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maxmoran.bsky.social @maxmoran.bsky.social · 6h

A standing stone next to an old boundary wall in Coed Ty Canol, nr Brynberian and Pentre Ifan, Sir Penfro 📷 09.10.26 #Stunday #StandingStoneSunday

A moss and lichen covered standing stone in an ancient semi-natural sessile oak woodland in West Wales.

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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 02/10/2026

Before people learned music with 'do re mi', the sequence once began with 'ut' as the lowest note. The absolute lowest note recognised in medieval music was 'Γ ut', with the Greek letter gamma, and 'Γ ut' came to refer to the full range of possible notes. This is behind the phrase 'run the gamut'.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Her dress was of turquoise-colored silk, bright and soft as the evening sky. It belled out full from her hips, and all the skirt was embroidered with thin silver threads and seed pearls and tiny crumbs of crystal, so that it glittered softly, like rain in April.

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Managed to get a bird on the #moon tonight.

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Flo Fflach @flofflach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Want to stop #doomscrolling? How about #bloomscrolling: search #wildflowerhour for each Sunday's contributions of wild flowers. You could follow @wildflowerhour.bsky.social and join in.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 27/09/2026

A festival celebrating the life and work of pioneering Welsh composer Grace Williams is to be held next year in the town where she was born wp.me/p8Mk4U-1tXa

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Julian Hughes @penrhynbirder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do you have nature records in notebooks that you never look at and wonder what to do with? I've transcribed 10,000 records from the 1960-70s from a Welsh ornithological legend into @birdtrack.bsky.social and @cofnod.org.uk. And it was fascinating... #BirdingWales www.cofnod.org.uk/news/natural...

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Naturalists' Notebooks: a treasure trove - Cofnod

Naturalists' Notebooks: a treasure trove

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Jo Lloyd but jolly 🌍🐎 @jolloyds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"You're led into every potato field under the sun" - what a wonderful way to put it

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Tin Girl @tinnedgirl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The early Brits liked a BIG breakfast!

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Llangaffo Church is 19th c. built on an earlier church site. The church was locked which prevented viewing of some 9th-11th century memorial stones inside. Outside you can still see some medieval cross slabs lined up and the base of a cross shaft. The original church door is now the churchyard entry

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I passed this 1930’s church on Bull Bay Road in Amlwch a few times and just had to take a look. This is the Catholic Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea & St Winefride. It was designed by an Italian architect to look like the upturned hull of a boat reflecting Amlwch’s maritime history.

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backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sea horse. Made with finds from my 60 year collection of #flotsam #jetsam #beachcombing #IsleofMan #allwashedup

Horse on a stand. Made with wood, brass, copper wire, all found on beaches.

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Mike Parker @mikeparker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Am raglenni hyfryd iawn! Diolch o galon @cwmnida.bsky.social. Honoured to be part of such a lovely, vivid portrait of my great hero Jan Morris, 100 years from her birth, by her son, the poet Twm Morys. Full of amazing archive and insight. English subtitles available. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Chwedl Jan Morris

Rhiant, ffrind, cymydog, Cymraes. Portread personol ac unigryw o'r awdur byd-enwog Jan Morris gan ei mab, Twm Morys. A personal portrait of the world-famous author, Jan Morris, ...

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RSPB Cymru @rspbcymru.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🌊 South Stack Fleawort grows on the coast at RSPB South Stack on the Holy Island Coast– one of Wales’ protected natural treasures. 🌊 🌻 A tiny flower with a very big reason for protecting the place it calls home. 🌻 Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4hGjh7C #UKNature #NatureUK #WildlifeUK

Small flower. Remarkable home.

Meet the South Stack Fleawort – a rare plant that grows among the spectacular coastal habitats of South Stack.

Blodyn bach. Cartref rhyfeddol.

Dewch i adnabod Chweinllys y Morfa Ynys Lawd – planhigyn prin sy'n tyfu ymhlith cynefinoedd arfordirol ysblennydd Ynys Lawd.

Growing among the cliffs and heathland of South Stack
One tiny part of what makes this place so special

Yn tyfu ymhlith y clogwyni a'r rhostir yn Ynys Lawd
Un rhan fechan o'r hyn sy'n gwneud y lle hwn mor arbennig

South Stack. One of Wales' natural treasures.
Ynys Lawd. Un o drysorau naturiol Cymru.

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Landscapes and letters 💌 Read about Mary Wood's little-known manuscript book 'Sketches in Gower' in this new story 👉 artuk.org/discover/stories/landscap… 🧑‍🎨 Mary Wood (1822–1903) 📷 Swansea Museum

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Folk on Foot @folkonfoot.com · 18/09/2026

🆕 New episode out now; @stornowayband.bsky.social on the Gower Peninsula. At the beautiful Cwm Ivy nature reserve, lead singer and ornithologist Brian Briggs is our guide, as the band perform acoustic versions of their nature-inspired songs along the way. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/626116

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On a grey & autumnal morning in Cymru/Wales, let's step back to a hot 🔥 August afternoon on the Pembrokeshire coast 🥰 Walk inside the extraordinary St Govan's Chapel, a medieval building on the site of an earlier structure, built in the nook of a coastal cliff 😮 🎥 My own, no sound

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Philolithia@bsky.social @philolithia.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

High tide and low cloud with birdsong - two sides of the iron bridge this morning

Photo of a very still expanse of blue water reflecting the sky with clouds. Only the grassy tops of the marsh hags are visible in the middle distance. In the far distance forested hillsides ruse up to mist-covered mountains with blue sky above.

Photo of the sun rising out of white clouds and ascending into a blue sky. Below, forested hillsides look down on a couple of sheep grazing on the green grassy banks of the river mirroring the sky again.

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Cenric @cenricc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Bore Da - Good Morning Robin Goch bratiog yn yr ardd nôl ym mis Awst A ragged Robin in the garden back in August Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Ready Aye Ready - Royal Canadian Navy #RCN @ready-aye-ready.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

On September 12, 2026, the ship's company of HMCS Robert Hampton Gray went ashore on Beechey Island to pay respects to the site where the Sir John Franklin Expedition wintered in 1845. #RCN #RoyalCanadianNavy #Canada #Navy (RCN photos)

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Cenric @cenricc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning All Gwybedogion Mannog wrth ymyl Cronfa Ddŵr Llysfaen ar y 3ydd o Fedi Spotted Flycatchers by the Llysfaen Reservoir on 3rd September #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Let’s get a colourful thread going to bring a bit of happiness to our feeds by posting photos of the Welsh tapestry blankets we own. Just imagine if everyone who has one posted a photo! It would be like a rainbow blanket thread running around the world

A Welsh tapestry blanket in yellow white red and black

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Tin Girl @tinnedgirl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

There has been a lot of debate about the correct name for the Bayeux tapestry. I vote for "the Bayeux tapestry commemorating the 1066 invasion of that part of the island previously invaded by the Anglo Saxons"

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Farewell to Skomer Island for another year.. There was just time for a hike around the southern cliffs this morning including the spectacular Wick escarpment covered in breeding seabirds 📷 My own

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Lee Harker is running an incredible 4,500km across SIX countries to raise €150,000 for Paws4ever – a new home where elderly dogs can spend their final years safe , comfortable and loved . Do donate if you can . . . gofund.me/7db51b68e

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Donate to Running for Paws: 6 countries, 1 mission , organized by Lee Harker

Hi, my name is Lee Harker, and if there’s one thing you should know about me, it… Lee Harker needs your support for Running for Paws: 6 countries, 1 mission

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

He who would be Seamaster must know the true name of every drop of water in the sea.

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The August flowers page from the 1964 ‘Shell nature book ‘, I’ll be posting some more paintings from this because it’s really uplifting. #art #nature

Cover of book featuring red squirrel swallowtail and woodpecker

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A UK-wide wave of strikes by schoolchildren started on this day 1911. It began when pupils in Llanelli, Wales walked out in sympathy with a boy disciplined by a deputy headmaster. Walkouts spread to at least 62 towns and cities. Came at time of widespread industrial unrest.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Has anyone done a book that's an ancient history of the complaint letter? I would read the heck out of that. See also the letters by romans having to suck up british weather on Hadrian's wall.

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Tin Girl @tinnedgirl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Most English people don't know that Wales stopped being pagan long before the Anglo-Saxons arrived, let alone the Normans

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Glamorgan Archives Archifau Morgannwg @glamarchives.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Open Doors at Glamorgan Archives Join us on Saturday 12 September for our annual Open Doors event ** Our tours behind the scenes are already fully booked ** But you’re welcome to call in to meet staff and view a display of documents from the collection

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Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My grandmother’s copy of The Messiah with autographs from the greats. The legendary Kathleen Ferrier and Isobel Baillie among them.

Novello edition of Handel’s Messiah with autographed pre-leaves. 1939.

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Nice morning on the Breidden hills

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Tin Girl @tinnedgirl.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The problem with this is that it encourages people to believe that Welsh is also a dead language being artificially maintained by a tiny group of enthusiasts

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Philolithia@bsky.social @philolithia.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Finally gentle rain and mist on the hills again. Low tide at the iron bridge with a couple of geese and loads of squawking herring gulls.

Photo of a thin channel of water making its way through the silty river bed at low tide. A couple of geese swim in the distance, and further away forested slopes give way to misty mountains below thick grey cloud. In the foreground, the rusty iron balustrade of an old bridge stretches away to the left.

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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Rain. It’s raining. It’s very, very light, but it’s raining

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

All unrhywun 'nabod yr aderyn yn y darlun. Mae wedi ei restru yn ein catalog fel ‘aderyn anhysbys’, unrhyw syniadau? Can anyone identify the bird in this painting. It's listed in our catalogue as an ‘unidentified bird’, any ideas? “Original painted image of an unidentified bird” n.d. PFA/13/39

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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

'A oes rhywbeth hanfodol Gymreig yn yr arfer o gynnwys testun mewn llun, yn arbennig testun yn yr iaith Gymraeg?' Darlith Goffa Ieuan Rees, Eisteddfod y Garreg Las, 8 Awst 2026. gwallter.com/art/celf-a-g...

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Philolithia@bsky.social @philolithia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Some #SolarEclipse 2026 photos of the sun setting over Cardigan Bay #Wales. This morning’s apocalyptic wildfire smoke has abated.

Photo of the sun in the process of being eclipsed whilst starting to set over the sea. A startled sheep stares at the camera from its tree-fringed field.

Low exposure photo of the setting sun, partially eclipsed by the moon, with the sun’s glitterpath over the sea and silhouettes of leafy trees in the foreground.

Photo of pinhole camera effect on the wall of next door’s house, capturing the eclipsed sun through gaps in the leaves of a nearby tree. So pretty because they rustled in the faint breeze.

Another low exposure photo of the eclipsed sun setting, with glitterpath, over the sea.

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Terrible conditions for imaging the partial eclipse with cloud and hazy skies due to wildfire smoke from fires in South Wales. Managed a decent sequence but not as good as in 2015. Right at maximum coverage 7.10pm you could barely see through the cloud #eclipse

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This #NationalYearOfReading, we're asking Calon authors for the books which inspire them, bring them comfort and joy, and those they enjoyed long before they became writers📚️ Discover the beautiful books that Ellie Evelyn Orrell, author of 'Gathering Days' has enjoyed as a reader💚 #ymgolli #goallin

Which books did you read whilst working on your manuscript?

Small Arcs of Larger Circles by Nora Bateson
Things I Don’t Want to Know by Deborah Levy
The Caiplie Caves by Karen Solie
Modern Nature by Derek Jarman

Which book could you read over and over again?

A Horse at Night: On Writing by Amina Cain
A quietly powerful book about the routines and internal conversations of writing. Often find myself returning to lines or passages as reminders of the beauty to be found in process and inspiration.

Do you have a favourite comfort read?

Anything written by Tove Jansson

Stories which glitter with island swims and the wonder of days lived through cold, dark winters and long summers. Something about her writing always feels like home.

Which book would you always recommend or give as a gift?

A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar. A beautiful—both heartbreaking and hopeful—account of the ways in which we might process grief through art.

Favourite recent reads

Women Without Men
by Shahrnush Parsipur

Pink Soap
by Anju Gaston

Territory of Light
by Yuko Tsushima

Books by women, about women.

Book cover which features line drawings of a daffodil, grapes, leaves, a kettle, and a bottle.

Text reads: Out Now!

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Tin Girl @tinnedgirl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Sadly this is not true. It has been named Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month. Go on @waterstones.bsky.social , I dare you to recommend it to the whole UK.

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Philolithia@bsky.social @philolithia.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Walked a path I’d not walked before down by the saltmarsh this morning. It was a place of low flying geese, wondrous blue and lens flare.

Photo of a still blue mere in the yellowy green saltmarsh with mountains beyond and blue sky with a fine skein of white cloud in places.

Photo of a blue sky with mackerel white clouds over a blue pool in an expanse of yellowy-green saltmarsh that stretches flat to the horizon. A feeling of peace.

Photo of two geese flapping wildly as they navigate a harmless hill, with mackerel white clouds overlying blue sunlit sky.

Photo of yellow sun with lens flare making the white clouds iridescent in places. Blue sky above, dark mountains below.

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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

For me on #InternationalCatDay, it's got to be the Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) Bowl cat, found in 1974. museum.wales/collections/...

A red glass inlaid stylised cat face in copper alloy.

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Tin Girl @tinnedgirl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Is there any chance people will turn off their all-night lights for this one night at least?

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