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#FungiFriday Pleased to find a beautiful Magpie Inkcap (Coprinopsis picacea) in North Lancashire.

I found lots of colourful lichen on my walk this morning. #lichen #nature #wartonsands

Happy #PostboxSaturday. Here's a beautiful Edward VII wall box in a curved corner wall on Penny Street, Lancaster.

What’s that you say? Today is National Apple Day AND World Earthworm Day?

Perhaps it didn’t make the news in your media. Yesterday, russia damaged the Book Chamber of Ukraine in Kyiv. It holds 15+ million books, newspapers, magazines and maps published in Ukraine since 1917. The collections are now at risk from moisture. Windows in the storage areas were blown out.

@lakesstiles.bsky.social The morning sun hasn't quite reached this wooden stile leading to Leighton Hall, Lancashire. #stiles #autumn

Pennine delights 🥰

A fingerpost with fingers of varying ages - new, old and very old! #fingerpostfriday

Two brightly coloured fungi growing on the slag heaps at Warton Sands, Lancashire. Scarlet Waxy Cap and Persistent Waxcap, according to my ID app. #fungifriday

A lovely wall-mounted Victorian post box in Lancaster. I wonder how many coats of paint it has had over the years? #postboxsaturday

This weather-beaten metal fingerpost was once green. Now you can just about make out the wording and the ghost-like figures. #fingerpostfriday #cartmel #cumbria

WE WON. Lead in gunshot will finally be banned across the EU! Just now, the European Parliament approved in plenary the Commission's proposal to restrict lead in gunshot. This decision ends years of debate on one of Europe's most persistent forms of lead pollution.

This magnificent tree sheltered me from the pouring rain. Wray jetty, Windermere. #thicktrunkthursday #trees

Friday was the hottest day *ever recorded* for Earth's oceans, on average. Oceans continue to absorb more than 90% of the excess heat from global warming: www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti... via @sfchronicle.com

Fallen oak tree on the shore footpath near Wray yesterday. That must have been an almighty crash when it went over! #trees #nature

Seventeen seconds of mindfulness. Raindrops on Windermere with a bonus robin singing in the background.

Had a lovely car-free daytrip to Windermere today: 1. 755 bus Carnforth to Bowness £3. 2. Bowness ferry £1.50 3. Walk to Wray Castle. 4. Windermere Boat Cruise Wray to Ambleside then Bowness with with 50% residents' discount: £8.85. 5. 755 bus to Carnforth £3. Total cost: £16:35

Found a bird egg... 😁 #birds Here is my little bird shop; www.carlbovis.com/shop-3 🐦

Cluster of spiny puffballs. #31daysofHalloween

Parasol Mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) seen on Hampsfell, Cumbria. #fungifriday

A stile to nowhere. Hyning Wood, North Lancashire @lakesstiles.bsky.social

Did you see the moon last night? It stopped to rest on a redwood tree, then sailed away. #gardengrewpeas #moon

Exit, pursued by a fucking bear

Today I found my first seabean. This seed has travelled a long way to reach #Shetland. Starting it's journey in a tropical forest, travelling with ocean currents and washing up with our first autumn storms. A little piece of luck and joy to hold onto as daylight fades and winter approaches.

Came across these beauties on Hampsfell near Grange-Over-Sands, Cumbria. Parasol mushroom and meadow puffball, according to my ID app, but please correct me if I am wrong. #fungi #cumbria

Look what arrived when I was waiting for my train at Cark and Cartmel station! Only Britain's most expensive train, the Britannic Explorer! From £7000 for a three-night trip to the Lakes, according to its website. #trains #cumbria #lakedistrict #money

Second entry of the day for #PostboxSaturday. Saw these two very different post boxes about 100m apart in Cark, #cumbria.

A very large post box set into the wall of Kirkby Lonsdale post office. #PostboxSaturday

Holly Blue making the most of a warm pile of cut grass thatch

Here are some bearded tits to brighten up your Sunday! Taken on my phone, so excuse the poor quality video. Info in Alt text.

The fungus among us #photography

Nothing to see here, just an average size oak and citizen in the Kingdom of Kent 🥱

The side door next to the entrance to Canterbury Cathedral. #adoorablethursday

A massive flock of snow geese, who have come from the Arctic to spend the winter in the Skagit Valley near Seattle, gradually taking flight like waves: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

I spotted this sunrise from the coffee shop this morning. I ran outside (well, more like walked quickly) and took it from the parking lot. Within 5 minutes, it turned to a golden yellow.🌞 #Photography #ECK #Sunrise

Liverpool to Manchester railway, world's first inter-city passenger service, opened on this day 1830. Tragedy struck when politician William Huskisson stepped on to the parallel track and was hit by a locomotive. Taken to nearest place on the line, Eccles, died later that day.

Hundreds of civilians killed and injured in a weekend of attacks across #Ukraine. Donetsk, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions were among the hardest hit. Attacks against civilians and civilian infranstructure is a breach of International Humanitarian Law.

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

Happy #CloudAppreciationDay! ☁️✨ Today is the perfect excuse to look up and admire the skies above us. From fluffy fair-weather cumulus clouds to towering, dramatic cumulonimbus, they do more than shape our weather. They spark curiosity, inspire creativity, and connect us to the natural world.

Perfect 👌🏼

A double delight of postboxes. This Elizabeth II pillar box has been placed in front of a George V wall-mounted post box. #postboxsaturday #Canterbury

Today’s poem is called ‘Fall’.

A pair of sun dogs by the sea. #Tankerton #Kent #nature #sun #meteorology

Spotted this hunk of a chunk next to a bus stop in Ambleside. #thicktrunktuesday

Cumbrian ladder stile at Higher Sweden Bridge. @lakesstiles.bsky.social