Lorraine Field
@volcdoc.bsky.social
Volcanologist and geologist who loves walking, gardening, bees and old maps.
Spring and romance are in the air! A pair of robins spent the day checkinv out the garden feeders and nest box. Fingers crossed!
February 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Spring and romance are in the air! A pair of robins spent the day checkinv out the garden feeders and nest box. Fingers crossed!
Little overwintering bumble today on my hellebores! #gardening, #bees, @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Little overwintering bumble today on my hellebores! #gardening, #bees, @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
First snowdrop has bloomed!
December 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
First snowdrop has bloomed!
Built a hedgehog highway and bought a simple, easy to use Ceyomur CY50 camera. First hedgehog sighting last night! So thrilled! #ceyomur, @katebradbury.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social #hedgehog #gardening
August 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Built a hedgehog highway and bought a simple, easy to use Ceyomur CY50 camera. First hedgehog sighting last night! So thrilled! #ceyomur, @katebradbury.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social #hedgehog #gardening
Lovely hollyhock grown from seed this year. Am sure it was supposed to be red! #flowers #gardening
August 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Lovely hollyhock grown from seed this year. Am sure it was supposed to be red! #flowers #gardening
Gorgeous pollen covered bufftail bumble enjoying the artichokes #bees, @thebeeguy.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Gorgeous pollen covered bufftail bumble enjoying the artichokes #bees, @thebeeguy.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
Bees everywhere (English lavender). #bees #gardening @katebradbury.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Bees everywhere (English lavender). #bees #gardening @katebradbury.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
Lots of bees overnighting in the globe artichokes! They are absolutely loving them! @katebradbury.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #bees #gardening
July 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Lots of bees overnighting in the globe artichokes! They are absolutely loving them! @katebradbury.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #bees #gardening
Put in a tiny micro pond on 24th May. We are in the middle of a new build but today spotted our first frog! @katebradbury.bsky.social #gardening #wildlife
July 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Put in a tiny micro pond on 24th May. We are in the middle of a new build but today spotted our first frog! @katebradbury.bsky.social #gardening #wildlife
Wonderful gardening weekend surrounded by bees! Ground is so dry though despite watering! #gardening #bees
June 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wonderful gardening weekend surrounded by bees! Ground is so dry though despite watering! #gardening #bees
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I'm giving a Zoom talk for Cambridge Beekeepers' Association on Wednesday 2nd July - with a focus on the fascinating world of #SolitaryBees.
Do please sign up if you are interested, and share the link if you would! 🐝 🌼 🙏
#bees #bumblebees #pollinators
www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
Do please sign up if you are interested, and share the link if you would! 🐝 🌼 🙏
#bees #bumblebees #pollinators
www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
June 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I'm giving a Zoom talk for Cambridge Beekeepers' Association on Wednesday 2nd July - with a focus on the fascinating world of #SolitaryBees.
Do please sign up if you are interested, and share the link if you would! 🐝 🌼 🙏
#bees #bumblebees #pollinators
www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
Do please sign up if you are interested, and share the link if you would! 🐝 🌼 🙏
#bees #bumblebees #pollinators
www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
My wonderful little epimedium is flowering for the second time this year! #gardening #plants
June 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
My wonderful little epimedium is flowering for the second time this year! #gardening #plants
Just received our new beebox from #LancasterUniversity 5 yrs to perfect. 3D printed from wood pulp. Can't wait to see if we get bees next yeat! www.lancaster.ac.uk/sci-tech/res... @B_Strawbridge #bees @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Just received our new beebox from #LancasterUniversity 5 yrs to perfect. 3D printed from wood pulp. Can't wait to see if we get bees next yeat! www.lancaster.ac.uk/sci-tech/res... @B_Strawbridge #bees @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
Poppy time! Front garden has exploded. Bees are loving it! #bees #gardening
June 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Poppy time! Front garden has exploded. Bees are loving it! #bees #gardening
Love watching the bees. This one was busy on the persicaria bistort - just look at those pollen sacs! #bees, @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Love watching the bees. This one was busy on the persicaria bistort - just look at those pollen sacs! #bees, @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
Reposted by Lorraine Field
Almost on time today (for me) so no need for a witty repost to…
D’oh!…
Never mind.
I’m not here…(quietly and slowly disappears backwards into a hedge).
#bees
D’oh!…
Never mind.
I’m not here…(quietly and slowly disappears backwards into a hedge).
#bees
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 114
For #bumblebees new to foraging, researchers found that the foraging ‘rate of return’ was not maximised until at least 30 trips had been made from the nest.
Like us, #bees have to figure shit out and improve with experience!
#nature
🌍🐝
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 114
For #bumblebees new to foraging, researchers found that the foraging ‘rate of return’ was not maximised until at least 30 trips had been made from the nest.
Like us, #bees have to figure shit out and improve with experience!
#nature
🌍🐝
May 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Almost on time today (for me) so no need for a witty repost to…
D’oh!…
Never mind.
I’m not here…(quietly and slowly disappears backwards into a hedge).
#bees
D’oh!…
Never mind.
I’m not here…(quietly and slowly disappears backwards into a hedge).
#bees
First ever peony! Single type especially for the bees! #gardening #bees
May 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
First ever peony! Single type especially for the bees! #gardening #bees
Awww! Just had the gentlest early bumble rest and sit on my hand for 5 mins! #bees @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Awww! Just had the gentlest early bumble rest and sit on my hand for 5 mins! #bees @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
Reposted by Lorraine Field
Planning bill would allow builders to ‘pay cash to trash’ nature, say UK experts
Planning bill would allow builders to ‘pay cash to trash’ nature, say UK experts
Exclusive: plan to let firms sidestep environmental laws by paying into nature levy would add cost and delay, says letter to MPs
Leading economists, former government advisers and ecologists are calling for a key section of the government’s planning bill to be changed because it creates a “licence to kill nature”.
Sir Partha Dasgupta, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Cambridge, ecology professor Sir John Lawton and Dr Tom Tew, a former chief scientist of Natural England, are among the signatories to a letter to MPs which warns them to ignore government slogans and false rhetoric about nature and wildlife being a block to growth. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Planning bill would allow builders to ‘pay cash to trash’ nature, say UK experts
Reposted by Lorraine Field
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
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The 'mini-meadow' in my garden is coming to life with a beautiful display of Cowslips right now, all from seed and slowly increasing - why have a boring manicured lawn when you could have wildflowers all year [email protected] @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The 'mini-meadow' in my garden is coming to life with a beautiful display of Cowslips right now, all from seed and slowly increasing - why have a boring manicured lawn when you could have wildflowers all year [email protected] @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
Planted pulmonaria and the hairy footed flower bee has arrived! @thebeeguy.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Planted pulmonaria and the hairy footed flower bee has arrived! @thebeeguy.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
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Over the moon to see this beautiful queen Red-tailed #bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) foraging on our Dwarf Comfrey just now. I didn't see a single Red-tail last year (2024 was a terrible year for this species), so hope this bodes well for 2025! 🌿
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #bees #nature
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #bees #nature
March 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Over the moon to see this beautiful queen Red-tailed #bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) foraging on our Dwarf Comfrey just now. I didn't see a single Red-tail last year (2024 was a terrible year for this species), so hope this bodes well for 2025! 🌿
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #bees #nature
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #bees #nature