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I have Grandkids - so no longer use Airport Departure Lounges. Natural History has been the unbroken story of my life. Watching wildlife, mostly under Dorset skies. Wrens; Greenfinches; Little Owls; Raptors & Adders are a preoccupation.
@iand777.bsky.socialThanks Lucy - the Devonian evening light was kind to the camera - behind the Undercliff, in Uplyme.
@iand777.bsky.socialGuest blog: What happened to the 58 Hen Harriers? The unanswered questions behind Natural England's brood management experiment raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/10/12/g...
@iand777.bsky.socialQuercus robur, in the evening of life.
#Trees
@iand777.bsky.socialDown in the French Lieutenant's Woman country - here, one of the beautiful holloways a few miles inland.
After heavy rain in the night, it was dripping wet in all it's green gloriousness.
#Holloways
@thetreecouncil.bsky.socialReposted by @iand777.bsky.socialNuts will produce a radicle, which is known as the first root. This can be encouraged by keeping the seeds in a bucket of leaf mould and turning them gently so they don't rot. Once you see the radicle start to sprout, you can then plant the seed!
@iand777.bsky.socialThe Wren shall bathe down with the Blackbird.
@lbflyawayhome.bsky.socialReposted by @iand777.bsky.social‘Cuthbert the Coal Cart’ Artist: John Kenney (Tootles the Taxi, 1956)
@gary-woodburn.bsky.socialReposted by @iand777.bsky.socialThis late Cuckoo has been at Low Newton for the last few days. A fearless juvenile, more concerned with finding caterpillars than the people stood nearby watching it. At one point it landed right at my feet to pluck a caterpillar out of the grass, amazing !
@iand777.bsky.socialDeeply unpalatable...
@lbflyawayhome.bsky.socialReposted by @iand777.bsky.social“Farm workers follow where the spinner has passed and collect the potatoes in shallow baskets. Picking up potatoes is back-aching work” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
@iand777.bsky.socialThey are Eurasian Jays.
@iand777.bsky.socialReposted by @iand777.bsky.socialJay update - my acorn supply is now very low - the only ones I have been able to obtain are from the Waitrose car park - there are none whatsoever in the Dorset/Wilts woodlands. I found a few under an American Oak but these are mostly rejected. Sweet Chestnuts & smaller conkers are taken readily.
@iand777.bsky.socialJay update - my acorn supply is now very low - the only ones I have been able to obtain are from the Waitrose car park - there are none whatsoever in the Dorset/Wilts woodlands. I found a few under an American Oak but these are mostly rejected. Sweet Chestnuts & smaller conkers are taken readily.
@damianshields.bsky.socialReposted by @iand777.bsky.social'Passing through' Glen Coe from Beinn a' Chrùlaiste 2016 #Scotland #GlenCoe #Lochaber www.damianshields.com
@vincentwt.bsky.socialReposted by @iand777.bsky.socialWe've launched our seventh #MartensOnTheMove Monitoring Hub in the Dulais and Swansea Valleys. With only a handful of unconfirmed records, we're hoping trail cameras will reveal whether pine martens are using this important wildlife corridor.
@iand777.bsky.socialSo many Colles fractures, cuts and minor head injuries seen in their years of action.
@iand777.bsky.socialHaving worked in A&E I can confirm that 'fall from a height (ladders)' is an extremely common coding description for an A&E attendance. Dodgy ladders cause much eye-rolling in the staff room...
@iand777.bsky.socialThanks AB - indeed they are!
@iand777.bsky.socialToday the Alt. #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GardenBirds; any bird that you might see in your garden.
Here we have the Wren, who is busy catching Crane Flies - they are at their peak in the garden at the moment and are a key seasonal food source for the Wren.
#Wrens
@iand777.bsky.socialThanks Rob
