Skills

Harkthorn@harkthorn.bsky.social · 9h ago

Oystercatcher sketch. A really quick one with ballpoint and brush pen -3527 🎨🐡🪶 #birdArt #art

Last light over Black Bridge, Cork, 🇮🇪 #photography #nature #landscape #dusk #clouds #PhotoHour #spéirghorm #EastCoastKin #ECK 🐕 🚶📱 📸 📷 ☁️ 🌅

I noticed that a local lilac buddleja bush was still flowering this week. Our purple bushes have gone over despite dead-heading. Must get more lilac one to extend the season for the late season bugs. See Roger’s photos below.

Roger_TL45Y@rogerhorton.bsky.social · 19h ago

Above a Buddleja bush (1st one on left from visitor's centre 😉) two Hornets have a fight while below a Hornet Hoverfly feasts on the flowers. At @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Lackford Lakes #Suffolk yesterday. #WildWebsWednesday #UKwildlife

@robcrank68.bsky.social Rob C’s Alt+ #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedHeads, birds with heads that are any shade of Red. Have a woodpecker or two Greater Spotted Green jnr #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Norfolk UK #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

@robcrank68.bsky.social RobC’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #ItsAllWhite, birds main colour is White. The gulls were busy on the coast yesterday. #BirdsSeenIn2026 Norfolk UK #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

Secret behind the beautiful blooms in troughs around the cathedral in #BuryStEdmunds revealed! 😉

Teapot, 1924 by Marianne Brandt, designer and artist who became head of the Bauhaus metal workshop #WomensArt

@alan678.bsky.social Alan H’s Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsOfAFeather Class system "I look up to him because he is upper class, but I look down on him because he is lower class." "I know my place. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_s... #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Norfolk UK #ukbirds #ECK #Canon #R10

@alan678.bsky.social Alan H’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #FlowerPower a bird with a flower to give Alan a bit of colour. Will a goldfinch + knapweed fit the … ahem… bill. Norfolk UK #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

Who doesn’t love a spadger?

allanwithll 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@allanwithll.bsky.social · 2d ago

The grey of the Heron and the pink contrast nicely Alan 👍 Here’s my #BirdOfTheDay #FlowerPower offering, showing a similar grey and pink contrast. #Birds #BirdTherapy #UKwildlife #NatureCantWait #StateofNature2023 #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin

Training: @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social: Grasses, Sedges, & Rushes: Identifying Common Species, Fungi Field Skills, Autumn Fungi, Bryophytes, Conifer ID, Botanical Folklore: Flora and Fungi, Discovering Bryophytes, Fungi: Ecology & ID, Vegetative Grass ID, Trees: Winter Broadleaf ID buff.ly/xK3OAhX

CJS Training Directory:Identification and Field Survey Skills - Plants and Habitats short courses

Practical training in how to identify higher and lower orders of plants, how to classify vegetation groups and invasive alien species, also survey techniques. This page also details courses where a full habitat is considered.

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New month. A change of espresso cup and today it is appropriately, on #ColorADay #BlueTue, a Blue Tit. #Coffee #September #SmallBirdSaturday #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt

#BirdOfTheDay @alan678.bsky.social #FlowerPower any bird capture with a flower in view Goldfinch #BirdPhotography #Birds #Nature #ECK

@alan678.bsky.social's #birdoftheday theme today is #FlowerPower: any bird capture with a flower in view. 🌸 not just in view, but in beak: Puffin with thrift. Also taken on the Saltee Islands 🇮🇪 on our grand Celtic campervan adventure in 2023. Must go back. #ECK #birds #birdphotography

Hot news (but no surprise) from @metoffice.gov.uk via the BBC ‘Hottest ever’

❗️ Latest storm names announced❗️ Here is the first look at the #StormNames for 2026/27, announced with Met Éireann and @KNMI.nl Has your name made the list?

Have I ever seen a bad photo of a puffin, no. Have I ever seen a special one, yes - see the capture below 👏 Oky

Orknithology@orknithology.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Blooming Close Enough" Puffin (Fratercula arctica) peering over a few past-their-best heads of Thrift (Armeria maritima) on Westray, #Orkney, in July. Somewhat tentatively, for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #FlowerPower. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #Puffin #Auk 🪶

A huge thank you to all our dedicated staff and volunteers who helped with the New Forest reptile rescue operation, safely relocating native species following the devastating fires. Read more about the rescue operation on our website or in our bio: www.arc-trust.org/News/new-for...

New Forest Reptile Rescue Operation

Experienced and trained ARC staff and volunteers carried out a wildlife rescue at the New Forest after the recent devastating fires.

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💚 Lorna Slater MSP is continuing as our Northern Damselfly Nature Champion! In July, Lorna helped remove young Sitka spruce around a Northern Damselfly pond at Tombane, Perthshire. We also spotted several adults and larvae! 🐉 Thank you both for supporting our work! 🌿

🔍 Species Spotlight: Willow Emerald Damselfly First recorded breeding in Britain in 2009, this species has spread rapidly ever since. Look for its metallic green body and unusual habit of perching with its wings held outstretched! Flying now into autumn, so keep an eye out. 📸

Report (sightings), support and share - if you can and wish to

British Dragonfly Society@britishdragonflies.bsky.social · 2d ago

🐉 The dragonfly season isn’t over yet! Keep your eyes peeled for species like the Common Darter and keep recording your sightings. 🔎 Your records help us understand how dragonflies are changing across the UK. 💚 Support our work today: www.justgiving.com/campaign/hel... 📸 Dave Smallshire

Support if you can

British Dragonfly Society@britishdragonflies.bsky.social · last wk.

Small action. Big Impact. 🐉💚 Your donation could make a big difference for dragonflies! We have launched a fundraising campaign to raise £50,000 as dragonflies and wetlands need our help more than ever. 👉 Donate today - www.justgiving.com/campaign/hel...

📮 In the post today: Kingfisher greeting card Little egret handmade linocut print All in plastic-free packaging. I have more prints and cards in my shop for you to browse: katiefullerart.etsy.com

Making space for biodiversity 💚 Our volunteers have been working hard to control the dominant growth of hemp agrimony at our Ddôl Uchaf Nature Reserve. By managing this plant, we create space for a wider variety of species to grow such as the Grass of Parnassus flower, which is rare on the site. 🌼

Two insects photographed on the beach walk yesterday: small copper (Lycaena phlaeas) #Butterfly common darter (Sympetrum striolatum) #Dragonflies #insect #YKWildlife #bugsky #macro #MacroMonday #Photography #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #Wildlife #Nature #Canon #R10 #UKButterflies

Flower Head, 2012 by Kiki Smith,(bronze) #WomensArt

I’m stunned by the beauty of this photo (never seen a crossbill in real life).

Lover of the wild world@shaneyoda82.bsky.social · 3d ago

🪶 Thanks @helenbennett.bsky.social for the #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme: #BirdNameC Here’s a male Common Crossbill photographed in Nottinghamshire @nottswildlife.bsky.social @nottsbag.bsky.social #birds #Ukbirds @rspbengland.bsky.social #wildlifephotography

@helenbennett.bsky.social HB’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #BirdsUpClose Any bird at close range, showing fine details - herring gull (Larus argentatus) last w/e #BirdsSeenIn2026 Norfolk UK #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10

That thing when you are trying to get the next tern flying past for #BirdoftheDay challenge from @alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @atlanticbirding.bsky.social @helenbennett.bsky.social and a tourist pops up and gives you a side eye. Small common seal heading to the colony up the coast

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social AB’s Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Blue; on the bird or in the scene. Nuthatch as seen this afternoon #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Norfolk UK #ukbirds #birdingnorfolk #ECK #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #Canon #R10