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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Wow. Well that was a surprise, but a good one. A Severe Alert issued by the U.K. Government just now, warning against use of any kind of outdoor fire and/or fireworks. Good to know the Alert System works. Let’s just hope EVERYBODY heeds the warnings.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This lovely visitor came to our garden early this morning. It stayed for quite a while, until spooked by our Cocker Spaniel Kinsey wandering past. #HummingbirdHawkMoth #Sussex #OM1Mk1

Day-flying moth Hummingbird Hawk-moth nectaring on a red Salvia flower, with out-of-focus green leaves and stalks in the background, visiting a Sussex garden.
It’s hovering with wingbeats of around 80 beats per second, so the wings are a blur to the naked eye. The wings are shades of honey-brown, the head is a little more grey and the black and white markings on its rump are clearly visible. The moth looks hairy but what appear to be hairs are scales or tiles. The long proboscis is deep inside the red Salvia flower, as it takes nectar before flying to the next flower.
There’s a faint hum audible as it dashes from flower to flower, and the optical illusion of a pseudopupil, which happens when the specific tiny lenses called ommatidia in the eye are pointing directly at me, makes the moth’s eye seem to stare right at me.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Last night’s waxing gibbous Moon, at 21.12 BST. I’d been in Lewes for most of the day, so driving home at about 19.30 the light was beautiful, as I passed the South Downs of Mount Caburn, then Beddingham Hill came into view, with Firle Beacon, Bo-Peep, and Windover’s Long Man. I love that drive.

Our natural satellite The Moon, waxing gibbous at 178.95°. It’s a completely clear sky with just a hint of dark blue before night descends completely. The Moon is a warm colour after the sunset.
The crater Copernicus is clear to see, as are craters Tycho, Timocharis, Eratosthenes, Aristillus, and Plato.
The mares visible are Imbrium, Frigoris, Nubia, Serenitatis, Tranquillitatis, Crisium, Fecunditatis, and Nectaris and are all showing well.
The crater Sinus Iridum is just at the terminator line.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

WE HAVE AVOCET NEWS!!! An Avocet spotted at RSPB Middleton Lakes has been confirmed as the oldest ever recorded in the UK. At 36 years old, it's lived more than five times longer than the species' average lifespan. First ringed in 1990, it's still out there doing Avocet things. Go on Avocet. 😍

An Avocet strides across the edge of a wetland, one leg lifted mid-step as if caught in an elegant strut. Its striking black-and-white plumage and long upturned bill stand out against a softly blurred backdrop of green reeds.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I wish Bouzkova had worn a different tennis outfit. With her shoulder blade tattoos all I can see is a fed-up face. It’s very distracting. #Wimbledon2026 #Bouzkova #Pareidolia

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Wow, England! What a match! You’ve really done us proud ☺️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Ursula and her husband have been doing this with their golden retrievers for a few years now TT: @hugoandursula

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Evening birdsong just now. I do love hearing the birds before they settle for the night. #Sussex #Birdsong #Birds #EveningChorus

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

At last, the first hint of green on “my” Oak tree. Last week there was no sign but a few warm, sunny days have made all the difference. And there’s the bonus of a tiny, heart-shaped cloud, bright in the sunshine. #Oak #OakTree #EnglishOak #HeartOfOak #Sussex #Berwick

A lone, mature Oak tree at the edge of a field on a fairly flat landscape, with trees and countryside stretching to the horizon.
The Oak is shaped by the prevailing South-Westerly wind and mid-way through April there’s the first hint of green on its branches after the long, wet Winter. The wide trunk and lower branches are ivy-covered, always green throughout the year.
The sky is a light blue with pale lines of cloud and contrails, with one tiny heart-shaped cloud bright in the sunshine.

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Loki LakaBatty 🦇🎃 @runtimeerror.cryptoanarchy.network · 11/04/2026

yo, u in the wrong neighborhood

an adult and child shoebill in the grass looking at the camera, they naturally have a mean look so it looks menacing

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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Beautiful story of a man bonding with a robin.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

First spacecraft ever to splashdown under the control of three Tunnock’s teacakes.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Somewhere, in one of the trees very close by, is “our” Blackcap, singing his heart out. It’s a chilly, dull day, brightened by the rapid succession of notes pouring across the garden. #Blackcap #Bird #Spring #Birdsong #Sussex

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

They nailed the arrival time to the second. ARE YOU WATCHING, SOUTHERN RAIL?

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I’m just finishing off my online supermarket order before delivery tomorrow. I’ve just added a pack of four small pears to the list. £2.50. That works out at about 63p each. In old money that’s just over 12/6. TWELVE SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE FOR A SINGLE PEAR!!!! Good grief.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

This morning’s early morning drive on Pevensey Levels brought mist, frost, birds, and a brand-new life just beginning. #Lamb #Newborn #Sheep #PevenseyLevels #Sussex

A close-up image of a field with a ewe and her newborn lamb, the ewe licking the lamb’s face to clean it after the birth. It’s April and early in the day and still cold, though the sun is out and will warm the lamb on its first day in the world.

A close-up image of a field with a ewe and her newborn lamb, the ewe looking at the photographer whilst the lamb has its first try at suckling. It’s April and early in the day and still cold, though the sun is out and will warm the lamb on its first day in the world.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

A hiding but wonderfully vocal Cetti’s Warbler from Pevensey Levels this morning. It was a morning for Linnets, Cetti’s, and two newly-arrived Wheatear. #CettisWarbler #PevenseyLevels #Bird #Birding

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Why is it we happily say Wintertime, Springtime, and Summertime but don’t say Autumntime? #Mystery

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Spring is here! (Part Two). Ice cream van jingled its way past the house just now. Brimstone flying around the garden. Pond full of tadpoles (yesterday I shooed off a Crow that was gobbling them like there was no tomorrow) and Kinsey in her favourite spot in the sun. #Spring #Springtime

Sable English Show Cocker Spaniel lying on a lawn, head up and enjoying the sun.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Spring is here! First Bluebottle of the year just zoomed into the house through the back doorway. 😡🪰

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Dear March—Come in— How glad I am— I hoped for you before— Put down your Hat— You must have walked— How out of Breath you are— Dear March—Come in—(1320) poets.org/poem/dear-ma... [photo: Emily Dickinson/ image: Hoshun Yamaguchi]

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

It’s Full Moon tomorrow morning, so tonight I thought I’d get a shot with just a few shadow details along the lower edge. It’s a Worm Moon, the time of year when the weather’s warming up and earthworms begin to emerge. #Moon #FullMoon #WormMoon #OM1mk2

Almost full Worm Moon, named so because the weather’s warming and the earthworms are emerging after Winter.
There are just a few shadows along details along the lower edge of the Moon, as it’s still a a few hours until Full.
It’s a late evening shot so the sky is black, but the “face” of the man in the moon, and many other details are clearly visible.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I’m not religious, however, my parents did believe and so when they died in 1996, we scattered their ashes in the churchyard near to their home. Flint-built St. Mary’s Church in Binsted is tiny and charming. It dates back to the 12th century and is in the middle of the Sussex countryside.

The interior of 12th century St. Mary’s Church in Binsted.

Stained glass window in the interior of 12th century St. Mary’s Church in Binsted.

Tiled flooring in the interior of 12th century St. Mary’s Church in Binsted.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Another wall! 😊 This is part of the wall surrounding St. Mary’s Church in Binsted. I visit the churchyard occasionally as my parents’ ashes are scattered there, but hadn’t noticed before that between the larger knapped flints the edge-on flint shards look quite lethal. #wall #FlintWall #Sussex

Close-up section of flint wall surrounding St. Mary’s Church, Binsted in West Sussex.
Some of the flint is knapped, the stone chipped away to expose a smooth inner surface forming the outer face of the wall.
This particular wall also has small shards of flint in the binding cement (or whatever material was used to keep the wall solid). The shards are edge on, and look sharp despite being old, and are probably left over from knapping the large flintstones.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

How wonderful to be greeted by this as soon as I put my hearing aids in! I just had to go outside and soak it up. #Birdsong #DawnChorus #SpringIsComing #Birds #Sussex

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I’ve been noble and been to the gym this morning. Haven’t been for a while (unexpected break in Norfolk, then ill with a bug) so it was hard work. What made it worse is that it feels cold and raw outside, a real shock to the system. I’d rather be tucked up in a blanket, like #Kinsey was earlier.

Kinsey the sable Cocker Spaniel, tucked up in a blanket, peeping out at the camera from underneath the soft covering.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Spring is coming. The view from my window is different now the rising sun is further in the East. Our Blackbird is greeting each morning with song, and again in the evening, reaffirming his right to his territory. Our Blue Tits spend hours at the nest box, the precursor to nesting. Begone, Winter.

A back garden in Sussex, England, still dark before the sun rises properly, but with Winter silhouettes of bare-branched mature Oak and Ash trees, the clear sky of dawn already blue above the trees. There’s a glow down low through the trees as the sun, thought not visible, causes the sky to turn pink.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I like walls. I love the textures, the different materials used, the patterns and the symmetry. This wall pleased me immensely. I know where it is. Do you? #Wall #BrickWall #Textures #England

Winter view of a beautiful old wall built of mixed bricks with coving covered in ivy and moss, at the Sandringham Estate, in Norfolk in England. Mixed species of trees are the other side of the wall and there is a grass verge this side, by the road.
Sandringham is a country retreat for the reigning monarch, currently King Charles lll.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Well. Still getting my head around today’s diagnosis of ADHD, with a side serving of Autism. It explains a lot. I know 75 is late in life to find out but I feel a certain vindication, whilst also feeling a sense of grief for the person I might have been. It’s a lot to take in. #ADHD

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I missed #NationalSnowdropDay yesterday, but here’s a glimpse of a woodland scene in Norfolk last week, a carpet of mixed Snowdrops and Winter Aconite in dappled sunlight. #Snowdrops #WinterAconite #Norfolk #NationalTrust

Woodland glade with dappled sunlight highlighting a flower carpet of white Snowdrops with a few yellow Winter Aconite flowers interspersed on the woodland floor.

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

You know that look of utter concentration you get when you've spotted something fantastic on the buffet? Great photo by Phil Winter

A sharp-eyed sparrowhawk with grey and white plumage perched on a moss-covered branch, poised and alert against a blurred green background.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Had a day-long drive yesterday. Of necessity there were occasional stops for comfort breaks, but Kinsey spent most of the drive asleep. It’s a dog’s life.

Sable Cocker Spaniel fast asleep on her soft, grey fleece bed on the back seat of a car, nose tucked down and hair flopping over her eyes. She’s wearing a harness and is secured safely, as required in England.
Trees can be seen through the window, blurred by the motion of the car.

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Sussex has legends of Giants but I never thought one would reveal its face in such a dramatic way

a cliff fall of random rubble that has arranged itself into the face of a heavy browed bearded man

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Winter can seem so grey, with little colour to alleviate the gloom. Even in January, though, there can be warmth in the little colour still tenaciously holding on in the woodlands. #NorthernRedOak #introduced #Sussex #Winter

Russet-coloured Winter leaves of the introduced Northern Red Oak, in a gloomy January woodland in Sussex, England. The background is dull with out-of-focus trees in the background.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

There is an Oak tree I love near a main road in East Sussex. It’s on a border between two fields, with no public access nearby. Just recently the hedgerows have been cut, allowing a clearer view of the tree. Today I captured it, skeletal against a lowering sky, ivy-clad and beautiful. @iPhone

A mature Oak tree standing alone in a field in the Low Weald of East Sussex.
It’s January and the tree is bare of leaves, though the evergreen Ivy climbing its trunk is green.
The prevailing South Westerly wind has shaped the tree during its life but it is sturdy and copes with all weather.
The sky is sombre grey, little detail in the cloud save a few paler areas of thinner cloud.
In the far distance the horizon rises a little, and hazy in the overcast afternoon light.

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Lloyd Lane @lloydlane.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Making the most of some recent winter light on the South Downs. These three photos show the rolling hills never disappoint when the sun eventually comes out. #sussex #southdowns

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Morning, all. Bit nippy outside earlier. Nightclothes aren’t designed for outdoor use. 🥶 #Dawn #Sussex

Deep pink sky with light from the out-of-view rising sun reflecting off clouds and turning them pale purple and pink. All this with mature oak and ash trees, bare of leaves and branches and silhouetted against the Winter dawn sky.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Merry Christmas everyone. It’s a clear, cold start to the day. Kinsey decided to spend some of the night on my bed but she was shivering so I covered her with a blanket and she buried herself under it. Only surfaced just now. 🎄

Tree silhouettes against a clear sky at sunrise in Christmas Day, 2025.

Messy blanket on a bed. In fact, hidden completely under the blanket is a Cocker Spaniel, snuggled against the cold night.

Messy blanket on a bed. Just visible under the blanket is the ear of a Cocker Spaniel, just stirring after being snuggled against the cold night.

Messy blanket on a bed with Kinsey the Cocker Spaniel, just stirring looking half-awake after being snuggled against the cold night.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Kinsey’s 9 years old today! Where have the years gone? We’ve had a few weeks under those 9 years with her in our lives and she’s changed from a tiny, mischievous puppy on the day we brought her home into a loving companion who currently is lying next to me on the settee. #KinseytheCockerSpaniel

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Taking Flight is the history of flight in the animal kingdom. Insects, pterosaurs, birds, bats. Shortlisted – to the bemused astonishment of anyone who ever taught me science – for the Royal Society Science Book Prize. levparikian.com/index.php/pr...

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Taking Flight paperback

A signed copy of the paperback edition of Taking Flight. Fill in the ‘dedication’ box if you would like a special message as well as a signature. Format: paperback

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Phone snap just now. Reminder: bare feet outside in Winter? Not a good idea. #Sussex

Daybreak with rich pink clouds behind bare Winter trees.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

It’s snowing. In Sussex. Aargh. 🌨️❄️⛄️

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Reminder - TOILETS AT WOODS MILL - TEMPORARY CLOSURE! Due to essential drain repair work, we need to close the public toilets at Woods Mill from tomorrow, Monday 11 November, for a few days. They should be re-opened by the end of the week, if the work goes according to plan. Thanks everyone

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Had minor surgery done at my local hospital this AM. Odd little blemish after dry, cracked lips during hot August. Anyway, 5 stitches and 2 hours later the local anaesthetic is just starting to wear off. Only cool food and drink for 48 hours. Rest. Sorted. Free at point of care. Love the #NHS .

Close-up view of older woman’s mouth with five surgical stitches in vertical row in centre of lower lip, through the vermilion border and down into skin below lip. The lower lip is red and swollen from the minor NHS Outpatient procedure.
And the local anaesthetic is just beginning to wear off. Ouch. 😢
But immense gratitude to our wonderful NHS here in the U.K..

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

But WHY? It makes no sense. What an incredible opportunity missed. 😢

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

This postcard I wrote to a young reader, Sasha Stephenson, was returned to me, as she no longer lives at the address she gave me. Please help me to get it to her if you can!

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

A view anyone living in Lewes will know very well. Quick snap on my phone. Next time I’ll take my camera, on a sunny evening in Summer, when the castle walls glow in the golden hour.

View of part of Lewes Castle in East Sussex, England, during Autumn when the trees have lost many leaves. The different textures and colours of remaining foliage and evergreens give a sense of richness with the grey castle walls rising above them, against a sky with some cloud, and patches of clear blue.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Have watched Riot Women over the last two evenings. Wow. Sally Wainwright has done it again. And what incredible acting. When’s Season 2 coming out? #RiotWomen

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