Ragged Robin
@carolineirwin3.bsky.social
Passionate about natural history, environment and conservation, visiting historic buildings, churches and gardens. Love reading and photography.
#StainedGlassSunday West Window from St Mary, Oldberrow, Warwickshire, depicting the church and a nearby house.
Day 24 of #31DaysOfGraves - Contrast Some historic gravestones basking in the light of the #AuroraBorealis in Gladsmuir Kirkyard in East Lothian.
🦇 Today is the start of #BatWeek, an international celebration of bats and why they matter! Find out more about bats here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats
About Bats - Bat Conservation Trust
Bats are fascinating animals – the only true flying mammal. There are 1,500 species of bats in the world (as of September 2025), and more are still bein...
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🦇 Today is #InternationalDayOfClimateAction . We need energy-efficient housing and renewable energy to help mitigate for climate change for the benefit of bats, people, and the wider environment. Read our full position statement: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...
So, my 2027 calendar is finally out!! 🥰Follow the link in my linktree 🐇 ( Only available for UK orders atm. 😔)
#31DaysofGraves Day 23 - Wings: Angel from the churchyard of St Mary, Temple Balsall, West Midlands.
🦇 Would your place of worship benefit from a small grant to help manage bat roost-related issues? Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant applications are open and will close at 10am, 26 October. More information: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bui...
⏳ Not long left! This is your reminder to submit your favourite insect photographs before entries close for the RES Insect Week Photography Competition. 📸 Deadline: 31 October Enter here: buff.ly/pkwv08O
Insect Photography Competition
Entry deadline: 31 October
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As Halloween is round the corner we thought we’d share some medieval bats. A thread… 🧵 🦇
🍎 It's Apple Day, one of our favourite days of the year! Now there's an autumn chill in the air, there's no better time to get cosy with scrumptious apple-themed bakes. Here's some of the recipes our team loves: www.theorchardproject.org.uk/blog/our-top...
On 21 October, we celebrate #AppleDay. Dorset and Somerset folklore tells of Lazy Lawrence, a green-eyed pixy pony who gallops through orchards guarding apples. His name is said to refer to the inability to walk after drinking too much cider: “Lazy Lawrence has got your legs!” 🍎
#WallsOnWednesday Richard's Castle - a motte and bailey in Herefordshire. The castle was built c1050 by Richard Fitzscrob.
#31DaysofGraves Day 21: Air from the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Bottesford. The trumpeting angels signifies the flight of the spirit or the sounds of the resurrection through the air.
#31DaysofGraves Day 20: Fire from St Mary and St Bartholomew, Hampton in Arden, West Midlands. A memorial window to Walter and Dorothy Dowse and their son Michael.
The canalside hedges are thrumming with insects feeding on the Ivy flower nectar. It’s important not to cut your Ivy if it’s flowering as it’s a great source of late season food for our pollinators. I haven’t seen one of these before - a Hornet Mimic Hoverfly. Also some late Red Admirals around.
Just had my possible Splendid Waxcaps (right set of pics) confirmed which is exciting! Even more exciting the left pics which I identified as Scarlet (but weren’t quite right for) have now been identified as Hygrocybe neomarchii which is one I’d been wanting to see! 😀❤️ #fungifriends #mushroommonday
"The prickly seed-shucks of the chestnut have fallen and burst open, some of them spilling the brown conkers out of the soft linings that have contained and nourished them“ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson
