Andy
@fuelledbyoatcakes.bsky.social
Wildlife around Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK & elsewhere, minerals & fossils. Cats (the Addams family) #BerryhillFields. Living with prostate cancer. @CameraObscura on the darkside. All photos ©️ my own unless otherwise stated.
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Andy
@fuelledbyoatcakes.bsky.social
· Nov 26
#WestportLake #StokeOnTrent #Staffordshire #England Another of my local wildlife localities. A haven for #birds all year round. 1/4
Radiating aggregates of pyromorphite crystals from Driggith Opencut, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy #MineralsOfBluesky
October 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Radiating aggregates of pyromorphite crystals from Driggith Opencut, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy #MineralsOfBluesky
An old-time piece from the English Lake District. Calcite & baryte from Greenside mine, Patterdale, Cumbria, England, UK. Specimen ~ 100 mm wide. Ex. William W. Jefferis & Carnegie Museum of Natural History collections #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
August 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
An old-time piece from the English Lake District. Calcite & baryte from Greenside mine, Patterdale, Cumbria, England, UK. Specimen ~ 100 mm wide. Ex. William W. Jefferis & Carnegie Museum of Natural History collections #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
August 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A nice, albeit brief, early morning encounter with a #BarnOwl from a couple of years ago. #BerryhillFields #StokeOnTrent #Staffordshire #birds #ukwildlife #ukbirding #nature #BirdsOfBluesky
August 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A nice, albeit brief, early morning encounter with a #BarnOwl from a couple of years ago. #BerryhillFields #StokeOnTrent #Staffordshire #birds #ukwildlife #ukbirding #nature #BirdsOfBluesky
A specimen of calcite from Ladywash mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England, UK. ~ 230 mm tall with single xtals & twins to 25 mm. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
August 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
A specimen of calcite from Ladywash mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England, UK. ~ 230 mm tall with single xtals & twins to 25 mm. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
Morticia Addams #Caturday #AdoptDontShop #CatsAndGuitars #BlackCat #CatsOfBluesky #RescueCats #CatsAndGuitarGear
August 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
One of next door's gremlins sheltering from the sun in my back yard. #caturday #AdoptDontShop #RescueCat #CatsOfBluesky
June 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
One of next door's gremlins sheltering from the sun in my back yard. #caturday #AdoptDontShop #RescueCat #CatsOfBluesky
Amethyst from Calton Hill Quarry, Taddington, Derbyshire, England, UK. Fov~ 40 mm. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
June 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Amethyst from Calton Hill Quarry, Taddington, Derbyshire, England, UK. Fov~ 40 mm. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
Gomez Addams on the rob last night #Caturday #CatBurglar #CuteFurryParasiteStrikesAgain #AdoptDontShop #RescueCat #CatsOfBluesky
May 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Gomez Addams on the rob last night #Caturday #CatBurglar #CuteFurryParasiteStrikesAgain #AdoptDontShop #RescueCat #CatsOfBluesky
A silicified greisen containing voids after feldspar lined with combinations of cassiterite, quartz & tourmaline. From Cameron quarry, St. Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK. FOV ~ 35 mm. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy #IgneousPetrology
May 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A silicified greisen containing voids after feldspar lined with combinations of cassiterite, quartz & tourmaline. From Cameron quarry, St. Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK. FOV ~ 35 mm. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy #IgneousPetrology
A rich specimen of the tin ore cassiterite, SnO2, from Old Beam Mine, Bugle, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK. Specimen ~ 100 mm wide. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
May 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A rich specimen of the tin ore cassiterite, SnO2, from Old Beam Mine, Bugle, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK. Specimen ~ 100 mm wide. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
Last chemo session today. It's been a gruelling 6 months, but I can't praise highly enough the staff on Ward 202 & my oncology team @UHNM_NHS who've made the process bearable. Love & light to all fellow cancer travellers everywhere.
May 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Last chemo session today. It's been a gruelling 6 months, but I can't praise highly enough the staff on Ward 202 & my oncology team @UHNM_NHS who've made the process bearable. Love & light to all fellow cancer travellers everywhere.
May 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A limestone breccia cemented by purple fluorite. From the replacement orebody on the north side of the Dirtlow Rake vein. From Laporte Minerals openpit, Dirtlow Rake, Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK. Specimen ~ 95 mm wide. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
May 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A limestone breccia cemented by purple fluorite. From the replacement orebody on the north side of the Dirtlow Rake vein. From Laporte Minerals openpit, Dirtlow Rake, Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK. Specimen ~ 95 mm wide. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
A brown botryoidal crust of the zinc carbonate smithsonite on purple fluorite from Balleye mine, Cromford, Derbyshire, England, UK. Specimen ~ 70 mm wide. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
May 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A brown botryoidal crust of the zinc carbonate smithsonite on purple fluorite from Balleye mine, Cromford, Derbyshire, England, UK. Specimen ~ 70 mm wide. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
I managed a dawn stroll up #BerryhillFields this morning for the first time in a while. The swallows are back & I did spot a male stonechat & heard a couple of grasshopper warblers #StokeOnTrent #Staffordshire #birds #mist
April 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I managed a dawn stroll up #BerryhillFields this morning for the first time in a while. The swallows are back & I did spot a male stonechat & heard a couple of grasshopper warblers #StokeOnTrent #Staffordshire #birds #mist
I missed #Caturday, so here's Morticia Addams in a small box. #AdoptDontShop #CatsInBoxes #CatsOfBluesky #RescueCats
April 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I missed #Caturday, so here's Morticia Addams in a small box. #AdoptDontShop #CatsInBoxes #CatsOfBluesky #RescueCats
Brown smithsonite pseudomorph after calcite from Balleye mine, Cromford, Derbyshire, England, UK. FOV ~ 40 mm. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
April 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Brown smithsonite pseudomorph after calcite from Balleye mine, Cromford, Derbyshire, England, UK. FOV ~ 40 mm. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
Brown botryoidal smithsonite on purple fluorite from Balleye mine, Cromford, Derbyshire, England, UK. Specimen ~ 60 mm wide. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
April 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Brown botryoidal smithsonite on purple fluorite from Balleye mine, Cromford, Derbyshire, England, UK. Specimen ~ 60 mm wide. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
Fluorite, galena, sphalerite & siderite from Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK. 1st image largest xtal 18 mm. 2nd image fov ~ 80 mm. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
April 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Fluorite, galena, sphalerite & siderite from Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK. 1st image largest xtal 18 mm. 2nd image fov ~ 80 mm. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
A Little Ringed Plover (1 of 2 seen) foraging next to Botteslow Flash yesterday. #BerryhillFields #StokeOnTrent #Staffordshire #birds #ukwildlife #ukbirding #nature #BirdsOfBluesky
April 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A Little Ringed Plover (1 of 2 seen) foraging next to Botteslow Flash yesterday. #BerryhillFields #StokeOnTrent #Staffordshire #birds #ukwildlife #ukbirding #nature #BirdsOfBluesky
Morticia Addams showing her appreciation of my nephew's guitar playing #Caturday #CatsOfTwitter #AdoptDontShop #CatsAndGuitars #BlackCat #CatsOfBluesky #RescueCats #CatsAndGuitarGear
April 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Morticia Addams showing her appreciation of my nephew's guitar playing #Caturday #CatsOfTwitter #AdoptDontShop #CatsAndGuitars #BlackCat #CatsOfBluesky #RescueCats #CatsAndGuitarGear
Calcite crystals in parallel growth from Ladywash mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England, UK. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
April 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Calcite crystals in parallel growth from Ladywash mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England, UK. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
A lemon yellow twinned #fluorite group, modified by faces of the hexoctahedron, nestled amongst regular cubes. From Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria. FOV ~ 22 mm. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
April 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A lemon yellow twinned #fluorite group, modified by faces of the hexoctahedron, nestled amongst regular cubes. From Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria. FOV ~ 22 mm. #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
A specimen of #baryte from Frizington, Cumbria, UK for #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy
March 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A specimen of #baryte from Frizington, Cumbria, UK for #MineralMonday #Minerals #Geology #EarthScience #mineralogy