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Phil Barron @phil-wildlife.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Thousands of Cowslips today in Hitchin Cemetery #wildflowerhour

Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I found this little guy on a primrose just now. Can anyone tell me which species it is? I'm trying to build a species list of bees thar use our harden. Mini mining bee is as close as Obsidentify will be drawn...such a charming little thing! #bees @stephenfalk.bsky.social

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Phil Barron @phil-wildlife.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

From Hitchin for this week's #WildflowerHour challenge, #WhiteFlowers. Thale Cress, Rue-leaved Saxifrage and Common Whitlow Grass growing near a doorway @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I am hearing blackcaps almost everywhere I go at the moment in North Hertfordshire. "Takking" away from parks, gardens and greenspaces. Seems v. unusual compared to most winters. Love to know the national picture and possible reasons. @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social

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Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I am not sure I can handle a new front but really this is the same battle, against against a tiny self-interested minority of end-stage capitalists pushing us towards a future that none of us wants they don't even understand themselves. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFU1...

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AI Expert: We Have 2 Years Before Everything Changes! We Need To Start Protesting! - Tristan Harris

YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I make each of my flower necklaces by casting real flowers in silver incl snowdrop & bluebells. I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds 20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20 Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

My snowdrop necklace made by casting a real snowdrop in recycled silver

My lily of the valley necklace made by casting a real lily of the valley flower in recycled silver

My wren necklace, individually handmade like all my jewellery designs, made by sculpting a tiny wren in recycled silver

My bluebell necklace made by casting a real English bluebell from a friend's garden in recycled silver

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Blustery day, isn't it? Here's the National Grid: Live generation data. Wind and solar are generating 74.2% of our electricity. Gas is generating 13.1%. And yet our household electricity prices are pegged to... the volatile price of gas. Which is the basis on which the right attacks... renewables.

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Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Found this last night. It's not my doggy as she doesn't eat cherries and I don't think it's fox as it doesn't really smell of anything much. Any ideas "PooSky". Is it hedgehog? @katebradbury.bsky.social @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

How do we fix this mess?

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

900 peaceful, mainly older, protestors supporting Palestine arrested last week, out of 1000 demonstrators Today, as fascists punch and kick police, just 9 arrests made Two-tier policing in all its glory folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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More than 100,000 join Tommy Robinson rally, as counter-protesters demonstrate

Nine people are arrested as the Met say extra officers have been deployed to deal with

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Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

There are swift calling in the eaves. They are inches away from my sons head. He lies in the top bunk listening to them as he wakes up. I cannot tell you how happy this makes me. @nicwilson.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

My book launch of #LandBeneaththeWaves is now online, tickets available from @nextpagebooksuk.bsky.social. If you're near #Hitchin, come and join us for drinks, music and chat about local nature and our relationship with it. Should be a fun evening! 😊🐸🌱🪰🦔🦉💚 #naturewriting #chronicillness #booksky

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Book Launch: Land Beneath the Waves by Nic WIlson

Join us for the debut book launch of "Land Beneath the Waves" by Nic Wilson, Hitchin author and Guardian nature writer

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Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Blue-sky hive mind, I want to top my #wildlifepond with the rain butt water but it has been there a while and looks a bit brownish. Is it OK? We keep them covered. @nicwilson.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social

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Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

My eyes are bigger than my greenhouse. Goodness knows what happens when they need potting on. You'd have thought I'd have learnt by now @nicwilson.bsky.social

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Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

#gardenwildlife upgrade! Alongside the newly laid hedge and in space made by that and removing an old conifer and brick firepit we have: 1 hibernaculum 1 rowan tree 5 square metres of newly sown perennial meadow Very excited. Rain please! @nicwilson.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social

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Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I adore these female tawny mining bees. They are welcome to vulcanise my entire lawn but I wanted to check how I keep them safe? Can I mow and when? No hurry but I (and presumably they) would prefer it shortish. Lots of long grass elsewhere. @katebradbury.bsky.social

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Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

One horrid firepit that needs to go, some turf from re-edging the veg plot, a scattering of compost and hey presto, a mini-hibernaculum! No expensive top soil, no tip-run, more time for a coffee and throwing the doggie her ball (my true purpose). #Wildlifegardening, more fun less effort!

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Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

A small snatch of blackcap song this morning by Hitchin Station, my first of the year and earliest for many. @hertsbirds.bsky.social

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Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Finally got the hedge laid in our garden (I didn't do it myself I hasten to add!). Now that it's done it fells a bit ground zero. Hope I have done the right thing. More photos to follow as it evolves... #hedges #hedgelaying #gardenwildlife

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Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Friday morning, 5 below, deep frost. Aching fingers, cold teeth. The sun finally makes it over the horizon and spills across the field, transforming the teasels into sparkling, spiky jewels. I feel immersed, connected and at peace. I tuck the moment snugly inside my coat and take it home.

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Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Thrilled to discover this collared earthstar at the back of the garden today. Signs of a deeper and richer ecosystem starting to build i hope. #fungi #wildlifegardening

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Dominic Coath @dominiccoath.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

The little copse, branches stark against the sky, is back-lit against a curling mist. A song thrush tuning up in anticipation of a distant spring. A dreary day, suddenly transformed into the magical, ethereal. I remember anew, it's not where you look but how

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

In a natural world that so often seems full of wounds, it was lovely to visit this inspirational project in Bedfordshire for my @theguardian.com #countrydiary and see some of the birds it supports. And I got to spend the day with my dad - bonus! #naturewriting

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Country diary: A handful of summer on a frosty day | Nic Wilson

Southill, Bedfordshire: On a ringing session of seed-eating farmland birds, I see up close the subtle beauty of the yellowhammer

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Sorry about my grinning mug shot! I'll be chatting about my memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, at the Allergy & Free From Show & how growing my own food & spending time in the natural world help me deal with chronic illness. #lifewriting #naturewriting Limited FREE tickets with code: allergyshow.co.uk

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Hadden Turner @haddenturner.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Dead time is something we rally against in society. But what if it is actually something we need, something which is integral to our flourishing and our humanity?

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The Virtues of Dead Time

Why we need "dead time" and what happens when we lose it.

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David Bradley @sciencebase.com · 04/12/2024

The classic pareidolia of fake eyes to scare away predators, but even more than that a bird's eye view of the Emperor isn't only about the eyes, it's a complete mammal-like face staring back at you... #teamMoth #mothsMatter

Emperor moth viewed from a certain angle looks like a mammal face staring back at a would-be predator, the false eyes, the triangle shape, even the whiskers!

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Reminders of a pasture 'still rippled like a ribcage from the till and turn of long-ago strip farming', part of a huge nature restoration scheme in North Yorkshire, in this morning's beautiful & hopeful @theguardian.com country diary from @amyjanebeer.bsky.social. #naturewriting

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Country diary: An area the size of York opened up to nature | Amy-Jane Beer

Castle Howard, North Yorkshire: This huge project is already showing great signs of life, even before the beavers and rootling pigs have arrived

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

It's pretty windy right now. Which means that, for the moment, the UK is running mostly carbon free. grid.iamkate.com

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