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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

“Shhh! I can hear them coming!”

David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I saw this rather pristine bracket on a silver birch on Alderford Common yesterday. The iNaturalist app suggests it’s Fomitopsis betulina

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I did not know sunflowers grew like this

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I think this is the screen Simon is referring to (guess who recently learned to search his photos by location)

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

@simonknott.bsky.social I’m really sad to see that since you visited Ludham last a part of the rood painting has disappeared.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I was talking to a spritely and interesting 91 year old church warden this week. We started talking about St Benet’s and he expressed consternation at the vandalism of its gate house to turn it into a drainage mill. I suppose history is more recent for some than others!

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I found these today. They were next to a hedge beneath a couple of oak trees. At first I thought they were fallen bracket fungi but the were firmly rooted in the ground. I wonder if they’re some kind of boletus as the one I picked had pores.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

These grotesque and weather worn little faces look like they might be much older than the rest of the porch. All Saints Rackheath.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nests of mushrooms in a decaying hay bale.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I thought this was a ringed plover but I looked it up and it’s not one of those. An app tells me it’s a turnstone but I’m not sure. It was a bold little bird running around eating the crumbs from people’s sandwiches and getting very close to them.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yesterday I walked 16 miles from Walcott to Hoveton and saw loads of geese arriving to spend winter on the Broads. It’s a shame they were drowned out by the traffic for much of this video as I love the honking they do.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Installation art north of Hoveton… or it could be some poly tunnels 🤔

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I think this is a chinese water deer. I saw it just north of Somerton.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Have you any idea what species the dragonfly was? That church is a testament to ego but it is amazing. The pulpit is also blingy

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

View from the top deck of the X1 to Norwich

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

View from the top deck of the X1 to Norwich

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This example of Eeeeek Eeeeeekius blocked my path today

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Honestly, Norfolk and it ridiculous places names 🙄 It’s probably pronounced unmohicle

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I doubt these carvings are really ancient but I love them. The first one looks like Marty Feldman. Toft Monks church

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Perfect day for a walk. Toft Monks church is within sight.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

These are a remarkable achievement. Given how salty and strong marmite is they’ve managed to use it to make the blandest coated nuts possible. A real disappointment.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The home of this dainty brown dragon fly is an old church that is not unusual in any way at all. No siree. Just another Norfolk church

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Not great photos because I couldn’t get my phone camera to focus very well but I encountered a large harvestman (an opilione) crossing my path whilst determinedly carrying something which I can’t make out

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Currently in a disagreement as whose lunch this is

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Letheringsett to the west of Holt is another of Norfolk’s round towered churches. It has a few treasures inside including a spectacular reredos and a carved head sprouting arms and legs (had mushrooms been taken?) and a head that reminds me of a little girl in a cartoon strip I can’t quite remember.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

There is also a very unusual and touching memorial bench in the graveyard. 2/2

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Glandford church was mostly reconstructed in the early years of the 20thC. It was done in honour of the local bigwig’s mother. I’ve seen a couple of sniffy comments about it but I love it. 1/2

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A mob of mushrooms. I wonder what they’re worked up about?

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Wiveton church is close enough to the church at Cley that each can be seen from the other. When it existed the harbour at Cley could probably have been seen from the churchyard. There are a couple of of interesting brasses in the floor. I particularly like the shrouded corpse.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I love pew end carvings in churches. I try not to post too many to avoid being a bore but I’d be interested in peoples opinions on what these might represent. They’re both from Cley-Next-the-Sea. Please retweet because I’d like to get as many ideas as possible.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Shelton Church from July last year. The interior light was quite uplifting . It has a very interesting tomb showing a pious family group. They don’t look like they were much fun. I don’t think it on the toad to anywhere but worth a detour for a look.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Cley-Next-the-Sea is also popular with mystery writers who visit in order to stock upon red herring

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Cley church must be one of the most beautiful in Norfolk and contains many strange and interesting things. Worth a visit.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

View from the door of Cley church. This would once have looked out onto a harbour.

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David Widdick @davidwiddick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Not the most beautiful thing I found yesterday but probably the most interesting. The death mask and epitaph of Johnson Jex whose name sounds like the start of a limerick.