Sigh. It's get the knee blanket out day. And the black headed gulls are back screeching about. Welcome Autumn!!

Dear body - thank you for the "feeling" that I should check if a payment has been made out of my bank. I had forgotten I was to review it this month but somehow I still "knew" to look before I got in trouble for non-payment.

🧑‍🎨Fancy something a bit different & getting on your creative side? ✍️An introductory workshop to nature writing at the beautiful Paxton Pits Nature Reserve next week. Book a spot here www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-...

I live to serve. There is also a dog version - but we all know cats are the main character here shop.bl.uk/products/dog...

They've lost the 9yos

May I recommend this book, it’s as good as it looks; shop.bl.uk/products/cat...

Today's rabbit hole brings you cats of olde ... www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2022-12...

Fresh perspectives: the best outdoor art trails in the UK this autumn

Dear Life. Why when I think something is a huge project and procrastinate about it does the thing really only take 15 mins - yet the things I think will take 15 mins take weeks?

Been reading bits from a book by a 5th century British monk complaining about all the anglo-saxon immigrants ruining 'his' country and it's hilarious. This sort of dickhead never changes lol. The Conquest and Ruin of Britain by Gildas.

It's that time again :>

Bird abilities I wish I had. Buy my new book here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...

Finally got my copy of @rosemarymosco.com’s The Birding Dictionary. Loving it so far, a great couch read, and breakfast book. Funny and informative; my favourite kind. #birds #booksky #birdbooks

An older comic about pigeon nests.

I do a comic about ornithological vocabulary for every issue of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's wonderful Living Bird magazine. Here's the latest one, featuring the American Bittern.

The Guardian U.S. is hiring a Washington, DC-based Senior Science Investigative Reporter: workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795/

The maths proved it was a time machine. The issue was that the speed of travel was one second per second. "Can you make it go faster?" "Impossible. We can make it go slower though." "So you age faster inside the machine? What use is that?" "We thought we'd try it with some wine and cheese?"

The space elevator project was funded by the world's billionaires, who were offered exclusive luxury tickets on the first ride up into space. After the launch, the project announced a second funding round, to start looking into the feasibility and advisability of installing a "down" button.

The space elevator project was founded by the world's billionaires, who were offered exclusive luxury tickets on the first ride up into space. After the launch, the project announced a second funding round, to start looking into the feasibility and advisability of installing a "down" button.

Instant purchase!

Hello world

survivor guilt

A Dunnock appears in your path! I fear you must compliment it before you can pass... 📷 @jl-photography.bsky.social

Seventh time listening to this and managed to get through it without sobbing. Personal milestone achieved. youtu.be/5VXSQQ5YDIU

£55k to be the CEO of bees. The BEO. Sign me up!

Women don't just want pockets. We want 70s dad pockets, with capacity for door keys, house keys, wallet, change, dirty hanky, clean hanky (to offer ladies), travel card, driving licence, pack of 20 Embassy Number 1, a lighter, comb and several conkers picked up on the way home

Astronomy at the Beach - Michigan's Largest FREE Astronomy Event! This weekend - BOTH Friday and Saturday the 26th and 27th! Telescopes everywhere! Astronomy club members galore, vendors, lectures and more! www.glaac.org

Watching a soap bubble..✨

Something I wrote in sadness following a recent river walk.

A customer just came into the shop and bought 12 books for her friend’s birthday. She’s going to wrap them individually and write a different month of the year on each one, so her friend has a new book to read every month until her next birthday. And I think that’s just the most thoughtful gift.

Where should you stand when you present? Where the audience can see you! This is usually front & centre – not shrunk against the wall, or in the corner, or behind the lectern. A blank button ((B) on the keyboard) is perfect for disappearing the slides when you want to be centre stage.

Thank you so much to the Booksellers Association for awarding me Author of the Year for a second time - love you all - what remains of my career is about to go through a drastic change, so this means a lot - here is my acceptance speech @lucia-oc.bsky.social @zenabarrie.bsky.social

It's the equinox today, marking the point where everybody is equally fucked everywhere.

Hello world

Where angels fear two tread? 🤡

#Equinox (tonight at 19:19 BST)

why do people say 'pun not intended' and not punintentional

Reminder that there are giant bears eating salmon right now and you can watch them fur free explore.org/livecams/bro...

Here's a Monarch for Monday. Godspeed to the migrating Monarchs. 🦋

#Equinox (tonight at 19:19 BST)

If you write professionally in the UK, make sure to sign up to ALCS for your fair share of royalties

It's September payout time at @alcs.co.uk! It's always lovely to get royalties collected on my behalf. My usual reminder to UK writers who contribute to magazines, journals, books, TV and radio: do sign up if you haven't already.

Bluesky question - there is a post in my timeline from someone I don’t follow. And nobody I follow has reposted it as far as I can see. How am I seeing this? (Having PTSD from the other place…)

Cuppa?

The beautiful Lesser Yellowlegs from North America, in north Cambridgeshire this week. See justwildimages.blogspot.com @birdguides.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @jrmjones.bsky.social @weedonsworld.bsky.social @jonnycaribou69.bsky.social

Hebden Bridge in the snow, 1978, photo by Denis Thorpe.

Seagazing, I wonder. These sparkles must be telling secrets. Nah, Beach Crow says. The sea whispers her lickle myths into shells. All about moons & stars & comets. But that's how most water began. As comet ice flying through space. Cor, says Beach Crow. That's why she's full of sky. #whistpr