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brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
Wildlife gardening.. love insects, plants, birds, fungi, grass snakes, trees, moths, rivers, caterpillars & all things wild. Especially love solitary bees, bumblebees, and Dippers! Art. Poetry. Cornwall Author 'Dancing with Bees - a Journey Back to Nature'
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Some of the plants flowering in our garden borders this week... all pollinator magnets! Plenty more in the hedge and mini-wildflower meadow, too. #flowers #gardening #gardeningforpollinators #bees

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I see you, baby blackbird, cosying up to me on the bench looking like butter wouldn’t melt in your mouth… But don’t think you’re fooling me. I’ve seen you eating our blueberries and if you weren’t so incredibly cute & friendly I’d be very cross that you’re eating them ALL! #wildlifegardening

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John Clare Society Journal 44 (2025) has gone to print - landing on doormats before JC's birthday on 13 July. Features cover art by @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social, poem by Mark Fiddes, original critical work by Robert Heyes, Catherine McNally, Emlyn David, Sam Hickford & Em Challinor, & reviews galore

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Harvest Mouse had found her kindred spirits - little souls with curious hearts and gentle paws. Like her, they loved sharing their joy. They taught each other how to wobble in the wind, how to tumble in style and how to find the best perch to watch this delightful world go by.

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Do you need a little persuasion to appreciate wasps? Check out the #WorldFirst exhibition about wasps!! #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social Opens TOMORROW for 6 months! FREE!! Wasp are #PestControllers #Pollinators #Diverse #socialites #hunters the original #Bee www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

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Great to hear Sierian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social talking about the World of Wasps on Radio 4 Today programme this morning! Worth a listen... just wind forward to 7.22am Follow Sierian to find out more about this amazing (& hugely important) group of #insects www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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The dry stone wall my husband made a couple of years ago, for our tiny front garden, has settled in beautifully… And yesterday he added a fence, to go with it! Made from old chestnut fencing Rob rescued from a skip, and it couldn’t be more perfect. I love it 💚 #gardening

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Hidden Life of Colliery Spoil: Biodiversity Guided Walk (FREE) Discover the surprising wildlife of Parc Melin Mynach, Gorseinon, on a guided walk led by entomologist Liam Olds. Explore how nature has reclaimed this former colliery site. Friday 11th July 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Your annual reminder of how to tell Field Scabious, Knautia arvensis, and Small Scabious, Scabiosa columbaria, apart with a quick glance. Have a look under the flower heads. Field Scabious has a double row of leaf-like bracts, and Small Scabious has a single row of narrow, bristle-tipped bracts.

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For #Nature Studies this week my grandson & I have been watching the Wool Carder #bees on our Lamb's-ear. I reckon Indy (now aged 14... where does the time go?) did a great job writing up what he learned, in his Journal! Drawing copied from illustration by US artist, Samantha Gallagher.

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Wrote a piece for @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social’s #30DaysWild. All about how to get more medieval with your connections to local place. Includes a ‘medieval’ map my daughter drew of a place in our village—a memory map of nature landmarks. #naturewriting www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/30-days...

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Podding peas from the allotment is, without doubt, my favourite summer job 🫛

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Little bee looking for a home… ‘Lilac Bumble’ 20x20cm oil on canvas, £210 www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art

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When my ex-publishers stopped paying me the money they owed me & I took the rights back to the books I'd written for them, I purchased over 5000 books from their warehouse. Most of those are now gone. I would love to get these last remaining few out into the world this week...

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With warmer temperatures forecast for the end of the week hopefully you’ll appreciate a watery theme for this week’s challenge! Find wild or naturalised aquatic plants in bloom and share for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #AquaticPlants 💦🌱

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❗ Don't delay! Place shallow dishes of fresh, clean water around your garden - they can be a lifeline to thirsty creatures like #hedgehogs, birds & bees! 🦔 🐦 🐝 🦋 💧 Add a few pebbles so insects can perch & safely drink too! #WaterforWildlife #Sharetomakeaware

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Gorgeous, in depth review by @amyjanebeer.bsky.social of a gorgeously immersive book, #TheCuckoosLea @drmjwarren.bsky.social … ‘by the end, we live … newly able to read the growth rings of place, & to perceive an alternative land shimmering over the one we already know.’ Oh, & that owl!

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Great to see @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social on Bluesky! As well as publishing my book, they've published brill books by @nicolawriting.bsky.social @themarshtit.bsky.social @vickihird.bsky.social @derekgow1965.bsky.social & @robintransition.bsky.social, whose new book looks FABULOUS! Worth a follow

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Owl had been flying through the clouds for some time. Tired and lost, she had to find the courage to keep going. It was okay to be scared. Being brave was about doing something despite being scared. She took a breath, stretched her wings and flew on.

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Summer Lane - by Cornish artist, Sarah Wimperis More of this artist's work, here: sarahwimperis.co.uk #art #painting #landscapes

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Wrenlets. These birds fledged 2 weeks ago - it was their mother who was collecting the jute fibre on Sunday, for the lining of a nest in the log shed. She has already started laying eggs there for a 2nd brood. So many insects available - will this be a 3rd brood year? @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social

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I'm giving a Zoom talk for Cambridge Beekeepers' Association on Wednesday 2nd July - with a focus on the fascinating world of #SolitaryBees. Do please sign up if you are interested, and share the link if you would! 🐝 🌼 🙏 #bees #bumblebees #pollinators www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...

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