John Preston
@johnpleeds.bsky.social
Dabbler in environment, moths, stained glass, private pilot, when not with the Development team at The Conservation Volunteers. Own views.
Not #FirstBirdofMyDay but I spied these "sails" in the distance on my cycle home from.the station this morning. First bird was the jury of jackdaws in the birch at Mum's. I forgot to take a photo, the winds have stripped the top half but the lower sheltered branches remain in yellow
FYI swans
FYI swans
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Not #FirstBirdofMyDay but I spied these "sails" in the distance on my cycle home from.the station this morning. First bird was the jury of jackdaws in the birch at Mum's. I forgot to take a photo, the winds have stripped the top half but the lower sheltered branches remain in yellow
FYI swans
FYI swans
@everyheron.bsky.social absolutely mirror conditions in the old Power Station lagoon today.
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
@everyheron.bsky.social absolutely mirror conditions in the old Power Station lagoon today.
A single crow call answered by a triple the silence. At 5.30. A crow lazily glided over the terrace ridge as I left to cycle to the station. I saw several more along the way. Fab dawn. Belated #FirstBirdofMyDay
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A single crow call answered by a triple the silence. At 5.30. A crow lazily glided over the terrace ridge as I left to cycle to the station. I saw several more along the way. Fab dawn. Belated #FirstBirdofMyDay
A heron enjoying the morning sunshine by the River Kent above Staveley. Phone shot so don't click in @everyheron.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A heron enjoying the morning sunshine by the River Kent above Staveley. Phone shot so don't click in @everyheron.bsky.social
@saocousins.bsky.social @lakesstiles.bsky.social a first for me a ladder stile with gate. Complete with police notice about offload bikes. Hutton Roof Crags
November 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@saocousins.bsky.social @lakesstiles.bsky.social a first for me a ladder stile with gate. Complete with police notice about offload bikes. Hutton Roof Crags
#dailydrawing weekend break 3 if 3 has begun. Why do I set myself these challenges. But continuing the colour theme ! Too much train joggles to try paint. So now to enjoy south of Berwick view in a wet dusk. Maybe one evening this week, but a lot of deadlines. @saocousins.bsky.social @@DrRJWarren
October 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#dailydrawing weekend break 3 if 3 has begun. Why do I set myself these challenges. But continuing the colour theme ! Too much train joggles to try paint. So now to enjoy south of Berwick view in a wet dusk. Maybe one evening this week, but a lot of deadlines. @saocousins.bsky.social @@DrRJWarren
#Dailydrawing weekend break. 2 of 3? Will I manage another on the train home? And fill the sketch book. I think I could have nudged the red render a few notches higher. Dunfermline town. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#Dailydrawing weekend break. 2 of 3? Will I manage another on the train home? And fill the sketch book. I think I could have nudged the red render a few notches higher. Dunfermline town. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social
You have to love a bit of good graphic spoof.
October 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
You have to love a bit of good graphic spoof.
#dailydrawing occasionally.
The former St Anne's Oratory Randolph Place Edinburgh. It's c 1900 Arts and Crafts facade a contrast to the surrounding New Town Once shop of W W Macfarlane interior designer @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @fotofacade.bsky.social
The former St Anne's Oratory Randolph Place Edinburgh. It's c 1900 Arts and Crafts facade a contrast to the surrounding New Town Once shop of W W Macfarlane interior designer @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @fotofacade.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#dailydrawing occasionally.
The former St Anne's Oratory Randolph Place Edinburgh. It's c 1900 Arts and Crafts facade a contrast to the surrounding New Town Once shop of W W Macfarlane interior designer @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @fotofacade.bsky.social
The former St Anne's Oratory Randolph Place Edinburgh. It's c 1900 Arts and Crafts facade a contrast to the surrounding New Town Once shop of W W Macfarlane interior designer @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @fotofacade.bsky.social
Morning #bird
A Black Necked Stilt looking for breakfast at the Gilbert Riparian area in Gilbert AZ.
#birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #wildlifephotography #botd #birdoftheday #skinnylegs
A Black Necked Stilt looking for breakfast at the Gilbert Riparian area in Gilbert AZ.
#birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #wildlifephotography #botd #birdoftheday #skinnylegs
October 17, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Standing in the shallow, cold waves of the Pacific Ocean, this Brown Pelican was unsure of me as I slowly approached
📷 Canon R5
Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
M, f/7.1, 1/3200, ISO 800, 500mm
5/24/25
Northern Oregon Coast
#birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature
🦉 🪶
📷 Canon R5
Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
M, f/7.1, 1/3200, ISO 800, 500mm
5/24/25
Northern Oregon Coast
#birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature
🦉 🪶
October 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
@mothiduk.bsky.social asking the wider team hasn't helped this time.
A quiet Sunday night trap, despite being mild and overcast 8 of 5 The large wainscott NFG/lifer and two micros Clepsis consimilana? on shape and a little grey one Central Leeds. Anyone else up here had late uncertain ? #TeamMoth
October 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
@mothiduk.bsky.social asking the wider team hasn't helped this time.
A quiet Sunday night trap, despite being mild and overcast 8 of 5 The large wainscott NFG/lifer and two micros Clepsis consimilana? on shape and a little grey one Central Leeds. Anyone else up here had late uncertain ? #TeamMoth
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A quiet Sunday night trap, despite being mild and overcast 8 of 5 The large wainscott NFG/lifer and two micros Clepsis consimilana? on shape and a little grey one Central Leeds. Anyone else up here had late uncertain ? #TeamMoth
Enjoy.
'Senegalese gardener.' (1922) After a successful start to his career in London, Rudolph Ihlee journeyed to Collioure in the Mediterranean, where the 'blond light that suppresses shadows,' had a profound effect on his work as he experimented with a spontaneous style of painting.
October 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Enjoy.
Indeed, it brightened up my day
October 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Indeed, it brightened up my day
Nice piece @amyjanebeer.bsky.social . Thanks @nicolawriting.bsky.social and best wishes for the book launch. Are you heading north?
Lovely piece from @amyjanebeer.bsky.social about those all-important, positive relationships & encounters with farmers.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: An unexpected vista of sky-light and symmetry | Amy-Jane Beer
Yorkshire Wolds: What a difference a few years makes – this used to be an expanse of wet mud, now it’s a precious chalkland pond
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Nice piece @amyjanebeer.bsky.social . Thanks @nicolawriting.bsky.social and best wishes for the book launch. Are you heading north?
The total from two traps in Central Leeds, it was clearer and hence cooler than forecast. #TeamMoth the first v tatty one had deep orange brown underwing so hazardous Copper Uwing spp? A lot fewer LYUW this year. And finally a Lunar UW
September 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The total from two traps in Central Leeds, it was clearer and hence cooler than forecast. #TeamMoth the first v tatty one had deep orange brown underwing so hazardous Copper Uwing spp? A lot fewer LYUW this year. And finally a Lunar UW
Another lovely morning. Sunrise over Woodhouse Moor Leeds.
September 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Another lovely morning. Sunrise over Woodhouse Moor Leeds.
Last night's #dailydrawing each time my view point comes in closer. But I'll not attempt a moth !
Home now. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
Home now. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Last night's #dailydrawing each time my view point comes in closer. But I'll not attempt a moth !
Home now. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
Home now. @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
#TeamMoth on tour. Near Seahouses. 18 of 9 Every shade of lunat underwing. Started chilly and clear. Actinic had gone out by 3pm, battery issues - annoying after 3 years of weekly summerise trapping. Well pleased with first ever Redgree carpet and green Brindley crescent. One mystery. Pics on reply
September 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
#TeamMoth on tour. Near Seahouses. 18 of 9 Every shade of lunat underwing. Started chilly and clear. Actinic had gone out by 3pm, battery issues - annoying after 3 years of weekly summerise trapping. Well pleased with first ever Redgree carpet and green Brindley crescent. One mystery. Pics on reply
Domestic detail from @nationaltrust.org.uk Lindisfarne Castle. Yesterday's #dailydrawing @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social
@michelleu.bsky.social
Image on the reply. Grrh attempt no.10
@michelleu.bsky.social
Image on the reply. Grrh attempt no.10
September 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Domestic detail from @nationaltrust.org.uk Lindisfarne Castle. Yesterday's #dailydrawing @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social
@michelleu.bsky.social
Image on the reply. Grrh attempt no.10
@michelleu.bsky.social
Image on the reply. Grrh attempt no.10
Ah. Something stirring in the curators' store room.?
David Payler, curator at @norwichcastle.bsky.social adjusting his giant housefly model as you do
September 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Ah. Something stirring in the curators' store room.?
The opposite of the expansive view. A challenge in shading. ##dailydrawingoccasional @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The opposite of the expansive view. A challenge in shading. ##dailydrawingoccasional @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social
OK. Let's try big sky, big sea and big landscape all in one painting. Will anything not go wrong ? #dailydrawingoccasional @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
OK. Let's try big sky, big sea and big landscape all in one painting. Will anything not go wrong ? #dailydrawingoccasional @saocousins.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social @michelleu.bsky.social
Reposted by John Preston
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria): This fungi is easily identifiable thanks to its bright red colouring and white spots, and is often featured in a number of fairytales. A reindeer favourite associated in Scandinavia with hallucinations of flying reindeer. it is poisonous to humans 🍄 #fungi #flyagaric
September 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria): This fungi is easily identifiable thanks to its bright red colouring and white spots, and is often featured in a number of fairytales. A reindeer favourite associated in Scandinavia with hallucinations of flying reindeer. it is poisonous to humans 🍄 #fungi #flyagaric