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#NatureNotes 🦡🦡
February 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
littleramstudio.bsky.social
Tiny green shoots pushing through sepia leaf litter.
That's hope that is. Now try hugging a tree. Optimise that feeling. #NatureNotes
January 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
kathleenlamoureux.bsky.social
Nature’s most powerful reminder that life is better with flowers. Take the time to admire them.

📷 🌸 🧡

#naturephotographer #flowers #picoftheday #naturephoto #notecards #naturenotes #roses #daffodills #poppies
May 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
penny4it.bsky.social
I enjoyed a fabulous trip to the Farne Islands last Wednesday, seeing lots of Puffins and Artic Terns nesting. #NationalTrust #UK #birdwatching #NatureNotes
Three #Puffins near their burrows on the Inner Farne Island, Northumberland,UK. #birds #seabirds #naturewriting
June 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
hoverflyspotter.bsky.social
🦇 In case you missed it 🦇

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na,na,na,na,na na,na,na,na,na Batmaaaaaan!.

#Batman #Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Nature #Biology #Wildlife #Diptera #Entomology #NaturalHistory #StayCurious #Autumn #NatureNotes

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Batman Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Discover the hoverfly with a superhero emblem, buoyant larvae that dive like miniature whales, and a surprisingly strong association with cemeteries.
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September 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
signesjohansen.bsky.social
Spotted a great big honking Egyptian goose up a tree this week #NatureNotes 🪿
An Egyptian goose perched on a tree branch, spotted on Hampstead Heath
May 15, 2026 at 10:19 AM
ilistrudiepalmer.bsky.social
The fiddlewood berries are ripening now. I still haven’t figured out which creatures feed on them, but I’m sure some bird or rodent does.

#The_Eco_Spiritual_Experience 🌱 #WildlifeMystery #NatureNotes #IslandLife #FarmNotes
Clusters of small dark-purple fiddlewood berries hanging among glossy green leaves, ripening in the sun.
August 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
rosienixon.com
Another autumn image from Ravensdale in Co Louth. It’s as if the trees seem to close
in, their gnarled branches reaching out like skeletal fingers touching the hedge on the other side of the road.

#naturenotes #ireland #photography #landscape #landscapephotography
A road lined with beech trees. It’s autumn and the leaves are yellows and oranges while bronze leaves line the road as it vanishes way into the distance.
November 25, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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The waters surrounding Greenore harbour in Carlingford lough shimmered like gold yesterday morning as the sun cast a golden hue over everything it touched in a dazzling display.
#naturenotes #ireland #landcape #intimatelandscape #colouth #photography #greenore #landscapephotography #carlingfordlough
Harbour with cranes in the distance with the sun turning the water and buildings gold
November 22, 2024 at 8:22 AM
penny4it.bsky.social
Searching for fungi/mushrooms the other day, I found this Trametes versicolor - #Turkeytail growing out from some fallen timber. These are very common #fungi but can be quite beautiful too. #UK #NatureNotes #ecology
A Turkeytail fungus growing from fallen timber. Various shades of brown and deep burgundy, like a rosette.
December 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
penny4it.bsky.social
The rivers and streams are brimming with water after recent rains. This #tree caught my attention with its tangle of overground #roots, all clothed in velvet mosses. #UK #natureNotes
A tree beside a stream with its roots spreading overground, moss covered, like knitted fingers.
February 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
clothofnature.bsky.social
Noticing Nature

Song thrush anvil.

Amber snail shells scattered along a woodland path.

A woodland takeaway, broken open against the same favourite stone.

Even the woodland has dining tables reserved for its regular guests.

#SongThrush #NoticingNature
#Woodland #NatureNotes #ClothOfNature
July 15, 2026 at 6:03 PM
penny4it.bsky.social
#MacroMonday #hoverfly #insects #NatureNotes #entomology
It’s a lovely thing to see so many #pollinators out on our wildflowers on sunny days.
A Hoverfly nectaring on a Hogweed flower.
July 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
penny4it.bsky.social
The Horse Chestnut tree buds are beginning to burst here in north-east England. They’re covered in a sticky, tacky substance which helps protect it from severe weather and attacks from insects and animals perhaps wanting to eat it. #natureNotes #Trees #Aesculushippocastanum
A Chestnut tree bud beginning to open.
April 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
hoverflyspotter.bsky.social
🔦 Caterpillar under UV Light 🌈

Spotted in the dark in a country park – believe it was Pale Tussock caterpillar.

#UV #GlowintheDark #Moth #Caterpillar #PaleTussock #NightWildlife #NaturalHistory #HiddenWonders #StayCurious #Nature #NatureNotes
September 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
ruskinsociety.bsky.social
A beautiful glimpse of Kew’s woodland. The bluebells look at home there, catching the light.

#KewGardens #Bluebells #SpringInBritain #WoodlandWalks #NatureNotes #Botany #SpringFlowers
seanbowes94.bsky.social Sean Bowes @seanbowes94.bsky.social · Apr 21
Gorgeous woodland in the heart of Kew Gardens 😍 the bluebells looked amazing too!!
April 21, 2026 at 5:41 PM
penny4it.bsky.social
The #damsons are flowering in my garden at the moment, simple and beautiful. #orchards # natureNotes #UK
A white damson flower.
April 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
howarthm.bsky.social
🐝🐝 #NatureNotes

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unearthednews.bsky.social Unearthed @unearthednews.bsky.social · Feb 27
2024's cold wet spring led to the lowest bumblebee numbers since records began:

“We’ve got smaller weaker populations of a lot of these bumblebees because of long-term habitat changes. We know that bumblebees were struggling anyway and smaller weaker populations are less able to respond to changes"
UK bumblebee numbers fell to lowest on record in 2024, shows data
Bumblebees declined by almost a quarter compared with the 2010-2023 average, according to conservation charity
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
lestompkins.bsky.social
This morning's soul cleansing walk in the woods. But, ice? An unusual sight in this part of the NC Piedmont. Mushrooms and Partridgeberry for extra cheer. #naturenotes #nativeplants
December 4, 2024 at 6:31 PM
penny4it.bsky.social
#Snowdrops are out in the countryside now and it’s wonderful to see them, bringing promises of #Springtime. We’re seeing the tips of #daffodil shoots pushing through the cold ground too, so much to look forward to. #spring #gardening #naturenotes #UK
Snowdrops in flower
February 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
kathleenlamoureux.bsky.social
Some of my cute animal notecards. Great for any occasion, plus kids love these!

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#notecards #naturenotes #animalphotos #animalphotographer #animalphotography #greetingcard #zoophotography
February 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
sharonkennedy.bsky.social
Who left these for me to find on my fell walk yesterday? I know…. But do you?
#lakedistrict
#naturenotes
#wildlife
December 5, 2024 at 8:54 AM
penny4it.bsky.social
#wildflowers #Meadows #NatureNotes #Naturewriting
Just sharing a photograph I took of my little meadow yesterday. The previous night’s rain had really freshened things up. There were lots of bumblebees nectaring on the Knapweed, together with a myriad of tiny moths and a scattering of butterflies.
A picture of a green meadow with purple pink and yellow wildflowers in the green grass, with bracken and trees behind. UK.
August 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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This morning’s aprication punctuated by the loud sussuration of our pair of kereru swooping from tree to tree, part playful courtship, part looking for more bursting buds to savage.

#naturenotes
August 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Warrenpoint Big Wood became a winter canvas this morning. The ice crystals formed a fragile, ethereal lacework on the bare branches contrasting with the evergreen conifers, the remaining beech tree leaves & golden larches. #intimatelandscape #ireland #photography #landscape #naturenotes #landscape
An image full of different types of trees in a wood. The bare branches from the silver birch have a hue of purple while there are pockets of autumnal colour from the remaining orange leaves on the beech trees, the green conical conifers and yellow larch. All covered in a layer of frost to show off the intricate patterns and shapes of the tree branches.
November 28, 2024 at 11:42 AM