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Mostly UK wildlife and prehistory. A drinker of real ale, real cider & real coffee. Wolves FC supporter. All 📸 my own.
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@scrufftyguy.bsky.social
· Jul 20
There’s just something about Machrie Moor. Machrie Moor 2, Isle of Arran. #StandingStoneSunday #MachrieMoor #Arran @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
Grey Seal pup on the coast near Beadnell, Northumberland, this morning. Presumably washed up during last nights strong winds. 🦭 #Northumberland #NorthumberlandCoast #Beadnell #Coast #Seal @northwildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Grey Seal pup on the coast near Beadnell, Northumberland, this morning. Presumably washed up during last nights strong winds. 🦭 #Northumberland #NorthumberlandCoast #Beadnell #Coast #Seal @northwildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social
Beadnell, Northumberland, this morning. Three drake Velvet Scoter, Red-throated Diver and a couple of Snow Bunting were the bird highlights. 🌊 #Northumberland #NorthumberlandCoast #Beadnell #Coast #Waves #Birding #NEBirding @ntbirdclub.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Beadnell, Northumberland, this morning. Three drake Velvet Scoter, Red-throated Diver and a couple of Snow Bunting were the bird highlights. 🌊 #Northumberland #NorthumberlandCoast #Beadnell #Coast #Waves #Birding #NEBirding @ntbirdclub.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Denge sound (acoustic) mirrors. Built in the late 1920s/early 1930s as an experimental early warning system for incoming aircraft but as aircraft speed increased they were superseded by radar. The largest circular dish measures 9m across.
#ScheduledMonument #MilitaryHistory #History #Kent #Dungeness
#ScheduledMonument #MilitaryHistory #History #Kent #Dungeness
October 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Denge sound (acoustic) mirrors. Built in the late 1920s/early 1930s as an experimental early warning system for incoming aircraft but as aircraft speed increased they were superseded by radar. The largest circular dish measures 9m across.
#ScheduledMonument #MilitaryHistory #History #Kent #Dungeness
#ScheduledMonument #MilitaryHistory #History #Kent #Dungeness
Pike of Stickle, #Cumbria, the heart of the Langdale axe industry. Langdale (Group VI) axes knapped from volcanic tuff have been found all over the UK notably at several Neolithic monuments. #StandingStoneSunday #GreatLangdale @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social @adamibbotson.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Pike of Stickle, #Cumbria, the heart of the Langdale axe industry. Langdale (Group VI) axes knapped from volcanic tuff have been found all over the UK notably at several Neolithic monuments. #StandingStoneSunday #GreatLangdale @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social @adamibbotson.bsky.social
Grass of Parnassus, Gowbarrow Fell, Cumbria. The county flower of both Cumbria in England and Sutherland in Scotland. #WildFlowerHour #MacroMonday #LakeDistrict @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Grass of Parnassus, Gowbarrow Fell, Cumbria. The county flower of both Cumbria in England and Sutherland in Scotland. #WildFlowerHour #MacroMonday #LakeDistrict @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social
Common Field Grasshopper near Hexham, Northumberland. #MacroMonday #BugSky #Grasshopper #Hexham #Northumberland @northwildlife.bsky.social
@xercessociety.bsky.social @britishwildlife.bsky.social
@xercessociety.bsky.social @britishwildlife.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Common Field Grasshopper near Hexham, Northumberland. #MacroMonday #BugSky #Grasshopper #Hexham #Northumberland @northwildlife.bsky.social
@xercessociety.bsky.social @britishwildlife.bsky.social
@xercessociety.bsky.social @britishwildlife.bsky.social
Chesterholm Milestone next to the Stanegate road near Vindolanda fort. Measuring 1.7m in height, it is the only intact Roman milestone to have remained in its original position. #StandingStoneSunday #Vindolanda #RomanBritain @vindolandatrust.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Chesterholm Milestone next to the Stanegate road near Vindolanda fort. Measuring 1.7m in height, it is the only intact Roman milestone to have remained in its original position. #StandingStoneSunday #Vindolanda #RomanBritain @vindolandatrust.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
Female Common Darter, near Hexham, Northumberland this afternoon. #Dragonfly #Dragonflies #Hexham #Northumberland @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @northwildlife.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Female Common Darter, near Hexham, Northumberland this afternoon. #Dragonfly #Dragonflies #Hexham #Northumberland @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @northwildlife.bsky.social
Painted Lady on a dahlia, South Cumbria. #BigButterflyCount #ButterflyWeek #UKButterflies #Butterfly #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Painted Lady on a dahlia, South Cumbria. #BigButterflyCount #ButterflyWeek #UKButterflies #Butterfly #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social
Bracken, Great Langdale, Cumbria. #FernFriday #Bracken #Fronds #GreatLangdale #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Bracken, Great Langdale, Cumbria. #FernFriday #Bracken #Fronds #GreatLangdale #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social
Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire. Neolithic chambered tomb situated below the Preseli Hills, the source of the bluestones that went into the making of Stonehenge as well as Pentre Ifan itself. #StandingStoneSunday #TombTuesday #Dolmen #PentreIfan @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire. Neolithic chambered tomb situated below the Preseli Hills, the source of the bluestones that went into the making of Stonehenge as well as Pentre Ifan itself. #StandingStoneSunday #TombTuesday #Dolmen #PentreIfan @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly, Sizergh, South Cumbria. #Butterfly #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly, Sizergh, South Cumbria. #Butterfly #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social
There’s just something about Machrie Moor. Machrie Moor 2, Isle of Arran. #StandingStoneSunday #MachrieMoor #Arran @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
There’s just something about Machrie Moor. Machrie Moor 2, Isle of Arran. #StandingStoneSunday #MachrieMoor #Arran @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire. Founded in 1132 by monks from the Benedictine house of St. Mary’s, York, it became the wealthiest Cistercian monastery in England until its dissolution, by order of Henry VIII, in 1539. #MedievalMonday #MedievalSky #Yorkshire
July 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire. Founded in 1132 by monks from the Benedictine house of St. Mary’s, York, it became the wealthiest Cistercian monastery in England until its dissolution, by order of Henry VIII, in 1539. #MedievalMonday #MedievalSky #Yorkshire
Birkrigg Stone Circle, Birkrigg Common, near Bardsea, Cumbria. A.k.a The Druid’s Circle. Taken from the outer ring with Morecambe Bay in the distance.
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria #Birkrigg #MorecambeBay @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
@morecambebay.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria #Birkrigg #MorecambeBay @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
@morecambebay.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Birkrigg Stone Circle, Birkrigg Common, near Bardsea, Cumbria. A.k.a The Druid’s Circle. Taken from the outer ring with Morecambe Bay in the distance.
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria #Birkrigg #MorecambeBay @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
@morecambebay.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria #Birkrigg #MorecambeBay @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
@morecambebay.bsky.social
Warnscale Beck, Buttermere, Cumbria. #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #Buttermere @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social @friendsoflakes.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Warnscale Beck, Buttermere, Cumbria. #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #Buttermere @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social @friendsoflakes.bsky.social
Giant’s Grave, Kirksanton, Cumbria. Black Combe rising in the distance.
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Giant’s Grave, Kirksanton, Cumbria. Black Combe rising in the distance.
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
Heckington Windmill, Lincs. The only surviving eight-sailed windmill in the UK. There’s an excellent little microbrewery (8 Sail Brewery 🍻) on site too. #WindmillWednesday #Windmill #Heckington #Lincolnshire #LincolnshireLife
June 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Heckington Windmill, Lincs. The only surviving eight-sailed windmill in the UK. There’s an excellent little microbrewery (8 Sail Brewery 🍻) on site too. #WindmillWednesday #Windmill #Heckington #Lincolnshire #LincolnshireLife
Six-spot Burnet moth on Kidney Vetch & Oxeye Daisies at Ormsgill slag bank, South Cumbria. #Moths #BurnetMoth #TeamMoth #WildFlowerHour #Coast #BarrowInFurness #Cumbria @savebutterflies.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Six-spot Burnet moth on Kidney Vetch & Oxeye Daisies at Ormsgill slag bank, South Cumbria. #Moths #BurnetMoth #TeamMoth #WildFlowerHour #Coast #BarrowInFurness #Cumbria @savebutterflies.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social
Goggleby Stone, Shap, Cumbria. One of the fourteen remaining stones that originally formed part of a 2.5km stone avenue, that up until the 18th century was considered comparable to Avebury.
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria @adamibbotson.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria @adamibbotson.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Goggleby Stone, Shap, Cumbria. One of the fourteen remaining stones that originally formed part of a 2.5km stone avenue, that up until the 18th century was considered comparable to Avebury.
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria @adamibbotson.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria @adamibbotson.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
First Golden-ringed Dragonfly today at @rspbengland.bsky.social Haweswater. Small Copper, Common Blue & Small Heath butterflies also present. #Dragonfly #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
First Golden-ringed Dragonfly today at @rspbengland.bsky.social Haweswater. Small Copper, Common Blue & Small Heath butterflies also present. #Dragonfly #Cumbria #LakeDistrict @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @cumbriabdc.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
Carreg Samson, Neolithic burial chamber, Pembrokeshire. #StandingStoneSunday #Dolmen @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Carreg Samson, Neolithic burial chamber, Pembrokeshire. #StandingStoneSunday #Dolmen @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
Ringed Plover nest, South Cumbria. Monitored for @btobirds.bsky.social Nest Record Scheme. 🪺 #MorecambeBay #Nest @wadertales.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social @waderstudy.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Ringed Plover nest, South Cumbria. Monitored for @btobirds.bsky.social Nest Record Scheme. 🪺 #MorecambeBay #Nest @wadertales.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social @waderstudy.bsky.social