A glorious autumnal day on Holme Fell this week. The disused reservoirs around the old slate quarries above Hodge Close. #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #Fellwalking

After 25 years of looking across the #Solway to Burnswark Hill, finally made the short trip to this site of #IronAge forts and #Roman camps. The distinctive flat top is due to the Birrenswark Volcanic basalt in the surrounding Lower Carboniferous strata #geology #DumfriesAndGalloway

Part of Aberdeen Science Festival

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A great Cumberland Geological Society/ @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social outing to #EycottHill yesterday. A great turn out dodging the showers to look at 400 million years of history in the northern #LakeDistrict . The 'famous' porphyritic lavas were one of the days highlights! #geology

It was the penultimate Cumbria Invertebrate Group outing of the season on Sunday @rspbengland.bsky.social Geltsdale reserve. Recently forested blanket bog on Denton Fell showing good signs of recovery 20 years after clear felling. Lots of spider samples to identify this week!

An (accidentally) well timed visit to @naturalengland.bsky.social Finglandrigg NNR in north Cumbria with lots of Dwarf Gorse (Ulex minor) in flower today