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Excellent. Can't think people will be wanting these in the next few weeks

Seems to be good news, but if only. Shame the nearest vaccination centre to me in Bristol is 3 hours drive away in Peterborough, and appointments supposedly unavailable. Government said this would be fixed IN JULY

Another home run in the government's battle to outdo itself with extremely late, badly thought out and ineffective measures. Remarkable really. Anyone know what the effects would be of 4 doses? (Asking for a friend...)

Some statistics to start the year: During 2021 Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total, which is comparable to the electrical energy consumed by a country like Argentina. Related CO2 emissions were ~64 Mt; enough to negate the entire global net savings from deploying EVs.

Bit of a surprise (slight understatement) to see this when I looked out of my bedroom window in Tignes this morning! Seemed very happy on the side of a small church just 20m away. Comfortably the best bird I’ve seen on a skiing trip, and pretty unlikely to be beaten

This is impossible to read it’s also impossible not to read apnews.com/article/russia…

Still quiet at New Passage/Pilning today, but did manage 25 avocet, 2 LRP, 4 ringed plover, 10 blackwit, 3 turnstone, knot, common sand, 6 sand martin, 3 swallow, house martin, 2 willow warbler, 8 chiffchaff, blackcap, cetti's warbler, 2 wheatear, white wag BristolBirding

Great morning pre-work at Severn Beach with Daniel Webb Matt Hall: cracking osprey low over our heads and NE, 29 whimbrel circling up high then NE, 57 sand martin, 12 swallow, 4 house Martin, 3 yellow wag, 2 tree pipit, redpoll, 2 siskin. Left early but full totals below

Back in London for Easter, and nice to come across this Iceland gull at WWT London earlier today, albeit very briefly before it disappeared. Also 2 garganey, green sandpiper, 2 oystercatcher and 2 yellow wag over #londonbirds SurreyBirdClubNews

A cracking red-rumped swallow made for a pretty good morning at Severn Beach! Also 16 little gull, 110 arctic tern, 50 commic tern, 3 arctic skua, 21 whimbrel, bar-tailed godwit, yellow wag, tree pipit, 15 swallow, 8 house martin, 3 sand martin BristolBirding @Southglosbirds

Amazing morning from Severn Beach with 2 red-throated divers high E. Also spoonbill NE, 2 great white egret SW, 5 little gull, yellow-legged gull, 9 tree pipit, 7 yellow wag, 306 swallow, 49 sand martin and 16 house martin BristolBirding @Southglosbirds Paul Bowerman

Go figure

Some movement along the Severn this am: 2 spot fly, lesser whitethroat, willow warbler, and tree pipit at Aust, then high tide produced a YLG, med gull, grey plover, 3 whimbrel, 9 blackwit, 40 turnstone, 2 common sand, 3 wheatear, 6 yellow wag and 5 tree pipit NE BristolBirding

This is pretty bleak

Nice selection on severnside today. Pink-footed goose (only the 4th patch record!), 2 barnacles, pochard, 2 pintail, merlin, golden plover and displaying sprawks on Pilning, then 1w bewicks from Aust Warth and a spectacular sky over the M4 bridge Paul Bowerman BristolBirding

Temminck’s stint on the rear wader pool of pilning wetland. View from footpath. Thanks to Matt Hall for photo BristolBirding @Southglosbirds BirdGuides Paul Bowerman

Been quiet on here for a while, largely because I can’t show the photos I’ve taken for Queens, the NatGeo/Disney+ series I’ve been working on for 4 years, until it’s out in March. But a couple of days ago I actually took a photo in the UK! Pretty spectacular watching these