norfolkm

norfolkm

@norfolkm.bsky.social

Wildlife, nature, history art, poetry - no expertise. Pls correct me politely Mostly British Isles 📷 Canon R10 RF100-400 1.4x / RF85 macro Canon 1300D EF75-300mm

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Bumblebee Conservation is giving you a teaser

Bumblebee Conservation Trust@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social

The 2027 bumblebee calendar has landed! Here’s a teaser of some of the featured photos. Which is your favourite? 🗓️🐝 Available in A4 and NEW slimline calendar. Pre-order yours today: https://ow.ly/OEyu51010Su Thank you to everyone who submitted a photo – we received almost 4,000 entries this year!

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🦇 In case you missed it!

Bat Conservation Trust@batconservation.bsky.social

🦇 New blog on Substack, from our Volunteer Voices series: 'Bat monitoring can be for everyone with the help of NBMP's easy to follow surveys'. Read Georgia's experience taking part in her first bat surveys: batconservationtrust.substack.com/p/volunteer-...

Go on, you know you want to join in

Warwickshire Wildlife Trust@warwickshirewt.bsky.social

We want to see your nature-inspired pumpkins! 🍂 Tag us or email marketing@wkwt.org.uk 🧡 Halloween is a great time for spooky family fun, but it is often full of plastic and waste! 😮‍💨Find out how to enjoy this haunted celebration while keeping wildlife safe https://ow.ly/NKqr5100pHc 📸 Amy Lewis

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social AB’s #BirdOfTheDay theme: #BrownBirds; (mostly brown plumage) Rockstar snowbunting are just arriving here. This one was on its own on Friday #Robins are #ForJanet Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #CanonR10

🐦🐦 SBS🐦🐦 Jane's @janesgallery.bsky.social #SmallBirdSaturday #LittleBirds #BirdsSeenIn2026. Walking our dog today, a superstar hopped up in front of us, a desert wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) Norfolk beach #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #CanonR10

@robcrank68.bsky.social Rob C’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #LMNO Snapped yesterday a bird with intense eyes, Larus michahellis (yellow-legged gull) Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography#CanonR10

🌲🪾🌳 Forest Friday🌲🪾🌳 Amazing shape and textures in National Trust woodland in North Norfolk. #ForestFriday #Trees #Woodland #Scape #ECK #Norfolk #Nature #NaturePhotography #PhotographyOfBlueSky #Photography #DappleLight #NatureScape #CanonR10

Atlantic Birding deputising for @helenbennett.bsky.social set the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme as: #Corvids Captured today, this jackdaw assured us it had not been stealing apples. No siree, not any apples, for him. Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #ECK #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #CanonR10

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13,800-year-old Alaska camp reveals how Ice Age hunters lived near the Bering Land Bridge Around 13,800 years ago, hunters set up camp on a small ridge above the Tanana River in interior Alaska. Spruce trees cover the spot today. Back then... More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/10/alas...

archaeologymag.com13,800-year-old Alaska camp reveals how Ice Age hunters lived near the Bering Land Bridge | Archaeology News Online MagazineA 13,800-year-old Alaska camp with 80,000 artifacts points to Ice Age hunters crossing the Bering Land Bridge

Atlantic Birding deputising for @helenbennett.bsky.social set the #BirdOfTheDay theme as: #Seasonal Autumnal marsh flora turns vibrant and 1000s of dark-bellied branta flock in Here’s two having a face-off. Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #ECK #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #CanonR10

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social AB’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Black&White; a bird with Black & White plumage Here’s half a dozen wagtails for Wednesday Norfolk UK 1-3 are #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography#CanonR10

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bbc.comRiver Trent restoration could generate £10bn, says reportRestoring rivers and wetlands could deliver billions of pounds in economic benefits while improving wildlife habitats and helping communities cope with flooding and climate change, a report says. The Rivers 2040 Vision has been published by the Wildlife Trusts, Trent Rivers Trust and Intact Insurance. It estimates that investing £43m a year in restoring the River Trent over the next 30 years could generate about £10bn in economic benefits. The report says the river, which is about 350km long and passes through Staffordshire and six other counties, could be a blueprint for how waterways across England could be restored. In Stoke-on-Trent, a 450-metre stretch of the river at the former Victoria Ground football stadium was relocated to make way for a housing development. Staffordshire Wildlife Trust restored natural features in the new channel, which has helped create a green corridor through the area with otters, kingfishers and brown trout now found along the river. Matthew Lawrence, environment programme manager at the Environment Agency in the West Midlands, said the Trent had improved significantly since the 1960s. "It's not the polluted river it once was," he said. "We've seen a massive improvement in the quality of the river." Chris Reid, deputy...

🌹🌸 #BloomScrolling 🌺🌷 Walking the coast path yesterday, I came across these beautiful dog roses with hips and flowers. #RoseWednesday #Roses #Norfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #Nature #NaturePhotography #PhotographyOfBlueSky #Photography #CanonR10

UK birders and bird photographers hopefully you can participate. Please share the love.

Many of us could do with a reason to get outside, connect with nature, and make a difference for conservation, for our own wellbeing as well as our environment's. Here are 5 reasons why WeBS might be your answer 🍂 @rspb.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social #UKBirding #Ornithology ➡️ www.bto.org/webs

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Prime Minister, protect nature and ditch the deregulation - @batconservation.bsky.social Almost 100 days into Andy Burnham’s term as Prime Minister, the future of several policies affecting bats and other wildlife remains uncertain. c-js.uk/4B99vm9

c-js.ukPrime Minister, protect nature and ditch the deregulationAlmost 100 days into Andy Burnham’s term as Prime Minister, the future of several policies affecting bats and other wildlife remains uncertain.

Here’s a great set of photos

AcECox@adrianen.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay #Pairs Greenfinches Blue Tits Mute Swans Curlews Rock Doves (in the middle of a game of leapfrog) Western Grebes American Wigeon Black-Necked Stilt & American Avocet Squabbling Willets Mallard

🔍 #MacroMonday 🔎 Last week we walked at the coast, in the woods and in a show garden. Common darters were darting at all 3 settings. #Dragonflies #insects #bugsky #ukwildlife #Wildlife #Nature #ECK #EastCoastKin #Nature #Pollinator #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #MacroPhotography #CanonR10

@robcrank68.bsky.social Rob C says Alan H’s lead #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Reflection Bar-tailed godwit seen today See alt description There’s a twoferalt #pairs in n6 Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography#CanonR10

On behalf of Alan H @robcrank68.bsky.social Rob C says the Alt theme is #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs, any pair of same/mixed birds Greylag geese as seen today. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Norfolk UK #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #CanonR10

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This hill and the others around it are on fire rn, and not too far from our place. If you're the praying type, spare one for the people and houses and birds—and all the other creatures in the fire's path 🙏

There are still a few more hours left to make it count. ⏰🦇⏱️🦇🕕 ✅

Bat Conservation Trust@batconservation.bsky.social

🦇 Last chance to help bats win £5,000 - nominations end TOMORROW, 17 Oct, at midnight! Please nominate us if you haven't already and share widely.

SBS 🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦 Jane's @janesgallery.bsky.social #SmallBirdSaturday #LittleBirds #BirdsSeenIn2026. Stonechat, linnet and white wagtail from the beach last Saturday. #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #CanonR10

The atmosphere in this shot is er , atmospheric. Feeling the vibe.

The Garden Jungle@thegardenjungle.bsky.social

Teal flyby at sunrise over the lake at Hosehill in Berkshire for todays #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Dawn. It’s the most peaceful time of the day so if you get the opportunity to view a scene like this I highly recommend it #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #UKwildlife

🌲🪾🌳 Forest Friday🌲🪾🌳 The woodland belt of North Norfolk provides much material. #ForestFriday #Trees #Woodland #Scape #Photography #ECK #Norfolk #Photography #NaturePhotography #PhotographyOfBlueSky #Woodland #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Nature #DappleLight #NatureScape #CanonR10

@robcrank68.bsky.social Rob C’s #BirdOfTheDay theme as: #Paridae. I present tits on the feed Blue (1&2) Great Coal Long-tailed Norfolk UK #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography#CanonR10

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🦇 BatChat is coming back in less than 3 weeks!

Bat Conservation Trust@batconservation.bsky.social

🦇 Today is #InternationalPodcastDay ! Season 8 of BatChat is coming soon, on the 4 November - save the date. Watch the trailer below. Seasons 1 - 7 are available in your usual podcast platform or here: www.bats.org.uk/resources/ba...