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Not really a flower but the first time I’ve seen mistletoe in the wild #wildflowerhour #Gibside
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Exploring the traditional #apples in the walled garden #Gibside
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Admiring the autumn leaves #Gibside
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Hellllllloooo? Are you there? Please help birds by sharing this if you also want to ensure swifts & other urban birds have homes alongside us. People power works but only if we work together. SAVE OUR SWIFTS.
November 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
#drizzle

day-long drizzle
cannot douse the fire
of October leaves
October 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Bird of the place-name 93: RAMSDEAN (WSsx). OE hramn + denu. ‘The raven’s valley.’ Close to where I grew up, just outside Worthing. Near a Roman site and Iron Age Cissbury. Mentioned in a 10th charter. #birdsandplace #naturewriting
September 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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An actual North Tyneside back lane with glorious skies -
September 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Swans heading south
September 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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September 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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The trees in Northumberland are already hinting at changing colours- to rust, ochre, orange.

Even the most familiar places seem, mysterious and magical when transformed by Nature's "paintbrush"...
See "autumn" in my online shop for more examples - crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Dandelion seedhead in the setting sun. It’s feeling quite Autumnal. #wildflowerhour #sunset #dandelionClock
August 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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An Ecology of Love & Ruin; a long goodbye & an acknowledgement that, what we feared for so long, never came to pass. More of this in my first book #OnGallowsDown #BookSky nicolachester.com/2025/08/20/a...
An Ecology of Love & Ruin
The Last Apple Harvest After twenty-one years, we are leaving this place. And not in the manner I so often feared we might – at our most vulnerable, and with nowhere else to go, like so many before…
nicolachester.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A visitor … not sure who yet … #teammoth
August 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The skies are suddenly silent …
I think the #swifts may have flown south already #Northumberland
August 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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It’s almost #WorldKidLitMonth - a time to explore the world through children’s literature! Read all about how to get involved here 📚 🌍 #kidlit #readtheworld

worldkidlit.org/2025/08/01/i...
It’s nearly World Kid Lit Month!
Next month is September, World Kid Lit Month: the time to explore the world through international and translated children’s books. September is a busy month for many of us, so how can we get …
worldkidlit.org
August 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Also discovered these tiny butterflies - Small Skippers I think but I’m not sure … #BigButterflyCount #teambutterfly
July 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Lovely butterfly walk this morning … warm sunshine, grasshoppers chirping in the grass and these beauties … #BigButterflyCount
July 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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This Red Admiral has fluttered onto your feed to let you know that the #BigButterflyCount is just 1 week away!

Get ready to count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org

📷: Michael Preston
July 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Poppies and ox-eye daises push through the stony ground and rewild the edges of the building site #wildflowerhour #urbanplants
June 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Day 29 - this morning’s #butterfly count revealed lots of Meadow Browns for the first time this year. The thistles were full of soldier beetles and even a grasshopper bounced by #30DaysWild
June 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Day 28 - discovered a pollinator paradise is the Sweet Chestnut flowers #30DaysWild
June 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Day 26 - making maps of our site and where all our wildlife lives …. great fun #30DaysWild #forestschool
June 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Day 25 - the early morning check of the wall revealed a beautiful female Ghost Moth … meeting moths has been a wonderful bonus to this year’s #30DaysWild #teammoth
June 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Day 24 - welcoming In Midsummers Day #30DaysWild
June 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM