First bird of my day: the familiar chuck-chuck-chuck of a jackdaw above me shrouded in mist. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: (a great excitment) a raven, heard first, cronking and then I spied it flying through the grey sky. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: surprised to see a goldfinch flying across the traffic, until I realised why: there is a glorious patch of thistles on the road verge. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: a pigeon strutting through the leaves. All it needed was a soundtrack. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: a robin singing in the dark. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

BAD NEWS! Should the swift brick vote have taken place earlier today we would have won. Tories whipped YES but by the time of the vote, support had gone home just like 2 years ago. It is an AGONISING reality. Tell your MP & [email protected] what you think. GUTTED.

First bird of my day: a pigeon sitting nearby on the icy-clad wall instantly making this grey gloomy dawn magical. The pigeon, after all, is a dinosaur. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

BAD NEWS! Should the swift brick vote have taken place earlier today we would have won. Tories whipped YES but by the time of the vote, support had gone home just like 2 years ago. It is an AGONISING reality. Tell your MP & [email protected] what you think. GUTTED.

First bird of my day: a flock of rooks, their wings unfolding in silence above me as the wind tried to claim the sky. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

Hellllllloooo? Are you there? Please help birds by sharing this if you also want to ensure swifts & other urban birds have homes alongside us. People power works but only if we work together. SAVE OUR SWIFTS.

First bird of my day: a robin singing from the only tree still holding on to its leaves after a stormy night. I stood there looking until I spied the robin who was already staring at me. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: the sparrows chirping away after a night of pouring rain that left me wondering about where they all were. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: a crow strutting through the autumn leaves. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: a jackdaw on the chimney opposite, cocking its head, looking at me. I’m up late so not i won’t be its first human. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

As I spend the day in Parliament, please lobby politicians from your computers! Email your MP even if you’ve done it before. Without swift bricks there is no secure nesting habitat for cavity nesting birds. They can’t stabilise their crashing population’s without breeding. Obvs.

First bird of my day: ‘my’ Dunnock, quiet in the grey dawn, spying on me, waiting for some oats, his feather’s ruffling in the wind. A good omen I hope, ahead of the swift brick debate in the House of Lords. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

British icon, hilarious comic & bird-kind ⁦‪Bill Bailey‬⁩ thinks securing homes for birds reliant on cavity nesting habitat is an ace idea. The swift brick debate is tomorrow. Help the birds. Email SWIFT BRICKS to [email protected] & [email protected]

British icon, hilarious comic & bird-kind ⁦‪Bill Bailey‬⁩ thinks securing homes for birds reliant on cavity nesting habitat is an ace idea. The swift brick debate is tomorrow. Help the birds. Email SWIFT BRICKS to [email protected] & [email protected]

First bird of my day: a kestrel, not hovering in the wind but being pushed and shoved. In response it wrapped its wings slightly to tame the beast and flew sideways in a controlled manner, reminiscent of a horse doing dressage. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

reunited with my swift bricks after parliamentary security took it from me for the 1st time. I’m wedded to this 🧱cos it’s a lifeline for the birds who give me more joy than anything. Email the words SWIFT BRICKS to your MP & these 2:- [email protected] & [email protected]

reunited with my swift bricks after parliamentary security took it from me for the 1st time. I’m wedded to this 🧱cos it’s a lifeline for the birds who give me more joy than anything. Email the words SWIFT BRICKS to your MP & these 2:- [email protected] & [email protected]

First bird of my day: a scattering of sparrows as I opened the back door. Blink and I’d miss them. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: a crow landing in a flaming autumnal tree against a pewter sky. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

Hey all! If you’re outraged by Steve Reed’s u-turn on swift bricks, TELL HIM! Email mailto:[email protected] Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...

One of the things I do to try to stop getting stressed by my campaign is draw. Obviously I draw birds. Starlings are one of the 8 species who nest in swift bricks and one of the 4 Red listed united with the others in their plight due to loss of cavity nesting habitat.

First bird of my day: a blue tit dashing in a bright flash past the window into the apple tree. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: a wren swearing at me from under the only dry place in the very wet wood. It peeped, probably scowled and then darted back under the fallen beech. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

It’s almost crunch time. Next week Peers will vote for or against swift bricks. To help swifts, please email [email protected] & [email protected] who are crucial to the decision. Ask them to SAVE OUR SWIFTS ‼️put SWIFT BRICKS in the subject line 🙏

First bird of my day: swirling village rooks, being shoved unceremoniously by the wind. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

👂 that politicians think swift bricks would UP 🏡 prices so swifts aren’t worth saving. If you don’t want to be the 1st nation to let swifts become ☠️, email both [email protected] & [email protected] to SAVE OUR SWIFTS. put it in the subject line 🙏

First bird of my day: ‘my’ Dunnock. Oh how good to see you my friend I say. It’s dark and wet but the vine is still a shelter and after a cat kidnap, it became this Dunnock’s main hangout. So we are here under its yellow leaves, like umbrellas. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: the dark, quiet shape of the garden robin - a gentle presence in the wet autumn gloom. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

Hey all! If you’re outraged by Steve Reed’s u-turn on swift bricks, TELL HIM! Email mailto:[email protected] Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...

First bird of my day: the village rooks chattering through the sky as they get up out of their tree beds and fly into the sky. Imagine if we did that. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

Exasperated. Gutted. Furious. Terrified. Sometimes swear words are the only ones that fit. Our delightful government - who we put our trust in - is u-turning on THE easiest Nature action *ever*. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

First bird of my day: a blackbird darting low across the road in the classic ‘male blackbird road dive.’ Luckily no cars were passing. His shriek came from bush he arrived in. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

Exasperated. Gutted. Furious. Terrified. Sometimes swear words are the only ones that fit. Our delightful government - who we put our trust in - is u-turning on THE easiest Nature action *ever*. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

First bird of my day: a tawny owl keeping me company as I lay ‘sleepless in the onyx night’. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

A mandatory swift brick for every new home won't be supported by Housing Secretary Steve Reed. That's quite a u-turn from the former Environment Secretary. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nature action: email STEVE REED m: [email protected] simply saying MANDATE SWIFT BRICKS. If you want you can email me at [email protected] for a template but that is the simple message to convey. PEOPLE POWER WORKS BUT ONLY … if enough people actually act !!

Nature action: email STEVE REED m: [email protected] simply saying MANDATE SWIFT BRICKS. If you want you can email me at [email protected] for a template but that is the simple message to convey. PEOPLE POWER WORKS BUT ONLY … if enough people actually act !!

First bird of my day: the friendly garden robin looking at me, helping rid the bad mood I’ve woken up with. Grey day but beautiful. It’s a big world out there and me and the robin are facing it together. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

First bird of my day: a pigeon on the road, camouflaged. ‘Get off the road please,’ I say. It looks at me. ‘Seriously. Use your wings.’ Fortunately this one flew away into the grey. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: in the gloom, ‘my’ Dunnock appears. Like gorillas in the mist but not really. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: a lone crow flying like they always do - straight- through the grey cloud. A soft Autumn day awaits us both. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

That said; with a united backing, I would call on @wclnews.bsky.social to coalesce around a strong and bold vision that is uncompromising in placing nature and the environment at the top of their agenda.

First bird of my day: still not quite light yet, the village rooks fly over the garden on their way out to the fields where I’m going to. ‘Wait for me’ I think, wishing I could fly. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: the robin again, singing in the mauve twilight, flitting in the high branches of the apple tree. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: a sparrow following the flight of a wasp between her and a red apple. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours