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An American Bittern portrait. These birds are often camouflaged among the cattails.

“Dublin Bay has a long list of protections: it’s an Unesco biosphere, much of it protected under EU law for its birds & habitats. But if our dogs are allowed to run rampant, what’s the point?” Ella McSweeney on Ireland’s problematic relationship with wildlife. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...

Shout out to the caller on BBC Tees who just said '(Boro) keep less clean sheets than Tracey Emin'. Top work. #boro

ADHD isn't lazy — it's twice the effort 🧠💚 People see the unfinished task, not the starting, stopping and restarting behind it. You're not lazy. You're running on hard mode. #adhdtok #ADHDAwarenessMonth #adhdawareness #adhdlife #neurodivergent #mentalhealthmatters

I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name, and I’ve been through the desert on a horse named George. And, honestly, there’s no difference.

Going to have this in my head for a week. Again.

A couple of years ago, Audubon asked me to write an article about Weird Duck Time: www.audubon.org/news/an-ode-...

In motion 🪶

Storm. Wind. This site. Every time. earth.nullschool.net

Earthstar

Black-tailed godwit looking smart 🪶

It me #adhd

I can tell if someone is judgemental just by looking at them

I don't think 'off track' is strong enough 🪶 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I own 5 whole acres. I hardly know myself.

As of this morning, for the first time in my life, I own land.

Google photos reminding me of the time in Portugal when I saw a dog carrying a dog skull.

Sieves are in the top three but at least they don't cut you then tip cold water on you when you take them off the drainer.

Siskin feeding acrobatically 🪶

#ornithology www.theguardian.com/environment/...

No lurgy yet, maybe I've got lucky and the aches are just my existential dread manifesting physically.

The 11yo has been sniffling for two days and I just started unexpectedly aching for no good reason. Really looking forward to waking up tomoz.

Here's what they don't tell you about woodpecker tongues: Some of them are barbed (pileated & downy 'peckers) to allow them to spear insects. The barbs are keratinized, so *hard*. Meaning woodpecker *threat displays* can involve poking an interloper with a barbed tongue. (📷: u/ElvisIsNotDjed)

Today is World Migratory Bird Day. Please say hello to the Pfeilstorch (‘arrow stork’). In 1822 this bird was shot in the German village of Klütz. It already had a 30-inch arrow in its neck. The arrow was made of African wood, and this bird played a pivotal role in our understanding of migration.

@midgie.bsky.social Minky likes to tag along

When doxxers get doxxed #thingsyoulovetosee

October page from the Shell Nature Book, 1964, This illustration was painted by the British wildlife artist Maurice Wilson (with background landscapes painted by Rowland Hilder). #Autumn #October #vintageart

@threadsaplenty.bsky.social @simonpegg.bsky.social 'Eaten Mess'

It's the same with Dragonflies - I keep meaning to learn them but get distracted by birds. Grey heron.

Jay update - my acorn supply is now very low - the only ones I have been able to obtain are from the Waitrose car park - there are none whatsoever in the Dorset/Wilts woodlands. I found a few under an American Oak but these are mostly rejected. Sweet Chestnuts & smaller conkers are taken readily.

Some form of Ink cap. Probs. I don't do mycelium.

A sketch of crows for the birdtober day 5 prompt, intelligent. I love crows… I’ve been wanting to draw a roost of crows since we had one gather around our house… so amazing and almost scary. Super cool :) #Birdtoberclub #BirdArt #SciArt #birdtober #wildlifeArt #birds

You deserve a postcard.

90 years ago, on the 4th of October 1936, antifascist counter protesters stopped a British Union of Fascists march through London’s East End. The Metropolitan Police tried to clear the way for the fascists resulting in violent clashes known as the Battle of Cable Street. #otd #history 🗃️

If people don’t like you, that’s OK. If dogs don’t like you, then you need to work on yourself. It is what it is.

Every day since Jan 1st 2016 more like

@remapradio.bsky.social I have to ask how @robzacny.bsky.social is feeling now about, even if briefly, hitching his horses to the Man City wagon

Halloween is rubbish. Hated it as as a kid, hate in now. And now it lasts a month.

Serious question - is the start of industrial action the best or worst time to join a union? Am I showing solidarity or being a glory hunter?

I can hear you, but listening is a level of commitment I'm just not ready for yet. I've just got out of a long conversation