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Fiona
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Birley Spa Preservation Trust, formerly Friends of Birley Spa aka Schrodingers Oasis. Committed to saving Grade 2 Listed Victorian Bath House, Birley Spa for our Community, education, health and wellbeing, conserving nature and green space. Sheffield
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Waiting for Halloween be like...
Not long now though 🎃☠️🖤
Picture of 'Billy' the mask wearing character from the film Saw, sat facing left, with a papier mache pumpkin behind him, and a sign in front of him, facing the camera, saying, "Do you want to play a game?" Advertising poster for Birley Spa Bath House Halloween event, showing 3 skeletons sitting on a bench sharing a joke.
October 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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With all the actual horror in the world today, Halloween becomes a time of absolute joy! Truth really is stranger than fiction! #Halloween #AlienEarth #BirleySpa
Model of Eyeball Alien from Alien Earth stalking me from behind a large Fungi. Model of Eyeball Alien from Alien Earth watching me from the branches of a tree. Model of Eyeball Alien from Alien Earth sitting on top of a stone skull with 3 model bats at the side. They are in the shallow stone sink in the Victorian Bath House. Model of Eyeball Alien from Alien Earth sitting on top of a stone skull with 3 model bats at the side. A monster face light is projected over the scene. They are in the shallow stone sink in the Victorian Bath House.
October 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Not long now to Heritage Open Days. Four of the tours are already fully booked. Book now to secure your place! 😊 #HeritageOpenDays #Heritage
September 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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One of my faves by Boaster 😊
September 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Days 17 - 20 #30DaysWild #MentalHealthMatters @wildsheffield.bsky.social
Plant Bug on a Bramble Leaf Yellow Barred Longhorn Moth. The males, which this is, have ridiculously long antennae, to impress the ladies. He's sitting proud on a Sweet Chestnut Leaf. Dock Bug on a Bramble Leaf Moorhen Chick walking in the edge of the pond, almost full grown now.
June 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Days 13 - 16 #30DaysWild #MentalHealthMatters @wildsheffield.bsky.social
Grey Saw Fly caterpillars munching their way through the leaves of Solomons Seal Speckled Wood Butterfly looking straight at the camera Large Carp seems to be enjoying the warmer water in the pond A Livid Sawfly, I think that is its name rather than its state of mind!
June 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Days 9 - 12 #30DaysWild @wildsheffield.bsky.social #MentalHealthMatters
6 of the 7 Moorhen Chicks with a parent.Each day they are a little biiger and their confidence and water agility grows too. 7 Spot Ladybird with a few bumps and bruises around its head and thorax. I guess those external skeletons come in handy. Red Damsel Fly, solar charging for a moment on the pondweed. Thick Legged Flower Beetle, a personal favourite, a glistening green masterpiece.
June 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Days 4 - 8 #30DaysWild @wildsheffield.bsky.social #MentalHealthMatters
Alder Beetle, a vision in blue. 4 Moorhen Chicks from the brood of 7, sitting out of the water on a rough nest in the Cherry Laurel. A Carder Bee dining on nectar from Common Vetch. A Cardinal Beetle, rusty red body with black legs and antennae, beady little black eyes looking straight at the camera.
June 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Feeling a little overwhelmed with all the horrors of the world? I am. So as an antidote, I've thrown myself into the #30DaysWild @wildsheffield.bsky.social challenge, posting a picture every day for the month of June. It's definitely helping me focus on the beauty of nature.
Days 1 - 4 below.
An Early Bumblebee, resting on a Bramble flower giving a nice view of his bottom! Rosa Canina, the Dog Rose, a fresh bloom just opening and looking radiant. A beautiful Dunnock, an under rated little brown bird, sitting pretty. Bumble Bees mating. Quite a thing to see, as the female is twice the size of the male, who seems a little uncertain about his life choices..
June 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Look into the eye of your mind .. #DailyDoseOfGreen #Nature #MentalHealthMatters #Nature
May 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Harold, currently identifies as a sausage roll.
May 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Oh Hello! @wildsheffield.bsky.social #Nature
May 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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1st May 1843, Birley Spa Bath House first opened its doors to the public. The first photo from circa 1915 shows in its heyday as the Children's Pleasure Grounds. The 2nd photo is now, practically derelict in desperate need of restoration. It's time to bring it back. #Heritage #NLHF #Wellbeing
Beautiful Victorian Bath House with veranda. Derelict Bath House clearly in need of restoration.
May 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Walk with me.. #DailyDoseOfGreen #Nature
Pathway with overhanging trees with a stream to one side. Verdant splendour in dappled sunshine.
April 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Daily dose of green with a splash of Heron for contrast. ##DailyDoseOfGreen #Nature #BirleySpa
April 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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It's not just me that likes to pause awhile in the sunshine💚 #Nature #Insects ##BirleySpa
Beautiful Peacock Butterfly resting on a Bluebell flower in the sun. A Comma Butterfly alighting on a Blackberry leaf. A Speckled Wood Butterfly sunning itself on Hawthorn. A Dark Edged Bee Fly, with a wonderful Latin name of Bombylius Major, pausing on a bronzed Oak leaf from the remains of Autumn.
April 18, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Dailydose of green, soon to be flushed with blue 💙 ##DailyDoseOfGreen #MentalHealthMatters #Nature #Sheffield
Woodland path with trees in bud and bluebells growing but not yet in bloom.
April 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Daily Dose of Green. #DailyDoseOfGreen #MentalHealth #Nature #Sheffield
Wooded area with green being the predominant colour from leaves opening to plants growing. Peaceful and calming.
April 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Our Dinosaur Egg Hunt was great fun. Lovely day, glorious weather and no people were eaten. Honest! #BirleySpa #Dinosaurs
5 people in inflatable dinosaur outfits posing for a group photo A possible skeleton attached to railings next to a sign that shows a dinosaur with a lightning bolt through it. It says that the fence is electrified. It isn't really. 2 Tyrannosaurs charging at a young girl who is fending them off with a very small stick. A Pterodactyl and a Velociraptor deciding which visitor to eat next.
April 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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We thought we would do Easter a little differently this year, we're regretting it already, these birds are wild! 🥚🦖 #BirleySpa #Dinosaurs #Easter
March 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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I've never seen anything like this, it was awful to watch. Nothing I tried to distract them worked and I had to walk away in the end. Survival of the fittest at it's most brutal. @wildsheffield.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #Birds #BirleySpa
Two male Robins fighting, head to head, beak to beak, claw to claw, possibly to the death.
March 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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March 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Morning Primrose. We had planting session with local children last year. This is one of the wildflowers they planted 💚 #BirleySpa #Nature
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Years ago we had a wonderful rescue dog called Scooby who defended our airspace with his life. Hot air balloons and helicopters were not allowed to fly over garden. Wore him out it did. He was a very good boy❤️
A beautiful big dog called Scooby, fast asleep and snoring with his head leaning on a radiator.
March 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Excuse the wobbly camera, a tripod might have been a good idea, but who doesn't love being serenaded by a Robin? #Birds #Nature #BirleySpa
March 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM