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Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · 18d

Toads. I love toads. Best toads ever are toads on the way home from the pub. Toads are fucking excellent.

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Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · 26d

I love a Brown Argus. Really crisp ones are particularly dapper little butterflies.

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Norfolk Ponds Project @norfolkponds.bsky.social · Sep 7

A pond restored in 2015. Stunning structural complexity & very high biodiversity in its 3 planty zones. Right in the middle of an arable field but no drainage in & a good buffer. Farming & conservation working together. This is what we MUST DO! @wildernorfolk.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social

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Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Sep 8

Looks an absolute belter. Great work as always 👍

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Sep 6

Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.

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Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Sep 6

He started it.

Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Sep 6

Got nipped by a big prawn 🤿

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Chris Lamsdell @chrislamsdell.bsky.social · Sep 1

At the end of the Nightjar season we are very proud to have completed the first year in collaboration with Natural England facilitating the study of feeding areas away from the breeding site. 20 birds ringed of which 14 were pulli, 6 GPS tags fitted with 5 retrieved, which obtaining some good data.

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Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Aug 27

A gloomy and overcast post work snorkel, but much brighter beneath the waves. Norfolk’s hidden treasures.

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Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Aug 25

Interesting! I assume euthanising an individual the only way to facilitate a sample for DNA analysis? What would it cost? Who can do it? Thanks.

Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Aug 25

Great stuff, and yes happy to facilitate. DM me the most appropriate email contact 👍

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Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Aug 25

Can they be split at larval stage for id?

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Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Aug 25

Swallowtail caterpillar munching fennel in a friend’s Broads garden. Conservation implications? Fennel rich mixes in arable adjacent to wetlands? (Pic, Rick Southwood).

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Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Aug 20

More and better habitat required.

Every farm should have at least one decent sized high quality habitat creation project, alongside options for mixes and margins etc. The need for well ADVISED schemes paying a fair rate has never been greater.

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Butterflies in long term decline across England and UK, official figures show

Butterflies which require specific habitats to thrive are faring worse, with some species seeing declines of more than 80%.

www.independent.co.uk

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Iceni Bird Monitoring Group @icenibirdgroup.bsky.social · Aug 9

Barn Owl monitoring on the Sandringham estate, despite parts of East Anglia reporting a bad year, these boxes did well from 21 boxes, we had 15 in use, with 11 with chicks, total of 31 young, with the largest brood being 4. @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @wildernorfolk.bsky.social

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Morston Pond @morstonpond.bsky.social · Aug 5

@jakefiennes.bsky.social @freshwaterbio.bsky.social @lgspace.bsky.social @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @timholtwilson.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social @northnorfolkliving.bsky.social

Morston Pond @morstonpond.bsky.social · Aug 5

Join us at #Morston pond on 1st September for an educational event on pond restoration - details on our website! @themarshtit.bsky.social @ajaytegala.bsky.social @steffanaquarone.bsky.social @bramblebotanist.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @carlsayer.bsky.social @uclgeography.bsky.social

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Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Jul 30

First year ever the fig tree has produced something edible.

Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Jul 23

Lush

Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Jul 20

Home, outside the back door. Snazzy.

Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Jul 20

I bought a little bear.

Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Jul 20

Clearly plotting something!

Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Jul 20

Equally cool as a caterpillar.

Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Jul 20

My first Norfolk Jersey Tiger.

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Wilder Norfolk @wildernorfolk.bsky.social · Jul 19

Hope you’re right Eoghan, but I think most of the hard core shooters/hunters are still on X. This place is too lefty liberal. So there’s a separation of tribes. Plus most zealots from both sides all blocked each other.