South Wales Bryophytes

Karen Wilkinson's sharp eyes spotted a few tufts of moss on an old cow pat on Fairwood Common, Gower today (Grid ref SS 5705 9328). It l...

It is Marsh Fritillary larval web survey season, which means it's also time for me to look out for Splachnum spp on dung in the wet aci...

You'd be forgiven for thinking this is another photo of the Splachnum ampullaceum found on Fairwood Common eight days ago, but it was i...

Over the last couple of years I've been looking out for Splachnum on the Gower Commons during Marsh Fritillary larval web surveys. I...

You've seen the sequel, now here's the last in the trilogy...

As can be seen the capsules of my sample of Splachnum ampullaceum  from the Gwrhyd Meadows last month have now developed quite nicely. It...

I've not done any square bashing for a little while and after a couple of days being office-bound I thought I'd take Alfie for a spi...

Last December as I stumbled about in low cloud and gale force winds trying to find some dip-wells at Waun Fach in the Black Mountains , I c...

I've spent most of the last 6 weeks walking through wet, acidic, cattle-grazed pasture counting Marsh Fritillary larval webs (or mapping...

I've been keeping a casual eye open for cow pat bryos ever since Sam recorded  Splachnum ampullaceum  and S. sphaericum last winter....

Whilst on the subject of Splachnaceae, it is always worth checking areas of scree in case of carcasses with Tetraplodon mnioides .  Thi...

A thatch meeting at St Fagans (including a somewhat fragile-leaved Dialytrichia on a Beech trunk that needs a bit more investigation) left m...