Sefton Nature
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Snippets of nature that also call Sefton their home
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Marsh Orchid off Birkdale Beach - a beautiful and resilient wildflower 😎
July 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Marsh Orchid off Birkdale Beach - a beautiful and resilient wildflower 😎
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Sometime in your life, you might've thought:
"Oh look, a bee"
Well, when you next see one of these, be sure to think:
"Oh look, a mining bee"
Instead
(1/4)
#naturewriting #naturephotography
Sometime in your life, you might've thought:
"Oh look, a bee"
Well, when you next see one of these, be sure to think:
"Oh look, a mining bee"
Instead
(1/4)
#naturewriting #naturephotography
May 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Sometime in your life, you might've thought:
"Oh look, a bee"
Well, when you next see one of these, be sure to think:
"Oh look, a mining bee"
Instead
(1/4)
#naturewriting #naturephotography
Sometime in your life, you might've thought:
"Oh look, a bee"
Well, when you next see one of these, be sure to think:
"Oh look, a mining bee"
Instead
(1/4)
#naturewriting #naturephotography
Present through the post - can't wait to devour this absolute wonder fuel 😎 #naturewriting
May 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Present through the post - can't wait to devour this absolute wonder fuel 😎 #naturewriting
These small, brown birds are usually encountered as the words loudest full stops - ground nesters, they bounce up to the sky to defend their zip code, or pull a mate, before darting back to earth (2/3)
March 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
These small, brown birds are usually encountered as the words loudest full stops - ground nesters, they bounce up to the sky to defend their zip code, or pull a mate, before darting back to earth (2/3)
From late February to early summer - the bracket we currently inhabit - this is the time of year when the Skylark is most vocal 🧵(1/3)
#skylark #nature #birdwatching #spring #naturewriting
#skylark #nature #birdwatching #spring #naturewriting
March 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
From late February to early summer - the bracket we currently inhabit - this is the time of year when the Skylark is most vocal 🧵(1/3)
#skylark #nature #birdwatching #spring #naturewriting
#skylark #nature #birdwatching #spring #naturewriting
I've seen toads out and about along our coast, and now bees as well!!
Things are waking up, spring is on its way 😎❤️
Things are waking up, spring is on its way 😎❤️
March 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I've seen toads out and about along our coast, and now bees as well!!
Things are waking up, spring is on its way 😎❤️
Things are waking up, spring is on its way 😎❤️
Beautiful great tit from the weekend ❤️
Residents in most of the UK, including along our coast - these yellow-green guys can be seen, and their beautiful two-syllable song heard all year round 😎
Originally adapted for woodland, great tits are now regular garden visitors, so keep an eye out!!
Residents in most of the UK, including along our coast - these yellow-green guys can be seen, and their beautiful two-syllable song heard all year round 😎
Originally adapted for woodland, great tits are now regular garden visitors, so keep an eye out!!
March 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Beautiful great tit from the weekend ❤️
Residents in most of the UK, including along our coast - these yellow-green guys can be seen, and their beautiful two-syllable song heard all year round 😎
Originally adapted for woodland, great tits are now regular garden visitors, so keep an eye out!!
Residents in most of the UK, including along our coast - these yellow-green guys can be seen, and their beautiful two-syllable song heard all year round 😎
Originally adapted for woodland, great tits are now regular garden visitors, so keep an eye out!!
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Mary Anning (1799-1847), was a fossil collector and palaeontologist who made huge contributions to natural history. As a woman, Marys contribution to science was ahead of its time; her unique life story attracting attention long after her death
Mary Anning (1799-1847), was a fossil collector and palaeontologist who made huge contributions to natural history. As a woman, Marys contribution to science was ahead of its time; her unique life story attracting attention long after her death
February 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Mary Anning (1799-1847), was a fossil collector and palaeontologist who made huge contributions to natural history. As a woman, Marys contribution to science was ahead of its time; her unique life story attracting attention long after her death
Mary Anning (1799-1847), was a fossil collector and palaeontologist who made huge contributions to natural history. As a woman, Marys contribution to science was ahead of its time; her unique life story attracting attention long after her death
"Life is a Sisyphean race, run ever faster toward a finish line that is merely the start of the next race"
Matt Ridley, the science writer, and author of "Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters", turns 67 today!
Matt Ridley, the science writer, and author of "Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters", turns 67 today!
February 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Life is a Sisyphean race, run ever faster toward a finish line that is merely the start of the next race"
Matt Ridley, the science writer, and author of "Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters", turns 67 today!
Matt Ridley, the science writer, and author of "Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters", turns 67 today!
Round here, the days are now lurching toward longer light 😎
The earth is titled on its axis (it got wacked by sommet ages ago, and ever since has been diagonal), when we orbit the sun our position relative to it changes due to this tilt, shortening or lengthening out the days 🌎☀️⛅🌒
The earth is titled on its axis (it got wacked by sommet ages ago, and ever since has been diagonal), when we orbit the sun our position relative to it changes due to this tilt, shortening or lengthening out the days 🌎☀️⛅🌒
February 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Round here, the days are now lurching toward longer light 😎
The earth is titled on its axis (it got wacked by sommet ages ago, and ever since has been diagonal), when we orbit the sun our position relative to it changes due to this tilt, shortening or lengthening out the days 🌎☀️⛅🌒
The earth is titled on its axis (it got wacked by sommet ages ago, and ever since has been diagonal), when we orbit the sun our position relative to it changes due to this tilt, shortening or lengthening out the days 🌎☀️⛅🌒
And there goes January, is it spring yet??
February 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
And there goes January, is it spring yet??
Darwin sped up his writing, and published On The Origin of Species in 1858. The pair remained friends, and later married (7/7) ❤️
January 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Darwin sped up his writing, and published On The Origin of Species in 1858. The pair remained friends, and later married (7/7) ❤️
For dramatic purposes, I wish I could say a violent conflict ensued. I wish I could say that one battoned the other, making Bond-esque witty comments about survival of the fittest. But Alfred actually took being second to “evolution by natural selection” extremely graciously (6/7)
January 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
For dramatic purposes, I wish I could say a violent conflict ensued. I wish I could say that one battoned the other, making Bond-esque witty comments about survival of the fittest. But Alfred actually took being second to “evolution by natural selection” extremely graciously (6/7)
Then he got a letter, from this guy. (Sir) Alfred Russel Wallace. It said this: what do you think of my wee little idea here? Ol Dazza? (4/7)
January 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Then he got a letter, from this guy. (Sir) Alfred Russel Wallace. It said this: what do you think of my wee little idea here? Ol Dazza? (4/7)
So what do you do? You’ve formulated a theory that would go on to explain the entirety of life on earth, potentially anywhere in universe. So what do you do? Chill, obviously. Chillax, man. Put your feet up. Slow down. So that’s what Darwin did.
For 20 years (3/7)
For 20 years (3/7)
January 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
So what do you do? You’ve formulated a theory that would go on to explain the entirety of life on earth, potentially anywhere in universe. So what do you do? Chill, obviously. Chillax, man. Put your feet up. Slow down. So that’s what Darwin did.
For 20 years (3/7)
For 20 years (3/7)
Well, after island hopping the Galapagos, that’s exactly what Darwin had done. He’d worked out why the beach has grass and not just sand; why the sky has geese and not just cloud. Why Liverpool has scousers, and not just rain (2/7)
January 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Well, after island hopping the Galapagos, that’s exactly what Darwin had done. He’d worked out why the beach has grass and not just sand; why the sky has geese and not just cloud. Why Liverpool has scousers, and not just rain (2/7)
“Intellegent life comes of age when it first works out the meaning for its own existence” Richard Dawkins, 1976 (1/7)
January 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“Intellegent life comes of age when it first works out the meaning for its own existence” Richard Dawkins, 1976 (1/7)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE 🎈🎉🥳
This guy, who INDEPENDENTLY conceived of the theory of evolution, turns two-hundred and ONE today 🐐📖
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This guy, who INDEPENDENTLY conceived of the theory of evolution, turns two-hundred and ONE today 🐐📖
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January 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE 🎈🎉🥳
This guy, who INDEPENDENTLY conceived of the theory of evolution, turns two-hundred and ONE today 🐐📖
(thread) 🧵
This guy, who INDEPENDENTLY conceived of the theory of evolution, turns two-hundred and ONE today 🐐📖
(thread) 🧵
"If there is a Creator, he must have an inordinate fondness for beetles"
JBS Haldane, one of the founders of Neo-Darwinism (the theory that genes, and nothing else, are the central unit of natural selection), who died on 1st December 1964.
JBS Haldane, one of the founders of Neo-Darwinism (the theory that genes, and nothing else, are the central unit of natural selection), who died on 1st December 1964.
December 2, 2024 at 1:15 PM
"If there is a Creator, he must have an inordinate fondness for beetles"
JBS Haldane, one of the founders of Neo-Darwinism (the theory that genes, and nothing else, are the central unit of natural selection), who died on 1st December 1964.
JBS Haldane, one of the founders of Neo-Darwinism (the theory that genes, and nothing else, are the central unit of natural selection), who died on 1st December 1964.
Unlike some other owls, and if you’re lucky, you can bump into these guys during the daytime. They’ll be drifting low over grassland, looking for scran (like here).
Good luck spotting, friends :)
Good luck spotting, friends :)
November 28, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Unlike some other owls, and if you’re lucky, you can bump into these guys during the daytime. They’ll be drifting low over grassland, looking for scran (like here).
Good luck spotting, friends :)
Good luck spotting, friends :)
The short-eared owl, as well as owls in general, are masters at flighing quietly.
‘It’s far too quiet for there to be a predator about’
Is the last thing that’s fired through many a poor vole or small-birds brain every daytime here in the UK.
‘It’s far too quiet for there to be a predator about’
Is the last thing that’s fired through many a poor vole or small-birds brain every daytime here in the UK.
November 28, 2024 at 4:48 PM
The short-eared owl, as well as owls in general, are masters at flighing quietly.
‘It’s far too quiet for there to be a predator about’
Is the last thing that’s fired through many a poor vole or small-birds brain every daytime here in the UK.
‘It’s far too quiet for there to be a predator about’
Is the last thing that’s fired through many a poor vole or small-birds brain every daytime here in the UK.
Did you hear that?🧵
The short-eared owl is one of five owl species you can seek wisdom from here in the UK. Amongst that five is also the long-eared owl, which larks about looking much the same as the short-eared owl, barring one deductible difference...
The short-eared owl is one of five owl species you can seek wisdom from here in the UK. Amongst that five is also the long-eared owl, which larks about looking much the same as the short-eared owl, barring one deductible difference...
November 28, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Did you hear that?🧵
The short-eared owl is one of five owl species you can seek wisdom from here in the UK. Amongst that five is also the long-eared owl, which larks about looking much the same as the short-eared owl, barring one deductible difference...
The short-eared owl is one of five owl species you can seek wisdom from here in the UK. Amongst that five is also the long-eared owl, which larks about looking much the same as the short-eared owl, barring one deductible difference...
"There is grandeur in this view of life(...) from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved"
Charles Darwins 'On The Origin of Species', published on this day, 24 November 1859.
The rest, as they say, is natural history 😎
Charles Darwins 'On The Origin of Species', published on this day, 24 November 1859.
The rest, as they say, is natural history 😎
November 24, 2024 at 1:55 PM
"There is grandeur in this view of life(...) from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved"
Charles Darwins 'On The Origin of Species', published on this day, 24 November 1859.
The rest, as they say, is natural history 😎
Charles Darwins 'On The Origin of Species', published on this day, 24 November 1859.
The rest, as they say, is natural history 😎
2. GAIA HYPOTHESIS:
This is symbiosis taken to it’s extreme. Proposing that the whole earth operates as a single, self-regulating system that helps perpetuate the conditions of all life on the planet.
This is symbiosis taken to it’s extreme. Proposing that the whole earth operates as a single, self-regulating system that helps perpetuate the conditions of all life on the planet.
November 22, 2024 at 3:14 PM
2. GAIA HYPOTHESIS:
This is symbiosis taken to it’s extreme. Proposing that the whole earth operates as a single, self-regulating system that helps perpetuate the conditions of all life on the planet.
This is symbiosis taken to it’s extreme. Proposing that the whole earth operates as a single, self-regulating system that helps perpetuate the conditions of all life on the planet.
This is because the cell that was engulfed is the great great (add a few) grandparent of the mitochondria inside every cell in your body. Mitochondria, if you remember nothing else from high school, are of course the "batteries" inside the cells of complex life.
November 22, 2024 at 3:14 PM
This is because the cell that was engulfed is the great great (add a few) grandparent of the mitochondria inside every cell in your body. Mitochondria, if you remember nothing else from high school, are of course the "batteries" inside the cells of complex life.