Nathan Prescott
UK-based Early Career Ecologist & Lepidoptera enthusiast 🦋. Sharing field research and discoveries.
- Looking forward to hosting a lecture at Torquay Museum on the 14th of January! #butterfly #nature #conservation
- As the new year fast approaches, it’s a good moment to reflect. From training as an Ecological Consultant to getting engaged to my best friend, it’s been a year of growth, excitement, and lasting memories. Here is to (hopefully) another exciting year to come! 🎉 #Wildlife #Ecology #Reflection
- Attached are a few snippets from the 2025 work parties at Lower Hurston, Miltor Mator, Little Breach Reserve and Lydford Reserve. Collectively, these sessions supported habitats for a range of rare butterfly species 🦋 Thankyou to @bcdevon.bsky.social and Peter Beale for their continued guidance!
- Usnea articulata, or 'String of Sausages Lichen'. Always amazes me how long these things can drape down from the Tree branches. I notice that they tend to grow on larger canopy species, like Oak. They are also edible, although it is certainly an acquired taste. #Lichen #Tree
- Some absolutely STUNNING pines at Powderham Castle, Southwest of England! But is anyone able to help me identify the specific species? I would love to one day plant one of these 🌲 #tree #woodland #pine #wildlife #nature #coniferous
- A species of Stonefly (Plecoptera) - a predominately aquatic insect that prefers clean water environments, such as those found in wet woodland or temperate rainforests. An inquisitive little fellow I was fortunate to catch a picture of a few weeks back #wildlife #insects #invertebrates #nature
- What a magnificent giant! This Monkey Puzzle Tree (Araucaria araucana)towers over the roadside close to where I work. I can't being to imagine how old it must be! A great example of a 'living fossil' dating to the Jurassic Period #Tree #wildlife #nature #ecosystem #forest #habitat #prehistoric
- So many of these about at the moment. I have often mistaken these for buttercups (as have others I've spoken to about them) - this sunny chap truly brightens up the forest floor #wildlife #nature #flower #plants #botany #forest #woodland
- A beautiful patch of European wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) that I was fortunate enough to spot yesterday! Such a vibrant green, which the camera simply can't do justice! #plants #woodland #nature #foraging #horticulture
- I was incredibly lucky to find this the other day! The rare and endangered Blue Ground Beetle on Dartmoor National Park! #wildlife #nature #endangered #conservation #beetle #insects
- The Primrose can be found in Ancient Broadleaf, Deciduous woodlands where the soil leans more towards the Neutral/ Alkaline side of things. Keep an eye out for them! 🌼 #nature #wildlife #woodland #habitat #ancient #rainforest #flowers #plantsoftiktok
- A beautiful Speckled Wood Butterfly I captured the other day - Spring is well and truly underway folks! 🌱🦋 #nature #wildlife #butterflies
- I came across this rather strange fellow the other day. It possessed a rock solid texture with a close resemblance to Tufted Bracket (Fuscoporia torulosa). Any alternative suggestions would be greatly appreciated 👍🍄 #fungus #wildlife #foraging
- I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a Greater Spotted Woodpecker the other day! Apologies for the quality zooming in, but either way it was amazing to catch one in action! #wildlife #nature #birdwatching
- 'The government’s #wildlife watchdog for England is failing to halt the decline of #nature after a sharp fall in the number of new places given top #protection, according to campaigners' www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- A nice little collection of Braket fungus 🍄 Have you found any funky fungi recently? #forage #fungus #mushroom #nature #wildlife
- A morning spent relocating Dormouse nest boxes - looking forward to seeing if we get any nests this year! 🐁❤️ #wildlife #conservation #endangeredspecies #Dormouse #nest
- You know it's been a long time without the sun when you find yourself basking in it for an uncomfortable amount of time 🌞
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- A healthy ecosystem consists of at least 10% decaying matter, usually in the form of fallen or cut trees 🌳🪚 This provides recycled nutrients and a home for decomposers like mushrooms and invertebrates 🍄🪲 It may not be pretty, but it's essential! #ecosystem #nature #habitat
- @envconsjournal.bsky.social Looking forward to seeing what you share with us all!
- This guy offers to help you with your gardening - what is your answer? 🤔 #conservation #habitatmanagement #wildlife #butterflies
- A little throwback to some autumnal discoveries 🍁🍂🍄 #wildlife #nature #mushroom #moss #lichen #forest #floral #habitat #ecosystem
- 'We commonly think of animals and plants as matter, but they are really systems through which matter is continuously passing' When we see an organism, from a fungus to a pine tree, we catch a single moment in its continual development - Taken from Merlin Sheldrakes 'Entangled Life' #wildlife
- Today was all about habitat management! At Haldon forest, underneath the main powerline, the Pearl Bordered Fritillary butterflies call this patch home 🦋 They are sadly in decline across the UK (30 - 40% over the last decade). Patches like these are their best hope! #wildlife #butterfly #nature
- It seems the 'quick fix' of exploiting people and finite resources overshadow the long-term game of problem solving and longevity.
- I have to admit, there are certainly worse places to work - my morning view 🌿 #nature #woodland #wildlife #outdoors
- Dung Beetles Use the Milky Way for Orientation: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol... This ability is well-documented in birds but rarely discussed in invertebrates - revealing more only deepens the wonder! #wildlife #nature #beetle
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