Suspect Device #punk fanzine #poetry nominations for international Touchstone Awards from the October 2025 issue (#17) congrats to Gracemac Eavonka @debbiestrange Tracy Davidson Hifsa Ashraf and Kimberly K good luck! #haiku #senryu

Great day as always!! Love this group. Always enjoy presenting at these time with my friend Ted Benton about the new Grasshoppers of Essex book! Good to see old friends

Bruce Springsteen: “The America I love - that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years - is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration.” RETWEET if you stand with @Springsteen!

Eminem on Trump and Trump Supporters…. Nailed it.

BNA President Roger Tabor manning the Essex Branch British Naturalists Association stand at Nature Recovery event at #Brightlingsea Library #Essex today with new local tree leaflet & vital cup of tea!

Last day of COP 30 today in Brazil. It looks like it will be a COP OUT on real agreement on global reduction in fossil fuel burning. Hunting last minute agreements. How many species will follow the Dodo.

‘Av it 💥

One of the best times to #parkrun is #Christmas happy runs remembered in this light-hearted tale of touring 50 parkruns around the UK recounted through #poetry and #prose - Silent Running - available on Amazon amazon.co.uk/dp/1036901823?… #loveparkrun

It was wonderful to meet so many passionate naturalists, from novices to experts, excited to help us survey the #EppingForest’s incredible wildlife in 2026. 🌿🦋🐸🪲 Want to get involved? Visit our volunteering page  cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/g…

Essex Branch British Naturalists’ Association stand manned by Harry West MBNA & Nick Austin MBNA at today’s Essex Field Club event at Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea, #Essex. A number of other BNA members visited for a chat. Brill event!

A photo of cricket a day from this year as an advent calendar - so this is for 7th of December - Jack Russell MBE poses with my book #cricketchangedmylife Fairfield Books at Hove at the start of the 2025 season - 11 April.

Lots of good publicity for new book Grasshoppers of Essex, coauthored with the legend Ted Benton and copublished with Essex Wildlife Trust - review in BNA science Countryside mag, shout out in British Wildlife & sales at Essex Field Club Exhibition #grasshoppers #conservation #books

BIG VLAD WITH THE SAVE #NCFC

😍 BIG MAK SCORES‼️ #NCFC

#Essex Branch British Naturalists’ Association’s “tree” in this year’s Brightlingsea Christmas Tree Festival at All Saints Church, open today 10am-6pm. Our “tree “ is a re-used pallet with trimmings of holly & bay rather than a tree, to promote wildlife & conservation

British Naturalists’ Association Christmas zoom talk by Endymion Beer MBNA is this evening, joining from 7pm, talk starts at 7.30pm. Hope to see you there.

Some glow-worm stuff here, including a The Guardian article in which Essex Glow-worm Survey which we started in 2001 has been referenced as a source of declining #firefly evidence. Also I mentioned glow-worms and riparian #rewilding #conservation theguardian.com/environment/20…

HAPPY CRISTMAS SEASON to ALL British Naturalists' Association members & to all naturalists everywhere! bna-naturalists.org

Not that it’s something we want to be in the news for….. but here we are…! bbc.co.uk/sport/football… Wolves fancy a game? #UPTHEIMPS

This is still one of my favourite nostalgic cricket videos on YouTube.