Northwest Nature and History

The dark and brooding Cumbrian mountains as seen from Morecambe Promenade ⛰️
#Morecambe #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

Ammophila arenaria, Aeolian Architect.
A Brief Study of the Biology and Ecology of Marram Grass and how it Shapes our Coastlines 🌾
#Coast #Ecology #Nature
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Admiring the Barns and Walls of Northwest England The Northwest of England is home to some remarkably beautiful landscapes, shaped over millennia by traditional farming practices. It is a part of the world famous for its ancient drystone walls and…

I wrote this last March and it took absolutely ages to research.
I reckon it’s one of the most comprehensive guides to looking at our drystone walls and barns, what do you think?
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#DailyPendlePic #Pendle #Lancashire #Sheep

Under the Geneva convention it may be classed as a war crime but submarines have long-standing practical exceptions to article 12 and article 18 (picking up stricken sailors) due to their vulnerability when surfaced.

Which shipwrecked people were murdered?

When the Buds and the Blossoms are Fresh on the Trees! The arrival of spring often feels hard-won here in northern England, winters linger longer here than in the south, with colder temperatures and more frequent frosts delaying the greening of the lan…

How grand to stroll there at the coming of Spring,
when the buds and the blossoms are fresh on the trees!
To list to the song-birds, that soar as they sing,
and inhale the pure fragrance that comes on the breeze.
(William Baron)
#spring #nature
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Also the US did say that they would wipe out the entire Iranian navy

I’m out of my depth here as I don’t know much about naval matters but I’m guessing that no USN surface vessel was present so that’s why the sailors weren’t rescued by one, and the vessel was targeted in international waters as it had just left India and was heading towards the theatre of war

Birdle 🇬🇧 05/03/2026

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Out of curiosity how do know that this happened?

Some shots from Towneley Hall today
#TowneleyHall #Burnley #Lancashire
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Coltsfoot Rocks! Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara, a member of the Asteraceae family, is a perennial herb known for its bright yellow, Dandelion-like flowers that emerge early in spring, often before its broad, hoof-sh…

The Ecology and Biology of Coltsfoot and its Medicinal and Confectional uses, including a Recipe for a Herbal Tea
#Botany #Herbology #Nature
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Forest City: a Critical Dissection of Proposals, and Suggestions of Viable Alternatives Forest City 1 is a recently proposed city development planned for agricultural land on the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border. A private initiative its purported aims are to address the housing crisis i…

@shivmalik.bsky.social
To build your elites-only utopia you would blithely destroy communities and flatten 45,000 acres of English countryside.
Your #ForestCity1 fantasy must not become reality.
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St. Mary’s and All Saints Church, Whalley, Lancashire
#Whalley #Lancashire

You were used in Gorton & Denton and you know it

The Red Rose of Lancashire The story of the Red Rose of Lancashire begins in the 14th century with the royal House of Lancaster when this noble family, descended from John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, adopted the red rose as…

Why is Lancashire’s emblem a red rose?
Find out here:
#Lancashire #History
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Just going to leave this here…

Birdle 🇬🇧 27/02/2026

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Padiham Town Hall Padiham on Parade Padiham town Hall was officially opened on the 26th of February 1938 by Herbert Morrison, the leader of London County Council (which was replaced by Greater London Council in 1965…

Today is Padiham Town Hall’s 88th Birthday! 🥳
#Padiham #Lancashire
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Clitheroe castle before they put the cladding on for repairs
#Clitheroe #Ribblevalley #Lancashire
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Wow that’s ugly, could they not have designed something a bit less oppressive?

Lol, my surname was Gorton-Hargreaves before I adopted my wife’s surname Burton to become Burton-Hargreaves, we come from that part of the county, and seeing as my ancestors were engineers it irks me a lot when I hear “immigrants built Gorton & Denton” because they didn’t, my ancestors did!

The Structural History of Samlesbury Hall The earliest phase of Samlesbury Hall dates to around 1325, when Gilbert de Southworth (Sir Gilbert de Southworth, Knight, Lord of Southworth, Croft, and Samlesbury, to give him his full title) con…

Today on #Northwestnatureandhistory we visit Lancashire’s Samlesbury Hall
#History #Ribblevalley #Lancashire
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This is a corporate coup, and the British public is paying for the privatisation of the UK.Find out more on my Substack, which focuses explicitly on the duopoly's free zones and free cities rollout.
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I’m glad you’re investigating all of this in such meticulous detail, it’s very hard to grasp the enormity of what this means for Britain’s future, I don’t think anyone else is looking at it either

The Tale of Bob Platt Bob Platt weren’t a temperance fella
in fact he’d a likin’ fer beer.
Bur he ne’er used’t go beyond’t limit
except once or twice durin’t year.

The Tale of Bob Platt
A Lancashire Dialect Poem by Eddy Crotty
#Lancashire #Poetry
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Twenty Questions for Mega-project Developers Last year news was released of a private initiative to build a £100 billion, 45,000 acre city of 400,000 homes in the countryside east of the city of Cambridge. Upon hearing about the proposal, cal…

Just published in time for the Forest City “come and meet us in your local pub” Q&A sessions: Twenty Questions for Mega-project developers
#ForestCity1 #Development #Cambridge #Cambridgeshire #Suffolk
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Birdle 🇬🇧 20/02/2026

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Clitheroe Castle Museum in the early morning sun
#Clitheroe #Ribblevalley #Lancashire