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manda-on.bsky.social
A bit of (pre)history, a bit of gardening, a bit of football, a bit of travel, a bit woke. Likes birds.
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Eye-opening graph. The biggest wildfire incidents in the UK don't occur when it's hottest, in high summer: they take place in April - *when landowners set fire to their grouse moors & lose control of burns.* Time to ban moorland burning. Source: www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/sites/defaul...

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."

submitted 3 days ago • 50 comments

Here's a late entry for #HillfortsWednesday, an aerial of Castle Ring on Harthill Moor, one of Derbyshire's lesser known and more enigmatic sites. Never been excavated, is it really a hillfort? About half a hectare with a bank, external ditch and counterscarp her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monument/MDR...

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On this day 168 years ago, Emily Williamson was born. ⚡ At age 34, she founded the RSPB, setting the stage for over a century of vital work protecting nature, which continues today. Happy Birthday, Emily...here's to your enduring impact!

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A 450-yo oak is felled without permission by a Toby Carvery (don’t eat there), who falsely claimed it was "dead". A tree alive when The Gunpowder Plot was hatched, which supports a web of 2000+ species, is in pieces. Legal protection for heritage trees needed. enfielddispatch.co.uk/toby-carvery...

submitted 5 days ago • 45 comments

BREAKING: Plastic nurdles are washing up along miles of the Norfolk coast, including RSPB Titchwell, following last week’s North Sea collision.🚨 This area is vital for migrating & nesting birds. We have just days to act before this pollution spreads further. (1/2)

submitted 34 days ago • 15 comments

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submitted 48 days ago • 6 comments

We’re moving our conversations over to Bluesky and from the end of February will no longer be checking our X account. You can find us sharing updates about our work here: Bluesky: @nattrustarch.bsky.social Facebook: @NationalTrustArchaeology Instagram: @nationaltrustarchaeology

submitted 62 days ago • 8 comments

It's #NationalNestBoxWeek- and when it comes to looking after your garden friends, we've got you covered! Let’s kick off with the all-important do's and don’ts when choosing a nest box. 👇 Share & keep nesting birds safe:

submitted 63 days ago • 4 comments

How different birds would act on a first date...a thread. (From us to you this #ValentinesDay) 💕👇

submitted 66 days ago • 49 comments

St Valentine's keys are traditionally given to unlock the giver's heart. Valentine was a Roman priest who was caught marrying couples & refused to give up his Christian faith. Executed on 14 February 269 AD, it was not until the 14th century that his feast day became a celebration of romantic love.

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Jupiter's still over there hanging out with the cool kids*, I see * Orion, the Hyades, and the Pleiades

submitted 76 days ago • 10 comments

Curiosity stargazing on Mars. This actually made my jaw drop open a little. So. Many. Stars. It's good to look up from our feet every now and then. Night y'all

submitted 96 days ago • 8 comments

Fur from pets treated with tick and flea spot treatment impacts nesting birds. Excellent study by @cannelledemontaigu.bsky.social funded by @songbirdsurvival.bsky.social #ornithology

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

The #Avebury #henge complex is one of the most impressive in Britain. #Stukeley first visited the site in 1719, his interest aroused by reading John Aubrey’s suggestion that the Ancient Britons were responsible for building the stone circles.

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

Lapwings are in serious trouble in Wiltshire with probably the same number of pairs as Stone Curlew. We found a lovely flock and managed to ring 5 of them. It is likely that these are not our breeding birds... But who knows? We need more research to find out.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Happy birthday to us! 130 today and still going strong 💪 A big thank you to everyone who is celebrating with us ♥️

submitted 99 days ago • 24 comments

This comic gets shared every year with the date changed. It is by Brazilian cartoonist Glauco Villas Boas (1957-2010).

submitted 110 days ago • 38 comments

Time for marathon redemption all for a great cause! Today I start a 20 week plan for Manchester in aid of @sensecharity.bsky.social. Sense support people with complex disabilities to communicate and experience the world. Would appreciate any donations if you can www.justgiving.com/page/dom-die...

submitted 133 days ago • 0 comments

Oooh these are very cool!

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

It's the Christmas countdown for nature lovers! ✨🎄 Every day, we’ll bring a little magic from the wild to your feed. Who’s hiding behind door 1?.... Let’s take a peek… #RSPBAdvent

submitted 141 days ago • 21 comments