Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

A Chinese water deer buck & two hinds in the river Dove valley, West Suffolk (you'll have to zoom in!) Not sure what the orb is bottom right though...

Lunch break between farmland winter surveys in deepest West Suffolk spent watching a grey wagtail feeding around a slurry pool. Robin, wren, chaffinch, dunnock and pheasant as supporting cast with red kite patrolling overhead. Bog standard phone pic attached 🤪

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You can still have your fireworks night but with some considerations. Please sign this petition for the sake of both animals and humans. Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels - Petitions share.google/QTJ4jVRdXs6O...

I have, from today, seen as many East Anglian brown shrikes as East Anglian red-backed shrikes. Bonkers!

Delighted to catch up with the lesser grey shrike at Winterton this morning. Followed by a fun session at Breydon water (north side) picking out the curlew sandpipers amongst the throng of waders on the rising tide. Happy to also see 2 spoonbill & 3 peregrine over together.

Having gazed on the north face of this church for most of my life, last stepping inside over 35 years ago, I thought it was time to revisit the inside as part of the Heritage Open Day. It's just as I remembered, vast and Victorianized. Some interesting maps on the board and a rare brass survivor

So many Swallows gathering locally on the telephone wires I’ve taken the opportunity to sculpt another one. #swallow #wiresculpture #birdartist #birdart #wireartist

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www.newscientist.com/article/2495... this is an interesting read. I've always thought that the Dark Ages were oversimplified & glossed over. Lets face it, people are people, & we are hugely resilient. The loss of the Roman administration would have opened up new avenues of endeavour, surely...

It's almost impossible to pick a #FavouritePlant for #WildflowerHour but I've plumped for this photo of Sea Holly at sunset on Kessingland beach in the second week of August. Also a cherished memory from a well-loved place

Didn't get the memo about #SeedHeads so here's some pavement Shaggy Soldier and some climbing coastal Hops from Lowestoft town today. The scent from a crushed hop was incredible- gentle citrus & floral notes sent us scurrying to our local brewery pub for an honest real ale! Cheers 🍻 #WildflowerHour

"That's me, that is."

Birding from my bed this morning while recovering from a nasty virus. So far there has been pied flycatcher & willow warbler seen in the birch trees. Sparrowhawk and jay in the limes

Used a grey day to take the girls to the newly opened keep at Norwich Castle. Views from the battlements were fantastic & sure to be better on a bright day. Looking SW to the cathedral in the first pic and down the alley to the historic market place in the second. Inside the keep in the third

Single use bird bags for bird ringing for the highest welfare standards. Each turned inside out & shaken to remove debris before being soaked, washed, dried, turned back the right way and checked for robustness and strings knotted. Any volunteers for this twice weekly job? Or is it just me...

Rod Hull, born on this day 90 years ago. Thanks for all the fun!

Took a week off to spend time with my girls. Endless beach visits, solo ringing, bit of market town shopping, the odd pint and loads of lovely food. Also got to sneak in a life tick with the zitting cisticola before splashing about in the sea at Walberswick. Bliss 🤍

This morning I swam in the rain while six beautiful fledged Kittiwake juveniles bathed just feet away and several more circled overhead. What a beautiful thing to have experienced. I feel honoured 🤍🖤🤍🖤

Delighted to find this elephant hawkmoth caterpillar and two more devouring various willowherbs around the garden yesterday. Seems to prefer the smaller varieties, I haven't found a single one on our greater willowherb although that seems to be floundering without flowers this year

Despite the blueness of this week's harebell challenge, it was yellow that commanded my attention. A cluster of brazenly bright tansy beside the marsh track at Minsmere & a beautiful bunch of butter and eggs (common toadflax) on waste ground beside the harbour mouth at Lowestoft #WildflowerHour

And they have fledged. First photo was last Saturday morning, where their wings were slightly longer than their tail feathers so c35 days old. Second photo was the nest site this afternoon. Maybe they are one of the birds in the final photo, contemplating life as a new and independent Kittiwake...

Lots of wing flapping and ready-to-fledge Kittiwakes in Lowestoft town centre this morning. Around 70 have already fledged within the last week with 11 known to have perished. Sadly it was never going to end well if you nest behind netting & it's a risk on spikes despite the nest being well secured

1/ Exciting ringing recovery! 😮 The first Hungarian-ringed Reed Warbler to be found in Britain & Ireland was recorded by Justin and Dan at @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Trimley Marshes at the beginning of May this year. #Ornithology #UKBirding 📷 Hungarian-ringed Reed Warbler by Justin Zantboer.

A visit to St Helens, Ranworth was a feast for the eyes with this rare surviving rood screen. Created in the C15th and restored in the 19th. Usually the focus is on the figures and meanings therein. But for me, the pleasure was in the smaller details- painted by an unknown hand over 500 years ago

A cinnabar moth on marsh thistle, a large skipper on purple loosestrife and possibly lesser water parsnip (couldn't get very close for ID) at Upton Fen yesterday. Also completed the holy trinity of swallowtail when one went bouncing through the reeds in front of Great Broad. No photo sadly!

A delightful pompom of water mint from Ranworth Broad boardwalk yesterday #HairyPlant #WildflowerHour also a swallowtail caterpillar, a swallowtail chrysalis & a larger photo of it's food plant- milk parsley. Also saw an osprey- one of the first to breed in East Anglia in over 250 years

I'd like to offer a big slow hand clap to the middle aged man who bravely drove up to me in a car park whilst I was surveying urban Kittiwakes. My scope was on my back at that point when he said "I hope that's a gun, they need to shoot the buggers" before driving off....

Surely this is an AI construction for GCSE computer science?

www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.... Somebody somewhere is making obscene amounts of money* out of this refit. *See all changes insisted on by our government, banks, tech, construction industry etc etc etc

It was an strangely welcome overcast morning, brightened by the many flowers & bugs @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social Carlton Marshes: common cudweed, hemp agrimony, tufted vetch and perennial sow thistle vivid against the grey skies #WildflowerHour

One more book genre swap before switching off. Bedways is rightways now

Marsh mallow looking like marshmallow at Minsmere today #WildflowerHour

It's our 9th anniversary of togetherness today. Abandoned with the RSPCA twice, I was lucky enough to be able to give these two a stable & safe home. They didn't ask to be born & they deserved to be loved & meaningfully engaged with. I saved their lives, but really, they absolutely saved mine ❤️

Just watched the @garynumanofficial.bsky.social set on i-player at Glastonbury & we now have tickets for November at Cambridge. Can't wait to be moved, and rocked, and to dance 🖤

White plume moths making more plume moths beside the path at Woods Meadow Country park. Lots of lovely flowers, including this magnificent rosebay willowherb in the naturally-wilded section. Mind where you step though, dog mess everywhere. I certainly wouldn't risk going off-piste!

Al was my partner-in-crime for several years and my friend always after. He was a free spirit & a lovely man. Rob & I are so sad for the loss of a beautiful soul. He will be forever missed by those who knew and loved him. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Great to hear that a Woodbridge location with 9 Swift nest boxes; 6 on the rear elevation and 3 more recent boxes on the front now has one being used by Swifts after several years of playing calls. There are natural nests very close by, it has taken Swifts longer than I expected to find these boxes.

Hello, kittiwake - some of this year's chicks at the Lowestoft colony. @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @charlescuthbert25.bsky.social @tynekittiwakes.bsky.social

This is the longest #TOTP I've ever endured & I suffered double 1997 every Friday for six months...

It's funny how pharmaceutical companies have convinced vets to tell pet owners that they need to use these products as a preventative measure when that is not the case at all & is actually harmful to the environment. It always boils down to greedy shareholders wanting to make more money.

Remembering my dear friend & colleague Steve Piotrowski. This man opened the door to so many experiences for me. If I hadn't have met him, I wouldn't be living my best life now as a bird surveyor with time to spare training bird ringers. Love to all those thinking of him today 🕊️🤍

Anyone else got a 2x stock dove/blackbird/lesser black-backed gull combo in their garden right now? Guess it's only me then... Apologies for the badly zoomed-in phone pic!

I love Fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca). Such stunning colours! I think I prefer the unfurled, lazy-morning version! 🧡 #PavementPlants #WildflowerHour

The look on your trainee's face when they have ringed their first ever barn owl chick is absolutely priceless 💕 ringed under Schedule 1 licence for an ongoing project monitoring productivity & survival of barn owl populations in Suffolk.

Regarding UK Stonechats with features of the Continental race rubicola, e.g. white rumps and ‘shoulders’… how about this stunner in Cumbria over the weekend? #UKbirding #birds

Took the train to Halesworth & walked out to Chediston Green and back along the highways and byways: 39 birds seen/heard but sadly not our target sp. By far the best bird seen was this sculpture by @paulgreenwildwire.bsky.social in a window en-route 💚

First #Kittiwake chicks of the year here in Lowestoft. Heavily cropped phone scoped pic from yesterday #SeabirdSunday