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In no particular order...birder, novice botanist, Gashead, art, film and book lover, husband, dad etc.
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My online shop has had the most dismal week since records began. Have a look, share this post and tell all your friends. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk Thank you.

Ok so I have to do this self publicizing thing which I find so unnerving. Er, buy my book. It’s got very good reviews and is available on platforms other than Amazon. But here’s the Amazon link for ref amzn.eu/d/eDeB1Tb And as ever, reviews are really, really appreciated.

We should do this

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Great visit to Ingleborough, oceans of Bird’s-eye Primrose, Holly Fern, Spring Sandwort, 100s of Early Purple Orchids & best of all my 1st Lesser Twayblade. We found dozens under heather but just this one in flower. Plus my 1st Emperor moth to round off a cracking day. #wildflowerhour

Hours before a solar eclipse, spruce trees 'talk' to each other www.space.com/stargazing/s...

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Nine Dotterel still on Ingleborough this evening @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Nine Dotterel reported on summit of Ingleborough yesterday @nybirdnews.bsky.social

My VE Day was nothing like our image of it today. I hope we can honour what it really meant | Sheila Hancock

1. Dear bird folk, I am hoping to sell some of my lovely bird books and annual reports. I am open to offers. Images attached in the hope that someone out there may be interested. Would folk mind reposting for me in the hope it reaches as many people as possible. Thank you. 🙏🏻 #BirdingGear

The country, its people, and its millionaires are tired of being ignored.

In a poor spring for summer migrants in the village so far good to see up to seven Yellow Wagtail territories along 3/4 mile of the Swale at Morton this morning @nybirdnews.bsky.social #ukbirding #yellowwagtail

'So who has the government listened to? Astonishingly, Keir Starmer has told us. His attack on environmental regulation, he states, has been inspired by “my conversations with leading CEOs” ' Get ready to fight this BS at the local level - every step of the way www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Please, if your are able, please support Independent publishers. Here are a few who live and die by books sales. They do an enormous amount of heavy lifting in finding great new stories. @littletollerbooks.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social Thank you.

How much do we need a truly progressive major political party and yet progressive people of the electorate have been written off. They are of no interest to the major parties who have decided regression is where it’s at and in doing so lay out a red carpet for fascism

📢 @ejmilnergulland.bsky.social: MPs must pause Part III of the Planning Bill—consult widely—and align it with the spirit and substance of the Environment Act and #CANBill. Housing’s urgent—but it doesn’t need to happen at #nature’s expense. Nature isn’t a “nice to have”. It’s all we have.

Ydays post: The new silent majority mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-... When the 2 main parties promote socially conservative policies and argue against funding better public services, that can mean that a social liberal and economic centre or left point of view struggles to get much airtime

Musk the empathy slayer "The Origins of Totalitarianism" via Hannah Arendt, www.penguin.co.uk/books/306643...

Titanic struck on iceberg tonight in 1912 My latest podcast is a minute by minute description of what happened from the moment of impact to its stern slipping beneath the surface. 🎧: podfollow.com/dan-snows-hi...

Blackthorn looking magnificent this morning, Blackcap, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff all singing from here. What a fantastic time of year @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty down about my small business. I’m working so hard but it’s been very quiet. It’s bloody difficult at the moment. Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

A great day launching our exhibition on Pennant, Gilbert White, and #C18th Natural History @gilbertwhites.bsky.social! Open to visitors until the summer, and hosting plenty of linked events and a conference in the meantime

I caught TBE in Sweden in 2023. By far the illest I’ve ever been so really no joke: it can have life-changing impacts. Worth being aware…

We'd really appreciate it if you could share action with your broader networks - including via WhatsApp. Once you've done the process yourself you will be given a whole range of sharing tools. Let's start to defund Zuckerberg!

It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.

Well done Sean Taylor and all involved.

The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account: Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social

You truly could not make it up. You could not.