Joe Scruffy

Foundry worker, Lost wax casting, I enjoy making stuff, Love family, The outdoors and living by the coast. LFC YNWA

[David Borderick @daveborderick]

Two of the Crossbill at Westleton Heath, Suffolk this morning @SuffolkBirdGrp @BINsBirder @BTO_Suffolk

[Bernoid @bernoid]

So many Russulas about. #DevonMushrooms

[Beatrice Groves @beatricegroves1]

Two for joy! 🖤🐦‍⬛🤍
So delighted by my first sighting of the strikingly beautiful (but poisonous) Magpie fungus
Like ink caps, it deliquesces into useable ink🤍🖤🤍

[Kate North @katephillips29]

Always fun to look out for signs of mice in churches!
No scurrying around here though, just another lovely example by Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson…this one is in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, on the edge of beautiful East Witton, North Yorkshire 😍

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

“The swallows can be distinguished from the martins by their reddish-chestnut throats and foreheads, their beautiful steel-blue backs and wings, and their long, forked tails”
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist : CF Tunnicliffe

[Sam Raincock @SamRaincock]

The new Hexham Abbey exhibition (with a lot better photographs than mine) inspired me to have a look at things with my eyes actually open…..some wonderful things I have walked past many times.

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

Look what my daughter Emily Jane just filmed in our garden! 😍
Do you know what it is?

[Fiona Chartres @chartres_Fiona]

A tiny pew chomping dragon at St John the Baptist, Barnack.
#Woodensday

[Bernoid @bernoid]

That is one hefty Ganoderma. #DogsOnMushrooms

[Bernoid @bernoid]

Forest Bug smiley eggs! #eggs

[Robbledo @Robble_do]

Sheep are rubbish at hide 'n seek 😒

[Chrissy @FlosArt]

We just had the most amazing rain storm come across the fence in South Lincs.
I very quickly tried to do it justice.

[Bernoid @bernoid]

This is probably #StickOfTheYear for me. ORANGE PORECAP!!! Favolaschia claudopus. An accidental import from Madagascar & a rare find. But it’s spreading. This is the 2nd time I’ve found it in Devon. #DevonMushrooms @foxyflic

[Bernoid @bernoid]

Amanita excelsa

[Grizzlegutweed the Bear @Grizzlegutweed1]

This dog with his ball has been a good boy for seven centuries. Worcester cathedral

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'Breathing Space', etching by contemporary artist and printmaker  Janis Goodman #WomensArt

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Most people don't realize just how incredible pigeons truly are.

These gentle birds aren’t just loyal partners—they're brilliant, complex beings. Tucked inside their beaks are tiny magnetic crystals that act like a natural GPS, helping them navigate thousands of miles with stunning precision. They can also hear frequencies too low for us to detect, read polarized light patterns in the sky, and even see in ultraviolet light, giving them a vibrant view of the world we can't imagine.

Pigeons are also remarkably intelligent. Studies show they can count, recognize their own reflections, understand abstract ideas, and even grasp probability, sometimes outperforming young children. When raising their young, they produce a special milk-like substance in their throats to nourish their chicks. They form lifelong bonds with their mates and use different coos and calls to communicate danger, love, and territory.

History has seen their courage, too. During wartime, a pigeon named Cher Ami delivered a message that saved 194 soldiers—even after losing a leg. Sadly, despite all this, many pigeons were abandoned when we no longer “needed” them, and they stayed close to humans because that's what they knew.

Pigeons are not pests. They are intelligent, emotional, deeply social beings that remember us. It's time we remember them.

For more information on these misunderstood geniuses, you can visit 👉🏼https://t.co/YpF4KsCQuM.

[🦉🦊 Laurels Wood 🐿🦡 @Laurels_Wood]

🎥 Colour shot at night…..sorted!! 👌🏼👍🏼🦉

#barnowl #owl #nature #wildlife #birdsofprey

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'Rhossili Beach' by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #WomensArt