#patch nocmig last night 185 Redwings 1 + Fieldfare a few migrating Blackbirds and SongThrushes

#patch a little bit of water now!

#patch big flow of Redwings over on last nights recording only done 6 hrs as so many to enter on Trektellen! Very time consuming but interesting

Tony Benn on the monarchy " … “I don't think people realise how the establishment became established. They simply stole land & property from the poor, surrounded themselves with weak minded sycophants for protection, gave themselves titles & have been wielding power ever since!” #downwiththecrown

#patch #suffolkbirds a very quiet nocmig sess. Last night only a few Redwings 1 Wigeon and a Dunlin not sure why?

#ManU on tenterhooks at 3-1 up was with good cause but no need in the long run!

Or @uklabour.bsky.social need to wake up and offer the electorate a viable alternative to #Reform, or is it too late? Has #Starmer opened the door for them by endorsing their divisive policies and offering nothing viable themselves?

#suffolkbirds really nice morning spent with the Brown Shrike on Upper Hollesley Common. Showed really well another very easy one and a Suffolk first. Last I had was on Staines Moor years ago!

See him in court? Doubt it?

#suffolkbirds was supposed to be taking a group round Trimley Marshes today cancelled of course! Doesn't look like the Brown Shrike is there today so far! Not a great day !

Really important case - a free & democratic society where people can freely choose their leaders & representatives are core rights protected by the Convention - but unless governments are required to act on them, they remain theoretical. Given increasing insecurity, this couldn’t be more urgent👇

Glad to finally hear it but is it too late?

Bye, Bye!

Yet again, no leadership from #KeirStarmer over the Royal Family let's not go there folks too contentious. It will end in tears for all!

#suffolkbirds short sea watch at Thorpeness very quiet little passage but picked a distant Skua which I took for a Bonxie then closer in in same field of view a clear LT Skua! Never got to grips with the other Skua clearly bigger!

MAN U took a few years off my life today!

#suffolkbirds #patch #nocmig 1st recording sess. of 2nd winter period only 1 Redwing until 04.00 then a run of 65 between then and 06.30 + a solitary Dunlin

And if you’re wondering who Labour is listening to? “Reeves boasted she hatched plan to rip down our nature protections over a “smoked salmon & scrambled eggs breakfast” with corporate lobbyists”. While Starmer’s resolve to kick down planning rules are result of his “conversations with leading CEOs”

Making the case for wealth taxes on @SkyNewsPolitics just now. Rumours that Chancellor might seek yet more spending cuts are horrifying - public services are already on their knees & top 50 richest families in UK now hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population - over 34 million people.

More pandering to the far-right and more nonsense from an increasingly nonsensical government which is always reacting and never leading. I struggled with O level English and doubt I’d pass A level now. And I imagine like many reading this, I am descendant of immigrants (Irish and Italian).

Spot on “Many of Labour’s younger voters are already tempted by the Green Party, which combines environmentalism with left wing economics. Now by mocking Green protections & cosying up to developers, chancellor is giving them more reasons to jump ship”. So here it is join.greenparty.org.uk/join-us/

Said I would ask around for potential Suffolk counters for 4 wader surveys on the Stour Nov Dec Jan & Feb. £90 each survey + Travel expenses. If interested DM me. Unfortunately, dates are all weekdays.

At the John Peel Centre tonight to see American Jerry Joseph not seen the like in Stowmarket before myself, remarkable performance still reeling!

#patch 4 Whooper Swans flew over going east south east quite low too!

Some rare good climate news: wind is vying to be the cheapest form of electricity generation there is, and solar adoption figures have surpassed all expectations, writes @timsmedley.bsky.social.

If my memory serves me well he said this would never happen?

Too true @uklabour.bsky.social

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize #usnews

Not to that other fella then?

“The Conservative Party should properly communicate and clarify the specific reasons for not granting these journalists access to its conference. Once again, the NUJ calls on all political parties to uphold media freedom and democratic accountability.” bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

@uklabour.bsky.social the most nature hating government ever? Rachel Reeves certainly proved that with her recent comments about the rarest snail

#patch sat in garden after work party at Trimley 6 Ravens ova a family group acrobatic and frantically gronking for about 5 mins!

#suffolkbirding, I'm not sure what's happening at Thorpeness OCP, but fencing going up where the usual parking/entrance is????

#suffolkbirding finally got a chance to get to Dunwich for Turkestan Shrike. Glad I was delayed as weather and views excellent today! Short seawatch at Thorpeness best Sooty Shearwater Eider and 52 Gannet

While saying they want to "preserve nature" the Conservative Party have just pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act. This makes no sense. How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature? That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.

www.facebook.com/share/p/17HB... That's my grandson Archie slamming that in from a good few meters. Hat Trick this week, too, in their 9-0 winner!

#patch short walk nice to see 2 Stonechat back on site they have overwintered here frequently. They bred here last year for first time in 30 yrs. As far as I know! 2 Yellow Wags too!

#StarmersSpeech making promises He can't keep?

#vismig #birds #patch at least 250 House Martins tonight below very low cloud system heading SE few Swallows intermingling. Thought I heard a Ring Ouzel in dense hedge row, but it never showed!

#ManU watching the Women play fluent skilled and simple they look like they know what they are supposed to do and doing it! Unlike the men's team, who are failing miserablely!

#RiderCup what an appalling place the USA has become.

#seawatching #birds A reasonable 2.5hrs at Thorpeness 1 Sooty Shearwater 1 Bonxie 1 BT Diver 1 Arctic Skua came right over me! well over 100 Gannets(N) and Brents (S) good movement of duck (S) too! Very quiet for passerines around OCP.

I would have listened to this just for a laugh, but my time is too precious these days for listening to a nowhere man!

#BleachMan speakes paracetamol causes #Autism

#JDVance what is truth? You don't know!

#patch plenty of Swallows heading SE ova this morning

Bye #Donald, don't hurry back!

Finally he said something!

Got the Strat out today to play The Star Spangled Banner. Jimi Hendrix version of course!

#patch African Yellow billed Duck added to my exotic escapes list yesterday, which is quite numerous now!