👀 Excellent, funded PhD ... someone's going to be busy! "...combining archaeological excavation of targeted heritage features, palaeoecological studies to establish long-term ecological heritage & investigating intangible heritage of folk customs & traditions [+] Advanced digital visualisation..."

Much needed trip out, great to see Dingy Skippers, Small Copper and Common Heaths on Devils Dyke. And one pulsitilla. Thanks to @epollard.bsky.social for info. #cambsmoths

1/ Forget tales of escapees from the film set of The African Queen. Ignore rumours of Jimi Hendrix’s supposed liberation of a pair on Carnaby Street. Newly declassified documents from the Ministry Of Defence reveal how Ring-necked Parakeets colonised the UK through Operation Norwegian Blue! 😮 🪶

Keen garderobe-gogglers may be interested to learn that I've spent part of today writing a good chunky section on latrines for The Buildings Archaeologist book, including this reconstructed one in the parlour chamber of Bayleaf (now at the Weald & Downland Living Museum).

"integrate AI into your workflow..." buddy, given half a chance I'd be scratching on vellum with oak gall ink in a nice dark clochán on Skellig Michael. I have no interest in generative AI at all, I wish they would stop trying to crowbar it into *everything*. Sometimes the effort is the point.

We are delighted to share that the @fenscapes.bsky.social Project have been awarded two grants from the first round of the @hsds-update.bsky.social Small Grants Programme. The two newly-funded projects will create innovative online resources. 👉 Find out more: www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/fenscap... 🧵

Excellent bit of #DailySarsen ⬇️

Or Early Neolithic?

@pottedhistory.bsky.social you have to make these

Good news! High Court throws out Moorland Association's legal challenge against new burning regulations in England ⚖️🌍 New blog ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/28/h...

Remember folks - if you've been entertained do consider bunging a few quid to Centrepoint. ❤️ #DuvetKnowItsChristmas #Christmas

The algorithms are making it a lot harder to spread the word about these online talks. Although numbers are still reasonable, it would be a great help if folk were able to give the 30 December event a quick share 🙂 Booking available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...

This artefact is a familiar favourite but we've just found out his name is William! The nickname was first recorded in 1931 and has stuck around since then. How could we not choose him for #FindsFriday?!🏺🦛 William is on view now at The Met.

We’ve had a watchful presence in the workshop today... 👀 He’s part of a new commission, and while he looks alert, he failed to protect another piece from cracking 😅 Blame has been firmly assigned. Got a historical replica idea? 👉 potted-history.co.uk/pages/commis...

Griffon Vultures crossing The #Straits yesterday- pure migratory magic! ….or youth dispersal magic 😉 1,687 Griffon Vultures crossed over our heads!

Great course, I did it last year and highly recommend

Scottish Government delays start of muirburn licences for the second time after aggressive lobbying by grouse shooting industry. Climate emergency, anyone? Seems Scot Gov more interested in appeasing the lairds than protecting the environment. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/09/s...

We need your help again. Coul Links is an extraordinary coastal dune habitat, home to rare and remarkable wildlife. But it is now threatened for a second time by plans for an 18-hole golf course that would cause irreparable damage. Your voice could help save it. 👇

A first for Scotland! I love these degrees, and the graduates they have produced elsewhere in the UK. Very excited to be able to support this option for our students at UHI moving forward. If you're interested in hosting a placement student, get in touch!

Thanks to an incredibly generous former student, we have some wonderful news for archaeology at Birkbeck: a new institute. The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies will enable research projects, support global collaborations, and fund studentships as well. www.bbk.ac.uk/research/cen...

Love the way the details on the face on my @pottedhistory.bsky.social lamp are revealed when it is lit

Future archaeologists will dig up this photo and describe it as evidence for ritual activities...

Sandcastles so structurally sound a Little Egret can sit on them!

Unshielded outdoor fixtures allow light to be emitted in multiple directions, contributing to light pollution 💡🦋 Choosing cut-off or fully cut-off shielding can help to redirect artificial light away from our night skies. #DarkSkyWeek #MothsMatter

Ian Parsons asks ‘What is the environmental & carbon cost of large-scale tree-planting schemes?’ markavery.info/2025/03/31/g... #tree #planting #carbon

Re-post this until you drop. Talk to your MP too. We're being swept under the carpet, zero help. Into my #LongCovid YEAR FIVE, after 2020 infection wave 1, 2022 hospital review & scans (damaged lungs+), I'm only now offered Talking Therapy (& Occupational despite being self-employed & bed-bound).

I love #science

I hereby create a community of people who love, respect, and admire boglands. They are mysterious, beautiful, and powerful to ecology, archaeology and climate. Yet these systems continue to be misunderstood and threatened. Who wants to join my bog fan club? Please share - bogs need friends right now

We all have days where we feel like this cup. Embrace it. Embrace the grump. 📍Pompeii, House of Julius Polybius 🕰️ 1st century AD 📷 mine #AncientBlueSky 🏺