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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Another grey day in the UK, but there's the promise of sunshine coming soon...
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #posted - a bird on a post. And what brighter ray of sunshine could there be than a Rose-coloured Starling basking on a Shetland fencepost?
#birds #EastCoastKin #Stunday #photography
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #posted - a bird on a post. And what brighter ray of sunshine could there be than a Rose-coloured Starling basking on a Shetland fencepost?
#birds #EastCoastKin #Stunday #photography
February 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Another grey day in the UK, but there's the promise of sunshine coming soon...
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #posted - a bird on a post. And what brighter ray of sunshine could there be than a Rose-coloured Starling basking on a Shetland fencepost?
#birds #EastCoastKin #Stunday #photography
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #posted - a bird on a post. And what brighter ray of sunshine could there be than a Rose-coloured Starling basking on a Shetland fencepost?
#birds #EastCoastKin #Stunday #photography
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Calm it cat. You're not Alan Rickman at the end of Die Hard.
February 8, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Calm it cat. You're not Alan Rickman at the end of Die Hard.
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Another rainy day so another calendar vote. I am looking at a few possibles for the front cover now.
1. Painted Sky
2. Avalon Sparkle
3. Tequila Sunrise
4. Golden Beauty.
1. Painted Sky
2. Avalon Sparkle
3. Tequila Sunrise
4. Golden Beauty.
February 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Another rainy day so another calendar vote. I am looking at a few possibles for the front cover now.
1. Painted Sky
2. Avalon Sparkle
3. Tequila Sunrise
4. Golden Beauty.
1. Painted Sky
2. Avalon Sparkle
3. Tequila Sunrise
4. Golden Beauty.
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In honour of #SuperbOwl Day, here is an exceptionally fierce, though rather tiny, Saw-whet Owl that greeted us at the trailhead one morning years ago.
February 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In honour of #SuperbOwl Day, here is an exceptionally fierce, though rather tiny, Saw-whet Owl that greeted us at the trailhead one morning years ago.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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Our woodlands are under pressure - but their future isn’t lost 🌳
Climate change & disease are impacting Short Wood & Southwick Wood in Northamptonshire.
Our staff & volunteers, incl. warden Rupert Paul, are managing them for the next 200 years.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ls...
Climate change & disease are impacting Short Wood & Southwick Wood in Northamptonshire.
Our staff & volunteers, incl. warden Rupert Paul, are managing them for the next 200 years.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ls...
Tree Disease at Southwick Wood & Looking To The Future
YouTube video by Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Our woodlands are under pressure - but their future isn’t lost 🌳
Climate change & disease are impacting Short Wood & Southwick Wood in Northamptonshire.
Our staff & volunteers, incl. warden Rupert Paul, are managing them for the next 200 years.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ls...
Climate change & disease are impacting Short Wood & Southwick Wood in Northamptonshire.
Our staff & volunteers, incl. warden Rupert Paul, are managing them for the next 200 years.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ls...
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This is a bit niche, but some of the best stuff is! My favourite church pews, a thread… 🤩
No.1 - the crooked, rough & ready pews that are built around columns, at St. Mary’s, Shelton, Bedfordshire 😍
No.1 - the crooked, rough & ready pews that are built around columns, at St. Mary’s, Shelton, Bedfordshire 😍
February 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
This is a bit niche, but some of the best stuff is! My favourite church pews, a thread… 🤩
No.1 - the crooked, rough & ready pews that are built around columns, at St. Mary’s, Shelton, Bedfordshire 😍
No.1 - the crooked, rough & ready pews that are built around columns, at St. Mary’s, Shelton, Bedfordshire 😍
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February 6, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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I'm still collating my images for my Glastonbury 2027 calendar. I like to post a shortlist for people to vote on so that they can help me choose. This time, February,
1. Sunset in Avalon
2. Purple Haze
3. The Milky Way
4. Heart in the sky
1. Sunset in Avalon
2. Purple Haze
3. The Milky Way
4. Heart in the sky
February 6, 2026 at 9:32 AM
I'm still collating my images for my Glastonbury 2027 calendar. I like to post a shortlist for people to vote on so that they can help me choose. This time, February,
1. Sunset in Avalon
2. Purple Haze
3. The Milky Way
4. Heart in the sky
1. Sunset in Avalon
2. Purple Haze
3. The Milky Way
4. Heart in the sky
No #StarfleetAcademy episode 5 spoilers from me, but oh my that was beautifully done. Take a bow, everyone involved.
February 6, 2026 at 12:20 AM
No #StarfleetAcademy episode 5 spoilers from me, but oh my that was beautifully done. Take a bow, everyone involved.
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Backdraft
OM1 mkii and 90mm macro +1.4x tele
Can’t wait to see what shots I’m going to get with the 50-200mm plus teles
SS1/2500 F5.6 ISO2000
OM1 mkii and 90mm macro +1.4x tele
Can’t wait to see what shots I’m going to get with the 50-200mm plus teles
SS1/2500 F5.6 ISO2000
February 5, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Backdraft
OM1 mkii and 90mm macro +1.4x tele
Can’t wait to see what shots I’m going to get with the 50-200mm plus teles
SS1/2500 F5.6 ISO2000
OM1 mkii and 90mm macro +1.4x tele
Can’t wait to see what shots I’m going to get with the 50-200mm plus teles
SS1/2500 F5.6 ISO2000
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Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&White, any bird with those colours set by @robcrank68.bsky.social ~ Here's a Pied Flycatcher ~ photo taken at RSPB Gwenffrwd Dinas 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #bluesky #birdsofbluesky #EastCoastKin #naturetherapy #birds
February 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&White, any bird with those colours set by @robcrank68.bsky.social ~ Here's a Pied Flycatcher ~ photo taken at RSPB Gwenffrwd Dinas 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #bluesky #birdsofbluesky #EastCoastKin #naturetherapy #birds
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A list of seven oxymorons...
1. Pretty ugly
2. Fairly unjust
3. Kind of mean
4. Charm offensive
5. Microsoft Works
6. Government intelligence
7. Fun run
1. Pretty ugly
2. Fairly unjust
3. Kind of mean
4. Charm offensive
5. Microsoft Works
6. Government intelligence
7. Fun run
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
A list of seven oxymorons...
1. Pretty ugly
2. Fairly unjust
3. Kind of mean
4. Charm offensive
5. Microsoft Works
6. Government intelligence
7. Fun run
1. Pretty ugly
2. Fairly unjust
3. Kind of mean
4. Charm offensive
5. Microsoft Works
6. Government intelligence
7. Fun run
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Goldfinches are one of my favourite garden birds. So much personality! #bird #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #nikon #eastcoastkin #birdoftheday #photography
February 5, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Goldfinches are one of my favourite garden birds. So much personality! #bird #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #nikon #eastcoastkin #birdoftheday #photography
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Update: peregrine cards have sold out! But I have got a sale on all my other cards this month: katiefullerart.etsy.com
💕 It’s my once a year opportunity to promote this special greeting card, which contains a delightful illustration that maybe only a hungry peregrine would approve of. katiefullerart.etsy.com/listing/1169...
I have other, prettier cards, if you prefer.
I have other, prettier cards, if you prefer.
February 5, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Update: peregrine cards have sold out! But I have got a sale on all my other cards this month: katiefullerart.etsy.com
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11,791 people — and counting — have taken action ✊
The Nuclear Regulatory Review risks weakening key protections for #wildlife and special places. Now is not the time to roll back safeguards.
👉 Join thousands emailing the Secretary of State and their MP: https://ow.ly/2bc550Y9eVW
The Nuclear Regulatory Review risks weakening key protections for #wildlife and special places. Now is not the time to roll back safeguards.
👉 Join thousands emailing the Secretary of State and their MP: https://ow.ly/2bc550Y9eVW
Help stop the nature crisis becoming a catastrophe
Wildlife and natural places need more protection, not less. But the UK Government is thinking about making it even easier and cheaper for developers to destroy our last few natural spaces.
Please email Ed Miliband and your MP to save wildlife!
ow.ly
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
11,791 people — and counting — have taken action ✊
The Nuclear Regulatory Review risks weakening key protections for #wildlife and special places. Now is not the time to roll back safeguards.
👉 Join thousands emailing the Secretary of State and their MP: https://ow.ly/2bc550Y9eVW
The Nuclear Regulatory Review risks weakening key protections for #wildlife and special places. Now is not the time to roll back safeguards.
👉 Join thousands emailing the Secretary of State and their MP: https://ow.ly/2bc550Y9eVW
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Good news if you have #FamilyHistory / #LocalHistory / #OnePlaceStudy interests in this part of #Yorkshire! The new collections:
East Riding, Yorkshire, England, Church of England...
—Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
—Baptisms, 1813-1925
—Marriages and Banns, 1754-1950
—Burials, 1813-2000
East Riding, Yorkshire, England, Church of England...
—Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
—Baptisms, 1813-1925
—Marriages and Banns, 1754-1950
—Burials, 1813-2000
Do you have family from the East Riding of Yorkshire? Don't miss this major new collection of family history records:
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
February 5, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Good news if you have #FamilyHistory / #LocalHistory / #OnePlaceStudy interests in this part of #Yorkshire! The new collections:
East Riding, Yorkshire, England, Church of England...
—Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
—Baptisms, 1813-1925
—Marriages and Banns, 1754-1950
—Burials, 1813-2000
East Riding, Yorkshire, England, Church of England...
—Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
—Baptisms, 1813-1925
—Marriages and Banns, 1754-1950
—Burials, 1813-2000
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The sunrise light added just enough warmth to this misty winters morning to combat the cold. I just love how the mist is filtering through the trees, disappearing into the distance.
#sunrise #drone #landscape #photography
#sunrise #drone #landscape #photography
February 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
The sunrise light added just enough warmth to this misty winters morning to combat the cold. I just love how the mist is filtering through the trees, disappearing into the distance.
#sunrise #drone #landscape #photography
#sunrise #drone #landscape #photography
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Has anyone compiled a good, well-cited one stop website with a detailed list of why genAI sucks? I would love something that I could share that simultaneously speaks to the points about stolen art/writing, habitat loss, resource waste, funding/economic issues, misinformation/propaganda, etc.
As usual, I'm mentally running from the big scary things by focusing on getting extremely petty and angry about smaller things
February 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Has anyone compiled a good, well-cited one stop website with a detailed list of why genAI sucks? I would love something that I could share that simultaneously speaks to the points about stolen art/writing, habitat loss, resource waste, funding/economic issues, misinformation/propaganda, etc.
#OnePlaceWednesday Has anyone else found people in their #OnePlaceStudies participating in ‘prosecution societies’? #OnePlaceNetworks of sorts, each drawing members from one or more parishes wishing to combat theft & damage to livestock & property, they began to boom in the latter half of the 1700s.
My new Waters Upton #OnePlaceStudy blog post draws on the above-mentioned newspapers extracts and on other sources to explore the formation, in the latter part of the 1700s, of associations for the prosecution of felons, in the neighbourhood of Cold Hatton (and elsewhere in #Shropshire). 2/2
The Cold Hatton Association for the Prosecution of Felons
THE Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Farmers as under mentioned, of the Neighbourhood of Cold-Hatton, in the Parish of Ercall Magna, in the County of Salop, have bound themselves in Articles of Agreemen…
waters-upton.uk
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM
#OnePlaceWednesday Has anyone else found people in their #OnePlaceStudies participating in ‘prosecution societies’? #OnePlaceNetworks of sorts, each drawing members from one or more parishes wishing to combat theft & damage to livestock & property, they began to boom in the latter half of the 1700s.
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#BackYardBirds is the theme today for #BirdOfTheDay and we’re lucky to have loads of visitors to The Garden Jungle so here are a few #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography
February 4, 2026 at 7:25 AM
#BackYardBirds is the theme today for #BirdOfTheDay and we’re lucky to have loads of visitors to The Garden Jungle so here are a few #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography
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Listed buildings in your #OnePlaceStudy? This online talk should provide some fascinating insights into the listing process, its history, and inaccuracies, along with a look at new techniques enabling better dating of buildings. #OnePlaceWednesday
The next Triskele Heritage online talk is Reinterpreting Listed Buildings. It looks at why buildings were listed, what conditions were like for listing investigators, why many listings were short & inaccurate, plus how new research is pushing back dating.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Listed buildings in your #OnePlaceStudy? This online talk should provide some fascinating insights into the listing process, its history, and inaccuracies, along with a look at new techniques enabling better dating of buildings. #OnePlaceWednesday
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Ooh, lucky you! An Avocet just stepped into your scroll! 😍
February 4, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Ooh, lucky you! An Avocet just stepped into your scroll! 😍
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The next calendar vote for my 2027 calendar is for January. There are not many good images from January due to the fact that I think we had about two dry days 😂So here are the choices and in fact two of these were on the same day!
1. Fire & Ice
2. The Volcano
3. Birthday Sunrise.
4. The Candle
1. Fire & Ice
2. The Volcano
3. Birthday Sunrise.
4. The Candle
February 4, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The next calendar vote for my 2027 calendar is for January. There are not many good images from January due to the fact that I think we had about two dry days 😂So here are the choices and in fact two of these were on the same day!
1. Fire & Ice
2. The Volcano
3. Birthday Sunrise.
4. The Candle
1. Fire & Ice
2. The Volcano
3. Birthday Sunrise.
4. The Candle
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Some absolutely incredible shots here! 😍💚
Wildlife photographer of the year – people’s choice 2026
Wildlife photographer of the year – people’s choice 2026
A shortlist of 24 images has been selected for the wildlife photographer of the year people’s choice award. You can vote for your favourite image online. The winner will be announced on 25 March and shown from that date as part of the overall wildlife photographer of the year exhibition, which runs until 12 July at the Natural History Museum in London
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Some absolutely incredible shots here! 😍💚