Post Your Pics & Videos of the Great Outdoors

[foxfish]

The top and bottom are open ended, I did have one myself but I planted an elm tree seedling in it, not surprisingly the actual plant roots split the pot.
However I still use the idea and have tried various plants just for fun.

 

[mort]

My apologies that its not alive but its an interesting animal that doesn't appear very often on our coasts. We found this on new years day.

It's a Mola mola sun fish and there is more here which I saw this morning.

Norfolk sunfish find important for research - expert

Studying the deaths of tropical fish washed up on Norfolk beaches is helping climate change research.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[foxfish]

That is going to smell in a day or so!
Such strange looking creatures, I cant say I have ever seen one washed up on the beach but they are quite common in the sea.
Most are pretty small but I have seen a few huge ones, I am not sure how it stands with fishing records nowadays as at one time they were not considered catchable due to their diet but somebody caught a 150lb one on a rod last year!

 

[PARAGUAY]

Moss looked good in the wood today

 

[Tim Harrison]

Bradgate Park Leicestershire today

 

[Nont]

Went to mangrove swamp today. Found some Cryptocoryne ciliata again.

 

[AlecF]

Pollok Park, Glasgow, where I collect all the leaves and wood for my tanks.

 

[foxfish]

We will soon be holding the annual stage rally, it is a little controversial to have super fast and loud cars hurtling though our tiny county lanes but, we love the once a year two day event.
Anyway, as usual the rumours start and the speculating begins around and about now, as every interested person wants to know where the stages will be, so this morning we were out walking looking for potential spectator spots.
Along our route we came across a few intersting features like a large Turkey oak showing why they are so desirable for staircase handrail construction with the extreme elbows!
Them this beautiful old farm house with attached forge.

 

[Nont]

Some Leptochilus sp. (Might be Microsorum pteropus?), Lasia spinosa with a spathe, Bolbitis heteroclita,
and Alocasia sp. in Sra Nang Manora National Park, Phang nga, Southern Thailand.

Edit; Just ask Heiko Muth for the id of that fern on facebook. The plant really is a Java Fern (Leptochilus pteropus “Red”) a form with reddish brown new leaves.

 

[PARAGUAY]

😍

 

[PARAGUAY]

 

[PARAGUAY]

Felt under the weather yesterday so went for a drive and walk spotted this fern on a mature oak, more common in a a rainforest than NW England

 

[Hanuman]

A day in Wachirabenchathat Park (Rot Fai Park) - Bangkok

Bizarre view: sunflower next to the lotus.

 

[26024]

Yesterday in Wales,

Couple miles below Snowdonia National Park.

 

[Nont]

Cryptocoryne cordata var. siamensis in Tahm Sra Kaew, Krabi. The limestone pool is 240 metres deep and is one of the only place with Betta simplex.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

The limestone pool is 10 metres deep

Fantastic, <"karst springs"> always look great.

cheers Darrel

 

[Nont]

I have krabi moss, it’s meant to be from there, it loves my water so it makes sense if where it’s from is rock!

I just took another trip to Emerald pool in Krabi, I think this is Vesicularia sp. (?) and might be “Krabi moss” or “Christmas moss” form since its from limestone water?

Sorry for the low quality photo, the moss is behind a national park fence so I can’t get to it.

 

[Hanuman]

Cassia Fistula aka Golden Shower tree at my wife's family owned school in Saraburi province.

 

[foxfish]

We had nice weather over the Easter weekend and there is always plenty to do on public holidays in Guernsey!
Cliff top walks are one of our favourite pastimes, Pettit Bot is one of the steeper paths but really pretty.
A short video and a few pics…

 

[Tim Harrison]

Been out and about during the holidays.

Lost Gardens of Heligan





Closer to home
Part of a disused Victorian water works. The central pagoda is a lantern that allows natural light into an underground reservoir below.


Wild garlic growing everywhere, and second image below starting to flower.