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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 13h

Good to chat with Martin Cade watch Red-backed Shrike & a 2 mm long extremophile beetle Octhebius lejolisii, somehow it survives in splash zone pools with extremes of heat and dessication, true survivors that will probably still be going strong when we are all gone! @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 9h

Hello new @bsky.app followers! We've just noticed the Mariposa family on here has passed 2000 followers... it's great to see you here. BlueSky is such a friendly and welcoming space, and a great place to share natural history sightings. We look forward to hearing about what you've seen! 🦋🌸

A collage of blue(sky) butterflies

(Left to right, top to bottom)

Spanish Chalkhill Blue, African Grass Blue, Black-eyed Blue, Fatma's Bavius Blue
Azure Chalkhill Blue, Amanda's Blue, Blue Argus, Long-tailed Blue
Damon Blue, Mazarine Blue, Short-tailed Blue, Adonis Blue
Bavius Blue, Cranberry Blue, False Eros Blue, Chequered Blue

Images © Mariposa guests & guides Clive B, Harry F, Jon Dunn, David Moore, Janos Olah

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Glazed cup #fungi Humaria hemisphaerica.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A crow bringing lard to Cuthbert in recompense for straw stolen by crows. BL Yates Thompson 26; Bede, Prose Life of Cuthbert;12th century; England, N (Durham); f.44r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ms AB @justagalandadog.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

a guy with guy advice says ::

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Common Centaury, Centaurium erythraea, and Yellow-wort, Blackstonia perfoliata, two lovely members of the Gentian family still valiantly flowering on top of the cliffs at St Margaret's at Cliffe. #WildflowerHour

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Was surprising, flowers were abundant. Yes, possibly drought related. 💚🌱

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Some of the Fungi I've met in Dorset woods & heaths.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

could do better. A single fruit on Spindle, Euonymous europaeus

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Presenting the saturday night camel chorus line! BL Cotton Claudius B IV; Old English Hexateuch; f.39r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Lisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière

Image de deux cerfs allongés devant des rouleaux de foin

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Crucial new information on the state of European larger moths. Still lots to lean but these two reports really advance our knowledge. Huge thanks to all involved

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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 09/10/2026

hello, I am doing some research and would like to tap into the collective brains of BSKY: 1. can you share some genre or literary fiction magazines that have closed and the archive is NO LONGER ONLINE 2. the same but the archives remain online FOR NOW i would also appreciate RTs for awareness 💀

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Jesika5555 @jesika5555.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

081026 OM1ii playing astro and aphids hand held hi res and insect images also stacked in camera @sjbastro.bsky.social @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social @davidbflower.bsky.social @haggewoods.bsky.social #entomology #insectmacro

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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The PCR positivity map is out and the national average has risen again to 10.65% in England, 5.4% in Scotland. Scottish data is as of 4 days ago (Sunday); English data is as of 3 days ago (Monday). jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/8

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Birdboy @20thcenturytype.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Shoko Uemura, Night Herons, 1956.

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PKster @pkster101.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

One from Italy. The Seven-toothed Red Resin Bee (Rhodanthidium septemdentatum) Nests r built in empty snail shells. #wildlife #entomology #NaturePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #insects #invertefest #bugsky #naturalscience #wildlifephotography #wildlifephotographer #Hymenoptera #italy

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The barrel-vaulted choir ceiling at Carlisle Cathedral. The decoration dates to restoration work carried out in 1853, but the main ceiling timbers are 14th century in date. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #CarlisleCathedral

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres amid concerns over the clearance of more than 300 hectares of forest... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres

The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think it refers to the plaster cast employed when you break a leg

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Poperin pear is an historic cultivar of pear named after the Flemish town of Poperinghe. You can all stop sniggering there at the back 🤭

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

As maids call medlars when they laugh alone. Romeo, that she were, O, that she were An open-arse, or thou a popp’rin pear! A pun on open-arse and poperin pear, the shape of which resembled a penis and scrotum, is obvious, even to innocents like me. Medlar (meddling) also a euphemism!👀

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mespilus germanica, Medlar, Dog’s Arse. The scales have fallen from my innocent eyes. Subject of many bawdy euphemisms. Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 1. Mercutio says of Romeo Now will he sit under a medlar tree, And wish his mistress were that kind of fruit …

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Jon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If anyone fancies a winter warmer, you could join me in Shetland in January 2027 where I'll be leading the Up Helly Aa tour for my good friends at Shetland Nature. There'll be winter wildlife, spectacular coastal scenery, and Europe's biggest fire festival: www.shetlandnature.net/holidays/she...

The Viking galley is consumed with flames - Up Helly Aa 2024 © Jon Dunn

Wildlife comes in all shapes and sizes! Up Helly Aa 2024 © Jon Dunn

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Jon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The next species to feature in my summer of European clouded yellows is Mountain Clouded Yellow, found in the dizzy heights of the Austrian Alps in July. All Colias clouded yellows are restless souls, particularly on sunny days. This was a rare opportunity for a photo!

Mountain Clouded Yellow (Colias phicomone), Butterflies of the Hohe Tauern tour for Mariposa Nature Tours, Austria © Jon Dunn

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Rockwolf 🇪🇺 @rockwolf74.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's the first time I've found the snazzy torquata form of Nezara viridula (Southern Green Shieldbug) in the UK! From Gravesend in Kent last week! #Heteroptera #Kent #Shieldbug

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Ms AB @justagalandadog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As I was saying earlier.

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"We need some new designs for our Kleenex boxes" "How about 'Frogs that just had sex?" "Good, write that down"

Kleenex box with a delightful illustration of spawning frogs, one frog is upside down and looks really blissful

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A most excellent weevil! Eupholus schoenherrii, from New Guineau, at the Insectarium de Montreal. Beetle is about an inch long, and yes, it really is that colour.

A solid-looking beetle, about an inch long, in garish cross-wise stripes of black, gray-green, and bright lime (ish) green

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Alex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Chiltern Gentian Gentianella germanica at Homefield Wood yesterday. Almost dipped it but @ghostofdatura.bsky.social found us a pristine one after several amarella false alarms. Wedge-shaped ‘wibbly’ corolla tube and trianglular leaves split it from Autumn Gentian #wildflowerhour

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Mick Jones @mickdjones.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Excitement in the post today - the new book on The Glow-worm by my friend and long-time volunteer at @bbowt.bsky.social Dancersend Nature Reserve, John Tyler. It is a magnificent new version of the small book he self-published 30 years ago, now 168 pages with lots of new content and superb photos.

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We think this is a Juniper Shield bug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) that we noticed walking along the path today...

A large, bright green shield bug with distinctive pinkish-red markings on the corium, or thickened, leathery forewings, is pictured. This Juniper Shield bug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) was walking along the grey, textured path today and caught our eye.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

By my reckoning it’s three summers since this was (self) sown in my garden. Echium vulgare, Viper’s Bugloss. It’ll be next summer before it blooms.

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Ms AB @justagalandadog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you think abt these awful glasses, #AI's encroachment on creative property rights, and warfare enacted via drones, you start to see a pattern > the destruction of privacy, annihilation of copyright, and death by remote control -> i.e. dehumanisation across the board.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

No doubt you have plans for them. 😎

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Very pretty group of #fungi in the woods. Possibly Mycena haematopus?

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Barry 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇸 🌿🌿 @wonkyeggs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My first ever Annual Mercury (Mercurialis annua) in Whitby yesterday. With @botanicalmartin.bsky.social #WildflowerHour

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Rough Hawkbit, Leontodon hispidus, in a meadow at Runnymede this week for #WildflowerHour.

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Autumn Hawkbit, Scorzoneroides autumnalis, in a meadow at Runnymede this week for #WildflowerHour. It was proving a big hit with Clouded Yellow butterflies, which were all too quick for me.

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