#adoorablethursday Some may say it is a gate. Fine all the same. The West door of the Piece Hall Halifax #NoContextDoors

Oh the special access, patiently waiting for the light, and just a little kit and skill?

At @yspsculpture.bsky.social this afternoon Lots of great stuff to see. Rosie’s boyfriend got great views of his first kingfisher. Need to go back to see the main exhibition as we started late.

They don't make'em like that anymore. Gate detail from Bretton Hall Estate.

@saocousins.bsky.social Snorri and his two companions do Christmas carols. Gathering winter fuel We three kings Etc

Almost Elmer the story book elephant.

@everyheron.bsky.social thee heron on Leeds University campus. It.ised to.have a Twitter account.

Enjoy your weekends starting with this.

The only moth from three traps on a chilly Sunday night, at the start of a busy week. A very neatly marked and smallish plume moth maybe less than 25mm across the wing span. 16th Nov Leeds - from size and markings maybe Beautiful Plume? #TeamMoth

Some thought to be lunch time sketches by Michael Healy of Dublin a stained glass artist, shared for my #Dailydrawing friends - @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social from tonights online talk by David Carron ofr @BSMGP

A beautiful description @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social

'Til Burnam Wood?

Dancing birches

Not #FirstBirdofMyDay but I spied these "sails" in the distance on my cycle home from.the station this morning. First bird was the jury of jackdaws in the birch at Mum's. I forgot to take a photo, the winds have stripped the top half but the lower sheltered branches remain in yellow FYI swans

@everyheron.bsky.social absolutely mirror conditions in the old Power Station lagoon today.

A single crow call answered by a triple the silence. At 5.30. A crow lazily glided over the terrace ridge as I left to cycle to the station. I saw several more along the way. Fab dawn. Belated #FirstBirdofMyDay

A heron enjoying the morning sunshine by the River Kent above Staveley. Phone shot so don't click in @everyheron.bsky.social

@saocousins.bsky.social @lakesstiles.bsky.social a first for me a ladder stile with gate. Complete with police notice about offload bikes. Hutton Roof Crags

#dailydrawing weekend break 3 if 3 has begun. Why do I set myself these challenges. But continuing the colour theme ! Too much train joggles to try paint. So now to enjoy south of Berwick view in a wet dusk. Maybe one evening this week, but a lot of deadlines. @saocousins.bsky.social @@DrRJWarren

#Dailydrawing weekend break. 2 of 3? Will I manage another on the train home? And fill the sketch book. I think I could have nudged the red render a few notches higher. Dunfermline town. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social

You have to love a bit of good graphic spoof.

#dailydrawing occasionally. The former St Anne's Oratory Randolph Place Edinburgh. It's c 1900 Arts and Crafts facade a contrast to the surrounding New Town Once shop of W W Macfarlane interior designer @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @fotofacade.bsky.social

@saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social I am not sending team challenges

@saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social

@mothiduk.bsky.social asking the wider team hasn't helped this time.

A quiet Sunday night trap, despite being mild and overcast 8 of 5 The large wainscott NFG/lifer and two micros Clepsis consimilana? on shape and a little grey one Central Leeds. Anyone else up here had late uncertain ? #TeamMoth

Enjoy.

Indeed, it brightened up my day

Nice piece @amyjanebeer.bsky.social . Thanks @nicolawriting.bsky.social and best wishes for the book launch. Are you heading north?

The total from two traps in Central Leeds, it was clearer and hence cooler than forecast. #TeamMoth the first v tatty one had deep orange brown underwing so hazardous Copper Uwing spp? A lot fewer LYUW this year. And finally a Lunar UW

Another lovely morning. Sunrise over Woodhouse Moor Leeds.

Last night's #dailydrawing each time my view point comes in closer. But I'll not attempt a moth ! Home now. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social

#TeamMoth on tour. Near Seahouses. 18 of 9 Every shade of lunat underwing. Started chilly and clear. Actinic had gone out by 3pm, battery issues - annoying after 3 years of weekly summerise trapping. Well pleased with first ever Redgree carpet and green Brindley crescent. One mystery. Pics on reply

Domestic detail from @nationaltrust.org.uk Lindisfarne Castle. Yesterday's #dailydrawing @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social Image on the reply. Grrh attempt no.10

Ah. Something stirring in the curators' store room.?

The opposite of the expansive view. A challenge in shading. ##dailydrawingoccasional @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social

OK. Let's try big sky, big sea and big landscape all in one painting. Will anything not go wrong ? #dailydrawingoccasional @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social

Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria): This fungi is easily identifiable thanks to its bright red colouring and white spots, and is often featured in a number of fairytales. A reindeer favourite associated in Scandinavia with hallucinations of flying reindeer. it is poisonous to humans 🍄 #fungi #flyagaric

#TeamMoth a large beetle by catch, their wings are huge. One flew off. Plus some form of gothic? which Ed1 of Lewington says is unlikely at nr Seahouses in autumn. Thoughts pls. Photos on the reply

A damp morning in the grounds of Dumfries House admiring the restoration and the new craftsman built shelters and summerhouses. 90 minute tour of the house interior with tales of the people who commissioned and then lived in the House. Drawing an octagonal building proved a challenge #dailydrawing

Night six of the holiday and just one daily drawing so far. "There is nothing quite like flying in floats" ##dailydrawing occasionally. @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social see reply for image

What a stunning image

One of nature enigmatic beasts

Moths are very quiet central Leeds 12 of 5 spp. Broad bordered Yellow underwing NFY highlight. A Robin probably ate it as it flew away. Tatty so hopefully she had laid some eggs #TeamMoth

All a bit quiet in Central Leeds. Home 3 of 3 Allotment 8 of 5. On the allotment no profusion of LYUW this year. Anyone assist with the Pug #TeamMoth see reply

@lucywheeler.bsky.social worth a listen

#TeamMoth @mothiduk.bsky.social one of the Ermines, possibly Willow plus three micro puzzles from Friday night VC65 Central Leeds. So 17 of 9 spp on the allotment and 25 of 14, 17 if I get some more ID. Fewer than many would get out of a chair for? Thanks and enjoy your profusions.