Pete in Tooting

Growing Amish Paste, Harry's Italian Plum, Ailsa Craig and Primabella

Final total from our tiny patch of SW17;

5 x Goldfinch
2 x Blue Tit
3 x Great Tit
2 x Feral pigeon
2 x Dunnock
1 x Jay
1 x Robin
1 x Wood pigeon
1 x Ring-necked Parakeet

He pretends to be outraged when war memorials are disrespected during marches that pass by them but the actual denigration of British war dead?
“Not quite fair.”
What an irredeemable shitbag.

Morning #caturday #blackcat

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Any comment yet from the plastic patriot?

And we're back. The moment the danger passes, people rush to pretend everything is alright again. It isn't and will not be.

The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.

Same clowns, new circus

FIFTY WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOOFAH

Just slip out the tub, bub
Crush it with a handstand
That kind of ploy, Roy
Endears you to me.
Force it down the lav, Trev
Tear it into shards, pard
Defenestrate it, Mic
Hide it in a tree

European Robin (Erithacus rubecula): 14cm (5.5in) This is an insectivorous species that will also take seeds if put out on a bird table. Close up photo taken by Kane Clemens in the UK #red #robin #redrobin #europeanrobin #bird #birds #wildlife #nature #photography #wildlifephotography #bluesky #bsky

Interesting shift in Nadhims opinion of the fag ash Fuhrer

BBC News - Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It was a bright and frosty Plough Monday and the air was sweet with birdsong. The farmers, old and bark-worn, young and bright-eyed, from every farm and gainery around the village and the hamlet had paid their visits to Old Fox's cottage.
They bade Old Fox a solemn good morning & winked at Wolf,

Nadhim Zahawi, the disgraced former Tory MP and 2-month Chancellor has...

...defected to Reform.

You cannot make this up. Reform is soon going to have more failed Tories as members than people who were never Tories.

Prayer for Uninteresting Times   Send me a slow news day, a quiet, subdued day, in which nothing much happens of note, save for the passing of time, the consumption of wine, and a re-run of Murder, She Wrote. Grant me a no news day, a spare-me-your-views day, in which nothing much happens at all, except a few hours together some regional weather, a day we can barely recall. Brian Bilston

This, please.

Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.

On a less humorous note:
These are serious times. What are they thinking ? #BBC

Still have to stop and realise sometimes just how wonderful the Elizabeth line is.

This country will only grow with more projects like this supported by government

A female Sparrowhawk in flight at eye level showing her yellow eye and feet

I was thrilled to get this photo of a female Sparrowhawk as it shot through RSPB Greylake this lunchtime! 😍😊🐦
#Birds 🪶

Gang-gang Cockatoo. Tremendous photo taken by Allison Premischook in Australia. #cockatoo #bird #birds #wildlife #nature #australia

Two Starlings face off in an intense standoff, beaks wide open as though mid-argument. Their glossy, speckled plumage shimmers with iridescent greens and purples, but their flared wings and sharp postures steal the show. One bird leans forward, as if shouting, while the other appears just as indignant...capturing the chaos when tensions soar and everyone takes the game a little too seriously.

POV: You try and have a nice game of Monopoly

📷 Paul Browning

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.

Lilac-breasted Roller. Beautiful photo taken by Ken Hadfield in Kruger, South Africa. #roller #wildlife #nature #birds #bird #wildlifephotography

A Goldfinch perches delicately atop a pine tree, its vivid red face, black-and-white crown, and golden feathers glowing against the blurred green backdrop. It tilts its head to one side, looking slightly puzzled, as if wondering what all the fuss is about. The star, after all, is right where it should be...perched proudly on top of the tree.

POV: Everybody's asking where the star is and you're confused because *you* are the star 🌟

📷 John Lindsey

Classy as always Donny

Elisabeth Sommerville (Canadian, born 1947)
"The Skating Party", 2015.
Lithograph on Paper, 51 × 38 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

A Robin and a Dunnock in dispute face to face in mid-air

Dunnock versus Robin! 😁
Taken yesterday at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 🐦

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They make perfect Christmas gifts! 😍🎁🌲🐦❤️

A kingfisher perched on a wooden railing along a grassy pathway.

A great blue heron standing in shallow water under overhanging branches.

A fallow deer with impressive antlers stands alert in a field of tall, dry grass, with a soft-focus forest background.

🐦 The Royal Parks really do help nature thrive.

📸 Anne Ross captured these lovely images in Bushy Park at a safe distance of over 50m using a 150-600mm Sigma lens.

I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future.

Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.