Poor guy thought he’d witnessed the second coming!
#WorldBollardAssociation ✝️

Our birds from the turtle dove Trust are out now purring and delighting attendees as they have not done in the landscape for perhaps a century. What will they do ? I don't know. Will they breed and return ? Perhaps. But it's better to do something than nothing at all. We will see

I have always stood for peace, and against war. From my earliest days of activism, I confronted the Russian and French militaries who were transporting and testing nuclear weapons close to civilian populations. #rtept

Cork MEP Grace O'Sullivan's unique new election poster is beautiful collaboration with artist with disability

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If you're on the left, the results are very heartening indeed.

- The Tories got smashed, and will lose the next election

- But this is nothing like 1997.

Labour had a 17 point lead over the Tories in the local elections before the 1997 general election.

This time, they have a

'Too many young people live in a kind of a bubble within their own communities,' James Cleverly

After Bristol City Council sprayed our area with poison they returned to scape off any vestige of green. A few streets away, flowers still hold on. But, the only house with swifts has scaffolding up to block their nest hole. I cried at the side of the road ⁦Bristol City Council⁩

As bombs rain down on Rafah, killing civilians in Gaza's 'safe space', the UK government remains complicit.

Halt all weapons sales. Do everything possible to enforce the ICJ order to immediately stop the bombing. Fund aid for Rafah. Lasting ceasefire now. #AllEyesOnRafah

More harrowing scenes in Chiswick as extreme anti-car and anti-business policies turn this once bustling SUV park into a deserted wasteland.

#ChiswickCheeseMarket

Shifting baselines is like an absence of nostalgia. This is Ballycotton in Cork where angling tournaments in the 60s saw hundreds of large sharks, skates and other fish hauled out of the water. Today, you'd be lucky to get a few small mackerel and people think this is normal.

Sad news from 山階鳥類研究所 YIO: A Roseate Tern, ringed in Australia over two decades ago, fell victim to a free-ranging cat in Okinawa, Japan. This serves as a reminder of the global concern for the impact of #cats on wildlife. #CatPredation Source: cutt.ly/Mwuxj1y0

Accounts of English village birds in early 20th century seem crazy, but here in E Poland it’s still true. Sat here with Redstart, Tree Sparrow, Pied Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Swallow. Also had LSW, Hawfinch, Wryneck. Cuckoo & Corncrake outside. England’s villages lost this.

I have no problems with a law on death by dangerous cycling – everyone must obey the rules of the road.

But in 2022, 1760+ people were killed on UK roads – 3 involved someone being hit by a bike.

What’s the gov plan for stopping 5 people being killed a day by motor vehicles?

Stent expansion

Precision joinery

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Since privatisation in 1989, water companies in England have incurred debts of more than £64bn and paid out £78bn in dividends.

Privatised, for-profit water isn’t working for people or planet.

Tell the Government: bring water into public ownership, now.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/priv…

Why does Bristol City Council keep using erroneous sections of the FOI Act to avoid its statutory duty to provide information? This goes with huge delays that have resulted in an enforcement notice from ICO - Information Commissioner's Office

See these requests:
whatdotheyknow.com/request/st_mar…

whatdotheyknow.com/request/large_…

❓ Have you seen ads online for upcoming 'Lantern Festivals'?

👉 Whether it's at an event, or at home, we urge you not to use sky lanterns. They pose a huge fire risk, and are a danger to livestock and wildlife.

🔗 Read more from the National Fire Chiefs Council: buff.ly/3TYClAX

looking forward to this WAWC Conference tomorrow

A succinct and important article by Alick Simmons

Let's hope that the next government can be persuaded to address the problems Alick has identified