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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Strelitzia nicolai is bird-pollinated in an unusual way. Perching birds, like this Cape weaver (Ploceus capensis), pick up the pollen on their feet! 📷: Andrew Core CCBYNC4. #Strelitziaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱 Want more #ornithophily? Prof. Jeff Ollerton wrote an excellent book about it.

A plate of two photos showing a yellowish bird perched on the flower of a Strelitzia. The bird’s feet are clasping the flower and exposing the anthers.

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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've written Joe Harkness's obituary for the Guardian. I hope it pays good tribute to a wonderful man who was brave, honest and made the world a better place. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Joe Harkness obituary

Writer, teacher and naturalist who explored the effects of the natural world on neurodivergency

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Andy Symes @andysymes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Beautiful Plume pursued by small shadow dragons - dramatic scenes on my kitchen wall last night #TeamMoth

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VC40Ladybirds 🐞 @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Uploading the Dot Ladybird (Stethorus pusillus) with 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) again, just because I like it!! 😆 From August in Shropshire #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I remember seeing Margaret Attwood at the IOC in Vancouver in 2018 - the closest thing to Canadian royalty?! Excellent to see a chair in Ornithology being endowed - see quoted tweet for direct details & more background in this @theguardian.com article www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

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‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research

Award-winning novelist celebrates late partner’s love of birds with gift to establish the Graeme Gibson chair in avian biology

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I nearly didn't post this one from Private Eye. Then thought 'Go on. @justrena.bsky.social would have loved it'. I hope so.

Man and woman in front of a wall of skulls. Woman says 'Investing in crypto is something else, dear. What you've done is buy an ossuary'.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026

Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/

Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Quite emotional to report that we've just found our amazing survivor Marsh Tit, still here in his ancient woodland kingdom. He's now 11 yrs 4 months old, survived the 2026 heatwaves/drought and smelt the wildfires of nearby Holme Fen. I ringed him in my 30s and I'm now in my 50s.

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

An account of a book scam markavery.info/2026/09/20/b... #naturewriting #books #authors

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NullPointer 🍄 @nuiipointer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Interesting fungal find: This parasitic plant fungus (Exobasidium karstenii) lives exclusively on bog-rosemary (Andromeda polifolia) and makes some of the leaves much broader, and purple. The green and the purple leaves here are the same plant! #naturephotography #fungifriends

Top view of some bog-rosemary, with narrow, green, rolled up leaves. In the middle is a sprig of broad, purple leaves. They are the same plant, but infected with a gall fungus.

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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com

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Judy Webb @judywebb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My goodness, that looks like a nice bit of lowland spring fen. What was the moss? Thatchy & tall dead reed means it could do with a good cut & collect, then goodness knows what good things may return, perhaps grazing later on happens? Sweep netting in May & June needed for soldierflies...

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Terry & Judy Wood @tandjwood.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Good luck with the appeal and wouldn't it be great to, one day, join it to Flitwick Moor.... (understand it is 5 fields away).

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Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thanks so much for your support. This really is a wonderful site - a chalk spring, a neutral spring and an acidic spring from the Greensand meet in the central marsh - I can't think of a site of this size with such diversity, and the plants and invertebrates to prove ti.

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Martin Harvey @kitenet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thrips are tiny creatures that lay very tiny eggs, into which these astonishingly tiny wasps lay their own minuscule eggs. What an amazing form of life 🔬

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

9,500 years old! And still intact! A Mesolithic woven baskets from Spain’s Cueva de los Murciélagos (“Cave of the Bats”) are Europe’s oldest known basketry. Thanks to the cave’s near‑zero humidity, organic materials didn’t decay, preserving several baskets for more than 9,000. 🧵/1/2 📷 me

Woven cylindrical basket displayed against a black background, with a wide rim and rounded base illuminated by a spotlight.

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Government is asking for views about the good causes National Lottery funding should support. But in the 'call for evidence', nature is not included in the description of 'heritage' anymore. This is potentially BAD NEWS. You can help here:

action.wildlifetrusts.org

Nature could miss out from Lottery funding – have your say

Respond to the call to action to share nature IS heritage and the National Lottery needs to continue to support nature.

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Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Need to harness the power of Bluesky, so reposts are appreciated. If anyone here, or anyone you know attends Bangor University (the Welsh one) and needs a room for the upcoming year, get in touch. One of my son's housemates has dropped out at the last minute, so their house is one short.

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Wildlife Trust BCN @wildlifebcn.org · 12/09/2026

📸 Could your photo be our next Header Photo of the Month? 🌿 Send us your favourite photo taken on one of our reserves for a chance to feature on our Facebook & Bluesky headers! 📅 Deadline: 20th September 📧 communicationsteam@wildlifebcn.org We can't wait to see your photos!

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Celebrating receiving an advance copy of my new Magnum Opus (with 4,000 images), by catching a Clifden Nonpareil on the same day.

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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A species can be common in an ecosystem and still be doomed. If it can no longer reproduce, e.g. due to degradation or climate change, it's likely already facing extinctioning. Sometimes ecosystems reflect land-use decisions from 50y ago as much as today's. New piece on ghosts, debts, and credits.

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Ghosts, debts, and credits

The hidden lags between what we do and what it costs

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Wonderful ancient artistry! About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory! Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse! 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller Monday, September 07,1953

P1- NANCY AND SLUGGO ARE WALKING DOWNTOWN
SLUGGO: I HAVE AN IDEA, NANCY
P2- THEY WALK BEHIND A WOODEN FENCE
SLUGGO: LET’S STAND BEHIND THIS FENCE
NANCY: WHY?
P3- SLUGGO: THIS IS LABOR DAY ---
LET'S GIVE THE BOSS AN EASY STRIP TO DRAW

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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 06/09/2026

Deacon in local Catholic Church went full Ezekiel in homily today, re climate crisis and the horrors being visited on those least responsible: "seen recently in Nepal and Tibet. The blood of more than 1,300 people is on our hands, from this one incident of climate injustice alone."

Deacon Ray's Homily 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

"It is important we celebrate this feast appropriately because part of our duty, as the body of Christ, is to be responsible stewards of creation, another most precious gift which God has granted us. We have lived comfortably using the resources of the Earth, without regard for future generations, but the debt is now due, and we need to make difficult choice about the way in which we live. This is especially true in the western world where despite baking summers and sodden winters we are still largely sheltered from the worst effects of the climate crisis, while those in less wealthy countries suffer disproportionately, as we have seen recently in Nepal and Tibet. The blood of more than 1,300 people is on our hands, from this one incident of climate injustice alone.

To borrow a famous phrase from a fictional journalist, the job of the homilist is "to comfort the afflicted, and to afflict the comfortable". So, if you are still sitting comfortably in your pew, then I have failed this morning. But I hope and pray that you are feeling just a little uncomfortable, and that your hearts have been softened towards your brothers and sisters, whoever and wherever they may be."

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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It is back to school everyone! And to mark that, we have here William Keble Martin's paintbox which was used for his well loved Concise British Flora in Colour (1965) published when Martin was 88. It has 1,400 species of plants and has been the inspiration for many budding botanists ever since.

Antique watercolor kit with brushes and squeezed paint tubes in an open velvet-lined case set before an open botanical reference showing detailed plant illustrations and labels.

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

As Europe slouches back towards fascism, a reminder where it leads.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Art by Jonatan Maldonado

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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

After another shower of cowards tried to campaign on Facebook for people to stop donating to the RNLI when they discovered that they don't ask to see your passport when rescuing you if you're drowning in the sea, I started a monthly donation. You might want to do the same. Or just a one off.

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A new book on British Earthstars by Jonathan Revett is now available to preorder from @summerfieldbooks.com #MycoBookClub #fungi #FungiFriday #Mycology www.summerfieldbooks.com/product/brit...

14. Geastrum rufescens Pers.

Rosy Earthstar

<<< rufescens = red, reddening >>>

Icons: Pegler et al. (1995) p103; Jeppson (2013) p168; Læssøe et al. (2019) p1249.

A medium to large sized species with thick fleshed pinkish-red non-hygroscopic rays, a fimbriate peristome and stalked spore sac

Unexpanded fruitbody: Subglobose, 30mm 40mm.

Expanded fruitbody: 50mm - 90mm with 5-8 non-hygroscopic rays, flattened or arching with age.

Mycelial layer: Persistent, encrusting debris.

Fibrous layer: Pale grey brown

Fleshy layer: Warm reddish pink, flesh up to 8mm thick when fresh, quickly cracking and falling apart, darker with age but normally with residual reddish tones.

Spore sac: Subglobose 10mm 30mm diameter, greyish buff or light brown, smooth or minutely hairy (hand lens needed!) and with a fimbriate peristome which is often ill-defined and a short stem.

Mature Spore Mass: Dark brown.

Spores: Globose, 3.8µm 4.3µm, covered in elongated warts up to 0.5µm high.

Capillitial hyphae: 4.0µm 8.0µm, thick walled, tapering, encrusted.

Habitat: Rich litter in both deciduous and coniferous woodland, parks, arboretums.

Distribution: An uncommon species but well represented across Britain.

Discussion:

Unmistakable when fresh, thick fleshed with some degree (often very intense) of pinkish red tones and a weakly defined fimbriate peristome. The spore sac often degrades very quickly, especially around the peristome and can end up with several tears and holes. The short stem is best seen in mature specimens when all the flesh has eroded.

Unlikely to be confused with other earthstars when fresh but old specimens can resemble Geastrum michelianum or even Geastrum fimbriatum however the rays normally have dark reddish tones and sometimes dried patches of the thick flesh. The spores are also larger than G fimbriatum & G michelianum.

Often found in and around rotting tree stumps or on big thick piles of needle litter.

European Distribution & Species:

Common and widespread a…

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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

By Wendell Berry, RIP:

They Sit Together on the Porch

They sit together on the porch, the dark Almost fallen, the house behind them dark.
Their supper done with, they have washed and dried The dishes-only two plates now, two glasses, Two knives, two forks, two spoons-small work for two.
She sits with her hands folded in her lap, At rest. He smokes his pipe. They do not speak, And when they speak at last it is to say What each one knows the other knows. They have One mind between them, now, that finally For all its knowing will not exactly know Which one goes first through the dark doorway, bidding Goodnight, and which sits on a while alone.

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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Great to see Environment Secretary @angelaeagle1.bsky.social recognising the benefits of restoring nature for preventing wildfires and improving climate resilience. An important rebuttal of unsupported claims ‘rewilding’ is to blame for wildfires, like those at Dunwich Heath this summer.

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I've been revisiting my 2021 book How to Argue With a Racist, in light of the Cofnas situation - i didn't name him or the scientifically illiterati with who he breaks bread. But I thought these sections from the end might be of interest.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

No great answers here, but I think that we need the confidence to have more faith in ourselves as humans and conviction that our humanity matters. I'm lucky enough to see people doing that every day - building trust, listening, choosing to do the kind thing. LLMs can't do that, but we can. Go us!

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Veterinary Medicines - pesticides used in tick & flea treatments are bad for freshwater bugs. The collective, large-scale use of pesticides in vet medicine is equating to pollution across UK waterways with knock-on effects to freshwater invertebrates & ecosystems www.buglife.org.uk/campaigns/ve...

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Veterinary Medicines - Buglife

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 26/08/2026

This is a really well-articulated explanation of the case against Cofnas specifically, but also of a broader principle that academic freedom requires defending principles of “integrity, intellectual honesty, and commitment to truth-seeking” against ideologues who don’t give a crap about scholarship

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Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

... 2/2 Finding Buff-tailed Villa (Villa hottentotta) in UK meant the Villa ID guide needed updating! See dipterists.org.uk/soldierflies.... Convincing photos of the new Villa were taken in 2025, but we need a specimen to fully confirm it. If anyone finds more next summer please let me know!

Screenshot of one page from the updated identification guide to VIlla bee-flies, showing examples of male Buff-tailed Villa (Villa hottentotta)

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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

How lucky am I?! The very lovely @steve_seahorse gave me some mantis shrimp larvae from the south coast! These are not something we see here in Norfolk (at least not as far as I know) so it was a real treat to see and photograph them! Stacked images. #marineplankton 🦑

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Wonderful news alert! 🎉 One of the UK’s rarest breeding birds has had a remarkable year. Montagu’s Harriers have successfully bred in the UK for the second year running, raising six youngsters from two nests at a secret farmland location. www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

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Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Excellent views of 8+ Praying Mantis on the Isle of Wight today with @alanlewiswildlife.bsky.social

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Found Land Beneath the Waves in the wonderful Highland Bookshop! It's a very friendly shop with a stonking selection of #naturewriting.

Nic standing smiling in front of the Highland Bookshop with her book.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

1. The entomology department notice board a sign reads “Employee of the moth: Claire”
(Claire is spelled with an i)

2. Clare and a colleague are scientists wearing lab coats, they look at the board. He says “Congrats, But I think they made a typo.”

“Damn, do they did.” Says Clare

3. Clare in the office, seen from outside “Sorry to bother you boss, but my name is spelled wrong on the poster”

4. Her boss is a human-sized moth in a lab coat sitting behind a desk “Apologies Clare, I’ll get that fixed.”
(Clare is spelled either no i)

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Richard Jones @bugmanjones.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

First proofs of New Naturalist — Woodlice arrived. And if I’m now an old naturalist, I put my enquiring spirit down to a combination of curiosity, frivolity, and an overwhelming awe at the natural world.

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Emilie Ellis @e-ellis1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🦋 I’m recruiting a fully funded PhD student at the University of Helsinki: understanding how butterflies respond to climate change across Europe. Apply by 30 Sept: Full details: jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/5... Please share! #ecology #job #phd

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Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Butterfly Ecology and Climate Change across Europe

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Armando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · 17/08/2026

I'm hunting for a "cryptid", but with tiny feet. I've launched a website about the creature. Are you a naturalist, #entomology , #arachnid or general invertebrate enthusiast around #swansea and #wales? Do you have a free weekend day in the UK? I'd love for you to come along. More on the website 🧪

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The Lost Mite of the Irish Sea: Have you seen this mite?

Found in Ireland, 1915. Found in Wales, 1987. Lost since. A one millimetre cryptid of the Irish Sea shores, and a weekend hunt to find it again.

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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Hey Kathleen, there’s a video of Carl Sagan explaining it to Congress from the mid 80s that you might just understand - as he realizes he’s not talking to the smartest folks in the world so he goes slowly youtu.be/Wp-WiNXH6hI?...

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Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change

YouTube video by carlsagandotcom

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This Aurochs may well have walked through Monks Wood.

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