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Steve Jackson
@atcherleyons.bsky.social
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#Genealogy. #FamilyHistory and #OneNameStudy of the Atcherley family. #OnePlaceStudies of Waters Upton and Fawsley, #HouseHistory of Marton Hall. Green. Vegan. Lover of SciFi; #nature and #WildlifePhotography; countryside; puns. Not here to doomscroll.
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Steve Jackson @atcherleyons.bsky.social · Nov 6
#PlumeScrolling Daggerstrike Murderbeak, a Grey Heron I photographed at Forest Farm, Cardiff, back in May. So glad I decided to prioritise #NaturePhotography earlier this year, before my thyroid condition began to limit what I could do! #Birds 🦉 🌿
In this photo, almost all of the Grey Heron can be seen standing in some long grass, with buttercups and other wildflowers - the vegetation is covering most of the bird's long legs however. As the bird's name suggests, the plumage is mainly various shades of grey, but the top of the head is black, they eye is yellow with a black pupil and black rim, and the long, powerful beak is blackish above and an orangey-yellow below.
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#BirdOfTheDay theme is #reflections so I thought I’d dig this one out from 2023. #birds #ukwildlife #EastCoastKin #photography
December 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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shropshirebeyond.bsky.social
🎄 It's the start of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is Ludlow Castle surrounded by hoar frost glistening in the winter sunshine. It was a beautiful morning up on Whitcliffe Common, but the cold was fierce and the only way to stay warm was to keep moving in between taking pictures. ☃️
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Female Goosander on the river Otter at the weekend.
#birds #birding #Birdphotography
December 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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TIL an older version of ‘The Holly and the Ivy’ had the line ‘The wood-pigeon lifts up her tail / And shits before she goes’, why have we sanitised all our carols
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Robins warming up for their festive shift...

It's 1st December!

#MondayMotivation

📷 Vicky Outen
A Robin stands on a branch with its tail flicked high, feathers fanned out like it’s doing an exaggerated warm-up stretch before a big day. Its red orange chest is puffed proudly and its tiny feet are braced as if limbering up to be a festive icon.
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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malcolmstoneman.bsky.social
Siblyback Lake, Near #Liskeard #Cornwall

No wildflowers, but the gorse was flowering profusely earlier in the week.

#WildflowerHour
Profusely flowering gorse bush, with Siblyback Lake as backdrop. Blue sky & clouds.
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
atcherleyons.bsky.social
I blame Star Trek for my warped sense of humour...
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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emmasartworks.bsky.social
If you’re in the Nottinghamshire(UK) area this month, maybe pop into Patchings Art Centre at Calverton for the A5 Exhibition - lots of lovely small artworks, including my trio of Sanderlings 🔽

More details here: www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
🪶🐡
#art
A5 watercolour painting of three Sanderlings in shallow seawater
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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robcamera.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alternative is #corvids my lineup is juvenile Raven, Magpie, Jay and Carrion Crow.
#EastCoastKin #birds #photography #ukwildlife
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Furnando, the grey fox.

So magnificent. 🤩

#mammals
A cropped day photo from my camera trap. It shows the raccoonobahn, the area between two wooden fences used extensively by the local wildlife. There are railroad ties running along the bottom of the right hand fence. A grey fox is coming towards the camera so we see his silver grey colored back and neck up to his face. He's a tan color underneath and on his legs. His ears are tan too. His face is mostly grey to silver with a white patch under his eyes and an area of black on his muzzle near his black nose. He is absolutely stunning
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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carlbovisnature.bsky.social
Song Thrush feasting on berries! 😍
Thrilled to get this photo at RSPB Ham Wall today... do you like it? 😊🐦
#birds 🪶

Lots of Christmas gift ideas in my shop for nature lovers here;
www.carlbovis.com/shop-3
A Song Thrush in the process of swallowing a red berry surrounded by red berries in otherwise bare branches
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Part of our 2025 Advent Calendar, a black and white line drawing showing my version of Bigfoots wearing wintery clothes and bearing various wrapped Christmas presents.
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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nadinthomson.co.uk
Finally caught a glimpse of a bearded reedling today. There must’ve been thousands hiding in the reeds and they make the cutest sound.

#beardedreedling #ukbirds #birdphotography
A small bird with a yellow back, white tummy, grey head hanging on to reeds.
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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View from Low Fell #LakeDistrict
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Morning light #photography #romneymarsh
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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In 24 hours this has now raised £150,000.

Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.

Let's make small donations normal again!

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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Hope is here.

Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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oneplacestudies.bsky.social
As is now traditional at this time of year, we are pleased to announce our special Black Friday offer: One year’s membership of the the Society for #OnePlaceStudies, with all of its brilliant benefits, for the same bargain price that it has been ever since we launched – just £10! #OnePlaceWednesday
Membership Benefits. Image: Front page of a copy of Destinations, journal of the Society for One-Place Studies. It has a photo of a chapel, and highlights some of the articles inside. • Quarterly journal Destinations • Monthly webinars by Zoom • Annual conference (online) • Member offers and discounts • Register your study / studies for free – each OPS gets a free profile page on our website • Be part of a supportive, worldwide community £10 per year; free for students under the age of 21. www.one-place-studies.org/join-us/ One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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skwinnicki.bsky.social
Holiday weeks can be busy and stressful on your body, even if you’re having fun.

This Piping Plover is here to remind you that rest is a critical part of life for all living things, including you!
Small round shorebird, light gray brown on its back and head, like the color of the sand, and white bellow. It had yellow-orange legs and a short black beak. It is sitting on the sand with its eyes closed.
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Bottle of Vanish Bottle of Vanish gone
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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nationaltrust.org.uk
Petition to make 'as happy as a seal pup' the new 'as happy as a clam'
A seal pup lying on its side on a pebbly beach, facing the camera and appearing to have a massive grin on its face.
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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pittriversmuseum.bsky.social
FINAL REVEAL: A brand new Benin bronze plaque, titled "Looting of the Oba's Palace in 1897".

This #newarrival confronts the theft of works from Benin in 1897. It shows what the palace altar looked like before 1897 (left), and British soldiers in the act of looting (right).
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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katiefullerart.bsky.social
I’ve finished my Fieldfare pochoir paintings and I have to say I’m really pleased with them! There are 8 paintings available and one is in someone’s Etsy basket already (!), so don’t miss out. katiefullerart.etsy.com/listing/4413...
Pochoir stencil painting of a Fieldfare in a hawthorn bush with golden leaves and red berries
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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robcamera.bsky.social
Kingfisher in the early #MorningLight of late summer. I was up at stupid o’clock in the morning to get set up by the riverside whilst hidden under a camo net, very much worth it 😀
#BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #ukwildlife #kingfisher
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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If I hold it like this we’ll get better reception.
Ornate tailed wasp carrying prey by its antennae.
Nikon Z9 and Sigma 150mm macro
SS1/3200 F9 ISO2000
Latest video will be up on YouTube today about the new OM system 50-200mm f2.8 search “macro_action”
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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matthewpaulson.bsky.social
Some photos of a few pretty young Racoons I saw recently. They were enjoying some berries and then did a stroll up the path.🦝 #mammal
November 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM