Ely cathedral seen from a train

A man in front of a very flat rural landscape

I'm back in the Big Sky Country for just one day. #fenlander

"100% degradable, 100% friendly"

I'm not entirely convinced by these slogans on my plastic bag but they can't be faulted for honesty.

An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes?

From Treasure magazine, 1965
Official answers coming soon

As a tall person I cannot offer to reach something on a high shelf for a stranger, yet if they ask me I must oblige. This is the law of the giants

GB hectad distribution map for Argiope bruennichi from the new SRS Atlas

GB hectad distribution map for Erigone welchi from the new SRS Atlas

Our new Atlas of UK spider, harvestmen and pseudoscorpion records is now online at britishspiders.org.uk/atlas. It gives access to 1.6 million records and is constantly updated with data submitted and verified via irecord.org.uk/enter-srs-records.

AHOY THERE!

IT'S NATIONAL CHEESE SANDWICH DAY ON THE FERRYS!

MAIS OÙ EST LE CROQUE-MONSIEUR QUE J’AI COMMANDÉ IL Y A VINGT MINUTES ? LES FERRIES SONT TOUJOURS EN RETARD !

#NationalCheeseSandwichDay #NationalDay

A box of doughnuts

We got this splendid box of doughnuts from Honeys Donuts 🍩🍩. A visual treat, and also one that was definitely as good as it looked.

This development was, indeed, unexpected and puzzling. Maybe just part of the distracting chaff? Or a cunning play? It's very easy to assume there's a plan that we can't determine. That's the safest assumption to make. But actually, if we're honest, there probably isn't any plan at all.

Full of beans sir, and I hope you can say the same. ❤️

We absolutely do post food photos. Well I do. And spiders.

An oak leaf bud opening

HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS, THE OAKS ARE AWAKE 🥳🌳🌳

It's Buglife's Be Kind to Spiders Week! 🕷️

To celebrate, we're offering a free download of our 2023 article on the fascinating but much maligned false widows, from @britishspiders.bsky.social's Alastair Lavery & Lawrence Bee, with artwork by @rlewington2.bsky.social

Download link in comments👇

A man with a shoreline behind him

Echiums growing in a garden

Walkers' feet with a green landscape beyond

Blackthorn flowers

It's been good thanks! The island is just how you remember it. But slightly duller, of course.

Welcome back! 😁

‘’Dad, what did the 80s sound like?’’

#synthwave #80s #nostalgia

She is Bettina of the Medina, put there as part of a set of sculptures exploring the idea of sea level rise. That's why her feet are in the water when the tide is in.

A plate of avocado on toast

For my birthday it was brunch at the venue I knew would do us proud - Artisan Cafe East Cowes. Look at their exquisite presentation of a very simple avo on toast. Fantastic food in such an enjoyable location.

#isleofwight #eastcowes #avocadotoast

Thanks Rowan! Peace to you my dear x

🚨 It's finally out! 🚨
A new bizarre harvestman from Eocene Baltic amber, named Balticolasma wunderlichi!
This wonderful little guy was quite the challenge to work on as I don't do inverts that often...

As its not on today's theme, I'm going early with #bsbi #wildflowerhour. These are completely native daffs in a small reserve in Gloucestershire in the golden triangle, which was stunning yesterday. One person seeing this was nearly in tears...

An orange with the word ATONE on it

My Lidl tangerine is a bit preachy.

Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets

VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England.

I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Countryside litter

Countryside litter

Countryside litter

If you visit the English countryside it is affected by a plague of anti-social behaviour, but R2R advocates will claim habits will change when they ‘own’ it

There is a plague of littering where people actually do live, so why would allowing access to areas they don’t change that

A huge swathe of dark pink magnolia flowers clustered across the branches of a tree with clear blue sky behind

A fan of delicate light pink magnolia flowers on a tree with bright blue sky behind

A close-up of dark pink magnolia flowers clustered on the bare branches of a tree with light blue sky behind

White and pink magnolia flowers on a small magnolia tree on a grassy lawn covered with yellow daffodils

Just a shout out to magnolias. Aren't they the most magnificent blooms?

I occasionally end up designing websites, and when I do, accessibility requirements permitting, I largely choose the colours based on how amusing their hex value is. Just picked #DADADA as a dark mode text colour because saying it out loud made me chuckle.

Your regular reminder that the UK is in fact a high trust society and anyone who implies it isn’t is either selling you a pup or has bought one.

Few tasks more cursed than making a cup of tea in your hotel room. A graceless act. Like artificially inseminating a pig. Sure you might end up getting what you want, but the process only shames all involved.

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.