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The pin tailed African songbird’s males have tails twice their body length and perform hovering dances to impress females. #Bird #Courtship #sundayvibes
January 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
The pin tailed African songbird’s males have tails twice their body length and perform hovering dances to impress females. #Bird #Courtship #sundayvibes
Great pic
"Look up and out and upon me, the
Rock, the River, the Tree, your country.
Here, on the pulse of this new day
You may have the grace to look up and out. And into your sister’s eyes, and into
Your brother’s face, your country
And say simply
Very simply
With hope—
Good morning."
Maya Angelou
#Nature
Rock, the River, the Tree, your country.
Here, on the pulse of this new day
You may have the grace to look up and out. And into your sister’s eyes, and into
Your brother’s face, your country
And say simply
Very simply
With hope—
Good morning."
Maya Angelou
#Nature
January 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Great pic
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Glad I looked up from my desk just in time to see this…
January 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Glad I looked up from my desk just in time to see this…
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A Starling flock at a quarter speed.
A small part of c.10,000 Starlings assembling to roost last night at the ARC pit area of Dungeness @rspb.bsky.social
#starlings
A small part of c.10,000 Starlings assembling to roost last night at the ARC pit area of Dungeness @rspb.bsky.social
#starlings
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 AM
A Starling flock at a quarter speed.
A small part of c.10,000 Starlings assembling to roost last night at the ARC pit area of Dungeness @rspb.bsky.social
#starlings
A small part of c.10,000 Starlings assembling to roost last night at the ARC pit area of Dungeness @rspb.bsky.social
#starlings
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Follow the ripples to a Little Grebe.
Taken from the Denny hide at Rye Harbour on 13th December
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#grebe
Taken from the Denny hide at Rye Harbour on 13th December
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#grebe
December 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Follow the ripples to a Little Grebe.
Taken from the Denny hide at Rye Harbour on 13th December
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#grebe
Taken from the Denny hide at Rye Harbour on 13th December
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#grebe
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Sunrise this morning
November 30, 2025
November 30, 2025
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sunrise this morning
November 30, 2025
November 30, 2025
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November 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Police are now investigating the deliberate poisoning of trees on a Dartmoor common owned by Prince William’s Duchy estate, according to the Western Morning News
The Duchy has condemned the culprit
All Dartmoor farming, heritage & conservation groups must condemn this act of ecological sabotage
The Duchy has condemned the culprit
All Dartmoor farming, heritage & conservation groups must condemn this act of ecological sabotage
November 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Police are now investigating the deliberate poisoning of trees on a Dartmoor common owned by Prince William’s Duchy estate, according to the Western Morning News
The Duchy has condemned the culprit
All Dartmoor farming, heritage & conservation groups must condemn this act of ecological sabotage
The Duchy has condemned the culprit
All Dartmoor farming, heritage & conservation groups must condemn this act of ecological sabotage
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These Cladonia spp. are very pleased that Ringmer Parish Council made this trunk bench for them to sit on. #lichenGBI
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
These Cladonia spp. are very pleased that Ringmer Parish Council made this trunk bench for them to sit on. #lichenGBI
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Goldfinch feeding on Teasel at half speed.
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Goldfinch feeding on Teasel at half speed.
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
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A dabbling Teal at normal speed.
Despite the fine weather they need to feed most of the time to replace their feathers and put on fat reserves.
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@btobirds.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
Despite the fine weather they need to feed most of the time to replace their feathers and put on fat reserves.
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
@btobirds.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A dabbling Teal at normal speed.
Despite the fine weather they need to feed most of the time to replace their feathers and put on fat reserves.
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
@btobirds.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
Despite the fine weather they need to feed most of the time to replace their feathers and put on fat reserves.
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
@btobirds.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
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In what must be a first, the govt has tripled the size of a National Nature Reserve and included a Community Land Trust as an Approved Body which owns ans is actively buying land within the reserve.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
cc @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
www.gov.uk/government/n...
cc @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
Stiperstones landscape welcomes rare wildlife and triples in size
Over 1,560 hectares of rare upland habitats safeguarded in landscape-scale conservation project.
www.gov.uk
August 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
In what must be a first, the govt has tripled the size of a National Nature Reserve and included a Community Land Trust as an Approved Body which owns ans is actively buying land within the reserve.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
cc @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
www.gov.uk/government/n...
cc @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
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European Hornet:
✅Balanced diet of invertebrates
✅Native to UK
✅Welcome garden resident
Asian Hornet:
🐝Mad for Honeybees
🐝An invasive threat to native pollinators
🐝Needs reporting- download Asian Hornet Watch app or buff.ly/cLuTPzh
📸Asian Hornet© Daniel Solabarrieta/European Hornet© Neil Fletcher
✅Balanced diet of invertebrates
✅Native to UK
✅Welcome garden resident
Asian Hornet:
🐝Mad for Honeybees
🐝An invasive threat to native pollinators
🐝Needs reporting- download Asian Hornet Watch app or buff.ly/cLuTPzh
📸Asian Hornet© Daniel Solabarrieta/European Hornet© Neil Fletcher
August 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
European Hornet:
✅Balanced diet of invertebrates
✅Native to UK
✅Welcome garden resident
Asian Hornet:
🐝Mad for Honeybees
🐝An invasive threat to native pollinators
🐝Needs reporting- download Asian Hornet Watch app or buff.ly/cLuTPzh
📸Asian Hornet© Daniel Solabarrieta/European Hornet© Neil Fletcher
✅Balanced diet of invertebrates
✅Native to UK
✅Welcome garden resident
Asian Hornet:
🐝Mad for Honeybees
🐝An invasive threat to native pollinators
🐝Needs reporting- download Asian Hornet Watch app or buff.ly/cLuTPzh
📸Asian Hornet© Daniel Solabarrieta/European Hornet© Neil Fletcher
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This fabulous cluster of ancient Fagus sylvatica in the hollow-way to Diddling Village were barely standing up as the soil around their roots had been eroded. At first sight, few lichen in the dark way. But look carefully and there was plenty of Enterographa crassa & Graphis scripta s.l. #LichensGBI
August 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This fabulous cluster of ancient Fagus sylvatica in the hollow-way to Diddling Village were barely standing up as the soil around their roots had been eroded. At first sight, few lichen in the dark way. But look carefully and there was plenty of Enterographa crassa & Graphis scripta s.l. #LichensGBI
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A Whitearse (I refuse to use the Victorian bowdlerization, Wheatear. Oenanthe oenanthe have white bums and no wheat-coloured ear lobes, no birds have visible ears!) On the Downs they are typically on passage to/from their breeding grounds in the north to/from the winter homes in sub-Saharan Africa.
August 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A Whitearse (I refuse to use the Victorian bowdlerization, Wheatear. Oenanthe oenanthe have white bums and no wheat-coloured ear lobes, no birds have visible ears!) On the Downs they are typically on passage to/from their breeding grounds in the north to/from the winter homes in sub-Saharan Africa.
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The English Bluebells have stopped supplying water to the flowers via the stems
As the seed pods lose moisture, and therefore weight, the stems return to the vertical
The seeds are not yet viable. Currently white & sticky, they become shiny & black by the time the pods open
As the seed pods lose moisture, and therefore weight, the stems return to the vertical
The seeds are not yet viable. Currently white & sticky, they become shiny & black by the time the pods open
May 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The English Bluebells have stopped supplying water to the flowers via the stems
As the seed pods lose moisture, and therefore weight, the stems return to the vertical
The seeds are not yet viable. Currently white & sticky, they become shiny & black by the time the pods open
As the seed pods lose moisture, and therefore weight, the stems return to the vertical
The seeds are not yet viable. Currently white & sticky, they become shiny & black by the time the pods open
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Alberta now feeds without Bert’s initial encouragement, but Bert has to be there in the background constantly ‘talking’ to her
May 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Alberta now feeds without Bert’s initial encouragement, but Bert has to be there in the background constantly ‘talking’ to her
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The older the English Bluebell, the more ‘bells’ it has, adding new ones each year as the bulb and root system increases in size
An individual plant can live for at least fifteen years, and a plant like this would produce over 150 seeds annually
An individual plant can live for at least fifteen years, and a plant like this would produce over 150 seeds annually
May 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The older the English Bluebell, the more ‘bells’ it has, adding new ones each year as the bulb and root system increases in size
An individual plant can live for at least fifteen years, and a plant like this would produce over 150 seeds annually
An individual plant can live for at least fifteen years, and a plant like this would produce over 150 seeds annually
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It can take up to seven years for an English Bluebell seed to become a bulb and produce its first flower
This is from an area we seeded five years ago, and we are now getting flowers 🫠
This is from an area we seeded five years ago, and we are now getting flowers 🫠
May 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
It can take up to seven years for an English Bluebell seed to become a bulb and produce its first flower
This is from an area we seeded five years ago, and we are now getting flowers 🫠
This is from an area we seeded five years ago, and we are now getting flowers 🫠
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Scytinium gelatinosum/Leptogium gelatinosum, growing on a Cotswold stone wall top on the Calfway at Bisley a couple of weekends ago.
April 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Scytinium gelatinosum/Leptogium gelatinosum, growing on a Cotswold stone wall top on the Calfway at Bisley a couple of weekends ago.
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Purple toothwort (Lathraea clandestina) putting on a good show on an old willow beside a stream yesterday after I dropped the car off for an MOT and Service 💜
April 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Purple toothwort (Lathraea clandestina) putting on a good show on an old willow beside a stream yesterday after I dropped the car off for an MOT and Service 💜
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A further 63% decline in the last 4 years:
“Its most likely that we are seeing the compounding effects of both a background rate of decline as well as a short-term cycle of decline, perhaps linked to the extreme climate in the UK in recent years.”
“Its most likely that we are seeing the compounding effects of both a background rate of decline as well as a short-term cycle of decline, perhaps linked to the extreme climate in the UK in recent years.”
‘Alarming’ bug splat decline on UK cars raises fears for flying insect numbers
Annual survey of numberplates from more than 25,000 journeys reveals 63% fall in squashed bugs since 2021
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A further 63% decline in the last 4 years:
“Its most likely that we are seeing the compounding effects of both a background rate of decline as well as a short-term cycle of decline, perhaps linked to the extreme climate in the UK in recent years.”
“Its most likely that we are seeing the compounding effects of both a background rate of decline as well as a short-term cycle of decline, perhaps linked to the extreme climate in the UK in recent years.”
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There is such a thing as Heaven on Earth
April 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
There is such a thing as Heaven on Earth
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Happy wisteria season everyone!
If you need us, we'll be busy admiring these romantic flowers at Tyntesfield near Bristol.
Photo: Bob Fowler
If you need us, we'll be busy admiring these romantic flowers at Tyntesfield near Bristol.
Photo: Bob Fowler
April 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Happy wisteria season everyone!
If you need us, we'll be busy admiring these romantic flowers at Tyntesfield near Bristol.
Photo: Bob Fowler
If you need us, we'll be busy admiring these romantic flowers at Tyntesfield near Bristol.
Photo: Bob Fowler