James Emerson
@norwichbirder.bsky.social
Naturalist living in Norfolk (UK) - particularly interested in birds, fungi, psyllids and shieldbugs (also real ale, Forteana etc) Local patch = Whitlingham C.P. and the wider Norwich area.
Sporadically updated blog: http://jamesbirdsandbeer.blogspot.com/
Sporadically updated blog: http://jamesbirdsandbeer.blogspot.com/
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James Emerson
@norwichbirder.bsky.social
· Jan 16
I've just finished putting together my local patch bird report, covering species seen at Whitlingham & Thorpe Marshes (Norwich) during 2024. It can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/file/d/13pLp... A big thank you to everyone who has reported sightings and allowed photos to be used in the report.
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Bloody #Ascomytetes! These are not the #Myxogastria you're looking for :-)
Ruzenia spermoides.
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #microscopy #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Ruzenia spermoides.
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #microscopy #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bloody #Ascomytetes! These are not the #Myxogastria you're looking for :-)
Ruzenia spermoides.
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #microscopy #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Ruzenia spermoides.
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #microscopy #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
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Slime mold, Arcyria incarnata.
Arcyria incarnata Cribsheet: www.naturespot.org/sites/defaul...
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #Myxogastria #Amoebozoa #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Arcyria incarnata Cribsheet: www.naturespot.org/sites/defaul...
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #Myxogastria #Amoebozoa #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Slime mold, Arcyria incarnata.
Arcyria incarnata Cribsheet: www.naturespot.org/sites/defaul...
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #Myxogastria #Amoebozoa #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Arcyria incarnata Cribsheet: www.naturespot.org/sites/defaul...
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #Myxogastria #Amoebozoa #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
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Are you an MSc student based at a UK university? Or do you know one?
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
Postgraduate opportunities
The RSPB is offering a variety of exciting research projects for postgraduate students in 2026.
www.rspb.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Are you an MSc student based at a UK university? Or do you know one?
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
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EVENT REMINDER: Sunday 23rd November 2025 10:30 - we'll be having a look at the wildlife to be found on and around Wymondham Abbey. All welcome. Note that you will need to park nearby and walk to the abbey - further details on norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
EVENT REMINDER: Sunday 23rd November 2025 10:30 - we'll be having a look at the wildlife to be found on and around Wymondham Abbey. All welcome. Note that you will need to park nearby and walk to the abbey - further details on norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...
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Aren’t frosted leaves beautiful? I went on a wintry walk down the bridle path this morning and photographed some of the little treasures I found gathered in the grass along the hedgerows. The sky was blue, and the birds were singing; what a glorious (but chilly) day! #nature #art
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Is it safe to call this Callitula pyrrhogaster or are there any confusion species? I can't find a relevant key but it looks like other photos of this species and it's supposed to be distinctive. It's 1.5mm long and was found by suction in late July in grass at the edge of wet woodland in Norfolk.
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Is it safe to call this Callitula pyrrhogaster or are there any confusion species? I can't find a relevant key but it looks like other photos of this species and it's supposed to be distinctive. It's 1.5mm long and was found by suction in late July in grass at the edge of wet woodland in Norfolk.
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Last weekend of my annual exhibition - 60 original watercolours on show www.jamesmccallum.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Last weekend of my annual exhibition - 60 original watercolours on show www.jamesmccallum.co.uk
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Waxcap 38 - Blackening Waxcap (Hygrocybe cinereifolia). Another distinct and named species in this group. It's rather slender with a distinct yellow colour and the key feature is that the gills are grey, even in young specimens. May yet be split further but for now recorded as this.
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Waxcap 38 - Blackening Waxcap (Hygrocybe cinereifolia). Another distinct and named species in this group. It's rather slender with a distinct yellow colour and the key feature is that the gills are grey, even in young specimens. May yet be split further but for now recorded as this.
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Tomoz at Dragon Hall, Nodge. I know that no one's interested but I have to go through the motions. 😂
All books will be going cheap.
Dragon Hall is a medieval merchant's house close to the River Wensum. It's steeped in history and actually has dragons!
All books will be going cheap.
Dragon Hall is a medieval merchant's house close to the River Wensum. It's steeped in history and actually has dragons!
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Tomoz at Dragon Hall, Nodge. I know that no one's interested but I have to go through the motions. 😂
All books will be going cheap.
Dragon Hall is a medieval merchant's house close to the River Wensum. It's steeped in history and actually has dragons!
All books will be going cheap.
Dragon Hall is a medieval merchant's house close to the River Wensum. It's steeped in history and actually has dragons!
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This will be fun ☺️
People of Norfolk, come and spend a cosy winter evening with me, @themarshtit.bsky.social and @timholtwilson.bsky.social as we talk birds, landscape and history at NWT’s Cley reserve on 5th Dec. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tales-of-b.... #NorfolkWildlifeTrust #NorfolkNature #naturewriting
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This will be fun ☺️
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Am I allowed a bit more shameless self-publicity? Available for pre-order! 💚
@pelagic.bsky.social
pelagicpublishing.com/products/the...
@pelagic.bsky.social
pelagicpublishing.com/products/the...
The Biological Recording Handbook
Biological recording is the discipline of writing down natural history observations of a correctly identified species, in a specific location, on a specific date, by a named individual. Simple enough,...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Am I allowed a bit more shameless self-publicity? Available for pre-order! 💚
@pelagic.bsky.social
pelagicpublishing.com/products/the...
@pelagic.bsky.social
pelagicpublishing.com/products/the...
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🦠 SAVE THE DATE! 🦜
I'm excited to announce that the theme of the 2027 BOU conference is Avian Disease Ecology!
📍 Nottingham, UK
📅 6–8 April 2027
🔗 Full details: lnkd.in/gPvFFDJe
Please share widely!
#BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth
I'm excited to announce that the theme of the 2027 BOU conference is Avian Disease Ecology!
📍 Nottingham, UK
📅 6–8 April 2027
🔗 Full details: lnkd.in/gPvFFDJe
Please share widely!
#BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth
June 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🦠 SAVE THE DATE! 🦜
I'm excited to announce that the theme of the 2027 BOU conference is Avian Disease Ecology!
📍 Nottingham, UK
📅 6–8 April 2027
🔗 Full details: lnkd.in/gPvFFDJe
Please share widely!
#BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth
I'm excited to announce that the theme of the 2027 BOU conference is Avian Disease Ecology!
📍 Nottingham, UK
📅 6–8 April 2027
🔗 Full details: lnkd.in/gPvFFDJe
Please share widely!
#BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth
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2 for the price of 1.
Photographed this nice Orchesia undulata beetle at Bryant's Heath on Sunday. Didn't pay much attention to the woodlouse alongside at the time but now know it is Armadillidium pulchellum, a rather scarce species in Norfolk.
Photographed this nice Orchesia undulata beetle at Bryant's Heath on Sunday. Didn't pay much attention to the woodlouse alongside at the time but now know it is Armadillidium pulchellum, a rather scarce species in Norfolk.
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
2 for the price of 1.
Photographed this nice Orchesia undulata beetle at Bryant's Heath on Sunday. Didn't pay much attention to the woodlouse alongside at the time but now know it is Armadillidium pulchellum, a rather scarce species in Norfolk.
Photographed this nice Orchesia undulata beetle at Bryant's Heath on Sunday. Didn't pay much attention to the woodlouse alongside at the time but now know it is Armadillidium pulchellum, a rather scarce species in Norfolk.
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Shooting Star, Sphaerobolus stellatus.
(Sometimes known as Cannonball or Artillery Fungus).
Found by @vannabartlett.bsky.social on an old piece of cow dung at NWT Sweetbriar Marshes today.
www.fungusfactfriday.com/122-sphaerob...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
(Sometimes known as Cannonball or Artillery Fungus).
Found by @vannabartlett.bsky.social on an old piece of cow dung at NWT Sweetbriar Marshes today.
www.fungusfactfriday.com/122-sphaerob...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Shooting Star, Sphaerobolus stellatus.
(Sometimes known as Cannonball or Artillery Fungus).
Found by @vannabartlett.bsky.social on an old piece of cow dung at NWT Sweetbriar Marshes today.
www.fungusfactfriday.com/122-sphaerob...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
(Sometimes known as Cannonball or Artillery Fungus).
Found by @vannabartlett.bsky.social on an old piece of cow dung at NWT Sweetbriar Marshes today.
www.fungusfactfriday.com/122-sphaerob...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
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Mycena corynephora.
A lovely little bonnet growing singly or in groups on moss on tree trunks.
Found at NWT Sweetbriar Marshes today.
It has amazing cheilocystidia (cells on the edge of the gills).
mycena.no/corynephora....
#Fungi #FungiFriends
A lovely little bonnet growing singly or in groups on moss on tree trunks.
Found at NWT Sweetbriar Marshes today.
It has amazing cheilocystidia (cells on the edge of the gills).
mycena.no/corynephora....
#Fungi #FungiFriends
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Mycena corynephora.
A lovely little bonnet growing singly or in groups on moss on tree trunks.
Found at NWT Sweetbriar Marshes today.
It has amazing cheilocystidia (cells on the edge of the gills).
mycena.no/corynephora....
#Fungi #FungiFriends
A lovely little bonnet growing singly or in groups on moss on tree trunks.
Found at NWT Sweetbriar Marshes today.
It has amazing cheilocystidia (cells on the edge of the gills).
mycena.no/corynephora....
#Fungi #FungiFriends
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Ringed Milkcaps, Lactarius circellatus, in our local cemetery.
Have appeared 17 days later than last year.
2023: 8th August
2024: 1st November
2025: 18th November.
Has a mycorrhizal relationship with Common Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus.
#Fungi #FungiFriends
Have appeared 17 days later than last year.
2023: 8th August
2024: 1st November
2025: 18th November.
Has a mycorrhizal relationship with Common Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus.
#Fungi #FungiFriends
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ringed Milkcaps, Lactarius circellatus, in our local cemetery.
Have appeared 17 days later than last year.
2023: 8th August
2024: 1st November
2025: 18th November.
Has a mycorrhizal relationship with Common Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus.
#Fungi #FungiFriends
Have appeared 17 days later than last year.
2023: 8th August
2024: 1st November
2025: 18th November.
Has a mycorrhizal relationship with Common Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus.
#Fungi #FungiFriends
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Pseudoaleuria fibrillosa.
A small orange, cup-shaped fungus growing on soil at Bryant's Heath, Norfolk.
Found by @robyaxley.bsky.social on Sunday's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray and identified by another member of the group (not me!).
www.englishfungi.org/Species/Pseu...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
A small orange, cup-shaped fungus growing on soil at Bryant's Heath, Norfolk.
Found by @robyaxley.bsky.social on Sunday's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray and identified by another member of the group (not me!).
www.englishfungi.org/Species/Pseu...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Pseudoaleuria fibrillosa.
A small orange, cup-shaped fungus growing on soil at Bryant's Heath, Norfolk.
Found by @robyaxley.bsky.social on Sunday's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray and identified by another member of the group (not me!).
www.englishfungi.org/Species/Pseu...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
A small orange, cup-shaped fungus growing on soil at Bryant's Heath, Norfolk.
Found by @robyaxley.bsky.social on Sunday's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray and identified by another member of the group (not me!).
www.englishfungi.org/Species/Pseu...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
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Isabelline (Daurian?) shrike
North Warren RSPB, Suffolk, 17/11/2025
Showed well today.
@suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #birds
North Warren RSPB, Suffolk, 17/11/2025
Showed well today.
@suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #birds
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Isabelline (Daurian?) shrike
North Warren RSPB, Suffolk, 17/11/2025
Showed well today.
@suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #birds
North Warren RSPB, Suffolk, 17/11/2025
Showed well today.
@suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #birds
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Our AIDGAP sale is back! 🌿
Save up to 25% on selected identification guides and atlases — from plant galls to wasps, perfect for autumn and winter learning.
Shop now: buff.ly/IRByfaa
Save up to 25% on selected identification guides and atlases — from plant galls to wasps, perfect for autumn and winter learning.
Shop now: buff.ly/IRByfaa
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Our AIDGAP sale is back! 🌿
Save up to 25% on selected identification guides and atlases — from plant galls to wasps, perfect for autumn and winter learning.
Shop now: buff.ly/IRByfaa
Save up to 25% on selected identification guides and atlases — from plant galls to wasps, perfect for autumn and winter learning.
Shop now: buff.ly/IRByfaa
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Entoloma atromadidum, sequenced find from a Cotswold Common. One of the Big Blue Pinkgill group that contains species yet to be determined. #FungiFriends #Mycology #Fungi #Mushrooms #UKWildlife #Naturalist #Nature
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Entoloma atromadidum, sequenced find from a Cotswold Common. One of the Big Blue Pinkgill group that contains species yet to be determined. #FungiFriends #Mycology #Fungi #Mushrooms #UKWildlife #Naturalist #Nature
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Entoloma pleopodium, a species usually found on wood chip with a fruity, bubblegum like smell #FungiFriends
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Entoloma pleopodium, a species usually found on wood chip with a fruity, bubblegum like smell #FungiFriends
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Wow, wow, wow: Mycena pseudocorticola and, finally, Mycena meliigena, occurring together on moss-covered oak branches in quantity (this is just a small section). A friend spent years looking for M. meliigina every time she came across M. pseudocorticola! [Rushmere CP, Bucks]
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Wow, wow, wow: Mycena pseudocorticola and, finally, Mycena meliigena, occurring together on moss-covered oak branches in quantity (this is just a small section). A friend spent years looking for M. meliigina every time she came across M. pseudocorticola! [Rushmere CP, Bucks]
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The purple tinted Psathyrella bipellis, seen in wood chip beds under pine trees today #FungiFriends
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The purple tinted Psathyrella bipellis, seen in wood chip beds under pine trees today #FungiFriends
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Pleased to see @markavery.bsky.social's endorsement of @ecology-digest.bsky.social's atlas of Yorkshire's spiders and harvestmen, which we funded with the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union.
'If spiders are your thing, then this is a book for you, particularly, but not only, if you live in Yorkshire'
'If spiders are your thing, then this is a book for you, particularly, but not only, if you live in Yorkshire'
Sunday book review: Spiders and Harvestmen of Yorkshire by @ecology-digest.bsky.social
Publisher: Pisces
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/16/s...
@ynuorg.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social @yorkshiredales.org.uk @northyorkmoors.org.uk @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social
Publisher: Pisces
Review: markavery.info/2025/11/16/s...
@ynuorg.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social @yorkshiredales.org.uk @northyorkmoors.org.uk @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Pleased to see @markavery.bsky.social's endorsement of @ecology-digest.bsky.social's atlas of Yorkshire's spiders and harvestmen, which we funded with the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union.
'If spiders are your thing, then this is a book for you, particularly, but not only, if you live in Yorkshire'
'If spiders are your thing, then this is a book for you, particularly, but not only, if you live in Yorkshire'
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