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Alex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Some lovely large cabbagey rosettes of Henbane Hyoscyamus niger on the NW Norfolk coast today. This population seems to be habitually biennial.

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Norfolk Moths (Jim Wheeler CMR) @norfolkmoths.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Blair's Wainscot (Sedina buettneri) New for Norfolk. Recorded at Reepham 02/10/2026 by Mark Taylor. #norfolkmoths norfolkmoths.co.uk?bf=23760

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🖼️ Archibald Thorburn

Toadstool with stag beetle perched on it, grass, an autumn leaf, painting.

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Rockwolf 🇪🇺 @rockwolf74.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's the first time I've found the snazzy torquata form of Nezara viridula (Southern Green Shieldbug) in the UK! From Gravesend in Kent last week! #Heteroptera #Kent #Shieldbug

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Carl Sayer @carlsayer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Surveying ponds, lakes & river in North Norfolk for the @uclgeography.bsky.social MSc Aquatic Conservation & MSc Conservation fieldclass 2026. Brilliant students loving fish, beavers, eels & crayfish. A celebration of freshwater biodiversity in the R. Glaven catchment

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Rest Harrow, Cross-Leaved Heath, Heather, Harebell Artists: Edith Hilder, Rowland Hilder (Wild Flowers, 1957)

The wildflowers are set in the foreground of the illustration, in front of a lake and distant mountain

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Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wasn’t looking for Holly Parachute (Marasmius hudsonii) today, it just popped into my eye line - always welcome though, and look at that tiny one !! #fungi #NewForest 5/10/26

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James Emerson @norwichbirder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Does anyone happen to recognise this white fungus on the underside of Bramble (Rubus fruiticosus agg.) leaves? I've not been able to find any particularly helpful structures, but wondered if it was a mycoparasite on one of the Rubus rusts?

Underside of a bramble leaf with lots of slightly spiky white blobs.

A microscope image showing clumps of structures but not obvious spores or conidia.

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James Emerson @norwichbirder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Erysiphe ornata, a powdery mildew on birch, from Brett's Wood at the weekend. The appendages to the cleistothecia branch into lovely curled shapes at the tips.

Underside of a birch leaf showing dark (mature) and yellow (immature) cleistothecia. On the left of the leaf is a Phyllonorycter moth leaf mine.

Two dark circles (cleistothecia) viewed under a microscope. Appendages are rising from them, with curled branches near the tips.

A dark circles (cleistothecium) viewed under a microscope. Appendages are rising from them, with curled branches near the tips.

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Arachtober @arachtober.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hogna antelucana. I love wolf spider closeups. They have such cute faces. #Arachtober #spider #macrophotography #arachnid

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Justin Walker @arcanelove.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Last week hedge trimming added Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum to the Thetford garden list. #biodiversitybonus

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David Bentley @sussextangerine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A large chunk of the world's population of Sea Aster Bee, Colletes halophilus, is found on the east and south-east coast of England. It's on the upper saltmarsh of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve now. An autumn ace! #UKwildlife #Sussexwildlife #insects #bees @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

A brown-ish bee with yellow-ish abdominal stripes feeds on a yellow Sea Aster flower.

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We were the Summer once - Rosebay Willowherb in their fading glory alongside a Dorset lane, looking wonderful. #Wildflowers

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James Emerson @norwichbirder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've been checking local Hop plants hoping to find mines of Caloptilia fidella, a species spreading in Norfolk. I've not found it yet, but did find some mines of the moth Cosmopterix zieglerella plus the powdery mildew Podosphaera macularis.

A five-lobed green Hop leaf, with a white leaf-mine of the moth Cosmopterix zieglerella.

A closer-up look at the white leaf-mine with brown off-shoots made by the moth Cosmopterix zieglerella.

A small Hop leaf with some pale spots and white powdery mildew.

An image down the microscope of some oval conidia and other structures.

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Fin Roe @finroe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The walls of the cafe at Durlston Country Park, Dorset, had inscriptions of every species recorded in the area.

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Alan Thornhill @alanthornhill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cyclosa conica is still fairly easy to find in wooded areas . I hope plenty of them survive the winter and reach adulthood. Here are some of the ones I've found recently. @britishspiders.bsky.social

Cyclosa conica. Cavenham Heath, Suffolk. 17/9/26.

Cyclosa conica. Cavenham Heath, Suffolk. 4/10/26.

Cyclosa conica. West Stow County Park, Suffolk. 30/9/26.

Cyclosa conica. West Stow County Park, Suffolk. 2/10/26.

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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Made it (at last!) to St Peter's, Tickencote in Rutland to see this impressive Romanesque chancel arch (1130-1150) with all its fascinating decorative details #stoneworksunday

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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

ystery worm time! This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this worm, and I’m still none the wiser as to what it is. If anyone knows, let me know! #marineplankton 🦑🔬

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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Whilst I believe Andy Burnham is a far better fit for the country than Keir Starmer ever was, @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the @greenparty.org.uk are the party who fit the vast majority of my beliefs and values more than any other. I’ve nailed my colours to the mast! ✅

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Finally hung this lovely Barbara Everard illustration on the wall today. Bought for £30 a couple of years ago. Annual Beard-grass Polypogon monspeliensis. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Andrew Jewels @andrew-jewels.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Pine (Exochomus quadripustulatus), Cream-streaked (Harmonia quadripunctata) and 7-spot (Coccinella septempunctata) Ladybirds tapped out of an ornamental pine tree in Upshire, Essex on 2nd October. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

Pine, Cream-streaked and 7-spot Ladybirds clustered together on a pale canvas background.

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Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I love finding the turquoise fruiting bodies of Green Elfcup (Chlorociboria aeruginascens). Dorset 3/10/26 #fungi

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Displays from today's fungal foray at the Ted Ellis Reserve, Wheatfen, led by Norfolk Fungus Study Group. We spent an enjoyable morning looking for fungi in the woods and found some, in spite of the ongoing drought. wheatfen.org #Fungi #FungiFriends

Display of finds from today's fungal foray at the Ted Ellis Reserve, Wheatfen, led by Norfolk Fungus Study Group.

Display of spore prints, taken from fungi found on today's fungal foray at the Ted Ellis Reserve, Wheatfen, led by Norfolk Fungus Study Group.

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Orange Peel Fungus, Aleuria aurantia. Wheatfen, Norfolk, today. The phone picture makes it look much bigger and oranger than it actually was. Aleuria aurantia, Orange Peel Fungus share.google/zP5I4s8PbVvP... #Fungi #FungiFriends

Orange Peel Fungus, Aleuria aurantia, growing on soil on a path.

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“Autumn Hues”, London transport poster, Designed by Walter E. Spradbery, 1936. poulwebb.blogspot.com/2023/07/walt...

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Aussie Moths @wa-moths.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nerthra sp. - one of the Toad Bugs (I think) Spotted this amazingly well camouflaged Toad Bug recently, if it hadn’t moved we’d never have seen it. #ausinverts #wildoz #Heteroptera #inaturalist #camouflage #bugsky

Picture of a beige and brown bug with large eyes which is against a similar coloured sandy environment

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nice to see the lovely subspecies mariscolore of the #CommonBlue in this female resting on vegetation. However, though the #chalkgrassland was dotted in blue even on a grey mid-morning, the stars that stole the show were the many #Smallcopper marvels #butterflies 💙🦋🧡🧡🧡

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I keep finding more of my favorite tiny nugget children, at new locations, for science 🖤 This is Mr Chalcoscirtus (for now), a tiny shiny perky lump with a little orange face. I love him. #EmotionalSupportSpood #Arachtober

Tiny black salticid with orange socks and bright orange face, peering at you with the brightest eyes

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David N. Thomas @dnthomas01.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Walking down a set of stairs and happily stopped in my tracks

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Two new moth species for me, found at Blo' Norton: Dusky-lemon Sallow (tapped from Oak) and Pale-lemon Sallow that landed on my hand while I was sweep netting under trees. A rather pleasing pair. #TeamMoth #NorfolkMoths

An orangey-brown coloured moth with dark wavy lines across the wings and some more extensive darker areas. The moth is inside a clear plastic pot which is on the ground and green grass stems can be seen through the pot.

A brown moth with two pale wavy lines crossing the wings and a small whitish spot inside the reniform wing stigma. The tips of the forewings are slightly pointed. There is some orange suffusion to the wings. The moth is sitting on the back of a human hand and facing left.

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nice to see Pterocallis maculata on Alder at Blo' Norton, Norfolk. They were attended by a species of large black ant which didn't take kindly to me holding the leaf to try and get a decent photo (which I failed to do). All credit to Graham Moates for finding these diminutive beauties.

A dark, shiny green leaf with several small aphids clustered along the main leaf veins. The aphids are mostly pale green with darker green mottled patches but a few are more pinkish in colour. They vary quite a bit in size.

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Rhyzobius forestieri beaten from oak at Blo' Norton, Norfolk on Thursday. Been a while since I've seen one of these. Pretty big for one of the 'inconspicuous' species.

A rather round looking black beetle covered in dense, short white hairs on a white insect net. A tiny black beetle is below it, upside down on the net.

The black beetle on the tip of a pink human finger. The beetle is upside down to show that the visible abdominal segments are an orangey colour while the rest of the beetle is black.

The black ladybird beetle in the palm of someone's hand, alongside a 7 Spot Ladybird to show how big/small it is.

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

An exciting find at Blo' Norton on Thursday, the ground bug Rhyparochromus vulgaris. A relatively recent arrival in the UK. Appears to be the first record for Norfolk although I'm sure someone else will probably have beaten me to it!

A long, oval bug coloured in mottled shades of brown with a large black area at the front of the pronotum, a largely black scutellum and black wing membrane with a small white spot at the appex. There are small white patches on the edges of the pronotum and light patches in other areas. The legs are quite dark except the fore and mid tarsi which are pale orangey-brown. It is quite striking looking. The bug is sitting head uppermost on brown tree bark.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Happy weekend! 🦔 ❤️ Here’s a lovely ancient Egyptian blue faience hedgehog made some 3,800 years ago! Neues Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology

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Bath Nature @bathnature.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yesterday, I went for a short potter in Carr's Wood. Found hundreds of these tiny Dacne rufifrons, one of the so-called 'pleasing fungus beetles' (Erotylidae) on the underside of an old Dryad's Saddle fungus. #Nature #Wildlife #Insect #Beetle #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

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Shreyas Kuchibhotla @snake-spider-et-al.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tapinesthis inermis(?) from a wildlife garden in Oxfordshire - knew it was something weird in the field with its almost purplish colour and spineless legs. First for the UK if confirmed! @britishspiders.bsky.social @chalkspring.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Earlier this summer mosquitoes capable of transmitting Zika virus and dengue were found breeding in homes in east London" Oh joy! Another perk of global heating www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Worst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farms

Climate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is not a dying planet. This is a planet being killed. There is a difference. And there are killers. #ClimateJustice

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When did mice stop doing this?

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James Emerson @norwichbirder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Pellitory Beauty, Cosmopterix pulchrimella, is a relatively recent arrival in Norfolk (first seen in 2020) but has spread quite a bit since then - www.norfolkmoths.co.uk/micros.php?b... Despite Pellitory-of-the-wall being common around Norwich, these leaf mines were only the 2nd time I've found it.

A Pellitory-of-the-wall plant, upright stems with dark green leaves and knots of flowers along the stems. A few of the leaves have pale brown leaf mines.

A green Pellitoey-of-the-wall leaf with a pale leaf mine along the bottom edge.

A small pale larva with a green central gut line and a dark head, on some plain paper.

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wood Bolete, Buchwaldoboletus lignicola. A nice find today at the base of a pine tree in woodland near Swaffham, Norfolk. Associated with the fungus Dyer's Mazegill, Phaeolus schweinitzii, which is parasitic on conifers. #Fungi #FungiFriends

Wood Bolete, Buchwaldoboletus lignicola (front of picture).

At the base of a pine tree with the fungus Dyer's Mazegill, Phaeolus schweinitzii, growing on it (back of picture).

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Another Warted Amanita, Amanita strobiliformis, today on a roadside at Drymere, Norfolk. #Fungi #FungiFriends

Warted Amanita, Amanita strobiliformis, on a roadside.

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The emergent Hare. Having spent the day in the deep woodland, the Hare sits in the gateway assessing the situation in the open field. Eyes, nose, ears and whiskers attuning to a new set of opportunities and dangers. #Hares

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Norfolk Ponds Project @norfolkponds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

2 more Norfolk ponds!!! As part of our new Coast Ghosts Pilot project we have resurrected 2 near-sea #ghostponds. 5 days of digging & now we just need rain!!! The ponds will bring more clean freshwater to the coastal strip. Huge benefits for migrant birds. #coastghosts @ournorfolkcoast.bsky.social

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