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Norwich Botanists Garden at St Martin at Palace Church, Norwich. #Norwich #Norfolk #Botanists 🌿

A rather fluffy gall this morning! I think it is the Willow gall sawfly. @galling.bsky.social @timholtwilson.bsky.social #Norfolk #galls #invertebrates

#archeology #Norfolk #Suffolk

Forthcoming NNNS event on Sat 9th May 2026. In a tweak to the original plan, Holkham warden Andy Bloomfield will be accompanying us and hopefully we will access a few bits not usually open to the public. As a result we will not be going as far as Gun Hill. Note that the car park is pay & display.

Took this photo of a mining bee and someone pointed out it could be Stylopised due to the intersex characteristics. I think I can see the parasite just showing too in the abdominal segments! 👀 Taken April 1st - Weird, I shall look at Bee photographs in more detail #bees #invertebrates #Norfolk

Enjoying looking for tiny things today … 🔎 🌿 #Norfolk #inverbrates #fungi #plants Arum Rust - Puccinia sessilis (with mites?) and Valerian Psyllid - Trioza centranthi

I wonder if anyone has identified/named the different species of Goldilocks Buttercup in Norfolk (I think much of the naming was carried out in Cambridgeshire)…

Rust on Petty Spurge 🟠 🍃 #Norfolk #fungi @jeremybartlett.bsky.social

Four from today … #Norfolk #moss #plants

A cocoon spotted in a nest today. Looked like a rabbit dropping! A moth? #insects #norfolk #invertebrates

Oak Bracket I think … Ickworth Hall, Suffolk #suffolk #fungi

I've walked this path around Kelling many times in spring, but this week is the first time I've noticed this huge patch of Moschatel. It certainly has a knack for hiding in plain sight! #WildflowerHour

The Natural History Diorama at Saffron Walden Museum is a BEAUTY 🖤🪱 #saffronwalden #museums #birds

Saffron Walden (apologies Nor-folk!) I was looking for Periwinkle Rust. On uploading to iNaturalist someone suggested Tuberculina sbrozzii could be present there too? #saffronwalden #plants #fungi 🌿

Can anyone help with this? Blackthorn gall? It was pretty large. Not original position, propped up here. #galls #invertebrates #norfolk @galling.bsky.social

Work Experience applications now open! 🎉 Discover more and apply ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs We offer five days of work experience for young people currently studying for their GCSEs or A-levels, aged 14 to 18. 📝 Deadline for applications: Sunday 26 April.

Absolutely galling! - 🟤🟤🟤🟤 @galling.bsky.social #galls #Norfolk

Excited to have made my debut for the @britmycolsoc.org.uk Field Mycology journal with a piece on resupinate fungi, also including my photos- one of which even makes the front cover! Thanks @clareblencowe.bsky.social ! The journal can be accessed for free at fieldmycology.org/index.php/jo...

@jeremybartlett.bsky.social Could this be a Bleach Cup? I didn’t sniff it, I keep forgetting to! 😅 #fungi #Norfolk 🍄‍🟫

Thought the chance of seeing Twite in Norfolk this winter had gone so delighted to see this flock of 16 at Cley this evening. Also the first time I’ve seen Twite in the UK feeding on Salix buds (a behaviour I have seen only in Armenia with ssp brevirostris Caucasian Twite). #NorfolkBirding

Grey Disco I think 🪩 #fungi #fungifriends #norfolk

Yesterday at Lynford Arboretum #fungi #invertebrates #norfolk

Lycogala epidendrum- Wolfs Milk I think #fungi #norfolk #slimemold

'Extinct' butterfly spotted across England butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...

NNNS has a photographic group that holds talks once a month over the winter period so that Society members with a particular interest in wildlife photography can meet. On Tues 10th March 2026 it's the last meeting of the 2025/26 season, and its a 'show your own' theme.

Do you live close to BTO HQ in Thetford, Norfolk? If you do and would like to find out more about the birdlife in your local area, why not sign up to take part in our ‘Meet the BTO’ Online Session on Monday 16 March? Register before Friday 13 March ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve... #NorfolkBirding

@vannabartlett.bsky.social around 25 very small Harvestman at Brandon Country Park this morning. 🤍

Did you know a species new to science was discovered in a Cambridgeshire village? The Stella Davies’ Slug was found in Wicken and DNA analysis proved it was unique. Chris du Feu tells how even your garden can hold scientific secrets. eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...

Also on Sat 21st Feb 2026, there is a NNNS field trip to Lynford Arboretum, led by Hans Watson. There will be plenty of interest, but we will be keeping an eye out for Hawfinch and Crossbill in particular. Meet near the Shepherds Baa cafe at 10:30, and note that the carpark is now pay & display.

NNNS will have a stand at the Norwich Science Festival 2026 on Saturday 21st Feb, which is a nature themed day. There will be plenty of free activites from a range of nature themed groups and suitable for children and families as part of the explorium. For more info see norwichsciencefestival.co.uk

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

It's that time of year again. Alder Goblets, Ciboria caucus, on old male Alder catkins. www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2018/02/19/a... #Fungi #FungiFriends

2026 is proving to be a wonderful year for first time fungi finds so far. Looks like this is the rarely recorded Henningsomyces candidus - tiny little macaroni-like tubes found on a very rotten piece of wood in Southeast England. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

Four from today … #norfolk #fungi #lichen #invertebrates

Small Moss Oysterling I think… #norfolk #fungi #fungifriend

It's arrived! Pan-species Listing: How to Become a Super-Naturalist published by @pelagicpublishing. My first book. I am so pleased with it. It looks amazing, all those photos of incredible British species really make this a very colourful book and a celebration of how fantastic our wildlife is.

I believe this to be a Uloborus plumipes egg sac. It’s a balloon shaped one, I’ve read they can come in Holly leafed shapes. First one I’ve seen, it looks like it is covered in copper thread! #spiders #arachnids #inverts #norfolk #nature 🕷️ 🕸️ 🎈

Results of the recent NNNS research project at Broadland Country Park are being published and sent out next month. We are now inviting everyone to a conference to discuss what we found, next steps and challenges. The event is free, but booking is required: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/norfolk-no...

The poster for this NNNS event has been changed today (28/01/26) to clarify that whilst everyone is welcome to attend this event, it is free for NNNS members but there is a small charge for non-members (£3/£2 for students). Apologies for the confusion.

In Welsh folklore, it was believed that the early sighting of the woodcock indicated that a harsh and bitterly cold winter would follow. #LegendaryWednesday #superstition #folklore 🎨John Gerrard Keulemans

The wonderful … Call My Bluff … NIT'TER, noun [from nit.] The horse bee that deposits nits on horses.

We're looking for some help to classify the final images for our project with Mammal Web. You'll be asked to identify species in gardens during our NE pilot study to help monitor garden wildlife using camera traps. Plus there's a chance of winning a camera trap. Each image counts as one entry!

#Norfolk #fungifriends #fungi 🍄‍🟫 🍄 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Four from yesterday … #Norfolk

The speaker for the next NNNS talk will be Dr Stuart Newson, who will be talking about how developments in sound recording and technology can contribute to monitoring and conservation. It's on Tue 10th Feb 2026 at 19:30, free to attend and all welcome. norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...

#Norwich #UKBirding #BOOM 🤭