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
Got to love a lapwing. Do they really have humped backs? I will have to look more closely irl. Painted by"Jan" one of my grandpa's maths pupils in 1972.
December 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Got to love a lapwing. Do they really have humped backs? I will have to look more closely irl. Painted by"Jan" one of my grandpa's maths pupils in 1972.
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.
It has been a busy day. Two magpies flew close, almost eye level from the open bedroom window, a robin singing in the distance, almost lost in the damp roar from the M1 across the valley. #FirstBirdofMyDay
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It has been a busy day. Two magpies flew close, almost eye level from the open bedroom window, a robin singing in the distance, almost lost in the damp roar from the M1 across the valley. #FirstBirdofMyDay
Not sure about the actual door btw. Coop HQ by Manchester Victoria
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Not sure about the actual door btw. Coop HQ by Manchester Victoria
@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
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
A couple of blackbirds chucking and squabbling in the front apple tree. Not sure how edible they are yet. Sometimes the haunt of mistakes and more rarely waxwings. The estate agent advises " that needs to go" #FirstBirdofMyDay
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
A couple of blackbirds chucking and squabbling in the front apple tree. Not sure how edible they are yet. Sometimes the haunt of mistakes and more rarely waxwings. The estate agent advises " that needs to go" #FirstBirdofMyDay
Let's add the photo!
November 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Let's add the photo!
@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
Yorkshire sun today. Scything the mini meadow in my mum's garden. I try to take a picture of the birch everything I visit
October 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Yorkshire sun today. Scything the mini meadow in my mum's garden. I try to take a picture of the birch everything I visit
#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
#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
Very fine esp the Merveilles. I wondered if this was a late uncertain? (Leeds) Where abouts in S Yorkshire are you?
October 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Very fine esp the Merveilles. I wondered if this was a late uncertain? (Leeds) Where abouts in S Yorkshire are you?
A quiet Sunday night trap, despite being mild and overcast 8 of 5 The large wainscott NFG/lifer and two micros Clepsis consimilana? on shape and a little grey one Central Leeds. Anyone else up here had late uncertain ? #TeamMoth
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A quiet Sunday night trap, despite being mild and overcast 8 of 5 The large wainscott NFG/lifer and two micros Clepsis consimilana? on shape and a little grey one Central Leeds. Anyone else up here had late uncertain ? #TeamMoth
The total from two traps in Central Leeds, it was clearer and hence cooler than forecast. #TeamMoth the first v tatty one had deep orange brown underwing so hazardous Copper Uwing spp? A lot fewer LYUW this year. And finally a Lunar UW
September 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The total from two traps in Central Leeds, it was clearer and hence cooler than forecast. #TeamMoth the first v tatty one had deep orange brown underwing so hazardous Copper Uwing spp? A lot fewer LYUW this year. And finally a Lunar UW