Northwest Nature and History

Fog-webs!
Let’s see your foggy photos too
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#fog #photography #weather

What’s this beastie building itself a hibernaculum on my tarp I wonder?
#entomology #insects #nature

In my latest article on #Northwestnatureandhistory we go foraging for Chanterelle 🍄‍🟫
➡️ northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/10/11/c...
#Funghi #Foraging #Autumn #Mycology

Birdle 🇬🇧 10/10/2025

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They’re a bit like granny smiths but less pulpy and more appley (sorry for late reply btw!)

Today’s garden harvest, 3 varieties of tomato (beef, cherry and black cherry) and a decent size courgette, interestingly the marks on the courgette indicate how it’s grown and rubbed against the edge of its planter
#gardening #selfsufficiency #growyourown

Grey Wagtail at Primrose Lodge NR, Clitheroe. Female (I think?)
#PrimroseLodge #Clitheroe #Birding #nature

Unnatural Histories; Dandy the Dog, James Device’s Shape-shifting Familiar A Tale of the Pendle Witch Trials and a Demonic Dog. Including a Chapter on the Design and Installation of the Eponymous Sculpture in Clitheroe, Lancashire

In the latest addition to my Unnatural Histories collection we look at the tale of James Device and Dandy the Dog
#PendleWitches #History #Lancashire
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/10/06/u...

Thou Giant Form, with Forehead Bare A small selection of black & white photos of Pendle Hill in Lancashire

Thou Giant Form with Forehead Bare
#Pendle #Lancashire #Photography
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/10/04/t...

#Clitheroe #Castle #RibbleValley #blackandwhitephotography
#Photography

Just found out about the passing of Patricia Routledge.
I had great fun being an extra on the Hetty Wainthrop episode ‘poison pen’ and wish I’d more of a chance to meet her as she seems to have been a lovely person :(
#PatriciaRoutledge #MrsBucket

The Marvellous Migratory Silver Y Moth Notes on the moth species Autographa gamma and its ecology in Northwest England, including a chapter on the phenomenon of Phototaxis

In my latest article I look at one of our most distinctive moths, the Silver Y
#Lepidoptery #moths #Entomology #nature #naturewriting
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/10/02/t...

Birdle 🇬🇧 02/10/2025

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Look at this beaut I spotted in Booth’s carpark in Clitheroe the other day.
(Thank-you to the owner for letting me take a picture)
#tractors #MasseyFerguson #Vintagetractors
@farmersweeklyuk.bsky.social

Towneley Hall is excited to be hosting the exhibition Pioneers of the Material World as part of the British Textile Biennial, which opens tomorrow!

The exhibition shows how clothing made for survival in extreme environments was later redefined for high street fashion and counter culture.

See…..

Green and red apples hang on a leafy green tree, behind is a blue sky with a few wispy clouds

A reusable fabric shopping bag is half filled with apples

When you walk along a path you haven’t been down for over 30 years and remember there’s an apple tree in that hedge and you’ve got a bag in your jacket pocket :) 🍎
#foraging #autumn #apples #hedgerows

Birdle 🇬🇧 30/09/2025

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#DailyPendlePic #Pendle #Clitheroe #Lancashire

Strachey family portrait, 1750, currently on display in Towneley Hall, Burnley
#fineart #portrait #history #art

Birdle 🇬🇧 28/09/2025

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The Vital Importance of Shopping Locally The Vital Importance of Shopping Local, a comprehensive study of how essential independent businesses and markets are for our economy, society and environment

In my latest piece I look at how important it is to support your local market and high-street shops 🛒
#ShopLocal #Supportyourhighstreet
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/09/27/t...

Thank-you :)

#DailyPendlePic #Pendle #Clitheroe #Ribblevalley #Lancashire #photography

🎞️Video courtesy of Forest of Bowland Moorland Group.

A grey hen, captured on camera by a local gamekeeper.

Waddow Hall, Clitheroe
#WaddowHall #Clitheroe #Ribblevalley #Lancashire #photography

….apologise for the inconvenience and will be offering a reduced day entry ticket on this day.

Bogarts and Bears at Towneley Hall in Burnley
#Towneleyhall #Burnley #Lancashire
@towneleyhall.bsky.social @visitlancashire.bsky.social

Birdle 🇬🇧 24/09/2025

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Autumn is Here Autumn is here A short music video

Autumn is Here
#AutumnEquinox #AutumnVibes

northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/09/22/a...

Lancaster Castle Keep
#blackandwhitephotography #photography #Lancaster #Lancashire