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Simon Tucker

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7 years in farming. Went to Uni, 2:1 in Zoology, 31 years working as an IT consultant then 10 years as my own boss doing IT and eco-consultancy. Keen birder & conservationist, bird ringer & ringing trainer & blogger. Politically left wing.

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Hyatt: Stop abusing dolphins for profit! Blue seas, white sandy beaches and sunny skies -- the Hyatt Ziva Hotel in CancΓΊn sells us a dream vacation. But it is also hiding a horrendous reality of animal abuse at the heart of its resort.Crampe

Free the Dolphins at Hyatt Ziva in CancΓΊn! action.eko.org/a/free-the-d...

04.03.2026 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop the steal: protect workers’ and renters’ rights! Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. Sign this petition to stop the steal.

Have you seen this? Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. I've signed a petition to stop the steal. Can you add your name too? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...

04.03.2026 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Teaching English as a Foreign Language? I wouldn't have thought that a good job for an Islamophobe or racist.

03.03.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed I do: I blame Blair and Bush. Not only were their claims all false but thanks to them ISIS was created.

03.03.2026 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But not the will

03.03.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A few thousand

02.03.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh dear! How sad! Never mind, should have stayed at home, instead of being war criminals!

02.03.2026 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, I cannot see what wrote, have been blocked 😁

02.03.2026 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You are so f*king ignorant you must be Starmer's head of miscommunication

02.03.2026 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You mean Tice and Oakshotte: tax avoiding inhumane scum. Iran could do us a favour!

02.03.2026 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

WTF are the USA doing there in the first place?

02.03.2026 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

and the UK has no right to involve itself in this illegal war with no mandate to do so.

02.03.2026 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Explain why our armed forces were there? Then provide evidence of your assertion. The first attack on UK military bases only started hours after Starmer allied himself with the Zionist alliance and allowed the USA to use RAF Akrotiri as a base for attacking Iran. Iran has a right to defend itself

02.03.2026 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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West Wilts RG Results: February 2026 Not only was it our largest ever February catch but also our biggest ever average February catch. The numbers were definitely skewed by the number of Blue Tits, not ringed, as that was the same as …

A decent start to the year, compounded by a good February, despite some awful weather (again):

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01.03.2026 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That could be said every time Starmer opens his mouth

01.03.2026 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was quite good being able to hear both Great and Lesser drumming in the same wood just about at the same time so the difference really stood out.
Hearing the two Green Woodpeckers who have territories either side of the wood made for a full set.

28.02.2026 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A lovely, regular, winter visitor to our UK shores. I have been lucky enough to have seen several.

28.02.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

According to Trump is there any country that didn't try to interfere in the 2020 & 2024 elections?

28.02.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am well aware they had a rapid expansion until the noughties. It would be interesting to know what caused it: adaptation to fragmented woodlands.

On another note, whilst out ringing at one of my sites on Wednesday we had two Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming off against each other!

28.02.2026 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Reacting to Labour's devastating loss to the Green Party in Gorton and Denton, Keir Starmer claims that only Labour can unite communities. I agree. He convinced Muslims to vote for a white working class woman representing a party led by a gay Jewish man.

27.02.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1397    πŸ” 342    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 13

GSW numbers have plateaued for the last 10 years according to GBW data and, as already mentioned, BT usage has declined

28.02.2026 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's one reason I want to see some proper scientific studies on it.
On the one hand feeding birds is spreading disease and reducing populations on the other hand it is increasing populations and causing the demise of other species.
It needs better studying and better, factual, answers.

28.02.2026 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

your garden reduces competition for naturally occurring wild foods, as those that take advantage of your garden aren't hunting the woodlands.
Did you know that the most regularly reported Trichomonosis suffering finch species is Goldfinch? I have never seen it amongst the 100s I get in my garden.

28.02.2026 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think nest boxes have a much bigger impact than garden bird feeding. If you look at the Garden Birdwatch data the frequency and number of Blue and Great Tits using garden feeders is in a long slow decline also, although with some peaks and troughs. One scenario not addressed is whether feeding in

28.02.2026 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the issue: in my area Blue & Great Tit numbers are both in a slow decline. The only Titmouse species that is increasing is the Marsh Tit. Lots of people feed around here but, by agreement with Forestry England and the Wildlife Trust, there are no Titmouse nesting boxes in the Braydon Forest

28.02.2026 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The only think I want to hear about Trump (plus Putin, Netanyahu and Farage) is that he has dropped dead.

28.02.2026 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

pre-infection levels. We had 5 breeding pairs of Greenfinch visiting our feeders last year and lots of juveniles. Chaffinch have never been that common in our garden, as 20 years of GBW records show.

28.02.2026 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Trichomonosis study is only starting this year & although the Greenfinch & Chaffinch numbers dropped precipitous 15 years ago and I did see definitely ill birds at that time, there have been none that I have seen in my garden for nigh on 10 years, but the population has built back up to

28.02.2026 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am lucky to have had all three, but the badgers seem to have gone missing of late.

27.02.2026 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The most astonishing thing about this is how many MAGA are defending this and lying about it, just as they have about the other extra-judicial executions.

27.02.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0