Jim Blackler
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Luckiest husband. Two rescue hounds. Mainly my own phone photos (some in focus) from dog walks.
With the power of science!
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Think this is Hairy Bitter-cress, up on the South Downs.
#WildflowerHour
#WhiteFlowers
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Spotted some white Violets this week.
#WildflowerHour
#WhiteFlowers
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Lots of patches of Violets around Blackcap on the
#SouthDowns
#WildflowerHour
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New Scientist
3 days ago
Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in shaping civilisation
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How our ancestors used mushrooms to change the course of human history
Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in shaping civilisation
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516720-how-our-ancestors-used-mushrooms-to-change-the-course-of-human-history/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=SOC&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1773460818
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Helen Czerski
2 days ago
STILL seeing this at my local garden centre. Arrrgh! Peat needs to stay in the ground. It's an essential store of carbon, critical for biodiversity & under threat. Demand peat-free compost! And complain if you see peat on sale. The Royal Horticultural Society agrees:
www.rhs.org.uk/advice/peat
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Synchronised bovine display team.
#SouthDowns
3 days ago
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First time I’ve seen the bristly little Common Eyelash. Up at Blackcap on the South Downs. 🍄
#FungiFriends
#FungiFriday
3 days ago
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Design Reviewed
4 days ago
Japan Letter Writing Day, Stamp Sheet, 1999. Illustrated by Dick Bruna
designreviewed.com/artefacts/ja...
#dickbruna
#illustration
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The lovely Cuckooflowers are back. Very fond of these and they are a friendly face scattered along miles of muddy trudging.
#Wildflowers
#Bloomscrolling
#Sussex
4 days ago
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Some graphic design gems in this thread…
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4 days ago
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Very delicate looking white Violet in a SouthDowns hedgerow.
#Wildflowers
#Bloomscrolling
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Lots of little Violets around in the woods and hedgerows.
#Wildflowers
#Bloomscrolling
4 days ago
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The tads have polled.
#Spring
#Sussex
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4 days ago
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Modern Toss
about 1 month ago
from a recent Private Eye
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#FungiFriends
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Rare 'fairy club' fungus found for the first time in Great Britain
The discovery of the tennis ball-sized fungus, known as Clavaria calabrica, was made in Somerset.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce94582end4o?app-referrer=deep-link
7 days ago
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Dew drops suspended on a small cobweb in the woods.
#Sussex
7 days ago
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During a short spell of sunshine a pristine golden Dandelion stood out like a beacon surrounded by old brown bracken.
#Wildflowers
#Bloomscrolling
7 days ago
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Tiny purple Ground Ivy flowers are appearing.
#Wildflowers
#Bloomscrolling
7 days ago
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First Bluebells I’ve seen this year in deepest, muddiest mid Sussex.
#Wildflowers
8 days ago
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Alan Rockefeller
10 days ago
A cool little Mycena that I photographed in Oxapampa, Perú. Never seen one with this cool stem texture before, no idea which species it could be. Olympus OM-1 / 90 mm macro lens / 180 images stacked, ISO 200, f/5.
#mushrooms
#mycena
#fungifriends
#olympus
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South Downs National Park
11 days ago
Introducing the winner of our People’s Choice vote for our annual photo competition! Drumroll please… 🥁 'Feeling Sheepish' has taken the top spot - congratulations to Ian Cairns! Thank you to everyone who voted 🐏
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NullPointer 🍄
11 days ago
Slime mold patterns on paper.
#slimemold
#myxomycetes
#fungifriends
#natureart
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New Bonnie Prince with a lovely video.
#BonniePrinceBilly
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Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Life is Scary Horses (Official Video)
YouTube video by Bonnie Prince Billy
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LjNghUy1Ykc
13 days ago
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Lee
14 days ago
Old hawthorn
#trees
in the last light of the day.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#treeclub
#ClassicMono
#landscape
#EastCoastKin
#photography
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Some more signs of an approaching spring this week. Lots of Daffodils dotted around, buds, nettles and Bumblebees.
#Sussex
#WildflowerHour
15 days ago
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Deep in a wood along a very muddy track I eventually spotted this Dog Violet, providing a tiny spot of colour. Just the one.
#WildflowerHour
15 days ago
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I missed
#WildflowerHour
but have spotted some some firsts-of-the-year this week including Primroses.
15 days ago
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A small patch of Blackthorn flowers with the South Downs forming the horizon.
#Wildflowers
#SignsOfSpring
#Sussex
16 days ago
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Frogspawn in a woodland pond.
#SignsOfSpring
#Sussex
16 days ago
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Tiny spiders exploring a Scarlet Elf Cup. 🍄
#FungiFriday
#FungiFriends
18 days ago
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Tanita Tikaram
18 days ago
In breakfast room in hotel in
#mumbai
& you can’t imagine the joy & relief I’m feeling right now . Congratulations Hannah Spencer & the Greens 💚, the media & political establishment threw everything against them ( & will continue to do so 😵💫) but the message of change & hope won through 💚🙌🏼
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Adam Bienkov
18 days ago
In a battle between hope and hate, hope won out. Why voters rejected the hateful politics of Reform and instead embraced the "Green Menace" in Gorton and Denton
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/h...
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Hope Beats Hate: Green Party Defeats Reform and Labour in Huge Gorton and Denton By-Election Victory
A concerted political and media campaign to scare voters about a “Green Menace” winning this by-election failed, reports Adam Bienkov
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/hope-beats-hate-green-party-defeats-reform-and-labour-in-huge-gorton-and-denton-by-election-victory/
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Margaret Tchatcheuse 🤟
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21 days ago
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Tube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni
21 days ago
Shadow Man I love the secret feature at Nine Elms London Underground station that reveals itself during a sunny day. If you arrive at the perfect moment, the roundel logo is beautifully projected onto the floor. A great place to capture shadows.
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Empty sporangia of Badhamia utricularis.
#FungiFriends
#FungiFriday
#SlimeMould
24 days ago
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A. B.
29 days ago
I’m thankful for my
#fungifriends
here on BlueSky. My family wasn’t nearly as excited as I was about today’s finds.
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Abi Collins
25 days ago
Here are the results of some of my latest conversations with wool concerning the topic of lichens. If you want to see them in real life along with the work of many other Yorkshire makers, then pop along to @Fabrication Crafts , Stonegate, York and support our local artists
#york
#madeinyorkshire
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Turkeytail making a handsome display. 🍄
#FungiFriends
25 days ago
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Michelle Bruton
27 days ago
This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆
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A few Blackthorn flowers in the hedgerow.
#Wildflowers
#Sussex
27 days ago
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David Buist
28 days ago
Have people seen the band Angine De Poitrine yet? They a two-piece kind of math-rocky band with amazing costumes and gimmicks. It's an amazing combo of skill and spectacle that you should check out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi...
#mathrock
#anginedepoitrine
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Nash Is Here For It
28 days ago
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Sunglass.
#SouthDowns
29 days ago
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Miranda Jans
about 1 month ago
Happy Valentine’s Day!
#invertebrate
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Foto forage for fungi Friday. 🍄
#FungiFriends
#FungiFriday
#FotoForage
about 1 month ago
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Saw a moth lying on its side in a puddle. Carried out a twig-based rescue mission and left him in a sunny spot. Think it’s a Spring Usher.
www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/agriopis-leucophaearia/
#Moths
about 1 month ago
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Spotted my first Ladybird of the year yesterday.
#Ladybird
about 1 month ago
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Paweł
about 1 month ago
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From a distance I thought I’d discovered a new type of magical white apple… on closer inspection. Nuh.
#MagicApple
about 1 month ago
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