For tonight’s #writingtunes I’m going through SFA’s back catalogue, I always liked Blerwytirhwng? for its gorgeous alaw (melody) #writing #music #SuperFurryAnimals www.youtube.com/watch?v=17Zq...

Birdle 🇬🇧 23/11/2025 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Broken Pledges The Weakening of Environmental Protections Under the UK Labour Government and its Implications for our Countryside and its Biodiversity #Labour #Environment #Countryside #nature #politics northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/22/b...

In today’s #DailyPendlePic you can just see a snow-clad Ingleborough peeking out over Pendle’s shoulder #Pendle #Ingleborough #Lancashire #Yorkshire

Birdle 🇬🇧 21/11/2025 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Rowan, Raven and Rams #photography #countryside #Lancashire

Snowy photos from exactly one year ago, funny how we got snow on near enough the same date! #snow #pendle #Lancashire

Just finishing a piece with the rather cumbersome working title: The Weakening of Environmental Protections Under the UK Labour Government: Implications for Biodiversity and Species Survival. Can anyone here come up with anything catchier? #nature #Labour #politics #naturewriting

Just re-discovered some old blackboard drawings I did for guest beers back when I had the bar, I recall this one was for a beer called ‘Rock Lobster’ #sketches #drawings #RealAle #beer

#DailyPendlePic #Pendle #Snow #Lancashire

Birdle 🇬🇧 19/11/2025 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Today on #Northwestnatureandhistory we head to Blackpool to see the Illuminations!💡 #BlackpoolIlluminations #Blackpool #Lancashire northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/19/b...

No vehicles Except for access #Sabden #PendleWitchCountry #Pendle #Lancashire

#DailyPendlePic #Pendle #Lancashire

Finds from a fungal foray at Brungerley #Mycology #Fungi #Autumn #Clitheroe #Ribblevalley

Birdle 🇬🇧 16/11/2025 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

On this dull November day we search for one of our brightest native plants, the Spindle #Autumn #Ecology #Hedgerows #naturewriting northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/15/t...

Birdle 🇬🇧 14/11/2025 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

In my latest article on #Northwestnatureandhistory I go hunting for Hibernating Herald Moths #Moths #Lepidoptery #Entomology #nature @lepidoptery.bsky.social northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/13/t...

Guess the Birdle! #Birding #Birdwatching #gaming vm.tiktok.com/ZNdKVU3WG/

Birdle 🇬🇧 12/11/2025 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I’m calling this before anybody else does; the UK university sector is going to go *pop* big style. I reckon at least 1 big uni is going to go bust by the end of this year and anything up to 25% of them by end of first ¼ next year, be prepared! #Universities #Education #Economy

Birdle 🇬🇧 10/11/2025 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

‘The Sun had Closed the Winter’s Day’ By Joseph Farquharson. Currently on display in Towneley Hall, (and usually on many christmas cards too!) #TowneleyHall #Burnley #Lancashire #Art @towneleyhall.bsky.social @visitlancashire.bsky.social

Birdle 🇬🇧 09/11/2025 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The Cotton Mill A Lancashire Dialect Weaving Poem by An Operative, part of my Cotton Chronicles Series #weavingshed #Cottonmills #Poetry #History #Lancashire northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/09/t...

Lest We Forget #RemembranceDay #Clitheroe #Burnley #Lancashire

The news that #Labour have refused to mandate #Swiftbricks is heart-sinking, One of our most iconic birds. Such a simple way to help them. I can only come to the conclusion that Labour. hate. nature. #birds #ornithology #nature northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2023/05/02/t...

In my latest article on #Northwestnatureandhistory we go hunting for Buntings in Bowland #Ornithology #ForestofBowland #birds #nature @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/05/b...

Birdle 🇬🇧 05/11/2025 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Birdle 🇬🇧 04/11/2025 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Latest reading material, some light, others more heavy-going, should keep me going for a while but I can hardly find the time to read anything nowadays! #reading #books #history #Lancashire #Bookshelf

@anamca.bsky.social I forgot to post this chutney update, it tastes great with cheese!

Birdle 🇬🇧 03/11/2025 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Just published; version 2 of ‘The Controversial Practice of Controlled Burning’, amended and updated with latest data, research, policy and regs #uplands #conservation #nature #policy northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/02/t...

Birdle 🇬🇧 02/11/2025 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Tonights #WritingTunes while I work on the revised version of my Controlled Burning piece are by Rone, a bit hit-or-miss on what tracks I like but this one is undoubtedly a banger…. #music #writing #Rone www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tNk...

Birdle 🇬🇧 01/11/2025 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Barry at Sue’s Deli in Clitheroe Market saved this out-of-date cream for me to make butter with, he even called me to let me know he had it! You don’t get service like that in a supermarket! #ShopLocal #ClitheroeMarket #Clitheroe #RibbleValley

In 1564 he published his ‘Monas hieroglyphica’ where he presented a single mathematical-magical symbol as the key to unlocking the unity of nature. #TowneleyBehindTheScenes #Burnleyhistory #Museumcollections

Happy Halloween Everybody! As it’s the spookiest night of the year I’d like to share my collection of Unnatural Histories, 13 grisly and gruesome tales from the darkest corners of Northwest England. Enjoy! 👀 #Halloween2025 #Halloween northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2024/10/31/t...

Ribble Valley least deprived in UK. The main reason is that low income families have been forced out by high prices, it’s not a good thing at all. #RibbleValley #Clitheroe #Lancashire #HousingMarket www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Birdle 🇬🇧 31/10/2025 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Th’ moon wur sheignin’ rare, an’ breet, An’ stars wur twinklin’ o’er mi heyd, When aw wur walkin’ deawn th’ owd street, Wi’ Tommy Stroo’s ghost bi mi seyd. #Halloween2025 #Lancashire northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/10/31/t...

The Crier of Claife Tortured Soul of Windermere Calls Across the Lake #LakeDistrict #Windermere #Halloween2025 @lakesstiles.bsky.social @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/10/29/u...

Birdle 🇬🇧 28/10/2025 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Please pray for Jamaica, the hurricane they’re going to get pummelled by #Melissa could be, with 175mph+ winds, the strongest ever to hit them since 1851, it’s already at the limits for how big a hurricane can be at that latitude.

A ghost story to chill the owners of the (former) Punch Bowl pub near Hurst Green in Lancashire, who demolished the listed building and refused to rebuild it. Published in last Saturday's Lancashire Post.

Though fireworks may provide fleeting joy for us, for our wildlife they are a cause of severe and long-lasting damage, read more here… #Fireworks #Wildlife #Birds #nature northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/10/27/t...

Crinoids and Crabapples at Salthill Quarry #Geology #Autumn #Clitheroe #Lancashire #Photography