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swandiveswim.bsky.social @swandiveswim.bsky.social · 3h

#FallColour Here's hoping everyone has a super Sunday.

Golden coloured trees and shrubs reflected in the calm waters of a rectangular pond.

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swandiveswim.bsky.social @swandiveswim.bsky.social · 4h

#Birds Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social says today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying. The Alt theme is #Blue. This Mallard drake with wings open, displaying a band of blue qualifies for a twofer I think.

A duck with its back to the camera, rearing up out of the water, has its wings spread wide open. While mostly brown, the secondary flight feathers are a deep royal blue edged with white.

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 2h

4 October 1825: back in Lyme Regis after a tour of SW England, geologist Roderick Murchison noted in his journal, 'Accompanied by Mary Anning rode to Dowlands & dismounted there'. They spent the day exploring the geology of the landslipped cliffs and foreshore to the west of Lyme.

Top left, portrait of Roderick Murchison as a young(ish) man with long sideburns; bottom left, portrait of Mary Anning in a green cloak and straw bonnet; top right, extract from Murchison's journal 'Oct 4th 1825 Accompanied by Mary Anning rode to Dowlands & dismounted there'; bottom right, extract of Henry De la Beche's geological map of Lyme Regis, showing Dowlands to the left, 4 miles west of Lyme.

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Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · 10h

#31DaysOfGraves Day 4: Entrance from the churchyard of St Giles, Packwood, Warwickshire.

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 8h

October 4, 1836, after 5 years geologizing around the world, Charles #Darwin returns back home in Shrewsbury. Darwin's first geologcial map ever shows his hometown's surroundings & it seems he was especially interested in Carboniferous-Permian rocks⚒️

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Spotted these strange little plant galls at York Cemetery yesterday They are Gymnosporangium sabinae and affects pear trees.

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Astronomy Bot @astronomybot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, under construction in Chile, will survey the entire visible sky every few nights. It will generate an unprecedented amount of data, enabling discoveries in areas like dark energy, dark matter, and the Milky Way's structure. Its main instrument is the Simonyi Survey ...

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Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

A lovely walk this afternoon along the River Blythe. Wild Garlic, Red Campion, Cow Parsley, Hawthorn, Yellow Archangel, Buttercups and Bluebells flowering.

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Chicken of the Woods has opened up fully now.

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

3 October 1848: the 36th day of the sale of the Duke of Buckingham's possessions, including the holotype of Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus found by Mary Anning in 1823 and which she had sold to the Duke for £110 in 1824. At the sale William Buckland bought it for the British Museum for just 8 guineas.

Left, extract of William Buckland's letter to Charles Konig at the British Museum telling him that he had just bought Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus and was sending it to him at the British Museum 'The Duke gave for it £100 & I have bought it for the Brit Museum at £8-8-0'; top right, the specimen itself, in the Natural History Museum; bottom right, extract from the Stowe sale catalogue describing the specimen: '... The discovery of this curious petrifaction was one of the results of the celebrated Miss Anning's explorations.'

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Todd Burt @gtburt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Shrooms 📷 Nikon Z6iii ƒ11 1/10s 105mm ISO320

Mushrooms on a Stump in the woods near Amherst, NS

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Visited York Cemetery today to look for fungi. Found practically nothing. However I did find this extraordinary tree. A Paper bark maple.

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You know Autumn has arrived when you start finding these. In Cumbia when l were a lad we used to call them "cheggies". Not sure if there is a local Yorkshire name.

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#FossilFriday & ahead of next week's fossil marine reptile conference @morethanadodo.bsky.social, here are some of Mary Anning's most impressive ichthyosaur finds @nhm-london.bsky.social, including the 'first' ichthyosaur of 1811–12, the large 1832 Temnodontosaurus, & big vertebrae of the mid-1830s.

A museum display case with fossil skeletons of large ichthyosaurs.

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Michael R Photography 🌿 @msriffle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestBeaks. This black skimmer fed in the shallows of beautiful St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. They are numerous now with many hundreds of them hanging out in Lighthouse Pond. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #BirdsInFlight #birdsky #birders #conservation

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A good day out today with @vannabartlett.bsky.social at Blo' Norton, Norfolk, looking at fungi & invertebrates. Lovely landscape - kept expecting to find Detectorists Andy & Lance to be out there somewhere.

Parkland at Blo' Norton, with a big oak tree.

Parkland at Blo' Norton, with big oak trees.

Parkland at Blo' Norton, viewed from a wood.

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Potteric carr reserve was largely empty so plenty of time to enjoy the solitude and nature. " I wandered lonely as a cloud" (thank you W. Wordsworth)

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Potteric carr looking very dry. This pool is normally full of water. A Little grey did pop out for a wander though. Too distant to photograph

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#NationalPoetryDay: 'To Mary Anning' by John Kenyon (1784–1856), written after he met her in Lyme Regis in the autumn of 1836 and published in his 'Poems for the most part occasional' (1838). More recently, Mary Anning has featured in the work of at least nine modern poets.

Top left, portrait of Mary Anning in a green cloak and straw bonnet; bottom left, portrait of John Kenyon; right, Kenyon's poem, 'To Mary Anning' with each verse ending with 'Mary Anning', limiting his rhyme options somewhat.

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The crab apples are now fully ripe and deep scarlet in colour.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Startling! 🔭 🧪

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Rosie Meddon @rosiemeddon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I find it awe inspiring to stand somewhere ancient. This is the chapel at Lytes Carey Manor, built 1343-8, with the window replaced in 1912 as part of a major restoration but including fragments of medieval glass.

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is the very lovely Musk mallow at Potteric carr reserve yesterday.

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The International Sciences Institute (ISI) @isi.institute · 30/09/2026

NGC 5335, captured serving a striking slice of star power.

NGC 5335, a barred spiral galaxy with a bright central bar, blue star-forming regions, and a dark star-filled background.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Window through water and time-sculpted limestone caves to an Irish rainforest beyond.

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Rosemary Griggs @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The late medieval tie-beam roof at the Church of St Mary, Fawsley, Northamptonshire . #woodensday #medieval

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nice Birch ployphore at Potteric carr today

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Phragmidium violaceum gall on bramble. Spotted today at Potteric carr reserve.

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A trip to Potteric carr nature reserve today. This is the flagship for The Yorkshire Wildlife Trusts. Highlight was a rather distant sighting of a spoonbill.

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

#Birds #Raptor #ColourADay #BlueTue A female Merlin, backed by the most brilliant blue sky that Autumn has to offer.

A small raptor with its back to the camera and head turned to the left, is perched on a bare, weathered branch. The background is a featureless brilliant blue sky.

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just seen the sad news that Kevin Keegan has passed away. Great player and manager.

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All the Galaxies! @allthegalaxies.galaxyzoo.org · 25/09/2026

A spiral galaxy, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the COSMOS survey. It is at redshift 0.83 (lookback time 7.19 billion years) with coordinates (150.23406, 2.03710). 45 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo: Hubble.

A spiral galaxy from the Galaxy Zoo: Hubble project, classified by 45 volunteers.

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British Nature Guide @britishnatureguide.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hummingbird Hawk-moth today in Looe in Cornwall. #mothsmatter

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Manuela Casasoli @manuelacasasoli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"NASA’s Chandra "found mysterious objects that give off unusually low-energy X-rays but intense levels of ultraviolet radiation. One of the galaxies they studied, M101, is pictured here in this image released on Sept. 9, 2026." 🧪 #Science #Space #Astronomy #Cosmology science.nasa.gov/missions/cha...

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https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-chandra-finds-unusual-objects-in-pinwheel-galaxy/

NASA’s Chandra Finds Unusual Objects in Pinwheel Galaxy

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Alabama/M. Muhibullah et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hints of autumn at Gosford in East Lothian this afternoon.

A heron stands on the bank of an ornamental lake edged by trees.

The red door of a small building surrounded by trees with water in the foreground.

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Archaeology @archaeology07.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A Bacchic altar found in the Roman theater of Italica, near Seville, Spain. Carved from Carrara marble in the early 1st century CE, it is one of three altars depicting the ritual dances of maenads and satyrs. Archaeological Museum of Seville.

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#PostboxSaturday: Edward VII wallbox, set in a lovely stone wall built of the local early Jurassic Blue Lias. Chard Road, Weycroft, Axminster.

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here's an Askham Bog specialty. A Royal fern. This one stands over 8 feet tall.

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

September 25, 1749, birthday of German mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner ...

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𝒩𝒶𝓈𝓉𝓎 𝒞𝒶𝓃𝒶𝒹𝒾𝒶𝓃 🇨🇦 @lancetay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

After restacking in the latest release of #StackingWizard this is the best 900 frames of 3900 shot. Equals two and half hours of exposure time. Let's go for ten. #yegwx #yegastro #Seestar #S30Pro #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Messier31 #M31

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lots of Phyllonorycter platani mines on London plane.

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Another from Askham Bog. Horses hoof or tinder fungi.

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Askham Bog may have been dry today but there were some good fungi including these nice Birch polyphores. Also some interesting leaf mines which I am working on.

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Stuart Ogilvy @nat-hist-man.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Trip to Askham Bog (Yorkhire Wildlife Trusts first nature reserve)today. The answers in the name! And I l was faced by this. This is one of the main waterways. In all my years of visiting l have never seen the reserve this dry.

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eyeconic.me @eyeconicme.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wanna see the beauty that humans are capable of creating? Aachen Cathedral in Germany. Built by Emperor Charlemagne in 796 AD. The ceiling is made of mosaic tiles. #Germany #ArtYear #ArtShow #Photography #iPhonePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #Aachen

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