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Corinna
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Shrooms, plants, place-names, illicit whisky stills... currently working on the #PlaceNames of Eday, Rousay & Stronsay #Orkney https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/csva/research/place-names-of-northern-scotland.aspx
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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 5d
Well this is on my Christmas list!
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Fertility, decay and renewal in Ying Ang’s Fruiting Bodies – in pictures
In this new book from the Melbourne photographer, the mushroom is imagined as both a biological form and a feminist metaphor
www.theguardian.com
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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 1d
And me pls! Thank you 😊
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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 1d
I have emailed... several times asking about functionality... not gotten very far... I'm not sure they've realised how much of a backwards step the new site is... will persevere...
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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 1d
Sand Geo to the Holm of Papay, on a still and mild Papay day today. A day to make the most.
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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 2d
An island where the sense of time elapsed increases with every ebb and flood. Freshly exposed shell midden along North Wick, Papay today.
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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 2d
Enjoy!
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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 2d
Looks like I'll be busy next week. Do come along to one or all of these if you're in #Kirkwall! #Orkney #saga #runes #runology
Poster inviting people to an event about runic inscriptions in the St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall, at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 20 October. For info email lorainejc@earthlink.net Poster inviting people to a talk by Judith Jesch about her new book The Saga of the Earls of Orkney on Thursday 23 October in Orkney Library at 6.30 pm. To book phone 01856 873166, Poster inviting people to a book signing with Judith Jesch of her new book The Saga of the Earls of Orkney in The Orcadian Bookshop on Saturday 25 October 12-2 pm.
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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 5d
Portrait of a young Solan goose, learning to fish. In a gale.

Bothican, Papay, yesterday.
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UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 22d
'Animating the Dead: An #Archaeology of Bronze Age Burial Practices in #Orkney' by Professors Jane Downes and Colin Richards follows decades of research and incorporates new excavation results and radiocarbon dates from sites across the county. Available to pre-order now.
#BronzeAge #Prehistory
October release for institute director’s book on Bronze Age burial practice
'Animating the Dead: An Archaeology of Bronze Age Burial Practices in Orkney' by Professors Jane Downes and Colin Richards follows decades of research and incorporates new excavation results and radiocarbon dates from sites across the county.
archaeologyorkney.com
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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 5d
Rick Stein's Dalmatian fig tart...
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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 5d
Made this with ones I was given from a friend's bumper crop!
A fig tart made with mascarpone and honey in a shortcrust pastry!
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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 5d
Well this is on my Christmas list!
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Fertility, decay and renewal in Ying Ang’s Fruiting Bodies – in pictures
In this new book from the Melbourne photographer, the mushroom is imagined as both a biological form and a feminist metaphor
www.theguardian.com
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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 5d
Just showing off. Solan goose in the Papay Sound.
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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 7d
South wick in light, the North end in shadow. A fine October day in Papay, with the sea showing true colours.
Also note our new boat naust seating area at The Kelp Store, constructed by our master builders Alistair Hourston and Son.
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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 8d
The Pillar of Mad Geo.
A line of sight.

Papay - Orkney.
Stonebuilt.
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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 10d
It was growing on a bit of the field where the cows hang out (they get fed there and their water tank is nearby) so I think it was knocked a few times in its early development.
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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 10d
ON hross n. 'horse' also occurs in the following #NorthernIsles #PlaceNames: Ross Geo & Russiger (with gjá f. 'Inlet, coastal gully' & garðr 'enclosure') in #Papay, and, Ruskilie (perhaps with hlíð f. 'slope, hillside') in #FairIsle
Colour photo of Ross Geo in Papay. A rocky inlet below a grass slope.
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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 10d
Time well-spent! We love our Fulmar.
Painting of a Fulmar by David Roche.
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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · 10d
🍄 ⭐ It's #UKFungusDay today! ⭐🍄 Join in with events, online activities, competitions. Share your favourite fungus facts, photos & creations. Learn about these amazing organisms & celebrate our fungal world. www.ukfungusday.co.uk
#fungi #nature #mushrooms #fungus
A photo of pin mould Spinellus fusiger covering the cap of a Mycena species fruitbody. White mushroom cap with brown stem on a green background. Taken by Mike Blacknell, a UK Fungus Day 2024 Photography Competition runner-up.
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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 10d
The Henry Moore of fungi...? Misshapen Giant Puffball (Calvatea gigantea) for #UKfungusday today! @britmycolsoc.org.uk
A large white mushroom that looks like it is made up of three conjoined spheres.
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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 12d
Here are some installation photos of our show currently on at The Reid Gallery - Glasgow School of Art
Even better in real life though, so if you are in Glasgow pop in for a survey of our Papay SurvØY.

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Saoirse Higgins and Jonathan Ford – SurvØY, 20 September – 1 November 2025 Reid Gallery
SurvØY was developed over four years as a contemporary artist ‘island almanac’, surveying and monitoring scales of change in the context of the island environment of Papa Westray, one of the most nort...
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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 12d
A group chat along the East Road, Stone and Whin, a moment of serenity before it gets a little breezy over the weekend..
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dgplacenames (now in Orkney) @dgplacenames.bsky.social · 12d
Some small place-names from the 2nd edition of the OS
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Corinna @shroomgirl.bsky.social · 12d
Two #Orkney #PlaceNames Knarston (Scapa Bay & Harray) may contain ON knǫrr­ m. a type of ship, specifically a ‘large Nordic merchant & warship’ (ONP) compounding with either staðr m. farm-settlement/dwelling’ or stǫð f. 'landing-place, jetty’. Find out more: open.substack.com/pub/uonengli...
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em horne @em-ehx.bsky.social · 13d
Happy to share a call for papers for our PGR/ECR research showcase on Life and Landscape. The showcase is a fantastic opportunity to share environmental research with both the academic community and the wider public. Please share widely!
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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 14d
It might just be about some islands to the north of Scotland on 9th December!
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Institute for Medieval Studies Leeds @leedsims.bsky.social · 14d
We are delighted to announce our research seminars for this semester in Leeds. All will be hybrid. Keep an eye out for links to register for zoom nearer the time or come in person. All welcome! #medievalsky #medievalresearch
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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 14d
The Scottish Society for Northern Studies day conference is now open for registration with a great line up of speakers #scotland #scandinavia #medievalsky www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-...
SSNS 2025 Day Conference - Scottish Society for Northern Studies
We are happy to announce our next in-person conference at 10:45 BST on 22nd November in Arbroath. The conference will be followed by an optional visit to the St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum. There...
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