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Simon Summerisle
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Tourettes, Autism, Astronomy, Nature, Cricket and Running. Rubbish at all of them.
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The greatest tree of our town

#nature #writing #trees #autumnwatch #photography

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The Great Tree
There is a tree that I have long believed to be the largest tree in town, and I haven't come across anything to make me doubt this. Indeed,...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Found a plant that is seemingly called "love lies bleeding" !

#nature #wildflowers #photography
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Hour's walk this afternoon, get my Tourettes head straight.

Sunset over sconce fort.

#nature #sunset #photography
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Snowy and blackening waxcaps for fungi Friday!

#nature #fungi #photography
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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It's a shaggy inkcapa sunset!

#nature #photography #fungi
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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"It's spring!" thinks this buttercup and baby speedwell. The mild wet weather has fooled them.

#nature #photography #wildflowers
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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The campus rosemary bush is full of hibernating rosemary beetles.

A pretty obvious place to find them, but I love these glittering little bugs.

#nature #beetles #photography #autumnwatch
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Still enjoying seeing things on the wing!

#nature #writing #photography #autumnwatch #bees #bumblebees

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Late Season Critters
It's been a week of mist, fog, and grey skies depositing various amounts of rainfall on our heads. Storms are expected later in the week.  ...
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October 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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The new buff tailed bumblebee queens are on the move, looking for hibernation sites

#nature #bumblebees #photography
October 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Still some bumblebees about when the English sun shines #nature #writing #photography #bumblebees #wildflowers

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Make the Most of the Bright Days
Well, I've just hit 21 years old again, and getting over a Tourettes mega phase and all the manic nonsense that accompanies it.  Hot weathe...
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October 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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My sister receibg the best approach from a male she will receive all year

#nature #photography #goat
October 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Last of the coralberry flowers getting a buzzy customer

#nature #rspb #bees #photography
October 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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The full harvest moon last night amid the clouds.

#nature #moon #photography #astronomy
October 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Good morning from this common flower fly. This was taken yesterday though.

This actual morning is grey and damp, and storm Amy is going to be blowing a hoolie with heavy rain later on. For when I cycle home, in fact.

#nature #insects #photography
October 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Here's a golden furry lovely, the common carder bee

Soon be time for this queen to take a nap

#nature #bumblebees #photography
October 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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The sentinel who watches over me for months now

#photography #industry #crane
September 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Slow but in the library gardens. Did a little seed collecting too

#nature #insects #wildflowers #photography
September 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Still some dragonflies about, enjoying autumn sun

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#nature #writing #dragonflies #bees #photography
Sunbathing Dragonflies
For some reason, the cycle track bridge over the A1 becomes a favourite sunbathing spot for dragonflies this time of year.  More specifical...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Running at sunset again

#nature #sunset #running #photography
September 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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The book of Tourettes was opened again.

#writing #tourettes #sketch #neurodiverse
September 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Common carder bumblebee queen enjoying autumn toadflax. Must be a new queen getting a nest site sorted for hibernation.

#nature #bumblebees #photography
September 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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More late season creatures and colours

#nature #writing #photography #bees #bumblebees #wildflowers

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The Last of late Season Colour
The warm weather disappeared largely very quickly, replaced by unsettled weather and occasionally heavy rain that blocked my guttering and ...
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September 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Still small flashes of colour in my planters.

#nature #wildflowers #photography
September 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Got a buff tailed bumblebee in flight. Still in good condition this one! My tics didn't scare it away lol.

#nature #bumblebees #photography #tourettes
September 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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End of season honeybees find our extensive campus coralberry bushes vital. There's not much left around here.

#nature #bees #photography
September 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM