First pop of colour for 2025 - Scarlet Elfcup #fungi (Sarcoscypha austrIaca) are starting to appear in the woodlands #BBOWT #SomersetWT #WorcsWT #WildlifeTrusts #FrofQuantock

Our latest book #TheNatureoftheQuantocks is now winging its way to the printers for publication in March - you can still order at the pre-pub price til the end of March bit.ly/4fFPl8u

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Green hairstreak butterfly, Common Heath and Lead/July Belle moths on the gorse of Over Stowey Customs Common this afternoon. @quantockhills @FrofQuantock @MothsSomerset @BCSomerset #teammoth

The wooded combes of Somerset's Quantock Hills are worth exploring for their abundance of #mosses & liverworts, like Tamarisk Scalewort (Frullania tamarisci) & Lesser Yoke-moss (Zygodon conoideus) bit.ly/4fFPl8u #FrofQuantock @somersetwt.bsky.social #BBSbryology
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Our latest book The Nature of the Quantocks has just arrived
@worldbookdayuk.bsky.social - it's the latest in our The Nature of ... series & is still available at the pre-pub price bit.ly/4fFPl8u order by 31 March & save £10 #FrofQuantock
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Just finishing off laying out the Insects chapter for #TheNatureoftheQuantocks - Featured in the book, the Bog Ant Fly (Microdon myrmicae), a rare hoverfly on the Quantocks, is sometimes seen on bare ground by wet heathland #SomersetWT #FrofQuantock #Ecoentogeek ‪@bbowt.bsky.social‬ #BogAntFly