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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 3d

💚 There are far fewer of us than there used to be, and of course we have Welsh & Scottish counterparts.

Mark Bowden wrote a short history of the English archaeological field investigators for LSG website ➡️ landscapesurvey.org/wp-content/u... |

@landscaperesearch.bsky.social

landscapesurvey.org

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 7d

One year I will be brave and make time to take part myself, but not this year.
Still, I really love following the #ArchInk posts, so thank you for running it again! ✏️💖

#ArchInk2025 #Inktober
#Inktober2025

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you - I may well do a little sleuthing! The one you have shared looks lovely

EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 7d

Oh, how interesting! Thanks for replying.
Were over 40 adapted in 2001 for landscape art then? I really must look this up and head out for a stomp!

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 7d

Well that settles tonight’s bedtime re-read 😢
#JaneGoodall

Colour photo of a book (graphic novel):
Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Birute Galdikas.
Written by Jim Ottavaviani and illustrated by comics artist Maris Wicks.

It has a green cover showing cartoon drawings of a procession of three women and three wild primates (a chimpanzee, a mountain gorilla, and an orangutan)

Page 18 of a colour cartoon/graphic novel.
Four image boxes each show a young blond woman (Jane Goodall) working outdoors, each with different weather conditions. The text reads:
Many scientists did feel threatened by me, though, for oh-so-many reasons - | First, my sponsor, Louis, was controversial. Second, I didn’t look like most of them. | And I had no academic credentials. | Habituating animals to human presence also wasn’t common. | And worst of all, I started naming the chimps.

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 7d

Oh how glorious!
I am intrigued to know whether there is any on-site info so that those passing know it is a combo of historic structure + lovely ‘new’ art?

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 8d

NEW special #Railway200 issue of Historic England Research magazine, incl. beautiful drawings by @allantadams.bsky.social!

Issue 29 commemorates 200 years of railway heritage and the bicentenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR).

View the full magazine ➡️ t.co/zin6WfdPS5

Colour screengrab of magazine’s contents page, 1 of 2:

Page 6 – Early Railways in England.
Page 11 – A Brief Overview of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.
Page 16 – An Aerial Perspective of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.
Page 24 – Exploring New Shildon, England’s First Modern Railway Town.
Page 32 – The Stockton & Darlington Railway’s Coal Drops at Shildon.
Page 39 – Protecting Railway Heritage: One of England’s Early Goods Depots.

Colour screengrab of magazine’s contents page, 2 of 2:

Page 47 – The S&DR Darlington Lime Depot.
Page 53 – Early Bridges of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.
Page 59 – The Bridges of the Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway.
Page 66 – Transforming a Historic Market Town: impact of the railways at Bishop Auckland.
Page 74 – Curzon Street Station, Birmingham: Past, Present and Future.
Page 82 – Roundup of our Railway Related Reports, Publications and Guidance.

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 8d

Contents page info on the attached images, and in their alt-text.

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 8d

NEW special #Railway200 issue of Historic England Research magazine, incl. beautiful drawings by @allantadams.bsky.social!

Issue 29 commemorates 200 years of railway heritage and the bicentenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR).

View the full magazine ➡️ t.co/zin6WfdPS5

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you! Hmmm, the issue of keeping them clean hadn’t occurred to me - that is useful!

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 8d

Where this is, please?
I love this type of subtle but effective on-site interpretation.
I have seen it used well several times for recreating landscapes or buildings, but never on water. Great example!

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 9d

Hmm, I doubt ‘with healthy respect and a robust risk assessment’ would quite wow your crowd…
In my work, the truth is probably ‘with my trouser hems tucked into my socks’ (ticks 🚫)!

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 9d

The bees have discovered Brutalism

Cube Enthusiast @killhamster.bsky.social · 11d

Nature is healing

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 12d

Hecking well done, both of you, such important work 💪 Bx

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 15d

What a great project!
If/when the Bishop Auckland entries get input, there is quite a bit of relevant detail on past & present sports sites within our (HE’s) detailed Historic Area Assessment report:
historicengland.org.uk/research/res...

Bishop Auckland, County Durham: Historic Area Assessment | Historic England

Research Report for Bishop Auckland, County Durham: Historic Area Assessment

historicengland.org.uk

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 16d

Bliss 💚

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 17d

“Drat,” said Toad.

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 18d

Fantastic!
👀 Seen this ⬆️ @palaeolou.bsky.social ?

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 18d

Perfect, love these! 👌

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 20d

I used to love borrowing the badge-machine from Brownies as a child, very satisfying! No idea where all my ‘makes’ ended up…

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 24d

There’s an interesting series of 5 free online paleobotany lectures via the Oxford University Botanic Garden this autumn. You can book all 5 lectures here (scroll down webpage to ‘Get your tickets now’ button) www.obga.ox.ac.uk/event/dr-san... #paleobotany

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 24d

Here's a great thread where @amandatuke.bsky.social tells us about her #PlantBased journey & how she got a #FISC level 5!
Find out more about Field Identification Skills Certificates (FISCs) here: bsbi.org/field-skills
Dates for FISCs in 2026 will go live in March.

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 27d

Today I learned something amazingly new to me.
Lightning strikes visible in magnetometry ⚡⚡⚡😲

Great presentation from Archaeological Management Solutions on work near Sligo

Presentation slide showing results of survey

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 26d

I love how much the hand-drawn header has such strong illustrations-from-Arthur-Ransome-novels vibes.
I’m v here for that! 🩵🪶🏴‍☠️⛵️

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 26d

This is awesome! It would be nice & logical if the National Archives hosted the digital transcription for free study in their online collection? Or maybe speak to the Polar Research Institute / Museum in Cambridge?
www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/

Scott Polar Research Institute » The Polar Museum

www.spri.cam.ac.uk

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