Northwest Nature and History
@nwnandh.bsky.social
Writer from Northwest England specialising in Natural History and Local History
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Northwest Nature and History
All about the Natural History and History of the Northwest of England
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
Just finished updating the homepage for my website, now all of my articles are categorised in a hyperlinked contents page, one click and you can read all of my stuff.
Give it a try!
#nature #history #lancashire #yorkshire #cumbria #Wordpress
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
Give it a try!
#nature #history #lancashire #yorkshire #cumbria #Wordpress
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Birdle 🇬🇧 21/11/2025
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November 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Snowy photos from exactly one year ago, funny how we got snow on near enough the same date!
#snow #pendle #Lancashire
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November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Snowy photos from exactly one year ago, funny how we got snow on near enough the same date!
#snow #pendle #Lancashire
#snow #pendle #Lancashire
Just finishing a piece with the rather cumbersome working title:
The Weakening of Environmental Protections Under the UK Labour Government: Implications for Biodiversity and Species Survival.
Can anyone here come up with anything catchier?
#nature #Labour #politics #naturewriting
The Weakening of Environmental Protections Under the UK Labour Government: Implications for Biodiversity and Species Survival.
Can anyone here come up with anything catchier?
#nature #Labour #politics #naturewriting
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Just finishing a piece with the rather cumbersome working title:
The Weakening of Environmental Protections Under the UK Labour Government: Implications for Biodiversity and Species Survival.
Can anyone here come up with anything catchier?
#nature #Labour #politics #naturewriting
The Weakening of Environmental Protections Under the UK Labour Government: Implications for Biodiversity and Species Survival.
Can anyone here come up with anything catchier?
#nature #Labour #politics #naturewriting
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Today on #Northwestnatureandhistory we head to Blackpool to see the Illuminations!💡
#BlackpoolIlluminations #Blackpool #Lancashire
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/19/b...
#BlackpoolIlluminations #Blackpool #Lancashire
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Blackpool Illuminations
Often dubbed the “greatest free light show on Earth,” Blackpool Illuminations have been dazzling visitors to the Lancashire seaside resort for nearly 150 years. The annual spectacle transforms the …
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November 19, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Today on #Northwestnatureandhistory we head to Blackpool to see the Illuminations!💡
#BlackpoolIlluminations #Blackpool #Lancashire
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/19/b...
#BlackpoolIlluminations #Blackpool #Lancashire
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/19/b...
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Birdle 🇬🇧 16/11/2025
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November 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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On this dull November day we search for one of our brightest native plants, the Spindle
#Autumn #Ecology #Hedgerows #naturewriting
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/15/t...
#Autumn #Ecology #Hedgerows #naturewriting
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/15/t...
The Spindle Tree
The spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus, is an attractive-looking deciduous shrub, or small tree, that graces hedgerows, woods and wasteland throughout the British isles.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
On this dull November day we search for one of our brightest native plants, the Spindle
#Autumn #Ecology #Hedgerows #naturewriting
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/15/t...
#Autumn #Ecology #Hedgerows #naturewriting
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/15/t...
Birdle 🇬🇧 14/11/2025
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November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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In my latest article on #Northwestnatureandhistory I go hunting for Hibernating Herald Moths
#Moths #Lepidoptery #Entomology #nature
@lepidoptery.bsky.social
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/13/t...
#Moths #Lepidoptery #Entomology #nature
@lepidoptery.bsky.social
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The Herald Moth, inc. notes about the Dangers of Hibernation including Predation and Entomopathogenic Fungi
The Herald moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix, is a common native species known for its striking appearance and unique life-cycle that spans seasons in a way few other moths do. Belonging to the family Er…
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November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In my latest article on #Northwestnatureandhistory I go hunting for Hibernating Herald Moths
#Moths #Lepidoptery #Entomology #nature
@lepidoptery.bsky.social
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/13/t...
#Moths #Lepidoptery #Entomology #nature
@lepidoptery.bsky.social
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Birdle 🇬🇧 12/11/2025
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November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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I’m calling this before anybody else does; the UK university sector is going to go *pop* big style.
I reckon at least 1 big uni is going to go bust by the end of this year and anything up to 25% of them by end of first ¼ next year, be prepared!
#Universities #Education #Economy
I reckon at least 1 big uni is going to go bust by the end of this year and anything up to 25% of them by end of first ¼ next year, be prepared!
#Universities #Education #Economy
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November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I’m calling this before anybody else does; the UK university sector is going to go *pop* big style.
I reckon at least 1 big uni is going to go bust by the end of this year and anything up to 25% of them by end of first ¼ next year, be prepared!
#Universities #Education #Economy
I reckon at least 1 big uni is going to go bust by the end of this year and anything up to 25% of them by end of first ¼ next year, be prepared!
#Universities #Education #Economy
Birdle 🇬🇧 10/11/2025
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November 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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‘The Sun had Closed the Winter’s Day’
By Joseph Farquharson.
Currently on display in Towneley Hall, (and usually on many christmas cards too!)
#TowneleyHall #Burnley #Lancashire #Art
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By Joseph Farquharson.
Currently on display in Towneley Hall, (and usually on many christmas cards too!)
#TowneleyHall #Burnley #Lancashire #Art
@towneleyhall.bsky.social @visitlancashire.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
‘The Sun had Closed the Winter’s Day’
By Joseph Farquharson.
Currently on display in Towneley Hall, (and usually on many christmas cards too!)
#TowneleyHall #Burnley #Lancashire #Art
@towneleyhall.bsky.social @visitlancashire.bsky.social
By Joseph Farquharson.
Currently on display in Towneley Hall, (and usually on many christmas cards too!)
#TowneleyHall #Burnley #Lancashire #Art
@towneleyhall.bsky.social @visitlancashire.bsky.social
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November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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The Cotton Mill
A Lancashire Dialect Weaving Poem by An Operative, part of my Cotton Chronicles Series
#weavingshed #Cottonmills #Poetry #History #Lancashire
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A Lancashire Dialect Weaving Poem by An Operative, part of my Cotton Chronicles Series
#weavingshed #Cottonmills #Poetry #History #Lancashire
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The Cotton Mill
Hum, whirl, click, click, clatter,
Rolling, rambling, moving matter:
Whizzing, hissing, hitting, missing,
Pushing, pulling, turning, twisting.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The Cotton Mill
A Lancashire Dialect Weaving Poem by An Operative, part of my Cotton Chronicles Series
#weavingshed #Cottonmills #Poetry #History #Lancashire
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A Lancashire Dialect Weaving Poem by An Operative, part of my Cotton Chronicles Series
#weavingshed #Cottonmills #Poetry #History #Lancashire
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/09/t...
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The news that #Labour have refused to mandate #Swiftbricks is heart-sinking,
One of our most iconic birds.
Such a simple way to help them.
I can only come to the conclusion that Labour. hate. nature.
#birds #ornithology #nature
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2023/05/02/t...
One of our most iconic birds.
Such a simple way to help them.
I can only come to the conclusion that Labour. hate. nature.
#birds #ornithology #nature
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2023/05/02/t...
The Swift and its fleeting visit to our isles
The Devil’s bird The screaming, soaring Swift, Apus apus, has always seemed a magical bird, in the way of all of the natural phenomena in the world whose nature has always been mysterious to us, th…
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November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The news that #Labour have refused to mandate #Swiftbricks is heart-sinking,
One of our most iconic birds.
Such a simple way to help them.
I can only come to the conclusion that Labour. hate. nature.
#birds #ornithology #nature
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2023/05/02/t...
One of our most iconic birds.
Such a simple way to help them.
I can only come to the conclusion that Labour. hate. nature.
#birds #ornithology #nature
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2023/05/02/t...
In my latest article on #Northwestnatureandhistory we go hunting for Buntings in Bowland
#Ornithology #ForestofBowland #birds #nature
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/05/b...
#Ornithology #ForestofBowland #birds #nature
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
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Buntings in Bowland
Snow Buntings are true Arctic specialists, thriving in barren, open habitats with sparse vegetation. They breed in high-latitude tundras but undertake impressively long migrations southward during …
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In my latest article on #Northwestnatureandhistory we go hunting for Buntings in Bowland
#Ornithology #ForestofBowland #birds #nature
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2025/11/05/b...
#Ornithology #ForestofBowland #birds #nature
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
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