Bee specialist (not honey bees) and ecologist, Irish/UK dual national, humanist, optimist, Europhilehttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3mk5krpdek22fThey're here!! First Swifts (Apus apus) of the year here in Harnham (Wiltshire, UK). It's lovely to hear their wild screaming calls as they fly at breakneck speed around the houses. Such a long wait for them to return...and from so far away23 Apr 2026 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5krpdek22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3mhknadyeqc2gEwelme: Church of St. Mary the Virgin. Wonderful late Medieval Church (15thC) packed full of treasures, including the magnificent tomb of Alice de la Pole (née Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk, d.1475) and the contemporary Chapel of St John replete with decorations that survived 2 iconoclasms.21 Mar 2026 08:43 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhknadyeqc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3mgzvo3b3tk24One of very few Michelangelo sculptures outside Italy. This quite staggering work is in the Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk in Bruges, Belgium14 Mar 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzvo3b3tk24https://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3mgzvhnrwks2mRemarkable surviving 15th/early 16thC fabric from Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk in Bruges14 Mar 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzvhnrwks2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3mgzunmsd322hOne of the finest views of our Cathedral complete with toilet paper decoration14 Mar 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzunmsd322hhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3mgzuitgzuk2cConstable Corner, Harnham, Wiltshire (England). River Nadder with toilet paper adornments on riverside shrubs. Lovely14 Mar 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzuitgzuk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3mg64ua6lt222And one from the archives....Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds over Alderbury (Wiltshire)from March 2024.03 Mar 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg64ua6lt222https://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3mg63wpazbs2fI guess this is what English cathedrals might have looked like if we had built any in the 16th Century. Onze Lieve Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp03 Mar 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg63wpazbs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3mcwl6yu7sk2hWonderful doorway in the marvellous single celled apsidal church at Winterborne Thomson (Dorset).21 Jan 2026 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwl6yu7sk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3m3pg3v357s2jIt's that time if year again. Keith Norman's beautiful reminder of the transience of summer......and of life itself21 Oct 2025 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3pg3v357s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3m3mkf4xwyc2lImpressive remains of the Cistercian Abbey at Netley (Hampshire)20 Oct 2025 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3mkf4xwyc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3lyl6inay4k2hA stunning example of Mammatus clouds this afternoon over Harnham Hill (Salisbury; England)11 Sep 2025 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyl6inay4k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3lycrukatgk2yThousands of male Colletes hederae (Ivy Bee) on every cluster of flowering Ivy (Hedera helix) here in Salisbury (England). Lots to put on iRecord!08 Sep 2025 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lycrukatgk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3lya6n7qnzk2dA John Constable sky over his beloved Harnham Hill (Salisbury, England) this morning07 Sep 2025 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lya6n7qnzk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3ly3xlyeh4c26Well... a wildlife first for me today (5 Sep). A Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae) butterfly in my Harnham (Salisbury UK) garden today05 Sep 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly3xlyeh4c26https://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3lxkpcnxpfc26Effigy of a knight (c.1280) Dorchester Abbey, Oxon.29 Aug 2025 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkpcnxpfc26https://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3ltulzmr3tc2lLurking in the small garden pond yhis evening13 Jul 2025 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltulzmr3tc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3ltn5szg5us2iI visited the church of St. Basil at Toller Fratrum (Dorset) today to marvel at the extraordinary late saxon font. The church was originally part of a Knights Hospitaler establishment.10 Jul 2025 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltn5szg5us2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3lpmh3kmxhk2320 May 2025 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmh3kmxhk23https://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3lpmh2rqj5223"Constable Corner" Salisbury Cathedral from West Harnham20 May 2025 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmh2rqj5223https://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3lmcmjjbbts2rSaxon inscription over an arch in the pre-Conquest church of St. Mary, Breamore, Hampshire. "Here eis manifested the word to thee"08 Apr 2025 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcmjjbbts2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3lle5fzzpyc2gI love the interior of the Royal Festival Hall27 Mar 2025 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lle5fzzpyc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3ljqbhhcwtc2tThe willow trees along the banks of the Isis in Oxford were full of singing Chiffchafs today. First of these harbingers of Spring I've heard this year06 Mar 2025 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqbhhcwtc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3lfrqhit75c2x15 Jan 2025 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfrqhit75c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3lfrqfauwc22xRecently purchased two lovely watercolours by the late Laura Bell. "Spring Awakening" has a Cézanne-ish look to it and Laura's mastery of light and shadow is perfect in "Mary & Malc waiting". Now to find places for them!15 Jan 2025 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfrqfauwc22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3lfrghugagc23A plant that always signifies hope - Pulmonaria (Boraginacese). The first wild bees of the year are not far away now here in Salisbury (southern England). We usually get our first Anthophora plumipes in the last 10 days of February. Now there's something to cheer15 Jan 2025 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfrghugagc23https://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3leokfkeqrk2zDateline 1 January: Easter cometh.01 Jan 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3leokfkeqrk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3lcs5lc2ras2fWorking through a long list of taxonomic revisions and additions to European Andrena bee species. Tom Wood must be one of the most productive and insightful bee taxonomists active at the moment. The scholarship here is remarkable. Naturalis have done well to employ him!08 Dec 2024 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcs5lc2ras2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3lcdcawwnhs26Just spent 4 hours at the towering Silk Roads exhibition at the British Museum. It demonstrates powerfully the huge benefits that can accrue from being connected to something bigger than yourself02 Dec 2024 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdcawwnhs26https://bsky.app/profile/eucera.bsky.social/post/3lbutcpmgyc2fComing soon as a publicly available resource: The European Bee Traits Database. Watch this space....26 Nov 2024 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:tddbryonepvtt62fltviilzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbutcpmgyc2f