#bathsomerset — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bathsomerset, aggregated by home.social.
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Brown Cup (Rutstroemia firma) at Claverton Down, #Bath #Somerset #UK - usually found on fallen oak branches.
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Inky Mushroom (Agaricus moelleri) at Bath City Farm #Bath #Somerset #UK. These are found in most years under the Beeches in the wood on the farm and are fairly common in other woods around Bath, usually in small groups.
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Collared Earthstar (Geastrum triplex) in #Bath #Somerset #UK. These come up in the same spot in most years. The spore sac releases a small puff of spores whenever a raindrop hits the sac
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One of the oysterling mushrooms (several very similar species) on a twig in a wood in Newton St Loe, near #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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A late Shaggy Parasol (Chlorophyllum rhacodes) at Newton St Loe, near #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum) at Newton St Loe, near #Bath #Somerset #UK. This fungus was found on a large oak log in a wood.
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Share & Repair in Bath, UK – an innovative and well-established sharing library and community repair hub - taking part in FixFest 2025, Hackney #RepairCafe #repair #London #BathSomerset
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Making friends with Blackberry the juvenile #Robin. In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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My #Robin friend Henry taking a bath this evening. It's still very dry, so I've been leaving a tub of water out for him. He has been missing for the past couple of days, but returned this evening.
In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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My #Robin friend Henry is trying out a new hairdo (he's moulting his head feathers at the moment).
In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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The other day I sat and watched a family of Coots on Hunstrete Lake, a few miles from #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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Adder's-tongue Fern, near Claverton Down #Bath #Somerset #UK.
This tiny fern is an indicator of ancient grasslands.
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Small Skipper on Field Scabious, at Brown's Folly nature reserve, near #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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Common Toadflax in flower at Southstoke, near #Bath #Somerset #UK. Lots growing beside the pathway at the top of the valley.
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Robin's Pin-cushion gall on Dog-rose, caused by the tiny gall wasp Dipoloepis rosae. In Southstoke, near #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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My #Robin friend Henry this morning. He's in the middle of his summer moult & looking very scruffy. He spends most of his time in his hedge, coming out only for food. He's also very quiet. In a few weeks, he'll have new feathers & start singing again. In #Bath #Somerset #UK
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Greater Knapweed flower on Twerton Roundhill, #Bath #Somerset #UK. An amazing plant that attracts many bees, butterflies and hoverflies.
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Marbled White butterfly on Twerton Roundhill, #Bath #Somerset #UK. They seem to be having a very good year.
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CW: Photo of an awesome spider, hidden out of respect for those with severe arachnophobia.
Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi), a female, on Twerton Roundhill, near #Bath #Somerset #UK. Spreading northwards partly due to #climatechange.
(CW out of respect for those with severe arachnophobia - click to view an awesome spider!)
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Clouded Magpie (Abraxas sylvata) at #Hunstrete, near #Bath #Somerset #UK
This moth inhabits woodland, and the caterpillars feed on elms.
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Broad-leaved Helleborine flower at Hunstrete, near #Bath #Somerset #UK. Three flower spikes growing close together, only one still had flowers, the others had gone to fruit already.
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Pale Saddled Leucozona (Leucozona glaucia) at Brown's Folly near #Bath #Somerset #UK.
There has recently been a north-west shift in its range, probably due to #climatechange.
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A Kestrel perched atop a pylon in Newton St Loe, near #Bath #Somerset #UK, keenly scanning the ground for prey.
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Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus).
I was lucky enough to be able to watch this butterfly close-up for about half an hour, as it went from flower to flower.
Newton St Loe, near #Bath #Somerset #UK
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My #Robin friend Little Mate has lost all his tail feathers, he is going through his summer moult and will grow new ones in a few weeks.
In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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A very freshly-emerged Peacock butterfly on a Buddleia flower in the woods at Brown's Folly nature reserve, near #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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My Robin friend Henry today. In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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A Mallard duckling on Hunstrete Lake, a few miles from #Bath #Somerset #UK. There were several pairs on the lake with young of varying ages, some almost adults.
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