We used to stay indoors to avoid the Cold. Now we stay indoors to avoid the Heat !

Gravel Ride - Leith Hill - on a clear day you can see the Channel 🤔

Twitched a butterfly today - White Letter Hairstreak #WansteadPark

On my bike ride this morning Fallow Deer and Herefords #herdinstinct

Swift at 1/8000th of a second

80 years ago today Clement Attlee became PM, he founded the NHS and built record numbers of homes. He was one of the best British PM's, strange that no-one talks about admiring his legacy. But then there is no profit in Council Houses and Public Healthcare.

Chicory

Black Stork lost in Suffolk and so not bothered by humans that this was taken on my iPhone

‘Lark Ascending’ by violinist Jennifer Pike was absolutely stunning today at the National Aboretum and I’m someone who is not normally moved by war commemorations or military extravaganzas #VJday

#LaVuelta2025 sometimes Matt ‘less is more’ …..

Cyclamen in Warley Churchyard

I can see the end of this Rainbow - Brevig Bay, Barra

There’s a Swainson’s in there !

Shades of Bougainvillea … #Lindos #Rhodes

Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her. RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.

Wigeon visiting Wanstead Flats E7 … a rare occurrence nowadays

Redpoll ⁦- on this day a few years ago; when there was a significant flock present in the SSSI Wanstead Flats Friends of Wanstead Parklands⁩

#bbcglobaleye best news magazine on TV … bravo BBC News (UK)

Let's do it. Gary Lineker for BBC Director General. RT if you agree.

Firecrest Day … 2 in Wanstead this morning and this one at the Burial Ground, Warley Hospital, Pastoral Way ⁦this afternoon ⁦Brentwood Birder⁩