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Anna Hughes

@diybirder.bsky.social

Leftie birder retired Brit lives rural France Do Euro butterflies and moths also an artist. Cycling follower. Please don't follow unless naturalist or personal friend as I really do BLOCK strangers

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Please explain wogan !

25.10.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That entertained us on our journey ...all bit three seen and some no longer exist !

25.10.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch this.

Open your eyes to this brutality.

ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.

Now share this.

Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.

You have power.

Even sharing this video exerts that power.

24.10.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4611    πŸ” 4391    πŸ’¬ 556    πŸ“Œ 534

Use the wheels available ..

24.10.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It all kicked off yesterday afternoon on North Ron with a Radde’s Warbler trapped at the obs! And then a Northern Bullfinch caught at HH

I didn’t think it could get any better until Alison and I found this Black-throated Thrush in a net during the roost catch!

#BirdingScotland
#OrkneyBirding

24.10.2025 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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I forget to post here so some Scilly artwork from 2025 season #birding #Scilly

21.10.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Certainly is

21.10.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I miss you here too

21.10.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another final sundown on Scilly looking out at the harbour of St Marys’ now 40 Octobers here wow how lucky we birders are #ukbirding

21.10.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Pallas’s Warbler

Pallas’s Warbler

Pallas’s Warbler

Pallas’s Warbler

Dengemarsh Gully, Dungeness

Dengemarsh Gully, Dungeness

Dengemarsh Gully, Dungeness

Dengemarsh Gully, Dungeness

Enjoyed a lunchtime visit to the bottom of Dengemarsh Gully, Dungeness for a gorgeous Pallas’s Warbler found by Stephen Message…

Even I was able to capture the bird in a wonderful β€˜habitat shot’ and the classic β€˜hovering yellow rump’ shot 🫣

#kentbirding
#rarebirdsuk

17.10.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes Steve Reed previously said he was in favour of requiring one hollow brick for cavity-nesting creatures in every new-build The government is refusing to support a new amendment to install a swift brick in every new home, in a U-turn for Steve Reed after becoming housing secretary. As environment secretary, Reed told campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor she was β€œpushing at an open door” and he and others had wanted to add to the party’s manifesto her proposal that developers must include a Β£35 hollow brick in every new home. Continue reading...

Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes

17.10.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 12

At last

17.10.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there no end to this nightmare ?

17.10.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But they don’t tell us about it for some insane reason

14.10.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Some Brits are unlikely to pass a primary school test.

14.10.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sitting quietly on a bench on St Mary’s Scilly a couple came round the corner with two dogs and the man emptied a full dog poo bag into the path side vegetation . Should I have challenged . I raised my eyebrows not good enough

10.10.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Idiots

09.10.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Blimey need that one for world

21.09.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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BLAIRS wainscot here in Normandy
Just our second over the 18 years
#teammoth

21.09.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only just learnt of Barry's death. His persistence and loyalty were remarkable. As was his wit. !

20.09.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a lot of rubbish poor Starmer keeping a straight face

18.09.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tough job PM in these torrid times

17.09.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Come on Boris. Since when do you understand common sense ?

11.09.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really !

09.09.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why are Israeli arms dealers being given permission to set up stall in London?

Surely there must be some sort of licensing law that could be used to stop the exhibitors from attending if the will were there? And if so, and it's not being used, that's deliberate.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

09.09.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

And they look a diverse crowd

09.09.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.

So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.

06.09.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4811    πŸ” 3112    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 26

Leave her alone

05.09.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Armani sadly passes away the inventor of the Northern Wheatear who will continue to wear his colours #birding

04.09.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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