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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 6h

🧵Back to Ryedale Museum and my favourite exhibit mainly because it tells a wonderful story of community. It is, the Farndale hearse. Victorian funerals were taken very seriously and a certain level of ceremony was expected. In some ways they were the equivalent of a present day wedding. These

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Ms AB @justagalandadog.bsky.social · 4h

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · 19h

The Geological Survey of Northern Ireland and @nationaltrust.org.uk have teamed up to help save Mussenden Temple from erosion through a coastal monitoring and adaption plan. Watch the team talk about how they're going about it on UTV, here: www.itv.com/watch/news/p...

Historic Temple of Mussenden set against the ocean, captured at sunset with a clear sky. Photo by Mario Spencer, via Pexels. https://www.pexels.com/photo/northern-ireland-28086731/

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Geoff Campbell North Antrim Moths @gcampbellphoto.bsky.social · 17h

Pine Carpet (Pennithera firmata) - Scotland - September 2026. A scarce moth locally, but in their hundreds in the pine forests of Scotland #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #gcampbellphoto @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 19h

The timeless beauty of ancient glass! This Roman glass scent bottle is around 2,000 years old, yet its elegant design feels surprisingly modern! British Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small Roman scent bottle made of cobalt-blue mould-blown glass in the form of a scallop shell. At the top it has a cylindrical neck with an out-turned rim. There is a thin, curved, handle either side of the neck. The top of each handle is attached to the neck, and the bottom is attached to the top of the scallop shell. Bottle dimensions: height 8.5 cm, diameter 5.2 cm. Dated AD 25-100. It is displayed on a circular, clear perspex (?) stand in a British Museum display case. The bottle was bequeathed to the British Museum by Felix Slade in 1869.

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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 18h

The PCR positivity map is out. Adjusted national positivity in England is up to 9.3%. We're still waiting for this week's Scottish data. I'll update the thread when it's out. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/6

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David Stevens 🇺🇦 @davidst999.bsky.social · 19h

Shaggy Scalycap mushrooms (Pholiota squarrosa) seen yesterday in a West Lothian woodland. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Scotland

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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 18h

Summoned by the gonging, Professor Crutchfeld stepped into the clearing. The little caterpillars had done well this time in their offering.

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The White Falcon @markgolley.bsky.social · 21h

The Shocking Pinks!!! At some point, there will be a natural conclusion to the Vestal images from Cley but this might well be the Vestal to out-Vestal all others. Today's field-fringe visitor was the most outrageous one we've seen anywhere. Wow! @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleymothobs #norfolkmoths

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RoseRed @thebookishgardener.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Good night 🌙 🖌️ Catherine Hyde #art #artist #autumn

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Bob McIntosh @scotfot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Windfall #lichen

a bunch of various lichens on a fallen branch. Resting on a woodland floor of dark wet beech leaves

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve been very quiet during #suicidepreventionawarenessweek because it’s shit being constantly reminded of all the things I might have done to save Alice. The “check-in” narrative is particularly distressing. I get that its’s appealing, plenty of people have an anecdote that it saved their life…

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nearly all the Extras in this iconic scene were French expatriates. Their tears during the stirring rendition of La Marseillaise were genuine— filmed at a time when the fate of France was still uncertain. CASABLANCA (1942)

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Wow, now that's a graph! 😷 + 💉

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sun rising above the Chocolate Mountains as seen from Borrego Springs (2026-9-26).

Sun rising above the Chocolate Mountains as seen from Borrego Springs. Ocotillo in the foreground.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the hazels, at least, are confident of another spring

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Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If it hasn’t been published it has effectively not been done - a Classic Prof Simon leather quote highlighting the value of communicating the science once it has been done A celebration at @harperadamsuni.bsky.social for the new building opened in hour of the great man @royentsoc.bsky.social

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is an amazing tribute to Simon. He was such a presence in the entomology twitter days and an amazing entomologist and scientist in his own right. I'm sad I never got to meet him in person.

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 30/09/2026

Proposal: the fines levied on the water companies for serious environmental failure like this should be set at a sum equal to what the company paid in dividends + any executive bonuses, in the previous year (since this is a good estimate of the ‘spare’ money sloshing about) for a first offence …

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A classic #WildWebsWednesday at this time of year - an Ivy Bee foraging on an Ivy flower in the pub car park in Kenley where we had lunch yesterday. This was after a very interesting tour of the airfield led by volunteers from the Kenley Revival Project.

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Jon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A 5 mile transect walked the length of my island home yesterday was surprisingly productive for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social material - though no shocks until the very last, a Sea Pink running extraordinarily late in the year. #WildflowerHour

A collage of wildflowers (and an autumnal interloper) from a walk in Shetland yesterday

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Vic Brown @viccbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Male Holly Blue butterfly (29/9/26). 3rd brood individuals are becoming the norm in my S. Cambridgeshire garden with a few seen each autumn in recent years. Yet more evidence of the effects of our warming climate. #Butterflies

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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is an interesting point that has come up in our Local Nature Recovery Strategy: If you start post Enclosure (circa 1600-1650 in Tees Valley) then your story now is loss of hedgerows. Start before & the loss is of wetlands and massive amounts of grassland/grazing moor; hedges are irrelevant.

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fussballutopien.bsky.social @fussballutopien.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Beim Wandern im Kosovo habe ich Wiesen mit unglaublicher Artenvielfalt gesehen. Und mich erinnert, wie Wiesen in meiner Kindheit in DE aussahen. Erst beim Reisen sieht man, was wir verloren haben. Und wie schlecht das BIP als Gratmesser von Wohlstand ist taz.de/Wandern-auf-...

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Wandern auf dem Balkan: Das verlorene Paradies

Unsere Autorin findet in den Bergen Wiesen, die vor Artenvielfalt nur so strotzen. Sie erinnern sie an etwas, das es hierzulande kaum mehr gibt.

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A thunderstorm developed over the Salton Sea just about an hour ago. Cloud-based lightning can be seen as it got darker (Video: Sicco Rood).

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David @duckinwales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pleased with the results of yesterday's natural plant dying course. Great fun and now have 17 colours of wool to play with!! Plant used: madder root, alder cones, goldenrod and fennel. #botany

Skeins of different coloured wool hanging on a clothes dryer

More skeins of wool, mostly yellows and greens.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

These are the fruits of Elaeagnus umbellata in November; the glistening silvery scales on the berries are a typical feature on Elaeagnus - often clothing leaves, stems and flowers. @darranjaques.bsky.social

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Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center @anzaborrego.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fiery sunset minutes earlier above Borrego (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Fiery sunset clouds above a brittlebush and two palm trees

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stevetrotter1.bsky.social @stevetrotter1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What I think is Woolly milk cap (Lactarius torminosus)... a lovely salmon pink mushroom with a felty cap in woods by the #RiverSouthTyne @northpennines.bsky.social

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Barry 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇸 🌿🌿 @wonkyeggs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Unusual dark-berried Crataegus at Kingsbury Water Park in Warwickshire this week. I was on a mission for something else , so didn't think to check for the number of seeds or any other clues. Any ideas? I'm back around that way later in the month, so should be able to pop by and look again

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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 27/09/2026

God at His computer

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Palustris @palustris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Many ponds here are still dry. This one at Hartburn didn't look too promising, choked with invasive Curly Waterweed, but it was full of dragonfly larvae. At this time of year these are predominantly hawkers (Aeshnidae), which have multi-year life-cycles. @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Palustris @palustris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Several aquatic insects in this pond were almost unknown in North-east England before the turn of the century: Emperor Dragonfly, Screech Beetle (📷), the backswimmer Notonecta viridis & tiny water bug Plea minutissima. This demonstrates the rapid impact of climate change on our local wildlife.

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Ian Beavis @ianbeavis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Figures 2-2f here show colour forms of Pale Tussock caterpillar (see my last post) and its pupa & cocoon. From William Buckler's Larvae of British Butterflies & Moths vol.3 (Ray Society, 1889)

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have been known to decry Elaeagnus for being boring. I’ve almost changed my mind, on account of the heavenly scent of these unobtrusive little flowers. Another late nectar source that the bees were taking full advantage of. I’ve never seen them so floriferous up here in the north east.

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Dr Manu Saunders FRES @manusaunders.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Amazing! This year's Bogong moth migration seen in full flight, after a few years of low records. Insect population dynamics can be unpredictable, especially without long-term data. Look forward to seeing science on what may have driven this year's pattern #ozinverts www.news.com.au/technology/s...

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