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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 15h

.. and baby frogs, of all things!

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 15h

(2/2) Puffballs, Common Bonnet, Tawny Grisette and the inevitable Fly Agaric, among dozens of other species
#fungi

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 15h

Golden Scalycap, Bay Bolete, Oyster and Candlesnuff in the woods this afternoon
#fungi (1/2)

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 1d

Plot twist!

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 1d

... this is an inexcusable abrogation of corporate responsibility, and mocks MS’s claimed ‘green’ credentials. These are carefully engineered products filled with rare-earth minerals and capable of service for many years - if MS was actually interested in sustainability rather than new products.

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 1d

I have two perfectly functional (2007 & 2015 vintages, with SSD replacements) Windows 10 laptops. Excellent for browsing, writing, obsessing over garden wildlife species lists, etc.
Tomorrow, in an ongoing celebration of our shallow consumerist society, Windows 10 support will be withdrawn ...

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 3d

Flipping through a supermarket’s leaflet, wooden toys endorsing a crap diet
#Adli
#monetisingobesity
#letsplayatgettingfat

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Mavis Bickle @mavisbickle.bsky.social · 3d

November / Eppirata spec in garden this morning was new for the year 🎉 #teammoth

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 3d

Outstanding photo!
C’mon, staged?

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 3d

Well, my garden is mainly for critters.
You could say that the small #minimeadow (indeed with clumps left overwinter) is ironically the most purposely ‘cultivated’ area!

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 3d

First priority, so that I can see which plants are which before chopping, is the transplanting of most of the aggressively dominant #knapweed.
A very welcome native, but the 2-3 plants raised from seeds harvested years ago have now become an unacceptable 20+ vigorous plants
#wildflowers

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 3d

Time was, the annual meadow cut would be Aug/Sep, but with these climate crisis extended seasons I’ve been cutting my garden #wildflower #mini-meadow in mid-Oct.
Almost everything is still growing, but only autumn hawkbit is now flowering and it can only get wetter… strimmer-time

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 3d

Good conditions in the garden overnight: mild, still and heavily overcast.
37/17, including red-green and grey pine carpets, white-point and a lightly chewed barred sallow
#teammoth

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 5d

Non-native, but hey - already garden momiji 😍

Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 5d

Oops, the Grey Pine Carpet rather than more representative Longhorn.

Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 5d

Just seen this.
💯 brilliant, Vanna! 👏🏻

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 5d

Abrupt changes on the heath last night as clouds dispersed, temps plummeted and the hunter’s moon looked magnificent.
Chestnuts, many Marvels and Oak Longhorns.
No wasps, funny that 😉
#teammoth

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 5d

Three years I’ve been prepping for an ivy bee colony, with so many feeding in the garden.
Three years and no colony… but tbf I wouldn’t mind a fox earth either!

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 7d

Very cool living wall art!

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 7d

Commiserations from a fellow (actually former - box all dead now) sufferer 👎🏻😡

Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 7d

Sounds like a nice place to live - regardless of mothing!

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 7d

That’s a seriously impressive tally in two years!
How far are you from the coast down there, and what sorts of immediately local habitats do you have?

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 7d

Few moths in the garden trap overnight despite mild conditions, but including a crisp red-green carpet, a narrow-winged grey and a worn garden rose tortrix
#teammoth

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 7d

Sorry, Dave - had to look up my spreadsheet in order to reply … didn’t do that immediately … then forgot!
(Probably an age thing 🙄)
It’s 337, since 2012.
I lost 2016&17 records when the hard drive failed, but I expect at least some of those will have turned up again since.
What’s yours?

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Paul Duff @airborneyellow.bsky.social · 10d

In this windy storm today, here’s a silver birch seed, blown into a web on the back door. The nearest mature birch is 60m away.
A pioneer species.
This seed is more likely goldfinch food, but it illustrates the regeneration potential in our depleted natural environment if we let that happen 🌱

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