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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 9h

The tower of the church of St Lawrence Lackford #Suffolk including its Decorated west window and a strange collection of miniature gravestones. 🤔
#SteepleSaturday

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Ben @benjyhere.bsky.social · 12h

Just when you think the season's over.... #HummingbirdHawkMoth #TeamMoth

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 10h

Humming-bird Hawkmoth on a Rosemary bush even though it was just 10°C right on cue for Big Biology Day at Hills Road Sixth-form College #Cambridge today. #TeamMoth

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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 21h

A reminder that Norfolk county gall recorder Anne Hickley is leading an NNNS walk looking at plant galls at Thompson Common tomorrow (Sunday 25th October 2025). Free, all welcome. For meeting details see norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...

Two oak galls, made up of pale green twisted rods emendation from a central base. Darker green Oak leaves are behind them.

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 1d

Depends how many fungi (or similar) photos you want to take. My mirror fits into a pocket or a section of a knapsack. Only limitation can be light levels and the ability of my old knees to get me back up.

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s #Suffolk County Council marking the subtle transition from a byway to a bridleway on Cavenham Heath.
#FingerpostFriday

Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t remember exactly where I got it but on the back it says PASTHORIZONS and they are still in business:

pasthorizons.com/products/cre...

Credit Card black and white photography scale

Printed on matte white, non-reflective rigid plastic (with a biodegradable central core) this is the perfect wallet fitting scale to carry at all times. This credit card sized scale features a black a...

pasthorizons.com

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re caught without coins then standard credit/debit card is 85.6 × 53.98 mm. I wouldn’t want to use mine like that so I’ve got a dedicated scale (intended for archaeology apparently). Here it is with two almond flowers.

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 1d

Caddisflies, maybe Cinnamon Sedge of the several Limnephilus sp.
Left in sunshine on an oak leaf at Lackford Lakes #Suffolk @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social yesterday.
Right in shade on a wooden fence at Wicken Fen near #Cambridge @midsandeastnt.bsky.social
today.
#caddis #caddisfly

Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 1d

25.48 mm diameter apparently (so that would be an inch in 'old money' 😉).

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! Much easier to see pores or gills without damage to the fungus. My memory jogged recently by photo from @s4r4h-l.bsky.social after seeing one used over a year ago by @geertje-geertsma.bsky.social 🤗🤗

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 1d

Marsh Fern, Thelypteris palustris, beside the boardwalk at Wicken Fen today. Sterile and fertile fronds, plus a close up of sori. @midsandeastnt.bsky.social
#FernFriday

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 1d

🌿 Our Head of Horticulture, Sally Petitt, will be sharing her expert advice on The Garden Party live with Thordis Fridriksson on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire this Sunday.📻Tune in from 11am on BBC Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk.

Sally Petitt, the Head of Horticulture at Cambridge University Botanic Garden, wearing a blue CUBG branded Tshirt in front of the Glasshouse Range.

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 1d

On a tree stump in St Lawrence churchyard Lackford #Suffolk what I think is Giant Polypore, Meripilus giganteus, for #FungiFriday.

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 1d

Found my fungi photo mirror and tried it out at Lackford Lakes @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social for #FungiFriday. #Suffolk

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 2d

The door to a secret garden? Maybe, but as it was locked it was keeping its secrets. Today at Lackford Lakes @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
#ADoorableThursday

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Cliff! I'm in Cambridge but regularly visit Suffolk. My interest began when looking for Native Black Poplar trees. We have several mature males but nothing to compare with the ancient female tree in Abbey Gardens. Here she is today just starting to show autumn colour.
#Trees #BuryStEdmunds

Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 2d

I was told recently that "the trouble with botanists is that they wander all over the fields looking for rare plants and disturb the rare birds nesting there"! Can't imagine where that was referring to. 😉

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone good on their ant ID? Seen in dunes just above the high water line at Blakeney Point. Looked larger and less hairy than Lasius flavus.

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Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute.bsky.social · 2d

Hidden genetic changes have been uncovered in healthy cells, thanks to an improved version of NanoSeq, an ultra-accurate DNA sequencing tool. 🧬

The breakthrough offers new insights into ageing, disease, and the origins of cancer. ⤵️

www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/im...

Improved genetic tool reveals hidden mutations that can drive cancer

A new and improved version of NanoSeq unlocks clues into ageing, disease and cancer development.

www.sanger.ac.uk

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Ferwen @ferwen.bsky.social · 4d

Ancient DNA from 300,000-year-old horses communities.springernature.com/posts/ancien...

Ancient DNA from 300,000-year-old horses

By combining archaeology, ancient DNA, and bioinformatics, researchers reconstructed 300,000-year-old horse mitochondrial genomes, uncovering a previously unknown branch at the base of all living hors...

communities.springernature.com

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 3d

The Ramsey Community Bus is running free shuttles between the The Pavilion Community Hub, Ramsey Library and the Ramsey Rural Museum CIO on Sunday. Please share the timetable with anyone who would find this useful. Thank you! @wildlifebcn.org

Timetable for the community bus on Sunday 12th October. Collects from the Pavilion at half past the hour, from the library at quarter to the hour and drops off and leaves the museum on the hour.

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Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service @suffolkbis.bsky.social · 3d

🌱 Oct 18 || Suffolk Wildlife Trust: Youth Action for Nature >>> www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/events/2025-...

Youth Action for Nature | Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Young nature-lovers in Suffolk unite! An open event for 16-25yrs and youth organisations to meet and share ideas about protecting and restoring nature in Suffolk.

www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org

Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 3d

Ivy Bee in sunshine where else but on ivy, in the company of a ladybird, and visiting a shady sandy bank. Almost certainly not the same bee! 😉
#WildWebsWednesday #Suffolk #Brecks

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 3d

Ruined wall in Abbey Gardens #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk with autumn colour of Broad-leaved Cockspur Thorn, #Crataegus × persimilis. #WallsOnWednesday

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