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Dave Newcombe @belperbirder.bsky.social · 20h

Well, this was a bit unexpected #teammoth

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Tara @wildtara.bsky.social · 1d

We were hard at work finishing the banks at Ettington cutting today. I always seem to forget how long & high they go! 😆 Views are across the site from the roundabout end. #volunteer #conservation @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

View from top of bank along road verges , volunteers brush cutting & raking.

We do both sides of the road. Volunteers seen in distance in banks.

Having a 2 min pause from raking. You usually take downhill but then have to take the cuttings back to the top compost piles.

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 7h

New research in #RESSystematicEnt

Elaborating the #phylogeny of #Noctuidae by focusing on relationships between northern European taxa
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70010

#Phylogenomics
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wiley.com

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Bernoid @bernoid.bsky.social · 1d

So many Russulas about #FungiFriends

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Bernoid @bernoid.bsky.social · 9h

I love a bit of Lenzites betulinus - Birch Mazegill. Easily misidentified from the top, but one look underneath reveals their stunning gill-like pore structure. #FungiFriends

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Carole @carolefogg.bsky.social · 23h

thick trunks both wooden and hyphal #thicktrunktuesday #autumn

a tree trunk on a woodland path with many clusters of yellow-brown mushrooms erupting from the bark

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 10h

Engineers have completed the excavation of giant flood storage basins to protect a village that has seen repeated flooding in the last three decades. Saham Toney, near Watton in Norfolk, was identified as a priority area by the Norfolk Strategic Flood Alliance (NSFA)..

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Vast basins set to protect flood-prone Saham Toney

The £700,000 work to create two flood storage basins is complete - under budget and ahead of time.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Andy @nikonbirder.bsky.social · 10h

Well, that was a nice surprise! Our second Clifden Nonpareil of the year in our Selsey garden trap this morning. VC13
#moths #mothing #teammoth

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 10h

Dune Stinkhorn, Phallus hadriani.

An old fruitbody and, just in front, a pinkish 'egg'.

In sand dunes at Holkham, Norfolk, yesterday.

Phallus hadriani, Dune Stinkhorn fungus share.google/9pqGzabciY2U...

#Fungi #FungiFriends

Dune Stinkhorn, Phallus hadriani.

An old fruitbody and, just in front, a pinkish 'egg'.

Among Marram grass in sand dunes.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 23h

The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Cake’
(Yes, it is a painting - from Third Picture Book, 1971)

Photo realistic close-up in watercolour of a large slice of cream filled Victoria sponge

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Steven Wright @stevenwright58.bsky.social · 22h

Hidden in the corner of the playing field by Newbold Quarry is recreation glade,we cleared the East facing bank and have been brush cutting and removing arisings for a few years now. The flora and fauna are a sharp contrast to the amenity grassland area....

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Matt Ames @mattames6.bsky.social · 21h

Dark Swordgrass made a nice addition to the 'on the garden Ivy' list this evening, a couple of Common Plume keeping it company.
Bedfordshire VC30
#teammoth

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Bernoid @bernoid.bsky.social · 1d

Oysters #FungiFriends

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Temple Balsall @templebalsall.bsky.social · 22h

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Highlands Rewilding @highlandsrewilding.bsky.social · 1d

Introduction to our business plan.
As we head to the Blue Earth Summit, we’re sharing a blog and YouTube film about our business plan – and how we’re scaling rewilding that works for nature, people and business.
Read our blog and watch the film here
www.highlandsrewilding.co.uk/blog/highlan...

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monicapelger.bsky.social @monicapelger.bsky.social · 2d

Two male bearded reedlings giving me the stink-eye. 🪶

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Birdingprof @birdingprof.bsky.social · 2d

Lots (maybe 100+) of Redwing over this morning, first Skylarks of the autumn, a few Meadow Pipits and Finches, mostly West ⬅️, but including 1 Hawfinch ↘️ SE. Sparrowhawk new for the month too.

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Tara @wildtara.bsky.social · 3d

A few apples that came home with me yesterday. The Newton Wonder, Wyken pippin, Sunset & Golden knob? #apples #appleday #heritage

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 2d

Most days last week were warm and sunny, giving this Red Admiral a chance to bask in our wildflower meadow.... @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social

The image shows green cut vegetation with brown, fallen leaves around an insect with dark wings. Its wings have bright red stripes across them and white markings. It is enjoying the mild autumn weather. Most days last week were warm and sunny, giving this Red Admiral a chance to bask in our wildflower meadow.

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Birdingprof @birdingprof.bsky.social · 5d

A small Moth with folded wings, at Lakenheath, was always going to be interesting, so imagine my grief when it escaped - twice!
All was well in the end, and it proved to be a Red Twin-spot Carpet, one which I had not photographed before.

#teammoth

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 6d

Penny Bun, Boletus edulis.

In woods near Reepham, Norfolk, today, visited on today's bike ride.

Boletus edulis, Cep, Penny Bun Bolete mushroom share.google/Anbg2ckhpJbf...

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 5d

Bit of a Bobby Dazzler at Haroldswick #UKbirding

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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 6d

Denbies Hillside, Surrey: a sign of our times - October 9th, stood in a t-shirt watching Redwings and a Brambling at the same time as this Chalkhill Blue butterfly!! It’s all over the place…

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 6d

Nowt like a restorative bacon butty to turn things around - a previously uncooperative Blackpoll Warbler giving it large following a trip by us to the cafe - those feet are Highways Compliant😎 @yellowbrow.bsky.social
#UKbirding

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