Heaton Moor Park
@heatonmoorpark
We are a group of local residents whose aim is to promote the enjoyment and management of our park and to protect its future heritage.Public domain images used.
A walk in the park.....Volunteers map 10,000 routes in Great Britain to help make walking accessible ..... Campaign group Slow Ways developing app for disabled people, parents with children, older people and others......#walking #rambling theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
Have you spotted or heard hedgehogs doing this in your garden? In the mating season males may be attracted by the different smell of females & commence a rather prolonged & noisy courtship - which includes a lot of circling & huffing! #FridayFact 📹 The Fletchers, Gloucester
Thinking of visiting Abbotsbury Swannery this summer? Maybe check our page first which lists numerous meets of the Cattistock Hunt at the Swannery - no surprise, owner Charlotte Townshend is a former master of the hunt @Weymouthanimalr @ActionAgainstF bloodbusiness.info/business/abbot…
Did you know Britain is home to 18 species of bat 🦇 The noctule, our largest bat, weighs as little as four £1 coins. The smallest, the pipistrelle, weighs as little as a 2p coin. Small but mighty 🌙✨
The duckling was still alive🙈 Red kites are known as carrion-eaters, but this pair delivered all sorts of food to their chicks - including a live duckling 🦆🐥😢 #redkite #birdsofprey #robertefuller
Cats and the park......Amsterdam to install kitty steps in canals to save cats from drowning .....#cats #Amsterdam......... nltimes.nl/2025/07/22/ams…
Birthday in the park...Richard Lydekker (/lɪˈdɛkər/; 25 July 1849 – 16 April 1915), British naturalist, geologist and writer of numerous books on natural history. He was known for his contributions to zoology, paleontology, and biogeography.....#zoology en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_L…
Natural history illustration and the park: A hand book to the British mammalia, by R Lyddeker, 1896, BHL/Smithsonian..... doi.org/10.5962/bhl.ti… #mammals #naturalhistoryillustration
GiNORmous bunch heading out to a verra special neighbour today….
Nettles and the park............THE NETTLE DRESS: TRAILER youtu.be/jQNqxezDsJ4?si… via @YouTube #nettles #cloth youtube.com/watch?v=jQNqxe…
25 July 1861. US Congress passed the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution. It stated that the American Civil War was being fought to preserve the Union and NOT to end slavery (Photo shows John Crittenden (left) and Andrew Johnson (right).
Resources and the park.......The Baldwin Library of Children's Literature..... #childrensbooks ufdc.ufl.edu/collections/ju…
Ripped apart by packs of dogs, foxes never stand a chance. This isn’t sport, it’s cruelty. We call ourselves a nation of animal lovers; it’s time our laws proved it.
Hedgerows and the park...... A lidar based national model of hedgerows and other woody linear features in rural England ......#hedgerows #linear #lidar doi.org/10.1016/j.jenv… (image: authors)
British artist Stanley Spencer was a prolific painter of flowers ~ here’s his Blue Iris / Landscape with Magnolias (1930s)
Wilderness and the park......Forest Service Plan Threatens the Heart of an Alaskan Wilderness #Alaska #roads #deforestation e360.yale.edu/features/tonga…
Birdfood and the park.....The nutritional content of anthropogenic resources affects wildlife disease dynamics .......#birdfood #disease #TwitterNatureCommunity doi.org/10.1093/icb/ic… (image: authors)
Thank you to @wildlife_62 on Instagram for this morning's dappled #FoxOfTheDay !
Ash trees and the park.....Preliminary genetic barcodes for ash (Fraxinus) species and generation of new wide hybrids #ash #trees #barcodes doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.7…
These close-ups of still-lifes by 19th century Swiss artist Albert Anker demonstrate his abiding interest in depicting reflections, light and texture