Ukulady
@ukulady.bsky.social
Walker, muso, reader, bird lover, gardener, nanna, survivor - aren’t we all.
I walk past these beauties every time I walk up the garden path. #RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #Dailyflowers
December 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I walk past these beauties every time I walk up the garden path. #RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #Dailyflowers
La Sevillana, almost constantly blooming even on the shady side of the garden. It’s underplanted with campanula and each year I sigh with pleasure at the colour combination❤️
#RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling
#RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
La Sevillana, almost constantly blooming even on the shady side of the garden. It’s underplanted with campanula and each year I sigh with pleasure at the colour combination❤️
#RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling
#RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling
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"Cancer is very much like the Spanish Inquisition: nobody expects it. And its chief weapons are surprise, fear and ruthless efficiency."
Read as David Barnett opens up about his cancer diagnosis:
https://bit.ly/4rnmDPG
Read as David Barnett opens up about his cancer diagnosis:
https://bit.ly/4rnmDPG
‘He suggested we go to a quiet room to talk. I knew that was not good news’ | The Observer
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November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"Cancer is very much like the Spanish Inquisition: nobody expects it. And its chief weapons are surprise, fear and ruthless efficiency."
Read as David Barnett opens up about his cancer diagnosis:
https://bit.ly/4rnmDPG
Read as David Barnett opens up about his cancer diagnosis:
https://bit.ly/4rnmDPG
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#FirstBirdOfMyDay: a monochrome Blue Tit in a damp monochrome garden. That time between dawn and daylight on a grey day when all the colour has been hidden.
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: a monochrome Blue Tit in a damp monochrome garden. That time between dawn and daylight on a grey day when all the colour has been hidden.
The last of Madame Isaac Pereire for this year. The heavenly perfume fills the garden with deliciousness.
#RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #Roses
#RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #Roses
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The last of Madame Isaac Pereire for this year. The heavenly perfume fills the garden with deliciousness.
#RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #Roses
#RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #Roses
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First bird of my day: a rook in a muddy field, the long feathers on its legs like pantaloons blowing in the wind. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
First bird of my day: a rook in a muddy field, the long feathers on its legs like pantaloons blowing in the wind. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
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I just stood next to Britain’s joint-smallest bird, a goldcrest. Tiny and perfect, it piped its tune at me from the hedge. Up to a quarter of these tiny birds won’t make it through a harsh winter so I’m rooting for this one on what will be such a bitterly cold night.
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I just stood next to Britain’s joint-smallest bird, a goldcrest. Tiny and perfect, it piped its tune at me from the hedge. Up to a quarter of these tiny birds won’t make it through a harsh winter so I’m rooting for this one on what will be such a bitterly cold night.
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“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
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First bird of my day: a wren, impossibly small and even more impossibly dry. A feathered acorn flying just across my feet in a fit of musical complaints. I left immediately. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
First bird of my day: a wren, impossibly small and even more impossibly dry. A feathered acorn flying just across my feet in a fit of musical complaints. I left immediately. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
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Beautiful eulogy for the slender billed curlew from Mary Colwell.
www.curlewaction.org/the-bird-wit...
www.curlewaction.org/the-bird-wit...
The Bird with No Story – Curlew Action
By Mary Colwell – AEWA MOP, 11 November 2025 On 11th November, Mary Colwell delivered a plenary speech at the AEWA Meeting of Parties in Bonn for the 30t
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November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Beautiful eulogy for the slender billed curlew from Mary Colwell.
www.curlewaction.org/the-bird-wit...
www.curlewaction.org/the-bird-wit...
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Hellllllloooo? Are you there? Please help birds by sharing this if you also want to ensure swifts & other urban birds have homes alongside us. People power works but only if we work together. SAVE OUR SWIFTS.
November 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Hellllllloooo? Are you there? Please help birds by sharing this if you also want to ensure swifts & other urban birds have homes alongside us. People power works but only if we work together. SAVE OUR SWIFTS.
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They should try responding like Cuba
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
They should try responding like Cuba
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An exciting project and a very worthy cause in a beautiful area. Please consider supporting it, if you can. 🙏 💚
www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
Donate to Secure the Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife Trusts
Stretching over 3,800 hectares, the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is abundant with opportunity. It’s the largest continuous area of land to appear on the market in 50 years. Its sale creates a uni...
www.wildlifetrusts.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
An exciting project and a very worthy cause in a beautiful area. Please consider supporting it, if you can. 🙏 💚
www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
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ICE abducted a mother and two young children from my town back in Colorado today, and people are taking overnight shifts outside the facility where the family is being held to try to prevent them from being deported overnight, as other community members have been. They’re encouraged to bring…
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
ICE abducted a mother and two young children from my town back in Colorado today, and people are taking overnight shifts outside the facility where the family is being held to try to prevent them from being deported overnight, as other community members have been. They’re encouraged to bring…
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Yes, what the fuck???
October 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Yes, what the fuck???
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Trump Fury at Dems Grows as Brutal New Shutdown Poll Hits
As Trump’s anger grows amid another poll slide, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg explains why Trump’s deep unpopularity should give you solace—even if beating him long term will be a brutal slog.
As Trump’s anger grows amid another poll slide, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg explains why Trump’s deep unpopularity should give you solace—even if beating him long term will be a brutal slog.
Transcript: Trump Fury at Dems Grows as Brutal New Shutdown Poll Hits
As Trump’s anger grows amid another poll slide, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg explains why Trump’s deep unpopularity should give you solace—even if beating him long term will be a brutal slog.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Trump Fury at Dems Grows as Brutal New Shutdown Poll Hits
As Trump’s anger grows amid another poll slide, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg explains why Trump’s deep unpopularity should give you solace—even if beating him long term will be a brutal slog.
As Trump’s anger grows amid another poll slide, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg explains why Trump’s deep unpopularity should give you solace—even if beating him long term will be a brutal slog.
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Hey all! If you’re outraged by Steve Reed’s u-turn on swift bricks, TELL HIM! Email mailto:steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk
Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes
Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Hey all! If you’re outraged by Steve Reed’s u-turn on swift bricks, TELL HIM! Email mailto:steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk
Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Notice in village hall - happy weekend eve xx
October 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Notice in village hall - happy weekend eve xx
Blessed be the path makers! Walking along the Sassafras creek trail this morning in spring sunlight.
#TreeOfTheDay #ThickTrunkThursday #Rainforests
#TreeOfTheDay #ThickTrunkThursday #Rainforests
October 15, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Blessed be the path makers! Walking along the Sassafras creek trail this morning in spring sunlight.
#TreeOfTheDay #ThickTrunkThursday #Rainforests
#TreeOfTheDay #ThickTrunkThursday #Rainforests
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It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
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The Trump-Vance Administration getting rid of biodefense personnel is, to state the blindingly obvious, a very bad choice.
October 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The Trump-Vance Administration getting rid of biodefense personnel is, to state the blindingly obvious, a very bad choice.
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A 15 year old boy with autism went missing earlier this week
He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared
They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him
Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility
They kidnapped a disabled child!
He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared
They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him
Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility
They kidnapped a disabled child!
October 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A 15 year old boy with autism went missing earlier this week
He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared
They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him
Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility
They kidnapped a disabled child!
He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared
They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him
Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility
They kidnapped a disabled child!
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As a lifelong birder, and one who travelled a fair bit over the years, I think I expected that, one day, I would see a Slender-billed Curlew. There was even the brief excitement of a bird in Suffolk that was reported as one, and which I saw - fleetingly.
But no. I never saw one.
But no. I never saw one.
Today (date), the Slender-billed Curlew was declared extinct. The first bird extinction on mainland Europe in 500 years — on our watch. Extinction is final. No going back. Think about that.
October 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
As a lifelong birder, and one who travelled a fair bit over the years, I think I expected that, one day, I would see a Slender-billed Curlew. There was even the brief excitement of a bird in Suffolk that was reported as one, and which I saw - fleetingly.
But no. I never saw one.
But no. I never saw one.
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First bird of my day: the robin, singing in the dark, his silhouette just visible like a dusky cardboard cut out, in the apple tree. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
October 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
First bird of my day: the robin, singing in the dark, his silhouette just visible like a dusky cardboard cut out, in the apple tree. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours