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Oct 27
Excited for autumn? Just as the leaves start to turn, remember to don your fancy autumn crown, stand in the bracken and ROAR 🍂🦌
#Deer #Autumn #AutumnLeaves
📷© Paul Lindley
Oct 26
👻🎃 WHAT KINDA SPOOKY CREATURE ARE YOU? 🎃👻
Our wildlife friends have got dressed up for Halloween… but which one matches YOUR personality? 🦉🕷️🐦🦇🐀🦔
Oct 25
It`s half term! So, of course, you want to know about bizarre bottoms in nature. Some creatures, like sea anemones, don`t have a mouth and a butt – they use the same opening for both. That`s right, they eat with their bum! Or poo from their mouth, depending on how you want to look at it. #SpookyWildlife
Snakelocks Anemone at night © Olle Akesson
Oct 24
`Falco subbuteo` or Hobby. Peter Adolph, the creator of the tabletop flicking footie game, Subbuteo, wanted to call his game "Hobby", but couldn`t get the trademark, so he called it Subbuteo instead! 📸Ken Copsey.
Oct 23
POV: James Acaster watching Maya and Kenny sneak around in the shield building task
📸 © @peakadventures_wildlife
#CelebrityTraitors #TraitorsUK #TheCelebrityTraitorsUK
Oct 21
Another lovely photo by Maria McGrath – Two Kingfishers, Warnham Nature Reserve. "I`ve been lucky enough to see Kingfishers at this reserve for over 20 years. Last year was the first time I saw two perched together: a juvenile and an adult."
@bizz2018
Oct 20
Great photo of a Redpoll doing the splits by Maria McGrath, taken at Warnham Nature Reserve, Horsham. "I visit this reserve regularly and see some amazing birds here, and this Redpoll was one of them. My friend nudged me when they saw this one do the splits and I snapped into action."
For more of her photos, see @bizz2018
Oct 20
📅 A little peek inside the Sussex Wildlife Trust calendar! 💚
Every calendar is a chance to enjoy a little wildlife throughout the year! 🌿📸
Get your copy here or find the link in our bio: https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/product-category/calendar
© Kai Hilton
Oct 19
Maria McGrath was kind enough to respond for a request for a photo of wildlife drinking for a pond feature in Wild Sussex magazine, written by Kate Bradbury. We loved the image Maria sent & so interviewed her about her wildlife photography. We will share a few of her favourites images this week. This is the Siskin drinking from a pond photo she sent! Follow here here @bizz2018
Oct 18
It`s a busy time for bats! 🦇
The autumn checklist:
☑️Find a mate
☑️Find a hibernation site
☑️Feed up – get chonky for the long winter
#Bats #Autumn
📷Brandt`s Bat © Hugh Clark FRPS
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