Your Iraq update for today is that America?/Israel? is striking Iraqi Hashd posts across Iraq and Iraqi Shi'a militias are targeting US interests in Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan. This has been happening every single day. You will read this and move on but this has been our life since the war started.

It should have been the first day of a wonderful conference in Baghdad today - the first time ever that the International Association of Assyriology assembled in Iraq for its annual meeting. This conference was to be the culmination of 4 years of hard work by Iraqi and international colleagues. 1/4

🙋 Hands up if you'd like the last two tickets for our next Dawn Chorus Walk! 🕠 5.30-7 am, Saturday 28 March 👀 Come with us into the Reserve for marsh harriers, lapwing, redshank, maybe bitterns, plus woodland birds, hare & deer 🎟️ kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/dawn...

🐣🪶 Getting ready for nesting season! So many birds! 🐃 🪺 Water buffalo are grazing the wader meadow to make it perfect for lapwing, redshank and avocet nests. 🐴🌼 Ponies are prepping the wildflower meadows for a brilliant summer display. 🥾👀Bring your wellies and binoculars to watch all the action!

My humble submission to the new Bank of England with concepts for the new bank notes to please both sides.

"We used an AI to do this" is increasingly a way of saying, "We didn't want to do this in the first place and we don't care if it's done well." 21/

It’s springtime and migratory birds are on the move! 🌍 Have you seen any of our fair-weather friends arriving? Stay tuned: we'll be shining a daily spotlight on our spring returnees. Check out the Arrivals Board to see who's flying in and when... 👇 #SpringArrivalSpotlight

Can't believe it's >4 months since last interacted with a #chalkstream! Today explored 3 parallel tributaries of the River Cam: TL is the lovely Hoffer Brook btw Harson & Foxton, rest are the rather pathetic Rhee, TR at Foxton & below at Fowlmere - little more than a ditch. #MyWalk #Rivers 🧵1/10

And more importantly do not kill women while claiming to be their liberators.

Ever wanted to run, walk or jog through a cowslip meadow next to a field of wild ponies in one of Cambridgeshire's loveliest Nature Reserves? 🏞️ Join our 5km Spring Run on Sunday 19 April! 🎟️ Early Bird entry is just £12 until 15 March kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/5km-...

🌼🐃🐦 Run through the cowslips, wave to the water buffaloes, and immerse yourself in birdsong on our 5km Spring Run! 👟🚶‍♂️🏃‍♀️We loved our January run so much that we're doing it all again on Sunday 19 April. Will you join us? Walk, jog, run — the choice is yours: www.kingfishersbridge.org/5km-spring-r...

🏞️ Get the kids outdoors and into nature on the Reserve this Half Term! ☔ Wellies and waterproofs on for child-friendly walks and adventures, then relax in @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social for a light lunch, hot drinks, and scrumptious home-made bakes and cakes ☕ 👩‍👧‍👦🐾 What will you get up to together?

Submitted an article. Need a nap. #eliza

🍂🪚🔥 Yesterday we welcomed onto the Reserve a brilliant volunteer work party of Environment Agency hydrologists, who helped clear and burn pollarded willow branches from the bottom of the Mound 👍💪 🙋👷‍♀️☕ Do you lead a team who'd like a volunteer day with us, in exchange for coffee & cake? Get in touch!

🌱 Look forward to spring by booking one of our gorgeous Dawn Chorus Walks: • Sat 7 March, 6am • Sat 28 March, 5:30am • Sat 4 April, 6:15am 🦉 We'll go deep into the Reserve to hear warblers and lapwing, barn owls and bitterns. 🎟️ Book at kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/dawn...

🌞🥾🐾🌦️ Make the most of this sunny Saturday, or shake off the showers on Sunday! 🏞️🦢🐴🐃🧑‍🍳 We bring you bird-filled blue skies and wetlands, wild ponies and water buffalo, tiffin and triple-choc muffins fresh from the oven @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social. What are you waiting for? Come on over!

Who'll be doing the #BigGardenBirdwatch this weekend? And how many of these do you think you'll cross off? 😁👇

This is how I roll on a #fenfriday now. Beats working for a living 🐃 🐃

We're still basking in the afterglow of last Sunday's Resolution 5km Mud Run! Here are a few of the wonderful photos taken by participants and volunteer marshals: 1. Keeping warm before the start 2-3. The spectacular start in Home Wood 4. Looking for Water Buffaloes (1/3) #resolution5k

I had the BEST time today. I fell in love with @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social many years ago, when I found myself face-to-face with a surprised water buffalo while out on a slow cross-country run. To be able to bring that joy to 120 other people, runners & volunteers, was a real pinch-me moment 🤩

🏅➡️ 🎪🚾 👟 We're ready for our first-ever Resolution 5km Mud Run on Sunday! Are you? 🌬️Storm Goretti will have been and gone, and @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social will keep us warm with hot drinks, soups, paninis and cake ☕🍲🍰 🎟️ Still a few places left: www.kingfishersbridge.org/resolution-m... Join us!

Same energy

Timeline cleanse, Cherry Hinton Brook, Cambridge, 1 June 2025 #internationalunsolicitedduckpicday @themerl.bsky.social

Eliza has absolutely had it with all this beautiful snow and would like her outdoor facilities back NOW, thank you very much. A fresh litter box in the downstairs bathroom really isn’t good enough 😾 ❄️ Much shouting this morning once front AND back doors were revealed to have snow beyond them 🤷‍♀️

⚠️ Just ONE WEEK before our first-ever Resolution 5km Mud Run — and only 25 places left! 👟 So if you want motivation to keep walking, jogging, or running in nature this January, grab a ticket at www.kingfishersbridge.org/resolution-m... and we'll see you on Sunday! ☕ The Café will be open too 👍

🎵 Cream coloured ponies in watery meadows, Blue skies and bare trees and long winter shadows, Geese on the lake and swans on the wing: These are a few of our favourite things 🎵 If they're yours as well, pop over this weekend! 🥾🐾😎 The @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social's open Sat-Sun 10–4:30 too ☕🍰🌮

Snowtime ❄️😍

🥇Our first-ever Resolution 5km Mud Run is filling up fast and is likely to sell out! 🙋If you'd like to help out on 11 January please DM us or email [email protected] before 2 January if possible. 👟Or grab a place to take part for just £15: www.kingfishersbridge.org/resolution-m...

👟 Still looking for the perfect gift for an outdoorsy loved one? Or want to treat yourself to a New Year boost? Grab a ticket to the Resolution 5km Mud Run on 11 Jan for just £12 at www.kingfishersbridge.org/resolution-m... Full price from Boxing Day £15 Walk, jog, run - the choice is yours 😎🚶‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏞️

🎁What would YOU like for Christmas? 🏞️ Fresh air and big skies 🥾 Time to lose yourself in nature, alone or with loved ones 🧑‍🍳 Delicious home-cooked food and no washing-up ✅ We've got you covered! The Reserve's open every day, @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social 10-4:30 this weekend and the dates below

🔔 Just over a week left to get your Early Bird discount — prices go up on 26 December and tickets are selling fast! 🚶🐴🐃 🏃‍♂️So walk, trot, canter or gallop to www.kingfishersbridge.org/resolution-m... now and book your place on our inaugural Resolution 5km Mud Run on 11 January 👟

A break from Christmas content to enjoy this capybara eating a banana. From François Froger's 'A relation of a voyage ...' (London, 1698).

Spacemog with laser eyes set to "festive"

It's beginning to look a lot like Wetlands 💦 😎 The past few rainy weeks have helped to fill our water meadows – but it's set to be SUNNY this weekend! 🥾 So take a break from the pre-Christmas hullabaloo and unwind here with a walk, a cuppa & a mince pice from @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social

I'm standing #TogetherWithRefugees. Are you?

🏃The Resolution Mud Run will be the very first running event held on our Reserve—so come and help us make history! It's the perfect way to welcome the New Year and keep your health and wellbeing resolutions going, whatever the weather. kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/reso...

Status report: basket case #eliza

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Four years ago today: the apex of my academic career 💕📺 #dianemorgan #philomenacunk #cunkonearth

I’ve finished my Fieldfare pochoir paintings and I have to say I’m really pleased with them! There are 8 paintings available and one is in someone’s Etsy basket already (!), so don’t miss out. katiefullerart.etsy.com/listing/4413...

We love the view from our new East Hide! 🌳🐃🦆🐴🌞 If you haven't tried it for yourself yet, pop over this weekend and stay for some lunch or* a cake at @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social — open 10-4.30 on Saturday and Sunday 🫖🍲🍰☕ *and

Exactly this, thanks to @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social 🦉🦆🐃🦢🥰

🎵 Reach out, touch me… My own, personal mogpuss 🎵 #Eliza #Caturday

❄️ Frosty mornings are getting us into the Christmas mood! 🎅 Crafts with Father Christmas on weekend afternoons in December, for just £7.50/child, all inclusive (10% supporter discount) 🗓️ 6 & 7, 13 & 14 December, 2.30-4pm 🎟️ kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/craf...

Show you stand together with refugees. From the 5-7 Dec we’re asking you to put up a poster to show you stand for hope not hostility. Let's fill our communities with this message of unity. Order your posters now actionnetwork.org/forms/order-...

😍 Our new East Hide opened this week! A short, flat walk from the car park and with floor-to-ceiling windows, it's our most accessible hide yet. It's the perfect vantage point for winter wildlife-watching in the wader meadows, from Konik ponies and water buffalo to lapwing, linnets and harriers 🦅

🥾🐾 The PERFECT end to a walk on the Reserve this weekend!

No box too small #Eliza #Caturday

I mean, look at that cream, look at that custard Detail from Pie Rows, 1962