Rob Seago
@lepimann.bsky.social
Retired scientist and very fond of the natural world and conservation.
Obsidentify gives this as a likely worldwide rarity. It is a Coral fungus. Does anyone have any comments?
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Obsidentify gives this as a likely worldwide rarity. It is a Coral fungus. Does anyone have any comments?
A fresh Lawyers Wig fungus
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A fresh Lawyers Wig fungus
Morning Live - Ghost Ponds & Zombie Ponds - 25th February 2025
YouTube video by Nay Smith
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November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Lots of wisdom to be gleaned from other cultures, mostly centred around slowing down from modern living drivers I think.
Lots of wisdom to be gleaned from other cultures, mostly centred around slowing down from modern living drivers I think.
‘You Britons go to the pub, we go to the swimming pool!’: the European health habits worth adopting
Daily swims, power naps and five meals a day – not tips from the latest hit wellbeing podcast, but longstanding traditions that have kept generations healthy in Iceland, Ukraine, France and more …
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November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Lots of wisdom to be gleaned from other cultures, mostly centred around slowing down from modern living drivers I think.
Lots of wisdom to be gleaned from other cultures, mostly centred around slowing down from modern living drivers I think.
I'm not sure which these are, but I presume they are waxcaps.
November 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'm not sure which these are, but I presume they are waxcaps.
As I opened my window blinds this morning.
November 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
As I opened my window blinds this morning.
I keep finding runner beans, and I will savour each one. It's a while till the next crop
November 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I keep finding runner beans, and I will savour each one. It's a while till the next crop
Lovely paintings today at Frinton on Sea
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Lovely paintings today at Frinton on Sea
Resin beads on a Hawthorn, and an unseasonal Common Hawksbill.
October 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Resin beads on a Hawthorn, and an unseasonal Common Hawksbill.
A Bronze Carabid beetle disturbed in our pond maintenance work today.
October 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A Bronze Carabid beetle disturbed in our pond maintenance work today.
Creeping St John's Wort, flowering way out of season
October 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Creeping St John's Wort, flowering way out of season
Benfleet Downs view. Middle distance is Canvey Island, with Kent visible behind.
A great bit of landscape and habitat on a grey day
A great bit of landscape and habitat on a grey day
October 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Benfleet Downs view. Middle distance is Canvey Island, with Kent visible behind.
A great bit of landscape and habitat on a grey day
A great bit of landscape and habitat on a grey day
Another Clouded Yellow today, at the allotment in Clacton today. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Another Clouded Yellow today, at the allotment in Clacton today. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social
I recommend this to anyone who would like to get a picture of Ukraine as a nation.
youtu.be/ZIVJu4aKOEc?...
youtu.be/ZIVJu4aKOEc?...
Kyiv of Mine : Chapter 1 – The Ukrainian dream
YouTube video by KyivOfMine
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I recommend this to anyone who would like to get a picture of Ukraine as a nation.
youtu.be/ZIVJu4aKOEc?...
youtu.be/ZIVJu4aKOEc?...
I have just been visiting the Roman Circus site near Colchester. It is very quiet but an interesting place to visit to understand the place of Colchester as a Roman capital.
October 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I have just been visiting the Roman Circus site near Colchester. It is very quiet but an interesting place to visit to understand the place of Colchester as a Roman capital.
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I’m sad to hear the news that the wonderful Jane Goodall is no longer in the world. Her work with chimpanzees at Gombe in Tanzania taught us to look at other apes - and ourselves - differently. I was privileged to meet her later in life and tell her what an inspiration she was to me.
October 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’m sad to hear the news that the wonderful Jane Goodall is no longer in the world. Her work with chimpanzees at Gombe in Tanzania taught us to look at other apes - and ourselves - differently. I was privileged to meet her later in life and tell her what an inspiration she was to me.
Big numbers of Hornets around now.
Are they males anyone?
Are they males anyone?
September 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Big numbers of Hornets around now.
Are they males anyone?
Are they males anyone?
A Clouded Yellow at Great Holland pits today, my second record there this year.
September 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A Clouded Yellow at Great Holland pits today, my second record there this year.
Clouded Yellow beat all comers on today's transect at Martins Farm Country Park, probably the last I will do this year.
CY 5
MB 2
SH 2
CB 2
BA 1
GV 1
CY 5
MB 2
SH 2
CB 2
BA 1
GV 1
September 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Clouded Yellow beat all comers on today's transect at Martins Farm Country Park, probably the last I will do this year.
CY 5
MB 2
SH 2
CB 2
BA 1
GV 1
CY 5
MB 2
SH 2
CB 2
BA 1
GV 1
I was surprised by the group of storks that rose from the middle of the mil pond at Knepp. Well over 20 I would say.
September 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I was surprised by the group of storks that rose from the middle of the mil pond at Knepp. Well over 20 I would say.
I returned from Sussex today. I stopped at a very good local nature reserve near Horsham.
Caught this:
Caught this:
September 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I returned from Sussex today. I stopped at a very good local nature reserve near Horsham.
Caught this:
Caught this:
Knepp, the vegetation structure bears some resemblance to the Kalahari.
It's big mind!
It's big mind!
September 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Knepp, the vegetation structure bears some resemblance to the Kalahari.
It's big mind!
It's big mind!
My best Sourdough loaf yet.
September 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My best Sourdough loaf yet.
I have both a hedgehog box and I made a snug shelter under my shed, but twice nowI have seen it now on the concrete floor of my shed, and never in the custom places. Indeed I have never seen it at night out and s out.
September 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I have both a hedgehog box and I made a snug shelter under my shed, but twice nowI have seen it now on the concrete floor of my shed, and never in the custom places. Indeed I have never seen it at night out and s out.
These plants could change the future of mining
YouTube video by RAZOR Science Show
youtu.be
September 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM