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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 1h

A Common Toad in the garden today.... @froglife.bsky.social

A distinctive rough, brown blotchy, and olive-brown, warty skinned amphibian was crawling around the border today. Toads tend to crawl rather than hop and have oval, horizontal pupils if you look closely. It is crawling around among the vegetation and dark brown soil of the border.

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 7m

Yes, and then a lovely tree smothered in dead stems, not a 'tidy' look at all.

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 8m

I've tried to find these for sale online without any luck, they all seem to be bulk order and I only want a couple. Where did you get it from?

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Shreyas Kuchibhotla @snake-spider-et-al.bsky.social · 39m

#arachtober A-Z:

Day 6 - F for Floronia - the chameleon spider
Day 7 - G for Gnaphosa (the best spider genus in the best spider family, no other opinions accepted)
Day 8 - H for Heteropoda - giant huntsman spiders (pictured is the delightful H. davidbowie)

@britishspiders.bsky.social

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 47m

My first thought was great, at least Trump didn't get the peace prize but then finding out about her it feels alm9st as bad.

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Andrew Jewels @andrew-jewels.bsky.social · 3h

Still four Striped Shieldbugs (Graphosoma italicum) hanging on at Abbey Gardens, Waltham Abbey, despite the gloomy conditions today. #EssexWildlife #UKBugs

Three Striped Shieldbugs on Hemlock leaf

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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 2h

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 465
talpa esurit, sed difficile est ei vermiculum capere (The mole is hungry but it's hard for her to catch a worm). Silvius vermiculum prendit (Silvius grabs the worm). eheu! vermiculus sinuosus effugit! (Oh dear! The wriggly worm gets away!)

Photo of Silvius the little Latin mouse with a small plush mole. Silvius has caught a worm for her, but it's the wiggliest worm ever, and it is escaping over his shoulder before he can hand it over. Never mind, he can share his lunch with his new friend instead.

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Fortean Times @forteantimes.bsky.social · 3h

Saturday 18 Oct, 6.30pm: The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk. FT regular Matt Salusbury investigates Suffolk's wildmen in an online event. Please email [email protected] and get your free ticket at on our Eventbrite page!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...

The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk

An online talk by Matt Salusbury onSuffolk's strange woodwose figures.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 2h

The Isochnus mine which I collected on 5/10 has produced an adult, allowing identification as I. sequensi. There are some records of this species to N & E of me, but none from the B’ham area, though a beetle this small is easily overlooked. @vc28wildlife.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social

Isochnus sequensi, identified by its yellow fore and mid femora. It measures about 2mm in length.

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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 1h

"Nobel Peace Prize winner Mara Corina Machado supports Israel’s war and Benjamin Netanyahu? Here are the facts"

I am not making this up. I have checked it out from multiple sources. She seems quite keen on Islamophobic, European fascism too.
www.theweek.in/news/middle-...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Mara Corina Machado supports Israel’s war and Benjamin Netanyahu? Here are the facts

Maria Corina Machado had strong political ties with Netanyahu’s Likud party and has said on Twitter that “Venezuela’s struggle is Israel’s struggle” when it comes to the matter of terrorism

www.theweek.in

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 59m

Fabulous photos!

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Lloyd Davies @lloyd9632.bsky.social · 2h

Chthonius ischnocheles with an Orbatid mite meal, in the garden in Shaftesbury. They seem to like these!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 4h

Happy world squid and cuttlefish day!!

Text your friend a squid fact. Watch a video of a cuttlefish doing something cute.
Doodle a squid and then show it to me.

The world is cruel but squid are good.

A giant Australian cuddle fish swims up from the Moy seafloor and looks at the camera. She is red with w shaped curious pupils

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 1h

After seeing Rugosomyces ionides (Violet Domecap) in a beechwood on limestone at Fairburn yesterday, I decided to search the same type of habitat at Brockadale and there it was. This is a more attractive specimen than ones seen yesterday. #fungi

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 6h

Our Norfolk Royal Russet apples have proved very tasty to the larvae of the sawfly Hoplocampa testudinea with quite a few with feeding tracks!

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 3h

In winter and early spring I've seen them feeding on Ivy berries. Another reason that Ivy is so important for wildlife.

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 9h

The Fishing Wren
This bird is spending an increasing amount of time hunting for water shrimps & other aquatic invertebrates.
This feeding behaviour seems to be a feature of the autumn & winter months, despite the garden being full of spiders & Crane Flies at the moment.
Sound on.
#wrens #nature 🌿🦉

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Ms M 💚🌱💙🦊🌳🦔🌸🐞🧶♾️ @themorganic.bsky.social · 8h

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Frank Levi @franknbeanz.bsky.social · Sep 3

Does anyone remember the name of the guy who appeared on Terry Wogan who made these amazing multicoloured jumpers using a knitting machine? Here is the really bizarre response google AI gave me saying it was...Arthur feckin Scargill??

google AI response saying arthur scargill appeared on wogan and knitted a tea cost with a knitting machine

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting. In Norfolk it seems to be restricted areas on clay, or so I've read. The fact that they are short-winged presumably limits dispersal.

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NevereverDave.bsky.social @nevereverdave.bsky.social · 16h

The British by Poet Mr #BenjaminZephaniah

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The British by Benjamin Zephaniah

"Take some Picts, Celts and Silures And let them settle, Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.

Remove the Romans after approximately 400 years Add lots of Norman French to some Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously.

Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans, Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese, Vietnamese and Sudanese.

Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, Nigerians And Pakistanis, Combine with some Guyanese And turn up the heat.

Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians, Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Japanese And Palestinians Then add to the melting pot.

Leave the ingredients to simmer.

As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourish Binding them together with English.

Allow time to be cool.

Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future, Serve with justice And enjoy.

Note: All the ingredients are equally important. Treating one ingredient better than another will leave a bitter unpleasant taste.

Warning: An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain. Give justice and equality to all."

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Palustris @palustris.bsky.social · 7h

A conversation about hedge-laying led me to the 'A Load of Old Billhooks' website: www.billhooks.co.uk If you're interested in traditional rural crafts, it's an impressive resource, covering Europe as well as Britain. This is what the internet was made for.

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John Vigar @johnevigar.bsky.social · 12h

Romanesque pillar piscina at Swannington church, Norfolk, decorated with a lively image of St George and the Dragon. Church open daily

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 1d

In spring 2021 we stayed in Seaford and looked for and found Anthophora retusa (Potter Flower Bee) at one of its last UK sites.

Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 1d

Far more than just the view. Seaford Head nature reserve provides a vital habitat for one of our rarest bees. The Potter Flower Bee nests by burrowing into the sandy soils on the clifftops and is only found at two other sites in the country

📸Potter Flower Bee ©Alex Worsley/Seaford Head ©Dennis Hunt

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

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Terumbu @terumbudivers.com · 1d

Lizardfish Synodontidae
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #giliair #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #fish #Lizardfish

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