@gavaitchison.bsky.social
Nature explorer, grower, social justice journalist and collaborative storyteller. Based in York.
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I will forever be haunted by this footage.
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
A whitethroat perched on a thin branch, looking right
A yellowhammer on a branch of white blossom, facing left
A resting sand martin, adjusting its feathers
A reed bunting on a licheny twig, facing right
A few of many highlights from a lovely walk up the Ouse and north of York on Friday. Sand martins, reed buntings and my first spots of a yellowhammer and whitethroats. #ukbirding #yorkbirding
05.05.2025 07:40 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Starlings over Holgate in York this afternoon - I’d been looking to find good sites anywhere in Yorkshire, and suddenly they have arrived 5 minutes from our house! #naturewriting #natureonyourdoorstep
03.02.2025 17:31 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Agh, thanks Mike - that’s another one to add to the ‘to-read’ list! On the same theme, I’m currently reading and greatly enjoying The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees, by Robert Penn.
22.01.2025 21:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bottom half of picture is a level wheat field in summer. Top half is a pale blue sky with a few clouds. On the horizon is a solitary, modest, thin tree.
I love a lot of the lone trees in the vast landscapes of the Yorkshire Wolds and Moors. This was taken near Huggate some years ago now.
03.12.2024 14:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bluesky orange sky, as the train approaches Durham…
#Durham #sunrise
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A thorny gooseberry branch and its red/orange leaf, lightly coated on frost.
A cape gooseberry husk, with a ladybird and a little frost.
A bright yellow cape gooseberry, with husk, and small frosty leaves
A hand holding 10 yellow cape gooseberries
A glorious, crisp frost on the allotment this morning, and an unexpected delicacy: naturally frozen cape gooseberries.
#NatureEveryDay #UKnature #GrowYourOwn
Thank you!
17.11.2024 07:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
There’s a beautiful ginkgo near my kids’ school here in York, and our youngest used to love collecting the leaves. I took this last winter: one of the last few leaves of 2023, clinging on tenaciously.
17.11.2024 00:25 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
10 nuggets of good news to kick off your weekend, including a ‘quick’ climate win, ‘world building of the year’, and progress on poverty. Me via Positive News www.positive.news/society/good...
15.11.2024 10:00 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
A flat green field, with the sun breaking through clouds
A calm stretch of the River Ouse near York, with grassy bank in the foreground and trees on the opposite bank reflected in the water.
Will start my efforts here with a couple of blue(ish) sky glimpses from this morning - a peaceful walk alongside the Ouse, from York to Moor Monkton and Redhouse Wood. #natureonyourdoorstep #yorkshirenature #yorkpics
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