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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 2d

👻 Dare you visit us after dark on Halloween? 🕷️

🎃 Join us for freaky family fun and fab food from @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social, 3–8pm on Friday 31 October 🧙‍♀️

🎟️ Tickets just £3/person (free parking)
🥔 Baked potatoes £5–£7.50

🦇 Book: kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/hall...

Purple background festooned with pumpkins, bats, ghosts, witches' hats. The text in orange and black reads, "Join us for HALLOWEEN. Creepy craft making, pumpkin carving, toasted marshmallows, face painting from 5pm, spooky stories from 6pm, jacket potatoes and yummy cakes. Fri 31st Oct, 3pm – 8 pm"

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 6d

Become a Supporter of Kingfishers Bridge for just £45/household/year to get:

📰 Regular updates about the Reserve
🥾Priority booking and 10% discount on Guided Walks
🍰 10% discount @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social
🚗 Free onsite parking
💕 Our deepest thanks

www.kingfishersbridge.org/become-a-sup...

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 8d

Strong candidate for the best cycling photo ever.

the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 8d

Four photos from the Cor Vos agency. This first one is Joop Zoetemelk doing some motor-pacing in a time when road safety and childcare was a bit different...

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Karin Robinson @karinjr.bsky.social · 9d

The thing is, if they wanted to accurately reflect what immigrants coming here on work visas look like, they would be showing pictures of people queuing up at the airport. But then migrants would look so... normal. They'd look exactly like everyone else. And we can't have that, can we?

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9d

Whoever is on The Times picture + social media account is reinforcing public misunderstanding of immigration, by using pictures of asylum seekers in boats to discuss the big rise in visa immigration of 2021-24

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 9d

Tough new conditions to be imposed on migrants who want to settle in the UK will not apply to more than a million people who arrived in the UK under the post-Brexit immigration surge

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Katie Fuller @katiefullerart.bsky.social · 13d

I’m really excited to have some of my cards on sale at Kingfisher’s Bridge, a beautiful nature reserve between Cambridge and Ely. They do lovely coffee and cake, too! ☕️

Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 13d

💗 We're thrilled to stock some of @katiefullerart.bsky.social beautiful greetings cards in our Visitor Centre shop!
👩‍🎨 Katie is a really talented local printmaker who uses innovative techniques and inks to highlight Fenland wildlife. All printed on sustainable materials in compostable packaging too!

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 12d

Ah, I’m sorry! Sending you comfort from across the water

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 13d

💗 We're thrilled to stock some of @katiefullerart.bsky.social beautiful greetings cards in our Visitor Centre shop!
👩‍🎨 Katie is a really talented local printmaker who uses innovative techniques and inks to highlight Fenland wildlife. All printed on sustainable materials in compostable packaging too!

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 12d

yeah we're into LLMs (Large Lamb-bridge Models)

A herd of sheep move across a marshy bridge.

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 14d

⚠️ We've only got a few places left on this season's Bat Walks, so if you're keen to come, you'd better grab 'em fast!

🦇 this Sunday, 29 September, 6:45 pm — FIVE tickets left
🦇 Saturday 4 October, 6:3pm — just TWO remaining

🗓️ Book at kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/even...

Text: "Evening Bat Walks, Autumn 20245. £15 per person. Includes expert insights from our Warden, parking, and a hot drink from the Kingfisher Café. Book now at www.kingfishersbridge.org".

Background: photograph of Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve at sunset, with a picnic table on grass in the foreground, and an orange sun setting over dark trees in the background. The sky fades upwards from cloudy grey to lighter blue

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 16d

Autumn migration is in full swing! 🍁

Have you noticed any of our winter visitors arriving? Stay tuned: we'll be shining a daily spotlight on the birds joining us for the colder months.

Check out the Arrival Boards to see who’s flying in and when! 👇

This arrivals board highlights the first autumn migrants. Birds like Purple Sandpiper arrive as early as June, while Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Grey Plover, and Sanderling follow from August. September brings larger movements, including Brent Goose, Pintail, Pink-footed Goose, and Shoveler. By late September into October, Brambling, Lapland Bunting, and Redwing join the flocks, along with Barnacle Goose and Fieldfare arriving from October into November. Bewick’s Swan is a key highlight of October arrivals.

This arrivals board shows species arriving later in autumn. Goldeneye appear from late September into October, followed by Pochard, Teal, and Rough-legged Buzzard in October. October also brings Glaucous Gull, Great Northern Diver, and the scarce Great Grey Shrike. By late October and November, arrivals include Woodcock, Water Pipit, Whooper Swan, and Long-tailed Duck, with Shore Lark also appearing around this time. Waxwing provides a classic late arrival in November to December, while Knot stands out as a winter arrival in January.

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 15d

Genuine LOL 😹

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 16d

Handel took the sandals

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 18d

Miss Mitzi looks irresistible! I'm sure you two will be very happy together 😻

I'm so sorry for the reason she's having to leave her first home, but she and her former owners have lucked out with you x

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 18d

❎ Sat 11/10 and Sat 25/10 already SOLD OUT!

✅ Still plenty of availability on Sunday 28 September and Saturday 4 October.

🛼 But get your skates on if you're interested in booking, as our Bat Walks always sell out fast. Details below ⤵️

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 18d

🦇 Bat walks are BACK 🌙🦇

🙋If you're bats about bats, book right now, as our ever-popular twilight trips into the Reserve always sell fast:

🗓️ Sun 28/9, 6:45pm
Sat 4/10, 6:30 pm
Sat 11/10, 6:15pm
Sat 25/10, 5:45pm — only 3 places left!

kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/even...

Text: Evening Bat Walks, Autumn 2025. £15 per person. Includes expert insights from our Warden, parking, and a hot drink from the Kingfisher Café. Book now at www.kingfishersbridge.org.

Background photo: the sun setting over the river Cam at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve. Green meadows and a picnic bench in the foreground, trees on the horizon, a line of bright orange sky fading to blue with grey and white clouds.

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 18d

🦇 Bat walks are BACK 🌙🦇

🙋If you're bats about bats, book right now, as our ever-popular twilight trips into the Reserve always sell fast:

🗓️ Sun 28/9, 6:45pm
Sat 4/10, 6:30 pm
Sat 11/10, 6:15pm
Sat 25/10, 5:45pm — only 3 places left!

kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/even...

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East London Kingfishers @londonkingfishers.bsky.social · 21d

Feeding time on the River Lea.

Watch as this female kingfisher down on Hackney Marshes tries to feed a fish to one of her youngsters.

You can also clearly see how much brighter the plumage of the adult is.

#LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #hackney #riverlea #ukbirds #birds

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bri watson 🐝 @brimwats.com · 21d

In order to delete your account without first agreeing to these terms you have to 1) login on desktop or desktop mode on the phone. 2) Click privacy policy (and not "agree") 3) click the profile icon and scroll down & click delete account.

I had to do this cycle twice before it let me fully delete

Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 21d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 21d

THIS but London Nocturne (RIP), Tour of Britain (Hommes et Femmes), Paris-Roubaix, the lovely new Cambridge crit — and track cycling x 1,000,000 🔔 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴

Escape Collective @escapecollective.bsky.social · 22d

You should go to a bike race

escapecollective.com/you-should-g...

You should go to a bike race

It's about feeling, not knowing.

escapecollective.com

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · Sep 9

September splendour in @fenlandstation.bsky.social garden

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · Sep 8

🐃 Visitors often ask why we keep Asian Water Buffalo on the Reserve. We explain that they fill a vital ecological niche left by extinct wild cattle, managing fenland habitat.

🦬 It’s hard to believe that Steppe Bison once roamed East Anglia, but here’s some wonderful evidence that they did ⬇️

A small herd of water buffalo in a grassy field by a gate at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve. Trees in the background, blue skies above

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · Sep 8

House cat flap? No visibility, no stick, no shoe box: no problemo. In and out so often she’s worn the paint off the bottom of the door.

Absolutely baffled…

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · Sep 8

Mission accomplished 😽

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · Sep 8

At last! The penny drops

The grey cat tentatively approaches the cat flap in the glass door — which is propped open by a wooden stick, just out of shot, and has a nice solids cardboard box as a step on the inside. She’s done this 1000 time and yet still she hesitates

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · Sep 8

I fitted a cat flap in the door of my garden office FOUR YEARS AGO for this ridiculous animal. And she has a shoe-box step on the inside. Yet here we are, every single day… 🤷‍♀️

#eliza

A grey cat looks pitifully through a glass door on the left hand side, refusing to acknowledge the existence of the cat flap in the other pane, on the right of the photo. Reflections of office furniture in the glass above her head

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