Hampshire Karin
@hampshirekarin.bsky.social
Nature lover. Was an organic, wildlife friendly gardener: no chemicals; peat free; minimal digging & mowing.
No true peace without justice.
English & proud European.
Born in Hampshire, now living back in Surrey so hubby can care for me.
No true peace without justice.
English & proud European.
Born in Hampshire, now living back in Surrey so hubby can care for me.
Pinned
Two important things to remember at a time like this:
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to stand by and do nothing." - Edward Burke
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to stand by and do nothing." - Edward Burke
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead
Not been feeling up to saying much lately. Very tired and sleepy, but not much happening. Have family here with me who can update as necessary. Thank you for all your love and good wishes. Karin xx
July 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Not been feeling up to saying much lately. Very tired and sleepy, but not much happening. Have family here with me who can update as necessary. Thank you for all your love and good wishes. Karin xx
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The Ocean Is Drowning in Our Waste 🌊🗑️
"By 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean.
🐢 100,000 marine animals die from plastic yearly.
💡 Solutions exist:
✅ Ban single-use plastics
✅ Hold corporations accountable
✅ Invest in circular economies
#SaveOurOceans
"By 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean.
🐢 100,000 marine animals die from plastic yearly.
💡 Solutions exist:
✅ Ban single-use plastics
✅ Hold corporations accountable
✅ Invest in circular economies
#SaveOurOceans
July 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The Ocean Is Drowning in Our Waste 🌊🗑️
"By 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean.
🐢 100,000 marine animals die from plastic yearly.
💡 Solutions exist:
✅ Ban single-use plastics
✅ Hold corporations accountable
✅ Invest in circular economies
#SaveOurOceans
"By 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean.
🐢 100,000 marine animals die from plastic yearly.
💡 Solutions exist:
✅ Ban single-use plastics
✅ Hold corporations accountable
✅ Invest in circular economies
#SaveOurOceans
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The lack of ambition in Ireland for nature is the most challenging aspect in any ecological work.
We need this to change.
One way this can change is the public pressuring their elected officials to act in the interest of nature.
Politicians react to public pressure.
We need this to change.
One way this can change is the public pressuring their elected officials to act in the interest of nature.
Politicians react to public pressure.
I emailed a letter to my local TD and Minister of State for Nature and Biodiversity, Christopher O'Sullivan on the government's plans to abandon Marine Protected Areas.
Please write to your local government TDs asking them not to shaft our marine ecosystems and coastal communities like this!!!
Please write to your local government TDs asking them not to shaft our marine ecosystems and coastal communities like this!!!
July 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The lack of ambition in Ireland for nature is the most challenging aspect in any ecological work.
We need this to change.
One way this can change is the public pressuring their elected officials to act in the interest of nature.
Politicians react to public pressure.
We need this to change.
One way this can change is the public pressuring their elected officials to act in the interest of nature.
Politicians react to public pressure.
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We're also delighted to see @katebradbury.bsky.social on the longlist for Conservation Writing for One Garden Against the World!! Congratulations Kate🎉 #wainwrightprize #storiesthatconnect
July 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We're also delighted to see @katebradbury.bsky.social on the longlist for Conservation Writing for One Garden Against the World!! Congratulations Kate🎉 #wainwrightprize #storiesthatconnect
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A pair of 2,000 year-old Roman earrings. Gold and glass.
A simple yet stylish design with timeless appeal!
#Archaeology
A simple yet stylish design with timeless appeal!
#Archaeology
July 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A pair of 2,000 year-old Roman earrings. Gold and glass.
A simple yet stylish design with timeless appeal!
#Archaeology
A simple yet stylish design with timeless appeal!
#Archaeology
I finally made it home, perhaps an hour ago. I’m very tired now.
July 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I finally made it home, perhaps an hour ago. I’m very tired now.
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The magic of an Irish rainforest 🌎
July 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The magic of an Irish rainforest 🌎
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Will farmer orgs now get behind action to save the climate and nature?
Or will they continue to betray the core interests of those they're supposed to represent?
share.google/FUKJ9y8pmGy7...
Or will they continue to betray the core interests of those they're supposed to represent?
share.google/FUKJ9y8pmGy7...
More than 80% of UK farmers worried about climate crisis harming livelihood, study finds
Farmers warn of risk to Britain’s food supply as more than three-quarters take hit to income from extreme weather
share.google
July 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Will farmer orgs now get behind action to save the climate and nature?
Or will they continue to betray the core interests of those they're supposed to represent?
share.google/FUKJ9y8pmGy7...
Or will they continue to betray the core interests of those they're supposed to represent?
share.google/FUKJ9y8pmGy7...
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The pretzel is supposedly a Swabian invention (I know, Bavarians, you’ll disagree 😁). As a Swabian, I have to share this unique Viking Age pretzel-shaped gold brooch - was the pretzel actually invented by Vikings? 😱
The brooch is decorated with animal heads in the Scandinavian ...🧵1/2
📷me
🏺
The brooch is decorated with animal heads in the Scandinavian ...🧵1/2
📷me
🏺
July 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The pretzel is supposedly a Swabian invention (I know, Bavarians, you’ll disagree 😁). As a Swabian, I have to share this unique Viking Age pretzel-shaped gold brooch - was the pretzel actually invented by Vikings? 😱
The brooch is decorated with animal heads in the Scandinavian ...🧵1/2
📷me
🏺
The brooch is decorated with animal heads in the Scandinavian ...🧵1/2
📷me
🏺
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It's Swift Awareness Week 🪶
These impressive migrators spend almost all of their life in the air.
Find out how our Conservation Adviser Cathy, with the help of @sosswifts.bsky.social, is working to boost the population in Suffolk
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/blog/suffolk...
These impressive migrators spend almost all of their life in the air.
Find out how our Conservation Adviser Cathy, with the help of @sosswifts.bsky.social, is working to boost the population in Suffolk
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/blog/suffolk...
Celebrating Suffolk's Swifts | Suffolk Wildlife Trust
Join Cathy our Conservation Adviser and explore how, with the help of Save Our Suffolk Swifts, we are working towards boosting the population of this impressive and iconic migrator.
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org
June 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It's Swift Awareness Week 🪶
These impressive migrators spend almost all of their life in the air.
Find out how our Conservation Adviser Cathy, with the help of @sosswifts.bsky.social, is working to boost the population in Suffolk
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/blog/suffolk...
These impressive migrators spend almost all of their life in the air.
Find out how our Conservation Adviser Cathy, with the help of @sosswifts.bsky.social, is working to boost the population in Suffolk
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/blog/suffolk...
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1776: The early brood of swallows are active & adroit, & able to procure their subsistence on the wing. Fresh broods come forth daily.
July 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
1776: The early brood of swallows are active & adroit, & able to procure their subsistence on the wing. Fresh broods come forth daily.
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Meadows across Sussex can be alive with the chequered fluttering of Marbled White #butterflies in early July.
Look out for them along downland paths and field edges.
📷 Bob Eade
Look out for them along downland paths and field edges.
📷 Bob Eade
July 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Meadows across Sussex can be alive with the chequered fluttering of Marbled White #butterflies in early July.
Look out for them along downland paths and field edges.
📷 Bob Eade
Look out for them along downland paths and field edges.
📷 Bob Eade
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Groups of 13 to 20 #Swifts around St. Anne's Church, #Lewes. We were treated to 12 screaming fly-pasts before seeing entries to nests 1, 3 and 6. There were loud calls from several other nests!
Further up Western Road, we saw an entry to nest 2 and both Swifts returned to nest 3.
Further up Western Road, we saw an entry to nest 2 and both Swifts returned to nest 3.
July 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Rowan has found a Late Iron Age Black Burnished Ware pedestal-base bowl in the middle of a midden
He is very pleased (as are we) 🤩
#Durotriges25 #Archaeology #Prehistory
He is very pleased (as are we) 🤩
#Durotriges25 #Archaeology #Prehistory
June 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Rowan has found a Late Iron Age Black Burnished Ware pedestal-base bowl in the middle of a midden
He is very pleased (as are we) 🤩
#Durotriges25 #Archaeology #Prehistory
He is very pleased (as are we) 🤩
#Durotriges25 #Archaeology #Prehistory
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Alder is the most common tree found in riverwoods - also known as riparian or #wetland forests 🌳
#Riverwoods act as corridors, connecting different patches of woodland and helping wildlife move through the landscape.
Explore more about alder and riverwoods 👉
#Riverwoods act as corridors, connecting different patches of woodland and helping wildlife move through the landscape.
Explore more about alder and riverwoods 👉
Alder | Facts and mythology of the alder tree
Alder is the most common tree along river and lake sides, and it improves soil fertility through its ability to fix nitrogen from the air.
treesforlife.org.uk
July 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Alder is the most common tree found in riverwoods - also known as riparian or #wetland forests 🌳
#Riverwoods act as corridors, connecting different patches of woodland and helping wildlife move through the landscape.
Explore more about alder and riverwoods 👉
#Riverwoods act as corridors, connecting different patches of woodland and helping wildlife move through the landscape.
Explore more about alder and riverwoods 👉
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The beginning of Saturday’s sunset through the hospital window from my bed. I’ve been in since Thursday lunchtime.
New treatment tried yesterday which has made me feel a bit better and a bit less tired. With luck I can home today, but that’s not definite.
I was lucky to have been given a fan.
New treatment tried yesterday which has made me feel a bit better and a bit less tired. With luck I can home today, but that’s not definite.
I was lucky to have been given a fan.
July 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The beginning of Saturday’s sunset through the hospital window from my bed. I’ve been in since Thursday lunchtime.
New treatment tried yesterday which has made me feel a bit better and a bit less tired. With luck I can home today, but that’s not definite.
I was lucky to have been given a fan.
New treatment tried yesterday which has made me feel a bit better and a bit less tired. With luck I can home today, but that’s not definite.
I was lucky to have been given a fan.
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Warnock: If I'm honest, there are days when I have to ask people of my faith tradition as a Christian, are we reading the same book?
The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
June 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Warnock: If I'm honest, there are days when I have to ask people of my faith tradition as a Christian, are we reading the same book?
The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
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Every one of these deaths is on the hands of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio. History should never forget.
A man with a scorpion bite.
A woman with cholera.
A diabetic who needed insulin.
A 3-year-old boy.
They all died when the U.S. stopped sending medicine to Sudan.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
A woman with cholera.
A diabetic who needed insulin.
A 3-year-old boy.
They all died when the U.S. stopped sending medicine to Sudan.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
June 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Every one of these deaths is on the hands of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio. History should never forget.
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The answer to yesterday’s challenge is:
Six red squirrels
Five grey squirrels
If you enjoyed taking on our challenge, why not go squirrel spotting on your next walk, and tell us what you see here: buff.ly/1PGH3mV
Six red squirrels
Five grey squirrels
If you enjoyed taking on our challenge, why not go squirrel spotting on your next walk, and tell us what you see here: buff.ly/1PGH3mV
July 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The answer to yesterday’s challenge is:
Six red squirrels
Five grey squirrels
If you enjoyed taking on our challenge, why not go squirrel spotting on your next walk, and tell us what you see here: buff.ly/1PGH3mV
Six red squirrels
Five grey squirrels
If you enjoyed taking on our challenge, why not go squirrel spotting on your next walk, and tell us what you see here: buff.ly/1PGH3mV
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Deer situation reaching crisis point for motorists in Killarney, says local councillor.
A pity this problem had to start severely impacting human society, rather than merely our last scraps of rainforest, for people to wake up to its scale.
www.radiokerry.ie/news/killarn...
A pity this problem had to start severely impacting human society, rather than merely our last scraps of rainforest, for people to wake up to its scale.
www.radiokerry.ie/news/killarn...
Killarney MD meeting told deer left dying on side of road for hours despite attempts to contact authorities | RadioKerry.ie
A Killarney Municipal District meeting has heard that a deer struck by a vehicle, lay dying on the side of a main road for hours despite efforts to contact the...
www.radiokerry.ie
July 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Deer situation reaching crisis point for motorists in Killarney, says local councillor.
A pity this problem had to start severely impacting human society, rather than merely our last scraps of rainforest, for people to wake up to its scale.
www.radiokerry.ie/news/killarn...
A pity this problem had to start severely impacting human society, rather than merely our last scraps of rainforest, for people to wake up to its scale.
www.radiokerry.ie/news/killarn...
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How does anyone justify this? Seriously, how?
74 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces strike a cafe and fire on people seeking food
Witnesses and medics in Gaza say an Israeli airstrike on a seaside cafe has killed at least 30 people in Gaza City.
apnews.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:05 AM
How does anyone justify this? Seriously, how?
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"Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspapers, TV and online." petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Review traditional and social media regulation
Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...
petition.parliament.uk
July 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspapers, TV and online." petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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You know it's hot when you start envying a Tudor warship in the 1980s...
July 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
You know it's hot when you start envying a Tudor warship in the 1980s...
The beginning of Saturday’s sunset through the hospital window from my bed. I’ve been in since Thursday lunchtime.
New treatment tried yesterday which has made me feel a bit better and a bit less tired. With luck I can home today, but that’s not definite.
I was lucky to have been given a fan.
New treatment tried yesterday which has made me feel a bit better and a bit less tired. With luck I can home today, but that’s not definite.
I was lucky to have been given a fan.
July 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The beginning of Saturday’s sunset through the hospital window from my bed. I’ve been in since Thursday lunchtime.
New treatment tried yesterday which has made me feel a bit better and a bit less tired. With luck I can home today, but that’s not definite.
I was lucky to have been given a fan.
New treatment tried yesterday which has made me feel a bit better and a bit less tired. With luck I can home today, but that’s not definite.
I was lucky to have been given a fan.
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Let's hope lynx are brought back soon in the UK.
Apart from all the benefits for British nature, it would massively shift the dial on the conversation in Ireland: we'd be pretty much the last place in Europe not to have them.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Apart from all the benefits for British nature, it would massively shift the dial on the conversation in Ireland: we'd be pretty much the last place in Europe not to have them.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England wildlife regulator chair ‘enthusiastic’ about lynx rewilding
Views on apex predator still polarised, says Natural England head, as activists apply for trial release in Northumberland
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Let's hope lynx are brought back soon in the UK.
Apart from all the benefits for British nature, it would massively shift the dial on the conversation in Ireland: we'd be pretty much the last place in Europe not to have them.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Apart from all the benefits for British nature, it would massively shift the dial on the conversation in Ireland: we'd be pretty much the last place in Europe not to have them.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...