🧙‍♀️The Castle Witches need your help! Their broomsticks are lost in #ClitheroeCastle Museum! 🎃 🔍Find them all, enter our competition & win a goody bag! 👻 Kids go FREE | Fancy dress welcome 🎨 Craft your own Creepy Creation too! 📍 Open daily 11–4 👉 https://t.co/KbqDK8IX7q

The Speckled Wood is unique in its ability to spend the winter as either a chrysalis or a caterpillar 🐛💤 Letting your grass grow long and leaving some dead plants is a great way to support this beautiful species throughout its lifecycle. 📷: Iain Cowe, Bob Eade, Andrew Cooper

#JoinMeOnMyWalk No sun today so a different path led to a #fungi hunt, meeting both ladybird larvae and lady birds and an ENORMOUS slug with plenty to chew through! Will expand on the #mushrooms in the morning, for now enjoying their colour and shape. @ThePhotoHour #Lancashire

Did you know…? 🦔 Exactly when #hedgehogs hibernate is dependent on the weather & other factors - usually the first start to hibernate when temperatures drop & remain low. But it's complex! Click to learn more 👇 https://t.co/29u5kg1rAx #FridayFact

🎃🧙‍♀️ Witches Workshop at #ClitheroeCastle Museum! 🧙‍♀️🎃 🎨Creepy craft creations 🕷️Brave the Yucky Dip 🧙Meet friendly witches & get a treat! 📅29th October ⏲️11am, 1pm & 2.30pm 🎟️£5 per child 👨‍👩‍👧Adults FREE + 20% off museum entry 🎟️Booking essential: https://t.co/KbqDK8IX7q

🚂 All Aboard with Ribble Valley Live Steamers! 📅 Sat 11 October, 12 to 3pm at #ClitheroeCastle 🎟️ Free family-friendly event See stunning steam, electric and diesel models from our local model engineers — a treat for all ages! https://t.co/njKzzuOudd

Beautiful everyday Ladybird things. The Trimphone (How it Works: The Telephone, 1972) Artist: BH Robinson

#ThickTrunkTuesday from @RHSHarlowCarr thick trunk and stunning colour on this oak, couldn't quite get the top in my photo! 🤭 @keeper_of_books #trees #NorthYorkshire #vitaminN

🛝 Play areas in Ribble Valley are in a spin after being receiving a £750,000 cash boost! Work at Salthill play area in Clitheroe has been completed, while installation work is underway at Hawthorne Place play area in Clitheroe and John Smith’s play area in Longridge has been

Autumn brings a goldcrest influx to the UK. Our tiniest songbird arrives in large numbers on the east coast, filling dunes, gardens and woods 🪶✨🍂 Learn more about this species 👉 https://t.co/UlzCGqCDdd

🦅This Red Kite was hit by a car & suffered a broken wing. After surgery to pin the bone, our wildlife vet nurse team carefully bandaged it - no small task with a 1.8m wingspan! With rest & care, we hope it will soar again soon. 💚#BirdsofPrey #wildlife

If you want to reduce plastic use, avoid yellow kitchen sponges like these. They're made of plastic, can't be recycled, don't break down in landfill – and release microplastics into the sea. Eco-friendly, compostable alternatives are available – see: https://t.co/iu4wCQmNJy

Who's excited for #nationalbadgerday?🦡

Today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight is the humble Woodpigeon! Did you know these familiar birds migrate? From late October to November, huge flocks, sometimes tens of thousands strong, can be spotted flying south on clear, autumn days, while others stay in the UK year-round.

#MushroomMonday Shades of #Lancashire from yesterday, sulphur tufts, yellow waxcaps, orange waxcaps? Fabulous colour on both the ordinary and amethyst deceivers, purple jellydisks? And dead mens fingers. #fungi #mushrooms #vitaminN

It's #WorldHabitatDay - a day to reflect on the state of towns & cities & on the basic right of all to adequate safe shelter. Hedgehogs can thrive in urban spaces - find out how 👇 https://t.co/57dukVcT1k #HedgehogStreet is run jointly by us & @PTES 📷 Julian & Debbie, Cleehill

We’re thrilled to share that kingfishers have been spotted again making great use of our newly installed perches! 💙🧡 These vibrant little birds are a true favourite among visitors and it's fantastic to see them thriving in our wetland habitats. (📸 Leslie Price)

Portrait of a badger 🎨🖌️#nationalbadgerday 🦡#art

Autumn is here! Nature is not hidden, it is waiting for us to notice. Take a moment to spot the colours, shapes and surprises around you 🍂✨ Find ways to connect with nature, as part of BBC’s Nature Week 👉 https://t.co/n3EopwGIAE

🚂 All aboard at #ClitheroeCastle! Catch Ribble Valley Live Steamers from 12–3pm, 11 October, with live steaming and impressive large-scale models of electric, diesel and steam trains. A must for model engineering fans! Free family-friendly event. https://t.co/njKzzuOudd