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GillMPhoto
@gillmphoto.bsky.social
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Manchester, UK photographer with arty projects always on the go. ❤️ music/nature/creativity/active travel/sustainaility also a cycling instructor because I love it 🚲 #ynwa
https://gillmoorephotography.co.uk/
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Has to be!
A record cover blank with the words the BLUE NILE TINSEL TOWN IN THE RAIN written in yellow handrawn font.
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Some beautiful autumnal tree “leaf shadows” on show at RHS Bridgewater before Storm Claudia. 🍁🍂 #salford #publicgarden
A small tree with delicate yellow leaves. Many of the leaves have fallen from the tree and form an almost perfect circle on the grass beneath. There is a winding path in the background and trees surrounding. A red maple has shed many leaves and they form a circular carpet beneath it. Some shrubs various shades of green can be seen in the background.
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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I made it to Loafi yesterday Alex! Got there early, later on they were queuing out the door! Custards tarts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ also got some sausage rolls and a lemon sponge. All delicious. Thanks for the tip off (did a nice walk up to Peel Tower as well).
Overhead view of two custard tarts in a box, they are sprinkled with a nutmeg topping. A cobbled path heads up hill, glistening after a recent rain shower. One side of the path is lined with autumnal trees, the other has a wild grass verge and hedgerow shrubs. The sky is blue with some clouds, threatening a little bit more rain to come.
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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A wonderful “Lights Up 2025” #glowride Disco On Wheels cycle in Manchester this evening. Many parks & quiet routes feel unsafe to women & girls in the dark nights. About 200 cyclists with music+lights. Empowering ✊🚦💡🚲
Thanks organisers & ride leaders.
@walkridegm.org.uk
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A group of people on bikes with lots of lights wait for a ride to set off as dusk descends. Trees and tall buildings can be seen either side of them. A group of people on bikes with lots of lights stare up at the SODA Digital arts building in Manchester. It is ablaze with colourful stripes of yellow and black #BeeNetwork 🐝 . Spectacular against the blue dusky night sky. A poster listing the timings for the Lights Up - Disco on Wheels night ride in Manchester An A4 black and white handprint showing a lady on a bike kicking her legs out and pointing with a smile up to the sky. She is surrounded by stars, a crescent moon and shooting stars.
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
Peter Gabriel - PG1
Released - 1977
Album cover featuring a close-up of a blue Lancia Flavia car, with raindrops on the bonnet and the windscreen. A pale black and white face is visible in the passenger seat. It’s the artist Peter Gabriel, his eyes look odd, because he’s wearing mirrored contact lenses.
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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BBC stop using the word “gotten” in your articles. Please and Thank you 🙏 #journalism #news #AI #standards
A screengrab from the BBC News website shows a photo of a man standing in a grassy field with cows behind him. The first paragraph reads “Beef prices have gotten so high in the US that it has become a political problem.”
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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‼️ New ‼️Great British Railways’ signature station clock launched at London Bridge station. Chosen after an international competition, the winning design is by London-based Design Bridge & Partners. Nice work! I really like it ⏰👏👏👏 all stations will have one soon www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A large circular digital clock face hangs from a high ceiling. The face is black with clear white numbers. Around the clock edge are two circular lines in red and at the top the old British Rail track logo is nearly integrated with the outer red circles. The background shows lots of wooden cladding on the walls and ceiling of the train station.
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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A rival for Feathers McGraw right there!
A penguin sorts out its disguise and checks in the mirror. The disguise is a single red rubber glove fitted tightly on its head.
October 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Happy Full Supermoon
🌚🌝 to all who enjoy staring up at the night sky in wonder. It’s bright right now and even brighter at 5am (Tues) - a Neil Young Harvest Moon #autumn
A screengrab shows a dark background with a full moon image, further information is listed with timings and position on the horizon.
October 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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1) Blue tit. First (& only) visitor to my new bird feeder in my yard. It’s been up for weeks. Too many cats patrolling so I don’t get many birds coming down. So this one visit was super exciting!
2) Lots of long tailed tits mooching tree to tree in my local woods.
3) back of a jay flying off
October 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Happy “beautiful trees in autumn sun” day everyone. Have a good one whatever you are up to! 📸🍂 #NorthernEngland
A view looking upwards in a group of tall trees, with a clear blue sky above. Leaves are turning slightly from green to brown and a sillhoutted of three strong central trunks anchors the photo in the middle.
September 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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I made it! It was tasted absolutely as you described - totally delicious! (Swapped leeks for fennel & added courgettes). Thank you! 🙏 🙏🙏
An overhead shot of a cooked dish in a casserole pan on the stove. Assorted mixed colourful vegetables chopped and shiny with juices and olive oil. Flecks of green herbs can be seen - fresh coriander.
September 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Ridiculously excited to see two visitors to my new bird feeder just now. It’s been up since July and not seen a bean til today. It’s only a tiny yard & cats patrol the ally. I put a quince tree in a dustbin a few yrs ago & they perched on that first whilst sussing things out. #GardenForNature
September 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Did you see the latest Nancy Birtwhistle post on Instagram? Using conkers to make natural detergent for your washing machine. Seems crazy but it works. I’m going to try it!
A screengrab from an Instagram post shows a lady holding a bag of conkers. She is in her kitchen. Graphics of a conker are top left. At the bottom shows over 10,000 Likes, 269 comments. The top of the screen lists the account name @Nancy.Birtwhistle
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Worth a trip to Barrow for this! One of the UK's most influential documentary photographers was Chris Killip. His work captured life in the North East of England and is superb.
Exhibiting at Cooke Studios in Barrow: 19 Sept - 1 Nov 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
©️Chris Killip Photography Trust/Magnum Photos Man carrying sticks, Askam-in-Furness, Cumbria, 1982. Man walks between to high sea walls with the sea and beach in the background. ©️Chris Killip Photography Trust / Magnum Photos A black and white photograph shows three men walking on a beach with two dogs. One man is carrying a box, another has a shotgun tucked under his armpit. A boat is at the tides edge behind them. The sky is cloudy but bright.
September 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Glad they’re back 😍. Reminds me so much of this from @jimmoir1.bsky.social lots of great art, many birds & my favourites were his corvids. He captures their character so well. From current exhibition at the Lady Lever gallery in Port Sunlight.
Black and white original painting of a raven perched ontop of a rock. The bird is in a crouched position, legs bent, but looking straight ahead. Artist ©️Jim Moir
September 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Please let something positive come from this loss 🌳 🙏#SycamoreGap
Greater protection for our trees (& nature more generally) is desperately needed. The value is routinely ignored for the sake of short-term gain.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A screengrab from an article on the BBC website. Text reads: "A single big tree in the right place is providing thousands of pounds worth of carbon store, flood protection, free air conditioning, habitat, wellbeing provision, pollution control and a hundred other benefits, and no one is asked to pay those costs if the tree is felled for development. “That needs to change to save UK woodlands."
July 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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High summer grasses; this young meadow is starting to thicken up and gain more diversity. Vetch and Willow herb in flower, and plenty of butterflies. Meadow browns and Large whites. #nature
Black and white image of tall meadow grasses standing straight. In the background is a row of trees full of leaves. A moody and dramatic sky brings a threat of rain.
July 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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I have a small yard and all my growing is in pots. Conditions are not always ideal 😆. But when my clematis flowers, it brings so much joy. Even if I only get a few, it’s worth it.
A deep burgundy coloured clematis flower with four long petals. The centre is yellow. Growing around it are grasses and a few wildflowers.
June 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Huge respect to Beeban Kidron 🙌. The filmmaker is doing fantastic work in the Lords to try to protect the livelihoods of UK creatives. The AI & Data Bill is being pushed through, but it will erode copyright protections. Another big day today as amendments are debated. Keep fighting Beeban!
A screengrab from The Guardian: “Kidron said: “It is in the gift of the government to accept the amendment, or put something meaningful in its place. They have failed to listen to the Lords, they have failed to listen to the creative sector, they have failed to listen to their own backbenchers. “I have always been willing to find a route through this, but you have to ask why they feel unable to protect UK interests, and why they are giving away the country’s riches and jobs, without ensuring they have the regulatory tools necessary to negotiate a settlement. Ministers keep saying fair: what is not fair is letting one sector steal from another.” Under the government’s proposals, AI companies would be allowed to train their models using copyrighted work without permission unless the owner opts out. The plans have been fiercely criticised by creators and publishers including high-profile artists such as Paul McCartney and Tom Stoppard.”
June 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Very sad to read my favourite #Lioness Fran Kirby is retiring from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 duty ahead of the Euros. A wonderful player, not sure who Sarina feels can do a better job. Fran’s statement is powerful, bearing no hard feelings, just respect, thanks and encouragement for the next generation. ⚽️
A screengrab from England womens footballer Fran Kirby, announcing her retirement from international football. The image shows the final paragraph from the statement and reads: “To every young girl that suffers setbacks, just remember you can. You can. Forever a Lioness, Fran.”
June 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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A massive one!
A huge bracket fungi is growing from a rotting fallen tree. The scale is apparent as a boot is resting ontop of it and the diameter of the fungi is at least 3 times as wide.
May 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Any guesses what this photo shows? I’ve cropped it tight which makes it tricky. My brain went straight to a snow leopard 🐆, I think it’s the colours! 📸 #photography #abstract #nature
Abstract black and white image showing a cryptic pattern of texture and pattern that fills the frame. Close up of the eye & half the face of a snow leopard which is staring straight into the camera.
May 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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BUCKET POND UPDATE.
First sign of a new resident. Small but mighty 🐌 hopefully it doesn’t eat all the oxygenating plant life! 😆
cc @iand777.bsky.social
A tiny water snail is on the surface of a pond feeding on green vegetation. It’s shell is brown and it’s body a shiny silver. Some pebbles covered in moss are visible at the edge of the pond.
April 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I switched last year. Been using a SEEP sponge, made with loofah and cellulose sponge. 💯 % natural Excellent product, more expensive but it’s lasting way better than the plastic made ones I used to buy.
A stack of bio degradable washing up sponges are stacked up, with one standing upright at the front. The packaging is also stood up alongside, made of cardboard and printed with colourful shapes. The main text reads Eco Sponge Scourers and the manufacturers shows which is Seep.
April 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM