John Preston
@johnpleeds.bsky.social
Dabbler in environment, moths, stained glass, private pilot, when not with the Development team at The Conservation Volunteers. Own views.
#adoorablethursday Some may say it is a gate. Fine all the same. The West door of the Piece Hall Halifax
#NoContextDoors
#NoContextDoors
December 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
#adoorablethursday Some may say it is a gate. Fine all the same. The West door of the Piece Hall Halifax
#NoContextDoors
#NoContextDoors
Oh the special access, patiently waiting for the light, and just a little kit and skill?
Spindles of light at Ripon Cathedral in Yorkshire. #thread
December 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Oh the special access, patiently waiting for the light, and just a little kit and skill?
At @yspsculpture.bsky.social this afternoon
Lots of great stuff to see. Rosie’s boyfriend got great views of his first kingfisher. Need to go back to see the main exhibition as we started late.
Lots of great stuff to see. Rosie’s boyfriend got great views of his first kingfisher. Need to go back to see the main exhibition as we started late.
December 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
At @yspsculpture.bsky.social this afternoon
Lots of great stuff to see. Rosie’s boyfriend got great views of his first kingfisher. Need to go back to see the main exhibition as we started late.
Lots of great stuff to see. Rosie’s boyfriend got great views of his first kingfisher. Need to go back to see the main exhibition as we started late.
They don't make'em like that anymore. Gate detail from Bretton Hall Estate.
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
They don't make'em like that anymore. Gate detail from Bretton Hall Estate.
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
@saocousins.bsky.social
Snorri and his two companions do Christmas carols.
Gathering winter fuel
We three kings
Etc
Snorri and his two companions do Christmas carols.
Gathering winter fuel
We three kings
Etc
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
@saocousins.bsky.social
Snorri and his two companions do Christmas carols.
Gathering winter fuel
We three kings
Etc
Snorri and his two companions do Christmas carols.
Gathering winter fuel
We three kings
Etc
Almost Elmer the story book elephant.
Volunteers created blankets for elephants during a cold spell in Myanmar, Winga Baw Elephant camp #WomensArt
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Almost Elmer the story book elephant.
@everyheron.bsky.social thee heron on Leeds University campus. It.ised to.have a Twitter account.
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
@everyheron.bsky.social thee heron on Leeds University campus. It.ised to.have a Twitter account.
The only moth from three traps on a chilly Sunday night, at the start of a busy week. A very neatly marked and smallish plume moth maybe less than 25mm across the wing span. 16th Nov Leeds - from size and markings maybe Beautiful Plume? #TeamMoth
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The only moth from three traps on a chilly Sunday night, at the start of a busy week. A very neatly marked and smallish plume moth maybe less than 25mm across the wing span. 16th Nov Leeds - from size and markings maybe Beautiful Plume? #TeamMoth
Some thought to be lunch time sketches by Michael Healy of Dublin a stained glass artist, shared for my #Dailydrawing friends - @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social from tonights online talk by David Carron ofr @BSMGP
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Some thought to be lunch time sketches by Michael Healy of Dublin a stained glass artist, shared for my #Dailydrawing friends - @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social from tonights online talk by David Carron ofr @BSMGP
A beautiful description @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social
First bird of my day: a wren, impossibly small and even more impossibly dry. A feathered acorn flying just across my feet in a fit of musical complaints. I left immediately. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A beautiful description @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social
'Til Burnam Wood?
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
'Til Burnam Wood?
Reposted by John Preston
Not #FirstBirdofMyDay but I spied these "sails" in the distance on my cycle home from.the station this morning. First bird was the jury of jackdaws in the birch at Mum's. I forgot to take a photo, the winds have stripped the top half but the lower sheltered branches remain in yellow
FYI swans
FYI swans
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Not #FirstBirdofMyDay but I spied these "sails" in the distance on my cycle home from.the station this morning. First bird was the jury of jackdaws in the birch at Mum's. I forgot to take a photo, the winds have stripped the top half but the lower sheltered branches remain in yellow
FYI swans
FYI swans
@everyheron.bsky.social absolutely mirror conditions in the old Power Station lagoon today.
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
@everyheron.bsky.social absolutely mirror conditions in the old Power Station lagoon today.
A single crow call answered by a triple the silence. At 5.30. A crow lazily glided over the terrace ridge as I left to cycle to the station. I saw several more along the way. Fab dawn. Belated #FirstBirdofMyDay
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A single crow call answered by a triple the silence. At 5.30. A crow lazily glided over the terrace ridge as I left to cycle to the station. I saw several more along the way. Fab dawn. Belated #FirstBirdofMyDay
A heron enjoying the morning sunshine by the River Kent above Staveley. Phone shot so don't click in @everyheron.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A heron enjoying the morning sunshine by the River Kent above Staveley. Phone shot so don't click in @everyheron.bsky.social
@saocousins.bsky.social @lakesstiles.bsky.social a first for me a ladder stile with gate. Complete with police notice about offload bikes. Hutton Roof Crags
November 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@saocousins.bsky.social @lakesstiles.bsky.social a first for me a ladder stile with gate. Complete with police notice about offload bikes. Hutton Roof Crags
#dailydrawing weekend break 3 if 3 has begun. Why do I set myself these challenges. But continuing the colour theme ! Too much train joggles to try paint. So now to enjoy south of Berwick view in a wet dusk. Maybe one evening this week, but a lot of deadlines. @saocousins.bsky.social @@DrRJWarren
October 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#dailydrawing weekend break 3 if 3 has begun. Why do I set myself these challenges. But continuing the colour theme ! Too much train joggles to try paint. So now to enjoy south of Berwick view in a wet dusk. Maybe one evening this week, but a lot of deadlines. @saocousins.bsky.social @@DrRJWarren
#Dailydrawing weekend break. 2 of 3? Will I manage another on the train home? And fill the sketch book. I think I could have nudged the red render a few notches higher. Dunfermline town. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#Dailydrawing weekend break. 2 of 3? Will I manage another on the train home? And fill the sketch book. I think I could have nudged the red render a few notches higher. Dunfermline town. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social
You have to love a bit of good graphic spoof.
October 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
You have to love a bit of good graphic spoof.
#dailydrawing occasionally.
The former St Anne's Oratory Randolph Place Edinburgh. It's c 1900 Arts and Crafts facade a contrast to the surrounding New Town Once shop of W W Macfarlane interior designer @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @fotofacade.bsky.social
The former St Anne's Oratory Randolph Place Edinburgh. It's c 1900 Arts and Crafts facade a contrast to the surrounding New Town Once shop of W W Macfarlane interior designer @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @fotofacade.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#dailydrawing occasionally.
The former St Anne's Oratory Randolph Place Edinburgh. It's c 1900 Arts and Crafts facade a contrast to the surrounding New Town Once shop of W W Macfarlane interior designer @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @fotofacade.bsky.social
The former St Anne's Oratory Randolph Place Edinburgh. It's c 1900 Arts and Crafts facade a contrast to the surrounding New Town Once shop of W W Macfarlane interior designer @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @fotofacade.bsky.social
Morning #bird
A Black Necked Stilt looking for breakfast at the Gilbert Riparian area in Gilbert AZ.
#birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #wildlifephotography #botd #birdoftheday #skinnylegs
A Black Necked Stilt looking for breakfast at the Gilbert Riparian area in Gilbert AZ.
#birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #wildlifephotography #botd #birdoftheday #skinnylegs
October 17, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Standing in the shallow, cold waves of the Pacific Ocean, this Brown Pelican was unsure of me as I slowly approached
📷 Canon R5
Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
M, f/7.1, 1/3200, ISO 800, 500mm
5/24/25
Northern Oregon Coast
#birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature
🦉 🪶
📷 Canon R5
Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
M, f/7.1, 1/3200, ISO 800, 500mm
5/24/25
Northern Oregon Coast
#birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature
🦉 🪶
October 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM