Jeremy Bartlett

Chthonius ischnocheles with an Orbatid mite meal, in the garden in Shaftesbury. They seem to like these!

Photo of Silvius the little Latin mouse with a small plush mole. Silvius has caught a worm for her, but it's the wiggliest worm ever, and it is escaping over his shoulder before he can hand it over. Never mind, he can share his lunch with his new friend instead.

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 465
talpa esurit, sed difficile est ei vermiculum capere (The mole is hungry but it's hard for her to catch a worm). Silvius vermiculum prendit (Silvius grabs the worm). eheu! vermiculus sinuosus effugit! (Oh dear! The wriggly worm gets away!)

The koringkriek (Acanthoplus discoidalis) is a katydid found in southern Africa. Not only does the species have a powerful bite, it's also known to squirt toxic blood or throw up its stomach contents as a defense mechanism! #EverydayEnsifera

📸: Rudi Bosbouer

A picture of the island of Stromboli

The top of the active vulcano

Where the lava hits the sea

Imagine loud bangs and flying rocks

Stromboli

Visited in 2005. Sitting on the summit at dusk was an amazing experience.

Catching the afternoon sun at Marsham Heath today. 😍

“We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.” Five Gaza journalists reflect on the toll of the genocide as the ceasefire takes effect.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-journ...

I remember collecting them - I got the set. I've never been much of football fan but they were great.

Saw these for the first time in a Norfolk beechwood in mid September. They were dried up but still magnificent.

Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO. Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.

🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.

✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.

The uncommon Amanita solitaria was a nice fungus to see in the beechwood at Fairburn today. There were a number of them to be seen and not all were solitary.

Bay Polypore on a log at Fairburn, with some of the younger ones looking a little different from ones that I have spotted previously. #FungiFriday

After seeing Rugosomyces ionides (Violet Domecap) in a beechwood on limestone at Fairburn yesterday, I decided to search the same type of habitat at Brockadale and there it was. This is a more attractive specimen than ones seen yesterday. #fungi

Mycena haematopus #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

From Sunday, Brexit will deliver a big highly visible slap in the face. Hopefully that will bring it deservedly back into the news.

The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online For thousands of years, ordinary people all over the world not only worked side-by-side with domestic animals on a daily basis, they also observed the wild fauna around them to learn how to navigate a...

The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online

Zack Polanski: I went on Question Time - I was blown away by the response The response has been quite overwhelming.

Membership at record levels.

Polling at record levels.

Winning elections at record levels.

What a time to be in @greenparty.org.uk

metro.co.uk/2025/10/10/z...

It is. Causes a root rot, resulting in the tree dying or being felled as unsafe, then it eats the remains of the tree.

The empty horror of Robert Jenrick We deserve a better class of villain. Or at least a more memorable one.

The empty horror of Robert Jenrick
We deserve a better class of villain. Or at least a more memorable one
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Cycling the NDR Part 1: Taverham to Horsham St Faith When the Northern Distributor Road was constructed in 2018 a cycle path was also built along much of its length, but just how useful is it?

There isn't even a safe route to the garden centre...

The NDR cycle track was a great missed opportunity. I wrote about what it could have been.
www.norwichcyclingcampaign.org/cycling-the-...

A very good article. I think I read it at the time but have now re-read it. I use bits of the NDR paths but mainly as a means of getting out beyond Norwich. I rarely go to Taverham Garden Centre, because of the poor routes to it.

You can’t deny Zack Polanski is an excellent communicator

Solar is the world’s cheapest source of electricity, research shows Solar PV is the world’s cheapest technology to generate electricity, according to a study from the University of Surrey, in the UK.

Solar PV is the world’s cheapest technology to generate electricity,.
#PV “now the key driver of the world’s transition to clean, #renewable power”.
“UK, 50 degrees north of the equator, solar is the cheapest option for large-scale energy generation.”
www.pv-tech.org/solar-is-the...

Inkcaps, probably Glistening Inkcap (Coprinus micaceus).

www.first-nature.com/fungi/coprin...

Septoria aegopodii on leaves of Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria).

Septoria aegopodii on leaves of Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria). Leaf underside.

Septoria aegopodii on leaves of Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria). Leaf underside.

Septoria aegopodii on leaves of Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria). Leaf upperside.

Septoria aegopodii on leaves of Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria).

Swannington church, Norfolk. Seen on yesterday's bike ride.

bladmineerders.nl/parasites/fu...

#Fungi #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Sulphur Knight, Tricholoma sulphureum. Top of fungus showing amongst oak and beech leaf litter.

Sulphur Knight, Tricholoma sulphureum. Picked whole fruitbody, on leaf litter.

Sulphur Knight, Tricholoma sulphureum.

An old friend.

I love the colour and, perversely, its smell of coal gas.

In woodland near Reepham, Norfolk yesterday.

www.naturespot.org/species/sulp...

#Fungi #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Cycle path signs by Norwich NDR, with leaning bike.

Cycle path signs by Norwich NDR.

Cycle path signs by Norwich NDR for #FingerpostFriday.

But I wouldn't follow the suggested route to Fakenham, which would take cyclists along a busy 'A' road.

Had the amazing privilege earlier in the year to watch a lithographic limestone plate be made by one last plate makers in Germany. Each plate is cut and then hammered by hand into shape - and after having a go it's very skilled work. Currently they have no apprentices, so a truly dying art.

Graphic with a photo of Carla Denyer in the House of Commons. Text reads: SHOCKING HATE CRIME RISE MUST BE A WAKE-UP CALL "Politicians of all stripes have a responsibility today: to say loud and clear that people of all backgrounds and all faiths are valued members of our communities, and an attack on any one of us is an attack on all of our values and freedoms.” Carla Denyer MP for Bristol Central Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

"Christians, Muslims, Jews, migrants and people from a global majority background face the threat of violence or harassment as they simply go about their lives each day. This is unacceptable for the UK in the 21st century."

@carladenyer.bsky.social on the increase in reported hate crimes.