Andrew Beaven
@andrewbeaven.bsky.social
History (mostly local - London), nature (mostly local).
Also posting on cricket as @TheTeesra.com, but no sport or coaching via this account.
Also posting on cricket as @TheTeesra.com, but no sport or coaching via this account.
"Otters in the Roding
Otters (says a London correspondent) are more numerous than many people imagine. They work the River Roding, for instance, as close to London as Buckhurst Hill and Wanstead Park."
- Ilford Recorder, April 27th, 1906
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@paulpowlesland.bsky.social @wrenwildlife.bsky.social
Otters (says a London correspondent) are more numerous than many people imagine. They work the River Roding, for instance, as close to London as Buckhurst Hill and Wanstead Park."
- Ilford Recorder, April 27th, 1906
🦦
@paulpowlesland.bsky.social @wrenwildlife.bsky.social
Celebrating the arrival of the River Roding onto Bluesky by posting this incredible video that has proven that otters are now living on the lower Roding (in LB Redbridge), taken from a police helicopter!
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Otters in the Roding
Otters (says a London correspondent) are more numerous than many people imagine. They work the River Roding, for instance, as close to London as Buckhurst Hill and Wanstead Park."
- Ilford Recorder, April 27th, 1906
🦦
@paulpowlesland.bsky.social @wrenwildlife.bsky.social
Otters (says a London correspondent) are more numerous than many people imagine. They work the River Roding, for instance, as close to London as Buckhurst Hill and Wanstead Park."
- Ilford Recorder, April 27th, 1906
🦦
@paulpowlesland.bsky.social @wrenwildlife.bsky.social
Between 3–5am in the morning, before the tube opens, tens of thousands of Londoners are already commuting to and from work. Who are they?
Fascinating piece from Katharine Swindells for @londonermag.bsky.social
Fascinating piece from Katharine Swindells for @londonermag.bsky.social
Meet London's earlybirds
Between 3–5am in the morning, before the tube opens, tens of thousands of Londoners are already commuting to and from work. Who are they?
www.the-londoner.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Between 3–5am in the morning, before the tube opens, tens of thousands of Londoners are already commuting to and from work. Who are they?
Fascinating piece from Katharine Swindells for @londonermag.bsky.social
Fascinating piece from Katharine Swindells for @londonermag.bsky.social
Brilliant talk today from @lucytsmith.bsky.social for @fovm.bsky.social .
Fascinating insight into the process of creating the illustrations, many for @rbgkew.bsky.social
Fascinating insight into the process of creating the illustrations, many for @rbgkew.bsky.social
October 14 botanical illustrator Lucy T Smith will use highlights from her 30-year career to talk about the excitement of working at Kew Gardens continuing a long tradition of collaboration with botanists to document and share discoveries in plant science. www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/ilf...
October 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Brilliant talk today from @lucytsmith.bsky.social for @fovm.bsky.social .
Fascinating insight into the process of creating the illustrations, many for @rbgkew.bsky.social
Fascinating insight into the process of creating the illustrations, many for @rbgkew.bsky.social
Walking #StCuthbertsWay, Melrose, Scottish Birders to Holy Island, Northumberland.
Despite the claim on the notice, Wideopen Hill is _not_ the midway point of the walk (although the summit is the highest point).
Despite the claim on the notice, Wideopen Hill is _not_ the midway point of the walk (although the summit is the highest point).
September 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Walking #StCuthbertsWay, Melrose, Scottish Birders to Holy Island, Northumberland.
Despite the claim on the notice, Wideopen Hill is _not_ the midway point of the walk (although the summit is the highest point).
Despite the claim on the notice, Wideopen Hill is _not_ the midway point of the walk (although the summit is the highest point).
To the #MiningArtGallery at the #AucklandProject in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
aucklandproject.org/attraction/m...
The Pit Road paintings of Norman Corrnish were especially evocative
normancornish.com
aucklandproject.org/attraction/m...
The Pit Road paintings of Norman Corrnish were especially evocative
normancornish.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
To the #MiningArtGallery at the #AucklandProject in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
aucklandproject.org/attraction/m...
The Pit Road paintings of Norman Corrnish were especially evocative
normancornish.com
aucklandproject.org/attraction/m...
The Pit Road paintings of Norman Corrnish were especially evocative
normancornish.com
Fascinating visit to @durhamcathedral.bsky.social for the #MagnaCarta and the North exhibition and Nicola Anthony’s #TheWordsThatBindUs artwork.
The Words that Bind Us — Nicola Anthony - contemporary Artist
The Words That Bind Us is a light installation artwork by contemporary sculptor Nicola Anthony, at Durham Cathedral. A glowing river of public-contributed words explores justice, democracy, and equali...
www.nicolaanthony.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Fascinating visit to @durhamcathedral.bsky.social for the #MagnaCarta and the North exhibition and Nicola Anthony’s #TheWordsThatBindUs artwork.
for #wildflowerhour #fruits — guelder rose, rose hips (dog rose), haws & sloes.
Local blackberries already gone over — we have been eating them since June, and those that are left are mostly dry & shrivelled!
Local blackberries already gone over — we have been eating them since June, and those that are left are mostly dry & shrivelled!
August 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
for #wildflowerhour #fruits — guelder rose, rose hips (dog rose), haws & sloes.
Local blackberries already gone over — we have been eating them since June, and those that are left are mostly dry & shrivelled!
Local blackberries already gone over — we have been eating them since June, and those that are left are mostly dry & shrivelled!
Are there any #typewriter #skystorians on here?
Saw this beauty yesterday, and wondered who needed the special keys at the top of the keyboard — £1/1d; £19/10d; £100/.; £1000/1s; £10,000/10s.
Google Picture search suggests it is a Royal, but has not helped with the currency keys.
Saw this beauty yesterday, and wondered who needed the special keys at the top of the keyboard — £1/1d; £19/10d; £100/.; £1000/1s; £10,000/10s.
Google Picture search suggests it is a Royal, but has not helped with the currency keys.
June 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Are there any #typewriter #skystorians on here?
Saw this beauty yesterday, and wondered who needed the special keys at the top of the keyboard — £1/1d; £19/10d; £100/.; £1000/1s; £10,000/10s.
Google Picture search suggests it is a Royal, but has not helped with the currency keys.
Saw this beauty yesterday, and wondered who needed the special keys at the top of the keyboard — £1/1d; £19/10d; £100/.; £1000/1s; £10,000/10s.
Google Picture search suggests it is a Royal, but has not helped with the currency keys.
Visit to #EssexWildlife #FingringhoeWick.
Highlight was nightingale, cuckoo, and turtle dove all calling at the same time.
Shame we can’t post audio files, yet. 🎶
Highlight was nightingale, cuckoo, and turtle dove all calling at the same time.
Shame we can’t post audio files, yet. 🎶
May 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Visit to #EssexWildlife #FingringhoeWick.
Highlight was nightingale, cuckoo, and turtle dove all calling at the same time.
Shame we can’t post audio files, yet. 🎶
Highlight was nightingale, cuckoo, and turtle dove all calling at the same time.
Shame we can’t post audio files, yet. 🎶
Watched #OceanWithDavidAttenborough this afternoon.
Scenes of bottom trawling were devastating.
But there is hope.
🐋🐬🐟🐠🌊
#DavidAttenborough #OceanFilm
youtu.be/IzG9AwlypaY
Scenes of bottom trawling were devastating.
But there is hope.
🐋🐬🐟🐠🌊
#DavidAttenborough #OceanFilm
youtu.be/IzG9AwlypaY
OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | BOTTOM TRAWLING OFFICIAL CLIP | IN CINEMAS NOW | Altitude Films
YouTube video by Altitude Films
youtu.be
May 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Watched #OceanWithDavidAttenborough this afternoon.
Scenes of bottom trawling were devastating.
But there is hope.
🐋🐬🐟🐠🌊
#DavidAttenborough #OceanFilm
youtu.be/IzG9AwlypaY
Scenes of bottom trawling were devastating.
But there is hope.
🐋🐬🐟🐠🌊
#DavidAttenborough #OceanFilm
youtu.be/IzG9AwlypaY
A slightly ragged winged green hairstreak, Callophrys rubi — looked like a walking leaf when I first spotted it —demonstrating how that green underwing coloration is produced by diffraction of light falling onto the intricate wing scales.
April 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A slightly ragged winged green hairstreak, Callophrys rubi — looked like a walking leaf when I first spotted it —demonstrating how that green underwing coloration is produced by diffraction of light falling onto the intricate wing scales.
Willows at Fairlop Waters Country Park - I think one goat/pussy willow, one white/weeping…or something else?
#TreeFlowers #WildflowerHour
#TreeFlowers #WildflowerHour
April 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Willows at Fairlop Waters Country Park - I think one goat/pussy willow, one white/weeping…or something else?
#TreeFlowers #WildflowerHour
#TreeFlowers #WildflowerHour
Such an important initiative to create a more nature-literate nation.
And a simple mantra: Notice, Name, Nurture.
Spent a few hours yesterday at #HainaultForestCountryPark doing the first two.
Lots of bee flies over blackthorn hedges.
And a simple mantra: Notice, Name, Nurture.
Spent a few hours yesterday at #HainaultForestCountryPark doing the first two.
Lots of bee flies over blackthorn hedges.
Nature literacy has inspired creativity and innovation for thousands of years.
Here’s how to create a more nature-literate society
Nature literacy has inspired creativity and innovation for thousands of years.
tcnv.link
April 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Such an important initiative to create a more nature-literate nation.
And a simple mantra: Notice, Name, Nurture.
Spent a few hours yesterday at #HainaultForestCountryPark doing the first two.
Lots of bee flies over blackthorn hedges.
And a simple mantra: Notice, Name, Nurture.
Spent a few hours yesterday at #HainaultForestCountryPark doing the first two.
Lots of bee flies over blackthorn hedges.
Re-building bridges; re-building a nation.
“Engineering hope: how I made it my mission to help rebuild Ukraine’s critical infrastructure”
From @uk.theconversation.com
“Engineering hope: how I made it my mission to help rebuild Ukraine’s critical infrastructure”
From @uk.theconversation.com
Engineering hope: how I made it my mission to help rebuild Ukraine’s critical infrastructure
Bridges are not just engineering projects, they are lifelines.
theconversation.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Re-building bridges; re-building a nation.
“Engineering hope: how I made it my mission to help rebuild Ukraine’s critical infrastructure”
From @uk.theconversation.com
“Engineering hope: how I made it my mission to help rebuild Ukraine’s critical infrastructure”
From @uk.theconversation.com
In a forest at the weekend…#HainaultForest, #WoodlandTrust, that is.
April 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
In a forest at the weekend…#HainaultForest, #WoodlandTrust, that is.
Visit to #EssexWildlifeTrust Thameside Nature Discovery Park yesterday.
Teal, redshank & moorhens in the inlets (before the tide came in); little egret landing on the mudflats beyond; kestrel hanging over the picnic area.
But we probably spent as long looking at the early spring flowers!
Teal, redshank & moorhens in the inlets (before the tide came in); little egret landing on the mudflats beyond; kestrel hanging over the picnic area.
But we probably spent as long looking at the early spring flowers!
April 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Visit to #EssexWildlifeTrust Thameside Nature Discovery Park yesterday.
Teal, redshank & moorhens in the inlets (before the tide came in); little egret landing on the mudflats beyond; kestrel hanging over the picnic area.
But we probably spent as long looking at the early spring flowers!
Teal, redshank & moorhens in the inlets (before the tide came in); little egret landing on the mudflats beyond; kestrel hanging over the picnic area.
But we probably spent as long looking at the early spring flowers!
Fascinating morning investigating owl pellets with Beth from #VisionRedbridge at #HainaultForest.
Who’d have known that @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social had a guide to the contents!
Who’d have known that @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social had a guide to the contents!
Owls and owl pellets guide
The FSC Owls and owl pellets identification guide is both a field guide to adult owls and shows you how to investigate owl pellets.
www.field-studies-council.org
March 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Fascinating morning investigating owl pellets with Beth from #VisionRedbridge at #HainaultForest.
Who’d have known that @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social had a guide to the contents!
Who’d have known that @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social had a guide to the contents!
March 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Notes on #bluesky
From my post history it would appear that I have been on bluesky (here and as @theteesra.bsky.social) for a little over a year, now. I have been making more use of this site recently, especially since finally leaving the other place back in January a month ago.
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From my post history it would appear that I have been on bluesky (here and as @theteesra.bsky.social) for a little over a year, now. I have been making more use of this site recently, especially since finally leaving the other place back in January a month ago.
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February 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Notes on #bluesky
From my post history it would appear that I have been on bluesky (here and as @theteesra.bsky.social) for a little over a year, now. I have been making more use of this site recently, especially since finally leaving the other place back in January a month ago.
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From my post history it would appear that I have been on bluesky (here and as @theteesra.bsky.social) for a little over a year, now. I have been making more use of this site recently, especially since finally leaving the other place back in January a month ago.
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February 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Very enjoyable few days in Durham (that’s Durham, County Durham).
The Durham Castle and Cathedral @UNESCO.org #WorldHeritage site has so much to see, but for us the highlight has to be Cosin’s Library.
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The Durham Castle and Cathedral @UNESCO.org #WorldHeritage site has so much to see, but for us the highlight has to be Cosin’s Library.
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Welcome – Durham World Heritage Site
www.durhamworldheritagesite.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Very enjoyable few days in Durham (that’s Durham, County Durham).
The Durham Castle and Cathedral @UNESCO.org #WorldHeritage site has so much to see, but for us the highlight has to be Cosin’s Library.
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The Durham Castle and Cathedral @UNESCO.org #WorldHeritage site has so much to see, but for us the highlight has to be Cosin’s Library.
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Wonderful museum “double bill” yesterday for my wife’s birthday.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year @nhm-london.bsky.social in the morning, followed by
@sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social for Versailles: Science and Splendour.
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year @nhm-london.bsky.social in the morning, followed by
@sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social for Versailles: Science and Splendour.
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February 8, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Wonderful museum “double bill” yesterday for my wife’s birthday.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year @nhm-london.bsky.social in the morning, followed by
@sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social for Versailles: Science and Splendour.
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year @nhm-london.bsky.social in the morning, followed by
@sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social for Versailles: Science and Splendour.
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“…the men of ritual and the men of barbarism are capable of shutting up the men of science and of silencing them forever.”
Just finished reading “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis.
“Eerily prescient” — The Guardian (of a stage adaptation in 2016).
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Can'...
Just finished reading “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis.
“Eerily prescient” — The Guardian (of a stage adaptation in 2016).
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Can'...
February 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
“…the men of ritual and the men of barbarism are capable of shutting up the men of science and of silencing them forever.”
Just finished reading “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis.
“Eerily prescient” — The Guardian (of a stage adaptation in 2016).
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Can'...
Just finished reading “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis.
“Eerily prescient” — The Guardian (of a stage adaptation in 2016).
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Can'...
Images from a frosty Sunday morning, already a fading memory of a brief cold snap.
January 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Images from a frosty Sunday morning, already a fading memory of a brief cold snap.