Rod Porteous

Photographer, cyclist, gardener, nature expert

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@savebutterflies Had a White Admiral in the garden but your app doesn’t record them

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@Ajarncom If you ever make it Chiang Dao, early morning walks near the hillside temple are a revelation. I say this as an avid bird watcher of many years.

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@RareBirdAlertUK keep your eyes peeled

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@Se_Railway Sure, Ive got all the time in the world to waste

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@Se_Railway nothing working, can’t buy tickets at all

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@Hillborn13 That’s very late, mine usually comes out just after densiflorum ‘stephen’

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@littlegreentip1 Sulphur bombs

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@Hillborn13 Unusual colour for rooperi, no orange red at all.

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@JamesMoir10 It’s true!

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Naxos, Mount Zas, 60-70 large eagles and vultures riding the thermals. 20-30 Griffon vultures, boy are they big. Absolutely gobsmacked! Forgive my appalling video #birdwatching

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@JamesMoir10 Folkestone?

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@Hillborn13 Love that.

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Cyathea spinulosa quite uncommon in UK but deserves more love I think. Comes from Nepal to China up to about 2000m.
Seems hardier than C. Cooperi, leaves stay green all winter even after quick -5c freeze #FernFriday #TropicalGarden

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@BirdingDave If I saw that it would go down as another chiffchaff

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@DorsetTony Hedychiums seem to be very well synced throughout Britain. Mine started flowering a couple of days ago as well and later than usual

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Angiopteris evicta. The leaves have fully opened now and are about 30” long, bit of a way to go to get giant leaves which can get over 10 feet long! #FernFriday on a Tuesday

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@secretgdnlouth @MikesRarePlants Ebay today

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Excellent day out at the @GreatDixter plant fair yesterday. Very busy, could have spent a lot more but limit to what I can now smuggle into back garden!

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@RichardBarrow @ThaiTrainGuide Was hoping to take this and go onto Yunnan in January next year so will be following with interest

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@Hillborn13 @kewgardens Miles ahead of mine