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River Deben at Woodbridge in Suffolk on #BlueSkyMonday #rivers #suffolk

At the top of Thetford Castle this morning. Bit of a struggle with a gammy hip

Rosa ‘Clarence House’ - a new climber in the garden only now flowering #roses #gardening

Broads national park warns of impact of flea treatments for pets Chemicals treatments for pets can harm aquatic life if it gets in the waterway network, experts warn.

Broads NP calls for better awareness of the impact pet flea treatments have on waterways. Powerful insecticides in "spot-on" products for cats & dogs pose significant risks to aquatic life, whether from dogs swimming in the water or thru washing hands & pet bedding..

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

The Toadflax Brocade caterpillar (Calophasia lunula) has been feasting heartily on the Linaria in my garden this summer #caterpillars

A few botanical treats on my morning constitutional around Roydon and Bressingham in #norfolk

Thanks! There were quite a few limes along the road quite heavily covered. Fascinating

Walking through Bressingham today and saw these on leaves. Any idea what’s going on?

Silphium 'JS Maya' has lovely yellow flowers but the foliage is truly extravagant. Seems to love my garden #flowersonfriday

Many thanks to anyone who chooses to share this. These are the last of the 53000+ books I bought from my ex-publisher Unbound earlier this year, after they stopped paying me and I took my rights back. We have 200-300 left and Jim would love to clear a bit of space in his room (he is very large).

Strange deaths in my family tree. William Holman died in Sussex in 1892 of heart failure after a hive of bees he was working on swarmed around him. Grim #genealogy

A speckled bush cricket on my brown bin today #insects

Vibrant meadow vetchling, Lathyrus pratensis, after a night of rain on a verge in Roydon, South Norfolk #wildflowers #nature

Brewers Green, Roydon in #norfolk with a gentle haze of knapweed

Not a fan of pom-pom and similar dahlias. Dahlia 'Verrone's Obsidian' is a plant I do allow in the garden #bloomscrolling #gardening

Centaury, Centaurium erythraea, on the sandy heath at Garboldisham #norfolk #wildflowers

Down among my hostas, the berries of Arum maculatum - or lords and ladies, cuckoo pint, cows and bulls et al #wildflowers

Popular with bees, Klasea bulgarica purple fm has lovely thistle-like flowers but the drought means it’s half normal size this year #gardening

Water? In Norfolk?

Cactus flowering in the kitchen #cacti #cactus

Something I need to do but the tree seems to be shedding some of its own accord

Scenes from the garden today with a bee on the giant knapweed, a Small Tortoiseshell on echinacea and a funky teasel #nature #naturephotography #butterflies #insects

Herby yellow umbels - lovage and dill #gardening

A Gatekeeper #butterfly in my garden meadow this weekend

How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster A14 in Cambridgeshire promised biodiversity net gain of 11.5%, but most of the 860,000 trees planted are dead. What went wrong?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This seven-spot #ladybird looks very happy nestled in a bud of Cota tinctoria in the garden today

Chicory and lavender in one of the front garden beds

Pro-grouse shooting Labour MP Sam Rushworth received £10,000 donation from local grouse moor gamekeeper group Perhaps the most surprising pro-grouse shooting voice at Monday’s Westminster Hall debate on driven grouse shooting was Sam Rushworth, the Labour MP for Bishop Auckland. Wild Justice describe…

Shocking!

Pro-grouse shooting Labour MP Sam Rushworth received £10,000 donation from local grouse moor gamekeeper group raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/03/p...

When your lettuces go to seed. Pretty #allotments #growyourown

Hot day. Guinea pigs indoors. New hemp hat