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Hannah Breach

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Naturalist. Norfolk. Mostly wandering about looking at invertebrates with Kevin Radley (in which case all photos his) or observing the creatures in my garden.

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Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · Jul 3

Progress of the Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) larva on Hemlock (Conium maculatum)- now a 5th instar.
#norfolkbutterflies

L5 Papilio machaon larva on Conium maculatum stem.

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Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 7h

Possibly. It may at least make them think twice.
But my sister came across a hound running alone on a road last week. She discovered where it had come from and the rest of the hunt were well away and they didn't seem at all bothered about its welfare.

Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 7h

The hunt are quite good at shooting their own hounds, soon as one puts a foot 'wrong'- bang.

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Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 7h

I agree. I am ashamed to say some of my relatives go hunting.
And I hate it when pro-hunt people say it's only townies that object because they don't understand the countryside. Poppycock! I am from the countryside and I understand exactly what goes on.
I hope you don't get invaded by them again.

Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 1d

Terrible!!
It's happened to our next-door neighbours (we're in Norfolk) the entire pack of hounds and all the riders came through their garden nursery and when they protested and asked them to leave their property the hunt simply ignored them and carried on. Vile sport and vile people.

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 3d

Scarlet Caterpillarclub, Cordyceps militaris.

Cavenham Heath, Suffolk.

Seen on yesterday's trip outside the county for Norfolk Fungus Study Group.

www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2020/10/31/s...

#Fungi #FungiFriends

Scarlet Caterpillarclub, Cordyceps militaris, in situ, in grassland.

Scarlet Caterpillarclub, Cordyceps militaris, picked.

Scarlet Caterpillarclub, Cordyceps militaris, picked. The dark object at the top is the remains of the caterpillar that the fungus parasitised.

Scarlet Caterpillarclub, Cordyceps militaris, in situ (left) and picked (right), in grassland.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 2d

And that has just rejected #SwiftBricks - a modest amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill that would have ensured a future for beautiful birds for whom a place to nest is a matter of life and death

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Is this same Labour Government expanding airports,

refuses to rule out extracting more fossil fuels from the Rosebank Oil Field

Intent on destroying bats, newts and doesn't care about nature?

Not sure going to Brazil alone is going to do much good.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Starmer turns to cop to fend off green threat

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Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 1d

How very sad.

Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 7d

I only just saw the other photos you posted- wow, looks like you had a very successful trip!

Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 9d

Must've been fantastic to watch in person- I've only seen it on television and been amazed by it!

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Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 14d

Indeed! 😄

Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 14d

This has surely been a 'Clouded Yellow year' but very pleased to have one in our Breckland garden today. A first for here and the best views I've ever had of one!
#norfolkbutterflies #cloudedyellow

Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) settled on a Stinging Nettle leaf.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15d

Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Beef, pork, chicken: the world loves cheap meat. If people knew what really goes in it, that love affair would be over | Devi Sridhar

Antibiotic use in farming is now rampant. How meat is produced in China may mean the drugs you need here won’t work, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburg...

www.theguardian.com

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Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 15d

4 commonly seen invertebrates in & around fens. Amber Snail (Succinea putris),
Spiked Shield-bug (Picromerus bidens)
Milky Slug (Deroceras agreste) and Drinker (Euthrix potatoria).
I believe D. agreste is restricted to the Yare Valley in Norfolk. All photos taken on phone so not great!
#broads

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Tim Holt-Wilson @timholtwilson.bsky.social · 15d

'Lost Nature' report from @wildjustice.bsky.social focusing on how housing developers fail to deliver their LEGAL ecological commitments - wildjustice.org.uk/general/lost...
#biodiversity #housing #nature #planning #ecology

Lost Nature - housing developers fail to deliver their ecological commitments. - Wild Justice

Below you will find two versions of the Lost Nature report; a summary version (20 pages) and a full report […]

wildjustice.org.uk

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Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 16d

There were Oak trees where I'd parked. I will look out for them around trees where there are lots of Knopper galls! Incredible looking little parasitoids.

Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 16d

This is a slight cheat as it's not a recent photograph! I found this photo I'd taken a couple of years ago in Surlingham of a
?Ormyrus nitidulus and thought it's such a smart beast I had to post it! Not something I've encountered before or since, this individual was on my car. #hymenoptera

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 17d

I rarely find Neobisium carcinoides so it was a good job that the Norfolk beetle recorder was on hand at NWT Sweet Briar Marshes yesterday to find this one for me. Martin is far better at finding these critters than me! #Arachtober #arachnids #pseudoscorpions

A dark and shiny pseudoscorpion with pale reddish palps and claws facing right on a piece of wood.

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 18d

A large stretch of white foam which has appeared on the river Thet is being investigated by the Environment Agency....

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

Environment Agency investigating foam on Thetford river

People are being warned not to let their pets swim in or drink from the river.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 19d

Blending in beautifully these Walls (Lasiommata megera) have been seen regularly in a Yare Valley garden. Photo Kevin Radley
#butterfly #wallbrown

Lasiommata megera. Female top left, male bottom right.

Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 21d

Why does this not surprise me! 😠

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Tim Holt-Wilson @timholtwilson.bsky.social · 23d

Mosaic scrub land at Cringleford, Norwich is ear-marked for housing development. It is vibrant with life: goldfinches, bushes & berries, ivy bees humming round nest holes.
Across the road, the flail mower has thrashed all this life to the ground. What value do we put on urban fringe biodiversity?

Biodiverse former farmland at Round House Way, Cringleford, Norfolk, UK; part of the suburbs of Norwich. A mosaic of self-seeded herbs, bushes and sapling trees contributes to an island of great biodiversity in the city's urban fringe.

Ivy Bees (Colletes hederae) busy round their nest holes in sandy soil.

Formed biodiverse scrub land at Round House Way, Cringleford, Norwich, swiped off in preparation for new housing development.

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Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 26d

Me too! They are wonderous little animals.

Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 26d

Carabus granulatus preying on a Succinea putris (Amber Snail) about 50 cm above ground level showing that not all 'ground beetles' follow the rules!
Also seen yesterday in the Yare Valley numerous Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Ruby Tiger) cats & Picromerus bidens.
#beetle

Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 26d

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Hannah Breach @hannahbreach.bsky.social · 27d

The Grey Dagger (Acronicta psi) larva is now fully grown and looking rather magnificent.
#norfolkmoths