I used to count the number weeks I hadnβt been off the island for when I lived in Menai Bridge! Very fondly remembered.
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I used to count the number weeks I hadnβt been off the island for when I lived in Menai Bridge! Very fondly remembered.
Looking forward to seeing them attempt to cross the tracks at Tallington in future.
π§΅A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
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Map of uk met office rainfall radar tonight
Do any #weather experts know why there are lines with differing rain fall rates through down the @metoffice.gov.uk rain radar? Which is the correct rainfall rate? #stormgoretti
Analysis: UK renewables enjoyed record year in 2025 β but gas power still rose
By @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org and Ho Woo Nam
@carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
Presenting our Festive Ocean Art Advent Calendar!β¨π
Each day, weβll unveil a new artwork - π Keep an eye on the calendarβ¦ your artwork might be opening a window very soon!
Thank you to everyone who entered the Festive Ocean Art Competition.
My photo collage shows four pottery vessels, all a creamy yellow in colour, with black painted decoration depicting underwater sea-life featuring lively stylised octopuses with writhing tentacles (arms), All on display at Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. Top L - Minoan pithoid storage jar decorated in the βMarine Styleβ with wide-eyes octopus, argonauts, rocks, and coral. Rounded top tapering down to a narrower base. Short cyclindrical neck flaring out at the mouth with black wavy decoration reminiscent of waves. Loop handles attached to the shoulders of the body. Height 55 cm. From Zakros. 1500-1450 BC Top R - Minoan flask with a rounded body, short cyclindrical neck which flares at the rim, and two small curved handles attached between the top of the spout and the shoulders of the body. Decorated in βMarine Styleβ which depicts an almost cartoon-like octopus with wide eyes and sucker-lined tentacles which writhe around the vase. Other decorative sea-motifs include sea urchins, seaweed and rocks. Height 27cm. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC Bottom L - alabastron, broad at the base, swelling outwards into a fuller belly before narrowing near the top with a very short cyclindrical neck and a wider flat rimmed mouth. Decorated in βMarine Styleβ with a wide-eyed octopus among rocks. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1370 BC Bottom R - krater with rounded body narrowing at the bottom towards the foot. Wide flaring mouth and rim with black painted wavy decoration, and two sturdy handles attached on each side between the top of the mouth and shoulders of the vessel. Decorated with a central very stylised wide-eyed octopus whose tentacles loop up and down around the body of the pot, 1370-1300 BC
Something lovely to start the week! ππΊβ€οΈ
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum π· by me
#Archaeology
Thankfully here in Lincolnshire, the torrential rain from #stormclaudia seems to be less intense than forecast by the Met Office.
Not so for the west of the country though!
#BBC Radio 4 did not mention Rosalind Franklin at all in its news bulletins on Radio 4 reporting the death of James Watson - just his colleague Francis Crick.
She is mentioned in the longer articles on the BBC News website on his death but not until the bottom half of the webpage.
Poor reporting.
π·οΈ Britainβs craziest creature? Meet Megabunus diadema β a harvestman with eyes on a spiky turret! Not a spider, but part of its own Order: Opiliones.
Learn more in our UK Harvestmen webinar on 5 Feb 2026:
π www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1720584467...
@britishspiders.bsky.social @megabunus.bsky.social
Announcement: 30 new species discovered from expeditions to the Southern Ocean. Read more π
oceancensus.org/press-releas...
@schmidtocean.bsky.social #NewSpecies
All the breaking news in Lincolnshire.
Three fishermen are checking nets strung high above the ground. The tide has gone out. One is on a mule-pulled cart, one is climbing a pole, and a third watches from the ground. Credit: Library and Archives Canada/National Film Board fonds/e011176116.
Doing some research, I just came across this image of shad fishermen checking their nets in the Bay of Fundy. I'm sharing because it's cool. Have a good day.
The beavers are soon going into the Boothby Wildland on the river Glen, not far from this site!
Day 19 - Depths. blood belly comb jelly (Ctenophora), helmet jellyfish (Cnidaria). Animals in the deep sea are some of the most beautiful, particularly the jellies with bodies like abstract portraits that move ethereally in the abyss. Here are two drawings of jellies you can find in the deep sea.
Was this one of the line of tractors that went through Irnham and back this morning?
disks of about 100 different species of brittle stars varying in color and pattern
A stunning assortment of Japanese brittle stars, γ―γ’ γγγ via @Crinoidea_hk #echinoday
It's only a fleet of National Grid drones. www.businessgreen.com/news/4518511...
Itβs a shame there are no groups in Lincolnshire according to their website, my son would love this!
Turns out plastic pollution is another one of those areas where right wing voters are not really in line with their parties' deregulatory and anti-environmental instincts. www.businessgreen.com/news/4517632...
In offshore wind farm oyster reef news... www.businessgreen.com/news/4516609...
Similar result was observed for seagrass restoration in Sweden - crabs ate the seagrass seeds, excluding them improved success of restoration project. Not sure if thatβs a method suitable for a large scale approach though! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Saithe?
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Pyramidal orchid in the dunes at a stunning Theddlethorpe National Nature Reserve today
Not MPA specific at all and doesnβt cover the nuances of different sediment types, but gives a good idea of the uk-wide scale of pressure. Would be interesting to map to MPA boundaries!
Thatβs probably the best dataset Iβm aware ofβ¦
Also not sure if that extent figure takes account the overlaps of the sites with multiple designations?
I guess that UK MPA extent figure includes the massive harbour porpoise SACs that are the only designated feature rather than the seabed habitats? (Same for some of the huge SPAs like Outer Thames and Liverpool Bay) (And unlikely to be any under fishing restrictions?)
Yes the most sensitive red and amber features, seagrass, reefs, sandbanks etc. are already closed, and thatβs a great success story for the IFCAs.
Agree that the complexity of local historic fisheries in places like the Wash and Essex means that a balance needs to be struck in such places.