Peter Driver
@peterdriver.bsky.social
Artist. Birder #BerksBirds. @BerksBirdClub. #lowcarbonbirding.
See my stuff here: https://linktr.ee/peterdriverstudio
See my stuff here: https://linktr.ee/peterdriverstudio
First Crossbills of the year quarter of a mile from my front door.
#berksbirds #lowcarbonbirding #birdsofmortimer
#berksbirds #lowcarbonbirding #birdsofmortimer
January 7, 2026 at 10:22 AM
First Crossbills of the year quarter of a mile from my front door.
#berksbirds #lowcarbonbirding #birdsofmortimer
#berksbirds #lowcarbonbirding #birdsofmortimer
My New Year walk around the village yesterday morning produced some early Hazel catkins and 44 bird species, including Kingfisher, Yellowhammer, Redwing and a flock of 50 Linnet. I didn't see Coal Tit, Mistle Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff or Firecrest but they're all there to be seen.
#berksbirds
#berksbirds
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
My New Year walk around the village yesterday morning produced some early Hazel catkins and 44 bird species, including Kingfisher, Yellowhammer, Redwing and a flock of 50 Linnet. I didn't see Coal Tit, Mistle Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff or Firecrest but they're all there to be seen.
#berksbirds
#berksbirds
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In this 2025 retrospective long-form piece, The Bear examines how cruelty, farce and institutional collapse became normalised.
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2025: The year we got used to it
A final long read for 2025, charting how we got used to cruelty, incompetence and farce – and how 2026 will need us all to be much noisier
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December 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
In this 2025 retrospective long-form piece, The Bear examines how cruelty, farce and institutional collapse became normalised.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
My primary birding focus for 2026 is the civil parish of Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire, where I live. I'll look at other flora and fauna too but hope to find birds nobody else is likely to notice. I have a side-bet with myself on finding 100 bird species in the parish.
#lowcarbonbirding #ukbirding
#lowcarbonbirding #ukbirding
January 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
My primary birding focus for 2026 is the civil parish of Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire, where I live. I'll look at other flora and fauna too but hope to find birds nobody else is likely to notice. I have a side-bet with myself on finding 100 bird species in the parish.
#lowcarbonbirding #ukbirding
#lowcarbonbirding #ukbirding
I ended the year at Abberton Reservoir, Essex (a diversion on my route home from the Fens). Lesser Scaup, Scaup, Slavonian Grebe and Smew were highlights. A quick stop-off at Queen Mother Reservoir on my way back into Berks produced not much more than this fine M'ipit.
#ukbirding
#ukbirding
January 1, 2026 at 9:45 AM
I ended the year at Abberton Reservoir, Essex (a diversion on my route home from the Fens). Lesser Scaup, Scaup, Slavonian Grebe and Smew were highlights. A quick stop-off at Queen Mother Reservoir on my way back into Berks produced not much more than this fine M'ipit.
#ukbirding
#ukbirding
My drawing for the June page of the Restless Beings calendar 2026, a project co-led by my friend Sophie T Lin.
Each month features a pencil drawing by an independent artist. Funds will support projects in Bangladesh and Sudan.
Get yours here: restlesscalendar2026.com
#calendar #charitycalendar
Each month features a pencil drawing by an independent artist. Funds will support projects in Bangladesh and Sudan.
Get yours here: restlesscalendar2026.com
#calendar #charitycalendar
December 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My drawing for the June page of the Restless Beings calendar 2026, a project co-led by my friend Sophie T Lin.
Each month features a pencil drawing by an independent artist. Funds will support projects in Bangladesh and Sudan.
Get yours here: restlesscalendar2026.com
#calendar #charitycalendar
Each month features a pencil drawing by an independent artist. Funds will support projects in Bangladesh and Sudan.
Get yours here: restlesscalendar2026.com
#calendar #charitycalendar
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Thank you to our members and followers for your support in 2025. We wish you a peaceful and successful New Year.
Perhaps 2026 is your year to attend more field trips or indoor talks. You would be made very welcome.
Image: pair of Pintail at Keyhaven by Elaine Charlson.
#ukbirding #pintail
Perhaps 2026 is your year to attend more field trips or indoor talks. You would be made very welcome.
Image: pair of Pintail at Keyhaven by Elaine Charlson.
#ukbirding #pintail
December 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Thank you to our members and followers for your support in 2025. We wish you a peaceful and successful New Year.
Perhaps 2026 is your year to attend more field trips or indoor talks. You would be made very welcome.
Image: pair of Pintail at Keyhaven by Elaine Charlson.
#ukbirding #pintail
Perhaps 2026 is your year to attend more field trips or indoor talks. You would be made very welcome.
Image: pair of Pintail at Keyhaven by Elaine Charlson.
#ukbirding #pintail
The Massive Marshian Stomp on Fobney Marsh this morning, opening up another area for winter wildfowl, enabling a variety of habitats at Fobney Marsh, Reading. Happy Solstice! 🦆
#masstrespass #berksbirds
#masstrespass #berksbirds
December 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Massive Marshian Stomp on Fobney Marsh this morning, opening up another area for winter wildfowl, enabling a variety of habitats at Fobney Marsh, Reading. Happy Solstice! 🦆
#masstrespass #berksbirds
#masstrespass #berksbirds
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15 people joined today's final BOC field trip of 2025, beside the Kennet and round Moatlands pit. This Fox was a highlight and at least 41 bird species, including Kingfisher, Stonechat, Siskin, Redwing and Kestrel.
Join our free events in the New Year. berksoc.org.uk/club-news/pr...
#berksbirds
Join our free events in the New Year. berksoc.org.uk/club-news/pr...
#berksbirds
December 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
15 people joined today's final BOC field trip of 2025, beside the Kennet and round Moatlands pit. This Fox was a highlight and at least 41 bird species, including Kingfisher, Stonechat, Siskin, Redwing and Kestrel.
Join our free events in the New Year. berksoc.org.uk/club-news/pr...
#berksbirds
Join our free events in the New Year. berksoc.org.uk/club-news/pr...
#berksbirds
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You can sign up here: www.the-soc.org.uk/pages/event/.... Sign up once for all three nights and dip in and out as you please. For FREE. Did I mention that? You do not need to be an SOC member or based in Scotland to join. All welcome! #BirdingScotland #RareBirdsUK #UKbirding
Scottish Birds Records Committee Online Conference
The SOC
www.the-soc.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
You can sign up here: www.the-soc.org.uk/pages/event/.... Sign up once for all three nights and dip in and out as you please. For FREE. Did I mention that? You do not need to be an SOC member or based in Scotland to join. All welcome! #BirdingScotland #RareBirdsUK #UKbirding
I'm delighted to have contributed the drawing for the June page of this charity calendar, supporting projects in Sudan and Bangladesh. www.instagram.com/p/DSXjGZ3DZn...
@l_ora_d_oro on Instagram: "🎄🎄In need of a last minute xmas present? Not sure where to start with giving to charity? 🎄🎄
@hafiz_onitolo and I have partnered with @restlessbeings on a limited 2026 cale...
l_ora_d_oro on December 17, 2025: "🎄🎄In need of a last minute xmas present? Not sure where to start with giving to charity? 🎄🎄
@hafiz_onitolo and I have partnered with @restlessbeings on a limited 20...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm delighted to have contributed the drawing for the June page of this charity calendar, supporting projects in Sudan and Bangladesh. www.instagram.com/p/DSXjGZ3DZn...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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The UK charity Hen Harrier Action @henharrieraction.bsky.social launches Xmas fundraiser to buy more satellite tags.
Commentary on why this is important & a link to the fundraiser ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
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Commentary on why this is important & a link to the fundraiser ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
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The charity Hen Harrier Action launches Xmas fundraiser to buy satellite tags
The charity Hen Harrier Action has launched its annual Xmas fundraising appeal, this year with a target of £15K to purchase five satellite tags to be fitted to Hen Harrier chicks in 2026. As you…
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December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The UK charity Hen Harrier Action @henharrieraction.bsky.social launches Xmas fundraiser to buy more satellite tags.
Commentary on why this is important & a link to the fundraiser ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/11/t...
Commentary on why this is important & a link to the fundraiser ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/11/t...
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Musk talking about fighting falsehoods on his platform. One hour before he'd amplified a falsehood to millions of people. Nobody died in that incident, caused by a drunk driver. No community note, no correction.
December 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Musk talking about fighting falsehoods on his platform. One hour before he'd amplified a falsehood to millions of people. Nobody died in that incident, caused by a drunk driver. No community note, no correction.
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If you enjoyed listening to Michael on GG recently then you are in for a treat! 👇
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It’s out there folks … venture out into the wild Essex marshes, with me and #BBCCountryfile Plodcast host, Fergus Collins. www.countryfile.com/podcast #birdsandplace #Essex #thecuckooslea
Next week I'm on the brilliant #BBCCountryfile Plodcast with Fergus Collins (out 2nd Dec). For now, here's a teaser--a soundscape episode recorded there. Big up the Essex marshes! link.chtbl.com/8j_GMQQa @essexbirdnews.bsky.social @esbr-essex.bsky.social #EssexMarshes #birdsandplace
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
If you enjoyed listening to Michael on GG recently then you are in for a treat! 👇
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This Government once vowed to be “the most nature-positive [we have] ever had”.
Months of blaming wildlife and stripping back protections have already made a mockery of that promise.
And if the rumoured cuts to BNG go ahead, it will deal yet another devastating blow to nature.
Months of blaming wildlife and stripping back protections have already made a mockery of that promise.
And if the rumoured cuts to BNG go ahead, it will deal yet another devastating blow to nature.
December 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This Government once vowed to be “the most nature-positive [we have] ever had”.
Months of blaming wildlife and stripping back protections have already made a mockery of that promise.
And if the rumoured cuts to BNG go ahead, it will deal yet another devastating blow to nature.
Months of blaming wildlife and stripping back protections have already made a mockery of that promise.
And if the rumoured cuts to BNG go ahead, it will deal yet another devastating blow to nature.
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March to barbarism
Billionaire member of the “PayPal Mafia”, co-founder of Palantir wants public executions.
Not content with profiteering, exploitation, wants public hangings.
Who will they hang - poor, homeless, hungry, people falsely convicted?
Too much money creates insanity.
Billionaire member of the “PayPal Mafia”, co-founder of Palantir wants public executions.
Not content with profiteering, exploitation, wants public hangings.
Who will they hang - poor, homeless, hungry, people falsely convicted?
Too much money creates insanity.
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
March to barbarism
Billionaire member of the “PayPal Mafia”, co-founder of Palantir wants public executions.
Not content with profiteering, exploitation, wants public hangings.
Who will they hang - poor, homeless, hungry, people falsely convicted?
Too much money creates insanity.
Billionaire member of the “PayPal Mafia”, co-founder of Palantir wants public executions.
Not content with profiteering, exploitation, wants public hangings.
Who will they hang - poor, homeless, hungry, people falsely convicted?
Too much money creates insanity.
I hope to be there with signed copies of the Widdershins Walk in book, for those last-minute stocking fillers!
Come to the Club's Christmas social on Wednesday 17 December, 7.30pm for tasty seasonal refreshments, a quiz, unique poems from John, and a short talk from David Massie on a trip to Vietnam.
Room G44, Edith Morley Building
Or stay in and join on Zoom from 7.15pm: bit.ly/4lrQGl8 **
#berksbirds
Room G44, Edith Morley Building
Or stay in and join on Zoom from 7.15pm: bit.ly/4lrQGl8 **
#berksbirds
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I hope to be there with signed copies of the Widdershins Walk in book, for those last-minute stocking fillers!
Parts of my award-winning installation in the Private Spaces exhibition at spudWORKS, Sway, New Forest, until 10th January.
The free prints are going like hot cakes but there are plenty of them.
I've been making and giving them away since 2013.
The whole show is worth a visit.
#art #sway
The free prints are going like hot cakes but there are plenty of them.
I've been making and giving them away since 2013.
The whole show is worth a visit.
#art #sway
December 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
V. pleased that my submission for the @spud.org.uk open show Private Spaces, was picked by the judges as 'Best in Show'.
Thanks to Alison Barnes, CEO of New Forest NPA (pic) for completely getting the meaning of my ongoing 'I'm glad you're alive!' project.
The show runs til 10 January.
#sway #art
Thanks to Alison Barnes, CEO of New Forest NPA (pic) for completely getting the meaning of my ongoing 'I'm glad you're alive!' project.
The show runs til 10 January.
#sway #art
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Here is the link the-citizens.com/2025/02/serg...
Listen to 'Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring', with Carole Cadwalladr, Peter Jukes, Sergei Cristo & special guests - The Citizens
A thriller featuring Carole Cadwalladr, Peter Jukes and Sergei Cristo that exposes an alleged secret spy ring operating at the very heart of the British establishment. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Ama...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Here is the link the-citizens.com/2025/02/serg...
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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
I was too ill to join this walk to Little Marlow Gravel Pit, still never been. it's over the County border, so not on my radar. I'll take a look sometime in 2026 though, when I'm passing. It's a good site, well watched by knowledgeable birders who often find interesting birds.
#bucksbirds
#bucksbirds
Far from ideal weather for BOC's field trip to Little Marlow Gravel Pits (Bucks) on Wednesday. The highlight was a flock of c100 Siskin (some pictured here showing how poor the light was). Snipe, Shoveler, Pochard, Treecreeper, Lapwing, Common Gull, no winter thrushes in evidence.
#bucksbirds
#bucksbirds
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I was too ill to join this walk to Little Marlow Gravel Pit, still never been. it's over the County border, so not on my radar. I'll take a look sometime in 2026 though, when I'm passing. It's a good site, well watched by knowledgeable birders who often find interesting birds.
#bucksbirds
#bucksbirds