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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Botany Blog
By Fay Brotherhood BSc (Hons) MSc, FISC4
Follow my blog for all things plants, habitats, soil, geology, landscape history and keep up with my adventures as a professional botanist, ecolgist and passionate natural historian!
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Fay Brotherhood
Nov 134 min read
Anti- Bullying Week 2025
A bit of a personal post, prompted by a post on Linkedin by the National Autistic Society which offered Five Tips to Make the School...
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Fay Brotherhood
Nov 64 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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Fay Brotherhood
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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Fay Brotherhood
Apr 25, 20202 min read
How to paint fur with a frayed brush
Every workman in the land has tools in his van that you cannot buy but are priceless. Little bits of metal, pipe and broken tools. All...
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Fay Brotherhood
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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Fay Brotherhood
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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Fay Brotherhood
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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