Ryan Clark

Freelance ecologist based in Cumbria, specialising in pollinators. Passionate about insects, biological recording, wildflowers, and bryophytes.

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@BrianE_Cambs @wildlifebcn Many thanks Brian! It was wonderful to work there and I still enjoy reading the magazine and socials to see what the next exciting project is!

[Ryan Clark @RyanClarkNature]

10 years ago, I started my first paid job in Ecology and have very much enjoyed my time working for various charities to understand and conserve our often overlooked invertebrates and plants. (1/4)

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Do also come find me on Bluesky, as I very rarely check on here anymore! 🙂 (4/4)

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I am open, however, to discuss any future opportunities for contract work delivering research, surveys, monitoring, and training. My website is a work in progress, but it can be found here and details the sort of work I carry out (3/4)  https://t.co/JQrUgcwl9a

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Lovely to see the moss Grimmia crinita yesterday in Buckinghamshire. In Britain, this species is only known from 2 sites. Beautiful!

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Tonight's #NewYearPlantHunt Day Two round-up, summarising who found what & where across Britain & Ireland today, comes to you courtesy of the fabulous Mr James Common @CommonByNature:
https://t.co/T2TVxgSoyU
We hope you enjoy it!

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@onLoughrigg Thanks Pete!

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Today was my last day at @savebutterflies after a wonderful two years filled with great moths, amazing habitats and lovely plants. I made over 200 site visits and was lucky enough to work on some of northern England's rarest moths, a real privilege!

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@vc30moths Thanks Andy. Currently on the lookout for freelance opportunities 🙂

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The lovely Eagle’s Claw lichen
(Anaptychia ciliaris subsp. ciliaris) seen at its only Cumbrian site this afternoon. A Nationally Scarce and S41 species. Also sampled the delicious cake at the nearby cafe!

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@wildlifebcn What a great selection of workshops!

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Three lovely limestone loving mosses and liverworts which brightened up a dull weekend. Scapania aspera (Rough Earwort), Rhytidium rugosum (Wrinkle-leaved Feather-moss) and Metzgeria pubescens (Downy Veilwort)

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Argyll's atlantic woodlands were bursting with life recently, including the wonderfully named; Hazel Gloves, Frilly-fruited Jelly Lichen (Leptogium burgessii), Yellow Specklebelly (Pseudocyphellaria citrina) and Deceptive Featherwort (Pseudomarsupidium decipiens)

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The wonderful and Nationally Scarce Octopus Suckers lichen (Collema fasciculare) from Argyll today.

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@sibilatrix We managed a whole 1.5 miles 😆

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Lots of lovely lichens adorning trees in Argyll this afternoon 😍

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@BBSbryology I'm yet to purchase the first volume but looks like I should wait until mid December when they bring out an updated one. They do look good!

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@specanatura @BLSlichens That's a lovely looking lichen. I'm off to that area later this week. Looking forward to seeing some nice lichens and bryophytes! 😀

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@Jamiewa50042387 Only 20 mins from where I grew up and you found some fantastic things. I'll have to take a look when I'm next back there!