Reposted by Hannah BoothAlison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The nurdles on our Tyneside coast are back with a vengeance today, both depressing in and of itself but also a clear indication of what will happen periodically over the coming months and years and tides and winds bring some of the many millions of plastic pellets still swirling around in our seas. 22920
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 19hAs September comes to a close and autumn takes gentle hold it's time for the latest North Sea dispatches. This round takes in the regal, the forbidden and the unexpected. All testament to just how much the North Sea still matters.northseanexus.substack.comRoyal yachts, a coveted Rembrandt and drama under the mudflatsNorth Sea Dispatches #12 0134
Reposted by Hannah BoothDr Beccy Scott @beccyscottuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It always slightly frustrates me that I can never find a comprehensive, georeferenced map showing the toponymy of seabed features, but this snippet from the BGS memoir captures some of the best ones north-east of Norfolk. webapps.bgs.ac.uk/memoirs/docs... (Figure 121, Cameron et al. 1992) 481
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Nice story from the other coastbbc.comLost oyster beds rediscovered thanks to Gaelic and Scots languageScientists searched for the inclusion of the Gaelic and Scots words for oyster or oysters in place-names around Scotland's coast. 0268
Reposted by Hannah BoothRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026In Skagen (Denmark) Peder Severin Krøyer focused on the landscape, local life, and community festivities. He was also captivated by the ‘blue hour’ and the effects of moonlight on Skagen beach or as here (1885) from the moors just north of the then village. 012318
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026From my recent trip to the edge of a former sea here in the Netherlandsnorthseanexus.substack.comBetween the damnsA journey to the edge of a former sea 020
Reposted by Hannah Boothednl🇪🇺 @ee1.nl · 12/09/2026I visited the Haringvliet Dam & Sluices today, built between 1958 and 1970 after the disastrous North Sea Flood of 1953. 70% of all Rhine and Meuse water flows into the sea here. 2102
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Latest piece from me: some thoughts on my recent trip to the edge of a former seanorthseanexus.substack.comBetween the damnsA journey to the edge of a former sea 1176
Reposted by Hannah BoothVincenzo DM @vincenzodm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Remarkable: due to the fires in the High Fens in Belgium, a road, probably built between the late 6th c. and early 8th c., that connected Liège with Aachen has resurfaced. Photo: HBVL 311922
Reposted by Hannah BoothSimon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Hartlepool Headland with Hartlepool town centre beyond. 'One of those unforgettable places,' thought Pevsner, 'a finger of land surrounded on three sides by the sea, with buildings magnificent and drab.' 2251
Reposted by Hannah BoothDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Preserved as a working steam vessel, Lydia Eva is one of the finest smelling museums I've ever visited, with the intoxicating mixture of oil, smoke, wood and sea permeating the whole ship. 21176
Reposted by Hannah BoothBritish Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · 28/08/2026Scientists have found evidence of a long-hidden link between an ancient buried ash layer in Scandinavia and a concealed supervolcano in eastern England, changing our understanding of England’s geological past. 🌋 www.bgs.ac.uk/news/secrets... 1194
Reposted by Hannah BoothAlison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A nurdle update from one of the community volunteers on North Shields Fish Quay beach this morning. As the volunteer explains, this is 50 days after the nurdle spill, when the Wind Orca collided with container ship BG Orange in the Port of Tyne, spilling at least 17 tonnes of plastic pellets. 1168
Reposted by Hannah BoothHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 07/09/2026On this day 7th Sept 1838 Grace Darling and her father rescued sailors from from the shipwrecked Forfarshire Artist: John Berry 18730140
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026North to Enkhuizen today, and a strange wander along the shore of the former Zuiderzee — now sealed off from the North Sea for nearly a century. A fresh breeze and a distinct lack of saltiness to the air! 0190
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"Northumberland is a rough county; that is its great attraction." — Pevsner, 1957 0120
Reposted by Hannah BoothJohn Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 30/08/202629 July 2026: wildfire swept from @RSPBMinsmere into Dunwich Heath. Around 370 acres (150ha) of heath/woodland were affected, including c.30ha of Minsmere heath. Firefighting continued for 23 days, ending 21 Aug. The RSPB has launched a restoration appeal. @rspbengland.bsky.social #Suffolk #Aerial 0101
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It's the end of the month again, and time for the latest North Sea Dispatches. As a long, hot summer comes to an end, this round takes in the dramatic, the cinematic and a stunning return. All testament to just how much the North Sea still matters.northseanexus.substack.comYorkshire tuna, rebel monks and Hollywood on the Moray FirthNorth Sea Dispatches #11 042
Reposted by Hannah BoothAlison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 28/08/2026An evening nurdling, weeks after the spill, still thousands and thousands on the Fish Quay beach each day. Lots of folk, of all ages, spending a few hours with home- and community-made kit (one woman with a teaspoon on the end of a pole, to save her bending). And the beautiful mouth of the Tyne. 2174
Reposted by Hannah BoothLaine Thompson @marlinhoister.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Two of my favourite railway posters advertising the Yorkshire Coastline and the free Alice in Holidayland booklet . 1162
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Crikey — the River Waal at Nijmegen earlier this month compared to August 2025: eu-space.europa.eu/components/e... (European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery) 0134
Reposted by Hannah BoothDr Kathryn Ferry @seasideferry.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Have you voted in this year's #bucketandspadelist yet? The list is always a quirky mixture of places and attractions nominated by the public and compiled by @seasidenetwork.bsky.social Voting is a great way to support some of our lesser-known seaside treasures seasideheritage.org.uk/bucket-spade... 2106
Reposted by Hannah BoothJohn Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The River Yare once reached the North Sea around 5 miles further south. Today's harbour entrance exists because over 400 years ago, our ancestors redirected the river to the sea. The first attempt was in 1346 and the current 'Seventh Haven' was established in 1613. #Gorleston 1225
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026From this week’s piece on old pilot books, and what it means to know a place:northseanexus.substack.comWhat it means to know a placeA journey through old pilot books of the North Sea 061
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This week's piece from me — on a journey through old pilot books of the North Sea and what it means to know a placenorthseanexus.substack.comWhat it means to know a placeA journey through old pilot books of the North Sea 083
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026North Sea Friday Folk #15 — lives shaped by the shallow sea on our doorstep Today’s the turn of Margaret, Maid of Norway (1281-90) who became heir presumptive to the Scottish crown age 3, when her grandfather Alexander III died in a freak accident on the Fife coast. 📷 Colin Smith (CC BY-SA 2.0) 1101
Reposted by Hannah BoothNL Times @nltimes.nl · 20/08/2026dlvr.itNorth Sea reaches warmest temperature ever recorded in Dutch watersThe North Sea reached a record-high average temperature of 21.5 degrees over the weekend, according to the KNMI. Records dating back to 1984 show that the water has never been this warm. 011
Reposted by Hannah BoothLaine Thompson @marlinhoister.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Lone oystercatcher wandering a tideline bringing in a layer of coal dust. Between late 1800s-1993, an estimated 100 million tonnes of spoil was tipped onto beaches & into the sea creating the infamous 'Black Beaches of Durham'- a landscape film location used for Alien3 and climax of Get Carter. 1121
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Agathe Lasch (1879-1942), first female professor at the University of Hamburg & also trailblazer in the field of Middle Low German linguistics. Her Middle Low German Grammar remains a standard reference work & was a daily go-to for me in a previous life. Always a sobering date, the 18th of August. 041
Reposted by Hannah BoothDaniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026If you were living in Europe in the 1580s and 90s, you would likely have heard a few herring prophecies from Norway. Fishes with words about evil, fighting knights symbolizing the Ottoman conflicts of the Habsburg monarchy etc. appeared, and they all predicted something about the state of the world. 924886
Reposted by Hannah BoothHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The 1783 Great Meteor was a massive, brilliant fireball procession witnessed across the British Isles and Western Europe on 18th August 1783. Travelling a path from the North Sea across eastern Scotland and England and and the English Channel, the spectacular meteor broke up over 1405
Reposted by Hannah BoothBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Winner of the Whitley Bay sandcastle competition, 19th August 1908. 1715725
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026North Sea Friday Folk #14 — lives shaped by the shallow sea on our doorstep Today’s the turn of Margaret of Scotland (1261-83), eldest child of Alexander III of Scotland. On 15th August 1281 she sailed into Bergen to marry King Erik II and be crowned Queen of Norway. 📍Approaches to Bergen (UKHO) 2124
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Some thoughts ahead of tonight’s solar eclipse:northseanexus.substack.comReasons to look upOn watching sky over sea 050
Reposted by Hannah BoothUHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Eleven funded PhD projects are now available as part of the North Sea Heritage in Transitions (NHT), which launched last month.archaeologyorkney.comTwo Orkney-led PhDs available as part of North Sea Heritage projectEleven funded PhD projects are now available as part of the North Sea Heritage in Transitions (NHT), which launched last month. 07666
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Latest piece from me — on the many reasons to look up as we head into a bumper week for watchers of the skiesnorthseanexus.substack.comReasons to look upOn watching sky over sea 1123
Reposted by Hannah BoothHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The Guardian once described the Holderness coast as 'where Britain runs out. The land descends from the Wolds, a great, elegantly curved coastal line that shrivels into the impossible thread of land at Spurn Head.' 4623
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 07/08/2026North Sea Friday Folk #13 — lives shaped by the shallow sea on our doorstep Today’s the turn of painter Adam Willaerts (1577-1664), known for his seascapes. Although associated with Utrecht, Adam was in fact born in London to a Protestant family, who had fled the Southern Netherlands like so many. 1143
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026North Sea Friday Folk #12 — lives shaped by the shallow sea on our doorstep Today’s the turn of geologist & palaeobotanist Clement Reid (1853-1916), one of the first to postulate a drowned land bridge across the southern North Sea 📷 Clement Reid (National Portrait Gallery, London: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) 192
Reposted by Hannah BoothHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 28/07/2026As I wrote earlier Saturday is Lammas Day when traditionally the harvest would have started. The end of July/start of August would also have marked the the start of another harvest in Yorkshire, the herring season at Scarborough. As the fish moved further south the 2498
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 26/07/2026This week's piece from me, on harbour views at the height of the North Sea herring fisherynorthseanexus.substack.comThose strange forests of spindly mastsHarbour views at the height of the North Sea herring fishery 2329
Reposted by Hannah BoothHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 26/07/2026🧵3 posts. The Dutch River is a man-made waterway in the East Riding of Yorkshire. In the 1620s, King Charles I commissioned Dutch civil engineer Cornelius Vermuyden to drain the Hatfield Chase marshes and divert the River Don directly into the River Ouse. The artificial cut, completed around 1628 1647
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 24/07/2026North Sea Friday Folk #11 — lives shaped by the shallow sea on our doorstep Today’s the turn of Dolly Peel (1782-1857), legendary fishwife of South Shields A smuggler of brandy & tobacco, she also fiercely resisted the press gang, scuppering their efforts to seize local men 📷 jim field, CC BY 3.0 3205
Reposted by Hannah BoothHannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026"Now, here's a new term for you: pod-casting. At the moment it's something enjoyed by a small but rapidly growing group of internet enthusiasts..." Throwback to 2004 and this feature on The Culture Show. It'll never catch on...youtube.com2004: What is Podcasting? | The Culture Show | BBC ArchiveYouTube video by BBC Archive 151
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026"Now, here's a new term for you: pod-casting. At the moment it's something enjoyed by a small but rapidly growing group of internet enthusiasts..." Throwback to 2004 and this feature on The Culture Show. It'll never catch on...youtube.com2004: What is Podcasting? | The Culture Show | BBC ArchiveYouTube video by BBC Archive 151
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...theguardian.comWhy Scotland’s cinematic Moray coast made it a perfect location to shoot The Odyssey‘Legends cling like barnacles to these shores,’ says our local writer, who reveals how the lore of these craggy cliffs and beaches resonates with the Homeric classic 042
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I find this satellite image of sea ice drifts off Greenland's east coast from earlier this month completely mesmerising: eu-space.europa.eu/components/e... (European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery) 0111