Grey Seal pup on the coast near Beadnell, Northumberland, this morning. Presumably washed up during last nights strong winds. 🦭 #Northumberland #NorthumberlandCoast #Beadnell #Coast #Seal @northwildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social

Beadnell, Northumberland, this morning. Three drake Velvet Scoter, Red-throated Diver and a couple of Snow Bunting were the bird highlights. 🌊 #Northumberland #NorthumberlandCoast #Beadnell #Coast #Waves #Birding #NEBirding @ntbirdclub.bsky.social

Hexham Abbey, Northumberland. #MedievalSky #Hexham #HexhamAbbey #Northumberland

Denge sound (acoustic) mirrors. Built in the late 1920s/early 1930s as an experimental early warning system for incoming aircraft but as aircraft speed increased they were superseded by radar. The largest circular dish measures 9m across. #ScheduledMonument #MilitaryHistory #History #Kent #Dungeness

Oast house, Sissinghurst, Kent. Traditionally used for drying hops, oast houses now represent a bygone age of brewing. 🍻 #Beer #Brewing #RealAle #Hops #Kent #Sissinghurst

Pike of Stickle, #Cumbria, the heart of the Langdale axe industry. Langdale (Group VI) axes knapped from volcanic tuff have been found all over the UK notably at several Neolithic monuments. #StandingStoneSunday #GreatLangdale @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social @adamibbotson.bsky.social

Grass of Parnassus, Gowbarrow Fell, Cumbria. The county flower of both Cumbria in England and Sutherland in Scotland. #WildFlowerHour #MacroMonday #LakeDistrict @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social

Common Field Grasshopper near Hexham, Northumberland. #MacroMonday #BugSky #Grasshopper #Hexham #Northumberland @northwildlife.bsky.social @xercessociety.bsky.social @britishwildlife.bsky.social

Chesterholm Milestone next to the Stanegate road near Vindolanda fort. Measuring 1.7m in height, it is the only intact Roman milestone to have remained in its original position. #StandingStoneSunday #Vindolanda #RomanBritain @vindolandatrust.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

Female Common Darter, near Hexham, Northumberland this afternoon. #Dragonfly #Dragonflies #Hexham #Northumberland @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @northwildlife.bsky.social

Painted Lady on a dahlia, South Cumbria. #BigButterflyCount #ButterflyWeek #UKButterflies #Butterfly #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social

Bracken, Great Langdale, Cumbria. #FernFriday #Bracken #Fronds #GreatLangdale #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social

Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire. Neolithic chambered tomb situated below the Preseli Hills, the source of the bluestones that went into the making of Stonehenge as well as Pentre Ifan itself. #StandingStoneSunday #TombTuesday #Dolmen #PentreIfan @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly, Sizergh, South Cumbria. #Butterfly #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social

There’s just something about Machrie Moor. Machrie Moor 2, Isle of Arran. #StandingStoneSunday #MachrieMoor #Arran @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire. Founded in 1132 by monks from the Benedictine house of St. Mary’s, York, it became the wealthiest Cistercian monastery in England until its dissolution, by order of Henry VIII, in 1539. #MedievalMonday #MedievalSky #Yorkshire

Birkrigg Stone Circle, Birkrigg Common, near Bardsea, Cumbria. A.k.a The Druid’s Circle. Taken from the outer ring with Morecambe Bay in the distance. #StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria #Birkrigg #MorecambeBay @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social @morecambebay.bsky.social

Warnscale Beck, Buttermere, Cumbria. #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #Buttermere @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social @friendsoflakes.bsky.social

Giant’s Grave, Kirksanton, Cumbria. Black Combe rising in the distance. #StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

Heckington Windmill, Lincs. The only surviving eight-sailed windmill in the UK. There’s an excellent little microbrewery (8 Sail Brewery 🍻) on site too. #WindmillWednesday #Windmill #Heckington #Lincolnshire #LincolnshireLife

Six-spot Burnet moth on Kidney Vetch & Oxeye Daisies at Ormsgill slag bank, South Cumbria. #Moths #BurnetMoth #TeamMoth #WildFlowerHour #Coast #BarrowInFurness #Cumbria @savebutterflies.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social

Goggleby Stone, Shap, Cumbria. One of the fourteen remaining stones that originally formed part of a 2.5km stone avenue, that up until the 18th century was considered comparable to Avebury. #StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria @adamibbotson.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

First Golden-ringed Dragonfly today at @rspbengland.bsky.social Haweswater. Small Copper, Common Blue & Small Heath butterflies also present. #Dragonfly #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social

Carreg Samson, Neolithic burial chamber, Pembrokeshire. #StandingStoneSunday #Dolmen @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

Ringed Plover nest, South Cumbria. Monitored for @btobirds.bsky.social Nest Record Scheme. 🪺 #MorecambeBay #Nest @wadertales.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social @waderstudy.bsky.social

Another image from Machrie Moor, Isle of Arran. Of the original nine stones forming the circle at Machrie Moor 3, only one still stands. #StandingStoneSunday #MachrieMoor #Arran @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

Machrie Moor 2, Isle of Arran. #StandingStoneSunday #MachrieMoor #Arran @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

Medieval altarpiece and wall paintings at The Chapel of St. Nicholas, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. #Medieval #MedievalSky #ChurchCrawling

Fallen Ash tree at Bardea, South Cumbria. #Cumbria #MorecambeBay

A sunny morning at Leighton Moss RSPB Reserve, Lancashire. #Clouds #RSPB #LeightonMoss #Lancashire @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social

Plas Newydd burial chamber, Anglesey. #StandingStoneSunday #Cromlech #Dolmen #YnysMôn #Anglesey @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

On this day last year. Living the dream in leafy Herefordshire. 🍎🍻 🍕🍃 #Cider #Pizza #OffGrid @ciderreview.bsky.social @littlepomona.bsky.social

Enjoying a fine Ukrainian perry outside in the rather chilly Scottish Borders. Sadly Berryland Cidery was destroyed in 2022 by a Russian bomb. 🇺🇦🍐🍎 #Cider #Perry @ciderreview.bsky.social

Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) growing on a road verge in south Cumbria. #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna), Swarthmoor Hall Wood, South Cumbria. #WildFlowerHour #YellowFlowers @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Peacock butterfly fresh out of hibernation, southern Lake District. #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

Shadows. #StandingStoneSunday

Old photo of Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire. Guessing it hasn’t changed much since… #StandingStoneSunday