Northwest Nature and History
@nwnandh.bsky.social
Writer from Northwest England specialising in Natural History and Local History
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Northwest Nature and History
All about the Natural History and History of the Northwest of England
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
Just finished updating the homepage for my website, now all of my articles are categorised in a hyperlinked contents page, one click and you can read all of my stuff.
Give it a try!
#nature #history #lancashire #yorkshire #cumbria #Wordpress
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
Give it a try!
#nature #history #lancashire #yorkshire #cumbria #Wordpress
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
Bright as glows the Holly berry
Bright as gleams its pointed leaves
be the gladsome spells that merry
Christmas round your fireside weaves
#Christmas #Holly #Traditions
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2024/12/19/t...
Bright as gleams its pointed leaves
be the gladsome spells that merry
Christmas round your fireside weaves
#Christmas #Holly #Traditions
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2024/12/19/t...
The Symbolism of the Holly
Holly, scientifically known as Ilex aquifolium, from acus, meaning ‘needle’, and folium, meaning ‘leaf’, is more than just a decorative element during the Christmas season; it’s also a plant …
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Bright as glows the Holly berry
Bright as gleams its pointed leaves
be the gladsome spells that merry
Christmas round your fireside weaves
#Christmas #Holly #Traditions
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2024/12/19/t...
Bright as gleams its pointed leaves
be the gladsome spells that merry
Christmas round your fireside weaves
#Christmas #Holly #Traditions
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2024/12/19/t...
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Strong winds delay Santa from being hauled to the top of Manchester Town Hall, 31 October 1990 (@manchestereveningnews.co.uk).
December 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Strong winds delay Santa from being hauled to the top of Manchester Town Hall, 31 October 1990 (@manchestereveningnews.co.uk).
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December 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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My latest piece on #Northwestnatureandhistory looks at the Green Shield lichen, air pollution and K,C, Pd spot tests
#Lichens #Lichenology #Ecology
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/12/09/f...
#Lichens #Lichenology #Ecology
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/12/09/f...
Flavoparmelia caperata, the Common Greenshield Lichen
A look at one of our Most Common Foliose Lichens, with some Notes about Uses for Measuring Air Pollution and Chemical ‘K, C and Pd Identification Tests
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My latest piece on #Northwestnatureandhistory looks at the Green Shield lichen, air pollution and K,C, Pd spot tests
#Lichens #Lichenology #Ecology
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/12/09/f...
#Lichens #Lichenology #Ecology
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/12/09/f...
Cowboys and Indians, and soldiers, and a farmer? and a policeman?
#finds #metaldetecting #dowsing #history #archaeology #toys
#finds #metaldetecting #dowsing #history #archaeology #toys
December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Cowboys and Indians, and soldiers, and a farmer? and a policeman?
#finds #metaldetecting #dowsing #history #archaeology #toys
#finds #metaldetecting #dowsing #history #archaeology #toys
Bird lovers, please make sure that the lids are on your feeders, or birds might get stuck in them like this Starling my wife rescued, (also birds will scramble straight up your sleeve for some reason!)
#Birds #gardenbirds #birdfeeders
@btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
#Birds #gardenbirds #birdfeeders
@btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Bird lovers, please make sure that the lids are on your feeders, or birds might get stuck in them like this Starling my wife rescued, (also birds will scramble straight up your sleeve for some reason!)
#Birds #gardenbirds #birdfeeders
@btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
#Birds #gardenbirds #birdfeeders
@btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Birdle 🇬🇧 07/12/2025
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December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Birdle 🇬🇧 07/12/2025
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Bring in the green holly, the box, and the yew, the fir, and the laurel, all sparkling with rime;
Hang up to the ceiling the mistletoe-bough, and let us be jolly another yule-time!
#Christmas #Poetry #EdwinWaugh #Lancashire
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/12/07/c...
Hang up to the ceiling the mistletoe-bough, and let us be jolly another yule-time!
#Christmas #Poetry #EdwinWaugh #Lancashire
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/12/07/c...
Christmas Song, by Edwin Waugh
Bring in the green holly, the box, and the yew, the fir, and the laurel, all sparkling with rime; Hang up to the ceiling the mistletoe-bough, and let us be jolly another yule-time!
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Bring in the green holly, the box, and the yew, the fir, and the laurel, all sparkling with rime;
Hang up to the ceiling the mistletoe-bough, and let us be jolly another yule-time!
#Christmas #Poetry #EdwinWaugh #Lancashire
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/12/07/c...
Hang up to the ceiling the mistletoe-bough, and let us be jolly another yule-time!
#Christmas #Poetry #EdwinWaugh #Lancashire
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/12/07/c...
The Swan & Royal, Clitheroe, a venerable pub that many notable figures have frequented over the years including Churchill & Frank Whittle (who talked jet engines) Gandhi, and er, Lindi St Clair, aka Miss Whiplash: northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2023/09/25/the…#Pubsb#Historyr#Clitheroeo#Lancashirere
December 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The Swan & Royal, Clitheroe, a venerable pub that many notable figures have frequented over the years including Churchill & Frank Whittle (who talked jet engines) Gandhi, and er, Lindi St Clair, aka Miss Whiplash: northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2023/09/25/the…#Pubsb#Historyr#Clitheroeo#Lancashirere
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A stunning rainbow over Newcastle. 6th December 2025. 🧪 #photography #SciArt #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A stunning rainbow over Newcastle. 6th December 2025. 🧪 #photography #SciArt #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
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Lost Children, The Hoppings, 1971, photo by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen. Fair visits Newcastle's Town Moor every June, one of Europe's largest travelling funfairs.
December 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Lost Children, The Hoppings, 1971, photo by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen. Fair visits Newcastle's Town Moor every June, one of Europe's largest travelling funfairs.
Birdle 🇬🇧 06/12/2025
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December 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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December 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Latest posts on r/ruralUK (now 14k visitors a week!)
Christmas gifts for farmers: reddit.com/r/RuralUK/s/7Z…
Rebel MP: reddit.com/r/RuralUK/s/pM���
NFU Turkey Finder: reddit.com/r/RuralUK/#Farming##RuralIssuesa#Reddit #Reddit
Christmas gifts for farmers: reddit.com/r/RuralUK/s/7Z…
Rebel MP: reddit.com/r/RuralUK/s/pM���
NFU Turkey Finder: reddit.com/r/RuralUK/#Farming##RuralIssuesa#Reddit #Reddit
RuralUK
Welcome to RuralUK!
Work, live, visit or just have a general interest in the British countryside? well this is the subreddit for you, the only sub dedicated to all matters rural. We welcome everybody...
https://reddit.com/r/RuralUK/s/7Z…
December 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Latest posts on r/ruralUK (now 14k visitors a week!)
Christmas gifts for farmers: reddit.com/r/RuralUK/s/7Z…
Rebel MP: reddit.com/r/RuralUK/s/pM���
NFU Turkey Finder: reddit.com/r/RuralUK/#Farming##RuralIssuesa#Reddit #Reddit
Christmas gifts for farmers: reddit.com/r/RuralUK/s/7Z…
Rebel MP: reddit.com/r/RuralUK/s/pM���
NFU Turkey Finder: reddit.com/r/RuralUK/#Farming##RuralIssuesa#Reddit #Reddit
Just published on Substack
#ForestCity1 #Housing #Policy #Environment
open.substack.com/pub/northwes...
#ForestCity1 #Housing #Policy #Environment
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Forest City 1; a Dissective Critique of Proposals and Suggestions of Viable Alternatives
Forest City 1 is a recently proposed city development planned for agricultural land on the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Just published on Substack
#ForestCity1 #Housing #Policy #Environment
open.substack.com/pub/northwes...
#ForestCity1 #Housing #Policy #Environment
open.substack.com/pub/northwes...
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Pelican window. From the workshop of William Morris. At Bradford Cathedral.
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Pelican window. From the workshop of William Morris. At Bradford Cathedral.
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A Carrion Crow casts a pellet.
We are familiar with owls & raptors ejecting pellets of unwanted fur & bones but other species do this, including the corvids.
They are more moist & less compacted, than those of raptors & so they tend to break down faster & are less noticed on the ground.
🦉 #corvids
We are familiar with owls & raptors ejecting pellets of unwanted fur & bones but other species do this, including the corvids.
They are more moist & less compacted, than those of raptors & so they tend to break down faster & are less noticed on the ground.
🦉 #corvids
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A Carrion Crow casts a pellet.
We are familiar with owls & raptors ejecting pellets of unwanted fur & bones but other species do this, including the corvids.
They are more moist & less compacted, than those of raptors & so they tend to break down faster & are less noticed on the ground.
🦉 #corvids
We are familiar with owls & raptors ejecting pellets of unwanted fur & bones but other species do this, including the corvids.
They are more moist & less compacted, than those of raptors & so they tend to break down faster & are less noticed on the ground.
🦉 #corvids
Upland Farming in the Backend of the Year 🐏🏔️
#Farming #Uplands #Pennines #LakeDistrict
@sustainablefarming.bsky.social @ffc-commission.bsky.social
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/12/02/u...
#Farming #Uplands #Pennines #LakeDistrict
@sustainablefarming.bsky.social @ffc-commission.bsky.social
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Upland Farming in the Backend of the Year
This time of year, (around the end of November / start of December as of writing) is known as the “hinge of the year” by upland farmers. The clocks have gone back, the bracken has bleached to rust,…
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Upland Farming in the Backend of the Year 🐏🏔️
#Farming #Uplands #Pennines #LakeDistrict
@sustainablefarming.bsky.social @ffc-commission.bsky.social
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/12/02/u...
#Farming #Uplands #Pennines #LakeDistrict
@sustainablefarming.bsky.social @ffc-commission.bsky.social
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Clitheroe Castle in the November Sun
#Clitheroe #Castle #RibbleValley #Lancashire
@castlehunteruk.bsky.social
#Clitheroe #Castle #RibbleValley #Lancashire
@castlehunteruk.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Clitheroe Castle in the November Sun
#Clitheroe #Castle #RibbleValley #Lancashire
@castlehunteruk.bsky.social
#Clitheroe #Castle #RibbleValley #Lancashire
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Leave your house and leave your land
And throw away the key,
And never look behind, he creaked
And come and live with me.
#GreenMan #Poetry #CharlesCausley
And throw away the key,
And never look behind, he creaked
And come and live with me.
#GreenMan #Poetry #CharlesCausley
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Leave your house and leave your land
And throw away the key,
And never look behind, he creaked
And come and live with me.
#GreenMan #Poetry #CharlesCausley
And throw away the key,
And never look behind, he creaked
And come and live with me.
#GreenMan #Poetry #CharlesCausley
“Christmas,” said Bill, “on Christmas cards, it’s winders all aglow,
An’ lots o’ stuff to eat an’ drink an’ a good three feet o’ snow,
An’ a bunch o’ bouncin’ girls to kiss under the mistletoe.
#Poetry #Christmas #Sailing #History
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/29/b...
An’ lots o’ stuff to eat an’ drink an’ a good three feet o’ snow,
An’ a bunch o’ bouncin’ girls to kiss under the mistletoe.
#Poetry #Christmas #Sailing #History
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/29/b...
Bill’s Christmases
A Poem by Cicely Fox Smith ‘Christmas at Sea’ by Anton Otto Fischer “Christmas,” said Bill, “on Christmas cards, it’s winders all aglow,An’ lots o’ stuff to eat …
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“Christmas,” said Bill, “on Christmas cards, it’s winders all aglow,
An’ lots o’ stuff to eat an’ drink an’ a good three feet o’ snow,
An’ a bunch o’ bouncin’ girls to kiss under the mistletoe.
#Poetry #Christmas #Sailing #History
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/29/b...
An’ lots o’ stuff to eat an’ drink an’ a good three feet o’ snow,
An’ a bunch o’ bouncin’ girls to kiss under the mistletoe.
#Poetry #Christmas #Sailing #History
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/29/b...