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Sue Robinson
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Love the outdoors and used to love getting out into my local Sussex countryside with my camera. Now it’s mostly memories.
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I’ve been noble and been to the gym this morning. Haven’t been for a while (unexpected break in Norfolk, then ill with a bug) so it was hard work. What made it worse is that it feels cold and raw outside, a real shock to the system.
I’d rather be tucked up in a blanket, like #Kinsey was earlier.
Kinsey the sable Cocker Spaniel, tucked up in a blanket, peeping out at the camera from underneath the soft covering. Kinsey the sable Cocker Spaniel, tucked up in a blanket, peeping out at the camera from underneath the soft covering.
February 19, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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Spring is coming. The view from my window is different now the rising sun is further in the East. Our Blackbird is greeting each morning with song, and again in the evening, reaffirming his right to his territory. Our Blue Tits spend hours at the nest box, the precursor to nesting.
Begone, Winter.
A back garden in Sussex, England, still dark before the sun rises properly, but with Winter silhouettes of bare-branched mature Oak and Ash trees, the clear sky of dawn already blue above the trees. There’s a glow down low through the trees as the sun, thought not visible, causes the sky to turn pink.
February 17, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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I like walls. I love the textures, the different materials used, the patterns and the symmetry.
This wall pleased me immensely.
I know where it is. Do you?
#Wall #BrickWall #Textures #England
Winter view of a beautiful old wall built of mixed bricks with coving covered in ivy and moss, at the Sandringham Estate, in Norfolk in England. Mixed species of trees are the other side of the wall and there is a grass verge this side, by the road. Sandringham is a country retreat for the reigning monarch, currently King Charles lll.
February 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Well. Still getting my head around today’s diagnosis of ADHD, with a side serving of Autism.
It explains a lot. I know 75 is late in life to find out but I feel a certain vindication, whilst also feeling a sense of grief for the person I might have been.
It’s a lot to take in.
#ADHD
February 12, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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I missed #NationalSnowdropDay yesterday, but here’s a glimpse of a woodland scene in Norfolk last week, a carpet of mixed Snowdrops and Winter Aconite in dappled sunlight.
#Snowdrops
#WinterAconite
#Norfolk
#NationalTrust
Woodland glade with dappled sunlight highlighting a flower carpet of white Snowdrops with a few yellow Winter Aconite flowers interspersed on the woodland floor.
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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You know that look of utter concentration you get when you've spotted something fantastic on the buffet? Great photo by Phil Winter
A sharp-eyed sparrowhawk with grey and white plumage perched on a moss-covered branch, poised and alert against a blurred green background.
January 29, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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Had a day-long drive yesterday. Of necessity there were occasional stops for comfort breaks, but Kinsey spent most of the drive asleep.
It’s a dog’s life.
Sable Cocker Spaniel fast asleep on her soft, grey fleece bed on the back seat of a car, nose tucked down and hair flopping over her eyes. She’s wearing a harness and is secured safely, as required in England. Trees can be seen through the window, blurred by the motion of the car.
January 31, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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Sussex has legends of Giants but I never thought one would reveal its face in such a dramatic way
a cliff fall of random rubble that has arranged itself into the face of a heavy browed bearded man
January 28, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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Winter can seem so grey, with little colour to alleviate the gloom. Even in January, though, there can be warmth in the little colour still tenaciously holding on in the woodlands.
#NorthernRedOak
#introduced
#Sussex
#Winter
Russet-coloured Winter leaves of the introduced Northern Red Oak, in a gloomy January woodland in Sussex, England. The background is dull with out-of-focus trees in the background. Russet-coloured Winter leaves of the introduced Northern Red Oak, in a gloomy January woodland in Sussex, England. The background is dull with out-of-focus trees in the background. Russet-coloured Winter leaves of the introduced Northern Red Oak, in a gloomy January woodland in Sussex, England. The background is dull with out-of-focus trees in the background.
January 22, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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There is an Oak tree I love near a main road in East Sussex. It’s on a border between two fields, with no public access nearby. Just recently the hedgerows have been cut, allowing a clearer view of the tree.
Today I captured it, skeletal against a lowering sky, ivy-clad and beautiful.
@iPhone
A mature Oak tree standing alone in a field in the Low Weald of East Sussex. It’s January and the tree is bare of leaves, though the evergreen Ivy climbing its trunk is green. The prevailing South Westerly wind has shaped the tree during its life but it is sturdy and copes with all weather. The sky is sombre grey, little detail in the cloud save a few paler areas of thinner cloud. In the far distance the horizon rises a little, and hazy in the overcast afternoon light. A mature Oak tree standing alone in a field in the Low Weald of East Sussex. It’s January and the tree is bare of leaves, though the evergreen Ivy climbing its trunk is green. The prevailing South Westerly wind has shaped the tree during its life but it is sturdy and copes with all weather. The sky is sombre grey, little detail in the cloud save a few paler areas of thinner cloud. In the far distance the horizon rises a little, and hazy in the overcast afternoon light.
January 17, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Making the most of some recent winter light on the South Downs. These three photos show the rolling hills never disappoint when the sun eventually comes out.

#sussex #southdowns
January 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Morning, all. Bit nippy outside earlier. Nightclothes aren’t designed for outdoor use. 🥶
#Dawn
#Sussex
Deep pink sky with light from the out-of-view rising sun reflecting off clouds and turning them pale purple and pink. All this with mature oak and ash trees, bare of leaves and branches and silhouetted against the Winter dawn sky.
January 11, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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Merry Christmas everyone. It’s a clear, cold start to the day. Kinsey decided to spend some of the night on my bed but she was shivering so I covered her with a blanket and she buried herself under it. Only surfaced just now. 🎄
Tree silhouettes against a clear sky at sunrise in Christmas Day, 2025. Messy blanket on a bed. In fact, hidden completely under the blanket is a Cocker Spaniel, snuggled against the cold night. Messy blanket on a bed. Just visible under the blanket is the ear of a Cocker Spaniel, just stirring after being snuggled against the cold night. Messy blanket on a bed with Kinsey the Cocker Spaniel, just stirring looking half-awake after being snuggled against the cold night.
December 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Kinsey’s 9 years old today! Where have the years gone? We’ve had a few weeks under those 9 years with her in our lives and she’s changed from a tiny, mischievous puppy on the day we brought her home into a loving companion who currently is lying next to me on the settee.
#KinseytheCockerSpaniel
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Taking Flight is the history of flight in the animal kingdom. Insects, pterosaurs, birds, bats. Shortlisted – to the bemused astonishment of anyone who ever taught me science – for the Royal Society Science Book Prize.

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Taking Flight paperback
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November 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Phone snap just now.
Reminder: bare feet outside in Winter? Not a good idea.
#Sussex
Daybreak with rich pink clouds behind bare Winter trees.
November 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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It’s snowing. In Sussex.
Aargh. 🌨️❄️⛄️
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Reminder - TOILETS AT WOODS MILL - TEMPORARY CLOSURE! Due to essential drain repair work, we need to close the public toilets at Woods Mill from tomorrow, Monday 11 November, for a few days. They should be re-opened by the end of the week, if the work goes according to plan. Thanks everyone
November 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Had minor surgery done at my local hospital this AM. Odd little blemish after dry, cracked lips during hot August.
Anyway, 5 stitches and 2 hours later the local anaesthetic is just starting to wear off. Only cool food and drink for 48 hours. Rest. Sorted.
Free at point of care.
Love the #NHS .
Close-up view of older woman’s mouth with five surgical stitches in vertical row in centre of lower lip, through the vermilion border and down into skin below lip. The lower lip is red and swollen from the minor NHS Outpatient procedure. And the local anaesthetic is just beginning to wear off. Ouch. 😢 But immense gratitude to our wonderful NHS here in the U.K..
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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But WHY? It makes no sense. What an incredible opportunity missed. 😢
hughharrop.bsky.social Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · Nov 5
One of which was Baroness Young of Old Scone - RSPB Chief Executive from 1991 - 1998.

You couldn't make it up.
rspb.bsky.social RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Nov 4
Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌

We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.

The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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This postcard I wrote to a young reader, Sasha Stephenson, was returned to me, as she no longer lives at the address she gave me. Please help me to get it to her if you can!
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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A view anyone living in Lewes will know very well. Quick snap on my phone. Next time I’ll take my camera, on a sunny evening in Summer, when the castle walls glow in the golden hour.
View of part of Lewes Castle in East Sussex, England, during Autumn when the trees have lost many leaves. The different textures and colours of remaining foliage and evergreens give a sense of richness with the grey castle walls rising above them, against a sky with some cloud, and patches of clear blue.
October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Have watched Riot Women over the last two evenings.
Wow.
Sally Wainwright has done it again. And what incredible acting.
When’s Season 2 coming out?
#RiotWomen
October 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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🙄 Will it never end?
felicityhannah.bsky.social Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · Oct 3
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
Article reads: Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.
October 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Well done, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿! What a smashing result at the end of a truly wonderful tournament.
Commiserations to Canada 🇨🇦
#RedRoses
#England
#RWC
#WomensRugbyUnion
September 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM