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TLDF – Whiteknights Biodiversity App
At the start of term a group of five academics representing five different academic schools in three faculties offered six Teaching and Learning Development Fund student placements for the development and testing of the Whiteknights Biodiversity App. Yesterday the team … Continue reading
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Tagged Alastair Culham, Alice Mauchline, Alison Black, Biodiversity app, Biodiversity monitoring, Department of Typography, Hazel McGoff, Jonathan Tanner, Karsten Lundquist, KiteSite, Liam Basford, Liz White, Mark Wells, Phillippa Oppenheimer, School of Agriculture, School of Archaeology Geography and Environmental Science, School of Biological Sciences, School of Systems Engineering, Stephen Birch, TLDF
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R is for Russula
My morning walk through the Wilderness tells me Summer has gone and Autumn is here. Next to the path is a large (ca. 15cm diameter) red capped mushroom with a white stipe, white gills, no milky sap, no collar and … Continue reading
Posted in Fungi
Tagged fungi, Identification, key characters, Roger Phillips, Russula, The Wilderness, Toadstools
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The Secret Garden
In 2003 I became the Assistant Warden at Bridges Hall. One of my responsibilities was to help maintain the walled garden that had been manged by the Hall since 1966. The garden is surrounded by a high Victorian brick wall … Continue reading
Posted in Meetings/Events, News, Plants
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Site Flora for Whiteknights Park published by BSBI
The Botanical Society of the British Isles publish online documents called ‘Site Floras‘ aimed at providing a document that can be the basis for a repeatable survey of the plants in any given area. The important elements of a site … Continue reading
Posted in Plants, Publications
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False teeth in the Harris Garden.
The Toothwort, Lathraea squamaria, is a curious parasitic plant in the Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family) that may have gained its English name due to the flower spikes looking like rows of teeth. The Latin name is perhaps rather more informative of … Continue reading
Posted in Flowering Plants, Plants
Tagged campus, Lathraea squamaria, Orobanchaceae, Parasite, Toothwort
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The University has been awarded a First Class Award in the People & Planet Green League 2013, the UK’s only comprehensive and independent green ranking of universities.
BioBlitz brings in the crowds
Since 9pm last night the Reading Uni BioBlitz has attracted a huge amount of interest from local naturalists and from our own students. Dr Becky Thomas has been busy organising everything from bat and moth walks to lichen and grass … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Meetings/Events, News, Plants
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The Bioblitz has started
The first displays have now been set up in the Harborne Building foyer. Berkshire Reptile and Amphibian Group (BRAG), Berkshire Ornithological Club and Berks and South Bucks Bat Group are already in place. This is the beginning of a very … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Meetings/Events, News, Plants
Tagged Amphibians, Bats, Bioblitz, flowering plants, lichens, Moths, Reptiles, trees, wildflowers, wildlife
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While checking the progress of the bee orchids this morning I noticed that the re-seeded area where building work has been happening has a thriving population of what looks like young Phacelia tanacetifolia. While this might be an exciting new … Continue reading