Suffolk Skies

Golden sunset with vivid oranges and blues, with the silhouette of an oak tree in the foreground.

Pretty special sunset to finish off the first day of the New Year in #Suffolk

It’s a great sculpture in a beautiful setting. We’ve numerous photos of it over the decades (often with somebody peering through the round hole in the middle).

It’s a relief to hearing somebody else echoing our own tech troubles 🙂

Dads, eh!

That’s a good call, Adam. Just looked ‘em up and the Alder Wood Wasp (Xiphydria camelus) seems to tick all the ID boxes for the example we saw. First one we’ve ever noticed. Thanks!

Anybody able to help identify this insect? Perhaps a type of sawfly?

Approx 2cm long, red legs, black & white on abdomen (with a hint of dark blue in the sunlight). Spotted on silver birch foliage.

@suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social

Whitley N1380 ‘DY-R’ crashed on 20th May 1940 during the Battle of France, killing its five-man crew. Their sacrifice was remembered this weekend by both the French and British at Hamégicourt where they are buried.

• David Owen
• Dennis Holbrook
• Duncan Barrett
• Reginald Newberry
• Michael Dolan

@jonathanfoyle.bsky.social found myself appreciating these flying buttresses, gargoyles and construction style with new eyes, having watched Climbing Great Buildings. Almost expected to find you and Lucy Creamer dangling from ropes inside. Perhaps something for Series 2? Basilique de Saint-Quentin

East Anglia’s fighters and saboteurs that were never needed VE Day marks the end of WWII in Europe, but in 1940, Britain faced invasion. Secret fighters were trained for sabotage in case the German army landed

They had no medals. No public record. Most went to their graves without ever telling their families what they had been ready to do.

Their story is one of the greatest secrets of Britain’s war effort, writes Andrew Chatterton.
#ChurchillsSecretArmy #VEDay

Day 109 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Courtesy of the genius that is Hirotoshi Kubota

Magnets being attracted to each other, I believe.

Have reported the other account

A bright yellow dandelion flower

Happy Friday folks! @dandelionappre1.bsky.social

Hurrah! Just seen our first House Martin of the year and it’s already checking out one of our farmhouse nesting cups. Perhaps returning to its old home? @sbghousemartins.bsky.social

Saw one daytime-flying around woodland at NT Sutton Hoo in #Suffolk around a month ago. Whilst an absolute delight to watch it flitting about, we were still hoping it was OK.

Countryside scene showing a line of tree stumps, with a sign in the foreground warning: "No Entry. Ecologically Sensitive Area"

Countryside scene showing a line of tree stumps, with an oak tree in the background

Oh! The irony. #Farnham #Bypass #Suffolk #SizewellC #SZC

Two years since NATO invaded Helsinki & forced 🇫🇮 into alliance.

Vuledar after voluntarily joining Russia.

Apologies for straying off topic but the first House Martins and Swallows are now arriving back & Suffolk is bone dry. If you have an open field then create a mud splat and keep it moist until we have rain. This is a big one in Woolpit @sbghousemartins.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

Can you help make a mud pie?
First house martins seen back in Suffolk this week !

What works best for you? We can’t decide if it’s the #spring Daffodils or Cowslips that makes us happiest. #Suffolk

Conservation concepts for undergraduates - YouTube Key concepts underpinning undergraduate ecology and conservation courses

Undergraduate studying ecology or conservation? Lecturer teaching these subjects? Here is a playlist of 27 three minute videos, each explaining a fundamental concept. Hope it is useful. Say if any gaps you would like filled youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The reason I bang on about the NHS is that I have worked in it for 40 years

Over half it’s existence

I remember a time, not that long ago when the majority of things worked well

Something happened in 2010 that changed that

I am fighting for a collective memory & fight for a better future

Iconic cartoon with people looking at a long list of public benefits connected with climate action, asking “What if it’s a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?”

15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis

1. Today the Tories unveil their new policy: ripping up the commitment to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch, with no evidence, claims "it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us." What the evidence shows is the opposite. We can't prosper without it. 🧵

Springtime sunshine and showers, lighter evenings and lots of lovely yellow flowers appearing, happy #SundayYellow - #dandelions #bees and #daffodils

Beautiful warm light bathing the Suffolk countryside, before our neighbourhood fusion reactor drops below the horizon

Subsidies paused without warning in Labour's latest 'shattering blow' to farmers Post-Brexit subsidies paid to farmers to boost food production and the environment have been paused without warning.

Absolutely shocking decision from the Government to axe the Sustainable Farming Incentive.

We need to be increasing funding for nature friendly farming, not cutting schemes. This is a dereliction of duty towards farmers and the natural world.
@nfudc.bsky.social
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How creating a new Waveney-Ouse fen could reduce river flooding Rewiggling rivers and creating a fen as a downstream

#GoodNews #SlowTheFlow #Flooding

Escaping from failed 20th-century ideas of land management
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