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Helen Bennett 🌿

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Nature lover & trying, in my own small way, to conserve & protect it! Passionate about habitat creation & gardening for ALL wildlife. Oh yes, I'm a nature photographer & I paint too! : )) All images shared are my own © From South East, England, UK

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 15h

Just had to take a photo of this perfect looking Amanita muscaria lurking on the dark woodland floor! 🍄 📷 🌿

Wishing everyone a good weekend ahead 🕊️

#Scape #ForestFriday #FungiFriday #Photography #Mushroom #Nature #EastCoastKin

A photograph of a Fly agaric mushroom that has a bright red cap that is covered in wart-like white spots which are remnants of the white veil of tissue that at first enclosed the young mushroom, and are sometimes washed off by the rain. It has a white stem with a bulbous base. Native to the UK. It is poisonous and infamous for its psychoactive and hallucinogenic properties!

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Tim H @timhopper.bsky.social · 3d

Every so often I come across a close-up photo of a Jackdaw that reminds me of this verse:

Thrice happy bird! I too have seen
Much of the vanities of men;
And sick of having seen ’em,
Would cheerfully these limbs resign
For such a pair of wings as thine,
And such a head between ’em.

#WilliamCowper

A close-up of the head and chest of a Western Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) by Kevinsphotos via Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/photos/jackdaw-blackbird-bird-animal-2332455/

The head of the Western Jackdaw is highly distinctive, featuring a glossy black cap on the crown and forehead that often exhibits a subtle blue or purple sheen. This dark cap sharply contrasts with the light grey or greyish-silver nape, cheeks, and sides of the neck, which often create a "hood" or "shawl" appearance. Its facial features are completed by a short, stout, black bill and, most notably, bright pale blue-grey or silvery-white irises in the adult, which stare out against the dark facial plumage, serving as a key identification marker. 2.5 Flash (Edited) 😊

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 19m

Great shots, Tim 👏🌚

Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you, Sinead 😊🍄 It does sound plausible, but I don't think it is. I'm not an expert, but I believe Amanita muscaria is known for the compound muscimol, which has psychoactive properties, but these are not due to anti-muscarinic activity.

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 9h

Beautiful 💙💚 Hope your weekend is a lovely one, Jules. Good night ✨️🤗🕊

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💛💜JB💛💜 @msjulesb.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning and happy Friday, BS! 🦋👋…
Wishing you a bright finish to the week and all the cosy weekend vibes!
☕️🌱☀️🌳💛🤎🌿🍂✨🥂
#nature #ForestFriday

A field in early autumn with a view dense trees… a pond in the distance to the left … the sky is blue with white and grey clouds

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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 @alinagrafik.bsky.social · 11h

#ForestFriday #Scape

Finding the way through a forest of oak trees.

#EastCoastKin #Hiking #LandscapePhotography #OakTrees

A trail wraps along the side of a hill while long oak tree branches reach out and form an arch over the trail. There are lighter green trees in the background and hazy sun. The ground is covered with fallen oak leaves. King Trail in the Irish Hills of San Luis Obispo, California

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Mark D Alexander @mad7500.bsky.social · 13h

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay
Take some time for yourself this weekend, #GetOutside #Breathe connect with wildlife, and let #Nature work its magic ✨ 💚🌿☀️it can and will reduce stress, anxiety and depression…Take care of yourselves and your loved ones…be #Happy #Smile #Laugh
📷 🌿🌱💚🌳☀️🤗😘
#ECK #Scape

View over a reservoir in Autumn. In the distance autumnal trees, reflecting on the water
Alton Water, Suffolk U.K.

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Rüm Hart @luvundlee.bsky.social · 11h

Ich mag Klee. ☘️
I like Klee.
#eastcoastkin #scape

Eine Blüte von einem Wiesenklee in Nahaufnahme, im Hintergrund sind mehrere unscharfe andere Wildpflanzen.

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 9h

Stunning capture, Breezie 🧡🌅 ✨️

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 10h

"To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others."

-Jack Kornfield

a very dark red sunset with mountains in the background and bushes in the front. The sun is low behind the mountains. Photo taken with rose colored glasses in front of lens.

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you 🍄🙂

Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you, Jules 🤗🍂🕊🫶

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 1d

It's #FrohawkFriday, the day we celebrate the butterfly studies and artwork of FW Frohawk.

Today's featured species is Small Heath - a small tawny brown butterfly of, aptly enough, heathland, but also rough grassland. Frohawk's artwork doesn't do their hairiness justice!

#butterflies

Plate 41 of FW Frohawk's 'Natural History of British Butterflies', featuring Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)

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Jon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social · 4d

Like pleading, desperate hands clutching at thin air, Madre-de-louro, or Mother of laurel fungus stretches away from the trunks of laurel trees in the lush green laurisilva forests of Madeira. It's a fabulous, enigmatic fungus - its closest relative is found in Japan. #fungi

Madre-de-louro (Laurobasidium lauri) © Jon Dunn

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 10h

Beautifully done!

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 10h

Lovely drawing, Allan, you've really captured the likeness👍I've been trying to paint a Crested Tit but keep managing to mess up the crest!

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Bobbitworm (AllanM) @opengtuning.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s offering, Crested Tit, coloured pencil
#birds #birdart #art #wildlife

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 1d

For this #ThursJay, a Steller’s Jay with a tasty snack
#birds #jays

A Steller’s Jay sitting on a small branch against a light yellow background.

A Steller’s Jay on a large branch holding a light green colored fruit in its bill.

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 10h

Stunning! 👏💙 🪶

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GrahamC75 @grahamc57.bsky.social · 12d

A male Kingfisher helpfully flew in and landed a few yards away. Seen at one of my local Reserves.

#UKWildlife #Kingfisher #Bird #RSPB

Photo of a male Kingfisher perched on a stick, showing off his electric turquoise and orange colours...

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 10h

Definitely adorable! Lovely capture 👏🙂

Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 10h

Beautiful image Graham, they are wonderful #birds to see 👍

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GrahamC75 @grahamc57.bsky.social · 13h

A Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago, of the family Scolopacidae, seen on one of my local Reserves.

#ukwildlife #Snipe #Birding #UKBirds

A photo of a Common Snipe, seen outside one of the Hides at RSPB Rye Meads. A lovely sight in the sunshine!

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks so much, Alan 🙏🍂🍄 I do find it difficult photographing things in low light, but I was happy with this one even though it is a little bit grainy! I'm sure all the professionals have special rigs with lights, but I just have me and my old camera! 😊

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 11h

Gorgeous 🐿🍂