Andrew Fielding

The Salt and Power project is reconstructing and operating an Iron Age salt kiln 2-8 November 2025. The experiments will be streamed live. Link provided in the poster.

A Small Copper joins our 2025 garden butterfly list.

10 butterfly species seen this week, four shown here.

The Immersive Chester Amphitheatre. Booking essential. Go to
festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/event/the-im... or festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/event/the-im...

Another colourful caterpillar busy eating as many leaves as it can in our garden. This time, of the Yellow Tail Moth variety, munching on blackcurrant leaves

The caterpillars of the mullein moth are currently devouring the mullein plants in the garden.

YouTube video by Andrew Fielding Blessing the Brine

Today is Ascension Day. Celebrate as they used to in Nantwich by Blessing the Brine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBFe...

Today is World Bee Day.
These are regular visitor to our garden.

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This land is their land: Trump is selling out the US’s beloved wilderness During the McCarthy era’s darkest days, public lands came under attack. History now repeats itself – and this may be the last chance to defend what’s ours

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Be Plant Wise imagery

🌿 Think spotting Himalayan Balsam is enough?
Now’s the time to Be #PlantWise and learn more.

👀 Learn how to pull it the right way — and meet the other invasive plants threatening our waters.

🌐 www.westcumbriariverstrust.org/wildlife/inns

#INNSWeek #BePlantWise #Biosecurity #WestCumbria

Wild Justice starts legal proceedings against Government’s controversial Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Wild Justice Conservation campaign group Wild Justice has written to the government calling on it to correct a statement made in Parliament […]

wildjustice.org.uk/general/wild...

(PDF) 2025 Dębiec, Dumas (eds) Book of Abstracts ICAS 2025 PDF | Vth Congress on the Anthropology of Salt. Book of Abstracts | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

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National Hedgerow Week National Hedgerow Week is a time to celebrate hedgerows, the often-unsung heroes of the British countryside that form the UK’s largest wildlife habitat.

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The bees are enjoying the fine weather, but the lack of rain is becoming very noticeable!

20% off all Blurb books until 29th April.
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Free guidebook explores how town's industrial past shapes its natural present A NEW free guidebook exploring how Northwich’s industrial heritage has shaped its landscape, wildflowers, and trees has been published.

Free guidebook explores how town's industrial past shapes its natural present

Sighting of an Orange Tip butterfly in the garden this afternoon.

Microplastics in Inland Saline Lakes of the Central Ebro Basin, NE Spain. Water is a peer-reviewed, open access journal on water science and technology, including the ecology and management of water resources, and is published semimonthly online by MDPI.
www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/17...

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Archaeopress Publications

Festschrift for Mark Brisbane of Bournemouth University,
Producers, Traders and Consumers. Eds Mark Maltby, Deborah Hodges
Chapter 16 references the EU project Ecosal Atlantis, bringing together information about the unique 'salt ships' of Nantwich, Cheshire.
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...

a drawing of a cat and a blue butterfly by debbie olicone Alt: a drawing of a cat and a blue butterfly by debbie olicone

We are officially coming off of X and focusing our efforts on fostering our archaeology community here!

Please share our account around so that we can find our people! We look forward to meeting you all!🏺

#ancientbluesky #archaeology #classicsbluesky

Provisional schedule for talks at the 5th ICAS, being held in Poland at the end of March. www.icas-5.com/schedule

Ecosal-UK newsletter, Saltcote No.12 drive.google.com/file/d/1-3Qi...

Poster for the 5th International Congress on the Anthropology of Salt March 2025 at Cracow, Poland.

Hi Bluesky.
Thought this was a suitable first post.