Ben

This one says, death will be unremarkable.

Still got it. #SpeckledWood #FinDeSaison @savebutterflies.bsky.social

No.

Commit to rejoining the EU and I'm in.

Bollocks on a hot tin roof.

Haha, that's one of my local parks! I was volunteering on the other one they did, the day before.

A lovely thread.

Ooooooo. Oooooooh. #Halloween #DogsOfBluesky #BorderTerrier

Great, will research pubs with rooms.. close to my wife's birthday too so brownie points possibly involved. The variable is the grumpy teenagers.

Might see if dates work next year, that sounds like a lot of fun. Hiking in mid Wales, what's not to like?

Distracted by the gusty wind, the buzzard didn't notice us until it had landed about 10m away. @rspb.bsky.social

Love that the mayor turned up. I mean, can you get any more civic pride? Happy walking.

For many years I have been posting little observations online. What you may not know is that for many years, artists have been illustrating them - for no reason other than they wanted to respond. Below is a thread of some of these beautiful drawings because they should be seen 🧵

You can keep your rarities. #Robin @rspb.bsky.social

Just wanted to say thank you for raising the alarm generally on credit card scams. We nearly lost £1500 last night to a scammer who had got hold of my wife's credit card details, was pretending to be the bank and was trying to trick us into handing him the OTP for an online transaction.

Lovely, John.

London x Wildlife. Innit.
#MitchamCommon

Paid a first visit in a while to SW London's Beddington Farmlands. This 120+ hectare, nationally-important site for wildlife should be fully open to the public by now, if it weren't for foot-dragging by Valencia Waste Management. Maybe time for some national exposure? @patrickbarkham.bsky.social

Yet they have an integrated phone and postal system. They're each happy to hear from you, just not see you.

Nice. One has been turning up in my SW London garden most days this week.

www.leafmines.co.uk/html/mine-gu...

Sorry, I should have assumed you'd know. My mistake.

Haha, so do I...

Not in the bubble but my son is addicted. It's like Risk on steroids.

Yes, leaf miners carry wolbachia bacteria which slow the loss of chlorophyll, meaning their larval house stays secure.

They probably had a meeting about defining 'substantive' and lost the will...

Graphic which reads "Mayor of London / It was predicted to take 193 years to meet legal limits for air pollution in London/ We did it in 9"

I remember being told that it would take 193 years to reach legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.

I decided this was unacceptable.

Thanks to the bold policies we put in place, we've managed to do it in nine years - 184 years earlier than expected.

I had firecrests and a hobby in Dulwich Woods last week so it's not all bad.

Any day with a kestrel in it is a good day, but two...? Went looking for firecrests on Wimbledon Common - no joy but these were the alternative prize, along with siskins, a treecreeper and a few chunky hornets. @rspb.bsky.social @lesevanshill.bsky.social

This below chest-height footpath-portal is entitled, "what, through there?"