Julia
@juliac2.bsky.social
Libraries, nature (especially owls!), photography and a sprinkling of modern life. Ever curious.
Love this time of year - another weekend exploring our wood. Masses of fungi, most of which I've no idea exactly what they are, but many colours, and many different shapes and sizes.
September 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Love this time of year - another weekend exploring our wood. Masses of fungi, most of which I've no idea exactly what they are, but many colours, and many different shapes and sizes.
Love open house heritage weekend - finally got to see inside one of our local places I've only ever seen from the road. Total surprise and some beautiful details - love their stained glass and murals
September 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Love open house heritage weekend - finally got to see inside one of our local places I've only ever seen from the road. Total surprise and some beautiful details - love their stained glass and murals
Chalk hill blue - auditioning to feature as the BlueSky logo.... #UKButterflies
August 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Chalk hill blue - auditioning to feature as the BlueSky logo.... #UKButterflies
Also, I bet everyone says this, but can't beliwed bird's nest fungi are SO TINY #fungifriends
August 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Also, I bet everyone says this, but can't beliwed bird's nest fungi are SO TINY #fungifriends
Natalie Haynes on the Great Library at Alexandria was brilliant - love that last quote! "Cherish libraries, they scare people who dont want us to think for ourselves" www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, Alexandria: The Library
Natalie explores the great library of Alexandria. With Edith Hall and Islam Issa.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Natalie Haynes on the Great Library at Alexandria was brilliant - love that last quote! "Cherish libraries, they scare people who dont want us to think for ourselves" www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@savebutterflies.bsky.social just submitted todays count - and the star of the show was a hummingbird hawk moth on buddleia.... but no way to record that. Have you ever considered having an "other" box, for those unusual visitors? We also get skippers in our greenspace.
July 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
@savebutterflies.bsky.social just submitted todays count - and the star of the show was a hummingbird hawk moth on buddleia.... but no way to record that. Have you ever considered having an "other" box, for those unusual visitors? We also get skippers in our greenspace.
Flowers for Valentines day (seen on my lunchtime fresh air break)
February 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Flowers for Valentines day (seen on my lunchtime fresh air break)
10/10 Kew orchid festival - lots of types I'd never seen before, and some gorgeous displays
February 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
10/10 Kew orchid festival - lots of types I'd never seen before, and some gorgeous displays
Visited the Exchange in Erith - restoration of a former Carnegie library and it is beautiful (and now a home for artists and creativity - love the textile room, pottery and wood workshop) Lots of new photos for my webpage: carnegielegacyinengland.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/e...
Erith library
Brief description In 1903 active local Members of the Council privately approached Andrew Carnegie. They succeeded in securing from him a donation of £7,000 provided that the Council raised a 1d ra…
carnegielegacyinengland.wordpress.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Visited the Exchange in Erith - restoration of a former Carnegie library and it is beautiful (and now a home for artists and creativity - love the textile room, pottery and wood workshop) Lots of new photos for my webpage: carnegielegacyinengland.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/e...
If you see this post, repost with a bridge from your gallery. (this feels like old time tweeting)
January 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If you see this post, repost with a bridge from your gallery. (this feels like old time tweeting)
Weather probably influenced this years #BigGardenBirdwatch to be the lowest numbers ever. But I guess should be pleased I at least saw something (6 species, 8 birds in total). Spot the interloper!
January 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Weather probably influenced this years #BigGardenBirdwatch to be the lowest numbers ever. But I guess should be pleased I at least saw something (6 species, 8 birds in total). Spot the interloper!
Walked in our woods today. Pretty sure the clump of pointed leaves will be bluebells (we saw lots of those), and have finders crossed the more rounded ones might grow up to be an orchid! We'll be keeping watch
January 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Walked in our woods today. Pretty sure the clump of pointed leaves will be bluebells (we saw lots of those), and have finders crossed the more rounded ones might grow up to be an orchid! We'll be keeping watch
After about a dozen pictures of empty branches, or just a hint of a tail, I finally managed to get a clear photo of a goldcrest - what a hyperactive tiny bird they are!
January 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
After about a dozen pictures of empty branches, or just a hint of a tail, I finally managed to get a clear photo of a goldcrest - what a hyperactive tiny bird they are!
Even after frost and snow, can still find some of my favourite fungi in the woods - love oysterlings when you just see that hint of white on a twig, then turn it over 🍄
January 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Even after frost and snow, can still find some of my favourite fungi in the woods - love oysterlings when you just see that hint of white on a twig, then turn it over 🍄
Lovely to see the festive lights on Rochester Bridge @rochesterbridge.bsky.social - especially ending with the rainbow this evening www.flickr.com/photos/julia...
Rochester bridge
Last night of the festive lights - and this is described as their rainbow pattern. Very pretty - from red at the Strood end, through yellow, green, blue and indigo, ending with violet at Rochester. r...
www.flickr.com
January 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Lovely to see the festive lights on Rochester Bridge @rochesterbridge.bsky.social - especially ending with the rainbow this evening www.flickr.com/photos/julia...
Seeing so many new butterflies, insects and birds on this trip (even more amazing as most of it spent in conference rooms and hotels - but I hadn't realised Delhi was so green!)
November 23, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Seeing so many new butterflies, insects and birds on this trip (even more amazing as most of it spent in conference rooms and hotels - but I hadn't realised Delhi was so green!)
perfect autumn day for a walk in some different woods - Gloucestershire (as a change from Kent)
November 13, 2024 at 7:50 PM
perfect autumn day for a walk in some different woods - Gloucestershire (as a change from Kent)
A damp walk in our wood - masses of fungi still to be found 🍄
October 26, 2024 at 7:08 PM
A damp walk in our wood - masses of fungi still to be found 🍄
Everything here is so colourful - fish, birds, butterflies - and today we spotted a well-named Mauritius ornate day gecko
October 15, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Everything here is so colourful - fish, birds, butterflies - and today we spotted a well-named Mauritius ornate day gecko
Glasgow's Mitchell library - loved both the busy main library and behind the scenes
October 3, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Glasgow's Mitchell library - loved both the busy main library and behind the scenes
Finding some amazing fungi in the wood - such a selection of shapes and colours (and lots I can't identify - so any tips welcome!) 🍄
September 30, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Finding some amazing fungi in the wood - such a selection of shapes and colours (and lots I can't identify - so any tips welcome!) 🍄
Sad to read Tony Soper died - a nature inspiration to me years ago. I remember watching a programme on bird migration patterns, then writing to him (at BBC) for more info - and he sent me the whole script! 💚
September 21, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Sad to read Tony Soper died - a nature inspiration to me years ago. I remember watching a programme on bird migration patterns, then writing to him (at BBC) for more info - and he sent me the whole script! 💚
Fungi season well and truly underway (and reminding me how much there is still to learn - always some key feature I forget to check...... ) 🍄
September 16, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Fungi season well and truly underway (and reminding me how much there is still to learn - always some key feature I forget to check...... ) 🍄
Good to explore a new (to me) part of Kent - and first time I've ever seen one of these bright green marsh frogs.
August 29, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Good to explore a new (to me) part of Kent - and first time I've ever seen one of these bright green marsh frogs.
Another lunchbreak watching dragonflies. So much more calming than a computer screen, even if they do zip around too fast to ID. Luckily, some stop for photos
August 23, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Another lunchbreak watching dragonflies. So much more calming than a computer screen, even if they do zip around too fast to ID. Luckily, some stop for photos