Dani Dark Skies ✨
@danidarkskies.bsky.social
Defender of Darkness 🌌
Author of All Through the Night 📚
Lover of landscapes, wildlife and all round nature nerd ✨🐝🦇🐳🦉
Surfer and Marine Mammal Medic 🦭🌊
Work to make our National Parks/Landscapes thrive at night 🌌
Cymraeg 🏴
https://linktr.ee/danidarkskies
Author of All Through the Night 📚
Lover of landscapes, wildlife and all round nature nerd ✨🐝🦇🐳🦉
Surfer and Marine Mammal Medic 🦭🌊
Work to make our National Parks/Landscapes thrive at night 🌌
Cymraeg 🏴
https://linktr.ee/danidarkskies
I worry about AI illiteracy. Over 6k people liked, shared and commented on these images and the vast majority are not questioning what they see and accept them as real, which I find utterly astounding but there we are. If people believe this bollocks is real, what won’t they believe?
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I worry about AI illiteracy. Over 6k people liked, shared and commented on these images and the vast majority are not questioning what they see and accept them as real, which I find utterly astounding but there we are. If people believe this bollocks is real, what won’t they believe?
After another grey day the sky tonight erupted as the sun set ☀️
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
After another grey day the sky tonight erupted as the sun set ☀️
My dad isn’t one for phones, so I was surprised to get a call from him yesterday, and panicked that something was wrong.
He was just calling because he was really excited about seeing a bird and wanted to tell me ❤️
(Great Northern Diver, for those interested.)
He was just calling because he was really excited about seeing a bird and wanted to tell me ❤️
(Great Northern Diver, for those interested.)
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My dad isn’t one for phones, so I was surprised to get a call from him yesterday, and panicked that something was wrong.
He was just calling because he was really excited about seeing a bird and wanted to tell me ❤️
(Great Northern Diver, for those interested.)
He was just calling because he was really excited about seeing a bird and wanted to tell me ❤️
(Great Northern Diver, for those interested.)
Me: ‘why is the grass still growing so quickly?’
Temperature on Nov 5th: 18.5 degrees.
18.5 degrees Celsius in November!?
Temperature on Nov 5th: 18.5 degrees.
18.5 degrees Celsius in November!?
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Me: ‘why is the grass still growing so quickly?’
Temperature on Nov 5th: 18.5 degrees.
18.5 degrees Celsius in November!?
Temperature on Nov 5th: 18.5 degrees.
18.5 degrees Celsius in November!?
Look at this pure feast for the senses, the colours, the textures, the gorgeously voluptuous sloes, the wisened lichens and velvety mosses.
Autumnal bounty 🍂
Autumnal bounty 🍂
November 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Look at this pure feast for the senses, the colours, the textures, the gorgeously voluptuous sloes, the wisened lichens and velvety mosses.
Autumnal bounty 🍂
Autumnal bounty 🍂
If you can see the Moon tonight, you can also see Saturn!
Look for a small, but bright, light, roughly at the Moon’s 5 o’clock
Look for a small, but bright, light, roughly at the Moon’s 5 o’clock
November 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If you can see the Moon tonight, you can also see Saturn!
Look for a small, but bright, light, roughly at the Moon’s 5 o’clock
Look for a small, but bright, light, roughly at the Moon’s 5 o’clock
Obviously I’m not really a ‘media voice’ but I was recently subject of a BBC documentary. Someone took time out of their day to email me and tell me I should ‘learn to speak properly and say my t’s’.
They took time out of their day to write that. Imagine. I have an accent. I’m not ashamed.
They took time out of their day to write that. Imagine. I have an accent. I’m not ashamed.
TV presenter Lorraine Kelly has emphasised the need for better representation of working-class voices in the media because ‘if you’re only going to hear elite opinions we’re never going to get anywhere’
Media needs to retain opportunities for ‘working-class voices’ – Lorraine Kelly
TV presenter Lorraine Kelly has emphasised the need for better representation of working-class voices in the media because “if you’re only going to hear elite opinions we’re never going to get anywher...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Obviously I’m not really a ‘media voice’ but I was recently subject of a BBC documentary. Someone took time out of their day to email me and tell me I should ‘learn to speak properly and say my t’s’.
They took time out of their day to write that. Imagine. I have an accent. I’m not ashamed.
They took time out of their day to write that. Imagine. I have an accent. I’m not ashamed.
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Welsh indie music duo Rogue Jones have become the latest in a string of artists to remove their music from Spotify, opposing the CEO's controversial investments and the platform's ‘popularity contest’
‘Greedy men are wrecking the place’: Welsh duo latest to quit Spotify
Molly Stubbs Welsh indie music duo Rogue Jones have become the latest in a string of artists to remove their music from Spotify, opposing the CEO’s controversial investments and the platform’s deliber...
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November 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Welsh indie music duo Rogue Jones have become the latest in a string of artists to remove their music from Spotify, opposing the CEO's controversial investments and the platform's ‘popularity contest’
Dogs have been acting weird, and I was like why, why act weird on Halloween of all nights!?
Just had a huge thunderclap. They must have been able to hear the storm further away.
Lightning Storm on Halloween is a bit dramatic though, isn’t it?
Just had a huge thunderclap. They must have been able to hear the storm further away.
Lightning Storm on Halloween is a bit dramatic though, isn’t it?
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Dogs have been acting weird, and I was like why, why act weird on Halloween of all nights!?
Just had a huge thunderclap. They must have been able to hear the storm further away.
Lightning Storm on Halloween is a bit dramatic though, isn’t it?
Just had a huge thunderclap. They must have been able to hear the storm further away.
Lightning Storm on Halloween is a bit dramatic though, isn’t it?
Noson Calan Gaeaf Hapus Pawb 🎃
Happy Halloween Everyone 👻
Happy Halloween Everyone 👻
October 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Noson Calan Gaeaf Hapus Pawb 🎃
Happy Halloween Everyone 👻
Happy Halloween Everyone 👻
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If the sight doesn't send chills down your spine, the smell will.
Be warned - lattice stinkhorn fungus gives off an odour of rotten flesh. How apt it was spotted at Greenway in Devon in time for Halloween!
Photo: Pat B
Be warned - lattice stinkhorn fungus gives off an odour of rotten flesh. How apt it was spotted at Greenway in Devon in time for Halloween!
Photo: Pat B
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If the sight doesn't send chills down your spine, the smell will.
Be warned - lattice stinkhorn fungus gives off an odour of rotten flesh. How apt it was spotted at Greenway in Devon in time for Halloween!
Photo: Pat B
Be warned - lattice stinkhorn fungus gives off an odour of rotten flesh. How apt it was spotted at Greenway in Devon in time for Halloween!
Photo: Pat B
5 word horror story for an author:
‘No one bought your book’
Or
‘Make a TikTok account now’
(PleaseBuyMyBook)
‘No one bought your book’
Or
‘Make a TikTok account now’
(PleaseBuyMyBook)
October 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
5 word horror story for an author:
‘No one bought your book’
Or
‘Make a TikTok account now’
(PleaseBuyMyBook)
‘No one bought your book’
Or
‘Make a TikTok account now’
(PleaseBuyMyBook)
I keep being told to get on TikTok
My common sense tells me I’m too old.
I also don’t want another social media platform to try and steel myself away from as I have the will power of a gnat.
Does anyone think it’s a good idea?
My common sense tells me I’m too old.
I also don’t want another social media platform to try and steel myself away from as I have the will power of a gnat.
Does anyone think it’s a good idea?
October 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I keep being told to get on TikTok
My common sense tells me I’m too old.
I also don’t want another social media platform to try and steel myself away from as I have the will power of a gnat.
Does anyone think it’s a good idea?
My common sense tells me I’m too old.
I also don’t want another social media platform to try and steel myself away from as I have the will power of a gnat.
Does anyone think it’s a good idea?
Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti are all suffering from a climate change enhanced hurricane and Space Dick is still launching his rockets.
The disparity and unjustness of this is literally being spelled out for us in the sky.
The disparity and unjustness of this is literally being spelled out for us in the sky.
Bright light seen over Wirral after being seen in Ireland too. Not Starlink, not a plane. UFO.
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti are all suffering from a climate change enhanced hurricane and Space Dick is still launching his rockets.
The disparity and unjustness of this is literally being spelled out for us in the sky.
The disparity and unjustness of this is literally being spelled out for us in the sky.
Night-flying insects in decline across the UK 🌙
Good to see light pollution being cited as a reason for insect declines 💡
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Good to see light pollution being cited as a reason for insect declines 💡
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Night-flying insects over UK in decline, weather radar study reveals
Study of Met Office data one of first to show how nocturnal insects affected by factors such as light pollution
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Night-flying insects in decline across the UK 🌙
Good to see light pollution being cited as a reason for insect declines 💡
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Good to see light pollution being cited as a reason for insect declines 💡
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Young people are increasingly being forced to choose homes in nature-poor urban areas according to new research by @wclnews.bsky.social. The fewer parks and green spaces an area has relative to the population, the more first-time buyers have to flock there. c-js.uk/3Jo3IDp
Young homebuyers being forced into urban nature deserts, new research finds
c-js.uk
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Young people are increasingly being forced to choose homes in nature-poor urban areas according to new research by @wclnews.bsky.social. The fewer parks and green spaces an area has relative to the population, the more first-time buyers have to flock there. c-js.uk/3Jo3IDp
This is always one of the biggest concerns from audiences when I go out to speak to people.
LED car headlights are far too bright and causing lots of issues for drivers. Glad to see there’s work being done around this by government.
apple.news/AyMD6vISeRx2...
LED car headlights are far too bright and causing lots of issues for drivers. Glad to see there’s work being done around this by government.
apple.news/AyMD6vISeRx2...
Headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night — BBC News
Concern over the glare from brighter headlamps is prompting the government to review vehicle design.
apple.news
October 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This is always one of the biggest concerns from audiences when I go out to speak to people.
LED car headlights are far too bright and causing lots of issues for drivers. Glad to see there’s work being done around this by government.
apple.news/AyMD6vISeRx2...
LED car headlights are far too bright and causing lots of issues for drivers. Glad to see there’s work being done around this by government.
apple.news/AyMD6vISeRx2...
Poor Jamaica. This hurricane is a monster. Really hope there’s aid prepared to get out there as soon as it’s safe and that no one is harmed. I can’t fathom the damage a storm like this could do. That thing is mind bogglingly huge and strong.
October 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Poor Jamaica. This hurricane is a monster. Really hope there’s aid prepared to get out there as soon as it’s safe and that no one is harmed. I can’t fathom the damage a storm like this could do. That thing is mind bogglingly huge and strong.
I miss the days when the rich elite were philanthropic.
Where are the parks and gardens gifted to the peasantry? Museums for the masses? Hospitals for the hoi polloi? Schools for the simple?
The billionaires don’t know how to treat their plebeian proletariat these days.
Where are the parks and gardens gifted to the peasantry? Museums for the masses? Hospitals for the hoi polloi? Schools for the simple?
The billionaires don’t know how to treat their plebeian proletariat these days.
October 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I miss the days when the rich elite were philanthropic.
Where are the parks and gardens gifted to the peasantry? Museums for the masses? Hospitals for the hoi polloi? Schools for the simple?
The billionaires don’t know how to treat their plebeian proletariat these days.
Where are the parks and gardens gifted to the peasantry? Museums for the masses? Hospitals for the hoi polloi? Schools for the simple?
The billionaires don’t know how to treat their plebeian proletariat these days.
Got to see this wonderful human in the flesh last night and it made me feel a little less like an island in a sea of AI automated slop that people are throwing themselves to swim in with no thought for the impacts.
Thanks Ron. Bill. Nick Offerman.
Thanks Ron. Bill. Nick Offerman.
October 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Got to see this wonderful human in the flesh last night and it made me feel a little less like an island in a sea of AI automated slop that people are throwing themselves to swim in with no thought for the impacts.
Thanks Ron. Bill. Nick Offerman.
Thanks Ron. Bill. Nick Offerman.
Creatures released! Back into the Night!
Publication day is upon us and this very beautiful book is winging its way to those who pre-ordered it (thank you very much).
If you fancy learning about some weird and wonderful creatures that come out at night, please pick a copy up!
Publication day is upon us and this very beautiful book is winging its way to those who pre-ordered it (thank you very much).
If you fancy learning about some weird and wonderful creatures that come out at night, please pick a copy up!
October 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Creatures released! Back into the Night!
Publication day is upon us and this very beautiful book is winging its way to those who pre-ordered it (thank you very much).
If you fancy learning about some weird and wonderful creatures that come out at night, please pick a copy up!
Publication day is upon us and this very beautiful book is winging its way to those who pre-ordered it (thank you very much).
If you fancy learning about some weird and wonderful creatures that come out at night, please pick a copy up!
Reposted by Dani Dark Skies ✨
Dumping pumpkins in the woods is bad for wildlife, warns Forestry England expert
Despite popular online advice suggesting pumpkins are a treat for wildlife, experts say this well-meaning gesture can actually do more harm than good.
c-js.co.uk/4oCtpiB
Despite popular online advice suggesting pumpkins are a treat for wildlife, experts say this well-meaning gesture can actually do more harm than good.
c-js.co.uk/4oCtpiB
Dumping pumpkins in the woods is bad for wildlife, warns Forestry England expert
c-js.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Dumping pumpkins in the woods is bad for wildlife, warns Forestry England expert
Despite popular online advice suggesting pumpkins are a treat for wildlife, experts say this well-meaning gesture can actually do more harm than good.
c-js.co.uk/4oCtpiB
Despite popular online advice suggesting pumpkins are a treat for wildlife, experts say this well-meaning gesture can actually do more harm than good.
c-js.co.uk/4oCtpiB
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Peatland Project Support Officer with @NorthPennines.bsky.social full-time, fixed term position based in Stanhope c-js.uk/48C2UVI
North Pennines National Landscape: Peatland Project Support Officer advertised with CJS
We are seeking to fill a Peatland Support Officer position to support the North Pennines National Landscape’s peatland work. This opportunity is ideal for candidates looking to make meaningful impact…
c-js.uk
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Peatland Project Support Officer with @NorthPennines.bsky.social full-time, fixed term position based in Stanhope c-js.uk/48C2UVI
These creatures are released into the wild this THURSDAY!
I am SO excited about this being released ✨
I don’t know if I’m allowed to say this about my own book, but it’s so bloody beautiful and I’m really proud of it and the messages it holds ⭐️
I am SO excited about this being released ✨
I don’t know if I’m allowed to say this about my own book, but it’s so bloody beautiful and I’m really proud of it and the messages it holds ⭐️
October 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
These creatures are released into the wild this THURSDAY!
I am SO excited about this being released ✨
I don’t know if I’m allowed to say this about my own book, but it’s so bloody beautiful and I’m really proud of it and the messages it holds ⭐️
I am SO excited about this being released ✨
I don’t know if I’m allowed to say this about my own book, but it’s so bloody beautiful and I’m really proud of it and the messages it holds ⭐️
This time next week I will have just finished an evening at Pickering book shop!
I believe all tickets are SOLD OUT! But you can still place pre-orders for my new book with your local book shop or online 📚
Not even a week to go! So excited 🤩
www.amazon.co.uk/Creatures-Da...
I believe all tickets are SOLD OUT! But you can still place pre-orders for my new book with your local book shop or online 📚
Not even a week to go! So excited 🤩
www.amazon.co.uk/Creatures-Da...
October 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This time next week I will have just finished an evening at Pickering book shop!
I believe all tickets are SOLD OUT! But you can still place pre-orders for my new book with your local book shop or online 📚
Not even a week to go! So excited 🤩
www.amazon.co.uk/Creatures-Da...
I believe all tickets are SOLD OUT! But you can still place pre-orders for my new book with your local book shop or online 📚
Not even a week to go! So excited 🤩
www.amazon.co.uk/Creatures-Da...