Phil Cunliffe

Early start this morning and the FBOMD was a lesser black backed gull in a field a few minutes away from home. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

Chuntering is a great word!

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A red brick shop with a door built into he right hand corner. The door had a white stone storm porch over it with the date 1908 in black. The shop is called Cole & Co. The are two windows along the side of the building and a steel posting box indicating that the shop used to be a pist office.

Good morning an I hope you have a lively #PostboxSaturday
This is the former post office at Beaumaris, Anglesey. The post box is no longer in use but the scene does hint at bygone times.

Good morning from a fresh Anglesey. The FBOMD was a male blackbird pecking at sunflower hearts under the empty feeder. He waited a safe distance away while I filled it up, then took a few seeds and disappeared. We are lucky to have them but are they to have us? #FirstBirdOfMyDay

A wooden fingerpost with the arrow pointing left. The finger has a large blue badge engraved with a tern with writing in Welsh and English indicating the direction of the Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path. On the post is another blue badge with Welsh and English writing stating that the path is also part of the Wales Coast Path. The post also has a metal casting of a snail climbing up its right hand side.

Good morning and I hope you're having a good #fingerpostfriday
This fingerpost is at South Stack, Anglesey. I love the 🐌 climbing up the post.

I heard a blackbird singing yesterday afternoon when the wind dropped but alas I can't hear it today. The FBOMD was a jackdaw or 2 or 3 or 4 inspecting various chimneys across the street. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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It definitely is!

It's wet and horrible here and it's been a hard job trying to find a bird but 2 hours after I first opened the curtains there was a oystercatcher flying over from the bay to the fields behindmy neighbours. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

Me: earth’s tilted orbit around the sun is entirely predictable and the resulting gradual shift of day length through the year should be the cause neither of surprise nor wonderment.

Also me: IT’S STILL LIGHT AT SIX O’CLOCK PRAISE THE LORD FOR THIS WONDROUS MIRACLE

No but I only have 2 left so they'll be sorry when they're gone 😂

Oh my word!

Two magpies were in the garden first thing. They were looking at an empty fat ball feeder. It's their own fault, I filled it yesterday and they demolished all the balls in next to no time rather than savour them. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

Sophie, an apricot (or very off-white) miniature poodle lying on the arm of a sofa looking listless and forlorn.

Possibly the definition of ennui in poodle form.

As I put the recycling out I could hear herring gulls, house sparrows, carrion crows, a robin and a dunnock but the first bird I saw was a collared dove pottering around our garden. #FirstBirdofMyDay

The sea lapping on a shingle beach.
A blackbird singing on a spring evening.
My dog snoring.
Bees buzzing on a heather moorland.
My mum's mince pies.

I didn’t realise it was a thing with jackdaws and chimneys until we moved last year. ☺️

Snap! Two jackdaws investigating a neighbour's chimney pots. One acts as "Top Jack" standing watch while the other drops down a chimney. They appear to swap when it comes to the next chimney. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

We put the call out.
And people respond.
Good resonates
Thanks folks.
Heart full.

Thanks to Sinéad Courtney and @news.rte.ie for amplifying our cause.

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#bees #nature
#worldbeesanctuary

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Thanks very much. I'll do that 👍

I tried bunting hide and the path but bumped into a chap who wanted to chat. I did seeo a nice tit flock and a pair of nuthatches there but no willow tits. Next time I go to see my mum I'll give it another go or try somewhere nearer Wigan.

Nice, I tried for willow tit at Pennington Flash this morning and failed. I did see a few bullfinch and reed bunting as a consolation.

Worzle Gummidge, a scarecrow from a children's TV series, with messy straw hair.

Boris Johson, a former prime minister with messy straw-like hair

Separated at birth? A former prime minister and Worzle Gummidge

I'm at my mum's in Greater Manchester and I can hear a lot of bird song, completely different from home. In her back garden, I see 3 goldfinches and 2 bluetits. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

I was their for onlyvthe second time since moving to Wales and I couldn't believe that we hadn't scored 1 if not 2 in the first half. Their second goal was like the ghost of Ian Evatt had made an appearance. Well, he had...

FACT OF THE DAY. 21 February 1946. Aneurin Bevan announced the Labour Government’s proposals for a National Health Service. The service began on 5 July 1948. Its introduction represented one of the greatest social reforms in British History which helped every citizen.

A small red royal mail post box mounted on a black post next to a grey metal storage box. Ivy is growing underneath the two boxes. There is a bridge to the right of them crossing a stream.

Good morning and I hope you have a good #PostboxSaturday

This ER post mounted box is at Llanfairfechan, Gwynedd.

I opened the living room curtain and on or under our feeding station were 3 jackdaws, 2 starlings and 2 collared doves. We call the starlings and jackdaws "vandals" as they throw the seed everywhere but the other birds take advantage and pick the fallen seeds on the ground. #FirstBirdOfMyDay