John Ashburner

Showing they are out of control by dumping diarrhea on the country. I've seen that somewhere else on the Internet today.

They seem to hate everything that controls the bitey fly populations: swifts, newts, bats, jumping spiders.

No Brians in the Tory party

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

YouTube video by Jonathan Rowe The River Remembers

Short film by @brentpollution.bsky.social showing how nature miraculously survives amidst the despoilment of the River Brent.
Both enraging and uplifting!

youtu.be/PNRQGGjAtGI?...

I hope students will learn the difference between domestic animals (e.g., honey bees) and wild animals.

I hope the Nobel Prize committee is taking note. Looks like that's another in the bag, in addition to his certain awards for Peace, Economics and Literature.

They must really hate this country to leave that mess.

It's currently the worst of both worlds. In the UK system, we are supposed to be voting for people to represent us. Even this is not allowed because the party whips prevent our elected representatives from voting freely.

@mrhenrymorris.substack.com

My phone read out the message. The Welsh bit at the end came out as gibberish - I think.

Not a teacher, but our daughter is a GCSE student. She made me follow you because she's a big fan of all things Six Idiots.

My mother went to secondary school in Wigton, where Melvyn Bragg was the head boy. She had an autograph book, and got people from school to sign it. His entry was

Never B#,
Never B♭,
Always B♮.

Does anyone have a handle on how much of the financial problems of the NHS can be attributed to PFI payments?

E-r-i-s-t-a-l-i-s--t-e-n-a-x

It's not over till the first lady sings.

Flag of Guernsey - Wikipedia

The flags should have a yellow norman cross painted on the red to represent the shady people funding this shit.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of...

Fixed it.

View from behind the Jennings brewery in Cockermouth, Cumbria. A good place to look out for the occasional kingfisher.

The Jennings brewery in Cockermouth is up and running again as an independent family-owned brewery, and is worth a visit. This is the view from the beer garden at the back, where you can see serious flood damage to one of the buildings near the bridge.

View over Ennerdale Water in the west of the Lake district.

A holiday pic from last week. We did a family walk around Ennerdale, which was lovely. It's one of the few lakes without a main road running along it, which adds to the tranquility. It is also home to a project to replace spruce trees with native species.

👆🏻 #PollinatorPals #WildflowerHour

Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) on Hoary Mustard

Small Spotty-eyed Drone Fly (Eristalinus sepulchralis) on Hoary Mustard.

Brown Argus (Aricia agestis), a bit late for this Common Knapweed.

Blue Mason Bee (Osmia caerulescens - I think) on Black Horehound.

A few #Pollinatorpals from Warren Farm in west London yesterday.
#WildflowerHour
@warrenfarmnr.bsky.social

Currently in France and was woken this morning by a Golden Oriole singing from a nearby tree. Shortly afterwards, it was joined by hundreds of Starlings.

I'm no expert, but the "sperm whale" illustration doesn't seem to be a sperm whale.

Next: Payments for not fly tipping.

Dusky Sallow (Eremobia ochroleuca) on Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) at Warren Farm, west London.

They do seem to like knapweed. Here's one I saw yesterday.

Wood Sage (Teucrium scorodonia) in a corner of Warren Farm

Almost #DeadNettlefamily, and no longer in flower.

Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) at Warren Farm

Ballota nigra in Long Wood

Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) seeds in Long Wood.

Some #DeadNettlefamily from Warren Farm and Long Wood (west London) yesterday.
@brentriverpark.bsky.social
#wildflowerhour

One of the group of four perched on a tall plant in the Warren Farm meadow

One of the four kestrels hovering

A kestrel looking out for prey

Kestrel in flight

Four kestrels manoeuvre in the park
@warrenfarmnr.bsky.social

That goes with Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb.