✨ One of the world’s rarest birds. The Bali Myna is a striking bird native to Bali, Indonesia. Almost entirely white, it features a long crest, black wing tips, and blue skin around the eyes. Critically endangered, it remains one of the most threatened bird species in the world. 📷 B. Sharma

I hope you have a wonderful day.

Competition for raisins is fierce in the Kingdom of Kent’s Blackbird community

An English Bluebell a day until I run out of photos #32

Today my dad and I took part in the London Legal Walk, which he helped establish in 2005. Over 10,000 walkers walked 10km to raise money for free legal advice for people living in poverty. He is 88 and I have Long Covid so we are both feeling a sense of achievement (and some aching limbs)!

As we walk through the dark wildwood of the Kingdom of Kent, the light increases until you face our southern boundary. A ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED year old ditch marking the historic border between the Kingdom of Kent & the South Saxons (or Sussex as they call themselves now 🙄)

Whoever invented woodchip wallpaper needs a swift kick with a pointy boot! Finished stripping the walls now but furious. 🥵 #diy

For the unpatriotic, those are: Paddington, Winnie the Pooh, Rupert and Sooty. WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM.

Shima Eneaga also called Japanese Snowball bird. Lives on Hokkaido Island of Japan. so adorable only 13 cm in size

So, if I post an English Bluebell a day it will take me one thousand three hundred & sixty nine years to show you every one in our woodland Better get started then 🫠

We have an *extremely* important announcement to make. From Wednesday, we will be launching our puffin live cam, coming to you from the Farne Islands. So you can watch puffins all day long. In celebration, please enjoy this clip of puffins being really busy for 39 seconds straight.

Oldbury Iron Age hill fort The largest in south-eastern England, built in the 1st century BC by Celtic British tribes overlooking routes through the Kentish Weald The fort comprises a bank and ditch enclosing an area of about 120 acres

This is your reminder that no matter how tired you are after work, your cat waited all day to see you.

There is such a place as Heaven on Earth

Happy Friday, everyone.

An English Bluebell being serenaded by our woodland birds

With so much awful news, here is something to brighten your day:

Can't wait for 5 o'clock today. Not to get away from work, but to be astounded by how light it is. And then get home and talk about it some more. Then say it again later. And then keep checking the sky after that. Then when it IS dark talk about how late it is. Can't wait.

PUT SWEEP ON A BANKNOTE, COWARDS

The 3 genders

Deep in a forest just outside of Tonbridge Wells is a Coastal Redwood aged about 165 years If you search the aerial photos from 1940 on Google Earth (thanks RAF 🫡) you can see the tree, except that it stands alone with no other tree near it I am intrigued 🤔🌲

An English Bluebell seedling The seeds are released from their pods, drop down in late summer, & germinate on the woodland floor The roots contract to draw the maturing bulb further underground This time of year many like this one need help, so we tuck them up in the soil

A bluebell a week until they wake again IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS TIME #20

Look at that friggin ‘stache legend! Clearly just back from stress testing Spitfires over the Channel! 😂

Still snowing here, just outside Birmingham. Might be wfh today. 😬❄️

David Bowie's childhood home at 4 Plaistow Grove, Bromley where he lived from age 8 to 20 & wrote Space Oddity has been acquired by the Heritage Trust of London. It will be returned to its early 1960's appearance & will eventually open to the public. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - Extra time for Birmingham Ozzy Osbourne exhibition due to demand - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So very sorry to hear of Chris Rea's passing. A fine artist & genuinely big-hearted human being. We first met in 1974 when he and my first band were managed by Teesside legend John McCoy. By 1994 Chris was an international star but played on my album Love Over Rage as a favour for a penniless mate.

A silence settles on ancient woodland at sunset The birds, already singing in hushed tones, go quiet as the shadows lengthen Any noise at all now alerts the senses of every living thing. The atmosphere is somewhat electric It is my favourite time

Sunday morning ball chasing. 🐈‍⬛❤️ #Sage

For the love of God, however well meaning, please DO NOT give floral arrangements that contain lilies to cat families. They are extremely dangerous and should really come with warnings advising this. Florists really ought to be aware of the risk before selling them.

Getting our hair freshened for Christmas. The salon tree looking good.🎄

The boy loves a box. #Nutmeg 🐈‍⬛❤️

Should've named him 'Stereotype', really 🙄😁

That was followed by a swift couple of drinks at our favourite independent bar, who're celebrating their 6th birthday. We felt comfortable & welcomed from the first minute we stepped in and were delighted to find another local craft bar after our previous one closed post covid. @yoga1967.bsky.social

Meal out at our authentic local independent Mexican restaurant to mark the 24th anniversary of @yoga1967.bsky.social & my first 'date' (actual anniversary tomorrow). Food was delicious, the company was wonderful.

Just started episode two of Stranger things series 5. Intense opening to say the least! We need a break between episodes, i think. 😬

Men. Just grow up. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

First person, along with the other two Apollo 8 crew members, to leave earth orbit to see it as a sphere

Quite the scene at Black Sabbath Bridge today. Tributes still pouring in for Ozzy. 💜

Ozzy's farewell show raised $190 million and all the money was donated to shelters and children's hospitals, the "Prince of Darkness" has more light than many angels.🦇❤️🤘 > buff.ly/4RqSnfu

And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined.

Lucky today, this is right by my office. More people, film crews & & tributes arriving for Ozzy. R.I.P 💜

We are on to our second thunderstorm in an hour. I think we've had a month's full of rain so far. 😬

We are never alone. 🐈‍⬛️🐈‍⬛️❤️❤️ #Nutmeg

I arrived home to powdered butterfly on the kitchen floor. Mr Nutmeg was very proud of his kill & insisted on leading me to it. 🙄😁🐈‍⬛️🦋

Sometimes it’s just about seeing life through your cat’s eyes: every object’s a toy, every surface’s a throne, and you? You’re just the unpaid intern. #Caturday #CatLife #Pawsome #Monochromatic #MonochromaticCat #BlackAndWhite