Chilternbirder
@chilternbirder.bsky.social
Hanging on to my old social media name although the birding these days is largely very low carbon through my living room window.
Anarcho-dandyist folkie into environment and architecture among other things.
Vestitus bene vincit omnia
🧑💻 www.folkphotos.uk
Anarcho-dandyist folkie into environment and architecture among other things.
Vestitus bene vincit omnia
🧑💻 www.folkphotos.uk
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So why can't we do this with detecting?
Why not a license required to own a detector and an online test (to check knowledge of the law and Code of Practice) to be completed before license granted...?
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why not a license required to own a detector and an online test (to check knowledge of the law and Code of Practice) to be completed before license granted...?
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Many new UK drone users must take theory test for outdoor use
The Civil Aviation Authority reckons up to half a million people in the UK may be impacted by its new requirements.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
So why can't we do this with detecting?
Why not a license required to own a detector and an online test (to check knowledge of the law and Code of Practice) to be completed before license granted...?
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why not a license required to own a detector and an online test (to check knowledge of the law and Code of Practice) to be completed before license granted...?
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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An appropriate picture for this time of year.
The Blessed Virgin reads in bed while Joseph looks after the baby. All watched over by the ox and the ass.
From the 15th century Besancon Book of Hours.
A woman, with a book to hand for that moment of leisure, after my own heart!
The Blessed Virgin reads in bed while Joseph looks after the baby. All watched over by the ox and the ass.
From the 15th century Besancon Book of Hours.
A woman, with a book to hand for that moment of leisure, after my own heart!
December 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
An appropriate picture for this time of year.
The Blessed Virgin reads in bed while Joseph looks after the baby. All watched over by the ox and the ass.
From the 15th century Besancon Book of Hours.
A woman, with a book to hand for that moment of leisure, after my own heart!
The Blessed Virgin reads in bed while Joseph looks after the baby. All watched over by the ox and the ass.
From the 15th century Besancon Book of Hours.
A woman, with a book to hand for that moment of leisure, after my own heart!
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Melbourne Brothers Brewery on All Saints’ Street, #Stamford, is a Grade II listed late C19 brewery with two storeys and a basement. It's a prime example of everyday #heritage in the town's centre and forms an architectural group with Nos. 20–22, highlighting Stamford’s historic industrial character.
December 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Melbourne Brothers Brewery on All Saints’ Street, #Stamford, is a Grade II listed late C19 brewery with two storeys and a basement. It's a prime example of everyday #heritage in the town's centre and forms an architectural group with Nos. 20–22, highlighting Stamford’s historic industrial character.
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On this day 29th December 1975
“Radical new legislation” introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status came into force in the UK
(Picture: A Second Picture Dictionary, artist: Eric Winter)
“Radical new legislation” introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status came into force in the UK
(Picture: A Second Picture Dictionary, artist: Eric Winter)
December 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
On this day 29th December 1975
“Radical new legislation” introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status came into force in the UK
(Picture: A Second Picture Dictionary, artist: Eric Winter)
“Radical new legislation” introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status came into force in the UK
(Picture: A Second Picture Dictionary, artist: Eric Winter)
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A little reminder about tomorrow night's 'Historic Buildings in the Landscape' talk (7pm, online) for anyone fed up with repeats on TV and too full of cheese to go out for the evening
Before the holidays take over completely, here's a reminder that this year's online Triskele Heritage Christmas Lecture will take place on Tuesday 30 December...
Bookings are still available, here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...
Bookings are still available, here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...
December 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A little reminder about tomorrow night's 'Historic Buildings in the Landscape' talk (7pm, online) for anyone fed up with repeats on TV and too full of cheese to go out for the evening
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Biggest void between human ears: Mar-a-Lago.
#DumpTrump
#DumpTrump
December 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Biggest void between human ears: Mar-a-Lago.
#DumpTrump
#DumpTrump
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Did u know? This is where I'm coming from for the start of 2026....'Nuff said.... 😄🌍🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🪲🐝🦟🪳🪰🦗🐜🐞🦋🐛
December 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Did u know? This is where I'm coming from for the start of 2026....'Nuff said.... 😄🌍🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🪲🐝🦟🪳🪰🦗🐜🐞🦋🐛
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Aidan Robbins has been making videos on temperate rainforests all over the world, but says Ireland's were the hardest to cover because they are now so rare.
Great to see these precious, neglected ecosystems getting some global attention. They deserve so much better.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qq9...
Great to see these precious, neglected ecosystems getting some global attention. They deserve so much better.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qq9...
Ireland's Invisible Rainforest
YouTube video by Aidin Robbins
m.youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Aidan Robbins has been making videos on temperate rainforests all over the world, but says Ireland's were the hardest to cover because they are now so rare.
Great to see these precious, neglected ecosystems getting some global attention. They deserve so much better.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qq9...
Great to see these precious, neglected ecosystems getting some global attention. They deserve so much better.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qq9...
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In the 1970s when they started selling off council houses in Britain it was possible to borrow 3 times your salary and buy a house. Now it is 10 times. Tax second homes, empty homes, air b n b and use the money to enable councils to renovate and regenerate.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
Why life is getting harder and harder for young people these days - Andy Brown
It is well known that nostalgia isn’t what it used to be and anyone over a certain age has a tendency to look back and decide that most of what happened in their youth was positive when compared to th...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
In the 1970s when they started selling off council houses in Britain it was possible to borrow 3 times your salary and buy a house. Now it is 10 times. Tax second homes, empty homes, air b n b and use the money to enable councils to renovate and regenerate.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
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The pub sign at the former Thomas à Becket PH on Old Kent Road (now a Vietnamese restaurant). This is the location of Thomas-at-Watering, where Chaucer's pilgrims spent their first night. Today is St Thomas à Becket's feast day.
December 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The pub sign at the former Thomas à Becket PH on Old Kent Road (now a Vietnamese restaurant). This is the location of Thomas-at-Watering, where Chaucer's pilgrims spent their first night. Today is St Thomas à Becket's feast day.
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ge-wǣpnod, adj: armed, equipped with weapons. (yeh-WAP-nod / jɛ-ˈwæːp-nɔd)
Image: Lambeth Apocalypse; England, 13th century; @lampallib.bsky.social MS 209, f. 8r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Lambeth Apocalypse; England, 13th century; @lampallib.bsky.social MS 209, f. 8r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
December 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
ge-wǣpnod, adj: armed, equipped with weapons. (yeh-WAP-nod / jɛ-ˈwæːp-nɔd)
Image: Lambeth Apocalypse; England, 13th century; @lampallib.bsky.social MS 209, f. 8r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Lambeth Apocalypse; England, 13th century; @lampallib.bsky.social MS 209, f. 8r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
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Tonight's fantastic murmuration - bonus shot - because it's just stunning....
#Nikon #photography #nature #UKbirds #birds #ukwildlife #ukbirding #wildlife #birdsinflight #murmuration #predators
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#Nikon #photography #nature #UKbirds #birds #ukwildlife #ukbirding #wildlife #birdsinflight #murmuration #predators
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December 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Tonight's fantastic murmuration - bonus shot - because it's just stunning....
#Nikon #photography #nature #UKbirds #birds #ukwildlife #ukbirding #wildlife #birdsinflight #murmuration #predators
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#Nikon #photography #nature #UKbirds #birds #ukwildlife #ukbirding #wildlife #birdsinflight #murmuration #predators
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January is the time for feasting.
#medievalcalendar
Koninklijke Bibliotheek National Library of the Netherlands, KW 76 F 13; The Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine (ca. 1185 CE); Normandy, France; ff.1n-2r
#medievalcalendar
Koninklijke Bibliotheek National Library of the Netherlands, KW 76 F 13; The Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine (ca. 1185 CE); Normandy, France; ff.1n-2r
December 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
January is the time for feasting.
#medievalcalendar
Koninklijke Bibliotheek National Library of the Netherlands, KW 76 F 13; The Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine (ca. 1185 CE); Normandy, France; ff.1n-2r
#medievalcalendar
Koninklijke Bibliotheek National Library of the Netherlands, KW 76 F 13; The Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine (ca. 1185 CE); Normandy, France; ff.1n-2r
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Seeing as the call for submissions is now open, what would you select as a part of 'intangible cultural heritage' in England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland?
livingheritage.unesco.org.uk/get-involved...
livingheritage.unesco.org.uk/get-involved...
View Submitted Elements | Browse Living Heritage EOIs
Browse expressions of interest submitted to the UK living heritage inventories. Search by nation or category, spot what's missing, connect with similar groups, and avoid duplicate submissions.
livingheritage.unesco.org.uk
December 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Seeing as the call for submissions is now open, what would you select as a part of 'intangible cultural heritage' in England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland?
livingheritage.unesco.org.uk/get-involved...
livingheritage.unesco.org.uk/get-involved...
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And now to go next door and explain to her new neighbours that no matter how much she begs could they please not feed Freya...
For a cat with no known allergies my god she has a delicate digestion.
For a cat with no known allergies my god she has a delicate digestion.
December 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
And now to go next door and explain to her new neighbours that no matter how much she begs could they please not feed Freya...
For a cat with no known allergies my god she has a delicate digestion.
For a cat with no known allergies my god she has a delicate digestion.
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Sometimes, I find the subtle levels of joy and optimism in postwar British design quite overwhelming.
December 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Sometimes, I find the subtle levels of joy and optimism in postwar British design quite overwhelming.
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In Shropshire, Dec 28 was feared as ‘Cross Day’, a time of misfortune and bad luck where no new tasks should be started. It coincides with Childermas, remembering Herod’s massacre of the Holy Innocents. This blend of folklore and Faith demonstrates the influence of both on daily life.
#Folklore
#Folklore
December 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
In Shropshire, Dec 28 was feared as ‘Cross Day’, a time of misfortune and bad luck where no new tasks should be started. It coincides with Childermas, remembering Herod’s massacre of the Holy Innocents. This blend of folklore and Faith demonstrates the influence of both on daily life.
#Folklore
#Folklore
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December 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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December 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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December 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
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Did u know? The next big event, eagerly anticipated, in the wildlife garden is frog & toad mating season. All eyes will be on my wildlife ponds (no fish in them)from Jan-March. I'm so excited to see the writhing gatherings of randy "ribbets" & then those tell-tale beautiful blobs of spawn. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐸🦎
December 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Did u know? The next big event, eagerly anticipated, in the wildlife garden is frog & toad mating season. All eyes will be on my wildlife ponds (no fish in them)from Jan-March. I'm so excited to see the writhing gatherings of randy "ribbets" & then those tell-tale beautiful blobs of spawn. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐸🦎
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... and what happened to all the artefacts??
BBC News - Kislingbury metal detectorist looks back at decades of finds - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Kislingbury metal detectorist looks back at decades of finds - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kislingbury metal detectorist looks back at decades of finds
Dave Derby began detecting in 1964 and his finds include a Saxon warrior and a Roman villa.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
... and what happened to all the artefacts??
BBC News - Kislingbury metal detectorist looks back at decades of finds - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Kislingbury metal detectorist looks back at decades of finds - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
