New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/12/05/a-successful-auction-2/
An account of a #banknote and #coin auction that took place on Tuesday and in spite of not quite going to plan was highly successful.
#Auctions #Photography #Scanning #Banknotes #Coins #StephanBatory1583GoldDucat #PolishCoins #NicolausCopernicus #MarieCurie #Fakenham
A Successful Auction

An account of an auction that did not go to plan but was nevertheless extremely successful, and a large photo gallery.

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Fungus in St Peter's Garden outside the church of St Peter and St Paul, #Fakenham.
From just after work this afternoon, a #PeregrineFalcon enjoying a meal of pigeon in St Peter's Garden, the church of St Peter and St Paul, #Fakenham
#birds #BirdsofPrey #Raptors #Falcon
This #Oystercatcher was in an unusual location for such a bird - on the roof of the church of St Peter and St Paul in #Fakenham, which is an inland town (albeit only a few miles from the coast).
#photography #birds
Market day #Fakenham 27/3
Insects Active

A (largely photographic) look at the newly emerging insect life of spring 2025.

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#Fakenham today

🐣 A flamingo who was described as having been "unlucky in love" has laid her first egg at a #nature reserve aged 70

Gertrude is part of a flamboyance of more than 65 #flamingos at #Pensthorpe #nature reserve near #Fakenham, #Norfolk

Ben Marshall, the reserve's managing director, said: "Flamingos might live 40 years and Gertrude is 70, so [at] that ripe old age to be able to display [maternal] characteristics is amazing."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyrr8zk1r3zo #News

Norfolk's 'unlucky in love' flamingo lays first egg aged 70

The egg is an opportunity for Gertrude to express her maternal instincts, says the nature reserve.