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We're busy laying out Tom Blokheel's The Mosses & Liverworts of Derbyshire to be published in the new year - here are 2 of my favourite mosses seen in Derbyshire Tortella tortuosa (Tideswell Dale) & Rhytidium rugosum (Cressbrook Dale) @BritMycolSoc
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The UK's Overseas Territories & Crown Dependencies have a rich & globally important biodiversity. This 400-page book celebrates their plants, animals & ecosystems & highlights the conservation policies & practices in place to protect them. Order from naturebureau.co.uk/bookshop
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The Fenland Flora by Owen Mountford & Jon Graham (1400-page 2-volume set) is due to be delivered to our office mid-Nov. Pre-pub offer has been extended to 15 Nov 2026 -order now & SAVE £25 on published price – see our bookshop naturebureau.co.uk/bookshop @BSBIbotany @Love_plants
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Shaggy Scalycap (Pholiota squarrosa) – one of the highlights from Sunday's @BBOWT fungus foray at Bowdown Woods nr Newbury
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Fungus 🍄season is in full swing - these two False Deathcaps (Amanita citrina) with their pale yellowish caps were emerging this week in a Buckinghamshire woodland. When fresh they have a distinctive smell of raw potato @BBOWT @BritMycolSoc
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The Fenland Flora by Owen Mountford & Jon Graham (with 300 photos & over 1000 maps). This 1400-page 2-volume set has now gone to print. Pre-pub offer ends 31 Oct 2026 -order now & SAVE £25 on published price – see our bookshop naturebureau.co.uk/bookshop @BSBIbotany @Love_plants
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We have just reprinted Alison Uren's fabulous The Wildlife of the Avalon Marshes - the book sold out in less than a year but you can now order your copy - visit the Naturebureau bookshop
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We're are off to the AES Annual Exhibition at Kempton Park this Saturday 26 Sept with a range of our most recent publications including our acclaimed Flies of Britain & Ireland @Buzz_dont_tweet @savebutterflies @StevenFalk1 @gailashton @Ecoentogeek
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The Fenland Flora by Owen Mountford & Jon Graham (2-volume set) is soon to go to print. The Flora provides a unique account of the current status of wild plants in Fenland. Pre-pub offer still on - visit naturebureau.co.uk/bookshop @BSBIbotany @Love_plants
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Our Photographic Guide to Flies of Britain & Ireland bit.ly/4dqQI8Z has received widespread critical acclaim as a groundbreaking, long-overdue field guide. It's the first popular, widely accessible guide to British & Irish flies since 1951 @BBOWT @DipteristsForum
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Male Flecked General (Stratiomys singularior) seen on the umbellifers at @BBOWT's Parsonage Moor, Cothill at the weekend. Parsonage Moor is one of the top sites in Britain for soldierflies. Discover more in our flyble bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @StevenFalk1 @DipteristsForum
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Wasp Plumehorn hoverfly (Volucella inanis), a convincing wasp mimic at Catcott NR in Somerset. Females can often be seen near wasp nest entrances. Larvae develop in the nests. Discover the world of flies in our flyble bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @StevenFalk1 @DipteristsForum
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Great summer for migrant moths in Britain - Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria) and Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatum) seen in good numbers is our garden in Oxford @UpperThamesBC @Moth_Lady @BBOWT @BBOWT_NatureDC
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Good to see the rare Yellow Loosestrife Bee (Macropis europaea) at Catcott Nature Reserve on the Somerset Levels & Moors last week @SomersetWT @bwars2000
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Off to Westhay Moor on the Somerset Levels tomorrow - should see plenty of Hairy-legged Horseflies (Hybomitra bimaculata) sitting around on fences - check out the horseflies in our Flies of Britain & Ireland bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @SomersetWT @AvalonMarshes @DipteristsForum
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Look out for the Hornet Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria), Britain's largest hoverfly, at @BBOWT's Dry Sandford Pit. It flies from May–November & is often seen on marjormam, scabious and ivy flowers - find our more in our best-selling #flyble bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @DipteristsForum
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Lots of Jersey Tiger moths (Euplagia quadripunctata) coming to light in our garden in Oxford last night @UpperThamesBC @BBOWT @Moth_Lady
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Great review of our #flyble Photographic Guide to Flies of Britain & Ireland here bit.ly/4fmoFdL @StevenFalk1 @gailashton @DipteristsForum @dipterists @BBOWT @flygirlNHM @ChrisGPackham
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Off to the Pyrenees soon - should see Ectophasia crassipennis Twist-winged Parasite Fly. The male (left) is impressive but you don't have to go that far to see it – it was found in Britain in 2019 bit.ly/4dqQI8Z & is now widespread in southern counties @DipteristsForum
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Our 'flyble' A photographic guide to Flies of Britain & Ireland bit.ly/4dqQI8Z is getting great reviews - most of the featured species have been given common names (AI review gets this wrong sometimes) making the book accessible to all @DipteristsForum @StevenFalk1
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