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

Struggling here. Didn’t really sleep after the match. Might have use Wimbledon to doze off.

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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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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Brilliant. Accurate, too. Shows clearly how much shade we get in our garden from nearby trees.

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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 · 08/06/2026

Wow. Nice garden tick and super images. I’ve saved your post for future reference as we do sometimes get Honey Buzzards in Sussex and I’ve yet to ID one!

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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

All my fellow class members are around my age and we’re all creaking a bit! Our fantastic instructor just suggests we do as much as we feel capable of and comfortable with, making sure we don’t put ourselves at risk. And it’s something I can practise at home. The NHS has online videos that I watch.

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

Hear, hear. I started classes a few weeks ago. I love it but am absolutely exhausted by the end of the class, and mine are only 60 minutes. My knees aren’t keen, either.

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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

Saw one singing this morning but didn’t have my camera ready! I love the explosion of sound from them.

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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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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Well, I’ve learned something new today. 👍🏼

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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 · 04/03/2026

🤢 indeed. Nothing like the smell of something dead for lingering aromatically just where you don’t want it. Even if you scrub away at it until it goes you’ll imagine you can still smell it…😷.

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

Oh, yuck. At least you found it. Mind you, I discovered this morning that our local fox had pooped on our front doorstep, right on the UPVC framing of a panel by the front door. It’s left a horrid stain and I’m trying to decide how best to tackle it without using an abrasive scouring cream. 🙄

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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

Just for reference, here’s a photo of the outside of St. Mary’s that I took a few years ago, during the summer of 2020 when we were out of lockdown and I felt a need to just visit and try to find comfort during all that horrendous time of COVID at its worst.

A Summer view of St. Mary’s Church in Binsted, the grass overgrown and, despite the season, heavy grey clouds over the tiny 12th century church.

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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

Our pond is tiny but yesterday there were three new, large clumps of frogspawn. 😊

Tiny wildlife garden pond in late February, with three large clumps of frogspawn.
Hailsham, East Sussex.

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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 · 19/02/2026

As others have said, “birding” would be inoffensive to those with sight loss. It’s a term I always use anyway, and I go out birding, not birdwatching. It’s quicker to say!

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

Yes, but unfortunately I have nearly 76 years to trawl back through! It’s at the same time frustrating and wonderful to know why I do the things I do! Oh, that is interesting about Graeme. Do you know the book title?

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

It was my sons’ diagnoses that caused me to wonder about myself. Then it all kinda clicked into place. My diagnosis is actually ADHD with Autism - I believe it’s called AuDHD - and I’m busy reading up on that now! It all explains so much. 😢 Hope you get a diagnosis soon. #ADHD #AuDHD

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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 · 17/02/2026

🙁 Drat, I wish I’d known you were suffering. I could have suggested breaks, for relief. I had a similar reaction when I first got mine, thought I just didn’t cope well. Last week’s ADHD diagnosis explains a lot. When my aids were new I’d need quiet breaks from the cacophony suddenly in my head.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Nope! It’s actually Sandringham, in Norfolk. Was up there a couple of weeks ago for the Pink-footed Geese. It rained a LOT, but the sight and sound of thousands of geese in the fields and overhead made it worthwhile.

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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 · 13/02/2026

What a pity there weren’t a few buggies, wheelchairs, etc., to block him/her in. I thought parking on the pavement was illegal if it causes an unnecessary obstruction? Hopefully this vehicle has been reported.

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Sue Robinson @suerob.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Thank you, that’s sensible advice.

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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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