Non-biting midges fuel much of @northcavewet.bsky.social - but don’t get much screen time. So here’s a (pretty poor) corrective. Elsewhere: right on cue - hungry sand martins!
Blackthorn @northcavewet.bsky.social doing anything Hawthorn can do, but sooner and with a subtlety that escapes its louder cousin 🙂 Elsewhere: first chiffchaff and last redwing
Studying at a distance doesn’t mean studying alone! 💻👥
With SCONUL Access, #OUstudents can use university libraries across the UK & Ireland. 📚
Study alongside others and feel more connected to a wider learning community, closer to where you live... 👇 https://ow.ly/LboH50YmQrz
Thank you - have (temporarily no doubt 😀) added 'seasonal polyphenism' to my vocabulary.
First Dronefly for me this year @northcavewet.bsky.social. So….front tarsi dark? rear tibia ‘banana shaped’? I’m going ❌ to both, & my first guess of 2026 is therefore… Eristalis pertinax (not sure it really matters though unless you’re another Eristalis 😂) Elsewhere: sparrowhawk, curlew, stoat
Beautiful Yellowhammer in morning sunshine - North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire 25/2/26
Be more Bearded Tit...jump into the week!
#MondayMotivation
Yes - though sometimes feel Whitehead's 'journey' is just as inspiring, from doubt through to belief on the basis of evidence - we see that all too infrequently!
Don't mess with the Dr!! (To muddy the pestilential waters still further, think there's a reasonable justification for saying symptoms for potential index case began on 28th August)
Other work of the Ladybird artists.
‘Missel Thrush’, 1937
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
There’s not much in flower yet @northcavewet.bsky.social, so worth celebrating even the smallest blooms, like this common field-speedwell (Veronica persica). Elsewhere: White-fronted geese, marsh harrier, stonechats & my first bumblebee 🐝
Other work of the Ladybird artists.
‘Redshanks Alighting’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
‘Penny Pocket Cherry’ #252 in #treehunting. This Double-flowered wild cherry (Prunus avium ‘Plena’) is forcing its way through the gravestones of Penny Pocket Park in Leeds! 15 of 1000
‘Old Wych’ #251 in #treehunting. Park Square in Leeds is a lovely space, further enhanced by this stately Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra). 14 of 1000
Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
Glad @drcolinm.bsky.social reposted, as an (ex-🙂) HYMS teacher always special to get even a brief glimpse of 'what happened next?' - even if it's sometimes been a challenging journey. A thought provoking talk, with a lot of hard-won wisdom, thanks for sharing.
A day late for #nationalsnowdropday @northcavewet.bsky.social, but who’s calendar watching 🙂 Elsewhere: Bittern, Stonechats & overhead Common Crane ✅😀
‘Effluent Fig’, #167 in #treehunting. Urban opportunist, a Fig (Ficus carica), has found its home on the Salford bank of the River Irwell. 13 of 1000
‘Blue Fox’, #168 in #treehunting. Not the best time of year for this Foxglove tree (Paulownia tomentosa), several months too early for its fragrant blue flowers - but still a shapely specimen. 12 of 1000
‘Preservation Plane’, #169 in #treehunting. This London Plane (Platanus x hispanica) was apparently the first tree to receive a preservation order from Manchester City council. 11 of 1000
‘Turing Ash’, #171 in #treehunting. A statue of Alan Turing sits in the shade of a giant Ash (Fraxinus excelsior). (into double figures) 10 of 1000
‘Vimto Redwood’, #170 in #treehunting. A Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) starting off a productive day’s hunting in Manchester. 9 of 1000
A chill east wind on #WorldWetlandsDay @northcavewet.bsky.social - male Goat Willow suitably dressed in fur. Elsewhere: Bullfinches and Ringed Plover
While prison education is still nowhere near good enough, it has been slowly improving. The cuts will reverse that.
We back the Justice Committee's call for a clear plan to improve both participation and quality in prison education and to reverse these ill-conceived cuts.
https://ow.ly/K7jx50Y5NOv
Spring is beginning to force through @northcavewet.bsky.social. Not long now!
I will be disappointed if Sean Bean doesn’t call every bird he sees “yer’bastard”
Bill Richmond and Tom Molineaux are to be honoured with a blue plaque in London after years of lobbying by Black History Walks 🥊👊🏾🍻
Please join us at UCL’s large auditorium, the Cruciform Building, London, 15 April 2026, 6.30pm. Tickets are free!
grapplingwithhistory.com/2026/01/22/c...
Bitterns @northcavewet.bsky.social - what a talent to have!
Explanation Of Board Game Rules Peppered With Reassurances That It Will Be Fun https://theonion.com/explanation-of-board-game-rules-peppered-with-reassuran-1819579569/
…. no, just a new study-buddy, Pholcus phalangioides the Long-bodied cellar spider! 😂
