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Formed in 1869, NNNS is a charity with a focus on natural history in the county of Norfolk, UK. We carry out and encourage research about local wildlife, produce publications & put on a range of events. Find out more at: https://norfolknaturalists.org.uk

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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · Jul 29

Here is the listing of the late summer/early autumn NNNS events. Next up is a walk as part of our current research project at Sweet Briar Marshes (Sat 2nd Aug 2025). A newly added & highly recommended event on Sat 6th Sept 2025 is a walk at Winterton Dunes with Garth Coupland looking for spiders.

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 9h

Parent Bugs, Elasmucha grisea.

Boughton Fen, Norfolk.

www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/...

#Hemiptera #UKWildlife

Parent Bug nymphs, Elasmucha grisea, on a Common Alder leaf.

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Ken T @velociraptor500.bsky.social · 1d

A few fungi found at Felbrigg NT at the weekend.

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 1d

A range of #fungi seen on our amble today (ID attempts in alt text)...

One of a range of fungi seen on our amble today. We think this pale red one may be Beechwood sickener (Russula nobilis) among the leaf litter.

One of a range of fungi seen on our amble today. We think this brown one may be a Penny Bun (Boletus edulis)in the woods among the leaf litter.

A range of fungi seen on our walk today included these white, distinctively shaped ones which had conical tops. We believe they may be Rhodocollybia butyracea, commonly known as the Buttery collybia.

A range of fungi seen on our amble today in the woodland. We believe these white spotted, red ones are Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) which is a fairly recognisable species. They are growing among the leaf litter of the woodland floor.

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 1d

A trio of spiders from yesterday's little explore in west Norfolk for #Arachtober Araneus marmoreus and my 2nd ever Zora spinimana from Boughton Fen and a diminutive Euophrys frontalis found in Bodney churchyard. #arachnids #spiders #invertebrates

A large orbweb spider with a pale yellow abdomen which has a dark brown patch towards the rear. The spider is climbing up a brown reed stem.

Side view of a large orbweb spider which has a yellow abdomen with a dark brown patch towards the rear and dark brown lines giving a marbled effect to the flanks. The spider is head down on a green reed stem.

A pale straw coloured spider with a pair of dark brown stripes running the length of the head and dark stripes and spots on the abdomen. The pale legs also have dark lines. The spider is in a white plastic tray having been sieved from a pile of cut vegetation.

A little spider with large eyes on the underside of a whitish stone. The spider's head is pale brown with a dark area at the front, flecked with pale hairs. The legs are also pale brown while the abdomen is pale grey with dark, broken longitudinal stripes.

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 1d

Really pleased to get some decent photos of a small juvenile Mitostoma chrysomelas at Boughton Fen yesterday. One of 5 species of harvestmen I found there. Particularly like the chelicera in side shots. #arachnids #harvestmen #invertebrates
#Arachtober

A small, pale brown harvestman with very long pale grey legs sitting head down on a rotten log that is mostly covered in white fungal growth. The harvestman has long thin pedipalps that it is holding folded up in front of its head.

Side view of a pale brown bodied harvestman with long spindly legs sitting facing right on a piece of wood covered in white fungal growth. The long thin pedipalps are held folded up in front of the animal and one of its chelicera is pointing down with the claw open.

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 1d

A good day for turning over logs and stones yesterday; found 5 species of harvestmen at Boughton Fen, 4 shown here: Rilaena triangularis, Paroligolophus agrestis, Nemastoma bimaculatum and Odiellus spinosus. #arachnids #harvestmen #invertebrates
#Arachtober

A tiny juvenile harvestman with a dark brownish body topped with a large occularium at the front, bearing the pair of eyes. it is sitting on a piece of wood facing right with some small tufts of pale green moss behind it.

A greyish-brown harvestman sitting on a branch in bright sunshine. it has a pale, smooth occularium and a faint pale stripe down the centre of its body.

A small black harvestman with a pair of pale patches on its body set a little way behind the eyes. It is sitting with its legs slightly hunched up on an old rotten log half in sun and half in shade.

A large pale grey harvestman with a dark rectangular patch in the centre of its body outlined in black. It is sitting head down on the side of a stone with a dead brown leaf to the right. The harvestman has a rather small occularium compared to the large oval bulk of its body. In front of the yes is a robust three-pronged trident.

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 1d

Bindweed Rust, Puccinia convolvuli, at Boughton Fen, Norfolk yesterday. On leaves of Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)..

There are eleven previous Norfolk records but I've only ever seen it in Suffolk.

www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2018/09/20/b...

#Fungi #FungiFriends

Bindweed Rust (Puccinia convolvuli), on Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) leaf.

Upper surface of leaf.

Bindweed Rust (Puccinia convolvuli), on Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) leaf.

Lower surface of leaf.

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 1d

More Henbit Dead-nettle, Lamium amplexicaule, than I've ever seen before.

In gravel at Bodney church, Norfolk, yesterday.

With bonus powdery mildew - Mint Mildew, Neoerysiphe galeopsidis.

#WildFlowerHour #Fungi #FungiFriends

Henbit Dead-nettle, Lamium amplexicaule. Leaves infected with Mint Mildew, Neoerysiphe galeopsidis.

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acorncarver.bsky.social @acorncarver.bsky.social · 1d

A few Knot leaving the pit at RSPB Snettisham this morning

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 2d

Lots of Harlequin Ladybirds, Harmonia axyridis, at Bodney church Norfolk, this afternoon.

These were inside the church but there were masses outside too.

#Ladybirds

Lots of Harlequin Ladybirds, Harmonia axyridis, inside a church.

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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 2d

I suspect this is Platypeza consobrina, but am not certain (the key at this point uses microtrichia on the wing which aren’t visible in the field). They do get verified on iRecord, so probably worth adding and it can then be verified or corrected if needed.

Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 2d

It wasn’t just you seeing lots of ladybirds @gcb112358.bsky.social !

Russell Chalk streams in crisis @russellb1ggs.bsky.social · 2d

Ladybird Armageddon 😱🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 2d

Walked into several swarms of ladybirds today ... in the air and on surfaces ... not sure whether this is an annual event @norfolknats.bsky.social @vannabartlett.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 2d

Got close enough to snap a (native!) hornet Vespa crabro @norfolknats.bsky.social

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The White Falcon @markgolley.bsky.social · 2d

This morning's Snow Bunting, sitting pretty on the shingle, not far from the Beach Hotel. Given half a chance, these super birds are often so confiding. Such a lovely bird on such a lovely birdy patch morning.
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 3d

Red bistort escaped into a road edge on yesterday's Norfolk Flora group meeting @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 5d

Found this bolete under an oak tree on a grass verge near Norwich yesterday.

Tentatively identified as Hortiboletus engelii, a species previously unrecorded in Norfolk.

I'm currently drying the specimen so we can check the DNA.

#Fungi #FungiFriends

Two boletes on a grass verge - thought to be Hortiboletus engelii.

Section through fruitbody of putative Hortiboletus engelii. Orange patch at base of stipe; pores bruise blue but otherwise no staining.

Fruitbody of putative Hortiboletus engelii, showing blue bruising of pores and pinky-red flush in cap.

Section through fruitbody of putative Hortiboletus engelii, showing orange patch at base of stipe.

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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 3d

I think you're in the right ballpark in that its one of the dark male Platypezidae, but I don't think I would rule out some of the Platypeza (e.g. P. consobrina) without seeing the tergite pattern.

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johngolding.bsky.social @johngolding.bsky.social · 3d

A good day out. Hornet and at least 18 crossbills in Holkham Pines, 16 cattle egret, Firecrest and Yellow-Browed Warbler calling and, in strong winds, the short-toed lark at Snettisham.

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acorncarver.bsky.social @acorncarver.bsky.social · 3d

If you’re near RSPB Titchwell on the 11/12 October in the afternoon pop in and catch my video/photo presentation about RSPB Snettisham, and it’s free😀

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Norfolk and Norwich Bat Group @norfolknorwichbats.bsky.social · 3d

We won't be planning any more bat walks this year, but you can still join us for Apple Day at @gressenhallfw.bsky.social on Sunday 12th October, and our Winter Talks programme will commence at the end of the month so look out for announcements! 🦇

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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 4d

This online event about flora on Suffolk’s road verges might be of interest to those who enjoyed reading Bob Leaney’s NNNS Transactions article on Norfolk’s road verges flora…

Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service @suffolkbis.bsky.social · 4d

💻 Oct 14 || Suffolk Wildlife Trust: Wildlife Live Webinar - On the Verge >>> www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/events/2025-...

Wildlife Live Webinar - On the Verge | Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Join Anna Saltmarsh on a journey along Suffolk’s highways and byways stopping to admire the plants and wildflowers that brighten the route along the way

www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 4d

The gales are bringing down leaves. Look for green islands at the base of the Populus species for Ectoedemia mines. This is the first Ectoedemia hannoverella of the season on Black Poplar this morning
#norfolkmoths

Lower leaf has the green island by the petiole

Doublet rack frass is characteristic. Larva hides in the mined petiole

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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · 4d

🍄 ⭐ It's #UKFungusDay today! ⭐🍄 Join in with events, online activities, competitions. Share your favourite fungus facts, photos & creations. Learn about these amazing organisms & celebrate our fungal world. www.ukfungusday.co.uk
#fungi #nature #mushrooms #fungus

A photo of pin mould Spinellus fusiger covering the cap of a Mycena species fruitbody. White mushroom cap with brown stem on a green background. Taken by Mike Blacknell, a UK Fungus Day 2024 Photography Competition runner-up.

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 4d

Many lichen species are sensitive to nitrogen pollution, making them natural indicators of air quality.

📱LicheN is a new app enabling people to help monitor air quality using lichens. Data gathered will improve understanding of N pollution and its impacts on ecosystems.

buff.ly/AmWAOQB

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Side by side photos of a person looking at a picture of lichen on an app and comparing it to lichen on a tree trunk

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