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Jemima's Garden - Flower Seeds for Wildlife @jemimasgarden.bsky.social · 16h

A big self-seeded Borage popped up this year 💙
It's far better than any I grew myself, it's grown huge and is still flowering now 💙
I'm getting more and more convinced that direct sowing and just scattering seeds about is the way to go 😂
What would nature do?
#MHHSBD

A Borage plant with several blue star-like flowers with black centres.
The plant is growing against a fence.
Seeds available from www.jemimasgarden.co.uk

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Norfolk Bea @norfolkbea.bsky.social · 19h

Looking forward to a hogtastic talk 🦔

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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 1d

Hugh is passionate, delightful and indomitable.

His many books will be on sale and this will be GOOD.

Hugh Warwick @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social · 1d

Norfolk #hedgehog fans ... and #wildlife fans in general - I am really looking forward to Friday when I will be in conversation with the amazing @themarshtit.bsky.social - still some tickets - come and say hi! www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-...

Hugh Warwick in conversation with Nick Acheson | Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Join hedgehog-loving author and ecologist Hugh Warwick in conversation with Nick Acheson about all things 'hedgehog'

www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk

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Hugh Warwick @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social · 1d

Norfolk #hedgehog fans ... and #wildlife fans in general - I am really looking forward to Friday when I will be in conversation with the amazing @themarshtit.bsky.social - still some tickets - come and say hi! www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-...

Hugh Warwick in conversation with Nick Acheson | Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Join hedgehog-loving author and ecologist Hugh Warwick in conversation with Nick Acheson about all things 'hedgehog'

www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk

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Norfolk Bea @norfolkbea.bsky.social · 1d

Sparrowhawk killed with banned poison in Aberdeenshire - Police Scotland appeals for information raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/07/s...

Sparrowhawk killed with banned poison in Aberdeenshire – Police Scotland appeals for information

Press release from Police Scotland: APPEAL FOR INFORMATION FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A BIRD OF PREY IN ABERDEENSHIRE Detectives are appealing for information after a bird of prey was poisoned in Aberd…

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Jemima's Garden - Flower Seeds for Wildlife @jemimasgarden.bsky.social · 1d

I've been drying oranges ready for something I make for Yule time🍊
You're going to have to take my word for it, but they smell amazing 💛
For updates on any new products, (and 10% off all orders), please sign up to our newsletter at www.jemimasgarden.co.uk
#MHHSBD
#Christmas

Dried orange slices in a stainless steel bowl.
They smell wonderful 😊🍊🧡

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Norfolk Bea @norfolkbea.bsky.social · 1d

The best sound 💚

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Jemima's Garden - Flower Seeds for Wildlife @jemimasgarden.bsky.social · 2d

There's a lovely large flock of Jackdaws and Rooks in the village and every evening they have a fly round before they decide where to roost for the night 🖤
If I'm awake I sometimes see them do the same thing early in the morning just before dawn 🖤
I do love the corvids 😊
#MHHSBD

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Norfolk Bea @norfolkbea.bsky.social · 4d

29 'missing' Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...

29 ‘missing’ Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015

Media attention has been drawn to the Yorkshire Dales National Park this week, following the RSPB’s press release on the suspicious disappearance of a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named &#821…

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Norfolk Bea @norfolkbea.bsky.social · 4d

Thinking about you folks last night. Blustery here this afternoon but wind is from the south. V quiet in garden.

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Jemima's Garden - Flower Seeds for Wildlife @jemimasgarden.bsky.social · 4d

That was a wild and scary night 😱
#StormAmy
Things have mostly survived, runner beans and sunflowers taken a bit of a battering 🤨
We've had a Goldfinch feeding from my Meadowsweet seeds this morning which is a first as I didn't know they liked to eat them 😊
#MHHSBD

A Goldfinch perched on some dried stems of a Meadowsweet plant eating the Meadowsweet seeds.
It's not the best photo as it was taken through a window on a very windy day. There are other plant stems obscuring the view of the bird.
Goldfinches have a bright red face just behind their beaks, followed by a white stripe then a black stripe onto their head. They have black tips to their wings with white and yellow markings.
Meadowsweet seeds available from our shop at www.jemimasgarden.co.uk, (to plant rather than feed to the Goldfinches) >😊

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Jemima's Garden - Flower Seeds for Wildlife @jemimasgarden.bsky.social · 14d

I think this handsome bug is a Hairy Shieldbug, looking very hairy indeed.
Apparently they "overwinter" and emerge again in the spring.
Please don't tidy all your "dead" vegetation away this winter, please leave somewhere for Hairy Shieldbugs and their pals to hide away 🐛🐝🪲🐞😊
#MHHSBD

A very handsome bug with shades of deep reddish brown, brownish gold and black and white bits. Because I've no idea what the different insect bits are called here's the description, (and link), from the experts at British Bugs, (https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Pentatomidae/dolycoris_baccarum.html):
"A large and distinctive purple-brown and greenish shieldbug which is covered with long hairs. The antennae and connexivum are banded black and white. During the winter, the ground colour becomes uniformly dull brown."
It's sitting in the middle of some Downy Woundwort leaves and you can also just make out one or two flowers which are very pale pink with darker purplish stripes. The Downy Woundwort leaves are very hairy as well.
Seeds for various plants to hide your insects in are available from our website at www.jemimasgarden.co.uk 😊

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Jemima's Garden - Flower Seeds for Wildlife @jemimasgarden.bsky.social · 10d

We've had a lot to do indoors the last few days so we've just had a quick wander to blow the cobwebs away 😊
Interesting clouds this evening and we made a quick diversion to the bunny field to see who was about -
five brown bunnies of varying sizes & one black one
🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🖤
#MHHSBD

A recently cut grassy field that slopes uphill away from you.
At the top there is a cow on the horizon and an interesting clowd that looks like it has emerged from the ground just over the hill.
The cloud is backlit by the late evening sun and the sky beyond is a pale blue.

A rough grass field with a stone wall beyond.
There are five brown rabbits in a group in the field and one black one.

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Norfolk Bea @norfolkbea.bsky.social · 5d

He found the perfect card 💚

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Norfolk Bea @norfolkbea.bsky.social · 6d

Fabulous 💚 youtube.com/watch?v=RaH5...

Agile Condor Chick Hop-Walks to Edge of Ridge | October 1, 2025

YouTube video by Cornell Lab Bird Cams

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Wild About the Borders @wildborders.bsky.social · 8d

Decided to try an experiment. One of our pine martens (Big Norm) likes eggs and will immediately carry them away. Tonight I thought I’d try hanging one from a branch. Took a bit of work but it was fun watching him trying to remove the egg! @whitmuir1.bsky.social @pinetencolin.bsky.social

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Jemima's Garden - Flower Seeds for Wildlife @jemimasgarden.bsky.social · 6d

All about Angelica - if you've ever wanted to know a bit more about it, how to grow it, why to grow it 🙂, check out my latest blog here: www.jemimasgarden.co.uk/jane-s-blog/...
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All about Angelica / Jane's Blog | jemima's garden

A great big green monster of a plant that looks really impressive in a border or on its own, Angelica is a hardy biennial or monocarpic plant.

www.jemimasgarden.co.uk

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Jemima's Garden - Flower Seeds for Wildlife @jemimasgarden.bsky.social · 7d

The fact that this government would even consider this is awful.
This is no Labour government. They're Tory at best but not that far removed from Reform.
If you're in England, please consider supporting @greenparty.org.uk
youtu.be/ptfmAY6M6aA

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Norfolk Bea @norfolkbea.bsky.social · 6d

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation

For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

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Norfolk Bea @norfolkbea.bsky.social · 6d

Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/02/h...

Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running

Natural England has finally got around to publishing the data for the 2025 Hen Harrier breeding season, which demonstrate very clear differences between areas managed for conservation and those man…

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Norfolk Bea @norfolkbea.bsky.social · 8d

Last orders for the one we call Baby. 💚 Has been an odd year here for #hedgehogs youtube.com/shorts/lb4Qf...

Last Orders 💚🦔#hedgehog

YouTube video by Vanlife Volunteers

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Norfolk Bea @norfolkbea.bsky.social · 8d

Absolutely delighted to see these little beauties back with us 💚
youtube.com/shorts/59ign...
#birds

Absolutely Delightful 💚 #longtailedtit

YouTube video by Vanlife Volunteers

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Norfolk Bea @norfolkbea.bsky.social · 8d

17 months (& waiting) for NatureScot to make decision on General Licence restriction relating to 'shooting & killing' of sleeping Golden Eagle called Merrick raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/30/1...

17 months (& waiting) for NatureScot to make decision on General Licence restriction relating to ‘shooting & killing’ of sleeping Golden Eagle called Merrick

The Scottish Government’s nature advisory agency, NatureScot, has been now been procrastinating for 17 months on whether to impose a sanction on an estate in relation to the ‘shooting and killing’ …

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Norfolk Bea @norfolkbea.bsky.social · 9d

Two Golden Eagles 'disappear' in south Scotland - Police appeal for information raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/29/t...

Two Golden Eagles ‘disappear’ in south Scotland – Police appeal for information

Press release from Police Scotland, 29 September 2025: APPEAL FOR MISSING GOLDEN EAGLE Detectives are appealing for information after a satellite-tagged golden eagle disappeared in the hills to the…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

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Jemima's Garden - Flower Seeds for Wildlife @jemimasgarden.bsky.social · 10d

ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT OF OUR SUPER SEPTEMBER SALE!
25% OFF ALL SINGLE PACKETS (inc. Meadow Mixes) Ends midnight 30th September 2025
Simply enter SSS25 into the coupon code box in the shopping basket
PLUS free shipping on orders over £25 and free Phacelia seeds over £10.
#MHHSBD

Two furry insects, (a Hoverfly and a Bumblebee), enjoying feeding from a yellow Elecampane flower.
The flower has yellow, long petals and a brighter yellow centre.
The background is mainly green trees and shrubs.

A small Moth on a white and yellow Ox-eye Daisy flower.
The background is of blurry green leaves.

A White Butterfly feeding from a purple Field Scabious flower.

Blue Butterfly and Bee feeding from pink and deep red Pot Marjoram flowers.
The background is of green leaves.

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