"Thaw" by Edward Thomas
"Over the land half freckled with snow half-thawed
The speculating rooks at their nests cawed,
And saw from elm-tops, delicate as a flower of grass,
What we below could not see, Winter pass."
"A Rookery In March" by
Eric Fitch Daglish via ArtUK
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Light through arch windows at Cambridge University Library at twilight.
Twilight @theul.bsky.social. 📷 #photography
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A Guardian headline reading “Misery for many as rain falls for 40 days in some parts of UK”, illustrated with a flooded playground (in Chertsey, Surrey) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/10/misery-for-many-as-rain-falls-for-40-days-in-some-parts-of-uk
This is the second image of a flooded playground I’ve seen in the last few days illustrating the impact of heavy rain on our everyday lives
It’s an important reminder that space for children’s play needs to be climate-resilient too - and indeed that playspace can mitigate extreme weather.
Age verification? I watched the raising of the Mary Rose on the big tv in the school hall!
Absolutely gobsmacked. One of the most amazing birding sights I’ve seen in Northumberland - here’s some of the 30 Cranes (up to 38 were reported by others) that spent the afternoon in a field next to the A1 just north of Alnwick. #NEbirding #UKbirding #birds
Beautiful and much needed in these dark days …
Hazel catkins
Snowdrops
Alder catkins.
First snowdrops of the year and more catkins; alder as well as hazel now … #wildflowerhour
Snow covered banks, trees and sunset reflected in the stream.
The sun sets behind a hazel tree covered in catkins standing in the snow.
Hazel catkins braving the snows #12DaysWild #wildflowerhour
Wintery images (1) snowy tree tunnel; (2) sunlight coming through brown snow covered leaves; (3) snow-covered dried hogweed flower
Day 10 #12dayswild and I couldn't not wrap up warm and go for a wander around in the newly fallen snow❄️
Nature was in her element- everything was elegantly dressed in white, from the trees to a dried-out hogweed flower. The sun and blue sky lit everything up - gorgeous!
A child being pulled on a sled in the snow
“When it snows, children take over the city: they sleigh, throw snowballs, make snowmen and are more visible than ever. But what a city needs for its children has to be more durable than snow.” (Aldo van Eyck)
Miss Havisham’s veil
the rain that never reached us
falling on far fields
A dry stone wall running along a country lane to a house in the distance, with trees either side of the photograph. Water is in a field and a low winter sun in the pale grey blue sky.
Northern light.
Sleigh your winter days with nature!
✨ Wish upon frosty stars
🧶 Craft something nature-inspired
🥾 Take a crisp winter wander
🦊 Spot wildlife in their wintery homes
These are just a few ways to make the most of #12DaysWild
Sign up here 👉 durhamwt.com/12-days-wild-2025
The RSPB invited the British public to vote on this year’s Bird of the Year. Guess which bird won with 81% of the vote? A bird who needs the prize to be swift bricks! Oh yes, the swift won. Email your MP now about swifts. We need to pull together for Britain’s most popular bird
… the kingdom of the prickly poets …
Mistletoe growing wild.
Not really a flower but the first time I’ve seen mistletoe in the wild #wildflowerhour #Gibside
Rustic pick your own apple stand in the walled garden.
Vivid orange calendulas.
Vivid red apples among lichened branches.
Golden apples above a stone bench.
Exploring the traditional #apples in the walled garden #Gibside
Arched window with view of autumnal trees.
Arch windows in the ruins of the orangery with views across the valley.
Beech wood in autumn.
Vivid autumn leaves against a woodland backdrop.
Admiring the autumn leaves #Gibside
Hellllllloooo? Are you there? Please help birds by sharing this if you also want to ensure swifts & other urban birds have homes alongside us. People power works but only if we work together. SAVE OUR SWIFTS.
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#drizzle
day-long drizzle
cannot douse the fire
of October leaves
A raven
OS map show Ramsdean, just outside Findon in West Sussex.
Bird of the place-name 93: RAMSDEAN (WSsx). OE hramn + denu. ‘The raven’s valley.’ Close to where I grew up, just outside Worthing. Near a Roman site and Iron Age Cissbury. Mentioned in a 10th charter. #birdsandplace #naturewriting
An actual North Tyneside back lane with glorious skies -
Swans heading south
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Saw my first small copper this summer and wow, aren’t they zippy!!! Amazed you got one to pose for such a lovely picture.
Amazing colours - love the structure of the teasel heads.
Teasel seedheads silhouetted against a pretty sunset
Teasel seedheads #seedheads #wildflowerhour #Yorkshire #sunset
The trees in Northumberland are already hinting at changing colours- to rust, ochre, orange.
Even the most familiar places seem, mysterious and magical when transformed by Nature's "paintbrush"...
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