Nicola Bottle

Possibly honey mushrooms but I wouldn’t like to say with any certainty! I’m a complete amateur when it comes to fungi and super cautious with identification! I use the @inaturalist.bsky.social app which is great to give you an idea 🍄🍄‍🟫

Magical mushroom forest @ Marbury Park, Cheshire
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends

Lots of different coloured mushrooms in a whole range of different shapes and sizes. Some look like coral, others like cauliflowers or little cream coloured balls. There are some that look like jellies or turkey’s tails.

Happy UK Fungus Day! All of these were photographed by me in the UK. Aren’t they beautiful!
#ukfungi #ukfungusday

Nothing like mushroom hunting during a good storm
#fungi

Riding bikes in Scotland, 3rd and final day😔
Saw a red squirrel but barely photographed a red squirrel 🐿️

My biking weekend in Scotland consists mainly of hunting for fungi!

Riding bikes in Scotland day 1
#mtb
#flats
#hardtail

What do farmers want and what do we want from them?

Farmers are often caught between societal pressures to keep food affordable and the need to invest in new farming methods to comply with evolving environmental regulations and demands. 

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#Trees4Resilience

I went for a little trip out to the British Science Festival in Liverpool today, went to a talk about the origins & cultural heritage of food from the Americas and was rewarded with some tasty Mexican street food!
#StreetFood
#BritishScienceFestival
#MuseumOfLiverpool
#LUMACreations

Psychologically, we're living in very hard times for all who care deeply about science, empathy, equity, nature, and rights for all citizens of the planet, human or otherwise.

Find strength, solace, and community in like-minded others, positive action, and in Mother Earth
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Evening autumn walk 🥰
#CountrySide
#DailyWalk

YouTube video by slyartwork Deftones - Bored (Performed at Big Bear Mountain Ski Resort 1996)

Memory unlocked! Deftones on the Zig&Zag show! 🤣

#deftones
#bored

I guess it does! ☺️ maybe I’ll try to paint it!

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Long sleeves+shorts+muddy trails+crisp early morning sunshine = The best running conditions
#TrailRunning
#Running
#MorningRun

I start my Masters soon! Here are some personal reading recommendations📚💙
I also really like my new study area! 🤓
#SustainabiltyAndAdaptation
#NonGrowthEconomics
#SustainableFoodSystems

Perfect Simpson‘s sky at Dutton locks. 8k in the sunshine
#TrailRunning
#Running
#SimpsonsSky

Went to the woods looking for fungi and was not disappointed. Weird bracket/shelf fungi, plus perfect acorns and lovely vibrant green clover.
#Forest
#Fungi
#Nature

Hungry Large White caterpillars enjoying nasturtiums 🐛🐛
#caterpillars
#HungryCaterpillars
#Nasturtiums
#VegPatch

Fastpacking mountains is all well and good until the DOMS kick in! 😩
Yoga ftw🧘🏼‍♀️

Chills every time! Perfection!

Fast hike/run Llanberis path to Yr Wyddfa summit. Early start to beat the heat, amazing conditions ❤️⛰️

I’m not sure, I thought maybe plums because they were quite big but I think plums should be rounder? I might go back and harvest a few! 😋

Marbury Park:
‘No plan’ run turned into an 8k plod because it’s too hot and too pretty! I’m so lucky to have this on my doorstep
#TrailRunning
#Running
#SSSI

I’m off to Anglesey this weekend, I can’t wait! Looks beautiful

🤣 I was bloody useless at anything over 200m, came last once in the 1500m (legit thought I was going to keel over at the end) and don’t get me started on cross-country! I’m by no means fast now but I think 15 year old me would be amazed at how frequently and how far I run now🤣

That must have been frustrating! I think it was the 5k where someone wandering on the track almost bumped into her too!
I didn’t realise Jo Pavey was her coach!

I know it makes me feel a bit sick! In a completely in awe kinda way!

She was awesome in the 3k too, amazing young talent🤩