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Dr Anke Marsh
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Palaeoecology, natural history, science, flora, fauna, microfossils. Researcher, writer, editor, photographer she/her

Little online shop: https://marshscapes.teemill.com

Also @lnhs.bsky.social for London based natural history
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ankemarsh.bsky.social
I know the feeling! I could use an extra day or two a week to do photography related stuff!
February 14, 2026 at 12:31 AM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Diving for food is today’s theme, so I’ve got a graceful mallard diving, butt up, a juvie tufted duck going all in, and a seriously happy little little grebe who managed to snag a stickleback all by himself

#BordOfTheDay #Birds #Wetlands #EastCoastKin #Photography
A photograph of two mallard ducks on a lake. The male mallard is in the front, his head submerged and his but sticking straight up. His mate, mottled brown feathers, is in the back, next to the bank of the lake, trying to ignore her silly partner. A photograph of a young tufted duck in a lake. Yes in, not on. The brown wetlands bird is diving into the lake to grab some yummy algae and fish lunch. Here, he is diving away from the camera. There is a crown of water where his head went into the water. His shoulders and back are arched over the water. His tail is in the water still and water is surging upwards - I believe from his legs pushing down to give him lift. A photograph of a young little grebe. She is in the middle of the lake. She’s just come up, with her catch - a small silver stickleback. A very happy wee bird!
February 14, 2026 at 12:30 AM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Great photos and that puffin! 😍
February 14, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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london.gov.uk
London’s Ramadan Lights are shining once again in the West End. A beautiful celebration of the holy month and a reminder that our city is a beacon of hope, unity, and inclusivity.

A city where diversity is a strength, and where everyone is loved and wanted ✨💛
Collage image - above is lights saying ‘Happy Ramadan’ over a street. Below is Mayor Sadiq Khan with his hand on a button which reads ‘Ramadan Lights London’, in front of a street lit up with Ramadan lights A street with Ramadan lights hanging between the buildings Collage image - above is Mayor Sadiq Khan and a woman holding microphones and speaking, in front of a lit up street. Below is Ramadan lights strung between buildings.
February 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
lol was thinking the same. I’ve lived here for over 30 years, raising a kid here, we both think London is fab and feel safe
February 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Please read @tessmachling.bsky.social ‘s thread, share and, if you are able to, do ate so that it can be kept in the public realm

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-...

🏺
February 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Or you could just leave them in the hypocaust 🤷‍♀️
romanpalace.bsky.social Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 12h
🚨We're reopening!!! 🚨

Next week we'll be OPEN from 10am to 4pm with special activities for youngsters. 🤩🤩

Bring your kids along and we promise to get them so wound up and excited that your drive home will be a living nightmare.

sussexpast.co.uk/event/februa...
February Half Term at Fishbourne Roman Palace - Sussex Past
Live Like a Roman this half term with fun family activities from 16th to 20th February at Fishbourne Roman Palace, near Chichester
sussexpast.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
I need to nip to the shop. I really hope I don’t see any *checks notes* tired men 😱
rolandmcs.bsky.social Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 13h
Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.
February 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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mattpope.bsky.social
🚨 We have heard that the County Archaeologist for Hampshire is being made redundant, with no plans to replace him. 🚨
If you live in Hampshire please write to your MP and Councillors.
If you live elsewhere treasure and support your County Archaeologists, and stand by to protect them. 🏺
February 13, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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hagenilda.bsky.social
SO SO GLAD to see a PROPER rebuttal against Silvia Federici's very wrong scholarship in the latest Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft! Thank you, Rita Voltmer!

muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
In the 1970s, an invention of tradition connected the fight for women’s liberation with the figure of the witch. However, this narrative grounded in male fantasies of the 19th century (Bachofen, Grimm, Michelet, and many others). The German “völkisch” feminism followed this pattern, as did Second Wave feminism after the Second World War, especially in its esoteric, spiritual, and ecological branch. The narrative gained ground in the European, the transatlantic and the postcolonial Women’s Movements. Modern witchcraft research has unmasked the “witchcraft narrative” as a mere invention of tradition. However, the “witch narrative” remains alive in the work of the Autonomist Marxist feminist Silvia Federici. The spirit of Grimm and Michelet, which had been conveyed via Gage, Murray and her epigones of spiritual feminism and eco-feminism, still breathes in Federici's books. This article deconstructs Federici’s witches. They are not the granddaughters of the witches who had not been burned, but simply the epigones of the witches invented by males during the 19th century.
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Thank you :)))
February 13, 2026 at 7:44 AM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Birds and bugs is today’s theme, with alt of everyday birds. I’ve got a brand new mandarin duckling who already knows how to hunt dragonflies, a blackbird with a notbug but earthworm (still an invert!) and a robin with a riverfly - last two double up as everyday birds
#BirdOfTheDay #ForJanet #Birds
A photograph of a mandarin duckling on a lake. He’s still very small, only a couple of weeks old. He’s brown and floofy, with patches of white on his body, yellow cheeks and a white stripe across his eyes. The water around him is greenish, reflecting the surrounding trees and there are blurred branches behind him. In his mouth he is proudly holding a dragonfly he just caught. Pretty impressive! A photograph of a blackbird. The male blackbird is all black except for his bright orange beak and ring around his eyes. He is standing sideways on short green grass, holding an enormous earthworm in his beak. Happy bird! Unhappy worm. A photograph of a robin perched on a branch. Behind her is blurred green vegetation. She is a small bird with brown wings and top of head, a grey abdomen and a bright orange chest and face. Like the other two, she’s quite chuffed. She’s got a juicy snack in her beak - a riverfly of some sort.
February 12, 2026 at 11:32 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Great shot. And I’m slightly jealous. My stonechats are always a million miles away 🤣
February 12, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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lesliebulion.bsky.social
Two of my favorite subjects, @alan678.bsky.social , are #bird&bugs! Here's a young bobolink's successful snag in my favorite local haunt for today's #birdoftheday.
February 12, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org
There is No Scientific Justification to Revoke the Endangerment Finding
The U.S. EPA's decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding will limit the government's ability to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
www.nature.org
February 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
More fantastic research, and thanks again for making the article open access
February 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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antiquity.ac.uk
Discovery of 4,500-year-old Paleo-Inuit settlement on the Kitsissut Islands, north of Greenland, shows the first people in the High Arctic were skilled seafarers, deeply entangled with Arctic ecosystems from the beginning of glacial retreat.

#AntiquityThread 1/13 🧵

🏺 #Archaeology
Dr. Mari Kleist (Associate Professor, Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland) documents an Early Paleo-Inuit tent ring at Isbjørne Island, Kitsissut.
February 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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hughharrop.bsky.social
The Bittern obeying the RSPB rules and regs at Loch of Spiggie, Shetland...

#BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #UKWildlife #Birds
February 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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claireboardman.bsky.social
👀 Post Doctoral Researcher - Osteoarchaeology (18mths/PT)

"This post is part of a Historic Environment Scotland-funded project to collate, record and disseminate the archive of a 1970s excavation of an important Pictish/Norse cemetery at Newark, Orkney ..."

www.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...
Staff - Vacancies - Post-doctoral Researcher - University of the Highlands and Islands
Current listing of UHI jobs with vacancies from all across our partnership.
www.uhi.ac.uk
February 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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waiterich.bsky.social
sooooooo are they going to go after hot dogs next or

#ConsumerConfusion

#MadeUpProblems
Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK
Swedish company claims ruling is anti-competitive and ‘solely benefits Big Dairy’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:13 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
A non apology from a billionaire living tax free as an immigrant in Monaco 😒
February 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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ercrema.bsky.social
Here's another exciting opportunity to join the ERC FORAGER team! This one is a 3-year postdoc on paleoclimate modelling with the fantastic Matt Osman here in @cam.ac.uk, with opportunity for synergies (pun intended 😜) with other team members in archaeology and zoology www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54411/
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Paleoclimate Statistics and Dynamics (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Paleoclimate Statistics and Dynamics (Fixed Term) in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
February 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Water birds is today’s theme - any bird that lives in or gets food from water, with the alt of any bird with blue on it. I’ve got a tufted duck diving in and a lovely female mandarin duck with a smidgin of blue on her wings

#BirdOfTheDay #WetlandBirds #Birds #Photography #Ducks
A photograph of a tufted duck. This is one of the juveniles from the local lake last summer. He is mainly brown with a lighter greyish underbelly. Here is diving into the water, his head is completely submerged, leaving an indentation in the water. His body is arched as he dives in, his feet just visible in the back, as he uses them to push off the water. The water around him is rippled and reflecting the blues and greens from the sky and surrounding trees. A photograph of a female mandarin duck. She is mainly brown, with some lighter brown mottling on her chest and sides. There is a white stripe running down her eye and some white and blue accenting on her wings. She is a very soft, gentle looking bird. She is reflected as well in the water, which is also reflecting the green from the surrounding trees.
February 11, 2026 at 11:52 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Lovely photos! Waterbirds are the best!
February 11, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
A MAGA freak in Texas murdered his own daughter in cold blood after they had an argument about Trump.

A grand jury in the Dallas area then *declined to indict him*, and he has not yet faced charges.

Seems like many Texans believe a man has the right to kill his own child for disobedience.
British Woman shot by dad in Texas after 'arguing about Donald Trump'
Lucy Harrison, 23, was alone in a bedroom at her father's home in Texas when she was shot dead.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:12 AM