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Sophie Cooper
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Ex teacher now working in ecology & wildlife conservation. Space, dinosaurs, volcanoes enthusiast with a generous splodge of culture to boot!
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A morning of counting pinging bearded reedlings/ tits, and an afternoon of planting sphagnum moss plugs to help restore #SomersetLevels precious peatlands. A few stunning sundews about too! What a beautiful day!💚
#peatlands #wetlands #nature #wildlife
September 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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If anyone needs a sweet start to their day, here's one of the 6 dormice we encountered whilst doing #Somerset dormouse box checks yesterday (all under licence) 💚
#dormouse #nature #wildlife #mouse #mice #mammals
September 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Possibly the most attractive dormouse box (checked under licence) interior decoration I have come across today! I'd happily curl up in there! 💚🍁🍂
#wildlife #nature #autumn #leaves
September 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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A lovely bit of strata appreciation whilst out doing my cetacean survey today. No cetaceans, but a close encounter with a curlew, also: lapwing, 2 peregrine falcons, egrets and rock pipits! So, a very good start to the day💚💙
#Somerset #SaltPath #Coast #geology
September 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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A candle amongst my modest conker collection for #AutumnEquinox tonight. IMHO I've exercised great restraint collecting conkers this year! Well done me! 💚
September 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Happy #AutumnEquinox! 💚
September 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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September 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Comma #butterfly soaking up the #autumn sunshine in my #Somerset #garden today💚
#nature #wildife #butterflies #insects
September 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Hooray!!! An autumnal pop to my favourite September fly agaric spot, Quantock Hills, #Somerset and there they were!! Absolute beauties!! 💚🍄
#fungi #mushrooms #toadstools #nature #wildlife #autumn #woodlands #flyagaric
September 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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The utter joy of finding conkers!!!🌰💚
#Autumn #nature
September 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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First saw Lord Huron in 2013 at Scala, London after Lonesome Dreams blew me away (I bought copies for every music loving chum). Tonight, my 4th Lord Huron gig at Bristol Beacon. They are brilliant! Each album creates a whole filmscape in itself...beautiful ❤️
September 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Very peaceful morning at Westhay Moor NNR #Somerset, doing the first of this season's bearded reedling surveys. All rather quiet with moody weather, but good views of a bittern, marsh harriers, hobby and fluffy little grebes. And, a suggestion of a rainbow!💚
#nature #wildlife
September 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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To start your day, here's one of the beautiful soprano pipistrelle's from yesterday's Polden Hills & #SomersetLevels bat box checks (under licence) with #Somerset #Bat Group💚🦇
#nature #wildlife
September 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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A rather wonderful soprano pipistrelle-packed day with Somerset Bat Group, checking bat boxes (under licence) on Polden Hills & #SomersetLevels today! The weather behaved and the #bats were beautiful💚
#wildlife #nature
September 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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This time last week... #Gorillaz #MysteryShow. One of the most magical and overwhelming gigs...
How long until we hear 'The Mountain called Monkey' again?
#HouseOfKong #DamonAlbarn
September 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Busy 24hrs travelling Plymouth-Roscoff-Plymouth volunteering with Orca charity onboard Brittany Ferries. Yummy breakfast, explore and lunch in beautiful Roscoff. Then the all important cetacean survey all the way home! Lovely views (but no pics) of common dolphins. 💚💙
#Wildlife #France
September 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Back to my #wildlife stuff...the last of my #QuantockHills #Somerset #butterfly transects today and the gorse scent was heavenly! A few small copper #butterflies about and a migrant hawker #dragonfly 💚
#nature #insects
September 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Perfect remedy for post-Gorillaz-gig immersive blues...

youtu.be/WIjcU9CZgbM?...

... a magical night!!!
#Gorillaz #DamonAlbarn #CopperBoxArena #London #HouseOfKong
September 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Dramatic skies have created a beautiful week for #rainbows!! My rainbow views from: Copper Box Arena, #London, from a car in #Hampshire and a train in #Wiltshire & #Somerset over the last few days🌈
#weather #WeatherWatchers #StormHour #nature
September 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Now a #Rainbow over #CopperBoxArena #London! Ready for #Gorillaz!!!
September 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Woohoo! A glimpse of the Sun between downpours whilst queuing for #Gorillaz #MysteryShow!! Immensely exciting and already spotted Alex James!! No phones inside, so it's going to be awesome!!!!
#DamonAlbarn
September 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Uplifting #Rainbow in the sky over #Hampshire yesterday🌈💚
#weather #StormHour
September 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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An almighty immersive worship in #HouseofKong this afternoon followed by #Gorillaz performing Gorillaz in its entirety. A day of combusting with excitement!!!!
#DamonAlbarn
August 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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🌈#Rainbow in #Somerset!! A good sign as I got up early to catch a train to #London for a visit to #HouseOfKong, then #Gorillaz tonight!! Very excited!!!
August 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Beautiful #Holnicote #Exmoor #Somerset for a #butterfly transect today! The majority of spots were meadow browns💚
#butterflies #wildlife #nature #NationalTrust #insects
August 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM