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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 1d

"Puny human - I will strike you down"

#Caturday

Lilly the Cat has strong words with one of her staff

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Surfn Squirrel 🐿️ @surfnsquirrel.bsky.social · 9h

Telephone 📞 line

#landscape #photography

Telephone 📞 lines in the distance Kaena Point 🌊

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 23d

‘Just add water’: how to bring back ancient plants in a Norfolk ghost pond

An expert team are resurrecting ice age ponds and finding rare species returning from a ‘perfect time capsule’

www.theguardian.com

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Norfolk Ponds Project @norfolkponds.bsky.social · 21d

A resurrected Ice age #pond in Norfolk, E. England. Dug to draw in extraterrestrials. It took 1 day to bring back. The black soil is full of seeds. The excavation will fill over winter & be amazing by summer. Photo @hburningham.bsky.social @hayleymcmechan.bsky.social @timholtwilson.bsky.social

A resurrected ancient ghost pond see from a drone

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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 18d

In case you missed it: lots of amazing and heartening pond restoration going on. Research is likely to confirm that seeds "lost" in the bottom of filled-in ponds can remain viable for 100s of years so ponds and their aquatic plants leap back to life. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s resurrection’: 1,000-year-old seeds could grow ancient plants in England’s ice-age ghost ponds

An expert team are resurrecting ice age ponds and finding rare species returning from a ‘perfect time capsule’

www.theguardian.com

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Holger Seidl @7and7.bsky.social · 14h

#MonumentValley
#Stunday
#Photography
#GetOutside
#Utah
Into the great wide open!
A view of the otherworldly landscape of Monument Valley, from the newly named Code Talker Point, formerly called Artist Point.
It was changed to honor the Navajo Code Talkers
who spoke ‘unbreakable code’ during WW ll.

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Aaahh!!! Real Megan Bidmead @meganbidmead.bsky.social · 17h

I went out for the day. Ori was, to put it mildly, displeased

A black and white cat sits on a bed (on top of her owner). It looks like she's scowling.

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Slate France @slatefr.bsky.social · 15h

Il y a 130 ans, l'ancêtre d'internet et des moteurs de recherche était créé en Belgique 👉 bit.ly/4nLICh7

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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 16h

Because that’s that Jesus would do.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.yahoo.com

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anna 🪶 @futurumopteryx.bsky.social · 14h

✨ net gebadderd zo te zien
💙opgepoetste pimpelmees💦
nog een mooie zondagavond!
🪶 #nature today #Natuur
#vogels #photography #garden

💙Iedere pimpel laat m'n 💓 hart een 🤸🏼‍♀️ sprongetje maken, kan er niks an doen

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Anna Victoria @annavictoria.bsky.social · 14h

Schönen Abend! ✨

Abendstimmung an einem stillen See mit Schilf im Vordergrund. Der Himmel leuchtet in sanften Farbtönen von Hellblau, Rosa und Orange, während sich das zarte Licht des Sonnenuntergangs im ruhigen Wasser spiegelt. Am rechten Ufer steht ein einzelner Baum vor der dunkler werdenden Waldsilhouette.

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photoblair.bsky.social @photoblair.bsky.social · 17h

Bracebridge Bay By Night.

#Bracebridge #Muskoka #NightPhotography #Photography

Then still waters of Bracebridge Bay along the Muskoka River reflect the colours of autumn foliage and riverside lights.

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DamBigs @damonbigs.bsky.social · 14h

@damonbigs.bsky.social
#dambigs #humanidades

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Martin Lines @linesmartin.bsky.social · 10d

My latest opinion piece in the Crop Production Magazine.
www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/opinion/natu...

Nature Natters: What next for nature?

Nature Natters column from the September 2025 issue of Crop Production Magazine

www.cpm-magazine.co.uk

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Vicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social · 2d

Been on this leaf for 4 days now. What are they waiting for? A lover😁

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Vicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social · 22h

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study @IUCN
@patrickbarkham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

www.theguardian.com

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 22h

Shadow on the wall… 🎶
#SensoryArt #shadow #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#EastCoastKin

The photo captures a striking shadow of a vintage street lamp cast sharply onto a textured brick wall. The scene is bathed in warm, vibrant tones with sunlight highlighting the brick’s varied orange hues and enhancing the lantern’s geometric silhouette. The interplay of shadow and color creates a vivid, atmospheric contrast that draws attention to the wall’s rustic charm and the lamp’s elegant, timeworn lines.

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Ron McIntyre @ronmac11.bsky.social · 22h

@suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social After watching the r-t shrike I walked onto the heath and down into the woods. A group of 12 crossbills were very vocal, looked like some juveniles mixed in with at least 3 bright red males.

Two reddish coloured birds in an oak tree.

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Caroline M @carolinemockri4.bsky.social · 22h

Bath.🚶‍♀️

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 22h

Iron Man on a misty morning in Birmingham

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𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚘𝚕𝚘 @pierpaolo.bsky.social · 22h

In un'aiuola creata da un muro di contenimento in pietra a lato di una strada, delle rose rosse che hanno perso del tutto o in parte i loro petali si stagliano di fronte ad un paesaggio collinare che, all'alba, è illuminato dai primi raggi del sole.

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Ron McIntyre @ronmac11.bsky.social · 22h

Guillemot and puffin scatter as a white-tailed eagle glides along a rock face.
#superseabirdsunday

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Ian Hunt @ianhunt.bsky.social · 22h

A Cabbage Garden, by Arthur Melville, Scottish colourist and Orientalist painter the narrator / Lawrence clearly likes, whose work is being exhibited at Nottingham Castle Museum on the day of the wedding trip.

Man leaning on fork or spade in a cabbage patch, talking with woman with basket. Basket in foreground.

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Westcountry Rivers Trust @westcountryrt.bsky.social · 21h

Pretty but harmful - Himalayan balsam is an invasive species spreading fast along our rivers. WRT is working with volunteers to remove balsam and restore healthy, native river habitats. Spot some? Pull it up or join a local balsam bash!

#InvasiveSpecies #HimalayanBalsam #RiverRestoration

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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 21h

The Wildlife Trusts have published a new assessment of the effects of climate change on UK nature reserves:

New report highlights effect of climate change on UK nature reserves

The Wildlife Trusts have published a new assessment of the effects of climate change on UK natue reserves. The report, Resilient Nature, shows how much-loved species and habitats are faring across 2,600 reserves in response to the changing climate and extreme weather over the past year. Extreme changes in weather patterns have been the most damaging overall, reports BirdGuides.

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