The paperback of Broken Biscuits and Other Male Failures will be published in the UK on January 29th, so I'm duty bound to use the meme again. #booksky harpercollins.co.uk/products/bro...

The Filey webcam is back! I'd pretty much given up hope. www.westreach.co.uk/fileycam So soothing, especially early morning/late evening

A calm moment in the studio today as I finished this commissioned memorial piece. I love these commissions and the thought that goes into a work like this commemorating a life well lived. The family input and knowing it will be treasured for many years to come

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Everywhere seems to have #snow apart from Wakefield... ❄🌨 So don't mind us, we'll be sulking in the winter wonderland of Cynthia Kenny: a city framed at Wakefield Museum. Can we be invited to Snow Day next time please? 😭

I hope I've not missed anyone who asked for a link to Michael's page with funeral details. Let me know if you asked and I haven't replied

#sophiefromromania has the important task of inspecting every defunct Xmas tree to make sure it’s under 6 feet in height

Biologists must display their most marvelous plumage if they are to be accepted by a flock of fellow biologists. We are now witness to this rare yet beautiful phenomenon at the Society of Integrative of Comparative Biology conference in Portland, OR #SICB2026

And all the sticks that Potter waves are wandy And all the things that Jamesie says are Bondy

It's telling, isn't it, that Protection Officers are still required for Hen Harriers in northern England. Good opportunity here for some important raptor conservation fieldwork. Closing date for applications: 30 Jan 2026. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/07/j...

A group of #severeME patients are trying to save Daryna, a young woman from #Ukraine with severe #MECFS, from the bombs & negligence. We want to take her as #refugee to #Germany. We find no help from anyone, including associations & NGO. Would you volunteer to help? Contact me. #pwME

Trying to sell prints at the moment feels a bit like trying to sell "I'm with this idiot" t-shirts during a zombie apocalypse...in winter but I have to eat. marswasrubbish.etsy.com

Online talk: Looking forward to exploring some of my favourite urban plants with @bsbibotany.bsky.social at 7.30 on Wednesday night. Expect new discoveries, lots of aliens, heat islands and how pubs shape the urban flora. If you’d like to join in please book here bsbi.org/take-part/ev...

I did this online training course with my 13 yr old grandson last year. It was brilliant, and we both learned SO much. Have a look... www.bto.org/our-work/tra...

None of these 90+ year old protected parties was in court. I doubt most of them even knew about the court case. I *really* don't want to be in this situation when I'm in my 80s or 90s but can't see how to avoid it.....

Paging @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social to ask when the film of Everything Will Swallow You is out, as I see filming is at advanced stages?

I've been taking down Christmas cards from around the house and have done a wildlife survey of them markavery.info/2026/01/05/t...

Nestle recalls specific batches of 11 different formula milk products due to potential contamination with bacillus cereus. Parents using infant formula to feed their babies should be assured that swapping to a different brand is fine. www.nestle.co.uk/en-gb/media/... @foodgov.bsky.social

In the next few days we'll be sharing more about our birthday and what's coming up in 2026. Before then (important): we'll be marking #InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay tomorrow!

Sheffield Heritage Fair. We'll be there both days. Come and say hello 🙂

Look out, little fella! 😯 Photo: Starling, back garden April 2025 #BirdOfTheDay #Speckles&Spots #Birds #WildlifePhotography #Nature #EastCoastKin #BlueMonday #BlueskyMonday #AllMetalMonday #Fermanagh

Aaah, the first Maureen of 2026 😀

Frigidarium. The new album by Hilliat Fields. 14/01/26 #NewMusic hilliatfields.bandcamp.com/album/frigid...

renardpress.com/books/all-th... I have a new book out next month, the first of three this year. A novella, full of spooks and sex and loss and last things and unwanted first things. I will leave it to you to decide who or what is always knocking within the walls and under the bed. Do pre-order!

Sunday book review: Pan-species Listing by @graemelyons.bsky.social Publisher: @pelagic.bsky.social Review: markavery.info/2026/01/04/s... "Hardly anyone has the knowledge to write this book & even fewer could write it so well!"

The artist's term starts tomorrow but there's still no timetable. Freepost on all orders till midnight william-vaudin.teemill.com/product/shee...

I'm running the 2026 TCS London Marathon dressed as a badger to raise money for Norfolk Wildlife Trust, the oldest of @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social – celebrating its 100th birthday this year. Please have a laugh at me and help save wildlife! 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/backtheba...

The inventor of the cold Swiss dish that has become a common breakfast cereal has died. Their remains will be held in a mueslium.

I think y'all should chill the fuck out by listening, maybe even buying, my music. hilliatfields.bandcamp.com/music

Part-time, permanent position. Rare opportunity to work at one of the UK's premier wildlife/ecotourism sites (Ospreys, White-tailed Eagles, Peregrine, Marsh Harriers) with a fabulous team @harbourbirds.bsky.social Closing date: 30 Jan. #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/03/j...

Yesterday at the breakwater.

Pub?

My first attempt at making Bath Olivers, out of necessity due to their discontinuation. Rather a lot of folding and rolling, but the end result seems okay.

Super Wolf Moon - Jan 3rd 🐺 The first full moon of 2026 is the Super Wolf Moon! What’s a Super Wolf Moon you ask? Read on to find out the what, why, where and how…

Smart alecks (amongst so many who have afflicted this field) who have no truck with 'primum non nocere'

In the car today with my son, age 20!, & he punched me on the shoulder & shouted ‘yellow car no return’, a game we hadn’t played in years Got thinking about all the other stuff we used to notice & exclaim when they kids were younger Reminded me of this. Don't stop noticing x #poetry #poemoftheday

One of the most unforgettable images capturing the vibrant promise of the new year, by the great Bauhaus artist László Moholy-Nagy: 7 A.M. (New Year's Morning), c. 1930 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Reedmace as a crop allows farmers to leave peatland in its natural wet state in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Sara Hudston. #countrydiary #naturewriting

As this seemed to go down well in 2025, I thought that I would do a thread of all the books that I read and finish this year again. Book 1: Scoff

A Shopgirl at Christmas. New post on Substack & my blog & something a little different. The Shopping Mall of my youth is going to be housing. Here’s what working in Our Price & Debenhams in the Wonderbra era taught me… links in bio or here nicolachester.com/2025/12/30/a...

Let's start with a recap of the year in Art but Make it Squirrel bsky.app/profile/arto...

New Year, new book project. @martamaziarz.bsky.social & I are writing a new Poyser monograph for @chiffchat.bsky.social on everyone's favourite forest songster: the Wood Warbler. Decades of long-term studies from across Europe, including our own in Białowieża Forest. #NatureWriting #Ornithology

Minninglow from above Grangemill #minninglow #googlepixel10proxl #teampixel #Grangemill #peakdistrict

The first sunset of 2026 #sunset #matlock #canon750d #nofilter

I am struck, I took a photo of the moon's face, its actual face, using an ageing phone, but nonetheless using much greater technology, than was available when the first humans set foot on the moon itself.

Might as well carry on and call it a January sale.

Frosty Fields 31st December 2025 A chilly start to New Year's Eve #frosty #Matlock #googlepixel10proxl #teampixel

End of the year musings… ruthswailes.com/should-old-a...