Struggling to decide which seabird to share for #SuperSeabirdSunday? Why not consolidate all your seabirds into one handy 1930s-style rail poster? xx

Struggling to decide which seabird to share for #SuperSeabirdSunday? Why not consolidate all your seabirds into one handy 1930s-style rail poster? xx

Asking for help, please. Plz Repost. This enormous beetle, perhaps Lamia textor, was spotted on door of garden shed by s-in-l and I've never seen anything like it. Another suggestion is Morimus asper. Location garden in Raunds, Northants. #beetle #longhorn #enormousbeetle

And a Foreign Office official once wrote, on a letter from Mrs Tibbals of California to Winston Churchill complaining about STB ´It is fortunate that the supercilious musings aloud of this pampered maestro have not attracted wider notice’. Privately Ethel Smyth and Alice, Lady Elgar, also commented.

Sir Thomas Beecham once wrote, “There are no women composers, never have been and possibly never will be.” Now let me have a think… xx

This is now available at a shop near you (as long as you live in Thirsk). xx

A fabulous line up! xx

Marillion Solstice Twelfth Night Pallas Tygers of Pan Tang Motorhead Girlschool Gillan Budgie Raven

It's not that there's are no women composers, Tommy, it's that people like you did their very best to ignore them and erase their legacy.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you’ve seen live! Dr Feelgood Black Sabbath Judas Priest Def Leppard Echo and the Bunnymen AC/DC (in Keighley, Victoria Hall!) Rolling Stones Dave Swarbrick Angela Hewitt Alina Ibragimova

Sir Thomas Beecham once wrote, “There are no women composers, never have been and possibly never will be.” Now let me have a think… xx

Job alert! Apply via www.bto.org/jobs Are you passionate about birds with an interest in data and admin? We're looking for someone to join our Surveys Team and support UK bird surveys. 📆 Full time, Permanent. 📍 Thetford, Norfolk (Hybrid). 📝 £29,754 per annum. Closing date: Sunday 7 June

For all of those who are looking forward to digging deep into the Bank Holiday, here’s a late night Shoveler to help you on your way. 🪶 xx

For all of those who are looking forward to digging deep into the Bank Holiday, here’s a late night Shoveler to help you on your way. 🪶 xx

Labour’s Make-or-Break-rfield by-election more like. xx

You can also play a part in their survival by enjoying these wonderful breeding waders from the hides, and by keeping to the public footpaths and taking notice of our signs at this crucial time of year, when we need as many chicks to fledge as possible - thank you @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Working on a new zine of my Vancouver Chromes series looking at a darker side to that city. After that it’s probably a zine about the Whitby goths.

Up in the canopy, a Tawny owlet keeps watch. 😍 Owlets leave the nest before they can fly, clambering along branches on fluff and claws. Both parents feed them by night, guided by hungry calls. #SpringStories

Felicity Lott singing Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen from Mahler's Rückert Lieder with Maciej Pikulski at the piano. For Mahler also, who died 115 years ago today. music.youtube.com/watch?v=nSiD...

This month's Letters focuses on American Goshawks in Europe with an update on a vagrant visiting the Azores in October 2024. A follow-up to the original paper published in February 2024. Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... 📸 - Frederico Morais 🥇 - Subscriber Content

Terribly sad. And only just listened to her interview on This Cultural Life podcast last night. A great loss. xx

Couleurs de l'argus bleu

VOTE NOW for Britain's Favourite Butterfly! 🦋 Flashy, adventurous or fantastically freaky. The UK is home to 60 species of butterfly, each with their own unique story. But who will be crowned the nation's favourite? 👑 Vote for your favourite 👉 britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk?utm_source=S...

Libre le week-end prochain ? Le Jardin des Plantes de Paris fête la nature et Corneilles Paris en sera ! Retrouvez-nous à la tente nº15 pour papoter corneilles ou prendre part à nos visites corneilles-paris.fr/fr/events

I think this maybe the most niché bit of trivia I’ve ever heard.

When I asked a group of homeless people in Manchester what they thought of politicians someone immediately shouted “they are all c*nts” to a huge cheer from the group. He then added “except Andy Burnham” to an even louder cheer.

The front of the extreme right wing, anti-immigration, ‘Christian’ nationalist ‘Walk with Jesus’ protest last Saturday at Marble Arch just before they set off. Some people might find this scene unsettling and somewhat reminiscent of the NF protests in the 1970s, just sold with different wrapping.

My new photo zine. 🥳 Focused on images taken in my local woodlands. All images created using film. 🎞️ Available to purchase - £9 UK / £13 Europe / £15 N.America / £16 Aus/NZ. (Includes postage.) DM if interested. #believeinfilm #photozine #eppingforest

It’s no secret. xx

Choughs reappear at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall after decades of absence

Most famous image of JMW Turner not a self-portrait, says expert

They'll be hearing from mine.

Stop! It is necessary for you to see graphic designer extraordinaire Margaret Calvert’s 90th birthday cake. Perfection.

Morning. Meet my lawyers.

A crisis of faith…

Invoice for buying up Britain. @theobserveruk.bsky.social

Wrote about the elections for the paper (which went to press last night): www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Need a bit of help for a garden/ small estate near Bath/ Bristol. Would suit an energetic and reliable person who isn’t visibly bored by occasional chats and tea. Please DM!

It’s World Migratory Bird Day. Say hello to this Manx shearwater chick, sitting on Skokholm Island off the coast of Pembrokeshire in late August 2019, like the contents of a Hoover bag.

🧵 [1/4] Many hundreds of decent local councillors of *all* political persuasions have been swept aside across the country today and replaced by political novices with no experience, characterised solely by their resentment of others.

Anti asylum hotel protesters near the New Bridge Hotel, Newcastle, earlier today from my ‘Rebellion!’ series.

As the mandarins of Westminster assess the political landscape. I vote we all go out this weekend into a landscape and assess a mandarin… duck. I’ll start you off. Have a good one. xx🪶

My Rebellion! exhibition, exploring protest as an essential part of our cultural identity, opens next month at Newcastle City Library.

Fake AI pity-marketing video: 53,000 Likes Fake AI pity-marketing video: 8,556 Likes Fake AI pity-marketing video: 6,398 Likes My real life fading business: 74 Likes Support real people doing real things cos times are tough.

Starting to work on our next zine - Vancouver Chromes, a series I did of the darker side to that city when living there a decade ago.

The day has finally arrived. You can now *officially* watch puffins live from the Farne Islands, 24 hours a day: bit.ly/4tRz72T Please enjoy these puffins kissing in celebration of this momentous event.

Beach finds from Seaton Carew, Northeast England (watercolour painting). 🐡 #rocks #fossils #seashells #art

The snooker, eh? xx 🪶

Swans have one off the coolest landing technique ever.. 😊