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birderjulie.bsky.social
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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.

It is natural to know despair in dark times, to feel dread and uncertainty. But do not immerse yourself in doom. Seek out joy and light, wherever you can find it, to keep despair from being the only feeling you have space for.

#UKBirding #Birds Birders! Please use alt-text when you're posting photos of birds. It helps folks with low/no vision and it also helps people who are learning to know what the bird is that you've posted a photo of. In settings you can choose 'require alt text' and then you'll be reminded to add it

WWT Slimbridge Grounds - a sign that spring’s on its way.

I fell off my bike, I need hugs 😭🤕

Spending time online can leave you with a warped view of the world and that's a shame. Good people have always outnumbered bad people and things generally get better. Hold onto that x

The river Frome in North Bristol.

It is time for the lithops plants to start their annual split 😍

Does anyone know of a news source that is just accurate and necessary information without the propaganda and clickbait?

Primrose flowering.. ..in November 😬

You shouldn’t have to work if there’s a bird outside you want to watch

I managed a half decent photo of a kingfisher 😯 #UKbirding

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #5,464,319!

I read that the best way to stop slugs eating precious plants is to put slices of cucumber for them to eat instead. Problem is now there are dozens of slugs out there every evening waiting to be fed and I don't have an exit strategy for this situation 🐌 😱

Hot air balloons from the Saturday evening mass ascent at Bristol balloon fiesta.

🍅 #wildflowerhour

The bees really like globe thistles! #UKwildlife

Where is my lunch hooman? #UKwildlife

I set my alarm clock for midnight so those northern lights had better show up!