Scarista, Isle of Harris

If you want kids to be able to cycle to school, give them safe, protected cycle tracks - and somewhere secure to park when they arrive.

This is what that looks like in practice.

Moon in between the camera and the Earth, dark side visible.

Wow.

“NASA's EPIC camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth. This view shows the fully illuminated ‘dark side’ of the moon never visible from Earth.” www.planetary.org/space-images...

A fungus photo a day: Lichenomphalia lichen, taken yesterday. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

Last week, I encountered THE biggest wild native Irish tree of my life: the Brian Boru Oak, once part of Galway and Clare's mighty Slieve Aughty rainforest.

(Zoom in to see Sonia of the Woodland League for scale.)

Can you even imagine when this sort of magnificence was nothing special?

New Leaves, Hertfordshire 2026.

#photography
#monochrome
#blackandwhite
#bnw

A black and white photograph of the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory, Northumberland. Three consecutive arches lead towards a large window at the far end. A very dull grey sky can be seen. Raindrops can bee seen against the stone work.

There’s something very fitting about visiting ruins on a grey, rainy day on a UK bank holiday.

Lindisfarne did not disappoint.

#b&w
#photography
#blackandwhitephitography
#Lindisfarne
#Northumberland

Is it really an Easter DIY project if you didn’t bleed on it? Asking for a friend. 🫣

Cartoon of someone cycling on a narrow pavement on which the council have generously painted a cycle lane logo. They're really spoiling us. The cyclist is not short of exciting obstacles to navigate, what fun: potholes, brambles, a car parked on the pavement, broken glass, and the pole of a sign that reads Please use the cycle path

Please use the cycle path: a wry cartoon by @davewalker.bsky.social

A female cycling friend pointed this out to me about our our main cycle routes into and around our town a few years ago. It really opened my eyes to male centric design choices and their impact on others.

Morning Sky, Oxfordshire 2026.

I’ve only gone and taken off my cardigan and opened the back door!

And why is the sky that deep shade if blue!

#springtime
#birdsong
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I’m not saying I’ve been avoiding the bottom of the laundry basket…but i just found some Christmas socks there! 🫣

A male mallard duck with grey and brown body, dark green head, white neck ring, and yellow bill has its wings straight up, partially obscuring his bright green head, as it lands behind a softly out of focus ridge of white snow that is artfully obscuring the bottom portion of the image.

I kinda like this shot of a Mallard drake touching down on a frozen pond behind an out of focus snow-covered ridge in the foreground.

Saint John, #NewBrunswick, Canada
February 2026

📸 #birds #duck #MALL #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

For #Sharemondays2026 this week- a singing siskin.

#photography #birds #siskin #Nikon #OPOTY #PhotoRippin

Those of us working in primary education elect World Book Day as the one day a year when active travel to work feels like a brave choice!

Traces of Spring, Hertfordshire 2026.

#photography
#monochrome
#blackandwhite
#bnw

Above the Mist by Christopher Harrison Brightwell Barrow, Oxfordshire, England

The long shadow by Christopher Harrison Brightwell Barrow, Oxfordshire, England

I captured these one year ago today on the 1st March 2025. One of my most memorable mornings out in nature, where the conditions and light combined into the most spectacular photographs. It still feels like yesterday.

Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through The Night) YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

For St David’s Day, Ciaran Jenkins of Channel 4 News and I play the Welsh song Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through The Night). #StDavidsDay

Northumberland Coast gets £227k funding to battle light pollution Some money will be used for tilted benches on the Northumberland coast for a better night-sky view.

'Funding will help future generations stargaze.' 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Beautifully shaped ripples on the crest of a coastal dune in Namibia catch the last light of day, while wind blown sand further down glows golden as it is lifted into the light.

#photography #nature #bluesky #naturephotography #art #landscapephotography #landscape #sunset

How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change

"As his post goes on, his language gets older. 100 years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words" Fascinating. So how far back in time can YOU go?

The little spalted tamarind bowl I finished earlier. I wanted to make something that felt good to hold, and the shape of this is definitely very tactile. Needed to stabilise some slightly punky parts of the blank, but I’m pretty pleased with it. #woodturning #woodworking #woodsky #turning

Wheels for All and The Bikeability Trust launch SEND inclusive cycling pilot New national pilot to expand inclusive Bikeability for SEND pupils.

We’re launching a new SEND pilot with Wheels for All to expand inclusive Bikeability 🚲

✔ Adapted cycles
✔ 50 trained instructors
✔ SEND schools as mini hubs
✔ Evidence to shape national guidance

We want cycle training to be accessible to every child.

Thank you so much for 60K followers! I am most thankful for all the kindness, support & amazing art here on #bluesky ! In celebration, I'm sharing an unforgettable sunrise in Canada's Thousand Islands region!

#photography #landscape #nature #mountains #naturephotography #landscapephotography

I laughed at this far more than i should!

beautiful pink guara flower on a slender stalk, buds at the tip of the stalk. A soft background of gray-blue

Pink Gaura - Oenothera lindheimeri

#MacroMonday #MinimalMonday #Bloomscrolling #flowers #flowerpower #ThePhotoHour #WestCoastKin #UnJourUnePhoto #fineartphotgraphy #macro #macrophotography #close-up #photography #NatureArt #nikon

We should insist all car drivers wear this uniform because StormTroopers never hit anything!

Daily dose of green ... from my "dreamcatcher" series
#photography #nature #trees #canada #landscape #fujifilm #forest #rainforest #vancouver #spiderweb #dreams

Dumgoyne in low light, edited in mono as I thought it would create a compelling image and my choice was confirmed when the British Photographers Alliance awarded the image Gold standard on 5/2/26

I'm absolutely delighted to reveal my 10th overall Gold award image that was issued yesterday by the British Photographers Alliance. I'm particularly pleased with this as it is my first ever mono edited Gold image. Dumgoyne in low light

#throughmyeyes #goldaward #landscape #mono #scotland #nikonzf