And a large group of jackdaws flying over our house from their roost at dawn and back at dusk. Collective nouns for jackdaws - a clattering, a train, or a band - really descriptive for the sound of them flying over at dawn getting closer and then fading away…
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Here are my two current favourites - they are birds I hear from bed!
I’ve been hearing Canada Geese migrating at night lately, usually around 11pm to midnight
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Still a few places left and concessionary places, first come, first served.
#OnThisDay in 145 C.E., the future Roman emperor Septimius Severus was born. He reigned until 211 C.E., when he died in Eboracum, modern York & was succeeded by his two sons, Caracalla and Geta. This silver denarius shows a bust of the emperor on its obverse, and was minded in 200/201 C.E. CC.538
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An obverse of a Roman minted coin featuring a detailed profile portrait of emperor Pupienus with inscription IMP C M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG
On the 99th day of the year we look to this Roman minted coin for the emperor, Pupienus Maximus (164-238AD), who, with his co-emperor, Balbinus, ruled for just 99 days. They were two of the six men who ruled as emperor of Rome in 238 AD in the politically turbulent Year of the Six Emperors
A bundle of leeks, chunky rhubarb and asparagus on a kitchen worksurface.
A spring harvest! The leeks keep going, yet more rhubarb, and the first asparagus! Looking out some more rhubarb recipes… #allotment
King Charles I ascended the English throne #OTD in 1625. This hoard of 4 shillings dates to c.1628-1641. Many hoards including coins of Charles I were deposited in the early 1640's due to political instability during the English Civil War from 1642 to 1651. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...
I pulled that rhubarb to make space for the rest coming through 😬
A patch of thickly growing rhubarb in an allotment bed. The leaves are huge and triangle shaped - they are growing out low to the ground.
Some rhubarb stalks lying on the grass. They have jagged ends where they have been torn from the rhubarb plants.
Rhubarb season has started! Definitely a crumble this weekend… #allotment
Looking for sth to listen to this lunchtime?
Join me for a quick trot through @lulgalleries.bsky.social coin collection!
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This evening 7pm! #numismatics
Coin talk online 20 March 2025: An Introduction to the Coin Collection at the University of Leeds
The next money and medals coin talk is an introduction to the (rather wonderful) coin collection at the University of Leeds with @lucymoore.bsky.social! Find out more and sign up here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cla...
It'll be my second proper talk as Dr Lucy Moore to boot!
We've got mystery hoards, unique coin types, MEMES & lots more!
My photo shows the so-called ‘Trier Gold Treasure’ in a museum display case. It is a Roman coin hoard made up of some 2,650 gold aurei. The small round gold coins are spread randomly in a dense pile across a light-coloured display case surface. To the upper right of the coin mound is the broken bowl-shaped bottom of the original copper alloy vessel that held the hoard. The metal is coloured green with corrosion. Several gold coins are scattered inside the bowl. In the lower left corner of the display case is another large, irregular fragment of the original container. Museum information label: In 1993, a bronze vessel with 2650 Roman gold coins (aurei) is discovered in Trier. It is the largest Roman gold coin treasure ever found. The Aureus was in the 1st and 2nd Century the standard coin of the Roman gold minting with an average weight of 7.27 g, with a very high fineness of approx. 980/1000. The coins depict 29 different emperors, empresses or relatives of the imperial house. The oldest coins were minted between 63 and 64 AD, the youngest between 193 and 196 AD. The coins were inside the vessel, which was accidentally discovered by an excavator, rolled up in leather bags. The bags were decorated with leather straps and closed enamel seal capsules. The treasure revealed numerous secrets in its scientific processing: it probably did not represent private assets, but a state treasury that was carefully managed and over a longer period of time and enlarged. During a civil war, the gold coins were finally buried in a cellar in 196 AD and then fell into oblivion. Presumably the former administrator of the treasury took his knowledge of the hiding place with him to the grave.
The Trier Gold Hoard!
The largest #Roman gold coin hoard ever found!
More than 2,650 Roman aurei, weighing 18.5 kg, were discovered inside a bronze vessel wrapped in leather bags, during construction work in 1993. The coins date from 63 AD to 196 AD.
Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier 📷 by me
A poster shows a photo of a small brown hedgehog just beneath the blades of a strimmer. Text reads: Strimmer Warning. Every year many hedgehogs are seriously injured or killed by cutting machinery in the garden. Please check grass and hedges before using mowers, strimmers or hedge cutters. A hedgehog's natural defense is to roll into a ball rather than run. Their spines are no match for a strimmer.
Please #sharetomakeaware 💚
I hope everything grows well! 🌱
If it wasn’t pastel could it have been a stray bit of tailor’s chalk?
Congratulations on your new role!
Obverse side of a bronze coloured tetradrachm coin with the bust of Roman Emperor Probus, facing to the right. He crowned with a laurel wreath. Dated to 278 CE.
Reverse side of a bronze coloured tetradrachm coin with a standing eagle facing to the right with wings arrayed.
I have been busy photographing #Roman coins minted in Alexandria, #Egypt in the collection @romtoronto.bsky.social This one of Probus is dated to 278 CE. I like the standing eagle on the reverse. Browse the whole series online here: collections.rom.on.ca/search/910.2...
#MuseumWork #Numismatics
These gold coins were found on the Mary Rose, but they don't contain as much gold as you might think!
Instead, they were debased, or mixed with cheaper metals such as silver and copper, so Henry VIII would have more gold to fund his expensive wars.
For #FindsFriday Scandinavian imitations of Frankish deniers, found at Castricum in Noord-Holland, for a chapter in a book ed. by @ccooijmans.bsky.social. One copies a coin of Louis the Pious, one Lothar I: we know #vikings were settled in this area. Find report at
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Put them in a bowl of hot water (not over the rim of the glass but around) to slightly melt the outside of the wax and pop the wax out when loose. You can then use as glasses or melt wax properly and refill with a new wick
Excellent - we get them occasionally here. I was really hoping for the robin I usually see but not today!
I hope they spot lots of birds!
There’s still time to do the #BigGardenBirdwatch today! Spend an hour with a cup of tea looking out the window…
Here’s my list!
Sparrow: 6
Blue tit: 3
Starling: 2
Magpie: 2
Wood pigeon: 1
Goldfinch: 1
A Robin is perched on a weathered wooden surface, its bright orange-red breast puffed up and beak wide open in full song. The blurred background creates a soft gradient of earthy tones, making the Robin stand out. With its legs firmly planted and feathers fluffed, it looks as if it’s passionately delivering an important message to the world.
"Everybody - wake up! It's the #BigGardenBirdwatch!"
Will you be taking part today? 👀🌳
"Recognising and addressing long-standing issues impacting the lives of inspectors is vital for the success of the new framework introduced by Ofsted." - @fdagensec.bsky.social
The cover of the FDA union report Beyond the Framework: The people behind inspections
Our new research reveals Ofsted’s inspection system is straining the very people who make it work: His Majesty’s Inspectors.
The public value their role, but conditions need urgent reform. Read the full report: www.fda.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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