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Lauren Field

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Curator (natural history) at Bolton Museum. Amateur wildlife photographer. Will bore on about my cat, foxes and Murder, She Wrote. She/her. 📸 - https://www.instagram.com/ren.field.2?igsh=bGEzbmJhcG9vZXI4

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Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · 3d

….spinosaurus via the museum’s collections. It has been really exciting to explore the natural world with the kids (and adults!) of Bolton, and I can’t wait to see what 2026 brings for this group of young nature enthusiasts. 🍃🍁🦊

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · 3d

2025 saw the launch of the Young Naturalists Club at Bolton Museum and this week we held the final session of the year. Over 6 sessions since February we have had 649 attendees and have learnt about everything from birds to botany, and from spiders to….

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · 18d

Found this amazing 🍄 today! 20cm across, 21cm tall - wow! It must be protected at all costs. (Just by accident wearing the most appropriate shirt!)

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North Wales Wildlife Trust / Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gogledd Cymru @northwaleswt.bsky.social · 26d

⚠️ A friendly reminder ⚠️ please share!
Fake spider webs can pose a real danger to autumn wildlife that can become trapped and unable to break free.
Help wildlife this Halloween by making sure your celebrations don't become frightful for nature.

📷NWWT Lin Cummins, Vaughn Matthews, Jon Hawkins

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Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · 23d

Had a really great weekend this week, especially being out searching for and recording fungi yesterday. 🍄🍄‍🟫

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · 28d

Hey! No, not at all. With Bolton I have a bank of data from previous projects but over all I’m interested in collecting sightings from across then UK if possible, for wider research.

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · 28d

Following on from my post yesterday: here is the fox seen in 1991, in comparison with a fox seen in my mum’s back garden in January 2024. Have you spotted a fox recently? Let me know… [email protected]

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Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · 29d

Going through the natural history archive at Bolton Museum today, I came across this snapshot of a fox spotted in 1991. I’m keen to start recording at the museum again to ensure an accurate understanding of our local flora and fauna; the data we already have collected is invaluable!

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · Sep 29

Oh my god. Yesterday I went to see bat-eared foxes in person for the first time, and I don’t think I can ever get over it. 🦊

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · Sep 29

Really enjoyed showing students from Sixth Form Bolton a selection of objects from the botany collection here at Bolton Museum today. They were using them as inspiration, and to explore observational drawing - a great use of the natural history collections!

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · Sep 19

What a privilege it is to a) get to work with these amazing animals, and b) get to share them, and the rest of the natural history collection at Bolton Library & Museum Services, with our visitors… a real privilege every day. Join us tomorrow if you like foxes too / as much as I do! 🦊

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · Sep 10

A great first day back at work after a holiday, with research requests coming in… it seems owls are the bird of the moment with our barn and tawny owls currently getting involved with very interesting studies. (A day late for this #TaxidermyTuesday!)

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · Aug 27

A nice and relaxing walk around Low Hall Nature Reserve earlier this week. 🌿🦉

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · Aug 26

Wow!
This is just wonderful. 🐻🥰

Oxford University Museum of Natural History @morethanadodo.bsky.social · Aug 26

One of our summer placement students created a beautiful webcomic honouring one of the most popular of our touchable specimens in the Museum.

Art by Olli Ellis

A webcomic with two frames, the top frame has the text ‘loved in life’ with a mother and cub brown bear, with a yellow imposed image of a bears paw print on the heart of the bear. The second frame has the text ‘and in death’ with our taxidermy brown bear showing yellow human hand prints imposed over it.

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Oxford University Museum of Natural History @morethanadodo.bsky.social · Aug 26

One of our summer placement students created a beautiful webcomic honouring one of the most popular of our touchable specimens in the Museum.

Art by Olli Ellis

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Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · Aug 22

A great few days leading nature walks and crafting with nature - arguably, the best job in the world. 🍃 🌸

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · Aug 22

🚨New dinosaur alert!🚨

A new species of sail-backed iguanodontian has been named from southern England by the ever-prolific @valdosaurus.bsky.social. Yet another to add to the growing list! #FossilFriday 🦕🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

New sail-backed dinosaur species unearthed on the Isle of Wight | Natural History Museum

The name of Istiorachis macarthurae honours the sailor Dame Ellen MacArthur.

www.nhm.ac.uk

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Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · Aug 17

A hot but great walk with friends today, up Rivington Pike. 🌳☀️

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · Aug 10

Another lovely walk today, this time around Risley Moss Local Nature Reserve. 🌿🦊

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · Aug 7

Another lovely walk around Amberswood. 🌳🌿🍃🦆🦢

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Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · Aug 7

Blood-vein
(Timandra comae)
Leicestershire 06/08/25
#teammoth

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Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · Aug 2

Had a lovely meal for our anniversary today. ❤️

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · Jul 31

Here are some corvids I have photographed. The chough was the hardest to see, as you’d expect. See more on my instagram @ren.field.2

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · Jul 31

#TaxidermyTuesday - late as always! But it’s been a busy week of talking about birds, and Young Naturalist Clubs. At the start of the week (well, Saturday) I enjoyed a day in the Nature Gallery talking to visitors about corvids and how we identify the different crows... with help from this raven!

Lauren Field @renfield87.bsky.social · Jul 24

A great day today at Smithills Hall for a nature walk - lots of leaves identified and lots of insects spotted. And the perfect weather again, very lucky! 🌿🐞🪰☀️