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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I did a double take on this. The segments & sheen made me think - Giant Millepede 😮 (Actually birch roots but still creepy-looking!)

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) putting on its late show with Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix). Both like damp spots & provide food for autumn insects. And this pretty pink variant on the normal lilac-blue form was fun to find. Way off @wildflowerhour but never mind!

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Chlorociboria aeruginascens - the fungus that produces Green Elf Cups but more commonly stains wood a bright turquoise or verdigris green which was prized by woodworkers creating colourful inlays. These pieces are perhaps alder, down by a stream. I'l have to keep an eye out for possible elf cups!

2 pieces of wood with turquoise staining

2 pieces of wood - one an elbow of small branch, & the other a small rectangular piece, both with turquoise stain

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

OK, hive mind. What do I do about curtain lengths here🤔 2 curtains with a different drop... ? The shorter drop?? 260cm or 280cm drop btw 145cm wide I will be attempting to make them myself 😄

Window part way up stairs so has a step turning under it

Long narrow window on stairs. Curtain pole in place.

Close up of the 20cm difference in drop there would be for each curtain

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town. This is how street fascism is normalised

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

1. Pet microchips in the UK. What a mess. 🐕 I've been trying to update address records since moving house for our two dogs. 🦮🐕‍🦺 Which should be easy, because that's the whole point of microchipping dogs, so pet owners can quickly be found.

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Huge numbers of Red Admiral butterflies on the wing today, presumably freshly emerged. They were enjoying sunny glades, & settling on nettles (as well as appreciating horse dung on the bridleway 😄). This species has benefitted from warmer UK winters & is increasingly resident rather than migratory.

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The local lake, Abbots Pool on the edge of Bristol, is full of dead fish after last week's heatwave. Presumably lack of oxygen killed them all. It's distressing to see the results of climate change on local wildlife areas.

Large dead pike approx 2 feet long that we lifted out of the lake. Sad to see.

Dead fish floating in the boathouse. Absolutely stinks.

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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I wrote this 7 years ago In it I called for cities to better embrace greenery, reflective coatings, water and shading to tackle urban heat. More relevant than ever…. www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/...

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

That time of a summer evening when I can sit out and hear cricket being played on a school ground & tawny owls calling gently from the trees opposite.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This morning scrolling Bluesky, there is nothing at all in my feed about Putin’s barbaric attack on the Ukraine’s holiest site, the UNESCO protected Lavra so I’m posting this here.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A few people campaigning / focus grouping in Makerfield have told me that even Reform supporters have brought up that Farage going against the wishes of Nowak's family made them uneasy. So these statements are both brave and important.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This blew my mind. Some of the largest data centers can require up to 5 million gallons of water per day, equivalent to the water use of 50,000 people. Why are we selling out the survival of our planet to enrich a handful of Big Tech CEOs?

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Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land

Guardian analysis finds facilities to be built in some of the driest areas as outcry grows over water needed to power AI

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Grasses, Ox-eye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare),Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor) and much more at Ashton Court meadows in Bristol. Walking amongst them on a windy day made me feel dizzy with the ground seeming to sway😄 #wildflowerhour

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Ashton Court, Bristol meadows at their peak. Ox-eye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) & Common Spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) are their chief features but the motion and backdrop of the grasses provide equal beauty. #wildflowerhour

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The grasses in the Ashton Court meadows 😍 especially the Totter Grass (Briza media) & ALL those Ox-eye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) plus Common Spotted orchids - a delight for the senses. #wildflowerhour

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David Harris @cycle4nature.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

A fantastic orchid weekend in Kent - a bit of solo exploring on Saturday, then joined @mariposanature.bsky.social on Sunday. 14 species in total. Here's a commemorative collage for #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social Names in ALT text.

Bee, Twayblade, Late Spider var. flaverscens, Common Spotted, Lady;
White Helleborine, Lady single flower, Chalk Fragrant, Man;
Fly, Green Fly;
Bird's Nest, Greater Butterfly;
Common Spotted, Lizard, Lizard crops, Late Spider, Pyramidal, Monkey, Late Spider with pollinator 🐝

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/05/2026

Trump’s behavior on social media today is so unhinged even by his standards that I can’t help but wonder what the doctors really told him the other day. This is a deeply unwell person.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I’ve been reading a lot about the end of the Roman republic recently, and the slide of that empire into imperial monarchy. The stamping of the leader’s face on coins, colossal statues and a reworking of the forum. But even Augustus didn’t build himself a ballroom-fortress.

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

As Spring has progressed, & following last week's rain, the fallen branch near Burrator covered in moss, wood sorrel & ferns has grown even more ferny & wood sorrely #Dartmoor #Devon #WildflowerHour

Moss covered fallen branch with ferns and wood sorrel, in woodland, Dartmoor, Devon

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Jay @drjayunbound.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I recently watched an interview where actor /comedian Martin Short, talking about his daughter who passed away, said: “She did the best she could until she couldn’t,” and described mental illness as often being a “terminal disease.” We need more compassionate honesty and conversations like this

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Walk in the woods, Lee Moor Heard cuckoos calling at various points along the route, an increasingly rare sound in recent years #Dartmoor #Devon

Leaning tree, foreground, moss covered rocks, woodland floor. Oak woodland, Lee Moor, Dartmoor, Devon.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

This is the worst British performance in Europe since the Somme.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The buttercups at Ashton Court, Bristol are almost as good as the orchids there 😄

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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Seeing a plant you’ve not seen for a while is just like catching up with an old friend. So happy to see some gorgeous Fly Orchids this weekend too! Fascinating & enchanting in equal measure! 🥰 Ophrys insectifera #Wildflowerhour

These little flowers are endlessly fascinating! Insect-like in appearance they are velvety dark brown with an iridescent shiny-blue band across the centre of the flower. This is the speculum and is thought to resemble the shine of a Digger Wasps wings! The pollinator - the male Digger wasp finds this floral imitation irresistible especially as the plant also emits a pheromone (same as the female Digger Wasp) to further complete its masterful deception!! The male ‘mates’ with the flower gaining a head full of pollinia for his efforts which he transforms unknowingly to the next Fly Orchid!

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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

What do you get when you cross a Fly Orchid with a Bee Orchid? This little cutie, that’s what! 😍 So excited to see the Fly x Bee hybrid this weekend! #Wildflowerhour

The hybrid between the Fly Orchid, Ophrys insectifera and the Bee Orchid, Ophrys apifera. I was lucky to see three examples, each slightly different.

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Oh, go on then... a few more Green-winged Orchids (Anacamptis morio) from Ashton Court, Bristol. #wildflowerhour

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Probably hundreds of thousands of Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio)on the meadows of Ashton Court park, Bristol. A gorgeous spectacle, with orchids in bi-colours, pale pinks, whites & much more. #wildflowerhour

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Spring flowers from the garden: Iceberg roses, a sprig of Choisya & snippings of vanilla-scented nemesia. Essence of May in a vase 💚🤍🩷

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

A good year for Holly Blues as I'm seeing them everywhere - & lots in my Bristol garden (where there's plenty of holly & ivy) They're often around the bay trees & the only reason I can think of is scale insect honeydew - as the bay trees are riddled with them...

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The unmistakable sound of a nightingale at Ebernoe Common nature reserve. A beautiful wild place in West Sussex. Heard at least two singing today along with blackcaps, chiffchaffs, wrens, blackbirds, garden warblers and robins. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #nightingales

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Love this waterfall into a little pool in a tufa stream. Moss, ivy & ferns, the leaning trunks in the woods. My little collies always stop for a drink here too.

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Katch @katchdraws.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The amount of AI book covers I saw at B&N today was depressing. I just hope that publishers realize that not only will I not read it, I wont even pick it up to look at the back, I do not care who the author is. "Don't judge a book by it's cover?" OHooooo, yeah I will.

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Close up of one of the delicate wood sorrel flowers - just growing happily away on a mossy fallen branch #Dartmoor #Devon #WildflowerHour

Wood sorrel growing from moss on a fallen branch in woodland, Dartmoor, Devon

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Just Bellis perennis - the Common Daisy - growing in grass. #wildflowerhour

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Bluebells in local woods. My favourite time of year 💙

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Daisies in a lawn. Such a pretty sight, you wonder whoever had the idea to get rid of them!

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Bristol Rare Plants Fair 😍 Lots of orchids & a super atmosphere with super food stalls outside ( Malaysuan & Sudanese),people sitting in the sunshine (watching the mining bees in the grass) familiar faces, & growers both passionate & knowledgeable about their plants.

Orchids on a stand illuminated by sunshine coming in through church windows.

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

First go at caning. I'm reasonably pleased though there are things I can improve for next time. This broken stool from a house clearance has a new lease of life at least. I stained the new cane down with VanDyke crystals in solution which are apparently made from walnut husks.

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Spring blossom pick-me-up🩷🤍

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Caisson Gardens near Bath this afternoon full of tulips and fruit blossom. This was in the Walled Garden where there are beds of cutting flowers, fruit & vegetables.

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Corfu wildflowers... morning photos sent by my son & his gf who are walking the Corfu Trail. A very blue honesty & Judas trees in bloom everywhere - plus bee orchid types & Tassel hyacinths. Very lovely!

A bee orchid - maybe Reinhold's bee orchid (Ophrys reinholdii)

Gorgeous track surrounded by clouds of blue honesty, pink blooming Judas trees & hills behind.

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Love to hear that my Physics student son, who loved reading Pride and Prejudice, is trying to persuade other male physics friends to read it too, because it's chiefly a really good comedy - not a romance.

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Daffodils for Good Friday. The scented white Thalias are from a corner of my garden, while the pretty peach ones were from Tesco. The trumpets are yellow when they open then change to apricot and with the white petals remind me of eggs! Anyone know what type they might be? They're quite short.

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Wild Garlic flower and its shadow in some very welcome warm sunshine today.

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

A homemade Easter Simnel cake with homemade toasted marzipan topping too 😋 I actually prefer this to Christmas cake as orange & lemon zests make them fruitier & their flavour isn't overpowered with dark sugar & treacle. Traditionally - in our house - my husband's birthday cake 😄

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Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Just before the hail there was sunshine - though it was cold & windy - & a surprise first Green-winged orchid of the season for me. Beside the golf course at Ashton Court in Bristol.

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