Paul Leyland

Mayon Cliff Choughs - by Cornish artist and illustrator, Matt Johnson

More of this artist's fabulous work, here: mattillustration.bigcartel.com/products

#birds #birdart #art #Cornwall

I also love blacklisted and am slowly working my way through old episodes. Loved Trustee from the Toolroom.

I hope you are also checking out the insects on your walk 😀

Endemic is out now

It’s the big day! After four years of research, writing and editing (and procrastination, terror and imposter syndrome), Endemic has now been released to the world.

This summer brought an abundance of butterflies and birds. Nature is ready to spring back – if we let it | Patrick Barkham The recent hopeful surge of some wildlife isn’t down to us. But in an era of climatic decline, it shows the resilience of our fellow species, says Guardian nature writer Patrick Barkham

This summer brought an abundance of butterflies and birds. Nature is ready to spring back – if we let it | Patrick Barkham

Did she wipe her bum?

Butterfly resting on top of a purple thistle head. The background is blurred out. It is a macro shot so you can see the butterfly's eyes.

The painted lady travels up to 9,000 miles from sub-Saharan Africa to the UK each year — one of the longest insect migrations known. 🌍

Fuelled by nectar-rich flowers like thistles, they play a vital role in pollination across continents. 🌸

📸 Steven Clipperton

#WorldNatureConservationDay

Helmsley Walled Garden is a wonderful place to see flowers and insects.

Well done England ladies.

The book it's based on, by Davis Grubb, is also fantatic.

My favourite hoverfly.

Israel appears to get away with genocide because of past Muslim atrocities. Innocent people always suffer. How do we stop this cycle?

I wish they could bring it a bit further North

Why do people kill foxes for 'sport'? It's sick. Share if you agree with us!

North Yorkshire use lots of mobile speed cameras but no fixed ones.

The Lincoln Highway is a great read.

I read novels but can't be bothered reading the nytimes

Hope you're having a great time

The last one is my favourite.

Who cares?

Swallows and Hare - by painter and printmaker Carry Akroyd

Because Swallows and Hares make everything seem ok...

You can see more of Carry's stunning artwork, here: carryakroyd.co.uk

#art #landscapes #hares #swallows #printmaking

Can you give us the juicy bits 😋

What is he doing?

I've only just discovered Backlisted so I'm a few years behind everyone else. Just to say I really enjoy the old episodes and hope I will eventually catch up.

Hobby swooping over West Holm

Eygptian geese pair on West Holm (still no sign of nesting)

Over 2 weeks old Avocet chick on East Holm

Cormorant drying it's wings on the Reed-bed

Tuesday,
The Cuckoo was again calling by the Far lake,
A Hobby was hunting West Holm,
There were 16 Avocet & 2 Little ringed plover chicks on East Holm (with 3 more Avocet chicks on the Silt pond),
3 Eygptian geese were on the Village lake & West Holm,

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87 Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’

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How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup by J. L. Carr The British writer and publisher J. L. Carr is undoubtedly best known for his masterpiece, A Month in the Country (1980), a book I truly adore. Nevertheless, this author was much more than a one-bo…

More reasons to love J. L. Carr, #BornOnThisDay in 1912, my thoughts on HOW STEEPLE SINDERBY WANDERERS WON THE FA CUP.

This delightful story of plucky underdogs triumphing against all the odds is tinged with a longing for halcyon times. A glorious book! 💙📚

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Nice to see The Enchanted April there

Bought & read. Loved it, thanks for the recommendation.

Dandelion - not a weed, but a wild flower providing an early source of nectar for bees and butterflies. @dandelionappre1.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social #dandelion #wildflower