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Ragged Robin

@carolineirwin3.bsky.social

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Passionate about natural history, environment and conservation, visiting historic buildings, churches and gardens. Love reading and photography.

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Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · May 14

A lovely walk this afternoon along the River Blythe. Wild Garlic, Red Campion, Cow Parsley, Hawthorn, Yellow Archangel, Buttercups and Bluebells flowering.

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Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · 16h

#RoseWednesday from Hatfield, Herefordshire.

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OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 20h

Exciting stuff. A young male hedgehog now building a nest in the hedgehog house I put out. I've put a lot of hay in there and then put hay around and he's been dragging extra in.

cc @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social

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Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social · 1d

You might see the wonderful work we have done for the Small Blue if you click on the links below. Even though the project ran 2009-12 weeks are still actively managing those sites & working hard at ensuring the butterfly continues to thrive in Warwickshire 😀🦋

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Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · 19h

It looks like one to me.We once had one in our garden too - just a one off sighting.

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 19h

Most common garden problems can be solved without the need for harmful chemicals 🧪❌

For aphids, try using a hose attachment to spray them off, or simply removing them with a cloth.

Butterfly Conservation's guide to gardening without pesticides: Aphids. Graphic shows a hose spraying aphids off a plant with water. Text reads: 'Most aphids can be sprayed off with a hose. Encourage predators by growing flowers such as Michaelmas Daisy and Fennel that attract hoverflies, beetles and ladybirds.'

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 19h

Our National Parks are at risk. ⚠️

From the rugged Lakes to the sweeping South Downs, these landscapes define us and our future. They sustain wildlife, communities and our wellbeing - and they must be protected.

A future that puts them at risk isn't what anyone voted for.

A scenic view of a National Park landscape with a winding stone path leading through green hills and valleys under soft sunlight. In the centre of the image, bold black text on a red-and-black hazard-striped background reads: “DON’T WEAKEN NATIONAL PARK PROTECTIONS.” Below it, in white text, is the hashtag “#NationalParksMatter.”

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Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · 20h

#WindowsOnWednesday Stained Glass by Tom Denny at Tewkesbury Abbey to commemorate the 900 year anniversary of the arrival of monks at Tewkesbury. Entitled "Work" and "Prayer".

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Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · 20h

#WallsOnWednesday from Sarehole Mill, Birmingham.

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Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · 1d

#ThickTrunkTuesday from Harvington Hall. An ancient elm stump once part of an avenue of trees that led to the hall.

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bogtrotter2024.bsky.social @bogtrotter2024.bsky.social · 2d

Calling citizen scientists / mycologists, please consider helping ....

"This autumn, help Plantlife find Britain’s most colourful and important fungi – waxcaps."

#Fungi #Waxcaps

www.plantlife.org.uk/waxcapwatch/

Take part in Waxcap Watch 2025 - Plantlife

This autumn, help us find the UK’s grassland waxcaps. Knowing where waxcaps are thriving helps us to protect ancient meadows.

www.plantlife.org.uk

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Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Isabelle - it is a super photo :)

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Steve Jackson @atcherleyons.bsky.social · 2d

One from the archive for #NationalBadgerDay.

#MammalMonday #UKWildlife #Mammals

Photo of a Eurasian Badger cub (Meles meles) foraging on the woodland floor. The cub is heading towards the photographer, head turned towards the left side of the image. The Eurasian Badger has a white face with a thick black stripe on either side, each one running upwards from the muzzle and enclosing the eye and white-tipped ear. The legs and feet are black, while the body appears greyish or, when the Badger lives in a burrow system (or sett) dug into sandy soil as in this case, brownish.

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Temple Balsall @templebalsall.bsky.social · 2d

@bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

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Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.social · 2d

Shared for #MotteMonday

Peter Dunn’s reconstruction of a motte and bailey castle near Cropton in North Yorkshire

#MedievalMonday

Andrew Burn @apburn44.bsky.social · 4d

Ive been scribbling my thoughts about the landscape around Cropton and had to share this lovely Peter Dunn reconstruction of the Motte and Bailey Castle just outside the modern village.

(Found on the Woodland Trust Interpretation Panel for the site)

Fantastic Peter Dunn reconstruction painting of the medieval village of Cropton with crofts reaching. Ack to a stone and wood motte and bailey castle on the edge of a green wooded ridge.

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Watercolours By Rachel @elidanza.bsky.social · 2d

Today is National Badger Day

Happy Monday x

#October #Watercolour #Leaves #woodland #watercolor #badgers #trees #watercolourpainting #autumn #wildlife #BritishWildlife #light #inspiration #painting #art

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 4d

The Redwing steals the show in today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight! 🍂

Their rusty red flanks and soft ‘seep seep’ calls are a sure sign of autumn as flocks sweep in overnight from icy Scandinavia, Iceland and Russia.

Spot them enjoying berries in our fields and hedgerows.

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Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · 3d

I hope you find the window when you re-visit. Have you seen the Tom Denny windows in the Audley Chapel? They really are so beautiful. I spent half an hour in there taking photos and just gazing at them!

Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks :)

Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · 3d

From memory it is towards the West End of the Cathedral on the south side near the font and tomb of Sir Richard Pembridge. (I think the font has recently been moved to its current position?)

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

I am a stranger here in Gloucestershire.
These high wild hills and rough uneven ways
Draws out our miles and makes them wearisome.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.

#shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 3d

The very colourful rood screen at the Church of All Saints in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, has some unusual decoration…it was re-painted in 1935 by Henry Bird, who happened to be a lepidopterist and incorporated hundreds of butterflies into his design!

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Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · 3d

#StainedGlassSunday from Hereford Cathedral. A Special Air Force Memorial by John Maine RA 2017.

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Tamsin Abbott @tamsintheshed.bsky.social · 4d

For #UKfungusday here’s one of my illustrations for Wild Folk. A feast of fungi painted on glass.

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Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you Isabelle - that is wonderful :)

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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · 4d

🍄 ⭐ It's #UKFungusDay today! ⭐🍄 Join in with events, online activities, competitions. Share your favourite fungus facts, photos & creations. Learn about these amazing organisms & celebrate our fungal world. www.ukfungusday.co.uk
#fungi #nature #mushrooms #fungus

A photo of pin mould Spinellus fusiger covering the cap of a Mycena species fruitbody. White mushroom cap with brown stem on a green background. Taken by Mike Blacknell, a UK Fungus Day 2024 Photography Competition runner-up.

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