@wordsanddeeds.bsky.social
Writer and academic proofreader 📝
And birder 😁
#AmWriting #KidLit #YA
I live by the river
And birder 😁
#AmWriting #KidLit #YA
I live by the river
Given the heavy rain, volunteer gardening at Growing Sudley this afternoon consisted of joining in with the Stroke and Brain Injury Group's crafting activities, and admiring these home-grown dahlias 😍
Newcomers welcome to the gardening session each Weds, 2-4pm.
Newcomers welcome to the gardening session each Weds, 2-4pm.
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Given the heavy rain, volunteer gardening at Growing Sudley this afternoon consisted of joining in with the Stroke and Brain Injury Group's crafting activities, and admiring these home-grown dahlias 😍
Newcomers welcome to the gardening session each Weds, 2-4pm.
Newcomers welcome to the gardening session each Weds, 2-4pm.
A great chance to view the amazing transformation of the old changing rooms next to the Growing Sudley walled garden and Sudley House - now a beautiful space for therapists to rent for their practice.
#therapy #wellness #Liverpool
#therapy #wellness #Liverpool
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
A great chance to view the amazing transformation of the old changing rooms next to the Growing Sudley walled garden and Sudley House - now a beautiful space for therapists to rent for their practice.
#therapy #wellness #Liverpool
#therapy #wellness #Liverpool
Loving the statement sail unfurled at Liverpool Marina this morning!
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Loving the statement sail unfurled at Liverpool Marina this morning!
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Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!
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IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The best of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The best of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
www.biggreenbookshop.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The best of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The best of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
A glorious autumn day spent in my favourite place - the farm where I can now volunteer again after my unwelcome break (ho, ho), and the surrounding fields 💚
Birding highlights: sparrowhawk, kestrel, buzzard, covey of 9 grey partridge, redwing, mipits (and a bonus great white egret yesterday).
Birding highlights: sparrowhawk, kestrel, buzzard, covey of 9 grey partridge, redwing, mipits (and a bonus great white egret yesterday).
November 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A glorious autumn day spent in my favourite place - the farm where I can now volunteer again after my unwelcome break (ho, ho), and the surrounding fields 💚
Birding highlights: sparrowhawk, kestrel, buzzard, covey of 9 grey partridge, redwing, mipits (and a bonus great white egret yesterday).
Birding highlights: sparrowhawk, kestrel, buzzard, covey of 9 grey partridge, redwing, mipits (and a bonus great white egret yesterday).
Walked through Hale Park to the Estuary earlier.
Highlights: a few skeins of pinkies, pair of wigeon on one of the ponds, small flock of curlew, buzzard, sparrowhawk. And a mystery raptor that might possibly have been a ringtail hen harrier (one was spotted locally on 24/10 last year 🤷🏻♀️)
#UKbirding
Highlights: a few skeins of pinkies, pair of wigeon on one of the ponds, small flock of curlew, buzzard, sparrowhawk. And a mystery raptor that might possibly have been a ringtail hen harrier (one was spotted locally on 24/10 last year 🤷🏻♀️)
#UKbirding
October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Walked through Hale Park to the Estuary earlier.
Highlights: a few skeins of pinkies, pair of wigeon on one of the ponds, small flock of curlew, buzzard, sparrowhawk. And a mystery raptor that might possibly have been a ringtail hen harrier (one was spotted locally on 24/10 last year 🤷🏻♀️)
#UKbirding
Highlights: a few skeins of pinkies, pair of wigeon on one of the ponds, small flock of curlew, buzzard, sparrowhawk. And a mystery raptor that might possibly have been a ringtail hen harrier (one was spotted locally on 24/10 last year 🤷🏻♀️)
#UKbirding
The Growing Sudley garden looked splendid this afternoon during the open garden volunteering session, and there was even fresh produce for sale (and a bonus tin of calendula balm made by B4 Biodiversity and the Stroke and Brain Injury Group) 💐
October 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Growing Sudley garden looked splendid this afternoon during the open garden volunteering session, and there was even fresh produce for sale (and a bonus tin of calendula balm made by B4 Biodiversity and the Stroke and Brain Injury Group) 💐
Enjoyed the lovely autumnal colours in Stockton's Wood this morning with @birderjack.bsky.social 🍂
October 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Enjoyed the lovely autumnal colours in Stockton's Wood this morning with @birderjack.bsky.social 🍂
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we look at another #plant #grassland #meadow plant in the #Honeysuckle Family #Caprifolaceae known as #Field #Scabious of #GypsyRose ( #Knautia arvensis), so grab your boots camera #photography join me #photography #botany #nature to a trip to the meadow to look at Natures Cafe youtu.be/4dypN9q6lmk
October 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
we look at another #plant #grassland #meadow plant in the #Honeysuckle Family #Caprifolaceae known as #Field #Scabious of #GypsyRose ( #Knautia arvensis), so grab your boots camera #photography join me #photography #botany #nature to a trip to the meadow to look at Natures Cafe youtu.be/4dypN9q6lmk
Had a very brief walk around the Southern Grasslands after swimming/hydrotherapy. Even the birds thought it was too windy and rainy to be out! Highlights were a kestrel and five mipits.
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Had a very brief walk around the Southern Grasslands after swimming/hydrotherapy. Even the birds thought it was too windy and rainy to be out! Highlights were a kestrel and five mipits.
Lovely to see the marina kingfisher today, and a juvenile little grebe. Plus a peregrine chased by a flock of parakeets over the #allotment this morning.
#UKbirding
#UKbirding
October 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Lovely to see the marina kingfisher today, and a juvenile little grebe. Plus a peregrine chased by a flock of parakeets over the #allotment this morning.
#UKbirding
#UKbirding
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There has been a 97% drop in harbour porpoise sightings off North Wales. Scientists fear climate change and shifting fish populations are driving them away from key habitats near Bardsey Island. This alarming decline shows we must act fast to safeguard our seas.
October 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
There has been a 97% drop in harbour porpoise sightings off North Wales. Scientists fear climate change and shifting fish populations are driving them away from key habitats near Bardsey Island. This alarming decline shows we must act fast to safeguard our seas.
Walked down Within Way this morning before the rain came.
Highlights: one 🤷🏻♀️ golden plover, little egrets, a few wigeon, lapwing flock, large linnet flock, skylarks, mipits, reed buntings, raven, buzzard and a few pinkies.
#UKbirding
Highlights: one 🤷🏻♀️ golden plover, little egrets, a few wigeon, lapwing flock, large linnet flock, skylarks, mipits, reed buntings, raven, buzzard and a few pinkies.
#UKbirding
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Walked down Within Way this morning before the rain came.
Highlights: one 🤷🏻♀️ golden plover, little egrets, a few wigeon, lapwing flock, large linnet flock, skylarks, mipits, reed buntings, raven, buzzard and a few pinkies.
#UKbirding
Highlights: one 🤷🏻♀️ golden plover, little egrets, a few wigeon, lapwing flock, large linnet flock, skylarks, mipits, reed buntings, raven, buzzard and a few pinkies.
#UKbirding
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Have you ever wondered what you can do to help Barn Owls? 🤔 Check out our guide on how to encourage wild Barn Owls in your area 🤩 www.barnowltrust.org.uk/barn-owl-fac... 🦉
October 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Have you ever wondered what you can do to help Barn Owls? 🤔 Check out our guide on how to encourage wild Barn Owls in your area 🤩 www.barnowltrust.org.uk/barn-owl-fac... 🦉
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The world's deadliest wind farm for birds must be stopped.‼️
We need clean energy, but not like this.
Add your voice: seabird.org/cancel-berwi...
We need clean energy, but not like this.
Add your voice: seabird.org/cancel-berwi...
Berwick Bank could kill more birds than any other windfarm on Earth, devastating colonies of Gannets, Puffins and Kittiwakes off Scotland’s coast. 🚨
We support renewables, but not at catastrophic cost to seabirds already in crisis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JE...
We support renewables, but not at catastrophic cost to seabirds already in crisis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JE...
Add your voice to a campaign to stop an offshore wind farm that threatens seabirds
YouTube video by RSPB
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The world's deadliest wind farm for birds must be stopped.‼️
We need clean energy, but not like this.
Add your voice: seabird.org/cancel-berwi...
We need clean energy, but not like this.
Add your voice: seabird.org/cancel-berwi...
Enjoyed a walk around Speke & Garston Coastal Reserve with @birderjack.bsky.social during what turned out to be a 🌞 morning.
Highlights: a very urban GWE (beneath the silver globe), stonechats, kestrel, buzzard, skeins of pinkies.
Then found a humongous mushroom on the #allotment.
#UKbirding
Highlights: a very urban GWE (beneath the silver globe), stonechats, kestrel, buzzard, skeins of pinkies.
Then found a humongous mushroom on the #allotment.
#UKbirding
October 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Enjoyed a walk around Speke & Garston Coastal Reserve with @birderjack.bsky.social during what turned out to be a 🌞 morning.
Highlights: a very urban GWE (beneath the silver globe), stonechats, kestrel, buzzard, skeins of pinkies.
Then found a humongous mushroom on the #allotment.
#UKbirding
Highlights: a very urban GWE (beneath the silver globe), stonechats, kestrel, buzzard, skeins of pinkies.
Then found a humongous mushroom on the #allotment.
#UKbirding
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What does crossing 1.5°C really mean for our planet, our economies, and our lives? And why is it still possible to change course? 🌡️🌍
Watch this quick explainer — then dive deeper into the data and pathways forward. Read the full breakdown: go.wri.org/criticalwarm...
#WRIExplains
Watch this quick explainer — then dive deeper into the data and pathways forward. Read the full breakdown: go.wri.org/criticalwarm...
#WRIExplains
October 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
What does crossing 1.5°C really mean for our planet, our economies, and our lives? And why is it still possible to change course? 🌡️🌍
Watch this quick explainer — then dive deeper into the data and pathways forward. Read the full breakdown: go.wri.org/criticalwarm...
#WRIExplains
Watch this quick explainer — then dive deeper into the data and pathways forward. Read the full breakdown: go.wri.org/criticalwarm...
#WRIExplains
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I have a #PhD project advertised on "Hacking Urban Habitability: A Data-Driven Network Approach to Build Thriving Cities for All Species" led by @rogercre.bsky.social. It should be a LOT of fund and would suit a creative graduate who can think in space and systems yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/hac...
Hacking Urban Habitability: A Data-Driven Network Approach to Build Thriving Cities for All Species - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Reimagine our cities as thriving, equitable ecosystems for all life, pioneer a novel network-driven framework for urban habitability at the critical interface of ecological resilience and human wellbe...
yes-dtn.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I have a #PhD project advertised on "Hacking Urban Habitability: A Data-Driven Network Approach to Build Thriving Cities for All Species" led by @rogercre.bsky.social. It should be a LOT of fund and would suit a creative graduate who can think in space and systems yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/hac...
Watching the antics of the mute swans, I noticed a lovely female wheatear (barely discernible in video) catching insects amongst the vegetation. The marina's 2nd of autumn, briefly joined by a grey wagtail.
Once again, the council not spraying here ATM has paid off for the wildlife.
#UKbirding
Once again, the council not spraying here ATM has paid off for the wildlife.
#UKbirding
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Watching the antics of the mute swans, I noticed a lovely female wheatear (barely discernible in video) catching insects amongst the vegetation. The marina's 2nd of autumn, briefly joined by a grey wagtail.
Once again, the council not spraying here ATM has paid off for the wildlife.
#UKbirding
Once again, the council not spraying here ATM has paid off for the wildlife.
#UKbirding
Peregrine, ravens, kestrel, curlews, little egrets, LTTs, lots of mipits and singing robins the highlights during a brief visit to Hale Marsh at high tide.
#UKbirding
#UKbirding
October 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Peregrine, ravens, kestrel, curlews, little egrets, LTTs, lots of mipits and singing robins the highlights during a brief visit to Hale Marsh at high tide.
#UKbirding
#UKbirding
Liverpool Marina mute swans enjoying a brisk bathe. The two cygnets have been practising their wing flapping 🤍🤍
#UKbirding
#UKbirding
October 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Liverpool Marina mute swans enjoying a brisk bathe. The two cygnets have been practising their wing flapping 🤍🤍
#UKbirding
#UKbirding
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This morning, our Founder and CEO Dave Webb is sharing some difficult news.
“On September 18th, we were given four months’ notice to leave our home and six months' notice to dismantle and move all otter centre materials, animals, and associated equipment.
“On September 18th, we were given four months’ notice to leave our home and six months' notice to dismantle and move all otter centre materials, animals, and associated equipment.
Save Our Charity: Statement from CEO Dave Webb - UK Wild Otter Trust
“I’m sharing difficult news on behalf of the UK Wild Otter Trust – news that has left me and our volunteers devastated. As some supporters know, my wife and I […]
ukwildottertrust.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This morning, our Founder and CEO Dave Webb is sharing some difficult news.
“On September 18th, we were given four months’ notice to leave our home and six months' notice to dismantle and move all otter centre materials, animals, and associated equipment.
“On September 18th, we were given four months’ notice to leave our home and six months' notice to dismantle and move all otter centre materials, animals, and associated equipment.
The kingfisher is having a good morning at Liverpool Marina.
Pity the video doesn't do him justice!
#UKbirding
Pity the video doesn't do him justice!
#UKbirding
September 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The kingfisher is having a good morning at Liverpool Marina.
Pity the video doesn't do him justice!
#UKbirding
Pity the video doesn't do him justice!
#UKbirding