Lucy Corrander
@lucycorrander.bsky.social
Wild plants, gardening, allotment, photography. Arrived from the old Twitter. Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.
https://looseandleafyinhalifax.blogspot.com/
https://messageinamilkbottle.blogspot.com/
On Twitter too. https://x.com/LucyCorrander
https://looseandleafyinhalifax.blogspot.com/
https://messageinamilkbottle.blogspot.com/
On Twitter too. https://x.com/LucyCorrander
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Lucy Corrander
@lucycorrander.bsky.social
· Aug 31
Someone has sent me a 'chat' message. Sorry, I can't access it. It's not that I object to giving Bluesky my age - but without my age it will hopefully prevent me from inadvertently accessing things I would rather avoid.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
It was summer when I woke this morning. By lunchtime autumn had returned.
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It was summer when I woke this morning. By lunchtime autumn had returned.
Of the things I've wished for . . . a robin on my allotment. And at last I seem to have one. This one spends a lot of time singing in my apple tree - by which I hope he means he is claiming it as his. Here, he has flown down for a moment to sit on the earth of the empty next door plot. 7th Nov 2025
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Of the things I've wished for . . . a robin on my allotment. And at last I seem to have one. This one spends a lot of time singing in my apple tree - by which I hope he means he is claiming it as his. Here, he has flown down for a moment to sit on the earth of the empty next door plot. 7th Nov 2025
Rather fun to have tomatoes still in November. And, not only that, to have tomato flowers too!
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Rather fun to have tomatoes still in November. And, not only that, to have tomato flowers too!
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Good day all.
📷 taken in November 2024.
📷 taken in November 2024.
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Good day all.
📷 taken in November 2024.
📷 taken in November 2024.
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Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
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#GoodNews for #biodiversity.
But we need a lot more like this - and #LandReform to make it easier
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environ...
But we need a lot more like this - and #LandReform to make it easier
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environ...
'A huge milestone' - Community group takes ownership of Bridestones Moor
Bridestones Moor, the dramatic 114-acre expanse above Todmorden, has been officially brought under community ownership.
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
#GoodNews for #biodiversity.
But we need a lot more like this - and #LandReform to make it easier
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environ...
But we need a lot more like this - and #LandReform to make it easier
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environ...
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This is why Starmer said we wouldn’t be getting closer to the EU. It’s because we can’t, he’s signed contracts with big corporations who will then effectively govern Britain and these corporate zones aren’t allowed by the EU.
Confused as to why there’s not more publicity? Me too.
Confused as to why there’s not more publicity? Me too.
Keir Starmer's Defence Growth Zones: Militarising the Economy by Stealth
Massive proliferation of different types of free zones leads to 'zone-stacking'
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Massive proliferation of different types of free zones leads to 'zone-stacking'
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Keir Starmer's Defence Growth Zones: Militarising the Economy by Stealth
Massive proliferation of different types of free zones leads to 'zone-stacking'
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is why Starmer said we wouldn’t be getting closer to the EU. It’s because we can’t, he’s signed contracts with big corporations who will then effectively govern Britain and these corporate zones aren’t allowed by the EU.
Confused as to why there’s not more publicity? Me too.
Confused as to why there’s not more publicity? Me too.
I bought toffees to give out at Halloween but . . . if I resolve to keep the lights off this evening and pretend to be out . . . I could eat them now.
October 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I bought toffees to give out at Halloween but . . . if I resolve to keep the lights off this evening and pretend to be out . . . I could eat them now.
News flash. Fast growth in plants. Have been told by a load of four and five year olds that their daffodils are already as big as the lime trees beside their playground. We haven't planted them yet!
October 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
News flash. Fast growth in plants. Have been told by a load of four and five year olds that their daffodils are already as big as the lime trees beside their playground. We haven't planted them yet!
Here's something I don't know about bulbs. Do the dried roots re-vivify once planted or does the plant rely solely on new roots emerging once in touch with damp soil?
October 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Here's something I don't know about bulbs. Do the dried roots re-vivify once planted or does the plant rely solely on new roots emerging once in touch with damp soil?
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Seven-spot ladybird clambering off a snowy waxcap in the undergrowth on Rishworth Moor. #ThePhotoHour #wildlife #nature #photography #fungifriends @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Seven-spot ladybird clambering off a snowy waxcap in the undergrowth on Rishworth Moor. #ThePhotoHour #wildlife #nature #photography #fungifriends @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
. . . a bit like the letter 'e' apparently.
October 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
. . . a bit like the letter 'e' apparently.
Bother. I've lost two cabbage white caterpillars. When you don't want them, they eat your brassicas. When you do want them they move house and potter off elsewher.
October 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Bother. I've lost two cabbage white caterpillars. When you don't want them, they eat your brassicas. When you do want them they move house and potter off elsewher.
In the mist and rain. Warley Moor and Reservoir. Calderdale, West Yorkshire. 19th October 2025
October 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In the mist and rain. Warley Moor and Reservoir. Calderdale, West Yorkshire. 19th October 2025
Not sure how many people have a favourite wall but I even have a favourite group of lichens on my favourite wall. You're lucky it isn't near enough for me to post these same lichens every day or you might get bored. I've been worried for them this very dry summer Do many people worry about lichens?
October 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Not sure how many people have a favourite wall but I even have a favourite group of lichens on my favourite wall. You're lucky it isn't near enough for me to post these same lichens every day or you might get bored. I've been worried for them this very dry summer Do many people worry about lichens?
Saw a Goosander for the first time yesterday, sitting on the water, then diving, then flying. Female. (Brown head.)
October 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Saw a Goosander for the first time yesterday, sitting on the water, then diving, then flying. Female. (Brown head.)
Walking by reflections.
Canal near Hebden Bridge. 17th October 2025
Canal near Hebden Bridge. 17th October 2025
October 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Walking by reflections.
Canal near Hebden Bridge. 17th October 2025
Canal near Hebden Bridge. 17th October 2025
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A mandatory swift brick for every new home won't be supported by Housing Secretary Steve Reed. That's quite a u-turn from the former Environment Secretary. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes
Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A mandatory swift brick for every new home won't be supported by Housing Secretary Steve Reed. That's quite a u-turn from the former Environment Secretary. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Emily Davies (1830-1921), daughter of the rector of Gateshead, was a suffragist who edited the English Woman’s Journal. She co-founded Girton College Cambridge, the UK’s first residential institution offering university-level education, but not degrees, for women, on this day 1869.
October 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Emily Davies (1830-1921), daughter of the rector of Gateshead, was a suffragist who edited the English Woman’s Journal. She co-founded Girton College Cambridge, the UK’s first residential institution offering university-level education, but not degrees, for women, on this day 1869.
Nearly ready for picking. 13th October 2025
October 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Nearly ready for picking. 13th October 2025
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Labour promised to restore nature. ❌
Instead, their Planning Bill contains a licence to destroy it.
We offered solutions. We’re done waiting.
Part 3 of the Bill would gut the laws protecting our most precious habitats & species.
Without significant change, it must be scrapped.
Instead, their Planning Bill contains a licence to destroy it.
We offered solutions. We’re done waiting.
Part 3 of the Bill would gut the laws protecting our most precious habitats & species.
Without significant change, it must be scrapped.
May 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Labour promised to restore nature. ❌
Instead, their Planning Bill contains a licence to destroy it.
We offered solutions. We’re done waiting.
Part 3 of the Bill would gut the laws protecting our most precious habitats & species.
Without significant change, it must be scrapped.
Instead, their Planning Bill contains a licence to destroy it.
We offered solutions. We’re done waiting.
Part 3 of the Bill would gut the laws protecting our most precious habitats & species.
Without significant change, it must be scrapped.
The union flags and flags of St George are falling into tatters and blowing away.
October 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The union flags and flags of St George are falling into tatters and blowing away.
Strawberries folks, strawberries. Would I be able to grow them in a length of guttering? #allotments #gardening
October 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Strawberries folks, strawberries. Would I be able to grow them in a length of guttering? #allotments #gardening
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A Gannet with a beak full of Nettles #BirdOfTheDay
October 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A Gannet with a beak full of Nettles #BirdOfTheDay