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Learned more about sphagnum #moss structure. The first image shows what I found, I'd been looking at them from directly above (like the second image) and thought the thinnest lines looked like rungs of a ladder. They are circles! I knew the tube shaped leaves hold water, but the tubes have tubes! I'm going to have to update the background of the tardigrade illustration that just went up last month on the zine.
#microscope #microscopy #wetlands #sphagnum #mosstodon #bogs #science #botany #plants

Learned more about sphagnum #moss structure. The first image shows what I found, I'd been looking at them from directly above (like the second image) and thought the thinnest lines looked like rungs of a ladder. They are circles! I knew the tube shaped leaves hold water, but the tubes have tubes! I'm going to have to update the background of the tardigrade illustration that just went up last month on the zine.
#microscope #microscopy #wetlands #sphagnum #mosstodon #bogs #science #botany #plants

Learned more about sphagnum #moss structure. The first image shows what I found, I'd been looking at them from directly above (like the second image) and thought the thinnest lines looked like rungs of a ladder. They are circles! I knew the tube shaped leaves hold water, but the tubes have tubes! I'm going to have to update the background of the tardigrade illustration that just went up last month on the zine.
#microscope #microscopy #wetlands #sphagnum #mosstodon #bogs #science #botany #plants

Learned more about sphagnum #moss structure. The first image shows what I found, I'd been looking at them from directly above (like the second image) and thought the thinnest lines looked like rungs of a ladder. They are circles! I knew the tube shaped leaves hold water, but the tubes have tubes! I'm going to have to update the background of the tardigrade illustration that just went up last month on the zine.
#microscope #microscopy #wetlands #sphagnum #mosstodon #bogs #science #botany #plants

Climate WTAF as Dutch farmer, supported by Wageningen university, experiments with growing rice in North Sea country:

"Rice is an opportunity for this part of the world to adapt to climate change…

"But also to mitigate climate change because it stops this peat from degrading and emitting all the CO2 because you can keep it wet."

https://www.afp.com/en/rice-work-dutch-test-new-crop-save-sinking-peatlands

#Climate #Nederland #Netherlands #Agriculture #Farming #Food #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateCrisis #Wetlands

Climate WTAF as Dutch farmer, supported by Wageningen university, experiments with growing rice in North Sea country:

"Rice is an opportunity for this part of the world to adapt to climate change…

"But also to mitigate climate change because it stops this peat from degrading and emitting all the CO2 because you can keep it wet."

https://www.afp.com/en/rice-work-dutch-test-new-crop-save-sinking-peatlands

#Climate #Nederland #Netherlands #Agriculture #Farming #Food #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateCrisis #Wetlands

Climate WTAF as Dutch farmer, supported by Wageningen university, experiments with growing rice in North Sea country:

"Rice is an opportunity for this part of the world to adapt to climate change…

"But also to mitigate climate change because it stops this peat from degrading and emitting all the CO2 because you can keep it wet."

https://www.afp.com/en/rice-work-dutch-test-new-crop-save-sinking-peatlands

#Climate #Nederland #Netherlands #Agriculture #Farming #Food #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateCrisis #Wetlands

Climate WTAF as Dutch farmer, supported by Wageningen university, experiments with growing rice in North Sea country:

"Rice is an opportunity for this part of the world to adapt to climate change…

"But also to mitigate climate change because it stops this peat from degrading and emitting all the CO2 because you can keep it wet."

https://www.afp.com/en/rice-work-dutch-test-new-crop-save-sinking-peatlands

#Climate #Nederland #Netherlands #Agriculture #Farming #Food #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateCrisis #Wetlands

Spent the evening with the #microscope, got some nice shots of #VenusFlytrap digestive glands and trigger hairs. The red pigment on their leaf starts in the digestive glands and spreads outward. The glands are circular blobs. Mounted on cavity slides in water, lit from above.

#botany #microscopy #sciArt #photography #carnivorousPlants #gardening #goblinCore #bogWitch #nature #plants #wetlands

Spent the evening with the #microscope, got some nice shots of #VenusFlytrap digestive glands and trigger hairs. The red pigment on their leaf starts in the digestive glands and spreads outward. The glands are circular blobs. Mounted on cavity slides in water, lit from above.

#botany #microscopy #sciArt #photography #carnivorousPlants #gardening #goblinCore #bogWitch #nature #plants #wetlands

Spent the evening with the #microscope, got some nice shots of #VenusFlytrap digestive glands and trigger hairs. The red pigment on their leaf starts in the digestive glands and spreads outward. The glands are circular blobs. Mounted on cavity slides in water, lit from above.

#botany #microscopy #sciArt #photography #carnivorousPlants #gardening #goblinCore #bogWitch #nature #plants #wetlands

Spent the evening with the #microscope, got some nice shots of #VenusFlytrap digestive glands and trigger hairs. The red pigment on their leaf starts in the digestive glands and spreads outward. The glands are circular blobs. Mounted on cavity slides in water, lit from above.

#botany #microscopy #sciArt #photography #carnivorousPlants #gardening #goblinCore #bogWitch #nature #plants #wetlands

Wetland Snapshots

Here are some photos of just some of the birds I have been spotting over the winter months at Tamar Island Wetlands near Launceston, Tasmania.

Little Black Cormorant

Australian Shelduck

Black Fronted Dotterel

Welcome Swallow

Chestnut Teal

Grey Teal

Not sure if this is a grey teal or a female chestnut teal as it was by itself.

Pacific Gull

Black Swan

Royal Spoonbill

Superb Fairy Wren

The Tamar Island Wetlands is currently partially closed until sometime in December 2026. The visitor centre is still open as usual, and you can walk along the boardwalk to the bird hide, but the rest of the walkway is closed off while they repair two bridges and part of the walkway. It’s still worth a visit during this time as you can see quite a variety of birdlife just on the short walk to the hide. And remember to look up while you’re there, you can see swamp harriers, white bellied sea eagles and wedge tailed eagles flying overhead.

Until next time,

Sue

Wetland Snapshots

Here are some photos of just some of the birds I have been spotting over the winter months at Tamar Island Wetlands near Launceston, Tasmania.

Little Black Cormorant

Australian Shelduck

Black Fronted Dotterel

Welcome Swallow

Chestnut Teal

Grey Teal

Not sure if this is a grey teal or a female chestnut teal as it was by itself.

Pacific Gull

Black Swan

Royal Spoonbill

Superb Fairy Wren

The Tamar Island Wetlands is currently partially closed until sometime in December 2026. The visitor centre is still open as usual, and you can walk along the boardwalk to the bird hide, but the rest of the walkway is closed off while they repair two bridges and part of the walkway. It’s still worth a visit during this time as you can see quite a variety of birdlife just on the short walk to the hide. And remember to look up while you’re there, you can see swamp harriers, white bellied sea eagles and wedge tailed eagles flying overhead.

Until next time,

Sue

Wetland Snapshots

Here are some photos of just some of the birds I have been spotting over the winter months at Tamar Island Wetlands near Launceston, Tasmania.

Little Black Cormorant

Australian Shelduck

Black Fronted Dotterel

Welcome Swallow

Chestnut Teal

Grey Teal

Not sure if this is a grey teal or a female chestnut teal as it was by itself.

Pacific Gull

Black Swan

Royal Spoonbill

Superb Fairy Wren

The Tamar Island Wetlands is currently partially closed until sometime in December 2026. The visitor centre is still open as usual, and you can walk along the boardwalk to the bird hide, but the rest of the walkway is closed off while they repair two bridges and part of the walkway. It’s still worth a visit during this time as you can see quite a variety of birdlife just on the short walk to the hide. And remember to look up while you’re there, you can see swamp harriers, white bellied sea eagles and wedge tailed eagles flying overhead.

Until next time,

Sue

Wetland Snapshots

Here are some photos of just some of the birds I have been spotting over the winter months at Tamar Island Wetlands near Launceston, Tasmania.

Little Black Cormorant

Australian Shelduck

Black Fronted Dotterel

Welcome Swallow

Chestnut Teal

Grey Teal

Not sure if this is a grey teal or a female chestnut teal as it was by itself.

Pacific Gull

Black Swan

Royal Spoonbill

Superb Fairy Wren

The Tamar Island Wetlands is currently partially closed until sometime in December 2026. The visitor centre is still open as usual, and you can walk along the boardwalk to the bird hide, but the rest of the walkway is closed off while they repair two bridges and part of the walkway. It’s still worth a visit during this time as you can see quite a variety of birdlife just on the short walk to the hide. And remember to look up while you’re there, you can see swamp harriers, white bellied sea eagles and wedge tailed eagles flying overhead.

Until next time,

Sue

New Autumn Beauty

https://frankjcasella.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/new-autumn-beauty/

New Autumn Beauty

https://frankjcasella.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/new-autumn-beauty/

New Autumn Beauty

https://frankjcasella.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/new-autumn-beauty/

New Autumn Beauty

https://frankjcasella.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/new-autumn-beauty/

Good news to read.

"Called National Trust Sandilands, this Lincolnshire fairway was bought by the Trust in 2020.

Workers dug up space for a new wetland ecosystem stretching across the equivalent of 45 football fields—none of which will ever see a drop of pesticide or public water again."

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/coastal-golf-course-turned-into-vital-wetland-habitat-for-seabirds/

#wetlands #GoodNews

Good news to read.

"Called National Trust Sandilands, this Lincolnshire fairway was bought by the Trust in 2020.

Workers dug up space for a new wetland ecosystem stretching across the equivalent of 45 football fields—none of which will ever see a drop of pesticide or public water again."

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/coastal-golf-course-turned-into-vital-wetland-habitat-for-seabirds/

#wetlands #GoodNews

Good news to read.

"Called National Trust Sandilands, this Lincolnshire fairway was bought by the Trust in 2020.

Workers dug up space for a new wetland ecosystem stretching across the equivalent of 45 football fields—none of which will ever see a drop of pesticide or public water again."

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/coastal-golf-course-turned-into-vital-wetland-habitat-for-seabirds/

#wetlands #GoodNews

Good news to read.

"Called National Trust Sandilands, this Lincolnshire fairway was bought by the Trust in 2020.

Workers dug up space for a new wetland ecosystem stretching across the equivalent of 45 football fields—none of which will ever see a drop of pesticide or public water again."

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/coastal-golf-course-turned-into-vital-wetland-habitat-for-seabirds/

#wetlands #GoodNews

River reconfiguration plans for Arnos Park axed by council

The previous Labour administration had wanted to restore a more “natural” course for Pymmes Brook but hundreds of…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Enfield #ArnosGrove #ArnosPark #ConservativeParty #EnfieldCouncil #environment #parks #wetlands
https://www.europesays.com/gbr/london/33127/

https://www.europesays.com/gbr/london/33127/ River reconfiguration plans for Arnos Park axed by council #ArnosGrove #ArnosPark #ConservativeParty #Enfield #EnfieldCouncil #environment #parks #wetlands

From the archive: “Fog, Tree, And Pond” — A tree reflected in a wetland pond in dawn tule fog, San Joaquin Valley.

https://gdanmitchell.com/2018/02/01/fog-tree-and-pond/

#centralvalley #fog #wetlands #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature

From the archive: “Fog, Tree, And Pond” — A tree reflected in a wetland pond in dawn tule fog, San Joaquin Valley.

https://gdanmitchell.com/2018/02/01/fog-tree-and-pond/

#centralvalley #fog #wetlands #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature

From the archive: “Fog, Tree, And Pond” — A tree reflected in a wetland pond in dawn tule fog, San Joaquin Valley.

https://gdanmitchell.com/2018/02/01/fog-tree-and-pond/

#centralvalley #fog #wetlands #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature

From the archive: “Fog, Tree, And Pond” — A tree reflected in a wetland pond in dawn tule fog, San Joaquin Valley.

https://gdanmitchell.com/2018/02/01/fog-tree-and-pond/

#centralvalley #fog #wetlands #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature

From the archive: “Fog, Tree, And Pond” — A tree reflected in a wetland pond in dawn tule fog, San Joaquin Valley.

https://gdanmitchell.com/2018/02/01/fog-tree-and-pond/

#centralvalley #fog #wetlands #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature