Dawn visit to a misty World's End. Immediately saw the Black Grouse lek. Plenty of Whinchats around. Heard Cuckoos. Pied Flycatchers and Wood Warbler in the oak woods. Redstart seen. Nice views of Grey Wagtail.
Great trip!

Unplanned visit to RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands and it was great. Great views of female Scaup. Garganey and Ruddy Shelduck. Loads of Warblers, Bar-tailed Godwits, Marsh Harriers. Avocets with chicks. Brimming with life!

Enjoyable visit to RSPB Ribble Estuary #Marshside today. Good views of a Curlew Sandpiper. Some dozing Black-tailed Godwits and a snoozing Whimbrel. Site is alive with all sorts of birds just now!

Slavonian Grebes at Loch Ruthven today. Didn't have to wait long to see them as well👍

You'd think these lads were bad news wouldn't you?

Actually, they call themselves 'Rubbish Robbers' and go around Redruth cleaning the streets, bushes, parks, and town center, when nobody is watching.

How ace are they?

Back home briefly #whitleybay some lovely Grey Partridge near the lighthouse. Very distant Fulmars canoodling near Hartley. Good to see them still nesting innthe same site as when I grew up! Eiders, Red-throated Diver, Sanderling and more

If you think magic moments should be taken away over this, you're not a football fan. Bollocks to VAR and any tool who defends it.

#covmun #ccfc #fuckvar #scrapvar #artnotscience

This is not what football is about.

VAR ruined one of the greatest FA Cup moments ever.

A toenail offside. Give me a break.

Coventry should be in the final. Utterly pathetic.

The Football Association Challenge Cup. A long read.

The World's Oldest Association Football Competition. Let that sink in.Something to be proud of as a part of English football and cultural life.

Changes to it? Yes, with one caveat. That every club who takes part in it has an…

Ah here we go, they've scrapped FA Cup Replays. Because its definitely your reserves having to play an unexpected game against Barnsley every 2 or 3 years that knackers Premier League sides, & not a fucking month long pre season tour of China playing other Premier League teams.

FA Cup replays dispensed with because the handful of precious corporates don't want such inconvenience in their elite schedules.
Well, if they were that fucking good they wouldn't be needing replays in the first place would they?

Plenty of Skylarks on Within Way at Hale today. Dropping down onto the bare fields. Good morning at Speke and Garston Coastal Reserve and saw my first Whitethroat of the year. Sadly couldn't see the Ring Ouzel, despite help from Jack

Need to settle this debate. #NUFC
Who's more unlikable?

Repost for Arteta 🔁 Like for Klopp 👍

Imagine if you took £300,000 in Benefit loans from the Government.

Then went bankrupt owing HMRC £600,000 and didn't pay a penny.

Disgraceful, you'd be in jail and on the front page of the Daily Mail.

Or you could be Rishi Sunak's wife and be immune to consequences.

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Midnight in Bilbao after #Lagabarra2024 Got up this morning and it's been cleaned up. Fantastic work!

As a Newcastle United FC fan, I like to think the fan base is great (it is). However, Athletic Club is on another level. The whole region seemed to be lining miles of river, on roofs, hanging out of windows. All in colours. No club in the UK could raise this level of hysteria #Gabarra2024

#Gabarra2024 the aftermath!
Looks like a typical UK motorway verge....

Crowds building in Bilbao for river barge victory parade of Athletic Club Still 7 hours until team arrives! Proper football mad city. Great atmosphere

Spending time in #Bilbao . Clean, litterless, well maintained, no chewing gum strewn pavements, affordable food/drink, people proud of neighbourhoods. Pretty much everything not found in UK cities, sadly. Industrial city has a heritage similar to Middlesboro. There ends similarity