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Pete in Tooting
@exulsquila.bsky.social
Gardener, shrimper & cat butler
Final total from our tiny patch of SW17;

5 x Goldfinch
2 x Blue Tit
3 x Great Tit
2 x Feral pigeon
2 x Dunnock
1 x Jay
1 x Robin
1 x Wood pigeon
1 x Ring-necked Parakeet
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The more data we get, the better 🧑🔬
January 25, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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He pretends to be outraged when war memorials are disrespected during marches that pass by them but the actual denigration of British war dead?
“Not quite fair.”
What an irredeemable shitbag.
Montie thinks this is Farage 'blasting' Trump.
January 24, 2026 at 1:42 PM
January 24, 2026 at 10:42 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

Any comment yet from the plastic patriot?
January 23, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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And we're back. The moment the danger passes, people rush to pretend everything is alright again. It isn't and will not be.
DAVOS - GERMANY'S MERZ: DESPITE FRUSTRATION, ANGER OF RECENT MONTHS, LET US NOT BE TOO QUICK TO WRITE OFF THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP
January 22, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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FIFTY WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOOFAH

Just slip out the tub, bub
Crush it with a handstand
That kind of ploy, Roy
Endears you to me.
Force it down the lav, Trev
Tear it into shards, pard
Defenestrate it, Mic
Hide it in a tree
January 15, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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European Robin (Erithacus rubecula): 14cm (5.5in) This is an insectivorous species that will also take seeds if put out on a bird table. Close up photo taken by Kane Clemens in the UK #red #robin #redrobin #europeanrobin #bird #birds #wildlife #nature #photography #wildlifephotography #bluesky #bsky
January 15, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Interesting shift in Nadhims opinion of the fag ash Fuhrer

BBC News - Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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It was a bright and frosty Plough Monday and the air was sweet with birdsong. The farmers, old and bark-worn, young and bright-eyed, from every farm and gainery around the village and the hamlet had paid their visits to Old Fox's cottage.
They bade Old Fox a solemn good morning & winked at Wolf,
January 12, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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Nadhim Zahawi, the disgraced former Tory MP and 2-month Chancellor has...

...defected to Reform.

You cannot make this up. Reform is soon going to have more failed Tories as members than people who were never Tories.
January 12, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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January 9, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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This, please.
January 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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On a less humorous note:
These are serious times. What are they thinking ? #BBC
Switched on LK for a minute, saw Nadine Dorries on the panel.
Switched off again.
January 4, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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Still have to stop and realise sometimes just how wonderful the Elizabeth line is.

This country will only grow with more projects like this supported by government
December 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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I was thrilled to get this photo of a female Sparrowhawk as it shot through RSPB Greylake this lunchtime! 😍😊🐦
#Birds 🪶
December 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Gang-gang Cockatoo. Tremendous photo taken by Allison Premischook in Australia. #cockatoo #bird #birds #wildlife #nature #australia
December 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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POV: You try and have a nice game of Monopoly

📷 Paul Browning
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Lilac-breasted Roller. Beautiful photo taken by Ken Hadfield in Kruger, South Africa. #roller #wildlife #nature #birds #bird #wildlifephotography
December 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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POV: Everybody's asking where the star is and you're confused because *you* are the star 🌟

📷 John Lindsey
December 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Classy as always Donny
December 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Elisabeth Sommerville (Canadian, born 1947)
"The Skating Party", 2015.
Lithograph on Paper, 51 × 38 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM