Brigit Strawbridge
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
Wildlife gardening.. love insects, plants, birds, fungi, grass snakes, trees, moths, rivers, caterpillars & all things wild, especially solitary bees, bumblebees... and Dippers!
Art. Poetry. Cornwall
Author 'Dancing with Bees - a Journey Back to Nature'
Art. Poetry. Cornwall
Author 'Dancing with Bees - a Journey Back to Nature'
Curlew with Bog Cotton - large earthenware platter by Cornwall ceramicist, artist, and nature diarist, Jennie Hale
Each of Jennie's gorgeous pieces are hand thrown and individually decorated
More of this artist's fab work, here: jenniehale.co.uk
#birds #ceramics #wildlife #nature #curlew
Each of Jennie's gorgeous pieces are hand thrown and individually decorated
More of this artist's fab work, here: jenniehale.co.uk
#birds #ceramics #wildlife #nature #curlew
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Reposted by Brigit Strawbridge
So many Marasmius hudsonii in the woods. #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
So many Marasmius hudsonii in the woods. #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday
Reposted by Brigit Strawbridge
Introducing... The League of Unlikely Ocean Heroes! 🦸 Seagrass, mussels, kelp and native oysters filter pollutants, capture carbon and protect habitats. But they’re facing challenges from dredging to climate change.
Help them thrive again by donating today 👉 https://actmcs.org/oyster-hero-bsky
Help them thrive again by donating today 👉 https://actmcs.org/oyster-hero-bsky
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Introducing... The League of Unlikely Ocean Heroes! 🦸 Seagrass, mussels, kelp and native oysters filter pollutants, capture carbon and protect habitats. But they’re facing challenges from dredging to climate change.
Help them thrive again by donating today 👉 https://actmcs.org/oyster-hero-bsky
Help them thrive again by donating today 👉 https://actmcs.org/oyster-hero-bsky
Reposted by Brigit Strawbridge
To go with the current Stone Club book of the month The Whispers of Rock here's @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social Dr Anjana Khatwa's recent @stoneclub.bsky.social talk. Geology and Spirituality of Stones with some wonderful indigenous examples. Watch the full video on YouTube: youtu.be/NEVw5uAbDrY 1/
The Whispers of Rock book talk by Dr Anjana Khatwa from Stone Club at The Social
YouTube video by The Megalithic Portal
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November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
To go with the current Stone Club book of the month The Whispers of Rock here's @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social Dr Anjana Khatwa's recent @stoneclub.bsky.social talk. Geology and Spirituality of Stones with some wonderful indigenous examples. Watch the full video on YouTube: youtu.be/NEVw5uAbDrY 1/
One of my favourite episodes of Radio 4's #Ramblings, ever!
Anjana's knowledge and passion for all things 'rock' are hugely inspiring, and this episode is an absolute delight. Listen again via link below, and follow Anjana here: @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Anjana's knowledge and passion for all things 'rock' are hugely inspiring, and this episode is an absolute delight. Listen again via link below, and follow Anjana here: @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Ramblings, Whispering Rocks with Anjana Khatwa
Clare joins earth scientist Anjana Khatwa in Dorset to explore the landscape she loves.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
One of my favourite episodes of Radio 4's #Ramblings, ever!
Anjana's knowledge and passion for all things 'rock' are hugely inspiring, and this episode is an absolute delight. Listen again via link below, and follow Anjana here: @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Anjana's knowledge and passion for all things 'rock' are hugely inspiring, and this episode is an absolute delight. Listen again via link below, and follow Anjana here: @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Thank you so much for all the suggestions.... especially the ones that pointed out that whatever gadget I use will work better if it's T-shaped. So I'm going to try one of these. Fingers crossed 🤞
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/19776704...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/19776704...
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Thank you so much for all the suggestions.... especially the ones that pointed out that whatever gadget I use will work better if it's T-shaped. So I'm going to try one of these. Fingers crossed 🤞
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/19776704...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/19776704...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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It’s getting a little chilly, so I think I’m allowed to post my new wintery products (and some gift ideas 😬🫣🎄)…
www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/products
Hope you like them!❄️💙
www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/products
Hope you like them!❄️💙
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It’s getting a little chilly, so I think I’m allowed to post my new wintery products (and some gift ideas 😬🫣🎄)…
www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/products
Hope you like them!❄️💙
www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/products
Hope you like them!❄️💙
The Harvest Hares - by wildlife artist, Shelly Perkins
A glorious celebration of all things 'Autumn' 🧡
More by this artist, here: www.shellyperkins.co.uk
#hares #wildlifeart #art #nature
A glorious celebration of all things 'Autumn' 🧡
More by this artist, here: www.shellyperkins.co.uk
#hares #wildlifeart #art #nature
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The Harvest Hares - by wildlife artist, Shelly Perkins
A glorious celebration of all things 'Autumn' 🧡
More by this artist, here: www.shellyperkins.co.uk
#hares #wildlifeart #art #nature
A glorious celebration of all things 'Autumn' 🧡
More by this artist, here: www.shellyperkins.co.uk
#hares #wildlifeart #art #nature
Has anyone with arthritis in their fingers tried using something like this? I'm struggling to open/shut my hot water bottle... so looking for something to make it easier.
Already have lots of advice for the arthritis itself, just need an easier-to-open hot water bottle, or a gadget to help!
Already have lots of advice for the arthritis itself, just need an easier-to-open hot water bottle, or a gadget to help!
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Has anyone with arthritis in their fingers tried using something like this? I'm struggling to open/shut my hot water bottle... so looking for something to make it easier.
Already have lots of advice for the arthritis itself, just need an easier-to-open hot water bottle, or a gadget to help!
Already have lots of advice for the arthritis itself, just need an easier-to-open hot water bottle, or a gadget to help!
My granddaughter, Arrietty (aged 10, and home schooled) has started coming to me this term for Nature Studies.
This Small Copper butterfly is from her nature journal.
Next week we’re studying Jays, and the role they play in the growth of Oak forests, so watch this space…
#nature #butterflies
This Small Copper butterfly is from her nature journal.
Next week we’re studying Jays, and the role they play in the growth of Oak forests, so watch this space…
#nature #butterflies
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My granddaughter, Arrietty (aged 10, and home schooled) has started coming to me this term for Nature Studies.
This Small Copper butterfly is from her nature journal.
Next week we’re studying Jays, and the role they play in the growth of Oak forests, so watch this space…
#nature #butterflies
This Small Copper butterfly is from her nature journal.
Next week we’re studying Jays, and the role they play in the growth of Oak forests, so watch this space…
#nature #butterflies
Please can anyone tell me what this is? Could it be an aquatic flatworm? I don’t think it’s a leech, but I really haven’t got a clue! Found on the underside of a leaf floating in our garden pond in Cornwall…
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Please can anyone tell me what this is? Could it be an aquatic flatworm? I don’t think it’s a leech, but I really haven’t got a clue! Found on the underside of a leaf floating in our garden pond in Cornwall…
Just found a video I made a few years back about the #WildlifePond we created in our old garden, in Shaftesbury. It's not very long, and there's a beautiful Broad-bodied Chaser Dragonfly in it! May be of interest if you're thinking of creating a pond...
#nature
www.youtube.com/watch?v=169H...
#nature
www.youtube.com/watch?v=169H...
Dorset Garden Wildlife Pond
YouTube video by Brigit Strawbridge
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Just found a video I made a few years back about the #WildlifePond we created in our old garden, in Shaftesbury. It's not very long, and there's a beautiful Broad-bodied Chaser Dragonfly in it! May be of interest if you're thinking of creating a pond...
#nature
www.youtube.com/watch?v=169H...
#nature
www.youtube.com/watch?v=169H...
Afternoon Light The Garden St Margarets - watercolour by British author, painter, and illustrator, Ian Archie Beck
More of this artist's wonderful light-filled paintings, here: www.ianarchiebeck.co.uk
#art #watercolours #landscape #trees
More of this artist's wonderful light-filled paintings, here: www.ianarchiebeck.co.uk
#art #watercolours #landscape #trees
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Afternoon Light The Garden St Margarets - watercolour by British author, painter, and illustrator, Ian Archie Beck
More of this artist's wonderful light-filled paintings, here: www.ianarchiebeck.co.uk
#art #watercolours #landscape #trees
More of this artist's wonderful light-filled paintings, here: www.ianarchiebeck.co.uk
#art #watercolours #landscape #trees
So depressing to read this. I literally don't understand why anyone would vote against such a mandate. What a betrayal...
#birds
#birds
BAD NEWS! Should the swift brick vote have taken place earlier today we would have won. Tories whipped YES but by the time of the vote, support had gone home just like 2 years ago. It is an AGONISING reality. Tell your MP & steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk what you think. GUTTED.
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
So depressing to read this. I literally don't understand why anyone would vote against such a mandate. What a betrayal...
#birds
#birds
Seed heads in old glass bottles... on the windowsill of a cottage we once lived in, in Shaftesbury
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Seed heads in old glass bottles... on the windowsill of a cottage we once lived in, in Shaftesbury
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Hare is looking forward to the largest, brightest, full moon of the year (Nov 5th)
#FullMoon #BeaverMoon #SuperMoon #WhenBeastsSpoke #MoonGazingHare #Hare #WildlifeArt
#FullMoon #BeaverMoon #SuperMoon #WhenBeastsSpoke #MoonGazingHare #Hare #WildlifeArt
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Hare is looking forward to the largest, brightest, full moon of the year (Nov 5th)
#FullMoon #BeaverMoon #SuperMoon #WhenBeastsSpoke #MoonGazingHare #Hare #WildlifeArt
#FullMoon #BeaverMoon #SuperMoon #WhenBeastsSpoke #MoonGazingHare #Hare #WildlifeArt
This one, titled 'Beneath the Silver Birch', is by my very talented daughter, Charlotte Strawbridge... who you can follow here on Bluesky 👉 @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social
More of Charlotte's gorgeous paintings, prints, cards, and gifts, here: www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art
#art #wildlife
More of Charlotte's gorgeous paintings, prints, cards, and gifts, here: www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art
#art #wildlife
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
This one, titled 'Beneath the Silver Birch', is by my very talented daughter, Charlotte Strawbridge... who you can follow here on Bluesky 👉 @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social
More of Charlotte's gorgeous paintings, prints, cards, and gifts, here: www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art
#art #wildlife
More of Charlotte's gorgeous paintings, prints, cards, and gifts, here: www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art
#art #wildlife
More rich, warm autumn colours in this mixed media painting - by Cornish based artist Simon Pooley
Titled 'Perranuthnoe Rooks'
More of this artist's paintings, here: simonpooley.com
#art #Cornwall #birdart #landscape
Titled 'Perranuthnoe Rooks'
More of this artist's paintings, here: simonpooley.com
#art #Cornwall #birdart #landscape
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
More rich, warm autumn colours in this mixed media painting - by Cornish based artist Simon Pooley
Titled 'Perranuthnoe Rooks'
More of this artist's paintings, here: simonpooley.com
#art #Cornwall #birdart #landscape
Titled 'Perranuthnoe Rooks'
More of this artist's paintings, here: simonpooley.com
#art #Cornwall #birdart #landscape
Over £9million raised so far in this 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' to do something truly meaningful for nature on a really large scale. It's absolutely doable. Can you help?
Donate here 👉 www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #wildlife
Donate here 👉 www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #wildlife
Sir David Attenborough backs bid to buy Rothbury Estate
Wildlife trusts attempt to raise £30m to keep Northumberland's Rothbury Estate from being split up.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Over £9million raised so far in this 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' to do something truly meaningful for nature on a really large scale. It's absolutely doable. Can you help?
Donate here 👉 www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #wildlife
Donate here 👉 www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #wildlife
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Thanks @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social, and anyone in Devon whose interest is piqued by Brigit’s very kind words can hear all about #thecuckooslea when I’m in conversation with @guyshrubsole.bsky.social on Thursday 13th November at @thebookery.bsky.social in Crediton. #naturewriting #birdsandplace
Just finished @drmjwarren.bsky.social's The Cuckoo's Lea and I absolutely LOVED it. In fact it's one of my favourite reads so far this year.
#Nature, #History, #birds, #language #landscape and more... woven together seamlessly, and so beautifully. Fascinating! I can't recommend it highly enough
#Nature, #History, #birds, #language #landscape and more... woven together seamlessly, and so beautifully. Fascinating! I can't recommend it highly enough
October 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thanks @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social, and anyone in Devon whose interest is piqued by Brigit’s very kind words can hear all about #thecuckooslea when I’m in conversation with @guyshrubsole.bsky.social on Thursday 13th November at @thebookery.bsky.social in Crediton. #naturewriting #birdsandplace
October 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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