Good morning Watchers! The day we’ve all been waiting for is finally here! ❄️😍 Winterwatch 2026 has arrived! 🥳 on your screens tonight at 7pm on BBC Two & BBC iPlayer! We have so much coming up for you for the rest of the week! See you all very soon! #Winterwatch ❄️ 📸 Kingfisher, Alastair Marsh

Oof I've reached 400 followers! Think this calls for a nice cup of tea and chocolate biscuit 😀 #celebration 😄

I LOVE a water deity mosaic! Also the use of a single rounded tesserae for his pupils too 👀🦞🌊 #mosaic #waterdeity #watergods

Huge thank you to everyone who has given me advice this week! My podcast is now available on Pocket Casts too! @pocketcasts.com #pocketcast #podcast #podcasting #podcastsofbluesky #podcastsky

🖼️ Annegert Fuchshuber

And of course we sing the Gloucestershire Wassail 🍏🍞🔥🍻🍎 @thelongestjohns.bsky.social #wassail #wassailing youtu.be/SiBsoMh03SA?...

All over the South West of England, especially the Severn Vale, it's the time of year for the tradition of Wassailing (Old English, 'Waes Hael' meaning be well/in good spirits). We bless the apple orchards, drink spiced cider, sing, light fires and have a merry old time🔥 🍏 🍞 #wassail #wassailling

New guest announcement 📢 @margibryant.bsky.social

' For many, the appeal of pilgrimage lies not simply in the act of walking, but in walking towards something meaningful. ' Great post from @lucyastarza.bsky.social

I feel like a 🐟 in a big podcast pond but here I am, probably the only podcast in the 🌍 about a river, the River Severn/Hafren/Sabrina UK. Expect archaeology, social & maritime history, myth & folklore, goddess worship, rights of Rivers, ecology & wildlife, music, Morris dancing, art, pubs & more

The River Severn 🩵

Welcome new followers 🙏🏻My latest episode is about a new huge landscape recovery project along the River Severn between Tewkesbury and Gloucester, spanning 20 years. Its focus species are the European Eel and the True Fox Sedge, enjoy! 🐟🦢🦦🦆

Wow! 'In the case of the Finke, Australia has been an unusually stable landscape for a very long time. Resting in the middle of the Australian Plate, the continent has experienced virtually no significant tectonic activity for the past several 100 million years' www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Can you help? I made the switch over from FB to Bluesky but my numbers are right down for viewing my podcast since deleting my page, and finding it difficult to reach my target audience on here. I am very passionate about collecting and sharing the stories of the River Severn. Any suggestions? 🦆🦢🦦

Everyone's talking giants today! From the Mabinogi, Culhwch won the hand of Olwen after her father, the giant Ysbaddaden set him impossible tasks like hunting the mighty Boar Twrch Trwych along the River Severn 🐗 Art by Margaret D Jones #mythmonday #mabinogi #giants #riversevern #afonhafren

Flood Warning for River Severn at Severn Ham, Tewkesbury

After a week of ice The flash of a kingfisher Along the moorings. The spark of hope Is kingfisher blue. #naturewriting #ukcanals #naturepoetry #hope #birds #winter

My next guest on the podcast is Margi Bryant! Margi wrote a series of leaflets for Powys County Council and is a passionate walker and supporter of the Right to Roam movement ☺️ #riversevern #afonhafren #powys #severnway #hiking #walking #righttoroam youtube.com/shorts/k1IiN...

Agreed! 🦦

We need a Water Protection Zone for the River Wye. The regulators have failed to produce a plan which will rescue the river. We believe the river needs urgent attention – the equivalent of special measures 👇 www.herefordtimes.com/news/2572518...

1/ Can you help us count Bewick's and Whooper Swans for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January 2026? 🦢 Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub... #Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social

@gloswildlife.bsky.social #tewkesbury #eels #elvering #landscaperecovery #climateresilience #gloucester #gloucestershire

Also available on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5b4P... #spotifypodcast #spotify

Grumpy heron #riversevern #afonhafren #heron

More information about Eelscapes in Gloucestershire! storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3f4a...

Episode 14 is now live! Ben Spencer, from Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, takes us on a deeper understanding of a major landscape recovery project called Eelscapes which is based along the River Severn between Tewkesbury and Elmore, with a few giggles along the way? youtu.be/s3EwUv04X-4?...

This is so incredible and helps us connect directly with our ancestry. Loving the use of the Boar emblem also! 'A war trumpet was used by Celtic tribes across Europe to intimidate their enemies and to inspire and direct warriors during battle.'

'Farmers face devastating water cuts as Colorado River disappears. The Colorado River is in crisis. With deadlines looming, discussions about water rights in the nation’s capital are said to be contentious.' www.farmprogress.com/farm-operati...

Mermaid #mono #sculpturesaturday #mermaids #photography #photographersunited #photohour #bnw #photographersofbluesky #texture #photographyisart #eastcoastkin #travelphotographer #retiroparkmadrid #saturdaystatue #fotografia #monochrome #urbangaze #arteurbano #classicmono #mythicalcreatures

If you want to reduce plastic use in 2026, make this simple swap. Yellow kitchen sponges like these don’t break down in landfill, and they release microplastics that end up in the sea, harming marine animals. Eco-friendly alternatives are available – see: littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/seep...

From one church to another #riversevern #afonhafren #severnestuary #forestofdean #gloucestershire

Episode 14 coming soon!

#riversevern #afonhafren #severnway

Coming in to roost #riversevern #afonhafren

Celebrating my first year of this one woman podcast 🍾🥳🥂 (with a lot of help of course!) Probably the only podcast in the world about a river, but our River Severn is so special with so many fascinating stories. Many more to bring you in 2026 🦆🌀🦢🪿🐟🐗 #sabrinariverfolkpodcast #riversevern #afonhafren

Take a break from doomscrolling. #birds #art #timelinecleanse #painting #kingfisher #icon #peace

The Gloucester Folk Trail is filled with folk music and folk craft workshops - coming up 13 - 15 February www.gloucesterbid.uk/news/glouces... #folkcraft #folkmusic #folklore #gloucester

If you share a photo of the River Severn/Hafren please do tag #sabrinariverfolkpodcast Always happy to repost #riversevern #afonhafren #sabrinarivergoddess #Arlingham #Littledean #Horseshoebend

Following in their footsteps 🦆🦢🪿

I do have a bit of an obsession with Severn side boozers 🍻 One of my locals, The Anchor at Oldbury on Severn!

Death on the Severn ☠️ #riversevern #afonhafren

Episode 14 coming soon!

Waves #riversevern #afonhafren #severnestuary #severnbridge #waves

Perfect Sunday roast at the Boars Head, Aust after bird watching at Northwick Warth🦆🦢🐗🪿 #sundayroast #aust #boarsheadaust #northwickwarth #pilning #estuarybirds

Former Wessex Water CEO received £170k bonus despite ban on performance pay. Received total of £693,000 in pay from Malaysian-owned parent company, YTL Utilities (UK), including bonus. Company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, fleeces customers, rewards bosses.

Sergey Fyodorovich Podmarev (1935-1990)

If you share a photo of the River Severn/Hafren please do tag #sabrinariverfolkpodcast Always happy to repost #riversevern #afonhafren #sabrinarivergoddess #Arlingham #Littledean #Horseshoebend

"London Eye architect proposes 14-mile tidal power station off Somerset coast. West Somerset Lagoon would harness renewable energy for UK’s AI boom – and create ‘iconic’ arc around Bristol Channel." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A public call for action to save the River Cleddau is set to be debated by councillors after a petition demanding urgent intervention passed the threshold for a full council discussion