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  1. The archive of the British Pteridological Society (that's ferns) arrived today. Thank you to Clare, Paddy, Dan, Paul, Ding for all the help about 19 hours ago from web
  2. Just been to a great lecture by Dr Bob Callow on the life of Charles Darwin and the publication of the Origin of Species - brilliant! 7:14 AM Nov 24th from web
  3. I'm pondering Christmas trees and their eco ins and outs 8:47 AM Nov 23rd from web
  4. I'm working on the Dove versus Hawk game for the Manchester Museum's Evolution Revolution Big Saturday tomorrow. ..lots of laminating! 6:42 AM Nov 20th from web
  5. Phew! managed to move all those boxes (medicinal plants). The art session, Draw to Explore, is underway & seems to be going well. 5:19 AM Nov 19th from web
  6. I'm clearing the benches of the herbarium for an art session this afternoon. There's a many boxes to move up and down the spiral staircase. 2:05 AM Nov 19th from web
  7. Writing an article for the proceedings of the Go Between conference about artists working in museums. 8:10 AM Nov 16th from web
  8. I'm helping a student identify mosses today. 5:38 AM Nov 12th from web
  9. Working on Mammal gallery redevelopment. Thinking about Orangutans and Palm Oil plantations. 4:56 AM Nov 11th from web
  10. Working on Manchester Museum's Evolution Revolution Big Saturday on the 21st Nov. I'll do a hawk-dove game - evolutionary stable strategies 8:50 AM Nov 10th from web
  11. Looking at data from historic specimens with Paddy one of our vols. It suggests that plants are flowering earlier due to climate change. 6:07 AM Nov 10th from web
  12. Good morning. Just checking my e-mails then I'm going to work some more on themes for the new Mammals gallery. I'll continue with Gorillas 1:21 AM Nov 10th from web
  13. Session good. We discussed Manchester Darwin links including Marie Stopes, William Herbert, Lydia Becker, Elizabeth Gaskell & James Audubon 8:25 AM Nov 9th from web
  14. I'm off to the 1st of 5 training sessions this afternoon for our Museum Comes to You Darwin outreach programme - should be interesting 3:58 AM Nov 9th from web
  15. Researching themes for the new Mammals gallery redevelopment - looking at the issues surrounding coltan mining and the impact on gorillas 3:41 AM Nov 9th from web
  16. Two volunteers herbarium today, Mat and Ray - entering data from collection of flowering plants from outside Europe circa 160,000 specimens 3:05 AM Nov 9th from web
  17. Just updated blog http://herbologymanchester.... in response to comment asking for more detailed images. I've inserted link in main post 2:09 AM Nov 9th from web
  18. Just checking e-mails and arranging to meet a project student to discuss their final year biodiversity project. I'll help with plant IDs. 1:37 AM Nov 9th from web
  19. I've just been working on the new Manchester Herbarium blog with Steve. You can see it at http://herbologymanchester.wordpress.com/ 8:50 AM Nov 6th from web
  20. I'm just about to have a meeting to mark some habitat surveys for MSc Pollution and Environmental Control students 5:47 AM Nov 6th from web
  • Name Leander Wolstenholme
  • Location Manchester
  • Bio I am the Curator of Botany at the Manchester Museum. Follow this Twitter to find out what I do each day.
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