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Conocephalum conicum also known as The Great Scented Liverwort. It’s the forage plant for the larval stage of the Epimartyria pardella moth and grows here at Sunnyhill Farm

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2020-02-20

Contemplating smaller things this week as I delve into the miniature world of mosses,lichens & liverworts.I am reminded of Albrecht Durers’magical work “The greatest piece of turf”a very hard act to follow!

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2020-02-17

Paper is something I don’t make myself but use every day here in today’s postcard is a little piece of a nest that’s made of Everyone says that the Chinese invented paper but really the did it first long before humans had ever thought of it

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2020-02-16

Up and down the farm track grow scattered drifts of honesty.The recent winds have stripped the last of its silver seed heads but also exposed the new flowers that have just opened. The cycle of life, plain to see, equal measures of sadness & joy in a simple flower

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2020-02-14

One of the first postcards received for was the fabulous 015 Hornsnozzler https://t.co/VUfUh3D4Wm raised nearly £15,000 for in 2018. Our target is in 2020 DM for more details RT pls!

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2020-01-25

Purple witch’s butter or Ascocoryne sarcoides that I found growing on the chopped up aerial root of ivy under an old Apple tree. Bright purple Jelly fungus well that’s new to me even though it’s described as common!

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2020-01-21

We now have over 150 incredible postcards for including this wonderful "121 World at Play" https://t.co/VUfUh3D4Wm raised nearly £15,000 for in 2018. Our target is in 2020

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2020-01-12

The pussywillow is out in time for .This year it’s the 25th of January & is the year of the rat. In China it’s flowers are symbolic of grown & wealth so happy ChineseNew Year especially to my late father who was born there 90 years ago

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2020-01-09

It’s going to be at least another week before my husband gets his car back. I guess the mice liked the warmth of the engine and the flavour of the plastic coated wiring. Naughty mice the bill will run into hundreds of pounds

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2020-01-09

I found my first in flower yesterday always a sign that spring is getting closer. It must have escaped from the garden & made its way right to the middle of the top meadow. The ivy is still full of berries so I will have to wait to trim the garden wall

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2019-12-29

The December month can be found between October & December it’s Larvae Feed on deciduous trees such as a Oak I found this one on the cotoneaster horizontalis that self seeded into our front wall

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2019-12-04

It appears there is something called So here’s a red squirrel with a hazelnut. Did you know that a squirrels drey has two rooms & one is used as a nursery?

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2019-11-25

Picture of a red squirrel in the absence of the real thing. Sometimes understanding biodiversity means noticing the absence of things and sadly we have an absence of red squirrels.

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2019-11-01

Pls RT Sophie's Postcard 2018 included 570 incredible postcards created by artists hailing from all over the world. Our aim is this time. Proceeds to in memory of Sophie. All details https://t.co/Gqrbe0EMMA

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2019-10-29

My first portrait of my favourite that looks like it might have succumbed to Nothing lasts for ever but I did think this beautiful giant would outlive me. It might just break my heart if it has to go because it’s near the house

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2019-10-26

It’s the time of year when mushrooms and toadstools are popping up in unexpected places and then suddenly vanishing again. I found these blackening wax caps growing right outside the house and the damp grass.

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2019-10-03

Gwyfyn in Welsh Papillon de Nuit in french beautiful in any language a good indicator of healthy biodiversity

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2019-09-27

"0015 Hornsnozzler" Delighted to receive this incredible illustration from a secret artist & children's illustrator for What a wonderful start to our to raise money for details https://t.co/CtzbxAJD39

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2019-09-14

Todays postcard is a detail from a work in progress provide a mosaic of habitats with their cracks & crevices fruit & flowers loved by numerous mistletoe the list is too large for a tweet

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2019-08-28