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The older I get the curiouser I become, in every sense of the word. Finding my way, here and elsewhere. #cloud watcher, respecter of #nature, 99% #vegetarian On Mastodon as @[email protected]
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Smell the honeysuckle and you will be transported (temporarily!) to paradise ☺️ #wildflowers

Worst storm we’ve had in ages. Continuous lightning and rumbles with mighty cracks and bangs. Scarily exciting. I don’t think I’ll sleep until this has gone through 😬

Photo taken June 20th 2025. Last sunset before the #SummerSolstice

Very annoying when you buy something on ‘click and collect’ only to go to the store and realise you didn’t read the bit that says it has to be delivered to said store first and you can collect it next week. Extra annoying when you live several miles out of town #ConsumeristWoes

Happy Summer Solstice to All Who Celebrate!

#FungiFriday

Late stroll. A stream of evening sun flows languidly down the road. Drama on a lamppost: two pigeons talk, then one turns and walks sadly away. Distant horizonclouds are misplaced alps. A shadow jogs flatly along the path. Strewn bikes cheerily await the end of the game.

Yellow rattle and white clover aplenty, for #wildflowerhour. This #Cotswolds wildflower meadow is fairly new - it was sheep-grazed short grass until a couple of years ago.

Hedge rose in hedgerows. #roses #nature #countryside

Another successful garden meadow year. Tip for anyone who hasn’t tried it yet - it’s not enough to just stop mowing! I seeded this with Yellow Rattle a few years ago. It weakens the coarse grasses and gives other plants a chance. Getting there 🙂 #wildflowers #garden

I always love the rogue poppies in our local field, but there was an extra little bonus this evening 🥰 Liberton #Edinburgh

This stunning Black-winged Pratincole has graced Setter, Spiggie, Shetland for the last couple of days. Only the third record for Shetland following singles in 1927 and 2021. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds

Buttercups! 💛

Our Urban Gardens occupy more area than all of England's Nature Reserves combined, yet we are destroying them at a faster rate than ever. Read about what we are losing here; #GardensHour #gardening #ecology #nature northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/06/10/t...

Late stroll. Yellow-leaf flames flicker through green hearth-railings. A cloud-clown face beams down daftly. I cross the road on greenlit silver-square stepping-stones. A trio of passive-aggressive birds enact a roofy melodrama. Sunset-rays climb the skies ambitiously.

In last night’s debate @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social quoted our CEO as backing the 'purpose & intent' of the Planning Bill. To be clear: as it stands, the Bill is a regression in environmental protection. Our position remains that - without amends - Part 3 must be scrapped. ‼️

Best not swim in these ‘shark’ infested waters! #tadpoles #froglets #GardenPond @froglife.bsky.social

Morning

Been struck down by an awful case of carrot foot

Fossils, dino drawing, quests and death metal. Our summer programme of dinosaur-inspired events involves all these and more. See what's on 👇 tullie.org.uk/dinosaur-sum... 📷Dinosaur rEvolution at Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand

Deserts are spreading across Britain, yet scarcely anyone in public life even seems to have noticed. This week's column seeks to open our eyes to something that has been too big to see. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Suck it up buttercup 😄 Little hare demolishing our front garden meadow this wet evening, one flower at a time #garden #wildflowers #hare

Artistic stilin' WIP. Give John a follow 💚

Using every space available nesting kittiwakes. #SuperSeabirdSunday