An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...

Bramble was back again last night for refuelling 🦔

I think someone is very interested in the hedgehog food. And it’s not a hedgehog. We see you, Fantastic Mr Fox. 🦊

Either @Bokarelli.bsky.social has taken up making IEDs or she got a very cool Rasperry Pi Advent Calendar.

And then there was one. Bramble is the last visiting hedgehog of the year. Seen here at the watering hole. Her hibernaculum will be out in the woods somewhere www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/hibernation-2/

Fantastic Mr Fox popped by earlier. 🦊

A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database. An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️

Bramble is still out and about and feeding up for hibernation. 🦔

What does a biofilm look like? 🧫 Dr Eleftheria Trampari's photo, titled "Making waves", recently won 3rd prize at the Biofilm Create! Competition 🥉 📸 Zeiss AxioZoom V16 with support from the Advanced Microscopy team buff.ly/ZuyytCo

Scientists from the University of Ottawa and Beijing Institute of Lifeomics found that SSRIs, SNRIs and Tricyclic Antidepressants, commonly prescribed anti-depressants that target the neurotransmitter serotonin, also alter the composition and functioning of the human gut microbiome.

Fast approaching hibernation time now and just the one hedgehog last night, Bramble. She decided against a final snack at 04.40. 🦔

Hoglet update. We’ve had three visiting hoglets over the past month or so. One very underweight one went to our vets and then on to a rescue a few weeks ago. Bramble is doing fine and is a healthy weight. Bebe (pictured) was seriously underweight and is now with the vet and on to a rescue. 🦔

Been out to get the messages 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #standrewsday

A cold start to the day but beautiful when the sun was up. 14 miles done ✅

With a trail camera comes great responsibility. We’ve been worried about the hoglet. Tonight we scooped 1st hedgehog to arrive - Bramble who weighed in at a healthy 470g. Bebe appeared 5 minutes later - only 211g. Too small for winter. He’s a house guest tonight and will go to a rescue centre. 🦔

I think it’ll have be the Ferret Scout Car next. Just finishing up a Tamiya Mosquito FB MkVI (Banff Strike Wing) - a companion to the Beaufighter.

Good to see this evidence-based recommendation, and unsurprised but disappointed to see charities that should know better making a fuss www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

In case any of you were wondering how you weigh a Hermann’s tortoise, this is how it works. 🐢

Our book comes out on 3 Dec. Everything you want to know about PR Campaigns. Order it now from Kogan Page www.koganpage.com/marketing-co... and get 40% off with code Sale40.

It's not true what they say about Norfolk. Oh. www.edp24.co.uk/news/2565058...

Loganair kindly overflew Old Aberdeen and gave me a bird’s eye view of my old Aberdeen university residences at Hillhead. Yes, does look a bit like a prison complex.

From Mountain to Sea. I’m back in the Shire.

🆕 Blog! Thinking of doing a PhD in microbiology in the UK? We've got eight reasons why you should join the Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics PhD programme. Applications onto the programme for entry in 2026 are now open 🦠 buff.ly/Ms3Mk19

Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a… on.ft.com/4ahkNKa

Un hérisson en céramique datant du Néolithique a été découvert sur le site archéologique de Hamin, près de la ville de Shebotu, en Mongolie-Intérieure (Chine).

Bebe has just left for bed. And a clean up crew will be needed in the hedgehog house. 🦔

There are two hoglets, Bramble, and this one. Bramble is quite tidy about eating. Let’s call this one Bebe. And he’s not so tidy. 🦔

"These findings reinforce the urgent need to understand how drugs and other xenobiotics affect the gut microbiome." 💬 Our Director, Professor @dfigeys.bsky.social

What a cute snoot. 🦔

Our wee Robin friend, Banks, was looking magisterial on the hedgehog house this afternoon.

Some snow on the tops, some sea and sunshine, and a lot of mud. 🏃‍♂️

Choices, choices. Which water bowl to drink from? 🦔

I am unexpectedly still in Scotland. On Friday my mum broke her hip and is in hospital, post surgery. And today is my birthday. Huge thanks to @bokarelli and my sister for organising this. Who doesn’t love a Colin the Caterpillar cake?

Good morning all. Another satisfied hoglet customer 🦔

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Rain is not deterring our wee feathered friend, Banks.

Clues he was like this, there were sadly none.

Busy night with both hoglets making good use of the feeding station repeatedly. Good to see. 🦔

Very fine looking Robin making the most of the hedgehog zone.

South Norfolk is on the map! 🗺️ Brilliant to welcome Health Minister Karin Smyth to see the world-class research at NRP, UEA, & NNUH. I promised to make sure our voice is heard in government & yesterday we showed what our science and health teams achieve every day. youtu.be/fFanGt2JbtY?...

If you’re out and about in #Norwich today and you’re feeling a bit like 🎅probably the best thing you can do is head to @waterstones.bsky.social and dive in to the Giving Tree. They’ve done this for years - there’s something to choose for all ages (and small pockets) 🎄❄️📚

This has not been a good few days. Still, always good to take it out on the lungs and legs at Parkrun. A course PB.

Daily Mail's parent company agrees a deal to buy Telegraph for £500m! Media consolidation, let's go, ya gonna blink and stop this competition regulators? Over to you, Nandy? Strong potential everyone just waves the sale through to STOP HAVING TO READ OR THINK ABOUT IT. www.ft.com/content/cd8e...

Tis but a short stroll from feeding station to watering hole. Our last hedgehog visitor of the night. 🦔

Good luck to Quadlytics and founder Hannah Morelli entering the final of Norwich Research Park Innovation HotHouse ⭐

A little blog post about my research @quadraminstitute.bsky.social for the @elementalengbio.bsky.social chatting about my funky little bacteria

If you’re in Norwich tomorrow. 👇🏻

Here comes one sparkly wet Bramble 🦔

Dr Naiara Beraza will contribute expertise in the role of the microbiome as a regulatory mechanism of the gut-immune-liver axis during health and disease to the development of this immunocompetent gut-liver-adipose tissue model in healthy and MASLD conditions.