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I love our universe! #Astrophotography

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The daffodils and forsythia do complement each other well I think. And a few pollinators around them. Spring joy. #garden

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The Camelias are starting to wake up. Along with the wild cherry plum, lesser celandines and all sorts of more native plants. Isn't nature beautiful 😍 #gardening

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12 million light years away and we can now use computers to help us photograph in the back yard. Technology can be brilliant. Our universe is so amazing, we are lucky to have evolved enough to do this, let's try not to destroy our planet though... #Astrophotography #universe

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It’s #NationalButterflyDay - can you help protect them? Last year, a Butterfly emergency was declared. Numbers hit a record low. A big reason? PESTICIDES!! Please Sign & Share the @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social petition at action.greenpeace.org.uk/protect-our-... #Nature #Butterflies 🦋

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Today is #WorldWildlifeDay I think this quote from the wonderful Dame Jane Goodall is very appropriate... 'What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.'

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One of the many reasons I enjoy reading novels is the mind and person inventing the story. I also recognise how much hard work goes into a good work of fiction. I don't want to read what a computer has produced thanks, and don't want hard working writers cheated upon. #booksky

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This is a depressing list of United facing shortages and, calling for staff redundancies with courses closing. You cannot fix the economy without a healthy university sector. 🧵

submitted 69 days ago • 3 comments

#ThoughtForTheDay from @mrrickygervais.bsky.social. "Animals are not here for us to do as we please with. We are not their superiors. We are their equals. We are their family. Be kind to them." There is NO excuse for #AnimalAbuse EVER!! ⬇️ Ricky with his adopted cat @pickliciousf.bsky.social ❤️.

submitted 71 days ago • 2 comments

As I mentioned earlier, I will never understand how anyone can derive so much pleasure from killing beautiful creatures?!?

submitted 77 days ago • 14 comments

Do you want to contribute to research on plant aesthetics? Take this quick, anonymous 5-minute survey: www.biodiful.org#/plantiful_en This will help to explore how people perceive plant beauty in urban spaces! 🌼🌸🏵️ #plants #research Please SHARE the survey 🦋 tag @biodiful.bsky.social 🙏💚

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Zombie spiders! Found these 'cellar spiders' in our woodshed. Most already dead. It's a fungus that turns them white whilst eating away at them like something from a horror movie. Possibly Gibellula fungus. I need to get a microscope 🔬.. Isn't nature amazing. #fungifriends #spiders

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

uk residents over 18 please consider taking part in a major health research programme. I completed the tests on Sunday (my choice) and filled in the questionnaire. All straightforward. #ourfuturehealth ourfuturehealth.org.uk/get-involved...

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New stars forming - so beautiful #Astrophotography #nebulae

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Do your local library a kindness! Share this if you love and support libraries and librarians (don’t forget your school library & librarian, too!) 😊📚 Thank you to all the library workers who keep the magic alive—you’re true heroes! ✨💚

submitted 83 days ago • 41 comments

Do native predators help Australian mammals face invasive cats and foxes? 🦊 In this week's blog post, we discuss whether native predators inside ‘predator-free’ havens could be good for the conservation of threatened native prey species 💭🌎🧪 Read more 👇 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/01/16/k...

submitted 83 days ago • 4 comments

Our universe is so beautiful...we are made of stardust! Need a lot of patience and skill to produce these astro pics #Astrophotography

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Half Moon image taken with unmodified Canon 600D camera at prime focus on Bresser 127L achromatic refractor: 10x 1/80th second shots stacked and processed in Affinity Photo 2. Please ❤️ and RP

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✨Make a Wish✨ I eat the dandelions in my yard. Dandelions are highly nutritious & nearly the entire plant is edible! Let’s 🛑 using pesticides on them 🌱💙 #layers #BlueSkyArtShow #plantsky #witchsky #plant #flower #plantknowledge #closeup #beneficialplants #nativespecies #vegan #organic #savethebees

submitted 87 days ago • 12 comments

An excellent guide to viewing the night sky. As well as nature on earth I am constantly amazed by our universe out there and I found this a great book for understanding what is out there, from auroras and planet rotation to deep sky imaging. #books #booksky

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

@janetamadision.bsky.social Just reminded me to take care so I thought I would share her good advice: Scammers are becoming more common, so always verify unexpected calls, avoid sharing personal details, watch out for urgent demands, use call-blocking tools. Good advice! #scams

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

Get to know British trees, understanding is important if you want to help. This book is a brilliant guide by Paul Sterry, and the Woodland Trust app is a great way to identify trees as well as learn about their mythology. #books #booksky #trees Any suggestions for other parts of the world?

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📰Published📰 How soil animal activities help in transforming organic matter https://buff.ly/4gKllIV 🧪🌍

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A Weed is just a plant in the 'wrong' place, but define 'wrong'? This book is a great reference for reminding us of the beauty and uses of plants some call weeds. #books #booksky #weeds Weeds: the beauty and uses of 50 vagabond plants by Gareth Richards - brilliant

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Leave the garden untidy in winter. I could hear someone strimming in the distance. Freezing temperatures and most of these wild patches, long grass etc will have creatures hiding from the weather. Disturbing them could kill them, and the flowers will still try their best. #nature #conservation

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The Triangulum Galaxy (M33) is a stunning spiral galaxy in the small northern constellation Triangulum. It is one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way and an important member of the Local Group of galaxies. #astrophotography #space please 🩷and RP

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More fungi families popping up, again by some old wood we left down when a tree fell. I suspect lots of insects have a home in it all too. These may be Hypholoma. #fungi #fungifriends #mygarden

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A new family just popped up in the garden. Leaving old wood around helps so many creatures... I think these may be Psathrellacae... #fungi #fungifriends #mushrooms

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

Common dandelions, don't rip them out of your lawn, they keep on flowering even in the depth of winter, great for pollinators...so important #flowers #mygarden #nature

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Our universe is so amazing! And what we can now do from our own gardens... #Astrophotography

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Wild primroses are starting to flower, great for the insects still popping out to look for food. Lovely, don't pick them (apparently some do) let them feed the pollinators! #flowers #Gardening

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Choisya, not native but giving some important winter flowering here. And in the summer too of course! Especially as it is a bit warm for the time of year, flying beasties need help. #nature #flowers

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Amazing range of fungi still growing in the garden, despite recent frost and heavy rain. So glad we have never used any fertiliser, herbicides etc since we moved here 5 years ago. We can all make a difference if we let nature be... #fungifriends #mushrooms

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I think this is a Heath waxcap, again these don't like fertiliser on the grass, so keep your garden natural... #fungifriends #mushrooms

submitted 131 days ago • 0 comments

🔊 SOUND UP 🔊 For Your Enjoyment ❤️ Just a rescued Moon Bear enjoying life now thanks to the amazing team at Animals Asia. Please SHARE to help raise awareness to the amazing work of www.animalsasia.org/uk/

submitted 131 days ago • 5 comments

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submitted 478 days ago • 887 comments

Trees will grow if we let them. Some of our beautiful Oaks are growing right through our sandstone old quarry, and giving us much joy. If we could all stop cutting them down or bringing in diseases, they might even survive our climate crisis if we take real action now...

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Outrage as video shows fox caught in 'barbaric' snare trap on King's Sandringham estate. 😡 No one should be using these vile traps anywhere, and the Royal family should lead the way and not use them. SHARE if you think they should be banned. Full Story: www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

submitted 140 days ago • 31 comments

Nature’s Gold, England’s Glory

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Let's leave some untidy areas in the garden, woodpiles, leaves, long grass etc. Lots of smaller animals in the UK have tucked into these places for the winter. Like this little newt ( Lissotriton vulgaris) last week, playing dead in our doorway, was just looking for a place to sleep.

submitted 140 days ago • 0 comments

Give nature a chance and it will come. Waxcaps (Hygrocybe) are now in our garden. They only grow in ancient grassland with no fertilisers, herbicides biocide etc. It has taken 5 years since we moved in - not doing these things and look!

submitted 140 days ago • 1 comment