@stuartelsdon.bsky.social
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On the heaths in early February, visitors get their best opportunity to hear woodlarks sing.
In 1986 there were just 250 breeding pairs in Southern England. Thanks to heathland restoration projects, the bird has recovered well, with over 3,000 breeding pairs across the UK.
📷 Derek Middleton
In 1986 there were just 250 breeding pairs in Southern England. Thanks to heathland restoration projects, the bird has recovered well, with over 3,000 breeding pairs across the UK.
📷 Derek Middleton
February 7, 2026 at 7:00 AM
On the heaths in early February, visitors get their best opportunity to hear woodlarks sing.
In 1986 there were just 250 breeding pairs in Southern England. Thanks to heathland restoration projects, the bird has recovered well, with over 3,000 breeding pairs across the UK.
📷 Derek Middleton
In 1986 there were just 250 breeding pairs in Southern England. Thanks to heathland restoration projects, the bird has recovered well, with over 3,000 breeding pairs across the UK.
📷 Derek Middleton
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i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired
February 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired
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38 years ago today:
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
February 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
38 years ago today:
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
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Now booking: Badger-watching evenings with celebrated film-maker David Plummer.
Small group sizes, very limited tickets - more details on our Eventbrite page.
https://f.mtr.cool/onxxcdkxfz
Small group sizes, very limited tickets - more details on our Eventbrite page.
https://f.mtr.cool/onxxcdkxfz
February 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Now booking: Badger-watching evenings with celebrated film-maker David Plummer.
Small group sizes, very limited tickets - more details on our Eventbrite page.
https://f.mtr.cool/onxxcdkxfz
Small group sizes, very limited tickets - more details on our Eventbrite page.
https://f.mtr.cool/onxxcdkxfz
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I painted up my latest sculpt from my HarrowHyrst range (available from Footsore miniatures and Games) it was a lot of fun! Really enjoying playing around with the colours :-)
February 6, 2026 at 9:25 AM
I painted up my latest sculpt from my HarrowHyrst range (available from Footsore miniatures and Games) it was a lot of fun! Really enjoying playing around with the colours :-)
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England’s greatest gardener: Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, landscape architect & Royal Gardener to George III, died #OTD 1783; landscaped estates of great country houses, including Blenheim Palace and Chatsworth House.
February 6, 2026 at 5:45 AM
England’s greatest gardener: Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, landscape architect & Royal Gardener to George III, died #OTD 1783; landscaped estates of great country houses, including Blenheim Palace and Chatsworth House.
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There's something special about winter sunrises 😍
📍Bury Hill
📸Stuart Williams
📍Bury Hill
📸Stuart Williams
February 6, 2026 at 6:00 AM
There's something special about winter sunrises 😍
📍Bury Hill
📸Stuart Williams
📍Bury Hill
📸Stuart Williams
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Trepanned skull from Wandlebury in Cambridgeshire excavated by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit and featured on #diggingforbritain this evening. An early medieval offering for #drawingdiggingforbritain
February 4, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Trepanned skull from Wandlebury in Cambridgeshire excavated by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit and featured on #diggingforbritain this evening. An early medieval offering for #drawingdiggingforbritain
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Rangers are the lifeblood of our work and such a vital connection between the local communities, wildlife and landscape of the National Park.
Introducing Lawrence Leather, one of our rangers at Seven Sisters Country Park.
Find out more about Lawrence here 🔗 www.southdowns.gov.uk/meet-the-sou...
Introducing Lawrence Leather, one of our rangers at Seven Sisters Country Park.
Find out more about Lawrence here 🔗 www.southdowns.gov.uk/meet-the-sou...
February 5, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Rangers are the lifeblood of our work and such a vital connection between the local communities, wildlife and landscape of the National Park.
Introducing Lawrence Leather, one of our rangers at Seven Sisters Country Park.
Find out more about Lawrence here 🔗 www.southdowns.gov.uk/meet-the-sou...
Introducing Lawrence Leather, one of our rangers at Seven Sisters Country Park.
Find out more about Lawrence here 🔗 www.southdowns.gov.uk/meet-the-sou...
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A very tiny owl, hand carved from boxwood. Work in progress.
#woodcarving #carving #woodworking #birdart #owl #miniature #miniaturecarving #woodwork #art #sculpture
#woodcarving #carving #woodworking #birdart #owl #miniature #miniaturecarving #woodwork #art #sculpture
February 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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After a month of careful study, I have been able to identify the key times when kittens go nuts:
- Just after food
- When hungry
- Just after a poo
- When needing a poo
- Night time
- Day time
- Misc
- Just after food
- When hungry
- Just after a poo
- When needing a poo
- Night time
- Day time
- Misc
February 4, 2026 at 10:02 AM
After a month of careful study, I have been able to identify the key times when kittens go nuts:
- Just after food
- When hungry
- Just after a poo
- When needing a poo
- Night time
- Day time
- Misc
- Just after food
- When hungry
- Just after a poo
- When needing a poo
- Night time
- Day time
- Misc
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Your reminder that longer days are coming.
📍Duncton Common
📸 Piers Fearick
📍Duncton Common
📸 Piers Fearick
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Your reminder that longer days are coming.
📍Duncton Common
📸 Piers Fearick
📍Duncton Common
📸 Piers Fearick
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Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in the museum?
You’re invited for a peek into the fossil mammals collection to see just some of the amazing animals we look after ⬇️
You’re invited for a peek into the fossil mammals collection to see just some of the amazing animals we look after ⬇️
February 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in the museum?
You’re invited for a peek into the fossil mammals collection to see just some of the amazing animals we look after ⬇️
You’re invited for a peek into the fossil mammals collection to see just some of the amazing animals we look after ⬇️
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🚨 WATERSTONES DISCOUNT OFFER COMING SOON!
👀 The book isn't officially out until 1 June, but there is a special pre‑order offer dropping on 17 February.
Watch this space! #TheWomenInWhites
👀 The book isn't officially out until 1 June, but there is a special pre‑order offer dropping on 17 February.
Watch this space! #TheWomenInWhites
A major milestone yesterday: I submitted the manuscript of The Women in Whites 🍾🥳
This book has been years in the making - I started writing it during lockdown - so it feels surreal to actually have it off my desk!
Due out in May. Publisher: Pitch Publishing.
This book has been years in the making - I started writing it during lockdown - so it feels surreal to actually have it off my desk!
Due out in May. Publisher: Pitch Publishing.
February 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
🚨 WATERSTONES DISCOUNT OFFER COMING SOON!
👀 The book isn't officially out until 1 June, but there is a special pre‑order offer dropping on 17 February.
Watch this space! #TheWomenInWhites
👀 The book isn't officially out until 1 June, but there is a special pre‑order offer dropping on 17 February.
Watch this space! #TheWomenInWhites
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Volunteers in action last week 🌱
Last week we had almost 20 volunteers and staff from Surrey Wildlife Trust and @southdownsnp.bsky.social help with rhododendron clearance in partnership with the Lynchmere Society.
As always, a huge thank you to our volunteers.
📸: Yvette Flynn
Last week we had almost 20 volunteers and staff from Surrey Wildlife Trust and @southdownsnp.bsky.social help with rhododendron clearance in partnership with the Lynchmere Society.
As always, a huge thank you to our volunteers.
📸: Yvette Flynn
February 3, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Volunteers in action last week 🌱
Last week we had almost 20 volunteers and staff from Surrey Wildlife Trust and @southdownsnp.bsky.social help with rhododendron clearance in partnership with the Lynchmere Society.
As always, a huge thank you to our volunteers.
📸: Yvette Flynn
Last week we had almost 20 volunteers and staff from Surrey Wildlife Trust and @southdownsnp.bsky.social help with rhododendron clearance in partnership with the Lynchmere Society.
As always, a huge thank you to our volunteers.
📸: Yvette Flynn
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I swear to god, I left this cat alone for two fucking minutes with a jar of red beets.
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
February 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I swear to god, I left this cat alone for two fucking minutes with a jar of red beets.
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
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An ornately convoluted double-handled wine cup (cantharus)
Detail from a 4th century AD #Roman house found in 1899 at Olga Road just outside #Dorchester (DVRNOVARIA)
Now preserved in the floor of the wonderful @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social
📷 Sept 2024
Happy #MosaicMonday!
Detail from a 4th century AD #Roman house found in 1899 at Olga Road just outside #Dorchester (DVRNOVARIA)
Now preserved in the floor of the wonderful @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social
📷 Sept 2024
Happy #MosaicMonday!
February 2, 2026 at 5:56 AM
An ornately convoluted double-handled wine cup (cantharus)
Detail from a 4th century AD #Roman house found in 1899 at Olga Road just outside #Dorchester (DVRNOVARIA)
Now preserved in the floor of the wonderful @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social
📷 Sept 2024
Happy #MosaicMonday!
Detail from a 4th century AD #Roman house found in 1899 at Olga Road just outside #Dorchester (DVRNOVARIA)
Now preserved in the floor of the wonderful @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social
📷 Sept 2024
Happy #MosaicMonday!
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Water is life 💧 🌊
That's why thriving wetlands and healthy waterways are key to our goals for nature restoration and local communities 😊
Happy World Wetlands Day! 💙
📷 Cockshut Stream restoration, Lewes
That's why thriving wetlands and healthy waterways are key to our goals for nature restoration and local communities 😊
Happy World Wetlands Day! 💙
📷 Cockshut Stream restoration, Lewes
February 2, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Water is life 💧 🌊
That's why thriving wetlands and healthy waterways are key to our goals for nature restoration and local communities 😊
Happy World Wetlands Day! 💙
📷 Cockshut Stream restoration, Lewes
That's why thriving wetlands and healthy waterways are key to our goals for nature restoration and local communities 😊
Happy World Wetlands Day! 💙
📷 Cockshut Stream restoration, Lewes
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'Scotland have qualified for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 – now YOU have the chance to create the shirt the team will wear at the tournament in England in June!'
How to Enter.
#T20WorldCup
www.cricketscotland.com/DesignTheShirt
How to Enter.
#T20WorldCup
www.cricketscotland.com/DesignTheShirt
Cricket Scotland
United by Cricket.
www.cricketscotland.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
'Scotland have qualified for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 – now YOU have the chance to create the shirt the team will wear at the tournament in England in June!'
How to Enter.
#T20WorldCup
www.cricketscotland.com/DesignTheShirt
How to Enter.
#T20WorldCup
www.cricketscotland.com/DesignTheShirt
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Weiß jemand, wo man so ein Eichhörnchen zum Schneeräumen engagieren kann?
January 30, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Weiß jemand, wo man so ein Eichhörnchen zum Schneeräumen engagieren kann?
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January 31, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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A COMMANDING PERFORMANCE ON THE ROAD ✊
January 31, 2026 at 5:04 PM
A COMMANDING PERFORMANCE ON THE ROAD ✊
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January 31, 2026 at 11:14 AM