From putt plans to fridge-temperature balls, nothing is left to chance when the world’s top senior minigolfers do battle. Just don’t call it crazy golf on.ft.com/3ZSmskm

Where art meets utility. The sluice at Newburgh Priory Mill pond. Garganey pair just off camera.

That was a fun week. Reet. What’s next? The River Will Rise Again…

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Presumed Nordic jackdaw Coloeus monedula monedula - Margrove area this morning. Thanks to Ciaran for the original spot. teesbirds NorthYorksBirdNews

The tower on the hill. Oldstead observatory.

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⁦.Jonathan Tulloch⁩ is the perfect miniaturist in his nature column on the back cover of The Tablet⁩. This is a lovely seasonal piece. Happy Christmastide & happy new year!

A winter alder.

An ice rink in every field corner.

Saepis inhaerescit summo, non floridus umquam luminibus lingua dulcior ille lupus. distichon “It clings to the top of a hedge, never beautiful to the eyes the hop is rather tasty on the tongue.”

The new #RLFCollected episode features a frank insider account of the writing life from fantasy author Holly Race. Holly’s latest novel sold for six figures but before that she thought her career was over. Beautifully interviewed by Jonathan Tulloch podcast.rlf.org.uk/479-holly-race…

The fireworks have begun

🎧 Collected: The Podcast Ep 479 – Jonathan Tulloch meets novelist & screenwriter Holly Race to discuss fantasy, history and the success behind her latest novel. Search 'Collected podcast' where you catch your podcasts and follow/subscribe. 🎧✍️

Waiting for the blossom show to begin. The most beautiful crab apple tree in the Hambleton Hills?

Nature notes ‘Lampreys’ The Times and The Sunday Times by Jonathan Tulloch Version in hexameters

Hexameters which owe much to Jonathan Tulloch ‘Nature notes’ The Times and The Sunday Times

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One of several Manchester Treble-bar moths seen yesterday at Whixall Moss