Andrea
@andreacarollee.bsky.social
Carpe diem! who am I? .. a dauber (artist/painter), a roamer of wild places and a lover of 'Nature' .. vicarious adventurer, born in Sri Lanka - many years resident in north Hampshire, England (English, Scottish, Irish etc ancestry) Be kind not cruel
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December 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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A fungus I’ve wanted to see for a while - the Scarlet Caterpillarclub, Cordyceps militaris. Glowing orange amongst the moss in Sherwood Forest.
December 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A fungus I’ve wanted to see for a while - the Scarlet Caterpillarclub, Cordyceps militaris. Glowing orange amongst the moss in Sherwood Forest.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
mushrooms not cedars .. reminding me of a wonderful book I read by David Guterson 'Snow Falling on Cedars'
Snow falling on mushrooms
#photography, #365photodgraphy2025, #potd2025, #photoaday, #everydayphotographer, #photooftheday, #pad2025-357, #mushroom, #fungifriends, #macro, #upclose, #bokeh, #wintermushroom
#photography, #365photodgraphy2025, #potd2025, #photoaday, #everydayphotographer, #photooftheday, #pad2025-357, #mushroom, #fungifriends, #macro, #upclose, #bokeh, #wintermushroom
December 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
mushrooms not cedars .. reminding me of a wonderful book I read by David Guterson 'Snow Falling on Cedars'
a smiling moon to make you swoon
Christmas Eve, Waxing Crescent Moon at 20% illumination. Galway, Ireland (December 24th). 389,709km from Earth. #Moon #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #SkyScape #Photography
December 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
a smiling moon to make you swoon
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This is Avalanche Lake, Avalanche Lake Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana.
December 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is Avalanche Lake, Avalanche Lake Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana.
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Between two wild trees
blue water, a mountain holding its breath.
Put your phone down—come here.
Kiss me until my thoughts go airplane mode,
until the cold lake learns heat,
until distance cracks and we fly through it.
#photography #patagonia
blue water, a mountain holding its breath.
Put your phone down—come here.
Kiss me until my thoughts go airplane mode,
until the cold lake learns heat,
until distance cracks and we fly through it.
#photography #patagonia
December 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Between two wild trees
blue water, a mountain holding its breath.
Put your phone down—come here.
Kiss me until my thoughts go airplane mode,
until the cold lake learns heat,
until distance cracks and we fly through it.
#photography #patagonia
blue water, a mountain holding its breath.
Put your phone down—come here.
Kiss me until my thoughts go airplane mode,
until the cold lake learns heat,
until distance cracks and we fly through it.
#photography #patagonia
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Bird of the year for me this year was Scops Owl, 15 mins from the house and I'm unlikely to see another in Wales. Closely followed by Brown Shrike found by @peninsulabirds.bsky.social ace bird. Super Scops Owl photo by @shaunevans.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Bird of the year for me this year was Scops Owl, 15 mins from the house and I'm unlikely to see another in Wales. Closely followed by Brown Shrike found by @peninsulabirds.bsky.social ace bird. Super Scops Owl photo by @shaunevans.bsky.social
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Absolutely wild pink nitrogen ribbon aurora burst last night here in Iceland. There was cloud cover, and I was worried the show would stay shrouded. Voila!
The purpley-pink & white ribbons are much closer to us in the atmosphere than standard green arcs, and are fast moving.
#northernlights #aurora
The purpley-pink & white ribbons are much closer to us in the atmosphere than standard green arcs, and are fast moving.
#northernlights #aurora
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Absolutely wild pink nitrogen ribbon aurora burst last night here in Iceland. There was cloud cover, and I was worried the show would stay shrouded. Voila!
The purpley-pink & white ribbons are much closer to us in the atmosphere than standard green arcs, and are fast moving.
#northernlights #aurora
The purpley-pink & white ribbons are much closer to us in the atmosphere than standard green arcs, and are fast moving.
#northernlights #aurora
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This is my hidden creek. I won't tell you where it is, for if I did it wouldn't be hidden, and I made a promise to this creek that I would share it but wouldn't be divulging its sacred secrets.
#Photography
#NaturalBeauty
#Nature
#Photography
#NaturalBeauty
#Nature
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is my hidden creek. I won't tell you where it is, for if I did it wouldn't be hidden, and I made a promise to this creek that I would share it but wouldn't be divulging its sacred secrets.
#Photography
#NaturalBeauty
#Nature
#Photography
#NaturalBeauty
#Nature
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Yes! 👏👏
About time, too!
Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
About time, too!
Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England
Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Yes! 👏👏
About time, too!
Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
About time, too!
Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Cladonia fimbriata is very common #lichen in Britain, but how splendid to see in such profusion! Distinguished from other similar pixie-cups by 'golf-tee' shape, and by surface of uniformly farinose i.e. 'powdery' soredia. On moss on calcareous drystone wall, Normanby-le-Wold, Lincolnshire, England.
December 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Cladonia fimbriata is very common #lichen in Britain, but how splendid to see in such profusion! Distinguished from other similar pixie-cups by 'golf-tee' shape, and by surface of uniformly farinose i.e. 'powdery' soredia. On moss on calcareous drystone wall, Normanby-le-Wold, Lincolnshire, England.
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Spent an hour at Bowling Green Marsh this afternoon. Lots to see but everything was quite distant - everything except this spotted redshank! The snipe put on a good show as well. Never had views this good of a spotshank. #Birds #DevonBirds #UKWildlife #WildlifePhotography
October 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Spent an hour at Bowling Green Marsh this afternoon. Lots to see but everything was quite distant - everything except this spotted redshank! The snipe put on a good show as well. Never had views this good of a spotshank. #Birds #DevonBirds #UKWildlife #WildlifePhotography
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Very enjoyable first @harbourbirds.bsky.social cruise around Poole Harbour this morning. White-tailed eagles, glossy ibises, a bittern and a red-throated diver contributed to what I think was 52 species seen. Chuffed to pick out a little gull as well. #Birds #DorsetBirds #WildlifePhotography
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Very enjoyable first @harbourbirds.bsky.social cruise around Poole Harbour this morning. White-tailed eagles, glossy ibises, a bittern and a red-throated diver contributed to what I think was 52 species seen. Chuffed to pick out a little gull as well. #Birds #DorsetBirds #WildlifePhotography
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BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply?
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
December 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply?
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
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This past weekend saw the last of our river trespasses organised by our amazing Local Groups. The past month has seen 10 river trespasses take place across England - demanding greater access to our waterways, and pointing out that the Government’s pledge of a mere 9 river walks is inadequate.
December 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This past weekend saw the last of our river trespasses organised by our amazing Local Groups. The past month has seen 10 river trespasses take place across England - demanding greater access to our waterways, and pointing out that the Government’s pledge of a mere 9 river walks is inadequate.
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Scotland has enjoyed a Right to Roam for decades, supported by a detailed code of access that helps people enjoy nature responsibly. We hope to learn from this and create a new system of fair and responsible access in England.
Why does a right to roam mean to you?
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Why does a right to roam mean to you?
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December 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Scotland has enjoyed a Right to Roam for decades, supported by a detailed code of access that helps people enjoy nature responsibly. We hope to learn from this and create a new system of fair and responsible access in England.
Why does a right to roam mean to you?
forms.gle/kqw1WSJCBmEP...
Why does a right to roam mean to you?
forms.gle/kqw1WSJCBmEP...
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Currently only 8% of land in England has a ‘right to roam’ and only 3% of rivers enjoy an uncontested right of access – a major obstacle to community guardianship. We’re campaigning for that to change.
Film directed by Connor Newson
Music: ‘Hope and Heisenberg’ by Spearfisher
youtu.be/7sjOGOguq5A
Film directed by Connor Newson
Music: ‘Hope and Heisenberg’ by Spearfisher
youtu.be/7sjOGOguq5A
A London barrister declared a river sacred. This is what happened next.
YouTube video by Right To Roam
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December 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Currently only 8% of land in England has a ‘right to roam’ and only 3% of rivers enjoy an uncontested right of access – a major obstacle to community guardianship. We’re campaigning for that to change.
Film directed by Connor Newson
Music: ‘Hope and Heisenberg’ by Spearfisher
youtu.be/7sjOGOguq5A
Film directed by Connor Newson
Music: ‘Hope and Heisenberg’ by Spearfisher
youtu.be/7sjOGOguq5A
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The Roding is London’s largest forgotten river. It endures every modern indignity: scythed by motorways and concrete bridges; choked with sewage and rubbish; canalised, fly-tipped, thickened with the polluted slime of London clay. It is a forbidding place to call home. youtu.be/7sjOGOguq5A
A London barrister declared a river sacred. This is what happened next.
YouTube video by Right To Roam
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Roding is London’s largest forgotten river. It endures every modern indignity: scythed by motorways and concrete bridges; choked with sewage and rubbish; canalised, fly-tipped, thickened with the polluted slime of London clay. It is a forbidding place to call home. youtu.be/7sjOGOguq5A
next step .. someone brave enough to leak the unredacted copies?
Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
December 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
next step .. someone brave enough to leak the unredacted copies?
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Our friend the Dusky Litter Toad is also known as the Sooty Toadfrog! They are currently only known from a single location in southwestern Thailand! They are a member of family Megophryidae, also known as Goose Frogs, known for their camouflage and large heads! (photo by waramis)
December 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Our friend the Dusky Litter Toad is also known as the Sooty Toadfrog! They are currently only known from a single location in southwestern Thailand! They are a member of family Megophryidae, also known as Goose Frogs, known for their camouflage and large heads! (photo by waramis)
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December 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Shag at SARA, Sharpness c11am this morn. Haven't seen one there for years. Found by Oli Paisey #Glosbirds Lots of Wigeon below SARA
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Shag at SARA, Sharpness c11am this morn. Haven't seen one there for years. Found by Oli Paisey #Glosbirds Lots of Wigeon below SARA