Insect flight paths, 20 April 2026.

I enjoy watching their flight paths around the garden and it's always interesting (to me, at least) to see the final Pollockettes pattern created.

21 April 1916 Lt Reginald Lucien Ward of 2 Bn York and Lancaster Regiment was killed in action and was buried in Essex Farm Cemetery.

Reginald is also remembered at @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

21 April 1915 2nd Lt John Radley Eddison 1/8 Bn Sherwood Foresters was killed in action and was buried in the Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery

John is also remembered at @pembroke1347.bsky.social
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

21 April 1917 Lt Juan Manuel Aldana of 12 Bn Worcestershire Regiment and was killed in action and was buried in the Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery.

Juan is remembered at @kebleoxford.bsky.social and the memorial window at St. John the Baptist church in Newton, Portcawl #WW1 #HistoryMatters

A great spotted woodpecker clinging to a lichen-covered branch. The woodpecker is mid-peck creating a blur of motion around the birds head.

Please be aware that our website will be down this morning for some planned maintenance work. It should be back to normal by midday for all your usual wildlife browsing.

Great spotted woodpecker © Peter Cairns 2020VISION

As it's "Thank You for Libraries Day", here's Partick Library in 1926.

"The library is the key. That is where the escape tunnel is. All of the knowledge in the world is there. The great brains of the world are at your fingertips." - Billy Connolly

#thankyouforlibrariesday

Urban dog (l) and vixen (r) Fox, by Garden BirdWatcher Peter Allan

It's National Mammal Week!🐾

Red Foxes are on the rise in urban gardens! These adaptable mammals are now found in around 1 in 4 UK gardens.

Did you know GBW also monitors mammals?
Start your list today and help us find out how they are using your gardens.

📸Peter Allen, Garden BirdWatcher

The winderful.uk dashboard showing that wind is generating 9,410 MW. That's enough to power 7,841,667 toasters!

While you were sleeping, #windEnergy reached 44% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk

Miners are back on strike: 'I lost everything last time' The National Coal Mining Museum, which has a display about the Miners’ Strike of 1984, is in dispute with ex-miners who work as guides.

Powerful piece by photojournalist Marc Davenant

Veterans of the 1984 miners’ strike find themselves back on the picket line. @bigissue.com changemaker Marc Davenant visited them for his new exhibition on protest, ‘Rebellion!’
www.bigissue.com/news/activis... @unisonyh.bsky.social

#OtD 21 Apr 1834 30,000 marched for the freedom of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, agricultural workers from the Dorset town of Tolpuddle who were transported to Australia as punishment for their trade unionism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9336...

A white painted cottage in twilight

The delightful C18th Grade II listed cottage on Skokholm at twilight last night.

This was where Ronald Lockley set up the first bird observatory in the 1920s. It has since been immaculately restored by volunteers 👌

Excellent read, many thanks.

Cheers, even more reason to read up on it in the morning : )

Intimate partner homicide has clear warning signs – and is often preventable, research shows Women are at highest risk of being hurt or killed after separating from a potentially violent partner, but interventions such as taking away the former partner’s firearms can protect them.

in other news from the US, dreadful family killings theconversation.com/intimate-par...

Green graphic with portcullis logo and green background. An image of the House of Commons Chamber is overlayed in a green and beige colourway

🔴 Minister for Security, Dan Jarvis MP is making a statement on Recent Antisemitic Attacks.

Watch live ⬇️
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

Pink cherry blossom

Cherry blossom 🌱🌸

#Bloomscrolling #BlueSkyMonday #PinkMon #ColorADay #EastCoastKin

'Boris fights on...'

After reading your first post I was genuinely going to say that it sounded like something that could have come from that programme : )

Bit like me with Citeh : )

Brilliant : )

It's going to be even worse the next time they appoint Peter Mandelson

A handmade felt boston terrier dog head charm by misheleneous attached to a small red handbag

A handmade felt boston terrier dog head brooch pin by misheleneous attached to a pink corduroy jacket lapel

Make #Spring merrier with a Boston Terrier!

Available as felt bag charms, keyrings & brooches treat a dog lover to a unique #Handmade gift this year. Find many more #KennelClub breeds at misheleneous.etsy.com with 10% off

#BostonTerrier #Dogs #Etsy #Gifts #DogsOfBlueSky #Bsnm #Pets #Brooch #Badge

Painting Sacré-Coeur in Montmartre, Paris, 1946.

📸 Edward Clark

Burning trees for energy is not carbon-neutral!

- Burning trees emits more CO2 per unit energy than fossil fuels
- Harvesting trees for energy releases carbon that would otherwise have remained stored in the forest
- It often takes decades for CO2 from burning to be re-absorbed by new tree growth

Used to have a port?!
That's my googling tomorrow morning sorted : )

Microbiome signature of Parkinson’s disease in healthy and genetically at-risk individuals - Nature Medicine Microbiome analysis suggests that gut microbial changes in Parkinson’s disease evolve progressively from healthy individuals to genetically at-risk individuals to clinically affected patients, with th...

We've known the gut-brain axis is a key underpinning of Parkinson's disease. Today, for the 1st time, a gut microbiome signature denoting risk found in healthy individuals with genetic predisposition

nature.com/articles/s41...

📢 Recap: in 2025, public dissatisfaction with the NHS saw its biggest fall in 25 years. But despite the increase, data from the British Social Attitudes survey shows that satisfaction remains historically low.

👉 Read the full report, co-authored with the Nuffield Trust: https://bit.ly/4bHaApt

The winderful.uk dashboard showing that wind is generating 4,984 MW. That's enough to run 4,746,667 washing machines.

Right now #wind is meeting 20% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk

Front door Email from nhsManagers.net What happened to prevention? View as Webpage Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Weather IHSCM Academy of Fab' Stuff nhsManagers.net 23rd Feb

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Health Visitor (HV) funding was transferred to Local Authorities along with Public Health a decade ago

We have lost c 40% of HVs since then

Unwell Babies are being taken to A&E where many are just given needed reassurance

Guess which costs more? 🤦🏼‍♂️

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Ok, the answers are so far what I expected.

Have you ever heard them called glowworms? If not, what is a glowworm to you?