First #Swift back in the nest in King Henry's Road, #Lewes, at 8.20 p.m. on 25th April!

“The larch branch is expanding its young green leaves which look like small, green shaving brushes” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Female Brimstone laying eggs on Buckthorn planted in my Sheffield garden

Well, it’s been a very busy weekend of tours and guests and lovely visitors and now the house is quiet once more and I’m having a moment watching our beloved swallows chattering and chasing each other and diving in and out of the porch where they will shortly nest.

The Sheffield Peregrine chicks started hatching 27/4/25. There’s definitely 3 so far. Sheffield Peregrines peregrine.sites.sheffield.ac.uk

This is the unstitched panel showing some of the colours. Forgot to add the colour for grey which is oak gall.

‘Bullfinch’ Garden Birds (1967) Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton

Cutting Edge Avian Science, hatched in Sheffield! ⬇️ The University of Sheffield sheffield.ac.uk/news/family-fi…

Other work by the Ladybird artists. ‘May in South Devon’ Whitbread calendar 1971 Artist: SR Badmin

So Christian showed me The Ilex Avenue … With over 400 Holm oaks dating back to 1840, this is considered by many to be one of the finest of its kind in the world #GreatTrees of Britain #GTOB 🏆🌳🇬🇧 (we choose them from your suggestions TiCL (NO to a blue tick) ) bsky.app/profile/ticl.m…

Please avoid Froggatt Edge. Damping down operations still ongoing and lots of vehicles and staff very busy. Avoiding the area would be appreciated. Thank you.

Was just fully denied the right to travel today at Liverpool St Stn, on any train, because Network Rail staff collectively refused to deploy a ramp for me. Why? One of them claimed I was “rude” for telling him I didn’t need the lecture he was giving me on why they’d failed to …

We can reveal 𝗔 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 Plus the antics of urban wildlife at S6 SPRINGWATCH STREET Starts Mon: 26 May More info 👇 bbc.com/mediacentre/me…

Pictures that explain things Nuts, bolts and screws Artist: Gerald Witcomb (Metalwork, 1973)

Had cause to leg it on to Big Moor yesterday and ask dog owners to put their marauding canines on a lead. As i was walking back to base (aka getting me breath back) that bloke off the nature programme ont’ telly stopped me, thanked me for intervening and shook my hand. Cheers🤝.

Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘The Swallows’ Rendezvous’ (1937) Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Good news! Our new-look website goes live later this week 😀 Here’s a sneak preview of how the Home Page looks on a mobile device. **please note the website will be unavailable from 5pm Weds 4th June. New website should be available approx 24 hours later**

A handful of coreopsis flower deadheads, a sliver of mordanted linen and a day of steeping. Easy plant dyeing. Uneven because I didn’t stir the pot but that colour!

In 1950 Ethel & CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire saved the glorious Moss valley close to @newfieldsheff School from open cast mining. A campaign that included 11,000 signatures on a petition. A massive achievement. (pic 1964 Ethel & Gerald from CPRE PDSY) Save GV Trees @FOGPark1 SYBRG-Christine Susan Unwin 🌳