Brigit Strawbridge
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
Wildlife gardening.. love insects, plants, birds, fungi, grass snakes, trees, moths, rivers, caterpillars & all things wild, especially solitary bees, bumblebees... and Dippers!
Art. Poetry. Cornwall
Author 'Dancing with Bees - a Journey Back to Nature'
Art. Poetry. Cornwall
Author 'Dancing with Bees - a Journey Back to Nature'
I'm so pleased to know this, Kate... enjoy your owl print!
February 1, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I'm so pleased to know this, Kate... enjoy your owl print!
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I'm running the 2026 TCS London Marathon dressed as a badger to raise money for Norfolk Wildlife Trust, the oldest of @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social – celebrating its 100th birthday this year. Please have a laugh at me and help save wildlife! 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/backtheba...
January 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I'm running the 2026 TCS London Marathon dressed as a badger to raise money for Norfolk Wildlife Trust, the oldest of @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social – celebrating its 100th birthday this year. Please have a laugh at me and help save wildlife! 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/backtheba...
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Cut blackthorn hedges less often = boost brown hairstreak butterflies. Really simple, cost-free (or even money-saving) measures can massively benefit wildlife. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges
More than 300 brown hairstreak butterfly eggs were recorded in hedgerows near Llandeilo this winter after decade of decline
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Cut blackthorn hedges less often = boost brown hairstreak butterflies. Really simple, cost-free (or even money-saving) measures can massively benefit wildlife. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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January 27, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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I am looking forward to exhibiting some insect field paintings at the @entographica Collective exhibition Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Queen’s Square, Bath BA1 2HN
2 – 25 FEBRUARY 2026
Mon–Sat 10am–4pm | Admission Free
more information
entographica.co.uk
Queen’s Square, Bath BA1 2HN
2 – 25 FEBRUARY 2026
Mon–Sat 10am–4pm | Admission Free
more information
entographica.co.uk
Entographica - Insect-inspired Art from The Entographic Collective
This unique exhibition features the work of sixteen artists from The Entographic Collective, a group of artists with a passion for insects. Art that explores...
entographica.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I am looking forward to exhibiting some insect field paintings at the @entographica Collective exhibition Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Queen’s Square, Bath BA1 2HN
2 – 25 FEBRUARY 2026
Mon–Sat 10am–4pm | Admission Free
more information
entographica.co.uk
Queen’s Square, Bath BA1 2HN
2 – 25 FEBRUARY 2026
Mon–Sat 10am–4pm | Admission Free
more information
entographica.co.uk
How wonderful to know you are now a fully fledged botanist, @floodenheim.bsky.social - and thank you for mentioning Hedwigias. I have tentatively labelled pics 2 & 3 as Hedgwigia stellata.
January 30, 2026 at 1:44 PM
How wonderful to know you are now a fully fledged botanist, @floodenheim.bsky.social - and thank you for mentioning Hedwigias. I have tentatively labelled pics 2 & 3 as Hedgwigia stellata.
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29th January
Another postcard from Nature, gathered on the walk into hospital —
ivy umbel, rose hip, a daisy, winter-scented honeysuckle, hazel catkins — gathered close, then rested in moss.
A hello from the world beyond these walls.
Nature, quietly keeping us company.
#PostcardsFromNature
Another postcard from Nature, gathered on the walk into hospital —
ivy umbel, rose hip, a daisy, winter-scented honeysuckle, hazel catkins — gathered close, then rested in moss.
A hello from the world beyond these walls.
Nature, quietly keeping us company.
#PostcardsFromNature
January 29, 2026 at 4:53 PM
29th January
Another postcard from Nature, gathered on the walk into hospital —
ivy umbel, rose hip, a daisy, winter-scented honeysuckle, hazel catkins — gathered close, then rested in moss.
A hello from the world beyond these walls.
Nature, quietly keeping us company.
#PostcardsFromNature
Another postcard from Nature, gathered on the walk into hospital —
ivy umbel, rose hip, a daisy, winter-scented honeysuckle, hazel catkins — gathered close, then rested in moss.
A hello from the world beyond these walls.
Nature, quietly keeping us company.
#PostcardsFromNature
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‘When Beasts Spoke’ opens in exactly 2 months! 28th March, Made in Stirling, Gallery1&2 🤍
January 28, 2026 at 9:31 AM
‘When Beasts Spoke’ opens in exactly 2 months! 28th March, Made in Stirling, Gallery1&2 🤍
SUCH good news! Well done #Scotland....
And WOOHOO @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social !!!
England???
#swifts #birds
And WOOHOO @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social !!!
England???
#swifts #birds
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
January 28, 2026 at 6:16 PM
SUCH good news! Well done #Scotland....
And WOOHOO @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social !!!
England???
#swifts #birds
And WOOHOO @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social !!!
England???
#swifts #birds
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I’ve long kept in touch with nature by writing to it — and listening in return.
Postcards from Nature are small acts of noticing: found things rested on paper, a quiet hello from a place and moment in time.
When weeks feel tender, this steadies me. Nature is always replying, if we pay attention.
Postcards from Nature are small acts of noticing: found things rested on paper, a quiet hello from a place and moment in time.
When weeks feel tender, this steadies me. Nature is always replying, if we pay attention.
January 28, 2026 at 7:10 AM
I’ve long kept in touch with nature by writing to it — and listening in return.
Postcards from Nature are small acts of noticing: found things rested on paper, a quiet hello from a place and moment in time.
When weeks feel tender, this steadies me. Nature is always replying, if we pay attention.
Postcards from Nature are small acts of noticing: found things rested on paper, a quiet hello from a place and moment in time.
When weeks feel tender, this steadies me. Nature is always replying, if we pay attention.
Miniature Primroses - watercolour (7cm 6cm) by painter and illustrator, Anne Mortimer
More of this artist's beautiful work, here: annemortimer.com
#art #watercolour #spring #wildlflowers
More of this artist's beautiful work, here: annemortimer.com
#art #watercolour #spring #wildlflowers
January 27, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Miniature Primroses - watercolour (7cm 6cm) by painter and illustrator, Anne Mortimer
More of this artist's beautiful work, here: annemortimer.com
#art #watercolour #spring #wildlflowers
More of this artist's beautiful work, here: annemortimer.com
#art #watercolour #spring #wildlflowers
Forgive us our trespasses…
Sandwiched between the North Circular & housing estates of Ilford lies a rare & precious jewel: the largest tidal reedbeds in London. However, they are in a bad way: smothered in plastic & rubbish swept in by the tide & with invasive species encroaching further every year
Sandwiched between the North Circular & housing estates of Ilford lies a rare & precious jewel: the largest tidal reedbeds in London. However, they are in a bad way: smothered in plastic & rubbish swept in by the tide & with invasive species encroaching further every year
January 26, 2026 at 9:42 AM
How lovely, thank you!
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 AM
How lovely, thank you!
Thank you for this Lesley, and what a shame he's not posting. Following now just in case he comes back...
January 26, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Thank you for this Lesley, and what a shame he's not posting. Following now just in case he comes back...
We'll see....!
January 25, 2026 at 5:27 PM
We'll see....!
Already read and loved it! But thank you so much for thinking to recommend it.
January 25, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Already read and loved it! But thank you so much for thinking to recommend it.
And a few more... including on of the whole rock.
Who'd have thought there's be so many different #mosses all growing on the same bit of rock?
It could get addictive, could this...
#bryophytes
Who'd have thought there's be so many different #mosses all growing on the same bit of rock?
It could get addictive, could this...
#bryophytes
January 25, 2026 at 5:10 PM
And a few more... including on of the whole rock.
Who'd have thought there's be so many different #mosses all growing on the same bit of rock?
It could get addictive, could this...
#bryophytes
Who'd have thought there's be so many different #mosses all growing on the same bit of rock?
It could get addictive, could this...
#bryophytes
Inspired by @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social's recent Moss webinar (check out his feed for details) I spent this afternoon looking for mosses. growing on rocks, on Bodmin Moor.
I haven't tried to ID them yet, but just look at all these growing on the same rock!
#mosses #bryophytes #BodmoinMoor
I haven't tried to ID them yet, but just look at all these growing on the same rock!
#mosses #bryophytes #BodmoinMoor
January 25, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Inspired by @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social's recent Moss webinar (check out his feed for details) I spent this afternoon looking for mosses. growing on rocks, on Bodmin Moor.
I haven't tried to ID them yet, but just look at all these growing on the same rock!
#mosses #bryophytes #BodmoinMoor
I haven't tried to ID them yet, but just look at all these growing on the same rock!
#mosses #bryophytes #BodmoinMoor
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Delightful start to the day with a musical watery @theguardian.com country diary by @derekniemann.bsky.social.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: This is true water music – and the more you listen, the more you hear | Derek Niemann
Frome, Somerset: Get tuned in to the river’s sounds and you’re treated to a symphony of noise, from susurrating hisses to great belches
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Delightful start to the day with a musical watery @theguardian.com country diary by @derekniemann.bsky.social.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Murmuration - by Scottish artist and printmaker, Babs Pease
We loved this one so much that we have a copy hanging on our wall!
More of this artist's fabulous work, here: www.babspeasedesign.com
#art #printmaking #linocut #hares #birds
We loved this one so much that we have a copy hanging on our wall!
More of this artist's fabulous work, here: www.babspeasedesign.com
#art #printmaking #linocut #hares #birds
January 24, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Murmuration - by Scottish artist and printmaker, Babs Pease
We loved this one so much that we have a copy hanging on our wall!
More of this artist's fabulous work, here: www.babspeasedesign.com
#art #printmaking #linocut #hares #birds
We loved this one so much that we have a copy hanging on our wall!
More of this artist's fabulous work, here: www.babspeasedesign.com
#art #printmaking #linocut #hares #birds
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It’s The Big Garden Birdwatch his weekend! Keep an eye out for these little cuties 🩷 www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 🤍 #GardenGang
#biggardenbirdwatch #RSPB @rspbscotland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
#biggardenbirdwatch #RSPB @rspbscotland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 AM
It’s The Big Garden Birdwatch his weekend! Keep an eye out for these little cuties 🩷 www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 🤍 #GardenGang
#biggardenbirdwatch #RSPB @rspbscotland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
#biggardenbirdwatch #RSPB @rspbscotland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
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“What’s with the clipboard? And the staring?”
“Must be Birdwatch weekend.”
“So they just... watch us?”
“No. They, er, count us.”
“Oh. Humans are weird, huh?”
#BigGardenBirdwatch
“Must be Birdwatch weekend.”
“So they just... watch us?”
“No. They, er, count us.”
“Oh. Humans are weird, huh?”
#BigGardenBirdwatch
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM
“What’s with the clipboard? And the staring?”
“Must be Birdwatch weekend.”
“So they just... watch us?”
“No. They, er, count us.”
“Oh. Humans are weird, huh?”
#BigGardenBirdwatch
“Must be Birdwatch weekend.”
“So they just... watch us?”
“No. They, er, count us.”
“Oh. Humans are weird, huh?”
#BigGardenBirdwatch
Lovely piece about Hawfinches, here, which I read initially just to find out more about the flared primary flight tips... but then learned SO much more from. #birds #Hawfinches
fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/p/fieldwork-...
fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/p/fieldwork-...
Fieldwork: Why hawfinches?
The chonkiest and most elusive of the UK's finches, the hawfinch is as enigmatic and mysterious as they come.
fieldworkpodcast.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Lovely piece about Hawfinches, here, which I read initially just to find out more about the flared primary flight tips... but then learned SO much more from. #birds #Hawfinches
fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/p/fieldwork-...
fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/p/fieldwork-...
Gorgeous 'Finches' jigsaw puzzle anyone?
1500 pieces and all our UK finches. 1 piece missing (see photo in listing) but still fabulous to do. I had no idea before I did this puzzle that Hawfinches have weird little flared tips to their primary flight feathers! #birds
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/14711321...
1500 pieces and all our UK finches. 1 piece missing (see photo in listing) but still fabulous to do. I had no idea before I did this puzzle that Hawfinches have weird little flared tips to their primary flight feathers! #birds
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/14711321...
January 24, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Gorgeous 'Finches' jigsaw puzzle anyone?
1500 pieces and all our UK finches. 1 piece missing (see photo in listing) but still fabulous to do. I had no idea before I did this puzzle that Hawfinches have weird little flared tips to their primary flight feathers! #birds
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/14711321...
1500 pieces and all our UK finches. 1 piece missing (see photo in listing) but still fabulous to do. I had no idea before I did this puzzle that Hawfinches have weird little flared tips to their primary flight feathers! #birds
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/14711321...