Andy Gell
@andygell.bsky.social
#Yorkshire #birdwatching (especially raptors) and occasional #phonescoping with Opticron.
Art,Space and other stuff.
Proud Manxman 🇮🇲 living in God's own county.
Former RAF & airline pilot.
Location:
https://w3w.co/beyond.gigabytes.mayhem
I was expecting a plan B like this.
February 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM
I was expecting a plan B like this.
Enjoying them so far. Any plan to include this one?🤞
February 8, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Enjoying them so far. Any plan to include this one?🤞
Watched this yesterday. Brilliant flight sequences.
Any birders pick up on this?
Supervisor: We need to talk about your hobby.
Helen: It's not a hobby/ Hobby* it's a Goshawk.
*clever reference to a Eurasian Hobby?
Any birders pick up on this?
Supervisor: We need to talk about your hobby.
Helen: It's not a hobby/ Hobby* it's a Goshawk.
*clever reference to a Eurasian Hobby?
February 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Watched this yesterday. Brilliant flight sequences.
Any birders pick up on this?
Supervisor: We need to talk about your hobby.
Helen: It's not a hobby/ Hobby* it's a Goshawk.
*clever reference to a Eurasian Hobby?
Any birders pick up on this?
Supervisor: We need to talk about your hobby.
Helen: It's not a hobby/ Hobby* it's a Goshawk.
*clever reference to a Eurasian Hobby?
Because the Moon is tidaly locked and always presents the same face to us you never see the "dark" side.
🎞 courtesy of #NASA Reconnaissance Orbiter.
🎞 courtesy of #NASA Reconnaissance Orbiter.
February 8, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Because the Moon is tidaly locked and always presents the same face to us you never see the "dark" side.
🎞 courtesy of #NASA Reconnaissance Orbiter.
🎞 courtesy of #NASA Reconnaissance Orbiter.
“He comes at whiles, the winter through,West wind”
If only, I’m sick of this easterly flow of misty grey misery.
If only, I’m sick of this easterly flow of misty grey misery.
February 4, 2026 at 9:02 AM
“He comes at whiles, the winter through,West wind”
If only, I’m sick of this easterly flow of misty grey misery.
If only, I’m sick of this easterly flow of misty grey misery.
Last night in a Leeds Thai restaurant I paid £9.50 for a large Chang.
Tonight in a Spoons Ruddles Best is £1.79🤯
Tonight in a Spoons Ruddles Best is £1.79🤯
February 2, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Last night in a Leeds Thai restaurant I paid £9.50 for a large Chang.
Tonight in a Spoons Ruddles Best is £1.79🤯
Tonight in a Spoons Ruddles Best is £1.79🤯
“Just the smell of lynx can reduce deer browsing damage in recovering forests” 🤣
January 29, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“Just the smell of lynx can reduce deer browsing damage in recovering forests” 🤣
I wonder a gamekeeper’s wife from the same estate still stands by these words from 2018?
January 29, 2026 at 2:24 PM
I wonder a gamekeeper’s wife from the same estate still stands by these words from 2018?
Convicted and fined.
Time to license driven grouse shooting in England. #Yorkshire
#raptorpersecution
@friendsofthedales.bsky.social
Time to license driven grouse shooting in England. #Yorkshire
#raptorpersecution
@friendsofthedales.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Convicted and fined.
Time to license driven grouse shooting in England. #Yorkshire
#raptorpersecution
@friendsofthedales.bsky.social
Time to license driven grouse shooting in England. #Yorkshire
#raptorpersecution
@friendsofthedales.bsky.social
Don't open this window!
January 29, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Don't open this window!
"Get me a gamekeeper good news story now! shouts Andrew. 😂
January 29, 2026 at 7:41 AM
"Get me a gamekeeper good news story now! shouts Andrew. 😂
Timeline Gamekeeper juxtaposition.
One accused of #raptorpersecutionuk in the Yorkshire Dales, the other helping rescue an ambulance crew in the snow. Moorland Assoc desperate to counter a very bad news story.
One accused of #raptorpersecutionuk in the Yorkshire Dales, the other helping rescue an ambulance crew in the snow. Moorland Assoc desperate to counter a very bad news story.
January 29, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Timeline Gamekeeper juxtaposition.
One accused of #raptorpersecutionuk in the Yorkshire Dales, the other helping rescue an ambulance crew in the snow. Moorland Assoc desperate to counter a very bad news story.
One accused of #raptorpersecutionuk in the Yorkshire Dales, the other helping rescue an ambulance crew in the snow. Moorland Assoc desperate to counter a very bad news story.
My clay eagle head with cold cast bronze finish.
January 27, 2026 at 1:47 PM
My clay eagle head with cold cast bronze finish.
"predator control to save song birds" The Moorland Assoc clutching at straws.
This is what predator control means to some gamekeepers. #raptorpersecution
This is what predator control means to some gamekeepers. #raptorpersecution
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 AM
"predator control to save song birds" The Moorland Assoc clutching at straws.
This is what predator control means to some gamekeepers. #raptorpersecution
This is what predator control means to some gamekeepers. #raptorpersecution
As a Manxman 🇮🇲 I had to go for a look when I was in Kirkcudbright a few years ago.
January 20, 2026 at 8:17 AM
As a Manxman 🇮🇲 I had to go for a look when I was in Kirkcudbright a few years ago.
If you like trad #folk ,indie or world music and you haven't heard of or been to #celticconnections in #Glasgow you're missing out on a brilliant experience.
www.celticconnections.com
www.celticconnections.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:03 AM
If you like trad #folk ,indie or world music and you haven't heard of or been to #celticconnections in #Glasgow you're missing out on a brilliant experience.
www.celticconnections.com
www.celticconnections.com
"Without you, everything has a flatness. I feel as if I'm waiting for something all the time"
Charles Renne Mackintosh
Charles Renne Mackintosh
January 18, 2026 at 4:14 PM
"Without you, everything has a flatness. I feel as if I'm waiting for something all the time"
Charles Renne Mackintosh
Charles Renne Mackintosh
Finished reading "Gemini and Mercury remastered". The stunning photos and captions bring each mission to life.
Surprised by Gemini IV crew's limited understanding of orbital rendezvous techniques being counterintuitive. @andysaunders-1.bsky.social
#NASA #Space
Surprised by Gemini IV crew's limited understanding of orbital rendezvous techniques being counterintuitive. @andysaunders-1.bsky.social
#NASA #Space
January 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Finished reading "Gemini and Mercury remastered". The stunning photos and captions bring each mission to life.
Surprised by Gemini IV crew's limited understanding of orbital rendezvous techniques being counterintuitive. @andysaunders-1.bsky.social
#NASA #Space
Surprised by Gemini IV crew's limited understanding of orbital rendezvous techniques being counterintuitive. @andysaunders-1.bsky.social
#NASA #Space
Black-tailed Godwit thankful for the thawed out ground at St Aidan's. Juv m Marsh Harrier, flock of Curlews and a visible Cettis the other highlights.
#YorkshireBirding
#phonescoping #birds
#YorkshireBirding
#phonescoping #birds
January 15, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Black-tailed Godwit thankful for the thawed out ground at St Aidan's. Juv m Marsh Harrier, flock of Curlews and a visible Cettis the other highlights.
#YorkshireBirding
#phonescoping #birds
#YorkshireBirding
#phonescoping #birds
Optical illusions are no threat! 😉
January 15, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Optical illusions are no threat! 😉
I've amended the map to allow for U-turns in the future. #Yorkshire
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I've amended the map to allow for U-turns in the future. #Yorkshire