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mycathardy.bsky.social
Looking through the trees towards The Wash #woods #coastal #Snettisham #Norfolk
February 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
mycathardy.bsky.social
Coastal farmhouse beside the woods. #Norfolk #coastal #woodland
February 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
mycathardy.bsky.social
Looking towards the sea from Snettisham Common. A helpful tree is pointing the way #woods #sea #Snettisham
February 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
mycathardy.bsky.social
A few of the tractors and ploughs at the match today at Congham. #tractors #ploughs #Norfolk
February 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
mycathardy.bsky.social
A row of cottages in Snettisham #cottages #Norfolk #village
February 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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carolynaday.bsky.social
As I sit here trying to find my motivation under a pile of existential dread I present this cat to cheer you up (embroidery from Mary Queen of Scots “a Catte” c. 1569-84 from Holyrood Palace)
Embroidered cat with a mouse on a cross shaped backing with a blue border that says “a Catte”
February 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
mycathardy.bsky.social
Church of St Mary in Snettisham is a C14th Decorated church with a tower and spire of 175 feet. As it sits on a hill there's a good view over a sheep meadow and the village cricket ground. #churches #Norfolk
February 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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sophiecarr.bsky.social
I wasn't expecting to see birds on this trip, but there were a few European Shags dotted on the cliffs at Arnarstapi today. What beautiful birds they are!

#lceland
Two European Shags on a cliffside. They are green, with yellow bits below their eyes, and their eyes are green. They have impressive black feather crests on their heads. They're both looking out to sea to the left. The rocks arounds them are grey and there are some brown grasses beneath them.
February 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
Other work of the Ladybird artists.
‘Missel Thrush’, 1937
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Engraving of a thrush perched on a twig. The viewpoint is looking up towards the throat of the songbird in full song
February 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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uk-wildlife.bsky.social
A Dunnock. Lots of them are singing locally at the moment, a sign spring is getting closer!

#Birds #Birding #UKWildlife
Dunnock looking iver its shoulder. Small brown bird with grey head
February 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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haggewoods.bsky.social
Caltha palustris, Kingcup, Marsh Marigold
A perennial specialist of wet and damp habitats; carrs, river banks, streamsides, lakes, ponds, winter-wet meadows & pastures. It supports c.16 sp of invert as a larval host.
📷 Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
February 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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lindacdolan.bsky.social
🌱 #wildflowerhour Pulmonaria flowering in the Hilltop Wildlife garden at Wisley today.
February 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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jillwhitelock.bsky.social
I remembered to go and see how the patch of Viola odorata f. lilacina is getting on. A few more flowers are open now and they’re heart-stoppingly beautiful. #WildflowerHour
Side view of a Sweet violet flower with pinkish lilac and white petals, against a blur of soft green grass.
February 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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netherfield34.bsky.social
Isn't this a lovely colour & texture? Freshly laid this morning
A dark green emu egg
February 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
mycathardy.bsky.social
Snowdrops in the churchyard of St. Mary's, Snettisham. #Snowdrops #Snettisham #churchyard
February 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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haggewoods.bsky.social
Ficaria verna, Lesser Celandine, invert associates. Blooms in woods, hedgerows, verges, on grassy banks, March to May, supporting 15 species as a larval host.
But also a valuable nectar & pollen source for emerging hoverflies, & pollen beetles.

📷Pl 59. Sturm, Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen
February 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
How's that for a hairdo? Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin at Mitú, Vaupes, Colombia.

#birds #nature
A small, energetic bird with olive-green plumage and a striking bright yellow crest perches on a thin, moss-covered branch. Its wide, alert eyes and slightly open beak give it a curious and watchful expression. The blurred background of soft greens and earthy browns creates a natural, tranquil setting, highlighting the bird’s vivid colors and delicate features.
February 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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spicynoodlez11.bsky.social
It’s already been a long week, so take a moment to enjoy the lichen community growing on this 2-centimeter long twig section. You deserve it. #Lichen #FungiFriends #Moss #ISeeMoss #LichenSunscribe #Nature #Photography #Macro #PNW #Breathe #GoOutside #Notice
A 2-centimeter section of a twig with at least 5 types of lichen and a few tufts of moss growing together. Two types of light, leafy green lichens and deep green moss are on top, splotches of bright yellow candleflame lichen are interspersed throughout, and a lovely patch of several rim disc lichen spots with gray centers and white rims. Some light green oak moss antlers hang from the bottom of the stick.
February 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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ahistoryinart.bsky.social
'Mary.' (c1920) Gertrude Fiske was an accomplished Impressionist painter who trained under Frank Benson. Perhaps not as well known as some of her contemporaries but considered to be at least the equal of Mary Cassatt. An essential figure in the history of women painters.
'Mary.' (c1920) Gertrude Fiske was an accomplished Impressionist painter who trained under Frank Benson. Perhaps not as well known as some of her contemporaries but considered to be at least the equal of Mary Cassatt. An essential figure in the history of women painters.
February 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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britishnatureguide.bsky.social
Six Shorelarks seen today at Holkham in Norfolk for #BirdsSeenIn2025
The Shorelark is a winter visitor to the UK. As its name suggests it is usually found near the seashore.
February 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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lizziebruce.bsky.social
I’m recruiting for a reserve warden to join the team at WWT Welney Wetland Centre.

If you have practical experience of working on wet grassland habitats with adaptability and initiative I’d love to hear from you

vacancies.wwt.org.uk/vacancies/41...
Reserve Warden in Welney | WWT
View details and apply for this Reserve Warden vacancy in Welney. Would you like to make a meaningful contribution to the conservation of black-tailed godwits and associated wet grassland species? ...
vacancies.wwt.org.uk
February 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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haggewoods.bsky.social
Auricularia auricula-judae, Jelly Ears. On Sambucus
nigra, Elder. They have such an affinity with each other that I seldom see one without the other.
February 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
mycathardy.bsky.social
This Automobile Association Box in Brancaster is the oldest in Norfolk and predates the 1950s.
Protected Status : Listed Building
#AA #Norfolk #listedbuilding
February 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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ahistoryinart.bsky.social
'The Bad Sower.' (1908) Gustave van de Woestyne painted in a very personal symbolist style; his pictures reveal a strong influence of Pieter Breughel and other Flemish primitive masters, whose work had deeply impressed him at an exhibition in Bruges in 1902.
February 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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curatorkate.bsky.social
Totally fabulous door furniture on the south door of St. Andrew’s Church, Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire 🤩
February 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM