This is the most beautiful Mistle Thrush song I have ever heard!

What made it even more magical was the fact that it was gracing a new collaborative nature project in Nechells.

It’s worth taking 26 seconds just to heal the mind and enjoy the wonder of Brum’s birdsong 😎👌
@bosfonline.bsky.social

The Birmingham & West Midlands Conservation Award 2025 has gone to @midsandeastnt.bsky.social for its restoration of Wightwick Manor NT. The Society's Birmingham & West Midlands Group has announced its 11th award sponsored by Hortons Estate.

More: bit.ly/4rjNyMb

📷 R. Parry & L. Bucknor

#heritage

Front page of The Moseley Society Newsletter, Winter 2025/26. Green and white design with society logo. Sections include a welcome message, Programme of Talks, details of the next talk (11 March) and AGM (20 May), and an article on Moseley & Kings Heath Places for People. Includes a street photo of Moseley and a portrait of speaker Alison Millward.

Newsletter page featuring “Changes in Planning Policy and in Moseley” and “The History Group.” Text discusses national planning policy changes, local development including a hotel near the Village Inn, and local history archives at Moseley Exchange. Includes a framed historic Moseley photograph and business display.

Newsletter page highlighting Greenhill Galleries, St Anne’s Church Hall, and Moseley becoming a Community Investment District. Includes a photo of Neil Collins holding a picture frame, volunteers redecorating a church hall kitchen, and details of a February SpotLIGHT community event.

A newsletter page with an obituary for John Underwood, a call for new members, and introductions for three new members of the Moseley Society.

Our latest newsletter is out now – thanks to Sally Wright & Georgina Sheldon! 📬
Hard copies delivered; digital version available.
Please read it – then recruit a new member!
£10 membership | QR code to join | AGM: Wed 20 May, 7.30pm – new, younger committee members welcome.

Izzy Knowles Update on the flags put up without permission in Moseley Village tonight. I went out and spoke to the group at the time, asked them to take the flags down and told them they are committing an offence under S132 Highways Act 1980. Despite that they continued to put up more flags through the village even though it was clear the community does not welcome them here. I have written to the Cabinet member, the Director for Community Safety and the Police Commander asking for the flags to be taken down as soon as possible and for some firm action to be taken, either a summons to court or an injunction. This group are not being patriotic, they are upsetting and frightening many people, causing division amongst communities, wasting police time and adding unnecessary cost to a council that is already struggling with managing its finances. We already have a flag for Birmingham. It's the Birmingham Community flag celebrating our rich heritage as a city of a thousand trades, built on migration and welcoming to all.

Moseley is lucky to have a councillor like @izzyknowles.bsky.social ❤️

#BrumTogether #MoreInCommon

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Image 1 - Three separate strips of a building plan running horizontal across the page. The Legend at the top reads 'The Church of St Aga[ ]' with 'Sparkbrook Birmingha[ ]' below. The middle strip has the top of a triangular archway, the bottom strip has vertical segments evenly spaced.

A building plan. Legend at the top of the page reads the Church of St Agatha, Sparkbrook. A scale below the legend on the left of the page. Two coloured illustrative sectional views of a church labelled CC on the left and DD on the right. Architect’s name in the bottom right of the plan.

#BehindTheScenes our conservator has been busy conserving this building plan for St. Agatha’s church in Sparkbrook. The plan couldn’t be opened but has now been humidified, torn notices pieced back together and tears repaired. Ref - BBP 14796 #LibraryofBham

A trade card - text at the top of the card reads - Pine Dell Hydropathic Establishment. Details of the services provided on the top left of the card. An illustration of the building in the top centre. Beneath this, details of the location of the establishment. Bottom half of the card is occupied with details of the services provided and their respective charges.

#CityOf1000Trades today is this trade card for the Pine Dell Hydropathic swimming baths including those of the Russian and Turkish variety. Opened c1889 and located on the site of the Spring Hill Congregational College. Ref - MS 4834/1305A #LibraryofBham

Date for your diary!

Read more about the City Nature Challenge and how to take part here: www.bbcwildlife.org.uk/CityNatureCh...

(page yet to be updated for 2026)

Reminder - Wake Green Road between Yardley Wood Rd & Church Road is to be resurfaced. 😀
Work starts tonight at 7pm and the road will be closed between 7pm and 5am for the next week.
Expect delays in peak times.
You can find details of current and future road works on the One Network.

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Wooden information board at the entrance to Moseley Bog, surrounded by leafless trees. A large sign reads “Welcome to Moseley Bog” above a map of Moseley Bog & Joy’s Wood Nature Reserve, with paths, woodland areas, and wildlife information, plus notices about volunteering and archaeology events.

A guided walk in Moseley Bog: an older man with white hair (Dr Mike Hodder) gestures toward a narrow stream (with evidence of a ‘burnt mound’) beside a muddy woodland path. Leafless trees and ivy-covered trunks surround the watercourse, with simple wooden stakes and branches reinforcing the bank, while a small group listens in the background.

A shallow stream winding through Moseley Bog, with pebbled banks, fallen branches, and ivy-covered trees. Two people stand on the wooded bank in the distance listening to a guide. On the left bank, partly hidden by soil and vegetation, are the remains of bricks marking where a sluice would have been.

A small group walks along a boardwalk through Moseley Bog, wearing winter clothing. Dense trees and undergrowth surround the path, with fallen leaves covering the ground. A guide gestures toward a low-lying area of the bog, explaining where a pool would once have been.

Joined an archaeology tour of Moseley Bog with Dr. Mike Hodder today. Burnt mounds, sweat lodges, sluice, dam, and marl pit - fascinating glimpses of how the landscape was shaped over millennia. No wonder it’s said to have inspired Tolkien. Thanks to the Friends of Moseley Bog for organising!

Uncover the history of Moseley Bog!

Join Dr. Mike Hodder on Sat 24 Jan to explore burnt mounds, clay pits & more.

Two walks, at 11am or 2pm
Meet by the car park, B13 9JX
(£3 suggested donation)

Hurry as there are only a few spots left! Book ASAP: mosbogfriends@gmail.com

#Moseley #Birmingham

HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON SWIA OAA Nigel Farage MP House of Commons London SW1A OAA 13 January 2026 Mr Farge, Visiting Bermondsey and Old Southwark I am writing following your public engagement on 7th January in London Bridge, which is in my constituency: Bermondsey and Old Southwark. I appreciate you are unfamiliar with constituency requirements given your inattention to Clacton since being elected. But given you have spent three decades in and around Parliament, you should be aware that established protocol requires any MP conducting official business in another Member's constituency to notify the relevant Member in advance. You failed to follow parliamentary protocol on this matter last week. As someone who has so desperately attempted to be in Westminster for such a long time, I hope you are capable of learning and adhering to procedures, although I won't hold my breath. Given you have described our capital city as 'crime-ridden' and 'unsafe' it must have been very difficult for you to pluck up the courage to book a venue in the centre of the capital for your event to promote yet another Tory defect in your ranks. But please do conform to the rules should you ever come back. Your preference for spending time in London rather than Clacton (which is your constituency by the way), demonstrates the typically deceitful nature of your attacks on our capital. Deep down, you agree with me and the millions of UK and international visitors every year, that London remains our greatest city and well worth spending time in! I would say I look forward to your next visit to the best constituency, in the best city, in the best country on the planet, but unlike you and the former Tories who riddle your party, I am not comfortable spouting untruths. Sincerely, Neil Neil Coyle MP

Neil Coyle MP has written a brutal takedown letter to Nigel Farage for his breach of parliamentary protocol, because Farage visited Coyle's London constituency without notifying him. 10/10 no notes.
(H/T @simonpegg.bsky.social)

In the heyday of the WM Serious Crime Squad we had a group of teenagers in Moseley who called themselves the Serious Chrome Squad. Their shiny graffiti was eye catching

Want to learn about urban nature? Curious about a career in conservation? Join us for an Open Day at Centre of the Earth, our wild oasis in Winson Green! Meet our team, learn about our work or simply enjoy some time in nature! Book now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-open-day-tickets-1980012398384

I don’t think people realise how awful it is in Ukraine right now. Yesterday my friend posted how it’s -9 and because of the power cuts - due to Russian attacks - she has no heating. This is in Kyiv. And this is the day after a mass missile & drone strike killed four people.

Left on bench

@highburyprkfriends.bsky.social

Keys found in the snow

In Birmingham. Yes, it snowed!

But if FCDO stepped up we could reverse this blockage.
So much to report on!

BBC's Tim Davie to the Public Accounts Ctte this week on the World Service:
"I think the UK should be spending double the amount on this service. Look what China and Russia are doing. It is absolutely paramount we invest in a unique, precious strategic asset."
... But domestic services come first.

I don’t know what’s worse tbh - the small ones were a blight, but these canisters are heavy and awkward for litter pickers. I’ve also seen extra-large helium canisters dumped. Bigger issue is that more is being inhaled at once. Either way, the problem clearly hasn’t gone away

Volunteers collect over 1,000 laughing gas cannisters in Birmingham suburb Litter pickers in Moseley collected more than double the amount of nitrous oxide cannisters off streets in 2025

Over 1,000 nitrous oxide canisters collected in Moseley, Brum - despite being banned. A public health, environmental & road safety issue, as the city faces a road safety emergency and the UK launches a new strategy today. Our streets shouldn’t look like this

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When you find one, please ask them to investigate as to why you never post photos of Nidderdale? It seems to me (who spent many happy childhood holidays in Middlesmoor) to be severely under represented in your posts.

Sun, shadows and a little snowman in Highbury Park today.

Thank you to all the businesses a& community groups who sponsored this year’s Christmas lights. (It also includes Balla Barbers).
Every donation helps to keep Moseley looking bright, welcoming and colourful all year round.
Please take time to thank them all when you are about in Moseley.

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A post box with crotchet topper featuring a gingerbread house. A bike is parked in front

Close up of a crotchet post box topper with Christmas tree and featuring a ginger bread house

A little festive joy for #PostBoxSaturday 🎄
Love this gingerbread house topper ❤️ Thank you to Moseley Knit and Natter for once again brightening our streets and making people smile.

@moseleyb13mag.bsky.social

Well said, Izzy!

YouTube video by Birmingham Liberal Democrats #LibDem Councillor for #Moseley Izzy Knowles on effective policing & street safety @izzyknowles1033

Successful #LibDem amendment to a #Council Motion on Public Safety in #Birmingham presented by #Moseley Cllr Izzy Knowles who served in the West Midlands Police for over 30years.
#LibDems bring competent solutions that make a difference 🔶
youtu.be/Hhwwa50O09c
@izzyknowles.bsky.social
#LibDems4Brum