Sarah Pettegree
@sarahpettegree.bsky.social
They said I’d like it here.
Recovering twitter person.
Made pork pies for nigh on a couple of decades. Rarely leaves North Norfolk. Loves the wild things.
Recovering twitter person.
Made pork pies for nigh on a couple of decades. Rarely leaves North Norfolk. Loves the wild things.
@drmjwarren.bsky.social the weather here is too grotty for anything much, so I’m entertaining myself by virtually touring the nearby villages for bird place names. Have you got Corpusty? Allegedly the raven’s path.
corpustyandsaxthorpe-pc.gov.uk/village-hist...
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Village History – Corpusty and Saxthorpe Parish Council
corpustyandsaxthorpe-pc.gov.uk
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@drmjwarren.bsky.social the weather here is too grotty for anything much, so I’m entertaining myself by virtually touring the nearby villages for bird place names. Have you got Corpusty? Allegedly the raven’s path.
corpustyandsaxthorpe-pc.gov.uk/village-hist...
corpustyandsaxthorpe-pc.gov.uk/village-hist...
Lovely, on a whim, sunny couple of hours at Cley with Mary. Both hides had chaps happy to gently and companionably share their knowledge. Which is always a welcome thing.
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Lovely, on a whim, sunny couple of hours at Cley with Mary. Both hides had chaps happy to gently and companionably share their knowledge. Which is always a welcome thing.
I’m going. I think it’s going to be wide ranging and so interesting.
I’m reading Michael’s book and it struck me that the intersecting Venn diagram is bird/nature people, landscape archeologists and people who love The Detectorists.
I’m reading Michael’s book and it struck me that the intersecting Venn diagram is bird/nature people, landscape archeologists and people who love The Detectorists.
People of Norfolk, come and spend a cosy winter evening with me, @themarshtit.bsky.social and @timholtwilson.bsky.social as we talk birds, landscape and history at NWT’s Cley reserve on 5th Dec. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tales-of-b.... #NorfolkWildlifeTrust #NorfolkNature #naturewriting
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I’m going. I think it’s going to be wide ranging and so interesting.
I’m reading Michael’s book and it struck me that the intersecting Venn diagram is bird/nature people, landscape archeologists and people who love The Detectorists.
I’m reading Michael’s book and it struck me that the intersecting Venn diagram is bird/nature people, landscape archeologists and people who love The Detectorists.
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From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
COP30 evacuated after fire breaks out
Thousands of people are attending the UN climate talks in Brazil.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I expect you know @robyaxley.bsky.social that you are part cuckoo?
(Source @drmjwarren.bsky.social’s, so far, excellent “The Cuckoo’s Lea”)
(Source @drmjwarren.bsky.social’s, so far, excellent “The Cuckoo’s Lea”)
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I expect you know @robyaxley.bsky.social that you are part cuckoo?
(Source @drmjwarren.bsky.social’s, so far, excellent “The Cuckoo’s Lea”)
(Source @drmjwarren.bsky.social’s, so far, excellent “The Cuckoo’s Lea”)
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I realise this is short notice but would anyone like my spare ticket to come and see noted film director Paul Thomas Anderson and reasonably well-known actor Leonardo DiCaprio in conversation tonight at the BFI? 8pm tonght. ❤️🔥
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I realise this is short notice but would anyone like my spare ticket to come and see noted film director Paul Thomas Anderson and reasonably well-known actor Leonardo DiCaprio in conversation tonight at the BFI? 8pm tonght. ❤️🔥
Book book. Read it read it.
Bookish - Lucy Mangan 2025 Picked up on a whim in Holt library. Glad I did. Learnt stuff, discovered she lives here *waves arm breezily* and has her own library in an outbuilding. Life goals.
Bookish - Lucy Mangan 2025 Picked up on a whim in Holt library. Glad I did. Learnt stuff, discovered she lives here *waves arm breezily* and has her own library in an outbuilding. Life goals.
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Book book. Read it read it.
Bookish - Lucy Mangan 2025 Picked up on a whim in Holt library. Glad I did. Learnt stuff, discovered she lives here *waves arm breezily* and has her own library in an outbuilding. Life goals.
Bookish - Lucy Mangan 2025 Picked up on a whim in Holt library. Glad I did. Learnt stuff, discovered she lives here *waves arm breezily* and has her own library in an outbuilding. Life goals.
All the nice things…
Sadly, we have seen a big increase in avian flu cases in the UK - particularly in waterfowl
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
All the nice things…
Another good thing today. Nay, amazing.
When I got home from the fermentation workshop yesterday pm I ordered some kefir grains from Etsy. They arrived today (less than 24 hours later) in a handwritten envelope with a first class stamp on.
Astonished. Things like that don’t happen these days.
When I got home from the fermentation workshop yesterday pm I ordered some kefir grains from Etsy. They arrived today (less than 24 hours later) in a handwritten envelope with a first class stamp on.
Astonished. Things like that don’t happen these days.
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Another good thing today. Nay, amazing.
When I got home from the fermentation workshop yesterday pm I ordered some kefir grains from Etsy. They arrived today (less than 24 hours later) in a handwritten envelope with a first class stamp on.
Astonished. Things like that don’t happen these days.
When I got home from the fermentation workshop yesterday pm I ordered some kefir grains from Etsy. They arrived today (less than 24 hours later) in a handwritten envelope with a first class stamp on.
Astonished. Things like that don’t happen these days.
A good day. Lovely wintery walk at Natural Surroundings. Still fascinating even this late into November.
Very pleased to bump into former owner of NS, Andrew, who told me, with certainty, that birds do better fed than not fed. Even accounting for aggression, species skewing and disease.
Very pleased to bump into former owner of NS, Andrew, who told me, with certainty, that birds do better fed than not fed. Even accounting for aggression, species skewing and disease.
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A good day. Lovely wintery walk at Natural Surroundings. Still fascinating even this late into November.
Very pleased to bump into former owner of NS, Andrew, who told me, with certainty, that birds do better fed than not fed. Even accounting for aggression, species skewing and disease.
Very pleased to bump into former owner of NS, Andrew, who told me, with certainty, that birds do better fed than not fed. Even accounting for aggression, species skewing and disease.
Having heard @botanygeek.bsky.social on the wireless, describing how eucalyptus are designed to combust the air around them, I enjoyed picturing the next frame after this photo in Homes & Garden.
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Having heard @botanygeek.bsky.social on the wireless, describing how eucalyptus are designed to combust the air around them, I enjoyed picturing the next frame after this photo in Homes & Garden.
If you are in #norfolk (two travelled from Peterborough) I do recommend Britten’s Botanicals workshops. A huge amount of practical fermentation info, lots to taste, a stunning lunch - and we brought home a kombucha scoby and our jar of sauerkraut. All for £38.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
If you are in #norfolk (two travelled from Peterborough) I do recommend Britten’s Botanicals workshops. A huge amount of practical fermentation info, lots to taste, a stunning lunch - and we brought home a kombucha scoby and our jar of sauerkraut. All for £38.
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Ladybird wisdom, 1975
“With so much noise in the world, we have to listen carefully to the things that are worth hearing”
(‘Sounds’, Artist: BH Robinson)
“With so much noise in the world, we have to listen carefully to the things that are worth hearing”
(‘Sounds’, Artist: BH Robinson)
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ladybird wisdom, 1975
“With so much noise in the world, we have to listen carefully to the things that are worth hearing”
(‘Sounds’, Artist: BH Robinson)
“With so much noise in the world, we have to listen carefully to the things that are worth hearing”
(‘Sounds’, Artist: BH Robinson)
Today I’m mostly going to a fermentation workshop at West Lexham.
I’ve done a bit of fermentation but largely out of the habit. I’m hoping it’ll kick start my fermentation mojo.
I’ve done a bit of fermentation but largely out of the habit. I’m hoping it’ll kick start my fermentation mojo.
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Today I’m mostly going to a fermentation workshop at West Lexham.
I’ve done a bit of fermentation but largely out of the habit. I’m hoping it’ll kick start my fermentation mojo.
I’ve done a bit of fermentation but largely out of the habit. I’m hoping it’ll kick start my fermentation mojo.
Sparkly clean bird feeders drying in the bath. Fresh sunflower and fat balls tomorrow.
Still conflicted about the wisdom of feeding, but LOVING watching them.
Had a greenfinch today, so I’ll get some avian disinfectant and try to do this nightly.
Still conflicted about the wisdom of feeding, but LOVING watching them.
Had a greenfinch today, so I’ll get some avian disinfectant and try to do this nightly.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Sparkly clean bird feeders drying in the bath. Fresh sunflower and fat balls tomorrow.
Still conflicted about the wisdom of feeding, but LOVING watching them.
Had a greenfinch today, so I’ll get some avian disinfectant and try to do this nightly.
Still conflicted about the wisdom of feeding, but LOVING watching them.
Had a greenfinch today, so I’ll get some avian disinfectant and try to do this nightly.
Garden and greenhouse messing about, prompted by cautions of frost.
Perplexed by a weird bird noise. Turned Merlin on but it didn’t recognise it (masses of others though, happily).
Finally realised it was so still I was hearing a parrot from about 1/4 mile away, imitating something digital.
Perplexed by a weird bird noise. Turned Merlin on but it didn’t recognise it (masses of others though, happily).
Finally realised it was so still I was hearing a parrot from about 1/4 mile away, imitating something digital.
November 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Garden and greenhouse messing about, prompted by cautions of frost.
Perplexed by a weird bird noise. Turned Merlin on but it didn’t recognise it (masses of others though, happily).
Finally realised it was so still I was hearing a parrot from about 1/4 mile away, imitating something digital.
Perplexed by a weird bird noise. Turned Merlin on but it didn’t recognise it (masses of others though, happily).
Finally realised it was so still I was hearing a parrot from about 1/4 mile away, imitating something digital.
The Jewel In The Crown
PEBBLE MILL AT ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE #TWOSHOWSINONE
VISION ON THE BUSES #TWOSHOWSINONE
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Jewel In The Crown
Book book, read it read it*
Very much enjoyed this (not THAT Elizabeth Taylor). Beautifully written and funny. Inevitably a bit dated, being published in 1971, but has a feel of a lot of 1960s films about London and basements.
*Ridiculous in-house tradition - based on a joke about a frog.
Very much enjoyed this (not THAT Elizabeth Taylor). Beautifully written and funny. Inevitably a bit dated, being published in 1971, but has a feel of a lot of 1960s films about London and basements.
*Ridiculous in-house tradition - based on a joke about a frog.
November 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Book book, read it read it*
Very much enjoyed this (not THAT Elizabeth Taylor). Beautifully written and funny. Inevitably a bit dated, being published in 1971, but has a feel of a lot of 1960s films about London and basements.
*Ridiculous in-house tradition - based on a joke about a frog.
Very much enjoyed this (not THAT Elizabeth Taylor). Beautifully written and funny. Inevitably a bit dated, being published in 1971, but has a feel of a lot of 1960s films about London and basements.
*Ridiculous in-house tradition - based on a joke about a frog.
Today’s (sort of) new thing was going to Holt library. I haven’t had a library card in years. Seemed like a good idea.
I’ve got Spydus, Borrow Box and Libby apps to explore too.
I’ve got Spydus, Borrow Box and Libby apps to explore too.
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Today’s (sort of) new thing was going to Holt library. I haven’t had a library card in years. Seemed like a good idea.
I’ve got Spydus, Borrow Box and Libby apps to explore too.
I’ve got Spydus, Borrow Box and Libby apps to explore too.
Tim Spector says that Marmite now counts as a fermented food and is one of the recommended three ferments a day.
Go for it.
Go for it.
There is no earthly reason why this abomination should have ever been conceived, let alone developed and marketed. And even less rational justification for it being so unfathomably delicious or utterly addictive.
It is crack in a bottle and must be regulated, before the whole country is lost to it.
It is crack in a bottle and must be regulated, before the whole country is lost to it.
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Tim Spector says that Marmite now counts as a fermented food and is one of the recommended three ferments a day.
Go for it.
Go for it.
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I'm choosing/announcing the winners of this in about half an hour. Please be advised that it's now four signed copies I'm giving away. So the odds are twice as much in your favour if you enter.
Author wrote best book he's ever written.
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
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Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I'm choosing/announcing the winners of this in about half an hour. Please be advised that it's now four signed copies I'm giving away. So the odds are twice as much in your favour if you enter.
Did a new thing yesterday as befits the opportunities offered by my economically inactive lifestyle. Went to Fakenham on ☀️ market day. Bought fish, veg and cheese and had a mardle with Willie Weston (fish) and Aaron Christie (cheese and excellent pork pies).
Nosed around the auction.
It was good.
Nosed around the auction.
It was good.
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Did a new thing yesterday as befits the opportunities offered by my economically inactive lifestyle. Went to Fakenham on ☀️ market day. Bought fish, veg and cheese and had a mardle with Willie Weston (fish) and Aaron Christie (cheese and excellent pork pies).
Nosed around the auction.
It was good.
Nosed around the auction.
It was good.
I’m not a fan (at all) of the game industry, but I’m also not a fan of wasting tens of millions of shot birds, so I’m cooking partridge tonight.
Loosely based on Nigel Slater’s broth
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
But roasted then cooked with pearl barley in the pressure cooker.
Loosely based on Nigel Slater’s broth
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
But roasted then cooked with pearl barley in the pressure cooker.
Nigel Slater's game recipes | Nigel Slater
It's lean and richly flavoured, but many are put off by the price. The secret to game is to use it wisely to get more than a meal out of each little bird, says Nigel Slater
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I’m not a fan (at all) of the game industry, but I’m also not a fan of wasting tens of millions of shot birds, so I’m cooking partridge tonight.
Loosely based on Nigel Slater’s broth
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
But roasted then cooked with pearl barley in the pressure cooker.
Loosely based on Nigel Slater’s broth
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
But roasted then cooked with pearl barley in the pressure cooker.
Realised today (when @jeremynicholl.bsky.social asked about it) how different Christmas is going to be for us this year.
For years it’s been a tumble of orders, planning, spreadsheets, making, baking, writing postcards, pastry letter cutting, box making, packing pies, labelling, DPD watching…
For years it’s been a tumble of orders, planning, spreadsheets, making, baking, writing postcards, pastry letter cutting, box making, packing pies, labelling, DPD watching…
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Realised today (when @jeremynicholl.bsky.social asked about it) how different Christmas is going to be for us this year.
For years it’s been a tumble of orders, planning, spreadsheets, making, baking, writing postcards, pastry letter cutting, box making, packing pies, labelling, DPD watching…
For years it’s been a tumble of orders, planning, spreadsheets, making, baking, writing postcards, pastry letter cutting, box making, packing pies, labelling, DPD watching…