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🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ“– 🏑 β˜•οΈ πŸˆβ€β¬› 🐞 πŸͺ΄ Family, friends, music, green spaces, horticulture & nature are my happy places with a book or two thrown in for good measure. #wildlife #trees #photography #nature #cats
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Spring shoots - A #redfox sniffing the early signs of #spring on a beautiful morning. #wildlife #nature #ukwildlife #photography #foxoftheday #vulpesvulpes #lovefoxes #wildlifephotography #stopthehunt #canonuk @chrisgpackham.bsky.social #photographersofbluesky #theroyalparks πŸ“ #Surrey #UK

It is a hard life being a cat... #blackcat

Amazing to think stegosaurus and triceratops used to eat these And if they were reintroduced to our woodland 🫣 they would instantly recognise them

The Cheals Weeping ornamental cherry tree in our garden has begun to flower on old wood, and the new leaves are opening on last year's growth. Isn't nature wonderful! 🌸🌱

Optimism Tiny shoots from the ancient oak in my local woodlands. A reminder that life moves forward, regardless of our worries and emotions. Our emotions are real, but they can consume us so much that we miss our appointment with life. Everything is impermanent, even life itself. Live it. 🌳 #life

When they aren't inspecting local osprey nests, the mallard ducks in Angus have been enjoying our nesting tubes at Montrose Basin! πŸ¦† The specially made tubes are placed on poles to create sheltered nesting sites that are protected from predators like mink, otters or foxes. πŸͺΊ #birdingScotland

Meet the Long-eared Owlβ€”master of camouflage and silent flight. What’s your favorite owl? ©️ owl_tracker_aj #Owl #Nature #Owlbeauty

Sit awhile and find your calm. Learning to pause and return to our breathing helps our resilience to face the day. Moments of solitude are as vital as food and water. May your day be peaceful, my friends. 😊 #Cornwall #nature #calm #river #peace #life #walk #photography #mindfulness

The cherry blossom continues! #photography #nature #flowers #cherryblossom #blossom #bloomscrolling

This really is the most wonderful time to be in our woodland

I am looking after a bearded dragon & two rabbits for a friend. Today, I was told that one of the rabbits is 12 yrs old! 😱

Banks of the Seine at Lavacourt, 1878 #artbots #monet https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8995

I was given bags of leaves by a friend in Autumn '24. Suffice to say that, I'd left them longer than I meant to. However, they've turned out to be perfect mulch to suppress weeds around the newly formed shoots of the Hostas. πŸ™‚πŸŒ±

You counted, you waited, and now...the #BigGardenBirdwatch results are officially in! πŸ“£ But who has claimed the number one spot for 2025? For the full analysis, head here: brnw.ch/21wRR4d

The oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal, 92 year old, was offered 29% of the compensation she asked for. Now receives offer of 60%. Scandalous. Why is their agony being prolonged? Pay them. No victim should get less than what Post Office execs have retired on.

Here is a nice mushroom

🚨 STATEMENT: β€œShut up. Everything is fine.” The message to you from billionaires. πŸ‘‡πŸ» The #BrokenNews team have the details… youtu.be/cnd-HQz5-X4?...

If you're an employment lawyer and you know you can't work your whole career without using your skills for a world that desperately needs them... this might be the job for you. Closes Monday. goodlawproject.org/vacancy/seni...

Woodland Angel

Want to be part of the global voice for plants and fungi? 🌿 We're #hiring! πŸ“’ We have two roles available: 🌷 Head of Species & Sites πŸƒ Species Recovery Programme Manager Find out more and apply now πŸ‘‰ www.plantlife.org.uk/about-us/car...

Wood Fern A living fossil in our woodland, & recognisable to dinosaurs Ferns have changed little since their prehistoric days. Fossil records date back to the Devonian era 380 million years ago Ferns as a plant group predate seeds, grasses, flowers, and modern trees

#FlutterbyFriday what a week of #butterflies πŸ˜πŸ€©πŸŽ‰πŸ¦‹A full week earlier than I've seen 9 species in previous years; green veined white, speckled wood, green hairstreak, comma, peacock & orange-tip. My son was convinced he saw a red admiral yesterday but I was too slow! @savebutterflies.bsky.social #joy

BERT THE BLUEBELL HAS WOKEN UP! πŸ₯³ We know where he lives in our woodland, and this is him last year All the talk is whether he has another bell. We will soon find out

Can everyone water their lawns & soil. Birds need worms to feed their babies, but the ground is too hard Love Bert the Blackbird x

See that plastic pipe next to a street tree, or a bag around the trunk? Fill them with water as that’s what they are for Adopt a street tree or a whole street. The trees will thank you for it, and especially in this current dry period 🌳🌳πŸ₯΅πŸŒ³πŸŒ³

That #FlyDay feeling... πŸ“· @carlbovisnature.bsky.social

Each oak leaf bud is a masterpiece of design

The Alnwick Garden Alnwick Northumberland NE66 1HB

Look who’s flying straight into your feed!πŸ¦‰ ©️ chris.laracy #Owl #flying #Birds

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A Bee-fly on Aubretia in Wigton yesterday. Their wings move so quickly, they look like they’re pushing light. #BeeFlyWatch

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UK state pension rises by Β£470 to Β£11,790 a yr. 26% of retirees receive the full amount SP is less than 50% of minimum wage. Worst in major economies. Thousands below the poverty line lost winter fuel payment. 2m pensioners live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty.

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Say hello to my little friend

FACT OF THE DAY. 6 April 1974. Swedish pop group ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Waterloo. The audience at the 1,700-seat Brighton Dome in the UK had no idea how huge the Swedish group would become. They ended up with 9 UK No 1 hits and sold over 400 million records.

It's a #butterfly day! πŸ€©πŸ˜πŸŽ‰πŸ¦‹ delighted to see species 5 & 6 with a perfect speckled wood and a small white, quite frankly I'm amazed I got any photo of the 2nd, they NEVER stay still 🀣 #Preston #Lancashire @ukbutterflies.bsky.social #butterflies @savebutterflies.bsky.social