Nat Hall
@nordicblackbird60n.bsky.social
Poet with words and pixels, educator, nestled at 60N between a sea and an ocean.
#birds #shetland #naturediaries two hours of bliss among the avian living, 9 Nov 25🌿✨. Absolute bliss!
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
#birds #shetland #naturediaries two hours of bliss among the avian living, 9 Nov 25🌿✨. Absolute bliss!
Hairst (autumn) encounters around Aith and my friend's grandfather's willows. Twite, goldcrests and turnstones . #birds #shetland #naturediaries
October 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Hairst (autumn) encounters around Aith and my friend's grandfather's willows. Twite, goldcrests and turnstones . #birds #shetland #naturediaries
Whooper family fae da Clumlie Loch on the final evening of August, in honey light. #birds #Shetland #naturediaries
August 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Whooper family fae da Clumlie Loch on the final evening of August, in honey light. #birds #Shetland #naturediaries
#orkney2025 #Islandvoices reached 60N on the eve of the opening of this year's #islandgames - a wonder kaleidoscope of voices thanks to poet and scrivener Gaby Barnsby. #booklaunch and online open mic on 15 July, 1900BST + SOUND installation at St Magnus Cathedral, #kirkwall , during the games. 🌿✨
July 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#orkney2025 #Islandvoices reached 60N on the eve of the opening of this year's #islandgames - a wonder kaleidoscope of voices thanks to poet and scrivener Gaby Barnsby. #booklaunch and online open mic on 15 July, 1900BST + SOUND installation at St Magnus Cathedral, #kirkwall , during the games. 🌿✨
Saturday night among the auks - #razorbill and young - a privileged sight, as the handsome auk favours privacy in cliff ledges...
Unlike its "cousin", razorbills demand peace as a pair.
#shetland #birds #naturediaries
Unlike its "cousin", razorbills demand peace as a pair.
#shetland #birds #naturediaries
July 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Saturday night among the auks - #razorbill and young - a privileged sight, as the handsome auk favours privacy in cliff ledges...
Unlike its "cousin", razorbills demand peace as a pair.
#shetland #birds #naturediaries
Unlike its "cousin", razorbills demand peace as a pair.
#shetland #birds #naturediaries
Saturday night among the auks - #commonguillemots - Smithfield Stack homes chicks more or less ready to pack their hearts with courage before they dare and jump off to the sea with their dads... #shetland #birds #naturediaries
July 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Saturday night among the auks - #commonguillemots - Smithfield Stack homes chicks more or less ready to pack their hearts with courage before they dare and jump off to the sea with their dads... #shetland #birds #naturediaries
Saturday night among the auks - #atlanticpuffin at my favourite headland, #sumburghhead, #shetland #birds
July 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Saturday night among the auks - #atlanticpuffin at my favourite headland, #sumburghhead, #shetland #birds
June 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The gentleness of Virkie when our shore birds mingle with refuelling khaki helicopters...
There is a new shift in the air. The world has changed indeed...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
There is a new shift in the air. The world has changed indeed...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Britain must prepare for possibility of attack on UK soil, government warns
The government’s new security strategy said it has to actively prepare for potential wartime scenarios
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The gentleness of Virkie when our shore birds mingle with refuelling khaki helicopters...
There is a new shift in the air. The world has changed indeed...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
There is a new shift in the air. The world has changed indeed...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#orkney2025 and the Scrivener selected "Maps" among a forthcoming publication, #IslandVoices with an audio version, open mic and book launch in July... Gracious thanks to Gaby Barnby #poetry ✨🌿
www.orkneymuseums.co.uk/islands-voic...
www.orkneymuseums.co.uk/islands-voic...
Island Voices- Maps by Nat Hall
Island Voices- A short poem by Nat Hall 'Maps' as part of the Island Voices Series for the 2025 Island Games.
www.orkneymuseums.co.uk
June 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
#orkney2025 and the Scrivener selected "Maps" among a forthcoming publication, #IslandVoices with an audio version, open mic and book launch in July... Gracious thanks to Gaby Barnby #poetry ✨🌿
www.orkneymuseums.co.uk/islands-voic...
www.orkneymuseums.co.uk/islands-voic...
June 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
June 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
June 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
June 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Back in 1945, the Allies began to show the world the horrifying realities of brutality institutionalised by an extremist regime.
And there we are, 2025.
New victims, perpetrators enforcing ethnic cleansing.
Impunity overriding the law. Will the UN prevail?
www.facebook.com/share/v/1FjM...
And there we are, 2025.
New victims, perpetrators enforcing ethnic cleansing.
Impunity overriding the law. Will the UN prevail?
www.facebook.com/share/v/1FjM...
Redirecting...
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May 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Back in 1945, the Allies began to show the world the horrifying realities of brutality institutionalised by an extremist regime.
And there we are, 2025.
New victims, perpetrators enforcing ethnic cleansing.
Impunity overriding the law. Will the UN prevail?
www.facebook.com/share/v/1FjM...
And there we are, 2025.
New victims, perpetrators enforcing ethnic cleansing.
Impunity overriding the law. Will the UN prevail?
www.facebook.com/share/v/1FjM...
May 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Turn a trip for errands into a magical adventure! #birds #naturediaries #shetland in May... Any bird can land, including a scarce visitor! #mandarinduck as exotic as last month's #purpleheron ... However, every bird counts on our planet. From the #europeannorthernwheatear to the #whooperswan . 🙏🏻🌿✨
May 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Turn a trip for errands into a magical adventure! #birds #naturediaries #shetland in May... Any bird can land, including a scarce visitor! #mandarinduck as exotic as last month's #purpleheron ... However, every bird counts on our planet. From the #europeannorthernwheatear to the #whooperswan . 🙏🏻🌿✨
wp.me/s2C1jI-namaste My own blog #ChroniclesfromArcania untouched till... Finally updated today.
Namaste
Every language on Earth defines its own greetings and set of conventions, verbal or not, or vocalised. Sit at sunrise and listen to your dawn chorus. Every avian species advertises for survival and…
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May 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
wp.me/s2C1jI-namaste My own blog #ChroniclesfromArcania untouched till... Finally updated today.
7 May 1945-2025 #forgottendateinhistory replaced by 8 May... The end of total war 2 (in Europe) was signed in Reims (France) on that date. What history retained the 8 May instead...
Today, 7 May 2025, I walked into History onboard a Norwegian warship that accompanied a very special convoy #VEDay80
Today, 7 May 2025, I walked into History onboard a Norwegian warship that accompanied a very special convoy #VEDay80
May 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
7 May 1945-2025 #forgottendateinhistory replaced by 8 May... The end of total war 2 (in Europe) was signed in Reims (France) on that date. What history retained the 8 May instead...
Today, 7 May 2025, I walked into History onboard a Norwegian warship that accompanied a very special convoy #VEDay80
Today, 7 May 2025, I walked into History onboard a Norwegian warship that accompanied a very special convoy #VEDay80
Glorious start to Wednesday #shetland Curlews, turnstones, skylarks and snipes adding to morning #earthsong #naturediaries ✨🌿
May 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Glorious start to Wednesday #shetland Curlews, turnstones, skylarks and snipes adding to morning #earthsong #naturediaries ✨🌿
Reposted by Nat Hall
80e anniversaire: la bataille de l’Atlantique commémorée à Québec
80e anniversaire: la bataille de l’Atlantique commémorée à Québec
Les membres du NCSM Montcalm étaient réunis, dimanche, en souvenir de ceux qui ont combattu il y a 80 ans dans la bataille de l’Atlantique.
www.journaldemontreal.com
May 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
80e anniversaire: la bataille de l’Atlantique commémorée à Québec