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e-group.bsky.social @e-group.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Now that the best dedicated #olympus / #OMSystem forum is back online you can see how pictures of this #badger was taken by forum member Camera Gent. Take a read of the thread at www.e-group.uk.net/.../1048566-... #olympusphotography #ukwildlife #ukwildlifephotography

Image of badger investigating log where there is potential food. taken with an OM system camera and an Olympus 12-100mm lens

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Delighted to say that The Fossil Woman A Life of Mary Anning has been reprinted and is available once again. It can be ordered through your local bookshop, or uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-... If you’re lucky enough to visit Lyme Regis you’ll find it at the Lyme Regis Bookshop and Lyme Regis Museum.

Book cover in greens and yellows with a fossil skeleton and a silhouette of a woman, and the title The Fossil Woman A Life of Mary Anning by Tom Sharpe.

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

It's super news for anyone using OM system cameras The best dedicated forum is back online www.e-group.uk.net/forum/ Just to be clear I'm a user of that forum and have no financial involvement with it #omsystem #olympus #photography

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I'm using this to catalog my photos now and it's been a game changer in how easy I can now find what I want. Thoroughly recommend it to anyone with a lot of photos and the desire to organise them

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Not just AI systems make that mistake. I remember back in the 1980s Oracle sending a tech down with an urgent patch on a tape (pre internet and premium support). Told me to apply it straight to our production system. I refused... Corrupted our test system which I recovered whilst they re-coded it!

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Free caterpillar with every purchase at the local garden centre

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I remember going there to work on a cast we wanted for the Dinosaurs from China exhibition. Good times!

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Both members of the Kendall household have had the privilege of meeting him. My first encounter was as a geology student at Leicester University all the way back in 1981 when he wished me happy birthday and signed my copy of Life on Earth extended edition I'd had as a present during my A level time

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

As Dr David Attenborough (as he was then) wished me a happy birthday when he signed my book back in 1981when I was a student at his old family home (Leicester University), I thought it would be polite to wish him the same today. #sirdavidattenborough

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

You have to love this time of year. Out for a walk yesterday #bluebells #nature #woodland

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Cardiff Naturalists Soc @cardiffnats.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Have you taken a look at the over 1000 fantastic early bird Photographs images by Morrey Salmon (later Colonel Morrey Salmon) now online via the National Museum of Wales Collections online system? museum.wales/collections/...

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I hit my thumb with my brand new 2 1/2 lb geology hammer just about where this picture is and ended up visiting Axminster A&E I could have done with a beer or two that day

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Cardiff Naturalists Soc @cardiffnats.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

An event at Hendy Nature reservethat members or prospective members may like to join www.facebook.com/events/33005... #welshwildlife #conservation #woodland #naturewalk further details will go to members in the newsletter and via email

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Cardiff Naturalists Soc @cardiffnats.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

An event at Monks Wood near wick village that members or prospective members may like to join fb.me/e/4dKRMdYJW #welshwildlife #conservation #woodland #naturewalk further details will go to members in the newsletter and via email

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Blorenge, but not Orange.. It's a Hill in (old) South #Wales and it was a bit misty and overcast so the sky looked boring in colour, so I think it looked better in #BlackandWhite #Olympus #OMsystem #B&W #Landscape #Landscapephotography

A Black and White image of a group of walkers standing on the summit of a hill with a wispy sky above them

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Cardiff Naturalists Soc @cardiffnats.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

We had a fascinating talk from Bev Price on Monday where she warned us about the Danger from the Asian Hornet to our bee and other insect populations. We said that we would share some of the key information through our social media to help people be on the lookout for these invaders #AsianHornet

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Cardiff Naturalists Soc @cardiffnats.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Thomas Henry Thomas 1839-1915) Former President of CNS has been featured in a new display board by the Friends of Cathays Cemetery You can see the text and pictures of the information board in place here, lots more abot him on our website cardiffnaturalists.org.uk/htmfiles/150...

Information about Thomas Henry Thomas 1839-1915, Artist, Conservationist and Bard.

Information about Thomas Henry Thomas 1839-1915, Artist, Conservationist and Bard. In place in Cathays Cemetary Cardiff

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

There are some days when you get a "that's going to be expensive" feeling #landrover #classiccar #landroverkaty #suspension #maintenance

Land Rover Ambulance, more at https://landroverkaty.blogspot.com/

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

People seemed to like some of my B&W stuff the other day so I thought I would share a little more These were all taken on Porthcawl beach in South Wales UK #OMsystem #Olympus #Landscape #Landscapephotography #B&W #BlackandWhite #Sea #Waves

Waves crashing with rays of the sun coming through the clouds above

The late sun shines on an inlet on a rocky beach

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

It's grey and moody outside so here are a few pictures that match the mood from South Wales #OMsystem #Olympus #B&W #BlackandWhite #Landscape #Landscapephotography #Seaviews

The islands of Flatholm and SteepHolm on a grey day with sea in the foreground and a moody sky above.
Rendered in Black and White

Penarth Seafront with building on the left and the sea on the right. Rendered in Black and White

Penarth Pier Rendered in Black and White

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

February 1836: newspapers across the country report that #MaryAnning, defrauded of her savings, had been awarded £300 from the government after her friends at the Geological Society lobbied the Prime Minister. With a further £200 they had collected in Dublin in 1835, this gave her an annuity of £25.

Portrait of Mary Anning wearing a green cloak and straw bonnet, holding a hammer and with a basket over her arm.

Extract from a newspaper: 'Mary Anning, a female in humble lite, residing at Lyme Regis having by great industry and perseverance attained considerable proficiency in the science of Geology, was lately, by the sudden death of a gentleman to whom she had entrusted, without receiving any acknowedgement, a small property of about £200, the fruits of her savings, to invest for her in the most advantageous manner reduced to straitened circumstances, while her health was impaired from the hardship to which she had exposed herself, and the distress of mind consequent on her loss. A number of the most distinguished members of the Geological Society, Messrs. Lyell, Murchison, Drs. Buckland and Bostock, Colonel Sykes &c., interested themselves very much for this meritorious individual, and represented her case to Lord Melbourne with a view to obtain a small pension for her. His Lordship found, on inspecting the pension list, that it was full; and considering that Mary Anning is one of those individuals on whom it was intended that the public bounty should be bestowed, he ordered £300 to be granted to Trustees to be disposed of in the manner which they might conceive best adapted for securing to her some provision for her declining years'

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Great to learn today that a new mineral has been named after #MaryAnning. Anningite-Ce (Ca0.5Ce4+0.5)(VO4) was identified, appropriately, in a coprolite from the Cretaceous Gara Samani Formation in Algeria. www.mindat.org/min-471626.h...

Portrait of Mary Anning in a green cloak and a straw bonnet tied with a red ribbon. She holds a hammer and has a basket over her arm.

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

This should be of interest to anyone involved with #birdingWales #ukwildlife #naturephotography #ukbirding definitely something to take a look at when it's too wet and snowy to be diing it yourself!

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Some interesting stuff spotted on a long walk today Aren't people inventive

Wooden sculpture of a red kite in a nature reserve in south Wales

Carved words on a rock outcrop in south Wales which translate in English as "God Loves You"

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Enjoying a walk on the Llantwit Major beach and exploring the sea caves today Incredible scenery and interesting geology #landscapephotorgraphy #coast #caves #jurassic

Limestone and mudstone cliff at the beach in south Wales

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Especially as you have a history of coming off horses 🤣🤣

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

A relevant article on the Cardiff Naturalists Society website www.cardiffnaturalists.org.uk/htmfiles/150...

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Cardiff Naturalists' Society - History 150th Anniversary

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Looks good, but just make sure you need all that there's nothing worse than overloading for giving you trouble

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Well of course feathers are just complex shaped scales #aviandinosaurs 😁😁

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

MY Grandad's collections are there now. Sadly not geology, but gardening (AKA Archaeology). We visited a couple of years ago to donate some extra stuff to the collection that I had passed on from an uncle that made more sense to be with the collection than my loft 🤣🤣

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

It's filthy weather outside and forecast for even more tomorrow so here's some nice colours taken in #scarborough #yorkshire on a nice sunny day #beachhuts #Olympus #OMsystem

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Not sure that you meant this... But I went caving once. Still doing it nearly 50 years later 🤣🤣 You call it spelunking, we call it caving. Coniston copper mines UK.

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Great to see this impressive waterfall! It's a long time since I visited iceland and all my pictures are on slides which I must scan. Now I have an easy to use system that screws onto my OM cameras it's a lot easier... maybe this winters project :)

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Sometimes you just have to sit and wait for the sun to do its thing and enjoy every minute. #Gnerja #Malta #Sunset #Coast #OMsystem #Olympus #landscape #seascape #fourthirds

Coastal sunset with reflection of the last of the sun on the sea

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Cardiff Naturalists Soc @cardiffnats.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Colonel Morrey Salmons' first birding and photography diary covering 1903-1908 is now online at cardiffnaturalists.org.uk/htmfiles/Sal... #birds #photography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #earlyphotography #Cardiff #CardiffHistory #wales #WelshHistory

Colonel Morrey Salmon with glass plate camera taken in the 1980s

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Tritons’ Fountain/ Il-Funtana tat-Tritoni, Valletta, Malta Hand held at 1/15th using available light whilst on holiday. I love the image stabilization on this camera #omsystem #olympus #OM1 #landscape #travel #culture

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

It wasn't the first time he'd claimed something that wasn't the case. His "first wireless transmission over water" was beaten by Sir John Gavey www.cardiffnaturalists.org.uk/htmfiles/150...

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Cardiff Naturalists' Society - History 150th Anniversary

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I have that book, never expected to meet it for real, but here's a couple from when I put the actual specimen together back in 1986. A real first for the National museum of Wales #dinosaursfromchina

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Cardiff Naturalists Soc @cardiffnats.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The first of the Salmon and Ingram transcribed documents are now online A lot of hard work, more to come when time allows cardiffnaturalists.org.uk/htmfiles/Sal... #birdphotography #wildlife #Cardiff

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Cardiff Naturalists' Society - Salmon and Ingram Diary and Locations information

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · 08/10/2025

Extended seabed geology map of the Bristol Channel published 🗺️ 🌊 Renewable energy infrastructure, whether on- or offshore, requires an in-depth understanding and accurate characterisation of the underlying geology. 🧵

Extract of the BGS Seabed Geology 10k: Bristol Channel (v.2) digital map. Showing the three layers of the dataset (Seabed Substrate, Geomorphology and Structural Geology) draped over the hillshade derived from MB data acquired by the CHP.
Note that the legend only shows the features visible in the map extract.

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Cardiff Naturalists Soc @cardiffnats.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Wildlife watching at home. Phone photo through the patio doors of a frog in a flower pot #amphibian #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wales #nature

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

You want me to respect the Earth.. Well I do, obviously a lot more than the person who spray painted on this bit of local geology #omsystem #olympus #geology #landscapephotography #Triassic #Wales #BarryIsland

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

They are Peruvian lily, scientific name Alstroemeria

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

They are called Peruvian lily, scientific name is Alstroemeria We have them in our garden in the UK

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Yes the one in Cardiff was the original fossilized bone with some reconstuctions where needed. Weighed a ton!

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Shenstone photography @andykendall.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Here's a couple of the cast in Nottingham in 2017. I could not get far enough for a decent angle in the photograph. They kindly provided a mirror as an alternative view which worked quite well

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