Hayley Strivens - Norfolk, UK
@naturenorfolk.bsky.social
🦉Cley Spy www.cleyspy.co.uk
🦋Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists Society www.norfolknaturalists.org.uk
🍄talk:WILDLIFE www.talkwildlife.net
🐸Toad Patroller www.toadwatch.org
💬 ‘British birds not including seagulls’ - Lance, The Detectorists. ✨
🦋Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists Society www.norfolknaturalists.org.uk
🍄talk:WILDLIFE www.talkwildlife.net
🐸Toad Patroller www.toadwatch.org
💬 ‘British birds not including seagulls’ - Lance, The Detectorists. ✨
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EVENT REMINDER: Sunday 23rd November 2025 10:30 - we'll be having a look at the wildlife to be found on and around Wymondham Abbey. All welcome. Note that you will need to park nearby and walk to the abbey - further details on norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
EVENT REMINDER: Sunday 23rd November 2025 10:30 - we'll be having a look at the wildlife to be found on and around Wymondham Abbey. All welcome. Note that you will need to park nearby and walk to the abbey - further details on norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...
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UPCOMING EVENT: On Tuesday 9th Dec 2025 19:30 we will be hosting our last indoor event before Christmas. In a change to previous listings, Garth Coupland has stepped in & will give a talk about some of his adventures whilst living in Australia. Venue details norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
UPCOMING EVENT: On Tuesday 9th Dec 2025 19:30 we will be hosting our last indoor event before Christmas. In a change to previous listings, Garth Coupland has stepped in & will give a talk about some of his adventures whilst living in Australia. Venue details norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...
A rather poorly looking Blue Tit I assume? Made me look twice 👀 🐦
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A rather poorly looking Blue Tit I assume? Made me look twice 👀 🐦
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The new Red List for Vascular Plants published this week by @bsbibotany.bsky.social highlights the serious decline in Britain’s freshwater plants.
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The new Red List for Vascular Plants published this week by @bsbibotany.bsky.social highlights the serious decline in Britain’s freshwater plants.
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Plastic flowers and foliage picked up from Cornish beaches.
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Plastic flowers and foliage picked up from Cornish beaches.
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The latest report from the RBBP, Rare Breeding Birds in the UK in 2023, is out now in British Birds. It reports on the 104 species and races of rare breeding birds recording breeding, or showing signs of breeding, in 2023. Read the summary at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-... #ornithology #ukbirds 🧵[1/15]
November 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The latest report from the RBBP, Rare Breeding Birds in the UK in 2023, is out now in British Birds. It reports on the 104 species and races of rare breeding birds recording breeding, or showing signs of breeding, in 2023. Read the summary at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-... #ornithology #ukbirds 🧵[1/15]
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Last week to apply to be a BTO Youth Rep ➡️ bit.ly/YouthRep25
We're looking for volunteers aged 16-24 to share their passion for nature!🐦🌿Training and support are provided, and expenses will be paid.
📝 Closing date: Sunday 9th November 2025.
We're looking for volunteers aged 16-24 to share their passion for nature!🐦🌿Training and support are provided, and expenses will be paid.
📝 Closing date: Sunday 9th November 2025.
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Last week to apply to be a BTO Youth Rep ➡️ bit.ly/YouthRep25
We're looking for volunteers aged 16-24 to share their passion for nature!🐦🌿Training and support are provided, and expenses will be paid.
📝 Closing date: Sunday 9th November 2025.
We're looking for volunteers aged 16-24 to share their passion for nature!🐦🌿Training and support are provided, and expenses will be paid.
📝 Closing date: Sunday 9th November 2025.
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A cross-border raid into Suffolk today for the Norfolk Fungus Study Group, as we had a look around Cavenham Heath. We saw a decent range of mostly common species. A new one for me was Cyclaneusma minus on a pine needle (found & ID'd by Stewart) & I think there is a fungus on this Oak Marble Gall too
November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A cross-border raid into Suffolk today for the Norfolk Fungus Study Group, as we had a look around Cavenham Heath. We saw a decent range of mostly common species. A new one for me was Cyclaneusma minus on a pine needle (found & ID'd by Stewart) & I think there is a fungus on this Oak Marble Gall too
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Is Jonathan Ross faithful to Butterfly Conservation? Or is he just fluttering about in disguise? 🦋
#TheTraitors #CelebrityTraitors #MothsMatter
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October 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Is Jonathan Ross faithful to Butterfly Conservation? Or is he just fluttering about in disguise? 🦋
#TheTraitors #CelebrityTraitors #MothsMatter
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Think it’s a spider? Think again! 🕷️
Opilio canestrini is a harvestman—one of the UK’s most visible urban arachnids.
Join @megabunus.bsky.social on 30 Dec 2025 (18:30–20:00) for a deep dive into arboreal harvestmen ecology.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1502201859...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
Opilio canestrini is a harvestman—one of the UK’s most visible urban arachnids.
Join @megabunus.bsky.social on 30 Dec 2025 (18:30–20:00) for a deep dive into arboreal harvestmen ecology.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1502201859...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Think it’s a spider? Think again! 🕷️
Opilio canestrini is a harvestman—one of the UK’s most visible urban arachnids.
Join @megabunus.bsky.social on 30 Dec 2025 (18:30–20:00) for a deep dive into arboreal harvestmen ecology.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1502201859...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
Opilio canestrini is a harvestman—one of the UK’s most visible urban arachnids.
Join @megabunus.bsky.social on 30 Dec 2025 (18:30–20:00) for a deep dive into arboreal harvestmen ecology.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1502201859...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
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🦋 Just one week left to enter the #InsectWeek Photography Competition!
From bees to beetles, moths to mantids - every image tells a story. Don’t miss your chance to share yours 📸
🗓️ Deadline: 31 October 🔽
🔗 buff.ly/NrRy462
T&Cs apply.
#Photography #Competition #PhotographyCompetition #Entomology
From bees to beetles, moths to mantids - every image tells a story. Don’t miss your chance to share yours 📸
🗓️ Deadline: 31 October 🔽
🔗 buff.ly/NrRy462
T&Cs apply.
#Photography #Competition #PhotographyCompetition #Entomology
2025 Photography Competition - Insect Week
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October 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🦋 Just one week left to enter the #InsectWeek Photography Competition!
From bees to beetles, moths to mantids - every image tells a story. Don’t miss your chance to share yours 📸
🗓️ Deadline: 31 October 🔽
🔗 buff.ly/NrRy462
T&Cs apply.
#Photography #Competition #PhotographyCompetition #Entomology
From bees to beetles, moths to mantids - every image tells a story. Don’t miss your chance to share yours 📸
🗓️ Deadline: 31 October 🔽
🔗 buff.ly/NrRy462
T&Cs apply.
#Photography #Competition #PhotographyCompetition #Entomology
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My book has got a great endorsement from Chris Packham: "This clever and immensely resourceful book is an overdue gem". There's also a few pages up on the website too! It's up for pre-order here with publication set for January pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan...
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
My book has got a great endorsement from Chris Packham: "This clever and immensely resourceful book is an overdue gem". There's also a few pages up on the website too! It's up for pre-order here with publication set for January pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan...
Cor it’s all kicking off today!
1. Spot a Fly 🪰
2. Then see a Bristly Millipede having some lichen munch 🐛
3. Then spot a sponge? and shells. 🐚 @timholtwilson.bsky.social
#norfolk #churches #inverts #lichen
1. Spot a Fly 🪰
2. Then see a Bristly Millipede having some lichen munch 🐛
3. Then spot a sponge? and shells. 🐚 @timholtwilson.bsky.social
#norfolk #churches #inverts #lichen
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Cor it’s all kicking off today!
1. Spot a Fly 🪰
2. Then see a Bristly Millipede having some lichen munch 🐛
3. Then spot a sponge? and shells. 🐚 @timholtwilson.bsky.social
#norfolk #churches #inverts #lichen
1. Spot a Fly 🪰
2. Then see a Bristly Millipede having some lichen munch 🐛
3. Then spot a sponge? and shells. 🐚 @timholtwilson.bsky.social
#norfolk #churches #inverts #lichen
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Reminder: This Saturday (25th October 2025) at 10:30 there is an NNNS fungus foray at Brett's Wood NWT reserve, led by national fungus expert & author Geoffrey Kibby. For meeting details see the events page on our website norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...
October 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reminder: This Saturday (25th October 2025) at 10:30 there is an NNNS fungus foray at Brett's Wood NWT reserve, led by national fungus expert & author Geoffrey Kibby. For meeting details see the events page on our website norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...
@vannabartlett.bsky.social Having looked through your guide I think this is a female Dicranopalpis ramosus. Spotted this morning. #harvestmen #norfolk
October 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
@vannabartlett.bsky.social Having looked through your guide I think this is a female Dicranopalpis ramosus. Spotted this morning. #harvestmen #norfolk
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Words invented by Sir Thomas Browne
(thanks Alchetron -
alchetron.com/Thomas-Browne):
'ambidextrous','antediluvian', 'analogous', 'approximate', 'ascetic', 'anomalous', 'carnivorous', 'coexistence' 'coma', 'compensate', 'computer', 'cryptography', 'cylindrical', 'disruption','ergotisms',
(thanks Alchetron -
alchetron.com/Thomas-Browne):
'ambidextrous','antediluvian', 'analogous', 'approximate', 'ascetic', 'anomalous', 'carnivorous', 'coexistence' 'coma', 'compensate', 'computer', 'cryptography', 'cylindrical', 'disruption','ergotisms',
Thomas Browne - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia
Sir Thomas Browne ( 19 October 1605 19 October 1682) was an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science and medicine, religion and t...
alchetron.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Words invented by Sir Thomas Browne
(thanks Alchetron -
alchetron.com/Thomas-Browne):
'ambidextrous','antediluvian', 'analogous', 'approximate', 'ascetic', 'anomalous', 'carnivorous', 'coexistence' 'coma', 'compensate', 'computer', 'cryptography', 'cylindrical', 'disruption','ergotisms',
(thanks Alchetron -
alchetron.com/Thomas-Browne):
'ambidextrous','antediluvian', 'analogous', 'approximate', 'ascetic', 'anomalous', 'carnivorous', 'coexistence' 'coma', 'compensate', 'computer', 'cryptography', 'cylindrical', 'disruption','ergotisms',
From the description and from cutting in half I think this is an Iodine Bolete - Hemileccinum impolitum. Stunning colour 😍🍄🟫🍂🌳 #fungi #norfolk #oak #fungifriends
October 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
From the description and from cutting in half I think this is an Iodine Bolete - Hemileccinum impolitum. Stunning colour 😍🍄🟫🍂🌳 #fungi #norfolk #oak #fungifriends
October 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This week - Something old, something new (to me) Life imitates art- What a gem of a book 📖 🌾🍄🟫🍄 #norfolk #wheatfen #fungi #fungifriday #naturalist
October 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This week - Something old, something new (to me) Life imitates art- What a gem of a book 📖 🌾🍄🟫🍄 #norfolk #wheatfen #fungi #fungifriday #naturalist
I saw a meteorite this evening. Never seen one before. The purest green! I’ll not forget it. That is all. #meteorite #norfolk #astronomy ✨
October 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I saw a meteorite this evening. Never seen one before. The purest green! I’ll not forget it. That is all. #meteorite #norfolk #astronomy ✨
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How an insect might change how surgeons operate on the human body
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
How an insect might change how surgeons operate on the human body
The sawfly’s egg-laying organ, the ovipositor, could help modern surgical techniques
www.independent.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
How an insect might change how surgeons operate on the human body
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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Anyone with an interest and a bit of guidance can make interesting finds - if you find Clavaria zollingeri (the purple coral fungus pictured) in Norfolk then please let me know, it’s probably my ‘most wanted’ fungus!
We’re excited to be featured in The Guardian, shining a spotlight on the incredible discoveries made by our 850 volunteer citizen scientists during our annual Waxcap Watch. 🍄💜
Catch the story here: https://loom.ly/2hhFiYs
Catch the story here: https://loom.ly/2hhFiYs
Fungi finds: UK citizen scientists make rare pink and purple discoveries
Plantlife charity enlisted help of 850 volunteers to look for waxcaps in places such as private gardens
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Anyone with an interest and a bit of guidance can make interesting finds - if you find Clavaria zollingeri (the purple coral fungus pictured) in Norfolk then please let me know, it’s probably my ‘most wanted’ fungus!