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Myth, Magic and Mother Nature:
Fay Brotherhood's
Natural History Blog
By Fay Brotherhood BSc (Hons) MSc, FISC4
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Nov 22, 20242 min read
The "Bomb" rocks of Charnwood Lodge National Nature Reserve, Leicestershire
The "bomb rocks" of Charnwood Lodge National Nature Reserve are exposures of coarse and fragmented volcanic rocks, arranged chaotically...
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Nov 6, 20244 min read
Petrichor and the Powdery Earthcap (Cystoderma amianthinum)
This stinky guy is called Cystoderma amianthinum (powdery earthcap). It is an indicator of heaths/acid grassland and other acidic, low...
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Feb 15, 20212 min read
Bat Music - Harmonics and Horseshoe bats
The really cool thing about horseshoe bats is their use of harmonics. Using their nose leaf they can filter down a note to focus in on a hig
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Apr 13, 20204 min read
"Fields Yellow with Charlock"
On yesterday's session of government sanctioned exercise, this field in the eWoodhall estate near Tewin in Hertfordshire stuck out to me....
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Apr 9, 20205 min read
Field Woodrush, an indicator of antiquity?
Field woodrush can be an indicator of nutrient poor, acidic soils and can be an additional indicator of historic grassland. But....
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Fay Brotherhood
Dec 31, 20194 min read
2019...what an amazing year!
2019. I hoped this one would be better than the relentless endurance test of financial disasters and personal crises that marked 2018 and...
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Dec 10, 20194 min read
What Makes a Bat Super Highway?
Look closely and you will find in that network of many potential bat commuting routes traversing the landscape.
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