Chris Metherell

Botanist, President of the BSBI 2017-9 Euphrasia enthusiast, nyckelharpa player, bagpiper and clog dancer - will that do?

[Chris Metherell @EyebrightChris]

@Ozymandiasdust @BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour Appears to be Euphrasia tetraquetra.

[David Vesey @davidveseymusic]

I have lost my flute, either on a Dublin Bus or on an Irish Rail / Enterprise service from Belfast to Dublin earlier today.
I attach some images similar to my flute case.
My flute case has a gold Meitheal Irish Trad Music Summer School sticker on one side

[Armand Hamouth @AreMond2]

Short Films are required to be under 20 minutes or in some cases under 15 minutes

This film is 3 minutes 53 seconds & still won the Oscar

If you don’t watch this film you’re doing yourself an injustice

If you don’t spread this film you’re doing everyone else an injustice

[Chris Metherell @EyebrightChris]

@_LJSutton @wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany Sorry but I'm not sure about that. The left specimen has no long glandular hairs and on the right hand one although glandular hairs are present they look short. Perhaps E. arctica?

[Chris Metherell @EyebrightChris]

@BSBIbotany @_LJSutton @wildflower_hour Sorry but I don't think so. E. vigursii has bright purple Corollas and very heavy purple staining on the leaves. It also has long glandular hairs. I can't really see any on these although they may be there. Chris.

[Chris Metherell @EyebrightChris]

@Jo_the_botanist @Claremou1 @wildflower_hour Appears to be Euphrasia anglica. Looks as though it's covered with long glandular hairs. Definitely not E. nemorosa. Sorry.

[Chris Metherell @EyebrightChris]

@NatureLark @outdoors_fi Not sure I'm afraid. 🙁 But I'll be there next week. I'll take a look. No

[Chris Metherell @EyebrightChris]

@Emmas_artworks @cat_frampton @BSBIbotany Probably E. anglica.

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

Do you know what these pictures are of?
These are pictures of you walking past litter in the street and tutting, then going home to sweep up and burn all the leaves so your lawn looks tidy.
These are pictures of you complaining to the council that they haven't cut the stinging nettles growing alongside the path you use to walk your children to school.
These pictures are the results of our casual disregard for all lives except our own.
The first picture actually shows a poo from a hedgehog dying of starvation.
Yes, it's a poo.
It's made up of just grass and plastic - neither of which she can digest, but they filled her stomach for a while and stopped the pain.
The caterpillars that she should be eating didn't survive, because the stinging nettles they were living on were cut down, destroyed, just in case someone got stung.
The second picture is a bird's eye view of the starving hedgehog's nest. It's squashed in between the wall and the aircon unit at the back of a pub.
It's made of plastic bags and food wrappers.
The long grasses and spent foliage it should have been made of were cut down and thrown away, because they looked messy.
With no uncut verges, no hedges, no welcoming wild corner of a garden, no where left natural, everything cut, strimmed, tidied, controlled, this was the only place Holly could find.
This was where she had her babies.
And this was where they would have all died of starvation if not for Chris, the lovely publican who phoned me, voicing his concerns.
This little family, all severely malnourished and underweight, are now safe and sound in rescue, thanks to the lovely @pricklelodge .
But there are lots of Hollys out there, who don't get noticed.
Please, I beg you, leave some of your garden natural.
➡️If cutting the lawn, leave the edges for wildlife.
➡️Pick up litter when you see it.
➡️Write to your council and ask them to stop mowing and strimming and poisoning.
➡️Go into the kitchen now, sort through your cupboards and find a shallow wide dish, like the pyrex lid of a casserole pot, fill it with water and put it out by your front door, and refresh it every evening.
➡️Add kitten biscuits to your weekly shop and put out a dish full each night (see https://t.co/R5zzu7150b and https://t.co/17t0uiehuv).
This tragic tale can have a happy ending, for all the Hollies out there, if we all do our bit to help.

[Jacqui Wicks @SuperWicksy]

The @bridgesingers are sounding absolutely beautiful @seapieparcel at #Feltonbury. What an amazing celebration of music this wonderful village festival is!

[Chris Metherell @EyebrightChris]

@Botany2021 Just E. tetraquetra I think. The lower internodes can be quite long. Up to 1.5 times as long as the leaves.

[Chris Metherell @EyebrightChris]

@NatureLark @afewmilesmore @DurlstonCP Or rather E. anglica.

[Chris Metherell @EyebrightChris]

@NatureLark @afewmilesmore @DurlstonCP Euphoria Angelica judging by the glandular hairs.

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

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[Fi Brown PhD CF MCIHort @DocFiBrown]

Bought myself a beautiful book by @EyebrightChris. @BSBIbotany this is beautiful and factual, perfect for us plant nerds! I’ll just need to go back to #Lindisfarne for longer. #books #botany

[Clare Freeman @Clare3Freeman]

So wonderful to hear so much interest and enthusiasm from early career naturalists! Thanks to NHSN members, volunteer field trip leaders and John Spedan Lewis for all their help and support 😊 #NHSNFieldSkills

[Tom Cadwallender @TomCadwallender]

This book has just dropped through my letterbox. A quick glance tells me this is a fantastic insight into the incredible botany of the wonderful Holy Island on the Northumberland coast. Well done to all involved. ⁦@NENature_⁩ ⁦⁦@Nature_Guides⁩ ⁦@BirdGuides⁩

[David Howdon @BlotchedEmerald]

A nice new book for my library published by my friends at @Nature_Guides. Both a guide to the plants with lots of lovely photos and descriptions of walks to help you find them.

[Michael Grave @michael_grave]

Absolutely. One of the most enjoyable, educational and fascinating talks - as many NHSN talks are. And the plant that could swallow an animal at the speed of a camera shutter! Wow! Can't wait each week for Monday at the Curtis Auditorium to come round @NENature_