Jaxoffcomer
@jaxoffcomer.bsky.social
Love wildlife, gardening and travelling
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After a few hrs of sitting on the rocks waiting hopefully to see the wee penguin...it turned up... #fairypenguin #FalklandIslands #penguinlover #vagrant
December 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
After a few hrs of sitting on the rocks waiting hopefully to see the wee penguin...it turned up... #fairypenguin #FalklandIslands #penguinlover #vagrant
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Ladybird in its winter roost of a Cyclamen in our porch on the Northumberland coast.
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Ladybird in its winter roost of a Cyclamen in our porch on the Northumberland coast.
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Annoyingly, I collected another bag of empty beer cans, and a bottle, which had been dumped on the western shore of the Aln Estuary. It’s a great place to have a beer, but please take your empties home.
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Annoyingly, I collected another bag of empty beer cans, and a bottle, which had been dumped on the western shore of the Aln Estuary. It’s a great place to have a beer, but please take your empties home.
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Pictures that explain things.
Making pompoms
(More things to Make, 1973)
Artist: Eric Winter
Making pompoms
(More things to Make, 1973)
Artist: Eric Winter
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Pictures that explain things.
Making pompoms
(More things to Make, 1973)
Artist: Eric Winter
Making pompoms
(More things to Make, 1973)
Artist: Eric Winter
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‘The Porter’ (1972)
This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.
Artist: John Berry
This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.
Artist: John Berry
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
‘The Porter’ (1972)
This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.
Artist: John Berry
This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.
Artist: John Berry
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Here's a little more detail of the eye ring on the male Black-headed Trogon at Agami Island. The blue is skin; not feathers.
One day, I hope to get a closer view of this species.
#birds #nature #costarica
One day, I hope to get a closer view of this species.
#birds #nature #costarica
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Here's a little more detail of the eye ring on the male Black-headed Trogon at Agami Island. The blue is skin; not feathers.
One day, I hope to get a closer view of this species.
#birds #nature #costarica
One day, I hope to get a closer view of this species.
#birds #nature #costarica
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It's #SuperSeabirdSunday again . . . this'll do nicely 😀👍
14 November, bike along to Elswick just in time to see @pauldavidson936.bsky.social's Great Northern Diver for 4 or 5 minutes before it flew off! #135 on the green patch yearlist 😃😃😃
@beardedgeordie.bsky.social @mike-carr.bsky.social
@beardedgeordie.bsky.social @mike-carr.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It's #SuperSeabirdSunday again . . . this'll do nicely 😀👍
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The modern world in old Ladybird.
Hovercraft on the Thames, 1972
Artist: Frank Humphris
Hovercraft on the Thames, 1972
Artist: Frank Humphris
November 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The modern world in old Ladybird.
Hovercraft on the Thames, 1972
Artist: Frank Humphris
Hovercraft on the Thames, 1972
Artist: Frank Humphris
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Cobb's wren, is a fairly small wren which is endemic to the Falkland Islands, #birds #sealionisland #cobbswren
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Cobb's wren, is a fairly small wren which is endemic to the Falkland Islands, #birds #sealionisland #cobbswren
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Ladybird wisdom, 1975
“With so much noise in the world, we have to listen carefully to the things that are worth hearing”
(‘Sounds’, Artist: BH Robinson)
“With so much noise in the world, we have to listen carefully to the things that are worth hearing”
(‘Sounds’, Artist: BH Robinson)
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ladybird wisdom, 1975
“With so much noise in the world, we have to listen carefully to the things that are worth hearing”
(‘Sounds’, Artist: BH Robinson)
“With so much noise in the world, we have to listen carefully to the things that are worth hearing”
(‘Sounds’, Artist: BH Robinson)
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Happy 1st of November.
Here’s a biscuit tin, designed in 1958 by CF Tunnicliffe
Here’s a biscuit tin, designed in 1958 by CF Tunnicliffe
November 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Happy 1st of November.
Here’s a biscuit tin, designed in 1958 by CF Tunnicliffe
Here’s a biscuit tin, designed in 1958 by CF Tunnicliffe
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The day to show some love to these beautiful bats
#Halloween
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
Sea and Air Mammals, 1972
#Halloween
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
Sea and Air Mammals, 1972
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The day to show some love to these beautiful bats
#Halloween
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
Sea and Air Mammals, 1972
#Halloween
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
Sea and Air Mammals, 1972
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Alongside @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk & @wclnews.bsky.social, we’ve responded to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 's piece on the Planning Bill.
He’s right: it’s a grave threat to nature.
But we’ve never been silent.
We’ve challenged it at every turn & we won’t stop now.
He’s right: it’s a grave threat to nature.
But we’ve never been silent.
We’ve challenged it at every turn & we won’t stop now.
Environment groups are anything but ‘mute’ on the planning bill | Letters
Letter: Craig Bennett, Hilary McGrady, Dr James Robinson and Richard Benwell say they have never stopped campaigning on the planning and infrastructure bill’s flaws
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Alongside @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk & @wclnews.bsky.social, we’ve responded to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 's piece on the Planning Bill.
He’s right: it’s a grave threat to nature.
But we’ve never been silent.
We’ve challenged it at every turn & we won’t stop now.
He’s right: it’s a grave threat to nature.
But we’ve never been silent.
We’ve challenged it at every turn & we won’t stop now.
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The bus-stop (1956)
(Vignette from ‘Tootles the Taxi’)
Artist: John Kenney
(Vignette from ‘Tootles the Taxi’)
Artist: John Kenney
October 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The bus-stop (1956)
(Vignette from ‘Tootles the Taxi’)
Artist: John Kenney
(Vignette from ‘Tootles the Taxi’)
Artist: John Kenney
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My travelling ‘Ladybird artists’ exhibition is still going strong!
Next year, Cambridge and Mansfield
2027 (tbc) Southampton and Motherwell
2028 Lichfield
Next year, Cambridge and Mansfield
2027 (tbc) Southampton and Motherwell
2028 Lichfield
October 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My travelling ‘Ladybird artists’ exhibition is still going strong!
Next year, Cambridge and Mansfield
2027 (tbc) Southampton and Motherwell
2028 Lichfield
Next year, Cambridge and Mansfield
2027 (tbc) Southampton and Motherwell
2028 Lichfield
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October 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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The government are wrong to think places and nature don’t matter to the public. ❌
All evidence shows the opposite.
Weakening protections for our National Parks would be a devastating step backwards for nature, and for the landscapes millions love.
All evidence shows the opposite.
Weakening protections for our National Parks would be a devastating step backwards for nature, and for the landscapes millions love.
NEW
The government is considering plans to weaken a law protecting England’s national parks, in a move criticised as “outrageous” and “devastating”.
Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/history/a...
The government is considering plans to weaken a law protecting England’s national parks, in a move criticised as “outrageous” and “devastating”.
Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/history/a...
Plan to water down laws protecting national parks branded ‘outrageous’
Campaigners said that the change being considered by ministers, which would increase the number of developments and building projects, would be ‘devastating’
www.thetimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The government are wrong to think places and nature don’t matter to the public. ❌
All evidence shows the opposite.
Weakening protections for our National Parks would be a devastating step backwards for nature, and for the landscapes millions love.
All evidence shows the opposite.
Weakening protections for our National Parks would be a devastating step backwards for nature, and for the landscapes millions love.
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Some of the 400+ Hirundines seen from the holiday cottage garden last week. #ukbirding #NorfolkBirding
September 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Some of the 400+ Hirundines seen from the holiday cottage garden last week. #ukbirding #NorfolkBirding
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“The swallows can be distinguished from the martins by their reddish-chestnut throats and foreheads, their beautiful steel-blue backs and wings, and their long, forked tails”
What to Look for in Autumn, 1960
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist : CF Tunnicliffe
What to Look for in Autumn, 1960
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist : CF Tunnicliffe
September 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
“The swallows can be distinguished from the martins by their reddish-chestnut throats and foreheads, their beautiful steel-blue backs and wings, and their long, forked tails”
What to Look for in Autumn, 1960
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist : CF Tunnicliffe
What to Look for in Autumn, 1960
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist : CF Tunnicliffe
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Pictures that explain things
‘Gradient’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
(Maps 1967)
‘Gradient’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
(Maps 1967)
September 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Pictures that explain things
‘Gradient’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
(Maps 1967)
‘Gradient’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
(Maps 1967)
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Thought I was going to be lucky this afternoon as a "waddle " of Gentoo penguins headed my way then a plane flew over and they ran away...
August 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thought I was going to be lucky this afternoon as a "waddle " of Gentoo penguins headed my way then a plane flew over and they ran away...
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Statistically speaking, our lounge is still the best place to see Cory's Shearwaters from on Barra. We had 36 south past Brevig in 5 hours this afternoon, a record count for the Outer Hebrides. Also 3 Great Shears, 2 Sooties and c40 Bonxies. #BirdingScotland
August 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Statistically speaking, our lounge is still the best place to see Cory's Shearwaters from on Barra. We had 36 south past Brevig in 5 hours this afternoon, a record count for the Outer Hebrides. Also 3 Great Shears, 2 Sooties and c40 Bonxies. #BirdingScotland
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‘Red Admiral’
Butterflies and Moths, 1965
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
Butterflies and Moths, 1965
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
August 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
‘Red Admiral’
Butterflies and Moths, 1965
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
Butterflies and Moths, 1965
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
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A life-sized bronze statue has been unveiled on the island of Papa Westray, Orkney, in memory of the last known Great Auk Pinguinus impennis killed there in 1813. The statue is an exact replica of the preserved remains of the bird, which are held by the Natural History Museum.
August 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A life-sized bronze statue has been unveiled on the island of Papa Westray, Orkney, in memory of the last known Great Auk Pinguinus impennis killed there in 1813. The statue is an exact replica of the preserved remains of the bird, which are held by the Natural History Museum.
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A 100 days, a 100 books and this is probably the 1st Bird book my parents bought me in 1966..
August 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A 100 days, a 100 books and this is probably the 1st Bird book my parents bought me in 1966..