Brigit Strawbridge
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
Wildlife gardening.. love insects, plants, birds, fungi, grass snakes, trees, moths, rivers, caterpillars & all things wild, especially solitary bees, bumblebees... and Dippers!
Art. Poetry. Cornwall
Author 'Dancing with Bees - a Journey Back to Nature'
Art. Poetry. Cornwall
Author 'Dancing with Bees - a Journey Back to Nature'
Reposted by Brigit Strawbridge
A tiny posy of wildflowers — campion, yarrow and strawberry — gathered into a little vase fashioned from a poppy seed head.
Shining a small wildflower light into my studio… so precious at this time of year.
#WildflowerHour
Shining a small wildflower light into my studio… so precious at this time of year.
#WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A tiny posy of wildflowers — campion, yarrow and strawberry — gathered into a little vase fashioned from a poppy seed head.
Shining a small wildflower light into my studio… so precious at this time of year.
#WildflowerHour
Shining a small wildflower light into my studio… so precious at this time of year.
#WildflowerHour
Tomorrow is the 1st day of Advent, and social media feeds will be lightened and brightened by beautiful Advent Calendar posts. Few are as magical and enchanting as those created by Nature Artist @clothofnature.bsky.social Jane E. Hall
Worth a look and a follow. And a share, if you would! 🌿
Worth a look and a follow. And a share, if you would! 🌿
There’s something enchanting about fungi — rising quietly from hidden realms with old magic in their names. Yesterday’s candle-snuff find reminded me of the tiny tapers in my wild fairytale… a whisper to welcome more wonder into December. #WildWonder #Fairytale
clothofnature.com?post_type=pr...
clothofnature.com?post_type=pr...
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Tomorrow is the 1st day of Advent, and social media feeds will be lightened and brightened by beautiful Advent Calendar posts. Few are as magical and enchanting as those created by Nature Artist @clothofnature.bsky.social Jane E. Hall
Worth a look and a follow. And a share, if you would! 🌿
Worth a look and a follow. And a share, if you would! 🌿
For anyone who loves #Nature, Dormice, Fairies, #Art, #wildflowers, Advent, Winter Magic....
Jane @clothofnature.bsky.social's new book 'Nature's Advent Calendar' is utterly enchanting! A celebration of all the above, & SO much more. Do please have a look 👇
clothofnature.com/product/natu...
Jane @clothofnature.bsky.social's new book 'Nature's Advent Calendar' is utterly enchanting! A celebration of all the above, & SO much more. Do please have a look 👇
clothofnature.com/product/natu...
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
For anyone who loves #Nature, Dormice, Fairies, #Art, #wildflowers, Advent, Winter Magic....
Jane @clothofnature.bsky.social's new book 'Nature's Advent Calendar' is utterly enchanting! A celebration of all the above, & SO much more. Do please have a look 👇
clothofnature.com/product/natu...
Jane @clothofnature.bsky.social's new book 'Nature's Advent Calendar' is utterly enchanting! A celebration of all the above, & SO much more. Do please have a look 👇
clothofnature.com/product/natu...
Reposted by Brigit Strawbridge
#ColourFriday A little nudge to remember to shop small this year.
For myself and a lot of my arty, crafty friends it means the world. Every sale is exciting, a relief, and lovely to know someone wants what we create. It means we can do what we love, so thank you 🙏💜
Www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art
For myself and a lot of my arty, crafty friends it means the world. Every sale is exciting, a relief, and lovely to know someone wants what we create. It means we can do what we love, so thank you 🙏💜
Www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
#ColourFriday A little nudge to remember to shop small this year.
For myself and a lot of my arty, crafty friends it means the world. Every sale is exciting, a relief, and lovely to know someone wants what we create. It means we can do what we love, so thank you 🙏💜
Www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art
For myself and a lot of my arty, crafty friends it means the world. Every sale is exciting, a relief, and lovely to know someone wants what we create. It means we can do what we love, so thank you 🙏💜
Www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art
Reposted by Brigit Strawbridge
What species is shown? Hard to tell? 🤔 Camera trap tips! Photos save space, but videos make species ID easier (95% vs 86% accuracy). Join Dr Sammy Mason (@mammalweb.bsky.social) on 22nd January for a hands-on webinar: Introduction to Camera Trapping.
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1723620849...
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1723620849...
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
What species is shown? Hard to tell? 🤔 Camera trap tips! Photos save space, but videos make species ID easier (95% vs 86% accuracy). Join Dr Sammy Mason (@mammalweb.bsky.social) on 22nd January for a hands-on webinar: Introduction to Camera Trapping.
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1723620849...
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1723620849...
Reposted by Brigit Strawbridge
What plant helps unlock meadow biodiversity? 🌼 Yellow Rattle! Its hemiparasitic lifestyle weakens dominant grasses, boosting species diversity, making it essential in hay meadow restoration.
Learn more with Carol E. on 29 Jan.
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1821584400...
@forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
Learn more with Carol E. on 29 Jan.
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1821584400...
@forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
What plant helps unlock meadow biodiversity? 🌼 Yellow Rattle! Its hemiparasitic lifestyle weakens dominant grasses, boosting species diversity, making it essential in hay meadow restoration.
Learn more with Carol E. on 29 Jan.
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1821584400...
@forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
Learn more with Carol E. on 29 Jan.
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1821584400...
@forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
The online courses available from @biologicalrecording.co.uk truly are BRILLIANT!
From #bumblebees, damselflies, earthworms - to invasive plants, surveying for #pollinators, drone surveying for #ecology - and more.
Discounted, or not, they're worth every penny. Worth a look AND a follow. #nature
From #bumblebees, damselflies, earthworms - to invasive plants, surveying for #pollinators, drone surveying for #ecology - and more.
Discounted, or not, they're worth every penny. Worth a look AND a follow. #nature
🎓 Black Friday 50% OFF alert! Learn UK invertebrate ID & practical ecology online 🐝🪲
All entoLEARN & Skills For Ecology courses discounted. Use
BLACKFRIDAY3 before 30 Nov!
Courses: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/collections/...
All entoLEARN & Skills For Ecology courses discounted. Use
BLACKFRIDAY3 before 30 Nov!
Courses: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/collections/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The online courses available from @biologicalrecording.co.uk truly are BRILLIANT!
From #bumblebees, damselflies, earthworms - to invasive plants, surveying for #pollinators, drone surveying for #ecology - and more.
Discounted, or not, they're worth every penny. Worth a look AND a follow. #nature
From #bumblebees, damselflies, earthworms - to invasive plants, surveying for #pollinators, drone surveying for #ecology - and more.
Discounted, or not, they're worth every penny. Worth a look AND a follow. #nature
Little Hedgehog - by Stirling artist (and my daughter) Charlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social
This... and other originals, prints, cards, etc are available to purchase from Charlotte's website, here: www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art
#art #nature #wildlife #hedgehog
This... and other originals, prints, cards, etc are available to purchase from Charlotte's website, here: www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art
#art #nature #wildlife #hedgehog
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Little Hedgehog - by Stirling artist (and my daughter) Charlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social
This... and other originals, prints, cards, etc are available to purchase from Charlotte's website, here: www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art
#art #nature #wildlife #hedgehog
This... and other originals, prints, cards, etc are available to purchase from Charlotte's website, here: www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art
#art #nature #wildlife #hedgehog
Reposted by Brigit Strawbridge
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
Looks like my kind of book 👇
Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Looks like my kind of book 👇
Reposted by Brigit Strawbridge
Further evidence that microplastics are everywhere. Including in your brain and your reproductive organs. Even protected sites are riddled with it.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plastic nurdles found at 84% of UK sites of special scientific interest
Environmental charity Fidra says 168 of 195 SSSIs it surveyed are contaminated with tiny pellets
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Further evidence that microplastics are everywhere. Including in your brain and your reproductive organs. Even protected sites are riddled with it.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Exciting happenings around @iand777.bsky.social's Dorset cottage this evening!
Ian is really worth following for his observations and videos.
#birds #wildlife #nature
Ian is really worth following for his observations and videos.
#birds #wildlife #nature
1/2 Mayhem around the cottage just now as the corvids were gathering to roost.
Just before dark, a Peregrine was launching attacks on the flocks. Here's the bird slowed down - the only time that I managed to isolate it as it circled the garden.
@dorsetraptors.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Just before dark, a Peregrine was launching attacks on the flocks. Here's the bird slowed down - the only time that I managed to isolate it as it circled the garden.
@dorsetraptors.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Exciting happenings around @iand777.bsky.social's Dorset cottage this evening!
Ian is really worth following for his observations and videos.
#birds #wildlife #nature
Ian is really worth following for his observations and videos.
#birds #wildlife #nature
Labour's blinkered 'Build baby build’ agenda could speed up nature decline to the point of no return, conservation charities warn.
Devastating to watch this happening, whilst knowing how close to the brink so many species are, already.
#wildlife #nature
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/conserv...
Devastating to watch this happening, whilst knowing how close to the brink so many species are, already.
#wildlife #nature
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/conserv...
Conservation leaders warn of ‘Perfect Storm’ threatening England’s wildlife and most special places | The Wildlife Trusts
• ‘Build baby build’ agenda could speed up nature decline to the point of no return • Four years on from Environment Act, nature policy is in a much darker place • Charities representing more than two...
www.wildlifetrusts.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Labour's blinkered 'Build baby build’ agenda could speed up nature decline to the point of no return, conservation charities warn.
Devastating to watch this happening, whilst knowing how close to the brink so many species are, already.
#wildlife #nature
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/conserv...
Devastating to watch this happening, whilst knowing how close to the brink so many species are, already.
#wildlife #nature
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/conserv...
£17,304 raised so far to build Osprey nesting platforms in #Cornwall - can you help @kernowconservation.bsky.social reach our £20k target?
More details about this exciting project, here 👇
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
More details about this exciting project, here 👇
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
PLEASE SHARE!
Just a few days left and we're nearly at our target!
Please DONATE if you can, every £ counts & is matched up to £250 by The Aviva Community Fund!
Huge thanks to our fantastic ambassadors
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social and Andy Wilson.
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
Just a few days left and we're nearly at our target!
Please DONATE if you can, every £ counts & is matched up to £250 by The Aviva Community Fund!
Huge thanks to our fantastic ambassadors
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social and Andy Wilson.
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
£17,304 raised so far to build Osprey nesting platforms in #Cornwall - can you help @kernowconservation.bsky.social reach our £20k target?
More details about this exciting project, here 👇
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
More details about this exciting project, here 👇
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
Reposted by Brigit Strawbridge
PLEASE SHARE!
Just a few days left and we're nearly at our target!
Please DONATE if you can, every £ counts & is matched up to £250 by The Aviva Community Fund!
Huge thanks to our fantastic ambassadors
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social and Andy Wilson.
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
Just a few days left and we're nearly at our target!
Please DONATE if you can, every £ counts & is matched up to £250 by The Aviva Community Fund!
Huge thanks to our fantastic ambassadors
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social and Andy Wilson.
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
PLEASE SHARE!
Just a few days left and we're nearly at our target!
Please DONATE if you can, every £ counts & is matched up to £250 by The Aviva Community Fund!
Huge thanks to our fantastic ambassadors
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social and Andy Wilson.
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
Just a few days left and we're nearly at our target!
Please DONATE if you can, every £ counts & is matched up to £250 by The Aviva Community Fund!
Huge thanks to our fantastic ambassadors
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social and Andy Wilson.
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
Norfolk Broads jigsaw puzzle, anyone?!
The lid is slightly damaged, but the puzzle is complete and REALLY beautiful to make. Makes you want to visit Norfolk...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/14698955...
#jigsawpuzzle #NorfolkBroads #wildlife #nature
The lid is slightly damaged, but the puzzle is complete and REALLY beautiful to make. Makes you want to visit Norfolk...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/14698955...
#jigsawpuzzle #NorfolkBroads #wildlife #nature
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Norfolk Broads jigsaw puzzle, anyone?!
The lid is slightly damaged, but the puzzle is complete and REALLY beautiful to make. Makes you want to visit Norfolk...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/14698955...
#jigsawpuzzle #NorfolkBroads #wildlife #nature
The lid is slightly damaged, but the puzzle is complete and REALLY beautiful to make. Makes you want to visit Norfolk...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/14698955...
#jigsawpuzzle #NorfolkBroads #wildlife #nature
Seagulls and ploughed fields - by English fine artist, Annie Ovenden
More of this artist's stunning work, here: cattogallery.co.uk/artists/anni...
#art #trees #landscape
More of this artist's stunning work, here: cattogallery.co.uk/artists/anni...
#art #trees #landscape
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Seagulls and ploughed fields - by English fine artist, Annie Ovenden
More of this artist's stunning work, here: cattogallery.co.uk/artists/anni...
#art #trees #landscape
More of this artist's stunning work, here: cattogallery.co.uk/artists/anni...
#art #trees #landscape
The House of Dr Gachet in Auvers-sur-Oise - by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906)
I love this one.
#art #postimpressionist #landscape
I love this one.
#art #postimpressionist #landscape
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The House of Dr Gachet in Auvers-sur-Oise - by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906)
I love this one.
#art #postimpressionist #landscape
I love this one.
#art #postimpressionist #landscape
Trees on the track to the old quarry - acrylic on linen - by Brecon Beacons painter and printmaker, Martin Truefitt-Baker, whose work I LOVE...
More of this artist's stunning artwork, here: www.truefitt-baker.co.uk
#art #trees
More of this artist's stunning artwork, here: www.truefitt-baker.co.uk
#art #trees
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Trees on the track to the old quarry - acrylic on linen - by Brecon Beacons painter and printmaker, Martin Truefitt-Baker, whose work I LOVE...
More of this artist's stunning artwork, here: www.truefitt-baker.co.uk
#art #trees
More of this artist's stunning artwork, here: www.truefitt-baker.co.uk
#art #trees
Mending - by American impressionist, Daniel Garber (1880-1958)
Because it's nice, when the weather is so wet and gloomy, to be reminded of brighter, lighter days...
#art #light #impressionists
Because it's nice, when the weather is so wet and gloomy, to be reminded of brighter, lighter days...
#art #light #impressionists
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Mending - by American impressionist, Daniel Garber (1880-1958)
Because it's nice, when the weather is so wet and gloomy, to be reminded of brighter, lighter days...
#art #light #impressionists
Because it's nice, when the weather is so wet and gloomy, to be reminded of brighter, lighter days...
#art #light #impressionists
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Eurasian Jay - sculpted from new and recycled materials, by multidisciplinary British artist, Abigail Brown
She has used both machine and hand embroidery to make this Jay
More of this artist's fabric bird sculptures, and more, here: www.abigail-brown.co.uk/fabric-birds
#art #textiles #birds
She has used both machine and hand embroidery to make this Jay
More of this artist's fabric bird sculptures, and more, here: www.abigail-brown.co.uk/fabric-birds
#art #textiles #birds
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Eurasian Jay - sculpted from new and recycled materials, by multidisciplinary British artist, Abigail Brown
She has used both machine and hand embroidery to make this Jay
More of this artist's fabric bird sculptures, and more, here: www.abigail-brown.co.uk/fabric-birds
#art #textiles #birds
She has used both machine and hand embroidery to make this Jay
More of this artist's fabric bird sculptures, and more, here: www.abigail-brown.co.uk/fabric-birds
#art #textiles #birds
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My granddaughter Arrietty’s Nature Journal. She comes once a week for nature studies (home ed). This week we learned about Jays, & their roles in spreading Oak trees. As chance would have it we saw (and heard) one close-up as it flew between the trees at our Allotment! @btobirds.bsky.social #birds
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My granddaughter Arrietty’s Nature Journal. She comes once a week for nature studies (home ed). This week we learned about Jays, & their roles in spreading Oak trees. As chance would have it we saw (and heard) one close-up as it flew between the trees at our Allotment! @btobirds.bsky.social #birds
Snow Forecast - by Norfolk artist and printmaker, Diana Ashdown
More of this artist's gorgeous artwork, here: www.shop.obsidianart.co.uk/collections/...
#art #printmaking #landscapes
More of this artist's gorgeous artwork, here: www.shop.obsidianart.co.uk/collections/...
#art #printmaking #landscapes
November 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Snow Forecast - by Norfolk artist and printmaker, Diana Ashdown
More of this artist's gorgeous artwork, here: www.shop.obsidianart.co.uk/collections/...
#art #printmaking #landscapes
More of this artist's gorgeous artwork, here: www.shop.obsidianart.co.uk/collections/...
#art #printmaking #landscapes