Anna Saltmarsh

Friend and perpetual student of all things floral and faunal. Admirer of human kindness and endeavour. Citizen of Europe.

[Anna Saltmarsh @annasalty]

@suffolkwildlife is a wonderful charity of remarkable people forging a greener future for Suffolk.

Have you ever thought about what it means to volunteer as a Trustee, and whether this may be a role for you?:

https://t.co/DAqfla5tlU

[Anna Saltmarsh @annasalty]

Joyeuse Pâques! Pasqueflowers just coming in to bloom on Good Friday. #wildflowerhour

[Anna Saltmarsh @annasalty]

Ahh those kinky antennae! @OilBeetlesUK (record submitted)

[Prof Richard Buggs @RJABuggs]

Five paid internships are available at Kew to join research projects on ash, oak, birch and other trees. Jan-March 2023. Closing Date 20/11/2022. Apply here: https://t.co/KQk4k9gHBZ

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

My very dear friends at @suffolkwildlife need a bit of help to secure a 289 acres site on the banks of the River Deben. @JennyA_Rawson @ChristineLuxton

You know what you need to do people, be generous. :)

https://t.co/0WioOTsMgX

[Anna Saltmarsh @annasalty]

@Feargal_Sharkey @suffolkwildlife @JennyA_Rawson @ChristineLuxton Thank you Feargal, for speaking up for this fabulous project!! And many thanks too to everyone supporting it.

[Craig Bennett @CraigBennett3]

#BREAKING

"They have no democratic mandate to do this" I tell @horton_official

"What you’ve seen in the space of the last week is Liz Truss’s govt basically trashing all the environmental commitments that were in the 2019 @Conservatives manifesto"
https://t.co/lnE8DcEqvu

[Tony Juniper @TonyJuniper]

Back to the future.

The idea that we must sacrifice Nature for economic growth is a frame that I thought we’d got past.

Seems not.

Rather than writing it again, here’s a piece I did back in 2013.

Just as true now, but sadly still needing to repeat

https://t.co/OiipKSvBkC

[Anna Saltmarsh @annasalty]

A few ferny #WallPlants for the last few minutes of #WildFlowerHour. Black Spleenwort hiding in the #BuryStEdmunds #Abbey1000 ruins, Maidenhear Spleenwort looking lush on the shady side of St. Mary’s church and a sun baked Rustyback looking rusty all over.

[Rachel Salvidge @RachSalv]

Great read on the 2 men whose work can be credited with waking the EA and Ofwat from a deep sleep and forcing an investigation into sewage. And they’re very nice chaps too! ⁦@watervole3⁩ ⁦@ashsmith43⁩ https://t.co/yjwmRGURmO

[Anna Saltmarsh @annasalty]

A few #WetlandPlants from the water meadows and fringes down my way in BuryStEdmunds. Small Teasel, Marsh Woundwort and a Water Figwort. @BuryLung #wildflowerhour

[Anna Saltmarsh @annasalty]

I’m out of sync with the #wildflowerhour challenges so just slipping this beautiful Sea Barley (Hordeum marinum) in as a belated entry to last week’s #GrassChallenge.

[Leif Bersweden @LeifBersweden]

Where the Wildflowers Grow is @StanfordsTravel Book of the Month! If you’re in London, go check out their Covent Garden store (they have signed copies…) or, if not, you can buy it here: https://t.co/dOcBnhI1TB

Here’s a bit about the book ⬇️📚🤙

[Anna Saltmarsh @annasalty]

My week has been more than averagely replete with #ParasiticPlants including Knapweed and Yarrow Broomrapes and Crested Cow-wheat from both sides of the great Norfolk/Suffolk divide. If only I had got my act together in time to post during #wildflowerhour!

[Anna Saltmarsh @annasalty]

I’ve been outwith the range limits of #wildflowerhour this past week so sneaking in this Yellow Vetchling (Lathyrus aphaca) from the end of the previous week in Suffolk. I thought I might get away with this if I asked nicely! #prettypeas #PeaFamily

[Anna Saltmarsh @annasalty]

I spent my afternoon hunting for a somewhat elusive yellow-flowered scarcity in amongst a sea of yellow flowers. But let’s face it - it wasn’t all bad! #wildflowerhour

[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

In the words of @GeorgeThePoet, we must “celebrate nature in our day to day”. Thanks to funding from @HeritageFundUK, through #NextdoorNature we’ll be helping communities to bring nature back on their doorsteps 🚪🌱 (1/4)

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

This could turn out to be one of the most deadly issues of all. And hardly anyone knows.
My column about the mass contamination of our farmland with a horrifying cocktail of untested chemicals.
And in some cases, it's deliberate ....
https://t.co/mj28cokyh5