Richard Viker

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Det første bildet her er en fossekall som er i ferd med å bryte vannflaten etter et dykk, men overflatespenningen til vannet gjør at det ligger som en klokke rundt den. I det neste har den akkurat brutt gjennom

Animals’ perception of time is linked to the pace of their life – new study For a starfish, most of life is literally a blur.

Could possibly do with the slowed down vision of "crown-of-thorns starfish and giant African snail, both of which can only perceive 0.7 flashes per second"

#Biodiversity
theconversation.com/animals-perc...

Today spring delivered a deadly blow to winter, leaving us in a sea of slush. #animism #NewAni #Groruddalen

Kom ganske nært en fossekall i går

Fin fugl!

Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island 180 years after relatives went extinct Giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Floreana Island in the Galapágos, 180 years after going extinct there.

Giant tortoises and other key native species are now thriving, and being reintroduced where lost, on the unique Galapágos Islands ecosystems.

This is only possible due to the eradication of alien invasives like goats and rats, often a *crucial* part of rewilding.
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A White-throated dipper standing in the river Alna, surrounded by snow, ice and twigs. It is almost hidden in the picture and you can see its reflection in the dark water.

A White-throated dipper gave me a piece of its spring song this Imbolc.
In dark nordic folk music the musicians learned tunes and tunings from the spirit of the white water, and this bird wears his name, Fossekall in 🇳🇴 - the old one of the Waterfall #Alna #animism #NewAni

Lithuania’s Laukiai Oak in bid to be Europe’s Tree of the Year www.lrt.lt/naujienos/la... 🌳

Thank you 😊

Yes, looks very havanais. So sweet 😍

The Marvelous Spatuletail, found in just one valley in northern Peru and is one of the rarest hummingbirds on Earth.

[📹Alex Fine] #globalmuseum #birds

Chief mouser Palmerston dies after swapping Foreign Office for Bermuda Social media account for Palmerston, who retired in 2020, announces death of ‘Diplocat extraordinaire’

Palmerston, tidligere Chief Mouser to the Foreign Office, opp til nå Feline relations consultant til den britiske ambassadør i Bermuda, har gått bort.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

I’m pleased to share my latest article in @uk.theconversation.com

It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.

Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵

Vårt hjem i Torhop ved #Tanafjorden

Panoramabilde fra drone #djimini5pro #gohppi #Torhop 31.01.2026

Det fine med helg på denne årstiden er at man får se verden komme frem når det lysner av dag den siste dagen i januar. Bildene er tatt akkurat nå med drone #djimini5pro #photography

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Vann som har frosset nedover en fjellskrent og snepyntet her og der, litt av asfalten i fra riksvegen i front. Pent og pyntelig gjort av naturlige årsaker!

Minner fra arkivet🥰
Iskunst langs riksvegen mella nord og sør odal, alle kjører rakt forbi og rekker itte å se dette vakre skuet i 80 km når de durer forbi, men jeg parkerte langt unna og trasket i grøfta for å forevige dette kunstsykket!

Interactive Sacred Tree Map | Asian Heritage Silva Explore our open-access geolocated database powered by MapBuilder and GFW. Visualize sacred tree typologies, conservation status, and contribute to the crowdsourced census.

Do you know a sacred tree in your area? 🌏

Asian Heritage Silva is a collaborative archive. We invite researchers and locals to contribute data and help us map the disappearing arboreal heritage of Asia.

Submit a tree or join the network:
buff.ly/aV72LQV

#Conservation #ClimateAction #Biodiversity

Wide angle view of a large ficus tree with multiple downward gray-brown branches and roots and a dark green leaf canopy.

Ancestors paused here
Forgetting how they arrived
Trees keep their secret

The tree that eats signs!

Thank you Pipa 😊

Rare seagrass 'fairy circles' discovered in the Hebrides NatureScot says it is not known why the plants grow in doughnut-shapes on the seabed.

Rare seagrass 'fairy circles' discovered in the Hebrides....

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And out of all the wild mammals left on Earth today, the 5% (by mass) include 3% marine animals and only 2% for all the terrestrial ones
(From the study: www.nature.com/articles/s41... with pic adapted for openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/c...)

“Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshiping.”

Hubert Reeves

Ipf in the snow

Visited Ipf a few years ago. It has ridge and furrow on the lower slopes! The photograph was taken by an old friend of Derrick Riley the aerial photographer who I used to know in Sheffield quite a few years ago now

Some misty photos from a few days ago here in Glastonbury. I love misty mornings, they have that sense of timelessness and are a moment of pure calm.

"Creation of the Birds" by Remedios Varo illustrates a mystical scene where a humanoid owl creature meticulously paints birds into existence with the aid of scientific instruments and alchemical tools. The rich surreal setting reflects Varo's fascination with magic, science, and transformation, merging the boundaries of art and nature.

Creation of the Birds
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19623

Always a delight to read...

• Francis Harvey •

A gnome, wearing an orange tuque, is seen in a bowl-shaped cavity at the bottom of a tree trunk.

Lovely! I'm sorry to inform you that the gnome has left the area and is now living in Pinawa, on the Ironwood Trail, which runs along the Winnipeg River. He sends his greetings! #Pinawa 🇨🇦

Gnome home adorned with #PNW Forrest ornaments.

Stone wall in the snow, with woods in the background

Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun;
-Robert Frost, "Mending Wall"

We still have plenty of stone walls in VT.

#EastCoastKin #photography #RockinTueday #Vermont #winter #ClassicMono #scape