John Preston
@johnpleeds.bsky.social
Dabbler in environment, moths, stained glass, private pilot, when not with the Development team at The Conservation Volunteers. Own views.
A single crow call answered by a triple the silence. At 5.30. A crow lazily glided over the terrace ridge as I left to cycle to the station. I saw several more along the way. Fab dawn. Belated #FirstBirdofMyDay
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A single crow call answered by a triple the silence. At 5.30. A crow lazily glided over the terrace ridge as I left to cycle to the station. I saw several more along the way. Fab dawn. Belated #FirstBirdofMyDay
A heron enjoying the morning sunshine by the River Kent above Staveley. Phone shot so don't click in @everyheron.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A heron enjoying the morning sunshine by the River Kent above Staveley. Phone shot so don't click in @everyheron.bsky.social
@saocousins.bsky.social @lakesstiles.bsky.social a first for me a ladder stile with gate. Complete with police notice about offload bikes. Hutton Roof Crags
November 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@saocousins.bsky.social @lakesstiles.bsky.social a first for me a ladder stile with gate. Complete with police notice about offload bikes. Hutton Roof Crags
#dailydrawing weekend break 3 if 3 has begun. Why do I set myself these challenges. But continuing the colour theme ! Too much train joggles to try paint. So now to enjoy south of Berwick view in a wet dusk. Maybe one evening this week, but a lot of deadlines. @saocousins.bsky.social @@DrRJWarren
October 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#dailydrawing weekend break 3 if 3 has begun. Why do I set myself these challenges. But continuing the colour theme ! Too much train joggles to try paint. So now to enjoy south of Berwick view in a wet dusk. Maybe one evening this week, but a lot of deadlines. @saocousins.bsky.social @@DrRJWarren
#Dailydrawing weekend break. 2 of 3? Will I manage another on the train home? And fill the sketch book. I think I could have nudged the red render a few notches higher. Dunfermline town. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#Dailydrawing weekend break. 2 of 3? Will I manage another on the train home? And fill the sketch book. I think I could have nudged the red render a few notches higher. Dunfermline town. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social
You have to love a bit of good graphic spoof.
October 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
You have to love a bit of good graphic spoof.
#dailydrawing occasionally.
The former St Anne's Oratory Randolph Place Edinburgh. It's c 1900 Arts and Crafts facade a contrast to the surrounding New Town Once shop of W W Macfarlane interior designer @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @fotofacade.bsky.social
The former St Anne's Oratory Randolph Place Edinburgh. It's c 1900 Arts and Crafts facade a contrast to the surrounding New Town Once shop of W W Macfarlane interior designer @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @fotofacade.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#dailydrawing occasionally.
The former St Anne's Oratory Randolph Place Edinburgh. It's c 1900 Arts and Crafts facade a contrast to the surrounding New Town Once shop of W W Macfarlane interior designer @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @fotofacade.bsky.social
The former St Anne's Oratory Randolph Place Edinburgh. It's c 1900 Arts and Crafts facade a contrast to the surrounding New Town Once shop of W W Macfarlane interior designer @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @fotofacade.bsky.social
Morning #bird
A Black Necked Stilt looking for breakfast at the Gilbert Riparian area in Gilbert AZ.
#birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #wildlifephotography #botd #birdoftheday #skinnylegs
A Black Necked Stilt looking for breakfast at the Gilbert Riparian area in Gilbert AZ.
#birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #wildlifephotography #botd #birdoftheday #skinnylegs
October 17, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Standing in the shallow, cold waves of the Pacific Ocean, this Brown Pelican was unsure of me as I slowly approached
📷 Canon R5
Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
M, f/7.1, 1/3200, ISO 800, 500mm
5/24/25
Northern Oregon Coast
#birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature
🦉 🪶
📷 Canon R5
Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
M, f/7.1, 1/3200, ISO 800, 500mm
5/24/25
Northern Oregon Coast
#birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature
🦉 🪶
October 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
@mothiduk.bsky.social asking the wider team hasn't helped this time.
A quiet Sunday night trap, despite being mild and overcast 8 of 5 The large wainscott NFG/lifer and two micros Clepsis consimilana? on shape and a little grey one Central Leeds. Anyone else up here had late uncertain ? #TeamMoth
October 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
@mothiduk.bsky.social asking the wider team hasn't helped this time.
A quiet Sunday night trap, despite being mild and overcast 8 of 5 The large wainscott NFG/lifer and two micros Clepsis consimilana? on shape and a little grey one Central Leeds. Anyone else up here had late uncertain ? #TeamMoth
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A quiet Sunday night trap, despite being mild and overcast 8 of 5 The large wainscott NFG/lifer and two micros Clepsis consimilana? on shape and a little grey one Central Leeds. Anyone else up here had late uncertain ? #TeamMoth
Enjoy.
'Senegalese gardener.' (1922) After a successful start to his career in London, Rudolph Ihlee journeyed to Collioure in the Mediterranean, where the 'blond light that suppresses shadows,' had a profound effect on his work as he experimented with a spontaneous style of painting.
October 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Enjoy.
Indeed, it brightened up my day
October 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Indeed, it brightened up my day
Nice piece @amyjanebeer.bsky.social . Thanks @nicolawriting.bsky.social and best wishes for the book launch. Are you heading north?
Lovely piece from @amyjanebeer.bsky.social about those all-important, positive relationships & encounters with farmers.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: An unexpected vista of sky-light and symmetry | Amy-Jane Beer
Yorkshire Wolds: What a difference a few years makes – this used to be an expanse of wet mud, now it’s a precious chalkland pond
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Nice piece @amyjanebeer.bsky.social . Thanks @nicolawriting.bsky.social and best wishes for the book launch. Are you heading north?
The total from two traps in Central Leeds, it was clearer and hence cooler than forecast. #TeamMoth the first v tatty one had deep orange brown underwing so hazardous Copper Uwing spp? A lot fewer LYUW this year. And finally a Lunar UW
September 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The total from two traps in Central Leeds, it was clearer and hence cooler than forecast. #TeamMoth the first v tatty one had deep orange brown underwing so hazardous Copper Uwing spp? A lot fewer LYUW this year. And finally a Lunar UW
Another lovely morning. Sunrise over Woodhouse Moor Leeds.
September 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Another lovely morning. Sunrise over Woodhouse Moor Leeds.
Last night's #dailydrawing each time my view point comes in closer. But I'll not attempt a moth !
Home now. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
Home now. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Last night's #dailydrawing each time my view point comes in closer. But I'll not attempt a moth !
Home now. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
Home now. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
#TeamMoth on tour. Near Seahouses. 18 of 9 Every shade of lunat underwing. Started chilly and clear. Actinic had gone out by 3pm, battery issues - annoying after 3 years of weekly summerise trapping. Well pleased with first ever Redgree carpet and green Brindley crescent. One mystery. Pics on reply
September 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
#TeamMoth on tour. Near Seahouses. 18 of 9 Every shade of lunat underwing. Started chilly and clear. Actinic had gone out by 3pm, battery issues - annoying after 3 years of weekly summerise trapping. Well pleased with first ever Redgree carpet and green Brindley crescent. One mystery. Pics on reply
Domestic detail from @nationaltrust.org.uk Lindisfarne Castle. Yesterday's #dailydrawing @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social
@michelleu.bsky.social
Image on the reply. Grrh attempt no.10
@michelleu.bsky.social
Image on the reply. Grrh attempt no.10
September 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Domestic detail from @nationaltrust.org.uk Lindisfarne Castle. Yesterday's #dailydrawing @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social
@michelleu.bsky.social
Image on the reply. Grrh attempt no.10
@michelleu.bsky.social
Image on the reply. Grrh attempt no.10
Ah. Something stirring in the curators' store room.?
David Payler, curator at @norwichcastle.bsky.social adjusting his giant housefly model as you do
September 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Ah. Something stirring in the curators' store room.?
The opposite of the expansive view. A challenge in shading. ##dailydrawingoccasional @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The opposite of the expansive view. A challenge in shading. ##dailydrawingoccasional @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social
OK. Let's try big sky, big sea and big landscape all in one painting. Will anything not go wrong ? #dailydrawingoccasional @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
OK. Let's try big sky, big sea and big landscape all in one painting. Will anything not go wrong ? #dailydrawingoccasional @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social
Reposted by John Preston
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria): This fungi is easily identifiable thanks to its bright red colouring and white spots, and is often featured in a number of fairytales. A reindeer favourite associated in Scandinavia with hallucinations of flying reindeer. it is poisonous to humans 🍄 #fungi #flyagaric
September 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria): This fungi is easily identifiable thanks to its bright red colouring and white spots, and is often featured in a number of fairytales. A reindeer favourite associated in Scandinavia with hallucinations of flying reindeer. it is poisonous to humans 🍄 #fungi #flyagaric
#TeamMoth a large beetle by catch, their wings are huge. One flew off. Plus some form of gothic? which Ed1 of Lewington says is unlikely at nr Seahouses in autumn. Thoughts pls. Photos on the reply
September 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
#TeamMoth a large beetle by catch, their wings are huge. One flew off. Plus some form of gothic? which Ed1 of Lewington says is unlikely at nr Seahouses in autumn. Thoughts pls. Photos on the reply
A damp morning in the grounds of Dumfries House admiring the restoration and the new craftsman built shelters and summerhouses. 90 minute tour of the house interior with tales of the people who commissioned and then lived in the House. Drawing an octagonal building proved a challenge #dailydrawing
August 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A damp morning in the grounds of Dumfries House admiring the restoration and the new craftsman built shelters and summerhouses. 90 minute tour of the house interior with tales of the people who commissioned and then lived in the House. Drawing an octagonal building proved a challenge #dailydrawing