Then after the rain the bees are very active, with mass orienting (young bees familiarising themselves with the position of the hive, in readiness for foraging duties) #beekeeping #Honeybees #NaturalBeekeeping #buzz #buzzaboutthebees #lookingup #apiary #Pollinators #garden

It may be rainy, but Summer's bounty still tastes of sunshine #Blackberries #WildFood #foraging #FoodForFree

Something I saw today on an unsuccessful shipping trip. #SomethingISawToday

THEY LIED! The last pretence that this govt gives a hoot about the environment finally blown asunder. Greenest govt ever? Lie. Not lower enviro standards? Lie. Leave rivers in a better state? Lie. All of it, lies. NOTE: You cannot offset a dead river. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Something I saw this morning in the rain-damp garden

See them looking At the leader’s helicopter From the broken Bus shelter. Is that the sun, mother? No, it’s the leader’s Hi-vis jacket Shining from the cabin.

We’ve scaled the scaffolding at Labour’s London HQ to remind Keir Starmer what he once said about proportional representation.

In took just 17 hours of trading yet the owners of Britian's 3 largest house building firms go to bed tonight £643,000,000 richer than when they woke up yesterday morning. This was never about persevering our rivers it was always about persevering Conservative Party donations.

I've already got my Carry Akroyd 2024 calendar! What would we do without one?

Stuff I notice

#StateOfNature #farming #biodiversity #gained Nature Friendly Farming Network Defra UK The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Thérèse Coffey Rob Yorke Sally-Ann Spence FRES FLS Just Farmers RSPB Hope Farm FWAG East BTO Suffolk Steven Falk BBC East SuffolkWildlifeTrust

Things I notice: a pair of beautiful #Hoverflies making the most of the Autumn sunshine. #WildlifeFriendlyGarden #insects

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Don't usually post this kind of thing on this account, but wondering can anyone help me with ID for this fly, please? My searches indicate Hylemya vagans, but NatureSpot says ID is hard. Am I in the right area? #insect #diptera #arthropods #PesticideFree #MoreThanHuman #flies

This is where we are at right now . . . and this is not what my relatives fought and died for in the last century . . . nor what our youth should tolerate now . What has this nation honestly become ? I feel utterly ashamed watching this Streets Kitchen Big Issue

Nuclear is not the solution to the climate crisis theguardian.com/business/2023/…