David Oatway

Ecologist, Aesthete, Renaissance Bloke

[Peatland ACTION @PeatlandACTION]

Highest-ever round of peatland restoration funding from @NatureScot #PeatlandACTION announced - more than £20m committed over next 3yrs. 64 projects starting in 25-26, with all the benefits that brings for people, communities, businesses & wildlife. https://t.co/Zg8qfOXjNA

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@wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany for this week’s #wildflowerhour here’s Centaurium erythraea (centaury) in the dunes at Mawbray Banks on the Cumbrian coast

[Natural England Cumbria @NECumbria]

Rusland Moss NNR is a 22-hectare reserve at the head of the Rusland Valley, managed by @lakedistrictnpa. The NNR is part of one of the few remaining raised mires - or peat bogs - in the country. Have your say on the reserve's new management plan: https://t.co/E5cPAYohgF

[Natural England Cumbria @NECumbria]

Our Partners @cumbriawildlife (on Bluesky) have two posts they are advertising for Ecology and Land Management Advisors! Please check these out as they are at the forefront of environmental delivery!
https://t.co/pc0D1mbYmN Closing date 28th July

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For this week’s #wildflowerhour #yellowflowers here’s opposite-leaved golden saxifrage, primrose, gorse and lesser celandine in the Lake District @wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany

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@wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany Helleborus foetidus in the northern fells, Lake District this week #wildflowerhour

[SAVE DANES MOSS @DanesMoss]

Great new animation here that helps explain the history of #danesmoss in 2 minutes, take a look and enjoy! https://t.co/OQsOxMKBWB

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@queenofpeat Nichols Moss, Cumbria, UK

[Lake District @lakedistrictnpa]

There's still time to apply to be one of our new Rangers!

Join us to keep this corner of England special.

Closing date: 17th November.

For full details, please visit our website: https://t.co/6zJQywLY1l

#ClimbYourOwnMountain #Careers #LakeDistrictJobs #DisabilityConfident

[Donald McKnight @donaldmcknight2]

The informal poll results are in, & as I feared, most people are running ANOVAs in #R with functions that can give highly misleading (or flat out wrong) results. Follow along to see why using anova() and aov() is usually inadvisable & why you should be using car::Anova() 🧵

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@joshual951 Damn, should have read the second part about wider shot of habitat - sorry!

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@wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany #wildflowerhour #stillflowering this week- lots to choose from but highlight today was masses of the large pop’n of Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry etc) on Great Calva in the Lake District’s Northern Fells. Much smaller number in fruit.

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@wildflower_hour @BSBIbotany
Found a huge patch of Carline thistle (Carlina vulgaris) this week on mine spoil at the base of Carrock Fell in the Lake District, Cumbria. Here’s one of the plants for this week’s #WildflowerHour #Seedheads

[IUCN UK Peatlands @IUCNpeat]

📢Last chance to book your online tickets for #PeatConf24!
Ticket sales close on Sunday. For just £30 you can join us throughout Tuesday 17th Sept, including our evening Peatland Cinema. Find out more and book now: https://t.co/O2TiQjD707

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A great week for #Wildflowerhour #WetlandPlants Drosera anglica (great sundew) from the Lake District’s Northern Fells & from South Lakes, Drosera intermedia (oblong-leaved sundew) growing with Utricularia sp. plus Anagallis tenella (bog pimpernel) @BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour

[wildflowerhour @wildflower_hour]

The theme for this week’s challenge is wetland plants. So have a mosey in your local marsh, mire, bog or fen and see what botanical delights you can find! Share your pics for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #WetlandPlants. Happy flower hunting!

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@fossilplants Small toadflax?

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Rhyncospora alba (white beak-sedge) on Rusland Moss, Cumbria this week. @BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour #wildflowerhour #grasschallenge