For anyone who has never met the Superb Lyrebird of Australia. David Attenborough says it displays one of the most sophisticated voice skills within the animal kingdom—"the most elaborate, the most complex, and the most beautiful." The chainsaw always brings tears to my eyes. 🥹😔

River Duddon after overnight rain.

Whincop. Where you want to live if you don’t like the thought of neighbours.

Woodland at Ulpha with bluebells and ramsons (or wild garlic or cow’s leek). Ramsons comes from the Old English word ‘hramsa’, meaning ‘garlic’.

Stanley Ghyll looking downstream on its way to joining the River Esk.

Stanley Ghyll in Eskdale with Rhododendrons beginning to appear.

River Esk

A wall stile in the Duddon Valley @lakesstiles.bsky.social

River Duddon from Fickle Steps and River Esk from Doctor Bridge.

Imagining that Keir Starmer's 'make or break' speech had been like this...

This is now Angela Rayner for Prime Minister account. Please join me in supporting Angie. She is spunky, bolshie and real. This is her moment. I am looking for New England.

Fell

Woodland

𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝖄𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖘 𝕬𝖌𝖔… The Eye delved into Christopher Harborne's background - his dual identity, his cryptocurrency connections, his enormous political donations - long before his undeclared £5 million personal gift to Nigel Farage. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1511, December 2019.

A cove in South Devon. An old photo.

The Home Counties middle class don’t like Farage or Polanski. And definitely not Keir Starmer.

Happy Birthday to #DavidAttenborough. 100 candles.🍾🎂

“Previous generations of Ukrainians fought against the occupier in World War II. And now, Ukrainian heroes are defending the people’s right to life — defending it from this Russian occupier.” President Zelenskyy drew parallels between the events of the past and Ukraine’s fight today.

Stagflation www.economist.com/britain/2026...

Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.

No no, he's right

At a No 10 briefing today we heard about the government's commitment to "a whole-of-society response to antisemitism”. Asked if this might involve the government leaving X, where antisemitism is not only rife but monetlised, were were told it is "something we always keep under review." So: no.

These Yankees don’t even notice they’re pushing the British economy off the cliff. But they will when His Majesty starts selling US bonds as a last resort.

They could do John Cage’s 4’33.

PAUL SEIXAS OFFICIELLEMENT ANNONCÉ SUR LE TOUR DE FRANCE ! La Decathlon CMA CGM le confirme : Seixas va participer pour la première fois à la Grande Boucle cet été, à 19 ans. #TDF2026

The way the outfits here create flashes of blue and white is very mesmerizing.

Jokes King Charles III should have told: What's the difference between the USA and yoghurt? If you leave yoghurt alone for 250 years it develops a culture. (Add your own!)

No girl farmers allowed

Tens of thousands of lawsuits have been filed against Bayer for failing to warn people about the risks of glyphosate exposure. Now, EPA Administrator Zeldin and Trump are pushing for legal immunity to protect Bayer from being sued by Americans getting cancer from their product.

Lego (I think) and Joy Division. What’s not to like?

'Bede, the medieval theologian revered as the father of English history, recorded the nine-line poem in the eighth century. The Old English version discovered in Rome is believed to have been transcribed by a monk in northern Italy between AD800 and AD830.'

Kash Patel:

On the money as always.

Statue of limitations has not expired on this tweet.

A Yellow Casqued Wattled Hornbill. A brainy bird from West Africa.

‘Candidate de Papier’

UK GILTS EXTEND DROP 30-YEAR YIELD AT HIGHEST SINCE SEPTEMBER

ORACLE SHARES DOWN 3.2% PREMARKET; WSJ REPORTS OPENAI FALLS SHORT OF REVENUE AND USER TARGETS

Long way from Coniston! We trust he remembered who he works for.. www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/2605735... #TheSheepDetectives

the water wars are picking up. One to bookmark.

Correspondents’ Dinner Eyewitness

School book belonging to a 12-year-old. Village near Tolosa, Basque Country, 1966. "In school I must not speak Basque" 1,000 (one thousand) lines. Via @KikeAmonarriz. And a recent picture of the boy Lontxo Zubeldia via Naiz. Should be a museum exhibit on the realities of Francoism.

That NY Post “reporter” is boasting about how the President is telling her to come home. This is journalism in America.

As an American Jew, I refuse to allow this anti-immigrant xenophobia to be done in my name. This policy does not make me any safer - not when far-right conspiracists are serving at the highest levels of government. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...

Red Dell

Red Dell, or Thriddle if you prefer, it’s really hot and I’m barely halfway up this.🥵

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