Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system

1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK

2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc

3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

A fab day at the #Consell wine festival in #Mallorca with my new best friends Bartolemeu and Juan while staying with dear friends Margaret and Eloy

Fantastic week away with Dimiter from Neophron in Bulgaria, around Varna and Burgas. Watching 1.5k Pelican shuffling along and taking off was spectacular. Watching WTE fishing amongst the Cormorant, Pallas's Gull, and Black Woodpecker were all highlights

Just back from a fabulous week, #FlywayBirding with @ingloriousbustards.bsky.social. With wave after wave of migrating Eagles, Vultures, and White Storks over our heads,punctuated with the sights and sounds of bee-eaters.We were looked after really well by Tonk & Niki.Highly recommended trip. #Birds

Well done to John Turner, with the 700th Swift box he has made for us - Save our Suffolk Swifts. It has been delivered to Northgate Secondary School as part of a Swift Community Set of 8 boxes and a call system. @sosswifts.bsky.social #SuffolkBirds

14 of us had a good walk today at Felixstowe Kingsfleet, ably led by Mark P. 10 species of butterfly and 7 different dragonflies. Barwit, Golden Plover, and Little Owl, the best of the birds. We finished off with a beer at the Ferry Boat Inn when the it rained. #WaveneyBirdClub #suffolkbirds

#WaveneyBirdClub member has a Swarovski telescope for sale. ATS 80 25-50 wide eyepiece plus case. Excellent condition £1500. Please contact 07497 837005 (not me!😂) #suffolkbirds #essexbirds #norfolkbirds

From Stevie Howell
Waveney Bird Club day out at Benacre and Covehithe yesterday produced 7 Whooper, 2 Bewick’s, 2 Scaup, and 2 Goldeneye at Benacre Broad.
RB Merganser dropped in briefly at Covehithe Broad and also 2 Goldeneye, Med Gull, and a Raven north.

Stuck for a Christmas gift? Sponsor a Barn Owl box! Starting at just £25, it’s a perfect low-cost present for nature lovers. Your support funds nest box creation, repairs, and monitoring of breeding Barn Owls. For more details contact us @sbgbarnowls.bsky.social #suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

About 60 people attended a cracking talk last night in Bungay from Ian Barthorpe at our Waveney Bird Club meeting. He comprehensively spoke about his two weeks spent in Brazil's Pantanal in July 2024. Over 400 birds recorded and great sightings of Jaguar and Tapir. #suffolkbirds

If I were allowed to write a @theguardian.com Country Diary, it might go something like this. @nicwilson.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social @levparikian.bsky.social @brigit.strawbridge.bsky.social

Balham, SW London: little beats the thrill of nesting swifts and you can have it too.

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Waveney Bird Club Indoor Event
Next Tues, 26th Nov, Ian Barthorpe takes us on a journey through the Brazilian Pantanal-The worlds LARGEST wetland. We'll explore nearby areas of thorny scrub and Amazonian rainforest. NOT TO BE MISSED!
📍7:30 pm - Maltings Pavillion, Pirnhow Street, Bungay NR35 2RU.

21% of the UK population or 14.3 million people live in relative poverty. Maybe we should talk about them for a change rather than the tax concerns of Jeremy Clarkson's wealthy children

Important context here:

● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)

● "a big farm" is 217 acres.

Now let's see who's angry:

● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres

“Let me remind you: Surrender means Russian occupation. Russian occupation means torture, sexual violence, enforced disappearance, denial of your identity, forcible adoption of your own children, filtration camps, and mass graves. Occupation is just another form of the war.”

– Oleksandra Matviichuk

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