Pretty special sunset to finish off the first day of the New Year in #Suffolk

Anybody able to help identify this insect? Perhaps a type of sawfly? Approx 2cm long, red legs, black & white on abdomen (with a hint of dark blue in the sunlight). Spotted on silver birch foliage. @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social

Whitley N1380 ‘DY-R’ crashed on 20th May 1940 during the Battle of France, killing its five-man crew. Their sacrifice was remembered this weekend by both the French and British at Hamégicourt where they are buried. • David Owen • Dennis Holbrook • Duncan Barrett • Reginald Newberry • Michael Dolan

@jonathanfoyle.bsky.social found myself appreciating these flying buttresses, gargoyles and construction style with new eyes, having watched Climbing Great Buildings. Almost expected to find you and Lucy Creamer dangling from ropes inside. Perhaps something for Series 2? Basilique de Saint-Quentin

They had no medals. No public record. Most went to their graves without ever telling their families what they had been ready to do. Their story is one of the greatest secrets of Britain’s war effort, writes Andrew Chatterton. #ChurchillsSecretArmy #VEDay

Day 109 of #365DaysOfSmiles Courtesy of the genius that is Hirotoshi Kubota

Happy Friday folks! @dandelionappre1.bsky.social

Hurrah! Just seen our first House Martin of the year and it’s already checking out one of our farmhouse nesting cups. Perhaps returning to its old home? @sbghousemartins.bsky.social

Oh! The irony. #Farnham #Bypass #Suffolk #SizewellC #SZC

Two years since NATO invaded Helsinki & forced 🇫🇮 into alliance. Vuledar after voluntarily joining Russia.

Apologies for straying off topic but the first House Martins and Swallows are now arriving back & Suffolk is bone dry. If you have an open field then create a mud splat and keep it moist until we have rain. This is a big one in Woolpit @sbghousemartins.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

Can you help make a mud pie? First house martins seen back in Suffolk this week !

What works best for you? We can’t decide if it’s the #spring Daffodils or Cowslips that makes us happiest. #Suffolk

Undergraduate studying ecology or conservation? Lecturer teaching these subjects? Here is a playlist of 27 three minute videos, each explaining a fundamental concept. Hope it is useful. Say if any gaps you would like filled youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The reason I bang on about the NHS is that I have worked in it for 40 years Over half it’s existence I remember a time, not that long ago when the majority of things worked well Something happened in 2010 that changed that I am fighting for a collective memory & fight for a better future

15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis

1. Today the Tories unveil their new policy: ripping up the commitment to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch, with no evidence, claims "it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us." What the evidence shows is the opposite. We can't prosper without it. 🧵

Springtime sunshine and showers, lighter evenings and lots of lovely yellow flowers appearing, happy #SundayYellow - #dandelions #bees and #daffodils

Beautiful warm light bathing the Suffolk countryside, before our neighbourhood fusion reactor drops below the horizon

Absolutely shocking decision from the Government to axe the Sustainable Farming Incentive. We need to be increasing funding for nature friendly farming, not cutting schemes. This is a dereliction of duty towards farmers and the natural world. @nfudc.bsky.social www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

#GoodNews #SlowTheFlow #Flooding Escaping from failed 20th-century ideas of land management www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Genius! And yes @larryandpaul.bsky.social , I do actually read the bit under the reporters name.

The UK Government has a choice. Tell them: Nature can’t afford a pay cut. ❌ Add your voice, sign the petition: action.rspb.org.uk/page/156168/...

New Zealand envoy to UK, Phil Goff, spoke truth to power, warning that Trump (and indeed the world) is forgetting history. He should be applauded, not sacked. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Spring is here 🌱 🤗

It’s quite simple. President Zelenskyy is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country who is bravely standing against the illegal invasion of Ukraine by a murderous ACTUAL dictator called Vladimir Putin

Another welcome sign that #spring is on its way. #Suffolk

If Government were to approve #Rosebank oilfield, it would be an unforgivable act of environmental vandalism & simply can’t be squared with #climate commitments. Anyone else recall Reeves’s pledge to be first Green Chancellor? How long ago it seems now…@stopcambo.bsky.social

Look up! 👀 Six planets are putting on a show in our night sky, but there's only a month left to catch this celestial phenomenon. Have you seen the planetary parade? 🌠 🌌

Hello Bluesky! Butterflies and moths are often seen as a symbol of hope and new beginnings, so what better way to kick off our posts than with a thread of blue butterflies? 💙🦋 📷: Nick Edge

So our Chancellor believes industry should “focus on getting things built, and stop worrying about the #bats and the #newts”. Please read @batconservation.bsky.social's response... and click on their link to find out what they're doing about these so called 'reforms' and how we can help 🦇 👇

Our reaction to the Chancellor’s speech on Wednesday🗣️: "If the Chancellor wants to drive economic growth, she must also prioritise a healthy, resilient and thriving natural world. Clean water, healthy ecosystems and a stable climate are vital for sustainable growth.”

Repost if you want more 🌿 Nature 🌳 Trees 🐝 Bees 🍏 Orchards 🐸 Ponds 🥕 Healthy, spray-free veg 🚄 Sustainable public transport 🌍 Climate action 🐞 Insects 🌊 Clean water & air 🦊 Wildlife 🦋 Hedgerows 🌻 Wildflowers ♻️ Waste reduction 🐬 Sewage-free, plastic-free oceans & rivers

And going ‘further and faster’ without a plan for nature? That isn’t progress, it’s gambling with our future. A thriving economy relies on a thriving natural world. Real growth means backing net-zero, nature recovery, and long-term sustainability... not pushing them aside.

Early evening view along the tranquil River Deben, looking towards the Woodbridge Tide Mill. #Suffolk

Gosh. What a refreshing read. So many uncomfortable parallels here about how politics and industry pressures often subvert more moral and scientific approaches to better design. “Safety, Tingvall believes, is just like climate change – you can deny the science, but at the risk of your credibility.”

We’ve made it to Bluesky! Please give us a follow and share - we post positive solutions offering hope for tackling the nature and climate emergencies🌱

After today's clinic with #TeamNHS - reading about labours plans for more privatisation is heartbreaking

“You boy! What’s today? Is it bin day?”

Stuck for a Christmas gift? Sponsor a Barn Owl box! Starting at just £25, it’s a perfect low-cost present for nature lovers. Your support funds nest box creation, repairs, and monitoring of breeding Barn Owls. For more details contact us @sbgbarnowls.bsky.social #suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

SOSSwifts have donated additional Swift boxes for @mollettsfarm.bsky.social so space for both House Martins & Swifts to nest. The Swift call system speaker will be relocated to another Swift box away from where the House Martins chose to nest. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirds #UKBirding

Our walk today from Covehithe Broad to Easton Broad.

Lovely to see our friends at @folkeast.bsky.social have arrived on BlueSky. Give ‘em a follow!

Only 3% of our wildflower meadows are left. Please repost if you agree we should give pollinating insects a fighting chance by growing wildflowers in our gardens, communities, towns and countryside, and by avoiding pesticides and weedkillers 🐝

When I left X, I left 260000ish followers who cared about the NHS. This is bad because the NHS is in a state of emergency and EveryDoctor has just launched an important petition. If you can see this, please could you follow me and share this? 🤞💙🚨

@support.bsky.team any chance that the phone app can be enhanced so that when viewing pictures, they rotate with the device to fill the available width / height. It will make landscape images larger and easier to read)? TIA

Winds currently light calm in the east as the low centre tracks southeastwards. For parts of eastern England the worst is yet to come from #StormDarragh