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Mark Walters
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Archaeologist at Heneb: The Trust for Welsh Archaeology. Into: Sound & Music, Photography, Botany, Dragonflies, Palaeontology, Astronomy, Art, LiDAR, Ancient History, Numismatics, Gaming, Border Collies

Engineering 23%
Political science 17%

The Niedersachsen DTM data can be downloaded here ni-lgln-opengeodata.hub.arcgis.com/apps/lgln-op... Click on squares required to bring up a download link. You will have to process the data yourself to obtain a ground model
https://ni-lgln-opengeodata.hub.arcgis.com/apps/lgln-opengeodata::digitales-geländemodell-dgm1/explore

The #lidar image above shows the vast circuit of defences around the early medieval settlement and fortification at Wittekindsburg near Osnabruck of 7th - 11th century date.

New #lidar data for the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Saarland & Schleswig-Holstein regions of Germany is now available.The easiest way to view it is to download the Planlauf TERRAIN app apps.apple.com/gb/app/planl... then purchase whole region DTM for £10 Example: Wittekindsburg, Osnabruck

New Midori Hirano album out next year via Thrill Jockey Records - preorders open now for European shipping via Anost.net 🙂👍 www.anost.net/release/0BB3...
OTONOMA – Midori Hirano – ANOST
The artistry of Midori Hirano lives in the resonance between sonic and visual worlds.
www.anost.net

Love the 2016 Star Core album by Marielle V Jacobsons mariellejakobsons.bandcamp.com/album/star-c... and delighted to hear there is a new album on the way in Feb 2026 via Thrill Jockey Records www.anost.net/release/9204... 👍🙂
Star Core, by Marielle V Jakobsons
6 track album
mariellejakobsons.bandcamp.com

Morning walk before the rain

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And we've made it! But if you want a printed copy of the book please keep pledging - we can increase the print run and with the funds we also hope to add a fancier foiled cover to the print run too!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’: Printed Version
An opportunity to be part of history. Help us print a nationally important book that will transform our understanding of the Picts.
www.kickstarter.com

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From Tesco 👍

Had to break out the Winter Porter - this one is lovely and spicy 😋

You can’t watch Strictly when Lola’s squirrel needs rescuing 😁

Plenty of prehistoric pit and linear features being excavated on a quarry extension near Mold today. Pits filled with heated stone and charcoal suggest cooking activity. Also a possible round hut starting to appear. Much more to be stripped and excavated over the next few months.
Worrying reports of bird flu (avian influenza) are coming in, including an outbreak in Whooper Swans in the Fens. Other waterbirds are also being affected, and cases are rising.

📷 Sick Whooper Swan by Kane Brides

#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

A long time since I’ve been there. Did you see or hear the Choughs ?

For fans of ghost story dramas there is a rare opportunity to see the Screen Two 1995 episode of The Blue Boy set in Scotland on BBC iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Screen Two - The Blue Boy
A couple expecting their first baby spend a few days in the Highlands, hoping to make a fresh start to their relationship - only for the past to creep up on the present with devastating results.
www.bbc.co.uk

Umbellifer skies

Kind of how it feels after Gill died last year 💔
The People You Love Become Ghosts Inside Of You
Robert Montgomery, 2013
@charlestontrust.bsky.social Lewes

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The People You Love Become Ghosts Inside Of You
Robert Montgomery, 2013
@charlestontrust.bsky.social Lewes

Impossible watching Strictly with this attention seeking madam in front of you. She loves teasing the ball then grabs it before you can 😁

You can’t beat a bit of sky drama - lovely photo 👍

Ahh, yes, Alice Krige was great in that role too 👍

Wondered what the scratching sound in the trees was and looked up to find these two Cormorants watching me from only 10 metres away. Stood there for a few minutes and they seemed quite relaxed and didn’t fly off. Great when these quality close proximity moments happen with nature.
My reconstruction of Allen Smelt Mill (2017) is a good contender for being among my most challenging visualisation projects. It required months of effort, research, and problem-solving with the aid of 3D models. I wrote an article about the experience.... bob-marshall.blogspot.com/2018/01/reco...

It could do with a remake, it’s looking very dated now and the acting isn’t great.

And the classic ghostie movie for Halloween tonight is Ghost Story (1981) based on the Peter Straub novel 🎃👻

😂

Sundown out the back

Sums up the day, dramatic clouds and heavy showers

I often wonder why the two species are drawn to each other in flocks

Fieldfare’s are back today for winter with some big flocks flying over or settling in the canalside trees. Always good to welcome our winter visitors. Redwings likely to be back now too.