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Northwest Nature and History
@nwnandh.bsky.social
Writer from Northwest England specialising in Natural History and Local History
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Just finished updating the homepage for my website, now all of my articles are categorised in a hyperlinked contents page, one click and you can read all of my stuff.
Give it a try!
#nature #history #lancashire #yorkshire #cumbria #Wordpress
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Northwest Nature and History
All about the Natural History and History of the Northwest of England
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Birdle 🇬🇧 16/11/2025

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November 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Birdle 🇬🇧 14/11/2025

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November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
TikTok - Make Your Day
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November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Birdle 🇬🇧 12/11/2025

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November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I’m calling this before anybody else does; the UK university sector is going to go *pop* big style.
I reckon at least 1 big uni is going to go bust by the end of this year and anything up to 25% of them by end of first ¼ next year, be prepared!
#Universities #Education #Economy
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November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Birdle 🇬🇧 10/11/2025

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November 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
‘The Sun had Closed the Winter’s Day’
By Joseph Farquharson.
Currently on display in Towneley Hall, (and usually on many christmas cards too!)
#TowneleyHall #Burnley #Lancashire #Art
@towneleyhall.bsky.social @visitlancashire.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Birdle 🇬🇧 09/11/2025

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November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The Cotton Mill
A Lancashire Dialect Weaving Poem by An Operative, part of my Cotton Chronicles Series
#weavingshed #Cottonmills #Poetry #History #Lancashire
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The Cotton Mill
Hum, whirl, click, click, clatter,
Rolling, rambling, moving matter:
Whizzing, hissing, hitting, missing,
Pushing, pulling, turning, twisting.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The news that #Labour have refused to mandate #Swiftbricks is heart-sinking,
One of our most iconic birds.
Such a simple way to help them.
I can only come to the conclusion that Labour. hate. nature.
#birds #ornithology #nature
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The Swift and its fleeting visit to our isles
The Devil’s bird The screaming, soaring Swift, Apus apus, has always seemed a magical bird, in the way of all of the natural phenomena in the world whose nature has always been mysterious to us, th…
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November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Birdle 🇬🇧 05/11/2025

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November 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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November 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Latest reading material, some light, others more heavy-going, should keep me going for a while but I can hardly find the time to read anything nowadays!
#reading #books #history #Lancashire #Bookshelf
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
@anamca.bsky.social I forgot to post this chutney update, it tastes great with cheese!
November 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Birdle 🇬🇧 03/11/2025

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November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Just published; version 2 of ‘The Controversial Practice of Controlled Burning’, amended and updated with latest data, research, policy and regs
#uplands #conservation #nature #policy
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The Controversial Practice of Controlled Burning (v2)
Version 2 of an article originally published in 2023, looking at the land management practice known as controlled burning, heather burning or muirburn, updated and amended with latest research, dat…
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November 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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November 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Tonights #WritingTunes while I work on the revised version of my Controlled Burning piece are by Rone, a bit hit-or-miss on what tracks I like but this one is undoubtedly a banger….
#music #writing #Rone
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Rone - Esperanza (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Rone
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November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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November 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Barry at Sue’s Deli in Clitheroe Market saved this out-of-date cream for me to make butter with, he even called me to let me know he had it!
You don’t get service like that in a supermarket!
#ShopLocal #ClitheroeMarket #Clitheroe
#RibbleValley
November 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Reposted by Northwest Nature and History
In 1564 he published his ‘Monas hieroglyphica’ where he presented a single mathematical-magical symbol as the key to unlocking the unity of nature.

#TowneleyBehindTheScenes
#Burnleyhistory
#Museumcollections
October 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM