Steve Jackson
@atcherleyons.bsky.social
#Genealogy. #FamilyHistory and #OneNameStudy of the Atcherley family. #OnePlaceStudies of Waters Upton and Fawsley, #HouseHistory of Marton Hall. Green. Vegan. Lover of SciFi; #nature and #WildlifePhotography; countryside; puns. Not here to doomscroll.
Pinned
#PlumeScrolling Daggerstrike Murderbeak, a Grey Heron I photographed at Forest Farm, Cardiff, back in May. So glad I decided to prioritise #NaturePhotography earlier this year, before my thyroid condition began to limit what I could do! #Birds 🦉 🌿
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Scored the jackpot this morning at sunrise. Just incredible scenes, with mist & light.
From Oxfordshire, England.
From Oxfordshire, England.
January 14, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Scored the jackpot this morning at sunrise. Just incredible scenes, with mist & light.
From Oxfordshire, England.
From Oxfordshire, England.
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“That does it, Sid! … You yell ‘tarantula’ one more time and you’re gonna be wearin’ this thing!”
January 14, 2026 at 11:04 PM
“That does it, Sid! … You yell ‘tarantula’ one more time and you’re gonna be wearin’ this thing!”
Endocrinology appointment today 👩🏻⚕️ for results of blood test following radioidine ☢️ treatment for my thyroid issues in November. The results were what I wanted (normal thyroid function 😀), but not what I expected (because I am still so, so tired 😪). So, another blood test now booked. 🩸
January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Endocrinology appointment today 👩🏻⚕️ for results of blood test following radioidine ☢️ treatment for my thyroid issues in November. The results were what I wanted (normal thyroid function 😀), but not what I expected (because I am still so, so tired 😪). So, another blood test now booked. 🩸
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Absolutely no care for the rules from this guy...
Photo: Ian Ward
Photo: Ian Ward
January 14, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Absolutely no care for the rules from this guy...
Photo: Ian Ward
Photo: Ian Ward
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My Slimline, Desktop and A4 calendars have been reduced & I'm getting very low of the Double A4 version! 🐦
Help me out, and treat yourself to a year of my birds at the same time! 😁😍
You can buy them here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c... ❤️🐦
Help me out, and treat yourself to a year of my birds at the same time! 😁😍
You can buy them here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c... ❤️🐦
*Thread! 😀
Here are my brand new 2026 Birds calendars! 🐦❤️
This is the Double A4 version. 😊
You can buy it here;
www.carlbovis.com/product-page... 🐦
Here are my brand new 2026 Birds calendars! 🐦❤️
This is the Double A4 version. 😊
You can buy it here;
www.carlbovis.com/product-page... 🐦
January 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
My Slimline, Desktop and A4 calendars have been reduced & I'm getting very low of the Double A4 version! 🐦
Help me out, and treat yourself to a year of my birds at the same time! 😁😍
You can buy them here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c... ❤️🐦
Help me out, and treat yourself to a year of my birds at the same time! 😁😍
You can buy them here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c... ❤️🐦
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#fungifriends #mushrooms #mycology #nature #fungi #biology #photography
Holly has its very own fungus! Marasmius hudsonii (Holly parachute) yesterday. Sadly, without a macro lens the depth of field is very shallow.
Holly has its very own fungus! Marasmius hudsonii (Holly parachute) yesterday. Sadly, without a macro lens the depth of field is very shallow.
January 14, 2026 at 10:44 AM
#fungifriends #mushrooms #mycology #nature #fungi #biology #photography
Holly has its very own fungus! Marasmius hudsonii (Holly parachute) yesterday. Sadly, without a macro lens the depth of field is very shallow.
Holly has its very own fungus! Marasmius hudsonii (Holly parachute) yesterday. Sadly, without a macro lens the depth of field is very shallow.
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Adding a #OnePlaceWednesday hashtag to this one – and looking forward to seeing more #OnePlaceStudies making use of National Farm Survey documents when they appear online a little later this year!
The National Farm Survey documents are held by The National Archives. The forms and maps are being digitised and will be made available online for free, with the first records due to appear in March this year. The project should be complete by March 2027.
#OnePlaceStudies #LocalHistory
#OnePlaceStudies #LocalHistory
300,000 farm records going online, thanks to grant from Lund Trust - The National Archives
The National Archives is digitising 300,000 farm records 1941-1943 made for the National Farm Survey, thanks to a grant from the Lund Trust
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
January 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Adding a #OnePlaceWednesday hashtag to this one – and looking forward to seeing more #OnePlaceStudies making use of National Farm Survey documents when they appear online a little later this year!
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📚 The author's copy of my new book has arrived! Printing Birds and Wildlife in Linocut, about how to make linocut prints, is available for pre-order and will be published in spring 2026. Find out more 👉
www.michellehughesdesign.com/printing-bir...
#linocut #printmaking #books
www.michellehughesdesign.com/printing-bir...
#linocut #printmaking #books
January 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
📚 The author's copy of my new book has arrived! Printing Birds and Wildlife in Linocut, about how to make linocut prints, is available for pre-order and will be published in spring 2026. Find out more 👉
www.michellehughesdesign.com/printing-bir...
#linocut #printmaking #books
www.michellehughesdesign.com/printing-bir...
#linocut #printmaking #books
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Over the hills and far away - with a sprinkling of snow on the distant slopes. I was standing on the summit of Titterstone Clee for this shot, looking out across the Corvedale towards the Stretton Hills. From the left are Hope Bowdler Hill, Willstone Hill and Caer Caradoc, with Wenlock Edge seen...
January 14, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Over the hills and far away - with a sprinkling of snow on the distant slopes. I was standing on the summit of Titterstone Clee for this shot, looking out across the Corvedale towards the Stretton Hills. From the left are Hope Bowdler Hill, Willstone Hill and Caer Caradoc, with Wenlock Edge seen...
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2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
January 14, 2026 at 2:53 PM
2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I meet a fellow swimmer better adapted to cold water than I am!
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Which is the ‘fast sinker’ out of me and the grebe? | Nic Wilson
Waresley, Cambridgeshire: In a near-freezing lake, I’m treated to an up-close view of one of my favourite birds
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 AM
In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I meet a fellow swimmer better adapted to cold water than I am!
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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This #HeritageTreasures Day, we're celebrating the incredible High Brown Fritillary 🎉
These large, elegant butterflies are found on bracken-dominated slopes where their caterpillar food plant, Common Dog-violet, grows.
These large, elegant butterflies are found on bracken-dominated slopes where their caterpillar food plant, Common Dog-violet, grows.
January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
This #HeritageTreasures Day, we're celebrating the incredible High Brown Fritillary 🎉
These large, elegant butterflies are found on bracken-dominated slopes where their caterpillar food plant, Common Dog-violet, grows.
These large, elegant butterflies are found on bracken-dominated slopes where their caterpillar food plant, Common Dog-violet, grows.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Please join me in being *even more* negative about GenAI, its theft of people’s creative output, its planet-trashing effects, the utter garbage it all too often produces, and the obscenely rich a$$holes who hope it will make them even wealthier at our expense.
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI https://gizmodo.com/jensen-huang-is-begging-you-to-stop-being-so-negative-about-ai-2000709335
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI
" extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we've done a lot of damage," he said.
gizmodo.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Please join me in being *even more* negative about GenAI, its theft of people’s creative output, its planet-trashing effects, the utter garbage it all too often produces, and the obscenely rich a$$holes who hope it will make them even wealthier at our expense.
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📢 SKUNK!!!! 📢
It's been ages since we've seen a skunk in the garden but last night we had 2 wandering around. They begin to get more active as mating season approaches. What a magnificent tail, we'll have to call this one Super Swiffer 2.0 😁
❤️🦨❤️
#mammals
It's been ages since we've seen a skunk in the garden but last night we had 2 wandering around. They begin to get more active as mating season approaches. What a magnificent tail, we'll have to call this one Super Swiffer 2.0 😁
❤️🦨❤️
#mammals
January 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
📢 SKUNK!!!! 📢
It's been ages since we've seen a skunk in the garden but last night we had 2 wandering around. They begin to get more active as mating season approaches. What a magnificent tail, we'll have to call this one Super Swiffer 2.0 😁
❤️🦨❤️
#mammals
It's been ages since we've seen a skunk in the garden but last night we had 2 wandering around. They begin to get more active as mating season approaches. What a magnificent tail, we'll have to call this one Super Swiffer 2.0 😁
❤️🦨❤️
#mammals
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Today is #TidesOutTuesday. It was certainly out on this cold early morning at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in the Florida Panhandle. Normally these old pilings are surrounded by water. My shoes needed a wash after this shot. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #sunrise #lighthouses
January 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Today is #TidesOutTuesday. It was certainly out on this cold early morning at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in the Florida Panhandle. Normally these old pilings are surrounded by water. My shoes needed a wash after this shot. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #sunrise #lighthouses
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Huge thanks to 3,652 of you amazing #CitizenScientists who went out hunting for #NewYearPlantHunt!
You sent us >25K records of an astonishing 663 different wildflower spp. blooming across Britain & Ireland
Headlines in our infographic 👇
More details on our 2026 Results page: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
You sent us >25K records of an astonishing 663 different wildflower spp. blooming across Britain & Ireland
Headlines in our infographic 👇
More details on our 2026 Results page: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
January 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Huge thanks to 3,652 of you amazing #CitizenScientists who went out hunting for #NewYearPlantHunt!
You sent us >25K records of an astonishing 663 different wildflower spp. blooming across Britain & Ireland
Headlines in our infographic 👇
More details on our 2026 Results page: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
You sent us >25K records of an astonishing 663 different wildflower spp. blooming across Britain & Ireland
Headlines in our infographic 👇
More details on our 2026 Results page: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
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Was going for a walk on this sodden day but decided to get further into this extraordinary book by British naturalist & musician Len Howard written abt her time at Bird cottage near Ditchling in Sussex from 1938-73 when she counted thirty bird spp as her neighbours, some exceedingly rare now ..
January 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Was going for a walk on this sodden day but decided to get further into this extraordinary book by British naturalist & musician Len Howard written abt her time at Bird cottage near Ditchling in Sussex from 1938-73 when she counted thirty bird spp as her neighbours, some exceedingly rare now ..
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We’ve got some exciting news for you. The BBC’s Winterwatch is back and for the first time ever it will be broadcast from Mount Stewart in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Expect a dazzling cast of winter species as the wonder of winter wildlife across the UK is explored.
Expect a dazzling cast of winter species as the wonder of winter wildlife across the UK is explored.
January 13, 2026 at 8:00 AM
We’ve got some exciting news for you. The BBC’s Winterwatch is back and for the first time ever it will be broadcast from Mount Stewart in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Expect a dazzling cast of winter species as the wonder of winter wildlife across the UK is explored.
Expect a dazzling cast of winter species as the wonder of winter wildlife across the UK is explored.
Male bramblings facing off in my garden from my book Garden Safari ‘Andrew makes the ordinary look extraordinary’ Iolo Williams @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @omsystem.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
January 13, 2026 at 7:37 AM
The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
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📣 Nature targets are not optional – they are the law 📜
Will this Government be the first ever to break the law by missing legally binding nature targets?
The Office of Environmental Protection warns today that much more action is needed.
🔗Read more here: tinyurl.com/WCLresponse
Will this Government be the first ever to break the law by missing legally binding nature targets?
The Office of Environmental Protection warns today that much more action is needed.
🔗Read more here: tinyurl.com/WCLresponse
January 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
📣 Nature targets are not optional – they are the law 📜
Will this Government be the first ever to break the law by missing legally binding nature targets?
The Office of Environmental Protection warns today that much more action is needed.
🔗Read more here: tinyurl.com/WCLresponse
Will this Government be the first ever to break the law by missing legally binding nature targets?
The Office of Environmental Protection warns today that much more action is needed.
🔗Read more here: tinyurl.com/WCLresponse
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Believe it or not, it is time to start work on my Glastonbury 2027 Calendars. I do votes so that people can help me choose images. So I thought we could start with one of the most challenging months, May. In May the light can be quite harsh and4am starts every day makes it tough going up for sunrise
January 13, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Believe it or not, it is time to start work on my Glastonbury 2027 Calendars. I do votes so that people can help me choose images. So I thought we could start with one of the most challenging months, May. In May the light can be quite harsh and4am starts every day makes it tough going up for sunrise
Superb! One for the #Birds, #UKWildlife and 🌿 feeds I think.
✂️ Yesterday I finally responded to @agakowalska.bsky.social’s challenge to make a collage from a single piece of packaging. I present to you a green (tea) woodpecker, made from a big Yorkshire Tea box. It was fun and I’ll be rooting through our recycling bin for more materials later on ♻️
January 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Superb! One for the #Birds, #UKWildlife and 🌿 feeds I think.
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On the this day in 2024; Long-tailed Ducks in Berwick Harbour, #Northumberland @webs-gsmp.bsky.social #nebirding #birdsoftheworld
January 10, 2026 at 8:44 AM
On the this day in 2024; Long-tailed Ducks in Berwick Harbour, #Northumberland @webs-gsmp.bsky.social #nebirding #birdsoftheworld