@jamspangle.bsky.social
Reluctant cat herder
Wouldn't know I'm afraid, I'm a bird nerd all my life - if someone or something else ID'd a bird for me I'd feel like I'd been robbed.
14.02.2026 01:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A friend in a bird organisation here in Ireland tells me they're drowning in Golden oriole reports ever since *that* app launched.
Your phone can't bird for you and doing it yourself is way more fun. πͺΆ
A couple reported a really rather rare bird to me today. They hadn't actually seen it, they explained, but their app (Merlin, natch) had detected it three times now.
AI is starting to piss on my patch and I don't like it. πͺΆ
Stone wall. Finavarra, Co. Clare.
14.02.2026 00:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Best quote about Kerouac imho:-
14.02.2026 00:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
If recent events have taught me anything it's that things can always get stupider.
13.02.2026 23:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
06.01.2026 13:40 β π 23 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
A Tortoise goes into the police station to report he was mugged by a gang of snails.
"Did you get a good look at the assailants?"
"Not really - it all happened so fast..."
I'll see myself out.
Regret this in the morning, shots of the rye
But that's future me, I'm glad I'm not that guy
The Streets
See also the special one
13.02.2026 21:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Saw a good load of Curlew today. Hoping against hope that I'll be able to say that in 10 years time. πͺΆ
13.02.2026 18:17 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He's 47? Must've had a tough paper round.
13.02.2026 17:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The difference a snood makes on a day like today cannot be overstated.
13.02.2026 13:52 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0At least it stopped raining. Deploying snood
13.02.2026 12:55 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1At least it stopped raining. Deploying snood
13.02.2026 11:21 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hate the game not the player
13.02.2026 11:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Still at it @midgie.bsky.social
13.02.2026 09:48 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Other work of the Ladybird artists.
βRedshanks Alightingβ
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
It's officially Baltic out there
13.02.2026 08:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 2If I looked I could maybe find the eggs that came with a Christmas present microscope circa 1981.
12.02.2026 18:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I sent a message to the person the message was about how's your day going
12.02.2026 17:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The ND paradox - there's too many of us for accommodation to be practical but not enough of us to warrant changing work culture to accommodate us.
12.02.2026 14:55 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Still pretty thin gruel
12.02.2026 12:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hang on - Liam Delap since I last checked.
12.02.2026 12:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Literally no-one in my case.
12.02.2026 12:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Same. Watched it surreptitiously aged 11, had regular nuclear nightmares for over 20 years.
12.02.2026 10:24 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Miles away so not great footage but any Otter sighting is a good one
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