Shot Buzzard found nr Wigginton, York. Currently in the expert care of @jeanwildlife.bsky.social North Yorkshire living up to its reputation as the worst county in England for illegal raptor persecution. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/08/s...

The Calcutta Cup. This is a stock photo. I do have my own, taken in s Scottish rugby club. it would take me months to find it. Made from 270 silver rupees and awarded to the winner of the annual Scotland-England rugby match. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous

Inspired by @stewedpearsdotcom.bsky.social , I remembered I had this… Named for David Dunbar Buick, from Arbroath, who founded the company #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous

Penfolds wines. Named for Christopher and Mary Penfold. Their premium wine, Grange, is, arguably, the best in the world #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous

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This is completely unreal!

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous The Paps of Jura As I added the Alt Text, I realised it's a threefer- the Sound of Islay is the water and the pagoda is from Ardnahoe distillery, named for a local loch.

Guess who? #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEForEponymous

Trump is Europe’s best enemy yet @stevepeers.bsky.social

One from earlier this week. Glen Shieldaig, Loch Dughaill, Loch Shieldaig, and in the far distance the hills on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. (Note the new deer fencing... this area is due to get 300,000 native trees planted by the Woodland Trust).

Every American needs to watch this:

#WeekEforEponymous #AlphabetChallenge The SS Great Britain

Iolaire memorial, Stornoway #WeekEforEponymous #AlphaberChallenge

It is overcast and damp here (surprise!). I have a ton of stuff to do. But I actually just want to put the telly on and watch the curling

Great win for Team GB! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/videos...

#WeekEforEponymous #AlphabetChallenge MV Hebridean Isles

#WeekEforEponymous #AlphabetChallenge Wemyss Ware

@iandunt.bsky.social happy birthday

Ruskin's View, Kirby Lonsdale (wi' twa aul' wifies and the dug) #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous

Christmas #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous

@markpackuk.bsky.social Worthy?

I am rapidly concluding that when God made his promise about the Flood and gave us the rainbow, he had his fingers crossed behind his back

Happy Publication Day to me! TARGET ECHO - the third Wolf Sx thriller is published today, worldwide in all formats! A huge thank you to my publisher @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social my editor @editorbritton.bsky.social & my agent Justin Nash ‘TARGET ECHO’ Grab your copy here: amzn.eu/d/34KAm0o

‘Nuff said? #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous

I used this recently for another post, but hey ho.. The Sir Duncan Rice Library; University of Aberdeen #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous

Now how about the other children….

I may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.

and no I haven't put the Mandelson-Epstein-Reinaldo scoop on twitter we journalists *can* make Bluesky the place to break news

Is it possible to be beyond anger, and disgust? What comes after these? More anger, more disgust - at the people who thought about killing her, and the people who then did. Poor beautiful Ataksak.

Just saying…..

Rough day for Sex Matters

Devastated by the loss of my friend Jim Wallace: Lib Dem who repeatedly stepped in as first minister www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🎶 There were bloody footprints Where mercy should have stood And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets Alex Pretti and Renee Good 🎶 Never doubt the Boss. I hope everyone who thinks Born in the USA is nationalistic pride listens to this.

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#AlphabetChallenge #BonusDiptych #cheating

Applause rings out at St Paul's Cathedral at the moment that Dame Sarah Mullally becomes, legally and officially, the 106th - and first female - Archbishop of Canterbury:

No words.

Dramatic descent #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic

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Up Helly Aa, Lerwick, Shetland

I am HATING thus extended period of awful weather, so posting one of my favourite photos.

After the trials of 36 hours without heat, normality returned. And today, in the slipstream of Storm Charma, it was so cold by midday, I put the heating on. Then I jacked up the thermostats in the living room. Now I'm sitting here with the doors open, thinking about doing the same to the windows.

Today’s politics are dreadful, but, flippin’ ‘eck, WHAT did we do to deserve THIS?????

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