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Leftie birder retired Brit lives rural France Do Euro butterflies and moths also an artist. Cycling follower. Please don't follow unless naturalist or personal friend as I really do BLOCK strangers
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Best local birding is along the Seine near Pont de Normandie. A fabulous reserve with reed beds and hunters’ and other ponds.Loads cuckoos & nightingales today we saw so much…marsh warblers bluethroats included and photographed this whinchat whitethroat and garden warbler #birding

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Mindless destruction From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

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One pair Montagus now seem settled for us to watch with aim of protecting the nest hens present but not located yet #Harrier protection Normandy #birding

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Trump wants to be pope, and then the Catholic Church elects Robert Francis Prevost — the cardinal most critical of the Trump administration. God wills it! ✝️

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Our harrier protection Summer has slowly started. On the agricultural fields we watch at last a courting pair Montys and one pair hen harriers passing prey. Fortunately there's no flax in the fields where they are...it's cut very early. #harriers#france

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Suddenly large groups swallows swifts going N in Normandy. First obv migration this Soring. #birds

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I was just about to post a rant about lack of diversity and no birds in our agricultural fields patch but today rewarded by a food passing pair of hen harriers and a female Montagus Now it’s up to us to find and report the nests for protection. A happy Summer pastime.

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The sea off Hornøya Island near Vardo, Norway, breathtaking numbers of guillemot and razorbills. #SuperSeabirdSunday

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A slightly worn tawny prominent In todays Normandy moth trap Maybe an immigrant #teammoth

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Crack US suicide squad trying to drag Eastern European states in accelerating #climate driven collapse of civilisation. America is by some distance now the most dangerous country in the world. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The swifts are screaming excitedly round our Normandy town ! #birds

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Well done Brett

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At last found a few of “my” Duke of Burgundy fritillaries in the warmth of Normandy in hunters woods ! Wood white also #eurobutterflies

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"A culture of waste" .quote from pope Francis. Day on day we buy too much expect others to do same to promote growth. Waste our precious environment waste our time waste our breath on nonsense #environment

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Gary Lineker has said he is leaving Match of the Day because he felt the BBC wanted him to leave over his support for Palestine. If you support Gary, like. If you support Palestine, RT! He should not be forced out for speaking the truth, even if the BBC don't want to hear it.

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An Easter present in moth trap. Out for first time in a while. GIANT PEACOCK and among others Great Prominent. Normandy France #teammoth

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

Book review: Rare Plants by Peter Marren (cover Carry Akroyd) @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @chiffchat.bsky.social Review: markavery.info/2025/04/13/s... 'A great read for botanists & non-botanists alike' @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscience.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social #naturewriting

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Good morning from Greece! Oprhys rhodia Horrid harsh midday light, but a happy #orchid at least!

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69M married women could lose their voting rights if the SAVE Act is passed. Transgender individuals too. Why? Absent a valid passport, you must present a birth certificate *with the same name as your registration* to be registered. This is insane! Hands Off Her Vote

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One of the big shocks of last year’s UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme results was that, after its worst year on record in 2024 and a run of six below average years, Green-veined White (Pieris napi) is now in long-term decline. Numbers have dropped 28% at monitored sites since 1976.

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A sortie to our patch today found this little procession of pine processionary moth caterpillars such wonderful coordination #teammoth

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Only three butterflies got photographed in the wet and cold Spain in March but hers the wonderful festoon #butterflies

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Shopping this am most food seems to be sourced to factories in Europe but which are US companies ? I need more info to boycott

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Matt Hancock used his personal email account to help a 'VIP' supplier win a £25 million PPE Covid contract The company, which supplied the NHS with tens of millions of pounds worth of completely unusable PPE, later went bust, owing taxpayers millions bylinetimes.com/2025/04/03/m...

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The news is so bad I can’t find a single April Fool in my Guardian but there’s a lot of very foolish things going on eg Junta bombing earthquake victims.

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Mabel Alvarez painted this self-portrait in 1923; it exemplifies the timeless beauty she sought to create. Incidentally, the black outline around the rim of her hat, which also appears on her shoulder, is a device adapted from Cézanne to frame colour.

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