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I AmAnita
@cloudsgoby.bsky.social
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The older I get the curiouser I become, in every sense of the word. Finding my way, here and elsewhere. #cloud watcher, respecter of #nature, 99% #vegetarian On Mastodon as @CloudsGoBy@mindly.social
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I AmAnita @cloudsgoby.bsky.social · Jan 18
I fled to Mastodon before the proverbial really hit the fan on the fallen bird and I feel at home there so won’t be leaving any time soon. However - totally gobsmacked by the number of old friends I’ve rediscovered on bluesky and it looks like I’ll make some new ones too 🙂
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Scrapping green subsidies is short-termist sabotage – and as usual the consumer will pay | Camilla Born
Weaning ourselves off gas is the only way to reduce energy bills long term. Cutting support for this is exactly the ‘sticking-plaster politics’ Labour promised to end, says CEO of Electrify Britain Ca...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Put my camera out to timelapse the helm cloud @lakesstiles.bsky.social and my tripod blew over after a few minutes - it’s a fierce wind!
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Suspend Boris Johnson's taxpayer allowance
I’ve just signed the petition to suspend Boris Johnson’s £115k ex-PM allowance until they’ve finished investigating his dodgy deals. Leaks show he was using his old office for private business, meetin...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
cloudsgoby.bsky.social
I look through my window and what do I see? Blue sky! 😀 It’s been so dull today I was beginning to think it might be permanent 😞 #clouds #sky #weather
Looking through a plain glass window at a blue sky with streaks of white and grey cloud across it. The leafy top of a hedge can be sign at the bottom edge of the photo and to the right is a semi-transparent curtain in silhouette.
October 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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My brain fell out 😄 #fungi
Large creamy white puffball on long grass. My foot, clad in a walking shoe, is beside it for size comparison.
October 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Proper windy on the seafront -#NorthBerwick
Black Cockapoo in red fleece with fur and ears blown back by heavy wind
October 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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A touch of mammatus this teatime @lakesstiles.bsky.social 🙂 #cloudage #weather
An orange themed sunset with trees and a hedge silhouetted in the foreground. A dark band of cloud billows up from low down while, higher up, bulbous udder-like clouds hang down, illuminated underneath by the last of the sunlight
October 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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😡🤢

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Swimmers told to avoid water at two Lake District bathing spots
High levels of bacteria are present in Derwentwater and Coniston Water in the Lake District.
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July 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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🙌🙌🙌
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Magical’: butterfly sightings across the UK this summer
Britain is expecting a butterfly bounceback after last summer’s dramatic decline. Here are some of your sightings so far this year
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July 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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July 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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A peerie (little) gate @lakesstiles.bsky.social #Shetland
Upper section of an old and very weathered gate. It is made from vertical wooden slats bolted onto horizontal slats. The vertical slats are positioned so that they make a pleasing curve at the top. There is a curved wooden sign attached part way down which says DA BRIGS. Beyond the gate is a narrow stony causeway over some water leading to a rough grassy area. A glimpse of grey sky beyond. The back of an old and very weathered gate, covered in lichen. It is made from vertical wooden slats bolted onto horizontal slats. The vertical slats are positioned so that they make a pleasing curve at the top. A horizontal piece of wood stretches across the gate and through a slot and lifts up to provide a latch. A small section of stone wall can be seen on the left and some water and grass beyond.
July 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Smell the honeysuckle and you will be transported (temporarily!) to paradise ☺️ #wildflowers
A chaotic hedgerow with long rough grass in front. It is full of creamy white pink-tinged honeysuckle flowers. The sky is a jumble of pale pinkish grey clouds.
June 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Worst storm we’ve had in ages. Continuous lightning and rumbles with mighty cracks and bangs. Scarily exciting. I don’t think I’ll sleep until this has gone through 😬
June 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Photo taken June 20th 2025. Last sunset before the #SummerSolstice
A vivid sunset of deep oranges, reds and yellow. There are some crepuscular rays fanning out from a very low, bright yellow, sun. It looks blurred and there are a few streaks of cloud over it. To the left are the branches of a large tree in silhouette and there is the leafy top of a hedge in the foreground.
June 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Very annoying when you buy something on ‘click and collect’ only to go to the store and realise you didn’t read the bit that says it has to be delivered to said store first and you can collect it next week. Extra annoying when you live several miles out of town #ConsumeristWoes
June 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Happy Summer Solstice to All Who Celebrate!
June 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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#FungiFriday
A large bracket fungus on an old, wide tree stump that has been cut close to the ground. Grass is growing on top of it and around it. The fungus is like a large pale brown wonky dinner plate decorated with darker rings of dots and dashes.
June 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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jembenson.bsky.social
Late stroll. A stream of evening sun flows languidly down the road. Drama on a lamppost: two pigeons talk, then one turns and walks sadly away. Distant horizonclouds are misplaced alps. A shadow jogs flatly along the path. Strewn bikes cheerily await the end of the game.
June 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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janewisbey.bsky.social
Yellow rattle and white clover aplenty, for #wildflowerhour. This #Cotswolds wildflower meadow is fairly new - it was sheep-grazed short grass until a couple of years ago.
June 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Hedge rose in hedgerows.

#roses #nature #countryside
A hedge rose in flower as part of a tall hedge.
June 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Another successful garden meadow year. Tip for anyone who hasn’t tried it yet - it’s not enough to just stop mowing! I seeded this with Yellow Rattle a few years ago. It weakens the coarse grasses and gives other plants a chance. Getting there 🙂 #wildflowers #garden
Looking across a garden which is full of grasses and yellow flowers. Tall Corncockle with pink flowers in the foreground, a few large white daisies, and a low hedge in the background. Top right of the photo stands a grey metal wheelbarrow with an orange wheel.
June 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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I always love the rogue poppies in our local field, but there was an extra little bonus this evening 🥰
Liberton #Edinburgh
A canola field with just a smattering of yellow flowers left and a few odd poppies. A roe deer's face is just visible above the crop
June 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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This stunning Black-winged Pratincole has graced Setter, Spiggie, Shetland for the last couple of days. Only the third record for Shetland following singles in 1927 and 2021.

#BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds
June 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Buttercups! 💛
Long grass in the foreground, a fence and a metal farm gate standing open. The grassy field is bright end by masses of yellow buttercups covering the whole area. There are trees in the background. The sky is pale blue with some white cloud.
June 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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nwnandh.bsky.social
Our Urban Gardens occupy more area than all of England's Nature Reserves combined, yet we are destroying them at a faster rate than ever.
Read about what we are losing here;
#GardensHour #gardening #ecology #nature
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/06/10/t...
The Ecological Importance of Urban Gardens
Introduction Our street is much like any other in the UK, it’s in the middle of a largish housing estate, built in the 70’s and situated between boxy brick council houses built in the 50’s and a gr…
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM