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Thread 1/14. One of the positives I've tried to take from lockdown is the opportunity for exploring local nature on a deeper level than time normally allows
2/14 This winter I decided (not for the first time) to focus on mosses and liverworts and was particularly keen to get to grips with chalk habitat specialists of Cambridgeshire (these are not species I'd ever seen much of in Scotland where I've spent most of my life)
3/14 So I bought one of these. It's a mini clip on lens that turns your phone camera into a macro. Nothing pro here but it helps get a bit closer (as do the Eagle eyes of @emmihartikainen, my companion in this mission)
4/14 And closer you need to get because some of the chalk specialists are ab-so-lu-te-ly tiny! 
5/14 The chalk pits at Cherry Hinton managed by @wildlifebcn are a treasure trove of chalk lovers like this common aloe moss (Alonia aloides) with leaves that resemble an aloe plant
6/14 And growing close by this extremely small earth moss Ephemerum recurvifolium. Too small to photograph in the field (with a phone anyway) so under microscope it went
7/14 A personal favourite is the jewel-like Microbryum rectum which can be found on bareish ground on the Devils Dyke near Newmarket racecourse
8/14 Not to be confused with Microbryum curvicolle with its curved seta - here growing in another disused chalk pit north of Orwell village
9/14 And these aren't even the smallest! The genus Seligeria grows on lumps of chalk and stones. Look closely and you can see the minute capsules (you'll need a hand lens for this)
10/14 The genus Weissia loves bare gaps in chalk grassland where it grows on soil and can produce copious capsules. This is Weissia brachycarpa but they can be tricky to separate into species without mature capsules
11/14 Growing with Weissia I often found Fissidens dubius (which is a little bigger and easier to photograph). This is another species that does well in chalk grassland.
12/14 There are also a number of big pleurocarpous mosses that are common in the turf of chalk grassland. Here is a very handsome Hypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
13/14 But you're more likely to see the much commoner Pseudoscleropodium purum (left) and Rhynchostegium megapolitanum (right). These are real chalk grassland staples along with Homalothecium lutescens, Ctendium molluscum and the ubiquitous...
14/14 Calliergonella cuspidata with its spear-like shoots (also found in many a lawn)
And finally... I would really recommend field #bryology. I'd go as far as to say it is a new way of seeing the world! You'll even find you'll look forward to winter! @BBSbryology can provide advice and resources for getting started 
