Lucy Corrander
@lucycorrander.bsky.social
Wild plants, gardening, allotment, photography. Arrived from the old Twitter. Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.
https://looseandleafyinhalifax.blogspot.com/
https://messageinamilkbottle.blogspot.com/
On Twitter too. https://x.com/LucyCorrander
https://looseandleafyinhalifax.blogspot.com/
https://messageinamilkbottle.blogspot.com/
On Twitter too. https://x.com/LucyCorrander
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Lucy Corrander
@lucycorrander.bsky.social
· Aug 31
Someone has sent me a 'chat' message. Sorry, I can't access it. It's not that I object to giving Bluesky my age - but without my age it will hopefully prevent me from inadvertently accessing things I would rather avoid.
Advice please re. growing potatoes. My second earlies, Acoustic, have arrived. It seems a bit too soon to start chitting them. ????? Should I just set them out in their egg boxes as planned? Or, if not, how do I store them for the next few weeks?
January 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Advice please re. growing potatoes. My second earlies, Acoustic, have arrived. It seems a bit too soon to start chitting them. ????? Should I just set them out in their egg boxes as planned? Or, if not, how do I store them for the next few weeks?
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Robin on a tree stump in the snow in Shelf Hall Park, Halifax. #ThePhotoHour #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #snow @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Robin on a tree stump in the snow in Shelf Hall Park, Halifax. #ThePhotoHour #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #snow @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Suspension of disbelief works happily till police (or anyone) searching a house in a film open drawers with virtually nothing in them. Manufacturers wouldn't sell furniture with drawers if there weren't a need for them and 'real life' drawers are too small not too empty - full of paper and string.
January 8, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Suspension of disbelief works happily till police (or anyone) searching a house in a film open drawers with virtually nothing in them. Manufacturers wouldn't sell furniture with drawers if there weren't a need for them and 'real life' drawers are too small not too empty - full of paper and string.
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Looking forward to the @norfolknats.bsky.social lichen event at Holkham NNR on Saturday, here’s a taster - Ramalina fastigiata. 😉
January 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Looking forward to the @norfolknats.bsky.social lichen event at Holkham NNR on Saturday, here’s a taster - Ramalina fastigiata. 😉
Sainsbury is listing Easter eggs under 'winter favourites'.
January 5, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Sainsbury is listing Easter eggs under 'winter favourites'.
People who know about cameras -
Finding settings on my new (Lumix TZ99) cumbersome and unintuitive. It thinks I want light to be evened out over everything and everything to be clear. But I want photos to be accurate with invisible patches remaining invisible and light dull if the evening is dull.
Finding settings on my new (Lumix TZ99) cumbersome and unintuitive. It thinks I want light to be evened out over everything and everything to be clear. But I want photos to be accurate with invisible patches remaining invisible and light dull if the evening is dull.
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 AM
People who know about cameras -
Finding settings on my new (Lumix TZ99) cumbersome and unintuitive. It thinks I want light to be evened out over everything and everything to be clear. But I want photos to be accurate with invisible patches remaining invisible and light dull if the evening is dull.
Finding settings on my new (Lumix TZ99) cumbersome and unintuitive. It thinks I want light to be evened out over everything and everything to be clear. But I want photos to be accurate with invisible patches remaining invisible and light dull if the evening is dull.
Oh, the blue sky and the ivy! 5th January 2025
January 5, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Oh, the blue sky and the ivy! 5th January 2025
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I wish I could win the National Lottery without actually buying a ticket. Just wake up one morning and find I'm a multi-millionaire. (Not sure one million would be enough.)
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I wish I could win the National Lottery without actually buying a ticket. Just wake up one morning and find I'm a multi-millionaire. (Not sure one million would be enough.)
I may be misunderstanding something . . . people are getting excited about all the interesting flowers they are recording for the #NewYearPlantHunt - but wouldn't it be more reassuring if there were fewer rather than more plants flowering at this time of year? ????
January 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I may be misunderstanding something . . . people are getting excited about all the interesting flowers they are recording for the #NewYearPlantHunt - but wouldn't it be more reassuring if there were fewer rather than more plants flowering at this time of year? ????
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Hello la #Belgique
Dans la ville à côté de chez moi, vivent les parents d'une fille victime de l'incendie à #CransMontana
Elle a été transférée à Anvers. Les parents cherchent un hébergement qui ne leur coûte pas une blinde sur le long terme (car ce sera probablement long). Si vous avez des pistes
Dans la ville à côté de chez moi, vivent les parents d'une fille victime de l'incendie à #CransMontana
Elle a été transférée à Anvers. Les parents cherchent un hébergement qui ne leur coûte pas une blinde sur le long terme (car ce sera probablement long). Si vous avez des pistes
January 3, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Hello la #Belgique
Dans la ville à côté de chez moi, vivent les parents d'une fille victime de l'incendie à #CransMontana
Elle a été transférée à Anvers. Les parents cherchent un hébergement qui ne leur coûte pas une blinde sur le long terme (car ce sera probablement long). Si vous avez des pistes
Dans la ville à côté de chez moi, vivent les parents d'une fille victime de l'incendie à #CransMontana
Elle a été transférée à Anvers. Les parents cherchent un hébergement qui ne leur coûte pas une blinde sur le long terme (car ce sera probablement long). Si vous avez des pistes
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Best speech ever . It's frightening how accurate it is
December 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Best speech ever . It's frightening how accurate it is
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Just managed to sneak a final #DailyNatire in before the end of the year! Frosty spiderweb on my local heathland. I’m so glad it’s properly wintry now ❄️
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishspiders.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just managed to sneak a final #DailyNatire in before the end of the year! Frosty spiderweb on my local heathland. I’m so glad it’s properly wintry now ❄️
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishspiders.bsky.social
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Up and running with my 2026
#LadybirdYearList! 🐞
1️⃣ 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on my local heathland.
What a great place for an over-winter snooze!
#UKLadybirds
#LadybirdYearList! 🐞
1️⃣ 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on my local heathland.
What a great place for an over-winter snooze!
#UKLadybirds
January 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Up and running with my 2026
#LadybirdYearList! 🐞
1️⃣ 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on my local heathland.
What a great place for an over-winter snooze!
#UKLadybirds
#LadybirdYearList! 🐞
1️⃣ 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on my local heathland.
What a great place for an over-winter snooze!
#UKLadybirds
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It was actually a bit warmer on the coast today than it was a few miles inland, but still gloriously harsh with a penetrating wind. Cley beach was superb, a single confiding snow bunting was appropriate.
January 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
It was actually a bit warmer on the coast today than it was a few miles inland, but still gloriously harsh with a penetrating wind. Cley beach was superb, a single confiding snow bunting was appropriate.
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January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Part-time, permanent position.
Rare opportunity to work at one of the UK's premier wildlife/ecotourism sites (Ospreys, White-tailed Eagles, Peregrine, Marsh Harriers) with a fabulous team @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Closing date: 30 Jan.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/03/j...
Rare opportunity to work at one of the UK's premier wildlife/ecotourism sites (Ospreys, White-tailed Eagles, Peregrine, Marsh Harriers) with a fabulous team @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Closing date: 30 Jan.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/03/j...
Job opportunity: Engagement Assistant, Birds of Poole Harbour (Dorset)
The charity Birds of Poole Harbour (the fabulous team behind the Osprey Reintroduction Project, amongst many other things) is advertising for an Engagement Assistant to help them deliver a number o…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Part-time, permanent position.
Rare opportunity to work at one of the UK's premier wildlife/ecotourism sites (Ospreys, White-tailed Eagles, Peregrine, Marsh Harriers) with a fabulous team @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Closing date: 30 Jan.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/03/j...
Rare opportunity to work at one of the UK's premier wildlife/ecotourism sites (Ospreys, White-tailed Eagles, Peregrine, Marsh Harriers) with a fabulous team @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Closing date: 30 Jan.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/03/j...
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Nice on the Wirral this afternoon, if you avoided the hail (we didn't avoid the hail).
January 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Nice on the Wirral this afternoon, if you avoided the hail (we didn't avoid the hail).
It's wonderful. In the dark, it feels as if it's just me and the moon.
January 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
It's wonderful. In the dark, it feels as if it's just me and the moon.
But I can begin a long lent and preparation for Good Friday by buying hot cross buns.
January 2, 2026 at 2:32 PM
But I can begin a long lent and preparation for Good Friday by buying hot cross buns.
I enjoy what supermarkets think are suitable substitutes for products they don't have in stock. Today they suggest instead of buying sunflower oil I buy 'fruit and cereals oat flake semolina' instead. I don't even know what that is, let alone how I'd use it for frying onions in.
January 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I enjoy what supermarkets think are suitable substitutes for products they don't have in stock. Today they suggest instead of buying sunflower oil I buy 'fruit and cereals oat flake semolina' instead. I don't even know what that is, let alone how I'd use it for frying onions in.
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Jelly ear fungus covered in frost in Shelf Woods, Halifax, this morning. #ThePhotoHour #nature #photography #fungifriends
@yorkswildlife.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
@yorkswildlife.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Jelly ear fungus covered in frost in Shelf Woods, Halifax, this morning. #ThePhotoHour #nature #photography #fungifriends
@yorkswildlife.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
@yorkswildlife.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
I'll need to return to Saddleworth Moor when it isn't evening. Being a bit warmer might help too. But here are some woods. At the foot of the woods, a reservoir. Towering over both, more hills. It's all very wonderful. There were some exotic pheasants too but I didn't photograph them. 28th Dec 2025
December 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I'll need to return to Saddleworth Moor when it isn't evening. Being a bit warmer might help too. But here are some woods. At the foot of the woods, a reservoir. Towering over both, more hills. It's all very wonderful. There were some exotic pheasants too but I didn't photograph them. 28th Dec 2025
And this afternoon (29th December 2025) in Halifax. West Yorkshire.
The variety of terrain within easy distance is almost overwhelming.
The variety of terrain within easy distance is almost overwhelming.
December 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
And this afternoon (29th December 2025) in Halifax. West Yorkshire.
The variety of terrain within easy distance is almost overwhelming.
The variety of terrain within easy distance is almost overwhelming.
On Saddleworth Moor yesterday afternoon.
December 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
On Saddleworth Moor yesterday afternoon.