Sim Elliott
@sim-elliott.bsky.social
Amateur naturalist and eco-socialist, fascinated by the Sussex Downs & Weald, trying to engage everyone, especially disenfranchised groups, in nature. Only travel by bus, train & foot. https://simelliottnaturenotes.blog
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Much-loved songbird threatened by mosquito-borne virus | BTO
One of the UK’s favourite garden birds, the Blackbird, is in rapid decline, and members of the public are being asked to help scientists find out why.For hundreds of years, this familiar bird has been...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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A lot of pixie cup cladonia are a PITA to ID I think. The C. chloophaea morphocomplex does my head in; "senu lato" is suffient for me!
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A lot of pixie cup cladonia are a PITA to ID I think. The C. chloophaea morphocomplex does my head in; "senu lato" is suffient for me!
Almost certainly was a kestrel that you saw - Kestrels are the only raptors that can change their wing and tail position to hover in a gestational way almost perfectly. Buzzard can hover a bit but no where near as well as a kestrel. They are also much bigger.
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Almost certainly was a kestrel that you saw - Kestrels are the only raptors that can change their wing and tail position to hover in a gestational way almost perfectly. Buzzard can hover a bit but no where near as well as a kestrel. They are also much bigger.
They are. We did Gérard Manley Hopkins poem the Windhover for O level English and it was my favourite poem.
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
They are. We did Gérard Manley Hopkins poem the Windhover for O level English and it was my favourite poem.