The Emily Brontë rose just keeps on producing beautiful new blooms. This cluster containing six blooms at various stages of opening, is doing its best to look like a detail from a Pre-Raphaelite painting. #davidaustinroses

View from the North West corner of Chester City Walls with the Chester-Holyhead railway line below, and beyond that the Raymond St road bridge crosses the Shropshire Union Canal as it turns North into Tower Wharf Basin. @heritagechester.bsky.social @transport-wales.bsky.social #canalandriverstrust

High tide at Old Dee Bridge on the River Dee in Chester. The line of the weir is barely visible beneath the water's surface, but you can 'join the dots' between the birds perched in the shallow water along its rim.

I wrote a piece about pictures, land use and lies (or half truths) And the power a photo has in our ‘scroll on past’ social media world. sidecountry.co.uk/is-a-picture...

Is a picture worth a thousand words? - SideCountry

I paused briefly on my way off the hill the other day and took a quick photo. It’s not my best work, I may be an artist but photos really aren’t my medium,

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"Heritage" will be released at 6pm (UK) on 12th September at johnduncanreed.bandcamp.com so give us a follow over there. The album LIstening Party is on 5th September at 8pm and you can join us here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9J8... CDs available from 12th.

Wonderful Sandwood Bay in the far north-west of Sutherland, looking north towards Cape Wrath. It's a long walk in, but for sheer majesty and grandeur, there is simply nowhere that can beat it. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #SandwoodBay #Sutherland #Beach

The Bayeux Tapestry demonstrates that it's worth embroidering a good story.

Is it Bandcamp Friday? Yes, it is! The good folk #Bandcamp waive their sales commission today, so buy some music and/or merch and help support artists to keep making the music you love 🎷🪗🎸🎹🎺🎻🪕🪉🎶🥁🎶💿🤗 isitbandcampfriday.com

Is it Bandcamp Friday?

Is it?

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Another beautiful bloom from Emily Brontë, by David Austin Roses. Sadly shortlived following a torrential downpours. #davidaustinroses

Fascinating stories and great music, as you would expect from @jennbutterworth.bsky.social as she walks at Whithorn with @matthewbannister.bsky.social in the latest @folkonfoot.com podcast 🎶🥾🎧👇

Folk on Foot@folkonfoot.com · 4w ago

“397 AD. You just can’t fathom it being that long ago. It’s incredible!” In our new episode - out now - guitarist @jennbutterworth.bsky.social takes us to the site of Scotland’s earliest Christian community. 🎧 Find out more here: pod.fo/e/54120a

The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building is a masterpiece. We need a full, faithful restoration with zero erosion of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s original design intent. If you agree, please add your name to the petition to help save 'The Mack': you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

Fully and Faithfully Restore ‘The Mack’

The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building is a masterpiece. We need a full, faithful restoration with zero erosion of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s original design intent. If you agree, please add...

you.38degrees.org.uk

It's #BandcampFriday so buy this fab 3-track EP from Shooglenifty today and what you pay goes to support the vital work of Medical Aid for Palestinians @medicalaidpal.bsky.social shooglenifty.bandcamp.com/album/bairn-...

Bairn’s O Gaza -MAP EP, by Shooglenifty

3 track album

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Buying music on Bandcamp = supporting artists. Today is Bandcamp Friday! For 24 hours, we waive our revenue share, so even more of every purchase goes to the artists and labels behind the music. Go forth. The music is waiting. https://bit.ly/4pX3JPz

Torridon declared Scotland's newest national nature reserve. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Torridon declared Scotland's newest national nature reserve

It is the first since Glen Coe and Mar Lodge Estate were granted the status in 2017.

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"Inheritance" was released in 2019, telling stories of ancestry, family, love and me, focused on an Eko E20 guitar I've owned since 1977...and it's still going strong. Today is #BandcampFriday johnreed.bandcamp.com/album/inheri...

Inheritance - Album, by John Reed

11 track album

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I’m helping save Coul Links. Will you? Coul Links is a beautiful and unique wildlife habitat in the Scottish Highlands. But is threatened once again with development. Join me and @rspb.bsky.social in urging Scottish Ministers to say no to this damaging application. action.rspb.org.uk/page/166270/...

Save Coul Links!

Your voice could help save this precious habitat from a new threat of development.

action.rspb.org.uk

Barry Dransfield's work is part of this legal fight to reclaim the rights to classic folk albums, so please chip in a few pounds if you're able: www.gofundme.com/f/win-back-r...

Folk London magazine@folklondon.co.uk · 2mo ago

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There's a well camouflaged Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) somewhere in this photo. @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @recordlrc.bsky.social

Beautiful second show from Emily Brontë #DavidAustinRoses

Likely a tail feather from a Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) . "When seen close-up, its black plumage reveals a purplish-blue iridescent sheen to the wing feathers and a green gloss to the tail." @rspb.bsky.social

Intrigued to notice this tiny but colourful moth resting on the ceiling. Submitted a record on @inaturalist.bsky.social app and it was identified as a Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata). No mint in the garden, but I learned later my better half had brought a bunch of mint home from her yoga session 🤔

It’s Swift Awareness Week! Sadly, the iconic Swift (Apus apus) dropped in numbers across the UK by over two thirds between 1995 and 2024. Find out more about this aerobatic species on our BirdFacts pages: www.bto.org/learn/about-... @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social

I can empathise with this. May dad was always keen to discuss routes, and I still refer to a physical road atlas when planning a new journey 👇

Stephen Collins@stephencollins.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Odyssesus's dad wants to chat Routes (This one is a print and I have four copies left of in the edition before it's sold out, ie never to be printed again! Shop link in my bio 👆) #odyssey

This #StreetArt calls you to take part! A C21st ready-made photo backdrop!🤳 “The Viceroy Glass” by Bobby Rogueone depicts a woman holding a transparent glass, so a real person is able to pose inside the illusion!😊 Located behind The Viceroy Bar & Club, Paisley Road West, Glasgow!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #StreetArt🎨🫟

#Familyhistory #localhistory #mininghistory www.gov.uk/government/n...

New online service opens access to centuries of coal mining history

A new digital resource released by the Mining Remediation Authority and the British Geological Survey enables communities to explore their local mining heritage.

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It's #NationalBloodDonorWeek (ends Sun 14th June) If you've not donated before, or are a prevous blood donor who's not given for a while, why not check your eligibility and book an appointment at your local donation centre soon? www.blood.co.uk #GiveBlood www.welsh-blood.org.uk/national-blo...

National Blood Donor Week 2026 - Welsh Blood Service

NBDW is where we raise awareness of the lifesaving importance of donating to encourage those who have never donated to give it a go.

welsh-blood.org.uk

Architects and designers have presented proposals for regenerating the site of the Union Corner building in the centre of Glasgow, which was destroyed by a fire in March

Glasgow architects display regeneration concepts for fire-ravaged site

Glasgow architects display regeneration concepts for fire-ravaged site

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30 years ago this month I went to Cuba to record some of my Salsa music. Probably the friendliest and most humble folk I have ever met. I hope they are coping in these difficult times. Here's a sample of some of the music I recorded ... and some of my photos from Havana. stevecarter.com/30mix.mp3

Today is your last chance to vote for #BritainsFavouriteButterfly organised by Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social I voted for the Small Tortoiseshell, a familiar butterfly since my childhood: britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/sm...

Your quick guide to help you tell apart the common bumblebees you spot this month 🐝👀 What bumblebees have you spotted recently?