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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 14h

#RodentOfTheDay Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse (Chiropodomys gliroides) "

"The feet are short and adapted for climbing with opposable thumbs : the species rarely comes to ground."

#MouseMonday

Ph/Inf: www.ecologyasia.com/verts/mammal...

This small mouse is characterised by its relatively long tail, which is equivalent to 135% of the head-body length. The soft fur on the upperparts varies from pale fawn to pale grey, and the underparts are white. The tail is generally hairy, ending in a brush-like tip. The head is short, the eyes relatively large, the ears rounded, and the whiskers long.

This picture shows the body of one mouse as it perches on the opening of a tree. There is another peeking from the hole, just its face visible.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 20h

🖼️ Edith Holden

Dead leaves
Elm, Oak
Beech
Chesnut, and Sycamore.

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 14h

#MolluscMonday: Rather nice example of the Lower Lias bivalve Gryphaea in life position, Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire.

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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 14h

Eothen, Gulf of #Maine #Atlantic #Ocean 13.10.1872. "..wind veered round to the south-east; the waves rose high, striking the vessel abeam & at 8 o'clock every skylight & the after-hatchway were stove in..for a moment it seemed as though she could never right herself again." #Brassey #Sailing #1870s

Page from "A Cruise in the Eothen" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1873.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 15h

Have you investigated #Bexhill OpenStreetMap yet? It’s on @bexhill-osm.org.uk There is loads of local information and history on there. Why not check it out?

This is the front of the business card which advertises the map. The text reads “Bexhill OpenStreetMap bexhill-osm.org.uk A community created map of Bexhill-on-sea. Discover local information, detailed town history, historical maps, walking directions and more.” To the left is a picture of a a magnifying glass with the Bexhill flag in it, held over a map.

This is the back of the business card. It says Alexis Markwick. Digital Cartographer/Archivist info@bexhill-osm.org.uk 07855 246686 Then there is a QR code underneath it. To the right is a larger section of map.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks Annie.

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 15h

River Meavy near Norsworthy bridge a couple of weeks ago. #Dartmoor #Devon #Autumn #photography #river

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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 16h

Boris Karloff and his Bedlington Terriers to brighten up your day.

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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks to the MBA Library for the reminder that yesterday was World Algae Day!

These specimens of algae were collected in Plymouth and pressed in an album by Russel Harris in c late 1800s or early 1900s. Their vibrant colours last to the present day!

📷 EUL MS 278

#WorldAlgaeDay #Devon #Archives

Pressed fan-shaped red algae with branched blades

Pressed delicate red algae with intricate branches

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 16h

"October Tan.
Getting the Sun Tan on Bexhill Beach on Wednesday."
Bexhill Observer 13.10.1945.
#Bexhill #Sussex #October #Beach #Seaside #History #1940s

Newspaper cutting from the Bexhill Observer 13.10.1945. Sunbathers on Bexhill Beach.

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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology @maacambridge.bsky.social · 17h

There's something deeply satisfying about watching Lily, our Senior Teaching and Collections Assistant in Archaeology, create a new storage solution for a collection of pottery sherds.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21h

Female workers in US steel mills, WW2 (c.1942) were a subject for photographer Margaret Bourke-White. They were known as 'Rosies' based on the 'Rosie the Riveter' icon, which represented women who worked in factories and shipyards when men were absent in war #WomrnsArt

Monochrome photograph featuring two white woman workers,upper half, while welding, both wearing goggles and with scarfs covering their hair

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 20h

Green peafowl. 🦚
D G Elliot, 1872.

Illustration of peafowl and oeahen on branch.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 18h

"Old Coastguards, Cooden." postcard c.1905. #Cooden #Coastguard #Bexhill #Sussex #Seaside #History #1900s.

Black and white photograph as a postcard. "Old Coastguards, Cooden. 370A. Hellier, Bexhill." c.1905.

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Phil Watson @frenchmegaliths.bsky.social · 19h

Le Champ de la Justice in Autun (Saône-et-Loire) was an alignment of at least 30 menhirs running for 200m. Only 3 of them remain standing, the tallest at 2.5m, and 5 others lay fallen among hedges. This card issued for the Congrès Préhistorique visit in 1907.

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 18h

A #Roman figurine of a dog, shown lying down with its back legs curled underneath, looking at something behind it. Dogs feature quite prominently in Roman everyday art, associated with loyalty & healing, & valued for their companionship (just like today!) 🐶 🏺 #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology

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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 1d

"School Harvest Festival
Parents and pupils at the Chantry Primary School harvest festival service admire the abundant variety of harvest produce."
Bexhill Observer 13.10.1962. #FolkloreSunday #HarvestFestival #History #1960s

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 1d

The Long Neolithic lives as a sense of wonder. It sits in distant fields and summons us to not only witness its stone persistence, but to engage with its slow release of mystery. Its power bends not only the landscape, but our sense of story. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

"Invasion Defences Going.
Military works on Bexhill parade constructed for defence against invasion are now being demolished. This is the "fort" at Channel View in course of removal."
Bexhill Observer 12.10.1946. #Bexhill #Sussex #Seaside #Invasion #WW2 #History #1940s

Newspaper cutting from the Bexhill Observer 12.10.1946 showing the demolition of a Second World War "fort" at Channel View.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

"Physical And Bayonet Training Staff. Cooden Camp 1917."
#Cooden #Bexhill #Sussex #CoodenCamp #WW1 #History #1910s

Black and white photograph as a postcard. "Physical And Bayonet Staff. Cooden Camp 1917." First World War.

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Phil Watson @frenchmegaliths.bsky.social · 1d

La Pierre de la Hune in Bazougers (Mayenne) is 5.6m tall and the biggest menhir in the département. This card by a publisher called Guégan c.1905. #StandingStoneSunday.

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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 1d

Sunbeam #StraitofMagellan #Chile 12.10.1876. "Although perhaps I ought not to say so, I cannot help admiring the manner in which Tom has piloted his #yacht through the Straits, for it would do credit, not only amateur, but to a professional seaman." #Brassey #Sailing #Travel #History #1870s

Page and maps from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878.

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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 1d

Sunbeam #StraitofMagellan #Chile 12.10.1876. "...blackest clouds came suddenly down upon us, & descended upon the decks in a tremendous shower - not of rain, but dust & ashes...Assuming the dust to be of volcanic origin, it must have travelled an immense distance..." #Brassey #Travel #History #1870s

Pages from a "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. 12.10.1876 Strait of Magellan, Chile.

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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 1d

In legend, Faust sold his soul for knowledge. The pact became Europe’s great warning... beware the hunger to know too much. Yet his story endures, because we all long to ask the same forbidden questions. #FolkloreSunday

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 2d

Derwent village’s drowned church in Ladybower Reservoir, Derbyshire

two people looking at a church spire above the water level of a reservoir

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