Will the full backstory to this madness be revealed?
Trial underway for man accused of dumping 50 dead hares & two raptors outside Broughton village shop in Hampshire raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/04/21/t...
After 14+ years of Tory incompetence and misrule, and the spectre of fascism under Farage & his billionaire conmen, I really wish the Labour Party in power would get its fekin’ act together, stop power plays and infighting and just deliver hope for the country, with the promised lack of drama 🙄
We are stuck togethir on a tinye beautiful driftinge rocke wyth nobodye outsyde and nobodye cominge to save us. We are the onlye ones heere yn a wild expanse of night and silence. We sholde be lovinge each othir all the tyme. We sholde be greetinge each othir "hey, miracle!" We sholde be daunsinge.
This famous ukiyo-e (or woodblock) print is by Katsushika Hokusai. It shows two Japanese women (one with traditional blackened teeth) sharing a telescope. Judging by their fixed stares & open mouths, they are viewing something that fascinates them.
🕰️1801-4
🏛️Hokusai Museum, Tokyo
📷mine
#Art
Medieval manuscript image of three men wearing crowns asleep in the same bed; above them is a bright star and an angel emerging from a cloud with a scroll.
ge-mǣtan, wk.v: to dream. (yeh-MAT-ahn / jɛ-ˈmæː-tan)
Image: The Dream of the Magi from a psalter; England (Oxford), 1200-1220; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Royal MS 1 D X, f. 2v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
The picture shows Bladder Campion flowers and buds against a green, background, (foliage). The flowers have white petals and pink patterned bladders behind each flower.
A group of pink Red Campion flowers against a bamboo fence with a fir tree in the background.
A single White Campion flower with buds against a green background.
If you love Moths, grow some Campions in your garden 🦋
Red Campion, (which is pink 😊), White Campion and Bladder Campion, (both white) all provide food for adult moths and some of their caterpillars 🐛
Visit our Planting for Wildlife page for more suggestions 😊
#MHHSBD
I reported the source video to Facebook, which, as a reminder, non-consensually depicts a minor in order to fuel his mass vilification on the internet, leading to calls for this death and so on.
Facebook: this is fine, actually. What's your problem?
The Mating Game
As I watched the male Kestrel arrived & called repeatedly - a vole was passed to the female in mid-air.
She landed on a fence post to inspect the gift & then flew into a tree to consume it.
All part of the pair-bonding process - they have mated at least daily for the last week or so.
The head of the British Music Hall Society told me that they have warehouses full of bequeathed memorabilia and nothing to do with it, their average member is 80 y/o and their youngest is in their 50s
This is what I think about when I see flag-shaggers pretending to be "defending British culture."
Jack-by-the-hedge growing in my front hedge.
Telegraph newspaper editorial on Mandelson's appointment in December 2024 versus editorial today
Operose sending emails to GP Partners - come and join us!
The same Operose who Samantha Jones was CEO
The one that employed PAs at the expense of GPs
The one owned by a hedge fund whose owner is now based in Dubai
It’s a corporate takeover of GP
Practices aided by Government cuts
Palantir’s deranged manifesto shows why it should be nowhere near our public services.
This is not a normal company, it's Trump's favourite tech firm and a danger to our NHS.
Did u know? Don't weed your *weeds*, just enjoy the wildlife that having them attracts, like this floofy, gingery Carder bee foraging on these beautiful White Dead Nettles (Lamium alba) They're free, they're prolific, they're wildlife-friendly & they're native to 🇬🇧 - such a win-win. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🕷️🐝🦋🪰
Tulips flower a little later at my Devon allotment on the hill.
A nice surprise on Sunday as I’d forgotten I planted Queen of the Night there.
#tuliptuesday
#gardening
#tulips
This is why I haven't been on social media much!
I've been horrified by what we found about Natural England pausing designation to SSSIs - and the consequent loss of nationally important sites for nature to development:
wildjustice.org.uk/unprotected-...
Fifty Years in the Magic Circle by Signor Blitz, Illustrated. Green cover with gold titles and black decoration of owl and strange serpentine creature with foliage and magician on the binding.
Book Cover of the Day:
Destruction of life and property continues apace in the West Bank & Lebanon after Netanyhu's government got used to punishing an entire race in Gaza. This latest outrage is typical of the attitude not one rogue operator.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A photo of a parish register with the following text over the top: 'An Introduction to Parish Registers 10:30am, Saturday 2nd of May, Buckinghamshire Archives'
We've got plenty of parish registers in our collection, but how can you use them in your research?
Come along to this free talk and learn how to get started in using this fantastic resource!
Spaces are limited, so make sure you email us to secure your spot at archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
Rejection comes with the territory but you brush it off and move on. Occasionally, however, a particular #cartoon not finding a home really pisses you off. This is one of them. #sealife #pollution #aquarium
A cartoon-style drawing shows two cats sitting in front of a pet carrier. One cat says: “I go in, and when I come out I’m at the vet… then I go back in, and when I come out I’m home…” The other cat responds: “Could it be? A wormhole!”
😆
This guy Bembridge is deputy editor of Country Squire Magazine, which had to pay Chris Packham £90k plus costs for libel/defamation for untrue attacks/harassment. Worth joining the dots to see how the hard right is active in all spheres: urban, rural, health, countryside, wildlife.
Sociopaths.
A red brick brutalist building with tall clock tower against a blue sky.
Our St Pancras opening hours will be affected by planned tube strikes this week.
For a full list of amended hours, visit our website: bl.uk/stories/news
Morris dancers
Put bank holiday Mon, May 4th, in your calendars! Brixton's first Jack-in-the-Green, created by the Tatterjacks, will be appearing at Brixton Windmill's MayFest!! It's going to be a fab family day, 1-5pm, Windmill Gardens! 🌿🔔
www.brixtonwindmill.org/events/may-fest/
#morrisdancing #morris #brixton
person using a dumpy level to survey
person straightening a section face with a trowel
fisheyed lens image of a person talking to fieldschool participants
Months ago, I teased exciting stuff for April: First was starting my own company. The third will be revealed probably early May. But the MOST exciting thing can be revealed now...dunh dunh DUNH!!!!
The 2026 CHAP Training Excavation is open for registration!
heritagechap.co.uk/page-6
#archaeology
🎉OCEAN WIN: A new law banning trawling and scalloping in an area off the Sussex coast has been approved by the govt!
The new law now sees almost 30% of the inshore waters in Sussex protected from trawling. What a major victory for ocean life!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp84p23y6gko
A very straight edged Archaeological trench in the sunshine
CHAP's field school this year runs from 30 Aug - 18Sep... Conveniently not clashing with lots of other great summer excavations whilst also avoiding those scorching July days 😁
Please spread the word - a repost is always welcome!
This year we are in North Herts at a very special LIA/Roman site
Or maybe in the Nut House?
I checked this too.
*20 seconds* of Reform logo display.
*No other* party logo displayed.
In local election purdah.
This is not normal. At all.
There is no politician - and I mean none - who is better-placed than Ed Miliband to get us through this fossil fuel-driven energy crisis.
No-one in politics understands the energy system better. That’s why the billionaire fossil press hate him
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
