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Simon Summerisle
@simonsummerisle72.bsky.social
Tourettes, Autism, Astronomy, Nature, Cricket and Running. Rubbish at all of them.
We have a bit of a thaw in progress, so I'm glad I got this shot earlier of a beautiful ice formation.

It's location - our campus smoking shed ..

#nature #winter #photography
January 6, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Lots of hard ice still about, although not as bad as I feared, so walked to work rather than cycled.

45 minutes in -5!

First day back, the moon setting over a frozen badlands

#nature #winter #photography
January 6, 2026 at 8:07 AM
More aconite in flower in the friary gardens. The little blonde choir singers.

#nature #photography #wildflowers
January 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
January 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Sunset walk, unfiltered.

Delighted to listen to radio 4 broadcast a Thomas Hardy story about love and astronomy!

#nature #astronomy #sunset #photography
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Thanks for the amazing reaction I've getting to some of my recent posts, and hello to my new followers!

I'm a nature photographer based in England, with Tourettes, autism and all manner of neurodivergence thrown in.

I'm a runner too, some fabulous sunset views last night.

#sunset #photography
January 2, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Another lunar halo tonight, multi haloes in multi colours

#nature #photography #astrophotography #moon
December 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Slightly early this season, as are most things I've seen in flower
December 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Snowdrops in the cemetery. The small pleasure of an hour's walk listening to radio 4. The cold crisp day was enjoyable.

#nature #wildflowers #photography
December 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Was rather astonished to find a buff tailed bumblebee queen on the wing today, feeding off mahonia.

Hope she goes back to sleep, a cold snap is coming.

#nature #bumblebees #wildflowers #photography
December 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Early in the season for them, but I headed to the friary gardens, home of the great tree, to look for aconite.

And they were out! Little blonde heads in their green cloaks.

#nature #photography #wildflowers
December 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Even the hazel catkins are opening out before the year has even ended, and their own tiny flowers are threatening to bloom.

#nature #wildflowers #photography
December 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A clear and frosty night sky backyard vista from last night, Orion as ever dominant

#nature #astronomy #photography
December 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
See also the John Cale song of the same title
December 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Real turkey tail, and false turkey tail, in a muddy and grey stapleford woods

#nature #photography #fungi
December 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I wonder how fungi go down on blue sky?

New to me, came across this yellow staghorn on a walk through stapleford woods.

#nature #fungi #photography
December 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Another sunset view across the badlands to the church and the sentinel

#nature #photography #sunset
December 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
That's awfully hot
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The garden view of the night sky, with a closer study of Gemini with Jupiter, castor and Pollux.

#nature #astronomy #astrophotography #jupiter #gemini #stars
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sunset views across the badlands. Church, sentinel and sugar factory are about 4km away.

#nature #photography #sunset #sky #skyscape
December 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A magpie atop a cycle path lamp post flying off as I emerged through the murky drizzle on my pushbike
December 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Black and white scenes from around the town and park as I mooched about on a grim day!

The sentinel at work doing it's crane things. Feels like it's been there forever.

#nature #photography #history #heritage #cranes
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A robin silhouetted at sunset

#nature #birds #photography #sunset
December 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Second wildflower to bloom this cold season after snowdrop is this gorse bush in our campus.

We had bees on it mid January last year.

#nature #wildflowers #photography #winterwatch
December 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM