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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 3h

Correction! Fogbow. Thanks @saloplarus.bsky.social

Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 13h

Sunbow at Blakeney Point today, in the midst of a memorable birding day, with incessant flocks of thrushes and wildfowl arriving and goldcrests, bramblings and short-eared owls in the Suaeda.

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 13h

Sunbow at Blakeney Point today, in the midst of a memorable birding day, with incessant flocks of thrushes and wildfowl arriving and goldcrests, bramblings and short-eared owls in the Suaeda.

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 1d

A weathered fungus from the heath, possibly Winter Polypore. I thought it was mildly interesting because some Cladonia lichen is growing through the cap.

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Rob Hughes @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social · 1d

We had three Bonaparte’s Gulls (ad and two 1st w’s) in Dunnet Bay this morning!!! Also a Juv Sabine’s Gull, Juv Little Gull, 1st w Mediterranean Gull and a Curlew Sandpiper with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social
#CaithnessBirds

Bonaparte’s Gull flying over a Black-headed Gull

Bonaparte’s Gull in flight with a Black-headed Gull

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, unbelievably small - I looked on lots of bits of wood but only saw it on one, but if it’s not fruiting you’d never see it.

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Alex Nelson @alxnelson.bsky.social · 9d

Roseate spoonbills will splash their wings through the water as part of their beauty routine. Here's one doing so mid-splash, facing straight ahead towards the camera. I really love this shot. #birds

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Anthony Speca | Aspen Ecology @aspenecology.com · 2d

Announcing another chance to learn #lichens online! My next 'Lichens for Beginners' course starts in January. Perfect for anyone just discovering these unique and beautiful life-forms. All you need to know to understand lichens and identify common species. Join me! aspenecology.com/lichens-for-...

Variospora (Caloplaca) flavescens : England : VC25 East Suffolk : TM3389 : September 2022 : On limestone gravestone

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 2d

From Marsham Heath yesterday, this looks to be Absconditella delutula, a tiny lichen that was found on a piece of dead wood. The spores are divided (1-septate) and the disc is pale and waxy-looking. First county record!

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 3d

Catching the afternoon sun at Marsham Heath today. 😍

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 3d

Baeomyces rufus is present in small amounts on several Norfolk heaths, but it is really common on parts of Marsham Heath, including some very large thalli (second pic). The pinky-browny fruits are borne on short stalks.

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Tim. Yes microscopy would be necessary I’m sure! These were under driftwood, so not entirely out in the open. I was looking for a rare millipede that lives up there somewhere.

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 4d

A few things on Blakeney Point today - Calogaya pusilla, Peltigera didactyla, Salicornia and a pink-footed goose on the strand line showing it’s bill serrations. Also a couple of merlins, a jack snipe, snow bunting and a pale bellied brent goose. All good stuff!

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 4d

Anyone good on their ant ID? Seen in dunes just above the high water line at Blakeney Point. Looked larger and less hairy than Lasius flavus.

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 5d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life

Plant inventories dating back to 1884 and nearly thrown away enable unique time-lapse study of biodiversity in Swiss meadows

www.theguardian.com

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 5d

The Mallow was nice to see this morning. I didn’t appreciate until now the fine scattering of white scales superimposed on the barred wing pattern. 🤎

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 6d

"Rachel Reeves unblocked a development of 20,000 homes that were being held up by a rare snail, after being approached by a developer with whom she said, 'we have a good relationship'

Not only stupid and ignorant, but crooked with it

Indefensible

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 7d

Just looking at the previous county records, almost all of them are in October and November. I must get out on a heath somewhere and have a look.

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Topknot Crew @topknotcrew.bsky.social · 7d

More mushrooms at Dersingham Bog. Is this the Heath Navel (Lichenomphalia ericatorum) @robyaxley.bsky.social? #Fungi #Mushrooms #lichen

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 7d

Yes it looks like heath navel, I can see the dark green granular thallus there. Nice photos! Also thanks for drawing my attention to the name change, until recently this was L. umbellifera. Please irecord if possible!

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 10d

I’ll be interested to give this a try.

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 10d

Many lichen species are sensitive to nitrogen pollution, making them natural indicators of air quality.

📱LicheN is a new app enabling people to help monitor air quality using lichens. Data gathered will improve understanding of N pollution and its impacts on ecosystems.

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Side by side photos of a person looking at a picture of lichen on an app and comparing it to lichen on a tree trunk

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 10d

Business idea for Dragon’s Den - Mothchocs™️

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 10d

First Merveille-du-jour of the autumn this morning. 💚

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 11d

One of a number of very smart noon-flies just nooning around at Holkham pines this afternoon.

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 12d

A Red-legged Ham Beetle (Necrobia rufipes) crawls across the hide of a dead grey seal. Blakeney Point.

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 13d

This had me puzzled for a while. It’s the common Physcia caesia, but it’s infected with the fungus Polycoccum pulvinatum, which subtly changes the appeasance of the thallus as well as showing as black dots. Blakeney Point.

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