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Snippets of nature that also call Sefton their home

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A Cormorant taking off! It amazes me how they are able to do this just after diving underwater.

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Please check out the newly published Murphy lab’s new paper in @nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An ancient recombination desert is a speciation supergene in placental mammals - Nature
Deep learning methods identified a large and evolutionarily conserved X-linked low recombination region in placental mammals that serves as both a barrier to gene flow in hybridizing lineages and an a...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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New blog post!! It's hibernation time 😎😎😎

Snoozing until spring: open.substack.com/pub/jacoblea...

#naturewriting #biology
Snoozing until spring
How animals enviably disappear
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October 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Superb stuff
October 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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New blog post!!

Is there a reason for autumn foliage?
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#nature #naturewriting #autumn
Golden Brown: is there a reason for Autumn foliage?
The short answer is on Instagram.
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October 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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New blog post!!

Is there a reason for autumn foliage?
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#nature #naturewriting #autumn
Golden Brown: is there a reason for Autumn foliage?
The short answer is on Instagram.
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October 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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We're firmly into autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, so it's once again time to share one of my favourite chemistry infographics on the kaleidoscope of chemical colours found in autumn leaves! 🍂
www.compoundchem.com/2014/09/11/a...

#ChemSky 🧪
Infographic on the chemistry of the colours of autumn leaves. Green is caused by chlorophyll, carotenoids and flavonoids give yellows, and oranges come from carotenoids, which also contribute to reds along with anthocyanins.
October 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Summer blog post!!

How to survive summer drought
(As a plant)

Wonder fuel right here: open.substack.com/pub/jacoblea...

#naturewriting #nature #biology #botany 🧪
How to survive summer drought
(As a plant)
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August 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Summer blog post!!

How to survive summer drought
(As a plant)

Wonder fuel right here: open.substack.com/pub/jacoblea...

#naturewriting #nature #biology #botany 🧪
How to survive summer drought
(As a plant)
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August 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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irishrainforest.bsky.social Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Jul 14
"Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun [globally] this spring than last.

If this exponential rate of growth continues, we will soon live in a very different world."

(Literally) brilliant!! 🌞
jackc101.bsky.social Jack @jackc101.bsky.social · Jul 14
Great bit of hope from reading this today as well

www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
July 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Beautiful
britishnatureguide.bsky.social British Nature Guide @britishnatureguide.bsky.social · Jul 6
Six-spot Burnet moths crowded on to most of the Thistles at Prees Heath in Shropshire the other day. #Mothsmatter
July 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Marsh Orchid off Birkdale Beach - a beautiful and resilient wildflower 😎
July 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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July 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Lovely stuff - hope plenty of suncream was donned!! 😎
June 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Hello all!!

Check out my book review of the recently released "Is a River Alive?" By Robert Macfarlane here: open.substack.com/pub/jacoblea...

Clear cause, unclear premise is what I would say - any thoughts would be appreciated 😎👍

#naturewriting
June 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Hello all!!

Check out my book review of the recently released "Is a River Alive?" By Robert Macfarlane here: open.substack.com/pub/jacoblea...

Clear cause, unclear premise is what I would say - any thoughts would be appreciated 😎👍

#naturewriting
June 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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If you missed this week's Sefton Coast column, you can read it here, for details of our latest free guided walks:
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June 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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June 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour MPs poised to rebel over planning bill amid concerns for nature
Ministers understood to be drawing up amendments to bill to try to head off threatened rebellion by two dozen MPs
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June 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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June 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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😎😎😎
May 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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🧵🧵🧵

Sometime in your life, you might've thought:
"Oh look, a bee"

Well, when you next see one of these, be sure to think:
"Oh look, a mining bee"
Instead

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#naturewriting #naturephotography
May 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Still no rain...
seftonnature.bsky.social Sefton Nature @seftonnature.bsky.social · May 14
Potentially the driest spring on record, then - can see grass already struggling, I'm predicting a strawlike landscape by the time all this high pressure clears 🟨☀️
May 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Potentially the driest spring on record, then - can see grass already struggling, I'm predicting a strawlike landscape by the time all this high pressure clears 🟨☀️
May 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Present through the post - can't wait to devour this absolute wonder fuel 😎 #naturewriting
May 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM