Deck the halls with boughs of holly! Fa-la-la-la-laa! Everybody up! It's Christmas week! 🎄 #MondayMotivation

Seabirds are vital indicators of ocean health. Yet the UK seabird indicator shows a 37% long-term decline, driven by mounting pressures Further declines in the short-term demonstrate the need to protect our seas now in order to secure our seabirds' futures

This book has so many brilliant ideas I could hardly put it down!

Great choice! PKD explores reality in such a unique way. "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." What’s your favorite PKD twist? 🪐📚 #SciFi #Valis

Great to see the University of Aberdeen doing so well in this!

Why? Do people use the countryside as a rubbish tip? Our garden is next to a country park, in the middle of beautiful countryside. Yet almost daily I have to clear rubbish from our drive and garden, often fast food packaging empty bottles and tins. Harmful to wildlife This is today's...please stop!

This afternoon, the Planning Bill enters the House of Lords. Within it is a proposal that would make it easier to destroy the woods, rivers and wildlife we all love - by weakening the laws that keep them safe. If Part 3 isn’t changed or scrapped, nature will pay the price. ⚠️

Love these authors! #cymera

Caterpillar eating my plum tree leaves, but will be eaten by the birds...if too many I will drop a few on the ground but far better to let nature take its course and so I encourage all wildlife to the garden to ensure predators and prey abound. #nature #gardening

Just became a member and already learning so much! Great citizen science here too. Make a difference

The Mallards have successfully hatched 6 chicks. Fingers crossed some will survive. We leave this big pond to nature, lots of places they can hide. It is so lovely to see them swimming around their Mom. #nature #ducks #mallards

This one is for Welsh 🏳️‍🌈 ! Honestly, couldn't be more grateful to be working with @elianjmorgan.bsky.social and the excellent Canelo.

#ThoughtForTheDay There is not a single person on planet Earth that needs an Elephant tusk except an Elephant. 🇨🇳🇹🇭🇻🇳🇵🇭🇯🇵 ~ Ivory is not a trinket nor is it fake medicine! 🚫

This is why you should let your lawns grow long, more grubs, and worms for the birds to collect. #Birds #food #lawns #garden #wildlifegarden #nature #leaveyourlawn #CheshireUK

I love our universe! #Astrophotography

The daffodils and forsythia do complement each other well I think. And a few pollinators around them. Spring joy. #garden

The Camelias are starting to wake up. Along with the wild cherry plum, lesser celandines and all sorts of more native plants. Isn't nature beautiful 😍 #gardening

12 million light years away and we can now use computers to help us photograph in the back yard. Technology can be brilliant. Our universe is so amazing, we are lucky to have evolved enough to do this, let's try not to destroy our planet though... #Astrophotography #universe

It’s #NationalButterflyDay - can you help protect them? Last year, a Butterfly emergency was declared. Numbers hit a record low. A big reason? PESTICIDES!! Please Sign & Share the @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social petition at action.greenpeace.org.uk/protect-our-... #Nature #Butterflies 🦋

Today is #WorldWildlifeDay I think this quote from the wonderful Dame Jane Goodall is very appropriate... 'What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.'

One of the many reasons I enjoy reading novels is the mind and person inventing the story. I also recognise how much hard work goes into a good work of fiction. I don't want to read what a computer has produced thanks, and don't want hard working writers cheated upon. #booksky

This is a depressing list of United facing shortages and, calling for staff redundancies with courses closing. You cannot fix the economy without a healthy university sector. 🧵

#ThoughtForTheDay from @mrrickygervais.bsky.social. "Animals are not here for us to do as we please with. We are not their superiors. We are their equals. We are their family. Be kind to them." There is NO excuse for #AnimalAbuse EVER!! ⬇️ Ricky with his adopted cat @pickliciousf.bsky.social ❤️.

As I mentioned earlier, I will never understand how anyone can derive so much pleasure from killing beautiful creatures?!?

Do you want to contribute to research on plant aesthetics? Take this quick, anonymous 5-minute survey: www.biodiful.org#/plantiful_en This will help to explore how people perceive plant beauty in urban spaces! 🌼🌸🏵️ #plants #research Please SHARE the survey 🦋 tag @biodiful.bsky.social 🙏💚

Zombie spiders! Found these 'cellar spiders' in our woodshed. Most already dead. It's a fungus that turns them white whilst eating away at them like something from a horror movie. Possibly Gibellula fungus. I need to get a microscope 🔬.. Isn't nature amazing. #fungifriends #spiders

uk residents over 18 please consider taking part in a major health research programme. I completed the tests on Sunday (my choice) and filled in the questionnaire. All straightforward. #ourfuturehealth ourfuturehealth.org.uk/get-involved...

New stars forming - so beautiful #Astrophotography #nebulae

Do your local library a kindness! Share this if you love and support libraries and librarians (don’t forget your school library & librarian, too!) 😊📚 Thank you to all the library workers who keep the magic alive—you’re true heroes! ✨💚

Do native predators help Australian mammals face invasive cats and foxes? 🦊 In this week's blog post, we discuss whether native predators inside ‘predator-free’ havens could be good for the conservation of threatened native prey species 💭🌎🧪 Read more 👇 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/01/16/k...

Our universe is so beautiful...we are made of stardust! Need a lot of patience and skill to produce these astro pics #Astrophotography

Half Moon image taken with unmodified Canon 600D camera at prime focus on Bresser 127L achromatic refractor: 10x 1/80th second shots stacked and processed in Affinity Photo 2. Please ❤️ and RP

✨Make a Wish✨ I eat the dandelions in my yard. Dandelions are highly nutritious & nearly the entire plant is edible! Let’s 🛑 using pesticides on them 🌱💙 #layers #BlueSkyArtShow #plantsky #witchsky #plant #flower #plantknowledge #closeup #beneficialplants #nativespecies #vegan #organic #savethebees

An excellent guide to viewing the night sky. As well as nature on earth I am constantly amazed by our universe out there and I found this a great book for understanding what is out there, from auroras and planet rotation to deep sky imaging. #books #booksky

@janetamadision.bsky.social Just reminded me to take care so I thought I would share her good advice: Scammers are becoming more common, so always verify unexpected calls, avoid sharing personal details, watch out for urgent demands, use call-blocking tools. Good advice! #scams

Get to know British trees, understanding is important if you want to help. This book is a brilliant guide by Paul Sterry, and the Woodland Trust app is a great way to identify trees as well as learn about their mythology. #books #booksky #trees Any suggestions for other parts of the world?

📰Published📰 How soil animal activities help in transforming organic matter https://buff.ly/4gKllIV 🧪🌍

A Weed is just a plant in the 'wrong' place, but define 'wrong'? This book is a great reference for reminding us of the beauty and uses of plants some call weeds. #books #booksky #weeds Weeds: the beauty and uses of 50 vagabond plants by Gareth Richards - brilliant

Leave the garden untidy in winter. I could hear someone strimming in the distance. Freezing temperatures and most of these wild patches, long grass etc will have creatures hiding from the weather. Disturbing them could kill them, and the flowers will still try their best. #nature #conservation

The Triangulum Galaxy (M33) is a stunning spiral galaxy in the small northern constellation Triangulum. It is one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way and an important member of the Local Group of galaxies. #astrophotography #space please 🩷and RP

More fungi families popping up, again by some old wood we left down when a tree fell. I suspect lots of insects have a home in it all too. These may be Hypholoma. #fungi #fungifriends #mygarden

A new family just popped up in the garden. Leaving old wood around helps so many creatures... I think these may be Psathrellacae... #fungi #fungifriends #mushrooms

Common dandelions, don't rip them out of your lawn, they keep on flowering even in the depth of winter, great for pollinators...so important #flowers #mygarden #nature

Our universe is so amazing! And what we can now do from our own gardens... #Astrophotography

Wild primroses are starting to flower, great for the insects still popping out to look for food. Lovely, don't pick them (apparently some do) let them feed the pollinators! #flowers #Gardening

Choisya, not native but giving some important winter flowering here. And in the summer too of course! Especially as it is a bit warm for the time of year, flying beasties need help. #nature #flowers

Amazing range of fungi still growing in the garden, despite recent frost and heavy rain. So glad we have never used any fertiliser, herbicides etc since we moved here 5 years ago. We can all make a difference if we let nature be... #fungifriends #mushrooms

I think this is a Heath waxcap, again these don't like fertiliser on the grass, so keep your garden natural... #fungifriends #mushrooms

🔊 SOUND UP 🔊 For Your Enjoyment ❤️ Just a rescued Moon Bear enjoying life now thanks to the amazing team at Animals Asia. Please SHARE to help raise awareness to the amazing work of www.animalsasia.org/uk/