Foggy calm day today #skarmunken

Home after a short trip to #Scotland and had a clean up of the juvenile Goshawk shots. They're not going to win any prizes, but this was one of my most memorable #birding moments in a long time

Don’t you just love it when this happens 😜

Leucistic Female Hen Harrier, 2023, Isle of Man 🇮🇲

The lovely #wildflowerhour is now available at that Other Place, if you were thinking of joining there. The more nature / wildlife / plants / birds / conservation / ecology accounts on bksy the better… wildflowerhour

We must stand together and #DefendNature, which is why we’ll be joining Chris Packham, friends at WWF UK, Woodland Trust🌳 and others on Thursday Defra UK offices in #London #York and #Bristol from 8am. #RestoreNatureNow 👉 restorenaturenow.com

“Where can you go from a hug?” “Home” Warming to Saku already #gbbo

We’ll be proudly uniting with our Vice President Chris Packham, fellow conservation organisations and nature lovers to fight for wildlife and wetlands at the #RestoreNatureNow! demonstration tomorrow. If you’re there too, look out for WWT t-shirts at the London event.

Tomorrow we’ll be joining Chris Packham and 30+ NGOs outside DEFRA. We’ll make it clear that we must #RestoreNatureNow, and environmental commitments must stand. We need all politicians to act now. Join us there and on social, and let's get nature’s voice heard.

Butterfly Conservation will be standing together with Chris Packham and 30+ NGOs tomorrow to #RestoreNatureNow See you there? 📅 September 28 2023 ⏰ 08:00 - 14:00 📌 Defra UK HQ, #London #StateOfNature #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

My new book, THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD: A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD IN IDIOMS, PROVERBS AND GENERAL NONSENSE, is out today in all good bookstores (and some evil ones too)! To prove it wasn’t some rush job, here’s a picture of me working on the first draft of it

Simple yet splendid: roses, tulips, & narcissi in a glass vase, 1650s. By Carstien Luyckx, whose day was today.

I’ll never forget those eyes. A Common Kestrel at Noup Head. More: thehallofeinar.com/2023/09/a-kest…

Another little island for sale here in stockholm, for those of you who want to buy an island. maklarringen.se/hus/drottningh…

First hints of autumn - a walk up Beda Fell with views of Martindale and Boredale earlier this month #LakeDistrict #Cumbria

Thinking about butterflies crossing the North Sea now⬇️

Beautiful picture of an older woman, 1654. Exactly the eyes of gentle age. By Michael Sweerts of Brussels.

Film of the day - Local Hero (1983) An excellent comedy-drama written and directed by Bill Forsyth starring Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay and Peter Capaldi. Awesome score by Mark Knopfler Film4 4pm this afternoon. #BillForsyth #PeterCapaldi #MarkKnopfler

Would anyone like a get-in-code for the other place? More and more tweeters are turning up, and it works

A new weekend, and maybe time for a new social media site? Would anyone like a get-in code? More and more tweeters arriving, and it works.