Tom Boughton

12 months, 3 continents, a lot of free camping in odd places on the way. Here's a collection. tinyurl.com/o3j7557

A change of pace exploring #Malta on foot with @headwaterhols 🥾🌅 Dramatic coasts cliffs, deep history, a rekindled door obsession, and diverting lichen. #bliss👉 arcg.is/Db8K5 storymaps.com/collections/f5…

From the jewel-like banded demoiselle to the striking common darter, damselflies and #dragonflies are a wonder to spot across #EppingForest. 🌿🐉✨ But while they dazzle in the air, their story begins in the hidden depths of another world...

I've just signed this petition to 'Defend the wildlife of Middlewick Ranges' you can lend your voice here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/defe…

Sublime skylark song🎶🌟 Want to learn more about these incredible birds and their closest nesting area to central London? Join us tomorrow, 12-4 PM on #Wanstead Flats for the Skylark Send-off! Wildlife walks, art workshops, kite flying & more Details 👉fb.me/e/79vJKhAlu

Stage 1 Gilberts Slade and Canada Plain 2024 habitat Improvement✅ On to Stage 2 Woodbury Hollow and Staples Hill 🌳Restoring ancient grassland 🌳Regenerating wood pasture 🌳Revealing shaded veteran pollards Scheduled to finish:🗓️23/08/2024 For more info👉storymaps.com/stories/0e7fbb…

💚Love Wanstead Flats? 💚 Mark September 01 in your diary☀️ Take a stroll and visit the #EppingForest, @wrenwildlife and @RSPBNELondonGrp info stands to support your local wildlife, learn about skylarks and enjoy family-friendly activities🎉🪽 #SkylarkSendOff #Wanstead

@UrbanTreeFest @CoLEppingForest @EppingForestHT Do you have any further info on the artist studios?

Visiting two Artists Studios linked by Epping Forest Walk @CoLEppingForest @EppingForestHT

Spot the gorse orb weaver spider, elegantly blending into a wild carrot umbel left standing overwinter. By managing Patmore's Field as a wild meadow since 2021, #EppingForest has created crucial habitat and increased atmospheric carbon capture: youtube.com/watch?v=K05Xo8…

@LukeTurnerEsq the number one best thing I did in the slug wars was put a pond in. With my army of newts, frogs and toads I finally stood a chance. This combined with beer traps, a healthy appreciation of leopard slugs and a willingness to commit infanticide by crushing snail and slug eggs.

In woodland glades across #EppingForest, green longhorn moths dance in shafts of spring sunshine. Look for the iridescent glinting of metallic wings that earn them the moniker #fairy #moths.

@guyshrubsole @sciremotesense Love this Placename Mapper from @sciremotesense Another potentially revealing search is 'gate' and 'hatch.' These suffixes referred to controlled forest exit points used to manage free grazing cattle. These placenames can reveal the shrinkage of forests due to enclosure.

In Anglo-Saxon, words like 'bear', 'beer', 'bere' & 'burra' are thought to refer to groves or woods - as I discuss in my book The Lost Rainforests of Britain. So using @sciremotesense's cool new placename mapper, here's a map of such 'ghost woods'... #W3sidGV4dCI6ImJlYXIiLCJjb2xvciI6IiM5ODRlYTMiLCJjaGVja2VkIjp0cnVlLCJtYXRjaFR5cGUiOiJhbnl3aGVyZSJ9LHsidGV4dCI6ImJlcmUiLCJjb2xvciI6IiNlMzFhMWMiLCJjaGVja2VkIjp0cnVlLCJtYXRjaFR5cGUiOiJhbnl3aGVyZSJ9LHsidGV4dCI6ImJlZXIiLCJjb2xvciI6IiMxZjc4YjQiLCJjaGVja2VkIjp0cnVlLCJtYXRjaFR5cGUiOiJhbnl3aGVyZSJ9LHsidGV4dCI6ImJ1cnJhIiwiY29sb3IiOiIjMzNhMDJjIiwiY2hlY2tlZCI6dHJ1ZSwibWF0Y2hUeXBlIjoiYW55d2hlcmUifV0%3D" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">placenames.rtwilson.com/#W3sidGV4dCI6I…

Is there a name for the clumps of bubbles formed by a glorious writhing mass of #tadpoles? Frogth? Ranaroil? Spawnsuds? @froglifers #amphibeans #frogs

Yesterday this blackcap sang in #EppingForest. Take a moment to listen to the rich trills and quavers that earn him the nickname 'northern nightingale'. #ukbirds #birdtwitter #EppingForestSpring24 #warblers #nature #BirdsOfTwitter

Roaming in the gloaming to enjoy the frog chorus and celebrate a bumper crop of spawn. #pond #frog #frogspawn #spring

Slugs and kisses xoxo 💚🌳Happy Valentine's from #EppingForest🌳💚 #LoveNature #ValentinesDay #valentinesday2024

@iBaseMedia What's the best way to add photo's to Ibase from an iphone?

SHOCKING!!!

Happy #WorldWetlandDay! Today we celebrate the ponds, lakes, bogs, rivers & streams in #EppingForest. Our wetlands are vital ecosystems contributing to the overall biodiverse mosaic of habitats that can be found in this ancient woodland. Here's Butler's Retreat Pond today! 🐟🐸

An interesting article: bit.ly/3SlVcFd Preserving our remaining ancient forests has never been more vital. The City of London Corporation @cityoflondon successfully fought a ground-breaking legal battle to conserve #EppingForest with the Epping Forest Act of 1878.

For anyone unconvinced that rural land use makes a difference to runoff and pollution issues, heres the confluence of the Dulas Brook and River Dore at Pontrilas after 5mm of rain last night.