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April Windle @aprilwindle

🍃 Mad love for nature, particularly lichens. Lichen surveys, conservation & education. 🍁 British Lichen Society Education Chair 🌿 LinkedIn: April Windle.

Joined December 2009
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April Windle@aprilwindle
13 Jan 2022
Have you ever seen anything so perfect? Scottish #rainforests really are a world unto themselves. Here, a rich tapestry of #Lobarion species cloak a Salix trunk, with the biggest thallus of Collema fasciculare (octopus suckers) known to man! Crinan Canal, Argyll #lichens
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The British Lichen Society@BLSlichens
22 Jun 2025
Happy World Rainforest Day! Join @aprilwindle from the British Lichen Society to explore one of Devon’s finest temperate rainforests and the #lichens found there. Full video can be found on YouTube: youtu.be/OjCsyR6CThk?si=EBUS…. #worldrainforestday #worldrainforestday2025
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The British Lichen Society@BLSlichens
22 Jun 2025
Happy World Rainforest Day! #Lichens are an important feature of these wonderful habitats. From loop lichens, to yellow speckle-belly’s to the red eyed shingle lichen & everything in between - they add so much beauty to our rainforests! #worldrainforestday2025 #worldrainforestday
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Sundews! Absolutely love ‘em! They are other-worldly & extra-terrestrial. This is round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), a carnivorous little #plant with leaves that have projecting tendrils, tipped with sticky dew - which captures insects as they land. A tasty treat!
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An interesting two days last week, spent with #NaturalEngland studying the #lichens on rocks and trees! Churchyards are sanctuaries for wildlife and for most cases, very under-recorded. Lots of exciting species at this site!! #churchyards #shropshire
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Obligatory selfie with Umbilicaria hirsuta on the Long Mynd (Shropshire Hills), where this is the only site in England to support this species! Kindly acquainted by the Shropshire #Lichen Group on a bright and blustery autumnal afternoon! The population here is mega!
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Had most wonderful group for the BLS’s intermediate #lichen course at Preston Montford, #Shropshire (12th-15th September). Thanks to everyone who attended and for those assisting, with big shout outs to Mark, Mary & Eric! Four fabulous days of lichens, microscopy & vino!
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I’m not entirely sure why, but this is a #lichen I rarely encounter. I was delighted to have found it growing in huge abundance on a lime tree in Quarry Park, Shrewsbury! This is the cushion Xanthoria (Xanthoria polycarpa). The lobes are teeny tiny & has heaps of fruits!
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Nature amazes me! These colours - my life! Check out the fiery red fruits of Haemoatomma ochroleucum, a bloodstain #lichen. This species is normally encountered sterile, but was putting on a stellar show at this beautiful little churchyard in Shropshire! #nature #lichens
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A fabulous weekend in #Snowdonia for the Field Studies Council & Manchester Met. University #lichen course. A great bunch, with three days looking at lichens in all sort of habitats, from upland rocks to temperate rainforests & everything in between! #lichens #wales
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So wonderful to have attended the temperate rainforest conference in #Plymouth last week. An overly inspiring day! This was followed by exploring the #lichens in some of our top rainforests in #Devon, led by myself & the British Lichen Society.
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Was great to team up with @woodlandscouk and @TomHartwellFilm to produce a short #lichen series in one of my favourite woodlands on #Dartmoor (#Devon). Full video can be watched here: youtu.be/YnyxpY8V-GI?si=toN2…
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An absolute honour & privilege to attend the Borrowdale #Rainforest NNR (#LakeDistrict) launch event today. Felt a little emotional! I have spent a huge amount of time working in this valley, so am delighted for this national designation. itv.com/news/border/2024-05-…
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Lichens!!!!
Jesse Miller @texosporium.bsky.social@Texosporium
14 May 2024
Had an awesome few days of lichenizing in the wilds of Southwest England with April Windle and John Douglass. So inspiring to learn about lichens and conservation in a different west coast rainforest region! And nice to remember there are kindred lichenologists all over the world
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Great to host friend & colleague Jesse Miller (@Texosporium), exploring one of #Dartmoor’s finest temperate rainforests. Jesse lives in the Pacific North West (America) and is President of @CALichenS, so was fascinating to explore similarities and differences within this biome.
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Aurora borealis (Northern Lights) dancing around the sky at Woodbury Common, #Devon. What a spectacle she was! Painting the sky every colour of the rainbow, only to increase in intensity throught the night! Go and catch her if you can! #NorthernLights #auroraborealis #exmouth
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Was a pleasure to deliver a talk at the @DartmoorSociety’s Rainforest conference last week - taking audience members on a woodland tour across #Devon to visit four fantastic sites owned by the #WoodlandTrust. Thank you for having me!! #rainforests
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Tucked away in the Dart Valley (where the Webburn meets the Dart) is a spectacular example of high growth #forest, where two oaks support Fuscopannaria sampaiana. These are the only two trees in England, where the main population resides in western Scotland. #lichens #Dartmoor
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“The reason I love this site, is because it emphasises the conservation importance of #trees outside of #woodlands”. A short peice I pulled together on Lobaria pulmonaria on Dartmoor. Full video: youtu.be/88CCO1iSK80?si=HZxf…
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Pseudocyphellaria intricata is one of the specklebelly #lichens and in England, it is only known from Seathwaite (Borrowdale, #LakeDistrict). It is a wonderful species, confined to high quality #rainforest sites in hyperoceanic areas. #Cumbria
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It was great to give a presentation on Atlantic #woodlands & associated management for #lichens last month, on behalf of the Institute of Chartered Foresters (@TheICF). Nearly an hour waxing lyrical about how wonderful lichens are on #Dartmoor.
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