Joanne Arnold
@atthebeach21.bsky.social
Love wildlife, love North Norfolk, love the little details of the world around us...
If ever I am asked who my hero is, I say Jane Goodall. She lived to a ripe age and achieved so much in her lifetime, breaking scientific barriers and female ones. I was booked in to see her speak in London one more time on 3rd November but have just heard she has passed. Rest in peace Jane.
October 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
If ever I am asked who my hero is, I say Jane Goodall. She lived to a ripe age and achieved so much in her lifetime, breaking scientific barriers and female ones. I was booked in to see her speak in London one more time on 3rd November but have just heard she has passed. Rest in peace Jane.
Hey @themarshtit.bsky.social After telling me my feather was from a Buzzards left wing, not an Osprey, I have actually now just seen an Osprey over Great Massingham!
August 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hey @themarshtit.bsky.social After telling me my feather was from a Buzzards left wing, not an Osprey, I have actually now just seen an Osprey over Great Massingham!
Ooh I saw one today too 😀
August 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Ooh I saw one today too 😀
What an incredible sky this morning. Warm weather front incoming!
August 9, 2025 at 6:04 AM
What an incredible sky this morning. Warm weather front incoming!
Large crowd at the gates to Downing Street hitting cooking pots in protest at our Government not doing something to stop people starving to death in Gaza. The noise is immense. Been going on for days.
August 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Large crowd at the gates to Downing Street hitting cooking pots in protest at our Government not doing something to stop people starving to death in Gaza. The noise is immense. Been going on for days.
Well that was an exciting finale!
July 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Well that was an exciting finale!
Apparently these common red soldier beetles are known as "bonking beetles" ...no idea why!
July 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Apparently these common red soldier beetles are known as "bonking beetles" ...no idea why!
Veggie highlight of my year! Hall Farm West Rudham
May 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Veggie highlight of my year! Hall Farm West Rudham
Ooh snap (on the Egyptians anyway!) Aren't they adorable? Ours had 6 but down to 5 now.
May 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Ooh snap (on the Egyptians anyway!) Aren't they adorable? Ours had 6 but down to 5 now.
Agreed, I am so disappointed in their policy. They've approved the largest data centre in Europe on beautiful green belt land in Potters Bar. Residents are fighting it, but it's devastating. Larks were singing their hearts out there this week. So much wildlife and so many people use it.
April 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Agreed, I am so disappointed in their policy. They've approved the largest data centre in Europe on beautiful green belt land in Potters Bar. Residents are fighting it, but it's devastating. Larks were singing their hearts out there this week. So much wildlife and so many people use it.
Can anyone please identify this huge feather? Sculthorpe, Norfolk. Thank you! @rspbengland.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Can anyone please identify this huge feather? Sculthorpe, Norfolk. Thank you! @rspbengland.bsky.social
A local group is fighting to save our last patch of greenbelt. Please consider signing. Thank you.
www.change.org/p/save-85-ac...
www.change.org/p/save-85-ac...
March 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A local group is fighting to save our last patch of greenbelt. Please consider signing. Thank you.
www.change.org/p/save-85-ac...
www.change.org/p/save-85-ac...
Sandals with or without socks though Nick....or does that depend on the socks?
March 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Sandals with or without socks though Nick....or does that depend on the socks?
Just seen evidence of a sparrowhawk's meal...does this look like woodpecker please?
February 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Just seen evidence of a sparrowhawk's meal...does this look like woodpecker please?
21 years ago in February our son Thomas died, 7 days old. Friends gave us a Rowan Tree in his memory. Another friend, Mike, planted snowdrop under it as they flower in February.
Now the tree is tall and the snowdrop have spread out and they also act as a memory of Mike now. So much love here.
Now the tree is tall and the snowdrop have spread out and they also act as a memory of Mike now. So much love here.
February 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
21 years ago in February our son Thomas died, 7 days old. Friends gave us a Rowan Tree in his memory. Another friend, Mike, planted snowdrop under it as they flower in February.
Now the tree is tall and the snowdrop have spread out and they also act as a memory of Mike now. So much love here.
Now the tree is tall and the snowdrop have spread out and they also act as a memory of Mike now. So much love here.
Thank you...this area is earmarked as a datacentre. The biggest in Europe. It's the final green belt in Potters Bar/South Mimms. Locals love the area and many protested. Councillors have voted it through 9/10. It's devastating.
January 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Thank you...this area is earmarked as a datacentre. The biggest in Europe. It's the final green belt in Potters Bar/South Mimms. Locals love the area and many protested. Councillors have voted it through 9/10. It's devastating.
My car this morning looks rather beautiful
January 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
My car this morning looks rather beautiful
Hey Blue-sky people, I've just heard that this lovely place on my doorstep has been given the go ahead to be concreted over into a massive data centre, the biggest in Europe. Skylark breed here, butterflies emerge in abundance. On a 10 minute walk I recorded 11 bird species. I'm so upset.
January 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hey Blue-sky people, I've just heard that this lovely place on my doorstep has been given the go ahead to be concreted over into a massive data centre, the biggest in Europe. Skylark breed here, butterflies emerge in abundance. On a 10 minute walk I recorded 11 bird species. I'm so upset.
My favourite is one introduced to me by a dear friend Nancy.
January 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
My favourite is one introduced to me by a dear friend Nancy.
This was my touch of colour at the weekend ..
January 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This was my touch of colour at the weekend ..
@themarshtit.bsky.social I saw these and thought of you and your wonderful book!
January 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
@themarshtit.bsky.social I saw these and thought of you and your wonderful book!
What a wonderful day for a walk across the fields. Stopped to listen to a nuthatch singing it's heart out and this beauty popped out of a bush. We looked quietly at each other before it crept back into the undergrowth.
January 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
What a wonderful day for a walk across the fields. Stopped to listen to a nuthatch singing it's heart out and this beauty popped out of a bush. We looked quietly at each other before it crept back into the undergrowth.
Ooh at a Christmas Market recently I stood for a while admiring these Klimt-inspired baubles. What's not to love?
January 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Ooh at a Christmas Market recently I stood for a while admiring these Klimt-inspired baubles. What's not to love?