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix) from Cuckoo Tors near Buxton this week #wildflowerhour


























