Drifts of bluebells in a wood in Glencomeragh, County Waterford

Bluebells in a hazel wood in the Burren

An oystercatcher perched on a rock surrounded by bluebells on the Great Saltee Island

Bluebells in a historic graveyard on the island of Inishmurray

It's a lovely time of year to go exploring some of Ireland's old woodlands to discover carpets of beautiful bluebells.

Do you have a favourite place for a Spring walk in Ireland?

#Ireland #SpéirGhorm

A screen shot of the webpage showing information relating to this talk. There is a photo of brightly coloured mineral samples on a black background. The text reads ‘mineral and Earth pigments in art and architecture - public lecture, 21 July 2016, 18.00-19.00, virtual and Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BG’.

I’ll be giving a public lecture on mineral pigments in art @geolsoc.bsky.social on the evening of 21st July. You can attend in person or watch online. Registration details in the link below
www.geolsoc.org.uk/events/miner...

Lilies of the Valley, violets and forget me nots, ferns, small butterfly. Painting.

Lilies of the Valley, Albert Durer Lucas, 1888.

Pullover!

An arc of air acrobats
#SuperSeabirdSunday #Sundayvibes

Yes, indeed. I think it a myth that all axes were used for chopping tough stuff like wood or bone. It may have been used for ritual/ceremonial but still used as an axe in some way. It's actual purpose is uncertain.

🪨🪓✨ It’s got axe factor! A Bronze Age 85x60mm axe made from mudstone created around pyrite inclusions. The chopping edge has use wear so it was actually used not just decorative/ceremonial.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology #BronzeAge #Lithics #Prehistory

Oh, I'll have to try that next time.

Stunning country park with a beach and tearoom is perfect for a spring walk This lesser-known treasure offers sweeping views, a peaceful beach, tearoom and scenic walking routes through the country park

🏖️🏞️It's true Thurstaston is beautiful and Benty Tearooms is excellent ☕🫖🧋🍰🥪😌😊 manchestereveningnews.co.uk/trips-and-br...
#Thurstaston #Wirral #outdoors #beauty #nature #coast #countryside

🏹🪨Two identical elongate triangular arrowheads 30mm in length. Left, made from copper alloy metal and right, from grey quartzite. Dating to Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic c.2,500-2,200 BC. From 2 different localities in Wirral
#FindsFriday #Archaeology #Neolithic #Chalcolithic #Wirral

It's a beautiful place, perfect for weather watching.

🤩⛰️The amazing panoramic view from the top of Burton Point, on the South Western corner of the Wirral Peninsula, across the River Dee to Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
#HillFortsWednesday #IronAge

Rehabilitation of the Dandelion!
No other plant in the Netherlands attracts as many bee species: 107. In early spring, when nothing else is blooming, it is simply there. Meadow bird chicks that have just hatched depend on the insects that are drawn to dandelions. No dandelion, no insect, no chick.

🥳Celebrating #WorldArtDay with some of the artworks from Prehistory found on Wirral. Art has been fundamental to humans since the Palaeolithic through to the present 🪨🎨🖌️ prehistoricwirral.com/prehistoric-...
#Art #Sculpture #Prehistory #Neolithic #Mesolithic #Palaeolithc #Artistry #Wirral

The prehistoric artist’s toolkit: hollow bird bones used as airbrushes. Artists blew powdered ochre through them to spray pigment around their hands, leaving negative hand stencils — a common technique in cave art.
#PrehistoricArt #CaveArt #RockArt #Archaeology #Paleolithic #AncientArt

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is my contribution the nice differences between Razorbill and Guillemot #SuperSeabirdSunday

Solitary Oystercatcher looking for breakfast on Wirral shore
#SuperSeabirdSunday #Sundayvibes #Wirral

Please join us next Thursday, 16th April at 15:00 - 16:00 BST, for our next talk of the semester, given by Dr Amy Clark, Harvard University.

If you'd like to attend, please register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7aeafe...

More details below 👇

We hope to see you there!

An unlikely clustering of animals and flora on open grazing so that the picture could be used as an identification guide on the opposite page.

"Life in the Meadow"
Shell Guide to Wildlife (1959)
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton

A modern find & poignant reminder. A well worn George V halfpenny minted in 1912, the year of the Titanic #onthisday the ship departed on it’s fateful maiden voyage. The White Star Line’s HQ building still stands on The Strand in Liverpool.
#FindsFriday #Titanic #martimehistory

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#wallsonwednesday #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #Ancientwoodland #beauty #nature #outdoors

⛰️😊The beauty of nature in the Lake District, as seen for thousands of years #Cumbria #beauty #nature #outdoors

🪨It’s traditional to bring some rock back from holiday with the name of the place running through it…2 chance finds from #Cumbria Made from grey-green siltstone: a Mesolithic crested blade 65x26mm & a large Neolithic arrowhead/projectile point 45x35mm #Archaeology #Prehistory

🪨A clear Chalcolithic/Copper Age 2,500-2,200 BC is appearing in Wirral. Further artefacts & information will be added as research progresses. It was an Age of the first metal, new pottery & art and new customs & rituals prehistoricwirral.com/chalcolithic...
#Archaeology #Chalcolithic #Wirral

🪨This is the same flint flake blade/knife held against the light showing how translucent it is. Also highlighting the inclusions within it. #Archaeology #Lithics #Flint #Prehistory

A dark stone-lined passage way of a Neolithic tomb

With humans now pushing beyond earth orbit in #ArtemisII it's worth looking back 5000 years to another extraordinary celestial endeavour

The megalithic builders of Bryn Celli Ddu passage grave on Ynys Môn/Anglesey carefully aligned the entrance with the rising summer solstice sun ☀️

📷 My own, 2024

🪨A Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age c.2,500-1,600 BC dark brown translucent flint flake plano-convex blade/knife 61x31mm. Dorsal side has small amount of cortex at distal end, ventral surface pronounced blub of percussion at proximal end. #FindsFriday #FlintFriday #Archaeology

Chauvet: Humanity's First Great Masterpiece Documentary that follows a 30-year archaeological, geological and artistic adventure as scientists endeavour to understand and conserve the extraordinary art of the Chauvet cave.

🪨📺On BBC iPlayer for the rest of the year Chauvet:Humanity's First Great Masterpiece 🎨🪨 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
#Prehistoric #Art #France #Archaeology #Geology

Top notch pointing in that first photo! Something exciting...

So funny! 😆