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Formed in 1869, NNNS is a charity with a focus on natural history in the county of Norfolk, UK. We carry out and encourage research about local wildlife, produce publications & put on a range of events. Find out more at: https://norfolknaturalists.org.uk
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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · Oct 31
The 2024 Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report has now been published. Members will receive their free copy by post, whilst additional copies will be on sale at selected local outlets. The report is a huge undertaking - thanks to all involved, especially Barry Madden, Neil Lawton & Mick Saunt #NorfolkBirding
Front cover of the Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report 2024, published by the Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society. The cover image is a painting of a female-type Pallid Harrier perched up on some saltmarsh, with a male Hen harrier flying past in the background. Image by Gary Wright. Back cover of the Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report 2024, featuring a photo of a close-up of a Common Seal swimming in water and the price, £15 Contents page of the Norfolk Bird Report and the Norfolk Mammal Report, featuring a list of articles. A picture showing the notes for contributors to the report (first 2/3rds of the page) and a section on county rarities (bottom third).
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Jelly Tooth, Pseudohydnum gelatinosum.

Seen on a rotten pine stump on Saturday's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray in Thetford Forest.

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Jelly Tooth, Pseudohydnum gelatinosum. The small, lower piece of fungus (picked from a whole fruitbody) shows the spines on the fruitbody's underside. A white fungus with a jelly-like texture. Growing on a rotten pine stump. Jelly Tooth, Pseudohydnum gelatinosum. A white fungus with a jelly-like texture. Growing on a rotten pine stump. Jelly Tooth, Pseudohydnum gelatinosum. A picked piece of fruitbody showing the spines on the underside. A white fungus with a jelly-like texture. Growing on a rotten pine stump.
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Conifercone Cap, Baeospora myosura.

I never tire of seeing these lovely fungi on dead pine cones.

Seen on Saturday's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray in Thetford Forest.

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A pine cone in my hand, with several little mushrooms sprouting from it. They're Conifercone Caps, Baeospora myosura. A pine cone with several little mushrooms sprouting from it. They're Conifercone Caps, Baeospora myosura.
December 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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White Domecaps, Leucocybe connata, are fruiting again at UEA, Norwich.

On a previous visit they'd been damaged by leaf blowers but today I found some in situ.

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White Domecaps, Leucocybe connata, growing with short grass. White Domecaps, Leucocybe connata, growing with short grass (with dead leaves). White Domecaps, Leucocybe connata, growing with short grass. White Domecaps, Leucocybe connata, growing with short grass (with dead leaves).
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Maroon Brittlestem, Psathyrella bipellis.

On woodchip at UEA, Norwich, today.

Distinct purple-red cap and smell of nettles, currants or cat pee. (Nicer than it sounds.)

Only second time I've seen it, so a bit of a treat!

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Maroon Brittlestem, Psathyrella bipellis. Two fruitbodies, on woodchip. Maroon Brittlestem, Psathyrella bipellis. Two older fruitbodies - the cap of the bigger one (above) has dried out. Maroon Brittlestem, Psathyrella bipellis. Two fruitbodies, on woodchip. Maroon Brittlestem, Psathyrella bipellis. Cheilocystidia (x1000, stained with Congo red).
December 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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robyaxley.bsky.social
Phaeographis smithii is a script lichen found on bark which has a very western distribution in the UK, but has turned up in west Norfolk before, this being the second record: from Bawsey CP. K+ yellow - orange, P+ yellow, not carbonised below the hymenium.
December 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Deep midwinter Blackcap singing from inside a Yew bush in our garden just now. (According to Merlin app anyway. Sounds right to me. Sub song I guess ). @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @themarshtit.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Best of 2025:14. Rest Harrow (Aplasta ononaria) — Beeston, 19/07/2025 by Giles Dunmore, new for Norfolk; and Great Ellingham, 20/07/2025 by Chris Knott, new VC28. #teammoth #norfolkmoths norfolkmoths.co.uk?bf=16640
Rest Harrow (Aplasta ononaria)
December 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Interested in moth trapping?

Wondering which trap to use? Or if different bulbs collect different species?

Using 100k samples from @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social our new paper looks at these questions and more! With with Bill Kunin and @katatrepsis.bsky.social

#mothsmatter #teammoth
Effect of bulb type on moth trap catch and composition in UK gardens
We analyse 10 years of records Garden Moth Scheme (GMS) to estimate the effect of bulb and trap type on the number of moths caught by moth traps. We find that brighter, higher wattage bulbs collect ...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Awesome Starling murmaration locally today @norfolknats.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Best of 2025:13. Ground Lackey (Malacosoma castrensis) at Wells, 17/07/2025 by Ben Sale & Leslie Gardiner and 30/07/2025 by Mike Hodgson — new VC28! #teammoth #norfolkmoths norfolkmoths.co.uk?bf=16350
Ground Lackey (Malacosoma castrensis)
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Norfolk Fungus Study Group DNA Team have now confirmed that this was indeed Echinoderma calcicola.

A lovely fungus, one of the best I've seen all year.

Only five records on FRDBI (The Fungal Records Database of Britain and Ireland).

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jeremybartlett.bsky.social Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · Oct 8
The beautifully shaggy Echinoderma calcicola.

Found in a damp woodland on rich calcareous soil in West Norfolk.

First Norfolk record since 1920.

Had a slightly fruity smell. White spores.

I'm drying a fruitbody for verification by our group's DNA team.

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Echinoderma calcicola. Echinoderma calcicola. Echinoderma calcicola - cheilocystidia stained in Congo red, x1000. Echinoderma calcicola. Spores, stained with Meltzer's reagent, x1000.
December 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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britentsoc.bsky.social
Have you checked out our 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland yet? Free to download in 3 digital formats!
A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SMALLER MOTHS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (4th Edition-Digital) - British Entomological & Natural History Society
www.benhs.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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robyaxley.bsky.social
A group of sandstone headstones at Geldeston churchyard had a considerable covering of the lichen Gyrographa gyrocarpa, a new location for this mainly western species.
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Wonderful waders and wildfowl
December 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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norfolkmoths.bsky.social
Best of 2025:11. Pexicopia malvella (Hollyhock Seed Moth) at NWT Swangey Fen, 30/06/2025 by James Symonds — new VC28. #teammoth #norfolkmoths norfolkmoths.co.uk/micros.php?b...
Pexicopia malvella (Hollyhock Seed Moth)
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social
This should soon land on members doorsteps. Contents include Hunting Hairstreaks in Gt. Ryburgh, the butterflies of Romania, a snapshot of the 2025 Norfolk butterfly year and so much more. We hope you enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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This is an exciting chance to have a look around this site near Blo' Norton, not normally open to the public. It has been recently purchased by LOHP who are raising funds to pay back the loan used - for more details about LOHP, this site and how to donate see their website www.lohp.org.uk
December 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Calling all #nature lovers! 🐦🌳Sign up to the #Birds in Greenspaces newsletter for updates on this project that starts next spring, and see our FREE Resource Pack with bird ID guides and activities to warm you up this winter at www.bto.org/greenspaces

Nuthatch by @willrose.bsky.social
An illustration artwork by Will Rose of a Nuthatch on the trunk of a tree. Wording to the right reads: Birds in Greenspaces Newsletter. Sign up for updates about this new project and discover our FREE resource pack!
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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BTO's Acoustics Pipeline has identified Bush-crickets in ‘bat’ data collected for the Landscape-scale Species Monitoring of Agri-environment Schemes Project & assessed the effects of agri-environment management on these species➡️ www.bto.org/Bush-cricket...

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A Bush-cricket on the leaf of a plant.
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Best of 2025:9. Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Migrant Sable) at Titchwell, 24/06/2025 by RSPB Volunteers — new VC28! (x6 in Norfolk 2025!) #teammoth #norfolkmoths norfolkmoths.co.uk/micros.php?b...
Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Migrant Sable)
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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mundfordmoths.bsky.social
Part 2 of my annual garden moth review here in Mundford VC28 is now on my blog bit.ly/449Eyja covering Apr- Jun 25, features a whopping 54 additions to the garden list in a crazy late spring/early summer period! #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Garden Moth Review 2025 Part 2 - April to June
April. We missed a big chunk of garden moth trapping in April due to a family holiday in the Outer Hebrides which saw us away from home fr...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Tis the season to reflect on the mothing year, so the first part of my annual garden moth review here in Mundford VC28 is now up on my blog bit.ly/3XLxnKt covering Jan - Mar 2025 #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Garden Moth Review 2025 Part 1 - January to March
January.   January started off relatively mild before cooling mid-month. A total of 4 suitable trap nights occurred in the month, with a tot...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
norfolknats.bsky.social
A reminder that our last indoor event before Christmas takes place on Tuesday 9th Dec, free to attend & all welcome. Further winter events were included in the recent Norfolk Natterjack.
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UPCOMING EVENT: On Tuesday 9th Dec 2025 19:30 we will be hosting our last indoor event before Christmas. In a change to previous listings, Garth Coupland has stepped in & will give a talk about some of his adventures whilst living in Australia. Venue details norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...
A poster advertising a talk. The border has Christmas-tree style greenery, and there are baubles, a mince pie, a kangaroo and the NNNS logo in the corners of the text box. The text reads: NNNS December Talk. All Naturalists are welcome to our festive get together. No entry fee. Festive refreshments (donations). A talk by well known naturalist and raconteur Garth Coupland 'Norfolk boy goes outback' Garth's naturalist adventures in Australia. Tuesday 9th December 7:30pm. St Andrew's Church Hall, 41 Church Lane, Eaton, Norwich, NR4 6NW.
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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A palaeoecological plant find from a Breckland ghost ice age pond core (East Harling, E. England). Puzzled over by @hayleymcmechan.bsky.social & myself. Help with ID please team!! Seems obvious but stuck. @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social @bramblebotanist.bsky.social @timholtwilson.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Monitoring the Langham farm again today resulted in Total: 42 birds which included Blackbird - 1, Chiffchaff - 2, Reed Bunting - 8 and Yellowhammer - 4. One Chiffchaff being the Scandinavian abietinus race. @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM