Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialPaul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#MolluscMonday Section of a fossil gastropod shell in a Bordeaux street paving stone. I believe this to be an acteonellid of Cretaceous age but would welcome feedback. 1318
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It’s far too early to speculate what’s going on down there, but it’s obviously posh kids, a dog, and lashings of ginger beer. 1938759
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose. 1344044791
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialBrigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026For the last few years a lone male Tawny Owl has been calling in the woods across the road, but right now there are two males… AND a female!!! Made my year! 🦉🦉🦉 1211511
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialErica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Researching old Entomology books for an upcoming talk in the @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social From 1823, a series of pamphlets (all together here) by Christian F Vogels ‘Schmetterlings-Cabinet für Kinder’ or Butterflies for children was published. 200 years old & still wow @royentsoc.bsky.social 1555
david-nicholson.bsky.social @david-nicholson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I #FoundThatLizard quite quickly this time but I think I just got lucky where I happened to zoom in! 110
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Hoping for clear skies later so we can add a new #SolarEclipse photo to our collection. Like this one that Tom Kent took 114 years ago of a solar eclipse over Kirkwall #Orkney in April 1912. Taken 2 days after the sinking of the Titanic. Archives are amazing. ❤️ 746299
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Not as good though is it 426916
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialJuliet Turner @juliet-turner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Eclipse in the sun glare over Oxford 🌙 1707
david-nicholson.bsky.social @david-nicholson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Alas, Scotland is delivering in typical fashion. 000
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialFelicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Now, children, witness the MAJESTY OF THE HEAVENS 810614
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"Don't stay on twitter so long you stop believing in sunscreen" sounds like an idiom people 200 years in the future will be using but won't remember what it means 3156891043
david-nicholson.bsky.social @david-nicholson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Cockroaches getting some positive attention in the Guardian. Love to see it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comThe ‘Cockroach Lord’ who names new species after Tolkien and Pokémon charactersCristian Lucañas has discovered multiple species of cockroach in the Philippines, and believes there’s far more to the much-maligned insect than meets the eye 000
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialMs T 🐘💙🎵📚 @elephantlass.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Tuesday 3817664689
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialPaul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Welcoming Musango matusadonaensis, a new sauropodomorph dino from the Late Triassic of Zimbabwe found by our team back in 2018. Read about it for free here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... and have a look at this lovely reconstruction by @markwitton.bsky.social (1/2) 37423
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialPaul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026#MolluscMonday Section of a high-spired gastropod fossil in a paving stone adjacent to the National Theatre, London. #PavementGeology 24511
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialFelicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Yes 3657
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialPaul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 20/07/2026#MolluscMonday Small (<2 cm) glycymerid bivalve shell with characteristic taxodont dentition. Photographed on a building stone (almost certainly Oligocene Calcaire à astéries) in St Émilion, the famous centre for Bordeaux wine. 0297
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialDonna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Carrot & Clover. #wildflowerhour 111214
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialEmma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Forget pervert glasses - what about smart plugs? Me on domestic abusers taking over home devices as.ft.com/r/8f4ab2f1-4... How smart tech is being weaponised in the home 15255133
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialJeremy Lockwood @valdosaurus.bsky.social · 17/07/2026For #FossilFriday a rare shark’s head in lagoonal sediments from the earliest Aptian of the #IsleofWight. About 30 cms across. A row of teeth can be seen across the lower jaw. On display at #DinosaurIsleMuseum. 44714
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialPaul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 17/07/2026#FossilFriday Field photograph of a belemnite, partly wrapped in seaweed, eroding out of Lower Jurassic rocks on the Yorkshire coast. A human finger points to this ‘witch’s finger’, one of the multitude of folklore names coined for belemnites. 26013
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialFelicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 14/07/2026My son just told me is favourite sentence is: “I didn’t say we should kill him” because if you emphasise each different word it changes the entire meaning 652042406
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialDavid Roche @papaybirder.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Orkneys first Blue cheeked Bee eater, first found by Paul and Jakey around Clestrain whilst out on the quadbike. A nervous wait, but relieved to find it again around around Hundland where still present this evening #BirdingOrkney #RareBirdsUK 922022
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialRichard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 13/07/202623 month research associate job now available with our team to work on Middle Jurassic mammals from Scotland. Requires strong experience with segmentation of CT data but does not require a PhD. Deadline for applications is 26th July. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comResearch Associate (Leverhulme) - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 105138 - Grade 6This is a Research Associate position to assist in palaeobiological research conducted as part of the project “New Insights Into Early Mammal Evolution From Exceptional Scottish Fossils” funded by the... 12030
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialDonna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Bog pimpernel in wet meadow. #wildflowerhour 1638
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialAll Kinds Of Nope @woozleweasels.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Seen in an old cookbook, a recipe that resonates with me today. 2776261986
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialSouthern Minnesota Museum of Natural History @smmnh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026This fossil is of a lobed-finned fish named Osteolepsis macrolepidotus and was found in Scotland. The Devonian Period (named after fossils first found in Devon, England), is known as "The age of fishes" and was fish transformed into three major groups: lobe-finned, ray-finned, and sharks. 0276
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialMineralogical Society of America @mineralsocamerica.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Thin Section Thursday! Image & caption: Nicole Mueller, UG student at James Madison University. Dhofar 287 is a lunar mare basalt meteorite. Note orthopyroxene (white crystals) and plagioclase (dark crystals) and clinopyroxene (the bright crystals). #thinsectionthursday #lunarmeteorite 0177
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialRichard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 08/07/2026We will have a 23 month research associate role opening to support our work on mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. Open to candidates with substantial CT-segmentation experience with Masters or PhD qualifications. Advert should be out next week - will post soon but do get in touch if of interest. 03945
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialPaul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 06/07/2026www.bbc.com/travel/artic...bbc.comWalk the Scottish coast that changed scienceA new trail on Scotland's east coast takes travellers into Earth's ancient past, where scientists proved the planet was vastly older than anyone had imagined. 181
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialPaul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 06/07/2026While Spain and Portugal battle it out in the football World Cup, the Iberian contest of the rudist limestones pits a red Ezcaray pavement in Spain against the floor of Porto railway station in Portugal. 0164
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialCharmouth Heritage Coast Centre @charmouthhcc.bsky.social · 03/07/2026It's another stunning 2026 find for July's Fossil of the Month! Tony Gill found this rock showing a hint of ammonite back in January. Some expert prep work from Kayleigh Gill has revealed this stunning, rare ammonite, an ancestor to the ones found up in Yorkshire! #FossilFriday 392446299
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialNatural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Just a moment of appreciation for our Minerals gallery! 😍💎 From sparkling gems to striking minerals from around the world, there’s so much to explore! Did you know that the specimens are displayed in original 19th century oak cabinets? 17912
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Just been out for an early run here in Hannover. 25C at 7am but the reason I could go out is the shade - lots of trees here in lovely long avenues. The UK is going to need much more of this. And trees take time to grow, so we’d better start now! 1629160
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialDonna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 24/06/2026More from the old meadows, Wood tiger moth, Painted ladies, & Marsh fritillaries. 0707
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialNorth Ages @northages.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Hydration break. 📸NMS 10533120
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialCleo Davies @cleodavies.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Reminds me of this one from Pompei 0213
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialDr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 22/06/2026A #Roman mosaic octopus, found in a villa at Villaquejida (Spain) - laid some 1800-1900 years ago, but still looking fabulous today #MosaicMonday #AncientBlueSky 342563383
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialCharmouth Heritage Coast Centre @charmouthhcc.bsky.social · 19/06/202611 year old Emily found this fossil fish at Charmouth. Emily took it to Steve Etches, who after careful examination identified it as a fish! It would've been swimming in the Jurassic seas alongside ammonites and ichthyosaurs #fossilfriday 1429
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 19/06/2026This is an embarrassing image for the UK. A self-respecting British fox should be dragging Binface's contents out over the stage 683416613
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026The next visitors to the Emerald City. 1322438
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialPaul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 19/06/2026#FossilFriday The iconic Triassic crinoid Encrinus liliformis. This example from Braunschweig, Germany is on display in the Palaeontological Museum in Oslo. 59017
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026commisserations to both the accounts affected by this. 1370269
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialJuliet Turner @juliet-turner.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Here are three different types of beetle I saw this week! 1. Thick-legged Flower Beetles (Oedemera nobilis) 2. The Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis) 3. The Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle (Pseudovadonia livida) 🌼 0757
david-nicholson.bsky.social @david-nicholson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Did some riverfly sampling training in Eyemouth today with @riverflies.bsky.social Good fun and looking forward to setting up a new regular monitoring site near my home. 031
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialLucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 12/06/2026Makerfield or bust: Burnham goes for broke Political Fix has been on location this week, talking to voters and hearing from candidates Here's our take, from a local pub, on this potentially seismic contest w/ @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social & @pickardje.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...podcasts.apple.comMakerfield or bust: Burnham goes for brokePodcast Episode · Political Fix · 12 June · 45min 2142
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialBrigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 12/06/2026After years trying (& failing) to photograph Springtails, I can't believe TWO of these minuscule invertebrates photobombed the pic I took of a Tormentil flower earlier this week. I only noticed them after downloading the image to my laptop. Aren't they ADORABLE?! Look @ed-phillips.bsky.social! 1411
Reposted by @david-nicholson.bsky.socialKate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Wildflowers to wish you a happy Friday from here in lovely Cambridgeshire 💕 1557
