Jim Blackler
LightNews LightNews
banner
blackler.bsky.social
Jim Blackler
@blackler.bsky.social
680 followers 490 following 1.1K posts
Luckiest husband. Two rescue hounds. Mainly my own phone photos (some in focus) from dog walks.
Posts Replies Media Videos
blackler.bsky.social
Fractal fungus.

🍄 #FungiFriends
Looking straight down at a Turkeytail fungus growing from a ground level tree stump.
January 21, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Reposted by Jim Blackler
marcmorris.bsky.social
Opening words of the King John Ladybird book.
January 20, 2026 at 9:13 AM
blackler.bsky.social
A little Cladonia snoot.

#Lichen #FungiFriends
Close-up of a mossy tree with green lichen.
January 20, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Reposted by Jim Blackler
robertvaughani.bsky.social
I was delighted to catch up with the Harlequin Duck again at Trà na gCloch yesterday. Despite the horrible weather, I was able to sit in the comfort of the car and watch it come and go in the massive surf.
December 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
blackler.bsky.social
In the very soggy and waterlogged fields there’s some patches of Goblet mushrooms.

🍄 #FungiFriends
Worm’s-eye-view of two Goblet mushrooms in rough grass.
January 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
blackler.bsky.social
Found a little group of Velvet Shank on a mossy fallen tree.

www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/fungi/velvet-shank

🍄 #FungiFriends
Close-up of a mushroom growing on a mossy tree trunk.
January 18, 2026 at 6:37 PM
blackler.bsky.social
Swan’s-neck-thyme moss lit up by the sun.

#Moss
Close-up of green moss with spore capsules on the end of thin red stalks.
January 18, 2026 at 6:27 PM
blackler.bsky.social
Bit excited to have spotted a Slime Mould plasmodium (I think) for the first time. The colour was easy to spot.

🍄 #SlimeMould #FungiFriends
Looking at the sawn end of an old tree trunk, it had a yellow slime mould on it and wears green moss like a wig. Closer view of yellow slime mould. Close-up of yellow slime mould Close-up of yellow slime mould
January 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Reposted by Jim Blackler
john-abernathy.bsky.social
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
blackler.bsky.social
Lichen in the winter sun with eye catching colours.

🍄 #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #Lichen
Close-up of a citrusy yellow and green lichen.
January 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
blackler.bsky.social
There’s some big globs of Witches’ Butter high up in the trees.

🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday
Looking straight up into the branches of a tree, near the centre of the frame is an orange jelly fungus.
January 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM
blackler.bsky.social
Some Witches’ Butter lit up by the sun.

🍄 #FungiFriday #FungiFriends
An orange jelly fungus on a tree branch.
January 16, 2026 at 7:13 PM
blackler.bsky.social
Gurt gobs of jelly fungus are appearing in the woods.

Think the dark brown one might be Leafy Brain.

🍄 #FungiFriends #FotoForage
A lovely big blob of orange Witches’ Butter fungus dangling on the end of a branch. A very bright orange Witches’ Butter fungus growing with lichen on a branch. A brown jelly fungus growing on a tree trunk and enjoying the damp woodland surrounds. Close-up of a brown jelly fungus growing on a tree trunk.
January 13, 2026 at 10:18 PM
blackler.bsky.social
Fresh new little crust fungus on this tree. Also, the underside of one branch looks like it’s been painted a dirty pink. The colour reminds me of Silver Leaf fungus but I’m not sure what it is.

🍄 #FungiFriends #FotoForage
Fresh orange crust fungi, green moss and lichen growing on a tree branch. Looking up at the underside of a tree branch coloured a pinkish colour by fungi, possibly. Close-up of a tree branch, a barkless section has been discoloured.
January 13, 2026 at 10:12 PM
blackler.bsky.social
Peaceful litter picking.

#Hove
A small piece of plastic in the shape of a CND symbol amongst beach pebbles.
January 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
blackler.bsky.social
She’s the best. Makes us smile every day :)

#DogsOfBlueSky #Dogs
January 9, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Reposted by Jim Blackler
mariposanature.bsky.social
It's #FrohawkFriday, the day we celebrate the butterfly studies & artwork of FW Frohawk.

Today features our very own mini-morpho in our midst, the perfectly fabulous Common Blue. It's a widespread species, found almost right across Britain, and a total delight to encounter.
Plate 49 of FW Frohawk's 'Natural History of British Butterflies', featuring Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
January 9, 2026 at 6:58 AM
blackler.bsky.social
I like how the Turkey Tail is bang in the centre of this stump and the other fungi are arranged in a swirl. There’s some tiny Grey Disco sprinkled in thar too.

🍄 #FungiFriday #FungiFriends
Looking straight down at the blackened top of a tree stump with various fungi on it, Turkey Tail, some tiny Grey Disco and some Crusty stuff… plus some ivy green leaves.
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Reposted by Jim Blackler
pickardje.bsky.social
check out this amazing photograph of a heron in Richmond Park by my former colleague Toby Melville now of Reuters
January 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
blackler.bsky.social
This morning it looked like the spiders had decorated the countryside with strings of diamonds.

#Sussex
Frosty cobwebs over a frosty gorse bush.
January 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
blackler.bsky.social
There’s a (tiny) party in the woods. Grey Disco and Lemon Disco getting down together.

🍄 #FungiFriday #FungiFriends
Close-up of a rotting tree trunk with small grey and yellowy-orange fungus growing on it.
January 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Reposted by Jim Blackler
leonneal.com
My annual round up of the year in photos is now live on my site. Please do take a look.

www.leonneal.com/work/2025-a-...
2025 - A Year in Review — Leon Neal
“Genuine moments of normality are becoming a thing of the past”
www.leonneal.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
blackler.bsky.social
Chilly end to the year. Even on a misty and grey day you can find little spots of (frosted) colour.

#Frost
Close-up of ice on a branch.
December 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Reposted by Jim Blackler
emophilips.bsky.social
don’t forget tonight to set your calendars ahead a year
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
blackler.bsky.social
Slime mould - a hidden wonderland brought to life in photos
Meet Barry Webb and his award-winning images of the tiny world of slime mould.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM