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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 9h

What’s this beastie building itself a hibernaculum on my tarp I wonder?
#entomology #insects #nature

Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 14h

In my latest article on #Northwestnatureandhistory we go foraging for Chanterelle 🍄‍🟫
➡️ northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/10/11/c...
#Funghi #Foraging #Autumn #Mycology

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 1d

Birdle 🇬🇧 10/10/2025

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 1d

They’re a bit like granny smiths but less pulpy and more appley (sorry for late reply btw!)

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s garden harvest, 3 varieties of tomato (beef, cherry and black cherry) and a decent size courgette, interestingly the marks on the courgette indicate how it’s grown and rubbed against the edge of its planter
#gardening #selfsufficiency #growyourown

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 3d

Grey Wagtail at Primrose Lodge NR, Clitheroe. Female (I think?)
#PrimroseLodge #Clitheroe #Birding #nature

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 5d

In the latest addition to my Unnatural Histories collection we look at the tale of James Device and Dandy the Dog
#PendleWitches #History #Lancashire
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/10/06/u...

Unnatural Histories; Dandy the Dog, James Device’s Shape-shifting Familiar

A Tale of the Pendle Witch Trials and a Demonic Dog. Including a Chapter on the Design and Installation of the Eponymous Sculpture in Clitheroe, Lancashire

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 7d

Thou Giant Form with Forehead Bare
#Pendle #Lancashire #Photography
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/10/04/t...

Thou Giant Form, with Forehead Bare

A small selection of black & white photos of Pendle Hill in Lancashire

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 8d

#Clitheroe #Castle #RibbleValley #blackandwhitephotography
#Photography

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 8d

Just found out about the passing of Patricia Routledge.
I had great fun being an extra on the Hetty Wainthrop episode ‘poison pen’ and wish I’d more of a chance to meet her as she seems to have been a lovely person :(
#PatriciaRoutledge #MrsBucket

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 9d

In my latest article I look at one of our most distinctive moths, the Silver Y
#Lepidoptery #moths #Entomology #nature #naturewriting
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/10/02/t...

The Marvellous Migratory Silver Y Moth

Notes on the moth species Autographa gamma and its ecology in Northwest England, including a chapter on the phenomenon of Phototaxis

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 10d

Birdle 🇬🇧 02/10/2025

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 10d

Look at this beaut I spotted in Booth’s carpark in Clitheroe the other day.
(Thank-you to the owner for letting me take a picture)
#tractors #MasseyFerguson #Vintagetractors
@farmersweeklyuk.bsky.social

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Towneley Hall Museum & Art Gallery @towneleyhall.bsky.social · 11d

Towneley Hall is excited to be hosting the exhibition Pioneers of the Material World as part of the British Textile Biennial, which opens tomorrow!

The exhibition shows how clothing made for survival in extreme environments was later redefined for high street fashion and counter culture.

See…..

British Textile Biennial

britishtextilebiennial.co.uk

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 11d

When you walk along a path you haven’t been down for over 30 years and remember there’s an apple tree in that hedge and you’ve got a bag in your jacket pocket :) 🍎
#foraging #autumn #apples #hedgerows

Green and red apples hang on a leafy green tree, behind is a blue sky with a few wispy clouds

A reusable fabric shopping bag is half filled with apples

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 11d

Birdle 🇬🇧 30/09/2025

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 12d

#DailyPendlePic #Pendle #Clitheroe #Lancashire

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 13d

Strachey family portrait, 1750, currently on display in Towneley Hall, Burnley
#fineart #portrait #history #art

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 13d

Birdle 🇬🇧 28/09/2025

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Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 14d

In my latest piece I look at how important it is to support your local market and high-street shops 🛒
#ShopLocal #Supportyourhighstreet
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/09/27/t...