Northwest Nature and History
LightNews LightNews
banner
nwnandh.bsky.social
Northwest Nature and History
@nwnandh.bsky.social
240 followers 260 following 610 posts
Writer from Northwest England specialising in Natural History and Local History
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
nwnandh.bsky.social
Northwest Nature and History @nwnandh.bsky.social · 24d
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
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
Northwest Nature and History
All about the Natural History and History of the Northwest of England
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
nwnandh.bsky.social
Birdle 🇬🇧 16/11/2025

🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
nwnandh.bsky.social
On this dull November day we search for one of our brightest native plants, the Spindle
#Autumn #Ecology #Hedgerows #naturewriting
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/15/t...
The Spindle Tree
The spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus, is an attractive-looking deciduous shrub, or small tree, that graces hedgerows, woods and wasteland throughout the British isles.
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
nwnandh.bsky.social
Birdle 🇬🇧 14/11/2025

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
nwnandh.bsky.social
In my latest article on #Northwestnatureandhistory I go hunting for Hibernating Herald Moths
#Moths #Lepidoptery #Entomology #nature
@lepidoptery.bsky.social
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/13/t...
The Herald Moth, inc. notes about the Dangers of Hibernation including Predation and Entomopathogenic Fungi
The Herald moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix, is a common native species known for its striking appearance and unique life-cycle that spans seasons in a way few other moths do. Belonging to the family Er…
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
nwnandh.bsky.social
Guess the Birdle!
#Birding #Birdwatching #gaming
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdKVU3WG/
TikTok - Make Your Day
vm.tiktok.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
nwnandh.bsky.social
Birdle 🇬🇧 12/11/2025

🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
nwnandh.bsky.social
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
a red balloon with a yellow center is floating in the air on a white background
ALT: a red balloon with a yellow center is floating in the air on a white background
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
nwnandh.bsky.social
Birdle 🇬🇧 10/11/2025

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
nwnandh.bsky.social
‘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
nwnandh.bsky.social
Birdle 🇬🇧 09/11/2025

🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
nwnandh.bsky.social
The Cotton Mill
A Lancashire Dialect Weaving Poem by An Operative, part of my Cotton Chronicles Series
#weavingshed #Cottonmills #Poetry #History #Lancashire
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/09/t...
The Cotton Mill
Hum, whirl, click, click, clatter,
Rolling, rambling, moving matter:
Whizzing, hissing, hitting, missing,
Pushing, pulling, turning, twisting.
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
nwnandh.bsky.social
Lest We Forget
#RemembranceDay #Clitheroe #Burnley #Lancashire
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
nwnandh.bsky.social
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
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2023/05/02/t...
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…
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
nwnandh.bsky.social
In my latest article on #Northwestnatureandhistory we go hunting for Buntings in Bowland
#Ornithology #ForestofBowland #birds #nature
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/05/b...
Buntings in Bowland
Snow Buntings are true Arctic specialists, thriving in barren, open habitats with sparse vegetation. They breed in high-latitude tundras but undertake impressively long migrations southward during …
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
nwnandh.bsky.social
Birdle 🇬🇧 05/11/2025

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
November 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
nwnandh.bsky.social
Birdle 🇬🇧 04/11/2025

⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
November 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
nwnandh.bsky.social
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
nwnandh.bsky.social
@anamca.bsky.social I forgot to post this chutney update, it tastes great with cheese!
November 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
nwnandh.bsky.social
Birdle 🇬🇧 03/11/2025

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
nwnandh.bsky.social
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
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/02/t...
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…
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
nwnandh.bsky.social
Birdle 🇬🇧 02/11/2025

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
November 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
nwnandh.bsky.social
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
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tNk...
Rone - Esperanza (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Rone
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
nwnandh.bsky.social
Birdle 🇬🇧 01/11/2025

🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
November 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
nwnandh.bsky.social
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
towneleyhall.bsky.social
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