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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This Robin was my constant companion when I was repairing a raised planter yesterday.

Photo shows a Robin close to the camera, with brown wings, a grey lower body and the distinctive bright red face and chest.

TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Big trim for the Mulberry tree this week. Not much will go to waste. Leaves stripped to bag and make leaf mulch, branches kept to make plant supports, logs will make the habitat at the back of my new pond for Frogs and others.

Photos show green Mulberry leaves, a large pile of straight branches and a pile of logs.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sunset at 7, my long summer evenings in the garden are over, but it's lovely to welcome autumn.

Trees are silhouetted against a bright sunset, with orange, yellow, pink and blue colours clear.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Holly bush is amazing this year, can't wait for the hundreds of berries to turn red, bet the birds can't wait either. The old original trunk is an insect habitat now, the bush is formed from new growth that surrounds it.

Photo shows a very large Holly bush covered in spiky leaves and hundreds of orange berries. The second photo shows an old Holly trunk now cracked and open.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lovely to walk around Inner Temple Garden during Open House Week. I have often walked past and wished I could go in. A beautiful garden, with lots of work being done around biodiversity, in the centre of London right by the river thames.

Photos show mature planting in front of historic buildings, including a long walk of Plane trees.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Sandy at dusk, one of last year's Fox cubs.

Photo shows a Fox lookimg towards the camera as the light is fading.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Buddleia is still full of visitors, deadheading has kept it blooming for many weeks.

Photo shows a purple buddleia with a bee on it

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The rain brought out the Snails, of all sizes, how tiny this little one is.

Photo shows an average size snail next to a very tiny baby snail

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Finally some heavy rain after many weeks of waiting, such a relief...

Photo shows a variety of plants with rain drops on them

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Share and share alike, enjoying a rotten Pear...Flesh Fly and Green Bottle I think...

Two flies on a rotten pear. One is smaller, silver with black spots and red eyes. One is larger metallic green with dark orange eyes.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The caterpillar of a large white Butterfly chewing on a Nasturtium leaf

A yellow caterpillar with black spots across the body on a leaf with multiple bite marks on it

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I thought all my Passion Flowers had died during the drought, lots of shrivelled brown buds, so was delighted today to find a small string of survivors flowering.

Photo shows a close up of a Passion Flower, colours are lime, dark purple, mid purple white, yellow and cream

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

A Collared Dove looking for ripe berries

A light brown collared dove bird in a hedge picking at berries

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Hummingbird Hawkmoth visiting the garden Buddleia

Photo shows a large Moth feeding on a Buddleia plant

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Holly Blue Butterfly, the garden is full of Butterflies and Moths at this time of year.

A small dusty blue coloured Butterfly resting on a leaf

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Painted Lady Butterfly on Buddleia, loads of them in the garden this year.

Photo shows a heavily marked orange, brown, black, white Butterfly on a purple flower

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Moth resting on the underside of a Buddleia leaf

Photo shows a brown moth, with white splashes on wings, underneath a bright green buddleia leaf

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Fox in the morning light, happy in the wild end of the garden. #FoxOfTheDay

A Fox standing on a garden path surrounded by plants, it is looking right and lit up by sunshine.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Garden Squirrel found a cool spot in the heatwave...

Photo shows a grey squirrel sprawled on top of a fence post

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Ants throwing an intruder out of their Aphid farm...

Photo shows two Ants tackling a spider on the rim of a plant pot. Two more Ants are approaching from below.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Sunday picnic, St James's Park, London.

Photo shows a lake with a fountain surrounded by green trees and bushes. In the foreground is a Swan with very young cygnets.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Saved a Stag Beetle from the visiting Cat today. So pleased to see one in the garden as they are categorised as nationally scarce now. They love dead wood so a log pile in your garden really helps them.

Photo shows a large male Stag Beetle. Distinctive red horns come from the black head and abdomen. The back of the Beetle is also burgundy red.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

No pesticides used here, I like my plants with accompanying bugs and they all have their own garden predators keeping numbers down. This Rose has since bloomed beautifully.

Photo shows an orange Rose bud. At the top of the bud is a small black beetle, at the base of the bud are green aphids.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A Fly hanging out on a Geranium flower

Photo shows a black fly with brown compound eyes on a pink geranium flower.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Bee on woody Salvia 'Amethyst Lips', these will bloom right into autumn keeping the pollinators happy for months.

Photo shows a Bee on a purple and white Salvia flower

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

An Ant farmer, milking captive Aphids for sweet aphid honeydew whilst also protecting them from predators.

Photo shows a close up macro image of an Ant on a leaf with dozens of black aphids in front of it

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

So it wasn't just a couple of days, the Badger has now been in to visit most nights since. lovely to see.

Photo shows a nightcam image of a Badger on a garden path

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Little Frog has decided the solar fountain is a good Lily pad alternative...

Photo shows a small Frog sitting on a black round solar fountain.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

When you check your wildlife cam from last night to see if Vixen has brought the Fox cubs in yet and you see this! Never in my life did I expect to see a Badger wandering around the garden, mind blown. So Foxes, Hedgehogs and Badgers now visiting our little wildlife friendly garden.

Photo shows a Badger captured on nightcam, it has the distinctive striped face and a large build.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Roses blooming all over the garden now.

Photos show a red Rose, a white Rose, a pink Rose and a purple Rose.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Lunch in London. Stroll past the beautiful Tower of London wildflowers over Tower Bridge then sneaked away from the crowds onto Butlers Wharf. Thank you to the team at Browns Butlers Wharf who are always so friendly and welcoming, and who also provide really clear food allergy information.

Photos show lots of wildflowers in the most around the Tower of London, a view of the river showing Tower Bridge and the city of London skyscrapers, a view of boats on the river Thames, a photo of the front of Browns restaurant.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

There's a heatwave coming, especially in the South East of England, lovely for sunbathing difficult for wildlife. Please put clean water out daily for passing wildlife if you can, it makes a huge difference. Bird baths or pots or bowls, high and low, stones in them help insects that fall in escape.

Photo shows a variety of high and low water bowls in a garden

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The Water Iris is just showing off now...so many flowers! In one small barrel pond...

Photo shows a Water Iris with pink, yellow and white blooms. There are at least 12 flowers with more buds to come.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Happy in full sunshine, the Erigeron and Convolvulus are looking really pretty together this month. This is the non invasive clump forming garden Convolvulus, not the wild Bindweed variety I spend my life pulling out of the garden...

Photo shows two clumps of many flowers close together. The Erigeron are small Daisy type, with yellow centres and many white petals around in a circle. The Convolvulus have trumpet shape flowers, yellow centres with a white surround fanning out.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

No edit, no filter, it really is this bright. No idea what this Rose is but it's one of my faves...🔥

Photo shows a Rose in full bloom. The many petals start yellow towards the centre moving to a bright orangey red. The effect looks like fire colours.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I love my Water Iris, gorgeous flowers. Getting a bit too big for the barrel pond but I'm re-doing the little lower pond to make it deeper in September so can divide it up then. Great for Frogs to hide in 🐸

Photo shows a black barrel pond. In it is a large Iris plant, very wide with many leaves and four pink flower heads.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Well we wanted a little rain in London, as there's been a bit of a drought, so today we've been given hot sunshine, hail, torrential rain, wind, thunder, lightning...all the weathers...!!!

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Today's Weather Wheel

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Watching us watching them...the wildlife cam capturing a Fox staring towards the house.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

First Hedgehog sighting of the year on the wildlife cam. Absolutely delighted to see one back in the garden. There's a stick hedge between this garden and the one at the end, so easy access between for them and a space to hide away.

Photo still from a night vision camera. In the centre you can see a nightcam image of a Hedgehog, its spiky back visible.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Smile for the camera...happy Fox...

Photo shows a Fox of around a year old. It is sitting in front of a wildlife camera and its mouth looks like a human smile.

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TownSeagull @townseagull.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

My Mum's beautiful Lilac, from a plant that grew in her childhood garden 💜

Photo shows a large tall Lilac bush. The leaves are deep green and the bush is covered in large sprays of purple flowers.

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