Steve Jackson
@atcherleyons.bsky.social
#Genealogy. #FamilyHistory and #OneNameStudy of the Atcherley family. #OnePlaceStudies of Waters Upton and Fawsley, #HouseHistory of Marton Hall. Green. Vegan. Lover of SciFi; #nature and #WildlifePhotography; countryside; puns. Not here to doomscroll.
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#PlumeScrolling Daggerstrike Murderbeak, a Grey Heron I photographed at Forest Farm, Cardiff, back in May. So glad I decided to prioritise #NaturePhotography earlier this year, before my thyroid condition began to limit what I could do! #Birds 🦉 🌿
An early influence on my sense of humour was a book from Mum’s childhood – her Mickey Mouse Annual, published in 1946! Today, for some reason, I have been thinking about this one. 🌧️🌧️🌧️
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
An early influence on my sense of humour was a book from Mum’s childhood – her Mickey Mouse Annual, published in 1946! Today, for some reason, I have been thinking about this one. 🌧️🌧️🌧️
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November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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#Swans are the subject for #BirdOfTheDay today so here is a male Mute Swan in full-on ‘Angel of Death’ mode, heading at full speed towards a couple of Swans who were trespassing on *his* family’s part of the lake. Brandon Marsh, May 2025.
#Birds #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin 🌿
#Birds #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin 🌿
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#Swans are the subject for #BirdOfTheDay today so here is a male Mute Swan in full-on ‘Angel of Death’ mode, heading at full speed towards a couple of Swans who were trespassing on *his* family’s part of the lake. Brandon Marsh, May 2025.
#Birds #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin 🌿
#Birds #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin 🌿
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Feels accurate
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Feels accurate
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When kitchen sponges like these break down, they release microplastics that end up in the sea – harming marine environments and the animals that live there. And they can't be recycled, so remain in landfill for 100s of years. For eco-friendly sponges see: littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/seep...
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When kitchen sponges like these break down, they release microplastics that end up in the sea – harming marine environments and the animals that live there. And they can't be recycled, so remain in landfill for 100s of years. For eco-friendly sponges see: littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/seep...
This reminds of the time* when I was in a health food shop and saw a poster saying ‘Mock Duck.’ I went straight to the nearest pond, pointed at one of its feathery, web-footed, big-billed residents and exclaimed “Hah! Call that a beak?!?” 👉🏻🦆😂
*Events related may be fictional 😉
*Events related may be fictional 😉
This is fake duck. It’s lucky it wasn’t named by the people who called fake bacon ‘Facon’.
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This reminds of the time* when I was in a health food shop and saw a poster saying ‘Mock Duck.’ I went straight to the nearest pond, pointed at one of its feathery, web-footed, big-billed residents and exclaimed “Hah! Call that a beak?!?” 👉🏻🦆😂
*Events related may be fictional 😉
*Events related may be fictional 😉
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Fed up with the John Lewis's website talking to me as if I'm a naughty dog.
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Fed up with the John Lewis's website talking to me as if I'm a naughty dog.
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Author copies might be arriving just before Christmas, woohoo!!
Publication date: mid-January
Publication date: mid-January
I'm so excited to announce that I am the co-author for "Where to Watch Wildlife in Britain by Low-carbon Transport".
#Books #LowCarbon #Wildlife #Travel
#Books #LowCarbon #Wildlife #Travel
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Author copies might be arriving just before Christmas, woohoo!!
Publication date: mid-January
Publication date: mid-January
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Whow! #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen in very effective action.
Want to be part of a campaign like this where you live? join.greenparty.org.uk
Want to be part of a campaign like this where you live? join.greenparty.org.uk
Wincheap (Canterbury) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 39.1% (+24.1)
🔶 LDM: 24.1% (-12.2)
➡️ RFM: 16.3% (New)
🌹 LAB: 12.8% (-25.5)
🌳 CON: 7.7% (-2.6)
Green GAIN from Liberal Democrat.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 39.1% (+24.1)
🔶 LDM: 24.1% (-12.2)
➡️ RFM: 16.3% (New)
🌹 LAB: 12.8% (-25.5)
🌳 CON: 7.7% (-2.6)
Green GAIN from Liberal Democrat.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Whow! #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen in very effective action.
Want to be part of a campaign like this where you live? join.greenparty.org.uk
Want to be part of a campaign like this where you live? join.greenparty.org.uk
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Dear Michelle,
Thank you for entering the Wildflower Photographer of the Year competition. Congratulations, your photograph was picked as one of the National Wildflower Centre team’s favourites its been included as part of an exhibition for the competition! The exhibition is on at the Eden Project.
Thank you for entering the Wildflower Photographer of the Year competition. Congratulations, your photograph was picked as one of the National Wildflower Centre team’s favourites its been included as part of an exhibition for the competition! The exhibition is on at the Eden Project.
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Dear Michelle,
Thank you for entering the Wildflower Photographer of the Year competition. Congratulations, your photograph was picked as one of the National Wildflower Centre team’s favourites its been included as part of an exhibition for the competition! The exhibition is on at the Eden Project.
Thank you for entering the Wildflower Photographer of the Year competition. Congratulations, your photograph was picked as one of the National Wildflower Centre team’s favourites its been included as part of an exhibition for the competition! The exhibition is on at the Eden Project.
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It's #scape day. This is a long exposure of three minutes made of my favorite old snag on my favorite beach. I got to this spot at 5:30am and left 2 hours later. The sunrise was incredible. I had the beach all to myself. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #clouds #longexposure
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It's #scape day. This is a long exposure of three minutes made of my favorite old snag on my favorite beach. I got to this spot at 5:30am and left 2 hours later. The sunrise was incredible. I had the beach all to myself. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #clouds #longexposure
Thyroid update: In the process of being nuked. ☢️
You have to wait two hours after taking the radioidine capsule before eating or drinking. For me, that time is up in a few minutes. Gasping for a cup of coffee and some chocolate... ☕🍫
You have to wait two hours after taking the radioidine capsule before eating or drinking. For me, that time is up in a few minutes. Gasping for a cup of coffee and some chocolate... ☕🍫
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Thyroid update: In the process of being nuked. ☢️
You have to wait two hours after taking the radioidine capsule before eating or drinking. For me, that time is up in a few minutes. Gasping for a cup of coffee and some chocolate... ☕🍫
You have to wait two hours after taking the radioidine capsule before eating or drinking. For me, that time is up in a few minutes. Gasping for a cup of coffee and some chocolate... ☕🍫
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Alan’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #swans, so I thought I’d post this happy little #cygnet once more. 🪶
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Alan’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #swans, so I thought I’d post this happy little #cygnet once more. 🪶
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This week we started Season 10, and welcomed Dr. Wanda Wyporska (formerly of Society of Genealogists, now at Black Cultural Archives), and heard about researching witchcraft in Poland, her sea-faring ancestor, and went looking for a couple in Barbados.
familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/11/s...
familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/11/s...
S10EP01 - 'The Seaman' with Dr. Wanda Wyporska - The Family Histories Podcast
Host Andrew Martin meets Dr. Wanda Wyporska, and hears about her seafaring Gt. Grandfather, and they ask for help to find a couple from Barbados
familyhistoriespodcast.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This week we started Season 10, and welcomed Dr. Wanda Wyporska (formerly of Society of Genealogists, now at Black Cultural Archives), and heard about researching witchcraft in Poland, her sea-faring ancestor, and went looking for a couple in Barbados.
familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/11/s...
familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/11/s...
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It was a very wet walk this morning so spent a few minutes going back over some photos I haven't posted before. Ruby Red Tor. Taken in October 2024 when the aurora visited Glastonbury Tor.
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
It was a very wet walk this morning so spent a few minutes going back over some photos I haven't posted before. Ruby Red Tor. Taken in October 2024 when the aurora visited Glastonbury Tor.
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Sometime in the late 80’s a pair of Mute Swans nested in the garden (next to the greenhouse). We couldn’t hang washing out because the cob would rip it off the line, but generally they were pretty chill and it was a real treat to witness. #BirdOfTheDay #Swans
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Sometime in the late 80’s a pair of Mute Swans nested in the garden (next to the greenhouse). We couldn’t hang washing out because the cob would rip it off the line, but generally they were pretty chill and it was a real treat to witness. #BirdOfTheDay #Swans
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This is one of the most endangered mammals in the world – there are fewer than 400 alive in the wild right now – so it is pretty special to watch this mom and her two pups emerge from their burrow. Kids will be kids, no matter how rare your species!
P.S. they are Vancouver Island marmots
P.S. they are Vancouver Island marmots
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is one of the most endangered mammals in the world – there are fewer than 400 alive in the wild right now – so it is pretty special to watch this mom and her two pups emerge from their burrow. Kids will be kids, no matter how rare your species!
P.S. they are Vancouver Island marmots
P.S. they are Vancouver Island marmots
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Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
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November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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I'm so glad I stayed long enough for the sun to burn off the low cloud at sunrise in this ancient woodland in the south of England.
When the light cast into the thick autumnal air, it lit up the interior colours so perfectly.
#woodland #forest #photography #nature
When the light cast into the thick autumnal air, it lit up the interior colours so perfectly.
#woodland #forest #photography #nature
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I'm so glad I stayed long enough for the sun to burn off the low cloud at sunrise in this ancient woodland in the south of England.
When the light cast into the thick autumnal air, it lit up the interior colours so perfectly.
#woodland #forest #photography #nature
When the light cast into the thick autumnal air, it lit up the interior colours so perfectly.
#woodland #forest #photography #nature
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Halifax man accused of stealing 40 duvets from TK Maxx has been found not quilty.
November 13, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Halifax man accused of stealing 40 duvets from TK Maxx has been found not quilty.
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Voters want both: homes built and wildlife protected.
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
Help stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill tearing up nature protections
I've just emailed my MP and asked them to vote to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Voters want both: homes built and wildlife protected.
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢