Was lucky to attend the Poland-Italy U21 Euro qualifier match held at #PogońSzczecin - great atmosphere orchestrated by our very own fans and an amazing 2-1 win! Afterwards had to go for a very traditional barszcz with pasties to warm up 😺

Apologies for straying off topic. 12 more 3D printed House Martin nest cups have been made and decorated for the @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social HMSS project. We are targeting existing or recent HM colonies to help their local populations expand. #NestSpace @sbghousemartins.bsky.social

SOSSwifts has received donations so can offer 10 free Swift Community Sets for prominent elevations of public buildings. We also have some free nest boxes for you to install adjacent to existing Swifts’ nest, we want to create Swift streets @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

Since this week in Poland has been all about patriotism with Independence Day on Tuesday I thought I’d add a little local patriotism into the mix by the showing the Bydgoszcz city flag which they have displayed around the main square. Nice to see local civic pride 😺👍 #FlagsOnFriday #FridayFlags

It’s good night from the #GinjaBoiz 😻

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My auntie got COVID during her stay in a sanatorium 400km from home. They told her she needs to leave within 24h, they don't care if she feels bad. Doctor told her "as she was ordered to leave she is no longer his patient". But they offered her a solution to this problem:

And then there were two expecting D-I-N-N-E-R 😹

Big Ginge and his whiskers wish everyone a very pleasant #WhiskersWednesday 😺

Today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight is the Smew! A rare and late winter visitor, these small, striking birds are a treat to spot on UK lakes. Males sport a 'panda-like' black-and-white plumage, while females show off a chestnut cap. Keep an eye out for these stylish divers! 😍

Visited the in-laws’ summer house over the weekend to do some tidying up & turn off the water & power for the winter. Dad built this in the 80s all by himself with products ‘sourced’ from friends who worked in the right factories (it was hard to buy them!). The design was based on the famous ‘Brda’.

Already very dark here in Bydgoszcz, but that means the lights are more on show! Here we have the riverside Granaries (Spichrze) on the Brda, and the City Hall in the Main Square with an image of Józef Piłsudski projected onto it for Independence Day tomorrow (11 Nov), More info in Alt text 😺

Shout out here to anyone who’s thought about it but never done it - it’s always worth putting up a bird feeder. Even if you don’t get visitors straight away, once they find it they’ll come with increasing regularity. Go for it - you won’t regret it!

Greetings from Bydgoszcz, where he latest iteration of Łuczniczka (the Archer, one of the city’s best-known symbols) stands proudly in the Main Square, effectively setting off the manhole cover 😺 #ManholeCoverMonday

Well, well, here’s a nice idea from City Hall in Szczecin - the Urzędomat, a Council Document Locker that saves you having to go to City Hall and stand in a mile-long queue to pick up some trivial piece of paper. They send you a QR code and off you go! Excellent 😺 #Szczecin

The Rose Garden #Różanka in #Szczecin is slowly getting ready for bed: the bushes are being pruned and will be protected from the worst of the winter. Here’s one of the last blooms of the year - a corker, even at this late stage 😺

What a splendid Silver Birch on my street. Lovely day for it to show off its autumn foliage #Szczecin

Well, well, here’s a nice idea from City Hall in Szczecin - the Urzędomat, a Council Document Locker that saves you having to go to City Hall and stand in a mile-long queue to pick up some trivial piece of paper. They send you a QR code and off you go! Excellent 😺 #Szczecin

A lovely sunrise this morning in soon-to-be-sunny #Szczecin. Wishing all my pals a great day!

Yesterday’s walk took me past this amazing Caucasian Walnut (with a Beech in front for nice leaf contrast!) - I love its multiple trunks and bright yellow leaves at the moment #ThickTrunkTuesday #Szczecin #ParkKasprowicza

Even when the day is very murky, our beautiful beech and sycamore forests just keep on giving 😻 #Szczecin #Autumn

Hellllllloooo? Are you there? Please help birds by sharing this if you also want to ensure swifts & other urban birds have homes alongside us. People power works but only if we work together. SAVE OUR SWIFTS.

Today was another beautiful day in our beech/mixed forest. There is a tarmac footpath all the way to the edge of town so you can cycle, rollerblade or walk easily for 10 km from the town centre before it turns to forest paths. #LasArkoński #Szczecin

I’m sure many of the good folk I know here will not be surprised by the findings here although I’m not convinced of the arguments around science and religion. Any views on this?

Big Ginge wishes everyone a nice lie-in on #Caturday 😺 #GinjaBoiz

Clearing the leaves away from the footpath under our beautiful London Planes at #JasneBłonia in #Szczecin

For #FingerpostFriday a somewhat mysterious sign at the #SyrenieStawy in #Szczecin, directing us away from where we are, but I think most people know where they are already 😹

As the beautiful Golden Polish Autumn returns, I was lucky enough to be able to enjoy a walk in the forest today #Szczecin

A very interesting video on Corvids’ role in our ecosystem and how their cleaning expertise can often (unfairly, for them) gross us out! Happy Halloween! 🎃👻💀

Overfishing is not the answer. Together, we can demand that the government put our shared seas before corporate profit. Help us tell UK Govt it's time to: END OVERFISHING 🎣 https://bit.ly/3Wxi2MI

We are sowing the seeds of our own destruction

“Check out my magnificent whiskers this Wednesday! Especially as it’s coming up to my time of year!” Yes, Pumpkin. We know 😹 #WhiskersWednesday

An exciting project and a very worthy cause in a beautiful area. Please consider supporting it, if you can. 🙏 💚 www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...

“Check out my magnificent whiskers this Wednesday! Especially as it’s coming up to my time of year!” Yes, Pumpkin. We know 😹 #WhiskersWednesday

Only six and a half months to go and they’ll be back! 😻😻😻 What a fantastic colony! Have you considered getting a nest box or two for your house or flat? Now that would make an unusual Christmas present!

After years of research, scientist Leonid Pshenichnov concluded Russia + China cannot continue fishing krill, the main food source of many marine creatures, at current rates without risking breakdown of entire ocean ecosystems. Russia had him arrested: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Don’t forget the banks that still fund the fossil fuel industry. They’re all in this together, not us.

A couple of weeks ago now but check out this stately trunk now serving as a wonderful host to all this ivy, which was buzzing with bees 😺 Always nice to see the circle of life in full flow #ThickTrunkTuesday

British icon, hilarious comic & bird-kind ⁦‪Bill Bailey‬⁩ thinks securing homes for birds reliant on cavity nesting habitat is an ace idea. The swift brick debate is tomorrow. Help the birds. Email SWIFT BRICKS to [email protected] & [email protected]

When your AI assistant gives you “the news,” how sure are you it’s right? BBC/EBU research shows half of AI-generated answers about current events contain errors. Time for standards in AI journalism. Stephen McNair reports

It’s Monday again, and today I have a Polish #ManholeCoverMonday for you from the Spa town of Duszniki Zdrój in Lower Silesia (Dolny Śląsk). You’ll have to click on the second picture to see it in its proper context 😺

Entertaining and informative thread ⏬️

Only six and a half months to go and they’ll be back! 😻😻😻 What a fantastic colony! Have you considered getting a nest box or two for your house or flat? Now that would make an unusual Christmas present!

What is this getting dark at 4.30 lark???!

Look who I met on a trip to Dolní Morava in Czechia! It was very windy but sunny, and I almost trod on this Adder as I was walking down the mountain trail. As a bonus, one of the views on the trail 😺

Bit of a rubbish day today so time for some cheer with a few more snaps of my last trip - this was in Czechia, near the border with PL. They have one of those Sky Walk & Bridge thingies - total waste of money if you’re capable of walking up the hill but great if you’re of limited mobility.

Hmm I think I need to invest in some basic hand tools and print out a bunch of ‘how-to’ PDFs before the electricity goes and IKEA is no longer delivering.

"Act boldly, without delay and introduce game shoot licensing" - open letter to Defra Ministers from Northern England Raptor Forum Chair raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/24/a...