Joolz
@joolzm.bsky.social
BTO S permit bird ringer.
Birds, plants, long walks, short bike rides, big landscapes, small churches, occasional beer, ditto cake. East-Angle. All photos always unfiltered although may be cropped.
Birds, plants, long walks, short bike rides, big landscapes, small churches, occasional beer, ditto cake. East-Angle. All photos always unfiltered although may be cropped.
‘I was contaminated’: study reveals how hard it is to avoid pesticide exposure | Pesticides | The Guardian share.google/dzDAWywf7HGV...
‘I was contaminated’: study reveals how hard it is to avoid pesticide exposure
Silicone wristbands worn by volunteers in the Netherlands captured 173 substances in one week
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October 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
‘I was contaminated’: study reveals how hard it is to avoid pesticide exposure | Pesticides | The Guardian share.google/dzDAWywf7HGV...
You can still have your fireworks night but with some considerations. Please sign this petition for the sake of both animals and humans.
Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels - Petitions share.google/QTJ4jVRdXs6O...
Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels - Petitions share.google/QTJ4jVRdXs6O...
Petition: Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels
We think each year, individuals suffer because of loud fireworks. We believe horses, dogs, cats, livestock and wildlife can be terrified by noisy fireworks and many people find them intolerable.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
You can still have your fireworks night but with some considerations. Please sign this petition for the sake of both animals and humans.
Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels - Petitions share.google/QTJ4jVRdXs6O...
Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels - Petitions share.google/QTJ4jVRdXs6O...
I have, from today, seen as many East Anglian brown shrikes as East Anglian red-backed shrikes. Bonkers!
October 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I have, from today, seen as many East Anglian brown shrikes as East Anglian red-backed shrikes. Bonkers!
Delighted to catch up with the lesser grey shrike at Winterton this morning. Followed by a fun session at Breydon water (north side) picking out the curlew sandpipers amongst the throng of waders on the rising tide. Happy to also see 2 spoonbill & 3 peregrine over together.
September 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Delighted to catch up with the lesser grey shrike at Winterton this morning. Followed by a fun session at Breydon water (north side) picking out the curlew sandpipers amongst the throng of waders on the rising tide. Happy to also see 2 spoonbill & 3 peregrine over together.
Having gazed on the north face of this church for most of my life, last stepping inside over 35 years ago, I thought it was time to revisit the inside as part of the Heritage Open Day. It's just as I remembered, vast and Victorianized. Some interesting maps on the board and a rare brass survivor
September 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Having gazed on the north face of this church for most of my life, last stepping inside over 35 years ago, I thought it was time to revisit the inside as part of the Heritage Open Day. It's just as I remembered, vast and Victorianized. Some interesting maps on the board and a rare brass survivor
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So many Swallows gathering locally on the telephone wires I’ve taken the opportunity to sculpt another one. #swallow #wiresculpture #birdartist #birdart #wireartist
September 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
So many Swallows gathering locally on the telephone wires I’ve taken the opportunity to sculpt another one. #swallow #wiresculpture #birdartist #birdart #wireartist
Post a female character you love
September 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Post a female character you love
www.newscientist.com/article/2495... this is an interesting read. I've always thought that the Dark Ages were oversimplified & glossed over. Lets face it, people are people, & we are hugely resilient. The loss of the Roman administration would have opened up new avenues of endeavour, surely...
Britain's economy thrived after the withdrawal of the Roman Empire
An archaeological dig in northern England shows iron and lead processing continued and even increased after the departure of the Romans
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September 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
www.newscientist.com/article/2495... this is an interesting read. I've always thought that the Dark Ages were oversimplified & glossed over. Lets face it, people are people, & we are hugely resilient. The loss of the Roman administration would have opened up new avenues of endeavour, surely...
It's almost impossible to pick a #FavouritePlant for #WildflowerHour but I've plumped for this photo of Sea Holly at sunset on Kessingland beach in the second week of August. Also a cherished memory from a well-loved place
September 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It's almost impossible to pick a #FavouritePlant for #WildflowerHour but I've plumped for this photo of Sea Holly at sunset on Kessingland beach in the second week of August. Also a cherished memory from a well-loved place
Didn't get the memo about #SeedHeads so here's some pavement Shaggy Soldier and some climbing coastal Hops from Lowestoft town today. The scent from a crushed hop was incredible- gentle citrus & floral notes sent us scurrying to our local brewery pub for an honest real ale! Cheers 🍻 #WildflowerHour
September 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Didn't get the memo about #SeedHeads so here's some pavement Shaggy Soldier and some climbing coastal Hops from Lowestoft town today. The scent from a crushed hop was incredible- gentle citrus & floral notes sent us scurrying to our local brewery pub for an honest real ale! Cheers 🍻 #WildflowerHour
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"That's me, that is."
September 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"That's me, that is."
Birding from my bed this morning while recovering from a nasty virus. So far there has been pied flycatcher & willow warbler seen in the birch trees. Sparrowhawk and jay in the limes
August 31, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Birding from my bed this morning while recovering from a nasty virus. So far there has been pied flycatcher & willow warbler seen in the birch trees. Sparrowhawk and jay in the limes
Used a grey day to take the girls to the newly opened keep at Norwich Castle. Views from the battlements were fantastic & sure to be better on a bright day. Looking SW to the cathedral in the first pic and down the alley to the historic market place in the second. Inside the keep in the third
August 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Used a grey day to take the girls to the newly opened keep at Norwich Castle. Views from the battlements were fantastic & sure to be better on a bright day. Looking SW to the cathedral in the first pic and down the alley to the historic market place in the second. Inside the keep in the third
Single use bird bags for bird ringing for the highest welfare standards. Each turned inside out & shaken to remove debris before being soaked, washed, dried, turned back the right way and checked for robustness and strings knotted.
Any volunteers for this twice weekly job? Or is it just me...
Any volunteers for this twice weekly job? Or is it just me...
August 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Single use bird bags for bird ringing for the highest welfare standards. Each turned inside out & shaken to remove debris before being soaked, washed, dried, turned back the right way and checked for robustness and strings knotted.
Any volunteers for this twice weekly job? Or is it just me...
Any volunteers for this twice weekly job? Or is it just me...
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Rod Hull, born on this day 90 years ago. Thanks for all the fun!
August 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Rod Hull, born on this day 90 years ago. Thanks for all the fun!
Took a week off to spend time with my girls. Endless beach visits, solo ringing, bit of market town shopping, the odd pint and loads of lovely food. Also got to sneak in a life tick with the zitting cisticola before splashing about in the sea at Walberswick. Bliss 🤍
August 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Took a week off to spend time with my girls. Endless beach visits, solo ringing, bit of market town shopping, the odd pint and loads of lovely food. Also got to sneak in a life tick with the zitting cisticola before splashing about in the sea at Walberswick. Bliss 🤍
This morning I swam in the rain while six beautiful fledged Kittiwake juveniles bathed just feet away and several more circled overhead. What a beautiful thing to have experienced. I feel honoured 🤍🖤🤍🖤
July 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This morning I swam in the rain while six beautiful fledged Kittiwake juveniles bathed just feet away and several more circled overhead. What a beautiful thing to have experienced. I feel honoured 🤍🖤🤍🖤
Delighted to find this elephant hawkmoth caterpillar and two more devouring various willowherbs around the garden yesterday. Seems to prefer the smaller varieties, I haven't found a single one on our greater willowherb although that seems to be floundering without flowers this year
July 31, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Delighted to find this elephant hawkmoth caterpillar and two more devouring various willowherbs around the garden yesterday. Seems to prefer the smaller varieties, I haven't found a single one on our greater willowherb although that seems to be floundering without flowers this year
Despite the blueness of this week's harebell challenge, it was yellow that commanded my attention.
A cluster of brazenly bright tansy beside the marsh track at Minsmere & a beautiful bunch of butter and eggs (common toadflax) on waste ground beside the harbour mouth at Lowestoft #WildflowerHour
A cluster of brazenly bright tansy beside the marsh track at Minsmere & a beautiful bunch of butter and eggs (common toadflax) on waste ground beside the harbour mouth at Lowestoft #WildflowerHour
July 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Despite the blueness of this week's harebell challenge, it was yellow that commanded my attention.
A cluster of brazenly bright tansy beside the marsh track at Minsmere & a beautiful bunch of butter and eggs (common toadflax) on waste ground beside the harbour mouth at Lowestoft #WildflowerHour
A cluster of brazenly bright tansy beside the marsh track at Minsmere & a beautiful bunch of butter and eggs (common toadflax) on waste ground beside the harbour mouth at Lowestoft #WildflowerHour
And they have fledged.
First photo was last Saturday morning, where their wings were slightly longer than their tail feathers so c35 days old. Second photo was the nest site this afternoon. Maybe they are one of the birds in the final photo, contemplating life as a new and independent Kittiwake...
First photo was last Saturday morning, where their wings were slightly longer than their tail feathers so c35 days old. Second photo was the nest site this afternoon. Maybe they are one of the birds in the final photo, contemplating life as a new and independent Kittiwake...
July 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
And they have fledged.
First photo was last Saturday morning, where their wings were slightly longer than their tail feathers so c35 days old. Second photo was the nest site this afternoon. Maybe they are one of the birds in the final photo, contemplating life as a new and independent Kittiwake...
First photo was last Saturday morning, where their wings were slightly longer than their tail feathers so c35 days old. Second photo was the nest site this afternoon. Maybe they are one of the birds in the final photo, contemplating life as a new and independent Kittiwake...
Lots of wing flapping and ready-to-fledge Kittiwakes in Lowestoft town centre this morning. Around 70 have already fledged within the last week with 11 known to have perished. Sadly it was never going to end well if you nest behind netting & it's a risk on spikes despite the nest being well secured
July 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Lots of wing flapping and ready-to-fledge Kittiwakes in Lowestoft town centre this morning. Around 70 have already fledged within the last week with 11 known to have perished. Sadly it was never going to end well if you nest behind netting & it's a risk on spikes despite the nest being well secured
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1/ Exciting ringing recovery! 😮 The first Hungarian-ringed Reed Warbler to be found in Britain & Ireland was recorded by Justin and Dan at @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Trimley Marshes at the beginning of May this year. #Ornithology #UKBirding
📷 Hungarian-ringed Reed Warbler by Justin Zantboer.
📷 Hungarian-ringed Reed Warbler by Justin Zantboer.
July 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
1/ Exciting ringing recovery! 😮 The first Hungarian-ringed Reed Warbler to be found in Britain & Ireland was recorded by Justin and Dan at @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Trimley Marshes at the beginning of May this year. #Ornithology #UKBirding
📷 Hungarian-ringed Reed Warbler by Justin Zantboer.
📷 Hungarian-ringed Reed Warbler by Justin Zantboer.
A visit to St Helens, Ranworth was a feast for the eyes with this rare surviving rood screen. Created in the C15th and restored in the 19th. Usually the focus is on the figures and meanings therein. But for me, the pleasure was in the smaller details- painted by an unknown hand over 500 years ago
July 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
A visit to St Helens, Ranworth was a feast for the eyes with this rare surviving rood screen. Created in the C15th and restored in the 19th. Usually the focus is on the figures and meanings therein. But for me, the pleasure was in the smaller details- painted by an unknown hand over 500 years ago
A cinnabar moth on marsh thistle, a large skipper on purple loosestrife and possibly lesser water parsnip (couldn't get very close for ID) at Upton Fen yesterday. Also completed the holy trinity of swallowtail when one went bouncing through the reeds in front of Great Broad. No photo sadly!
July 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
A cinnabar moth on marsh thistle, a large skipper on purple loosestrife and possibly lesser water parsnip (couldn't get very close for ID) at Upton Fen yesterday. Also completed the holy trinity of swallowtail when one went bouncing through the reeds in front of Great Broad. No photo sadly!
A delightful pompom of water mint from Ranworth Broad boardwalk yesterday #HairyPlant #WildflowerHour also a swallowtail caterpillar, a swallowtail chrysalis & a larger photo of it's food plant- milk parsley.
Also saw an osprey- one of the first to breed in East Anglia in over 250 years
Also saw an osprey- one of the first to breed in East Anglia in over 250 years
July 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
A delightful pompom of water mint from Ranworth Broad boardwalk yesterday #HairyPlant #WildflowerHour also a swallowtail caterpillar, a swallowtail chrysalis & a larger photo of it's food plant- milk parsley.
Also saw an osprey- one of the first to breed in East Anglia in over 250 years
Also saw an osprey- one of the first to breed in East Anglia in over 250 years