Michael Hogg
harvestmike.bsky.social
Michael Hogg
@harvestmike.bsky.social
Wildlife enthusiast, ecologist, botanist, spider-lover, ADHD, autism, introvert, Andy's Man Club facilitator, accident-prone, Welshman living in Scotland and pro-Scottish and Welsh independence.
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“Equal partners” Theresa May, Tories
A ‘more equal union than anywhere in the world” BetterTogether
A “Union of equals and partnership” Johan Lamont, Labour.
If England decided it wanted to vote on becoming independent, do you think it would have to ask Scotland’s permission first?
August 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Not in my Scottish Name 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
June 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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March 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
So, when US citizens start arriving on our shores trying to claim asylum, how will our politicians react, do you think?
Will the reaction depend on the skin tone of the asylum seekers, or their sexual orientation or gender expression?
Hmm...
March 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Things in flower from Colzium park, Kilsyth
#wildflowerhour
February 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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So many good people from down south and they just do not see how poor their political system is or that the UK is a forced union. Actually they don’t care. Easier that way.

Any country can vote to leave the EU but only English politicians get to decide who can vote to leave their union.
February 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist."

RT if Mick is right.
February 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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'They attack disabled, migrants, travellers, homeless - next they attack you"
Spotted in Liverpool, UK
February 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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February 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Scotland's "journalists" should be kept indoors by their owners to prevent them from annoying the rest of us....
February 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I always used to think that the lyrics to the Happy Days theme song were
"Goodbye grace guy, hello blue..."
😂😂😂
February 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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February 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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February 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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New spider book!🕷

@rlewington2.bsky.social has produced this beautiful guide to some of our UK species.

A while ago I provided 'models' of cave-dwelling sps. V. happy to get a copy of the finished book as thanks😊

Buy it. And make 2025 the year you get into spiders!
@britishspiders.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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January 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Dicranopalpus ramosus sens lat on plane tree in Kensington Gardens in London, TQ27/VC21 Middlesex, England. Probably far too cold to run away from camera! @megabunus.bsky.social @vannabartlett.bsky.social is 'Zorro mask' on this male good enough for D ramosus sens str? Happy to iRecord either way.
January 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Top refind for me last year - Mountain Bog-sedge (Carex rariflora) in the Angus Glens, last recorded in 1875 😁😍
January 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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It's with great sadness that we report the death of legendary British arachnologist, colleague and friend, Peter Merrett. A former BAS president, Peter edited the Bulletin (now Arachnology) for a remarkable 37 years. He published widely and was the ultimate judge of all our ID difficulties.
January 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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If, like me, you are hunkered down as #StormEowyn rages, then here is a hopeful pic of Purple Saxifrage, one of our earliest flowering mountain plants, to help get you through! Stay safe out there.
plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
January 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Pseudoscorpion with a snack 👀
(she got a beetle larvae)
January 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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January 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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24 from 2024: My Invertebrate Highlights.
21. Leiobunum Species A. An enigmatic harvestman as yet undescribed as nobody knows where it comes from. Privileged to be invited to see the first recorded individuals in Norfolk on a private house somewhere near Stalham.
January 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
An old alder tongue fungus. I am very pleased with this photo, taken on my phone, as most of my.phone pics are dreadful.
January 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.
January 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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[source: @msm_monitor] We've checked the RCN survey and can confirm BBC Scotland misled the public.

The only reference to patients dying in corridors was in the English NHS sample. The only reference to a miscarriage in a side room was in Yorkshire. /->
January 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM