Jeremy Halls
@hallsecology.bsky.social
Ecologist. Mainly found in wetlands or on the coast. Norfolk, UK
I saw some last week in Spain in my dessert bowl if that counts?
September 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I saw some last week in Spain in my dessert bowl if that counts?
No Glossy Ibis at Oby on an unsurprisingly quiet WeBS count this morning. 100+ Swallows and a single House Martin passing through. Seeing Albion moored up was the highlight
#norfolkbirding
#norfolkbirding
September 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
No Glossy Ibis at Oby on an unsurprisingly quiet WeBS count this morning. 100+ Swallows and a single House Martin passing through. Seeing Albion moored up was the highlight
#norfolkbirding
#norfolkbirding
Outsiders, a documentary photography project of homelessness in modern Britain, is currently at Cromer Artspace until the 14th Sept. Powerful, moving images and harrowing stories. cromer-artspace.uk/events/event... @marcdavenant.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Outsiders, a documentary photography project of homelessness in modern Britain, is currently at Cromer Artspace until the 14th Sept. Powerful, moving images and harrowing stories. cromer-artspace.uk/events/event... @marcdavenant.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
Needle. Haystack. At least on a wet afternoon.
August 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Needle. Haystack. At least on a wet afternoon.
I was thinking exactly the same thing on my walk in east Norfolk this evening.
August 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I was thinking exactly the same thing on my walk in east Norfolk this evening.
August 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Potamogeton perfoliatus and P x salicifolius, its hybrid with P. lucens, at West Somerton Boat Dyke #NorfolkBroads
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August 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Potamogeton perfoliatus and P x salicifolius, its hybrid with P. lucens, at West Somerton Boat Dyke #NorfolkBroads
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I last checked it in 2023.
August 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I last checked it in 2023.
P. lucens is much more widespread than P. perfoliatus in the Broads but there are good populations of the latter in the Wensum and Yare through Norwich. P. x salicifolius occurs at one location in the Broads, where this BSBI coincidence map shows the two parents are found together.
August 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
P. lucens is much more widespread than P. perfoliatus in the Broads but there are good populations of the latter in the Wensum and Yare through Norwich. P. x salicifolius occurs at one location in the Broads, where this BSBI coincidence map shows the two parents are found together.
Purple Loosestrife and Orange Balsam colour clash at Thorpe Marshes NR.
August 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Purple Loosestrife and Orange Balsam colour clash at Thorpe Marshes NR.
I've seen it in a few smaller drains in the Fens and the Broads, but definitely does best in wider and deeper IDB drains. Worth looking for P x fluitans as probably under-recorded. Richard Lansdown found it at Upton Fen in 2022 for the first time and I took this photo of all 3 taxa in 2023.
August 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I've seen it in a few smaller drains in the Fens and the Broads, but definitely does best in wider and deeper IDB drains. Worth looking for P x fluitans as probably under-recorded. Richard Lansdown found it at Upton Fen in 2022 for the first time and I took this photo of all 3 taxa in 2023.
"Bastard Cabbage" is something I often think when I come across a yellow crucifer without fruits. In this case it had fruits thankfully, and was indeed Bastard Cabbage, Rapistrum rugosum. RSPB Berney Marshes #wildflowerhour
August 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"Bastard Cabbage" is something I often think when I come across a yellow crucifer without fruits. In this case it had fruits thankfully, and was indeed Bastard Cabbage, Rapistrum rugosum. RSPB Berney Marshes #wildflowerhour
Brackish grassland at Berney Marshes also has Sea Barley, Strawberry Clover (several punnets worth), saltmarsh rush and slender bird's-foot trefoil. #wildflowerhour
August 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Brackish grassland at Berney Marshes also has Sea Barley, Strawberry Clover (several punnets worth), saltmarsh rush and slender bird's-foot trefoil. #wildflowerhour
Some good quality brackish grassland, showing the benefit of cattle grazing, behind the floodwall at RSPB Berney Marshes-Breydon Water.
Slender Hare's-ear the most notable species #wildflowerhour
Slender Hare's-ear the most notable species #wildflowerhour
August 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Some good quality brackish grassland, showing the benefit of cattle grazing, behind the floodwall at RSPB Berney Marshes-Breydon Water.
Slender Hare's-ear the most notable species #wildflowerhour
Slender Hare's-ear the most notable species #wildflowerhour
Photobombed by the Great Yarmouth to Norwich train.
August 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Photobombed by the Great Yarmouth to Norwich train.
The largest single patch of Marsh Mallow - Althaea officinalis - that I know of in the Broads is at RSPB Berney Marshes. Only a few plants still flowering yesterday but did allow me to collect some seed.
August 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The largest single patch of Marsh Mallow - Althaea officinalis - that I know of in the Broads is at RSPB Berney Marshes. Only a few plants still flowering yesterday but did allow me to collect some seed.
Good flight views of what I've assumed is a female Clouded Yellow f. helice rather than one of the rare species. Along Breydon North wall this morning. Only managed this poor shot of underwings @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Good flight views of what I've assumed is a female Clouded Yellow f. helice rather than one of the rare species. Along Breydon North wall this morning. Only managed this poor shot of underwings @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social
Flowering Rush (not a rush, as in family Juncaceae) - Butomus umbellatus - on a ditch margin at the Ouse Washes NR, Cambridgeshire.
August 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Flowering Rush (not a rush, as in family Juncaceae) - Butomus umbellatus - on a ditch margin at the Ouse Washes NR, Cambridgeshire.
Marsh Fern and Parsley Water-dropwort at Upton Fen NR, Norfolk.
#photography
#photography
August 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Marsh Fern and Parsley Water-dropwort at Upton Fen NR, Norfolk.
#photography
#photography
Female Long-winged Conehead in the dunes at Horsey #bushcricket #Orthopteta
August 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Female Long-winged Conehead in the dunes at Horsey #bushcricket #Orthopteta
August 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I didn't manage to see one, but at least 4 Great Green Bush-crickets calling around Stubb Mill, Hickling yesterday. Have been expanding their range through Norfolk in recent years.
August 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I didn't manage to see one, but at least 4 Great Green Bush-crickets calling around Stubb Mill, Hickling yesterday. Have been expanding their range through Norfolk in recent years.
Ray's knotgrass - Polygonum oxyspermum subsp. raii - on Gorleston beach last week. Only other VC25 E Suffolk records are from Landguard/Felixstowe although it has been recorded on nearby Great Yarmouth beach (VC27 E Norfolk) in 2024 and 2025.
August 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Ray's knotgrass - Polygonum oxyspermum subsp. raii - on Gorleston beach last week. Only other VC25 E Suffolk records are from Landguard/Felixstowe although it has been recorded on nearby Great Yarmouth beach (VC27 E Norfolk) in 2024 and 2025.
That will be the same plant that I took a photo of last weekend!
July 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
That will be the same plant that I took a photo of last weekend!
It is a wonderful site and with relatively good access. Supports all 7 of the Broads SAC Annex I habitat features, one of only two of the 28 component SSSIs to do so.
Adjoining grazing marsh has Potamogeton compressus, P x fluitans and Sium.
Adjoining grazing marsh has Potamogeton compressus, P x fluitans and Sium.
May 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It is a wonderful site and with relatively good access. Supports all 7 of the Broads SAC Annex I habitat features, one of only two of the 28 component SSSIs to do so.
Adjoining grazing marsh has Potamogeton compressus, P x fluitans and Sium.
Adjoining grazing marsh has Potamogeton compressus, P x fluitans and Sium.