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Mainly belongs in the mountains.
Essex area coordinator bdmlr.org.uk
Chair southessexwildlife.org
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I do like how it's perfectly acceptable to fall off the second and third floors but not, apparently, the roof.
Shell of building that has progressed not an inch in six months with a scaffolding barrier erected around the top but not the second or third storeys.
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Ok not quicksand more of a bog but:
Run Wild Run Free horse trapped in a bog. Spoiler: The horse gets out :)
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Look I really REALLY hate to be that guy but they literally posted this like an hour ago and there's a handy button to repost AND acknowledge the content creator:
@terriblemapshq.bsky.social
The original post by, I assume, the original creator :)
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Top work HT, it arrived today :) @happytoast.co.uk

Get yours at www.lulu.com/shop/happy-t...

(Even the little typo that snuck in made me chuckle) :D
Happytoast's book The Very Hungry Great White Shark. Perfect xmas present for fans of Jaws and/or The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Or indeed anyone.
October 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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The Torch from the film Top Secret
October 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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This is completely insane and we want to build more of the things?

I wonder how long it takes to decommission a wind turbine? Not 150 years I'm betting.

Full article: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Grauniad article from 7/10/25: Sellafield, Europe’s largest nuclear site, looms large in Whitehaven at the centre of Britain’s “nuclear coast”. While it has not generated energy since 2003, decommissioning is expected to take until at least 2125. Between Sellafield Ltd and its wider supply chain, the site employs about 60,000 workers, more than 80% from Cumbria.
October 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Nice job!
Also snap (literally)! These busted today too but I used the time-honoured sticky tape method and had to rely on my training of being an actual fucking optician 😂
Broken specs mended with sticky tape.
October 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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I've had to revive a fair few this year. Golden syrup mixed with a drop of water has worked for most of them. Good luck :)
Two European hornets having a syrupy drink before heading on their travels
September 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Best get ready for the rapture
Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent in the pub downing pints and peanuts prior to being beamed aboard a Vogon ship
September 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Yes don't whatever you do show people this photo as something something malicious something
The current US president standing with a convicted paedophile. Blurred out because apparently it's illegal to show this photo to people in the UK
September 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Tough night.
Not the result anyone would have hoped for but preventing suffering is always the best outcome.
#commonDolphin #cetacean #stranding #BDMLR #SEWH
Female common dolphin being attended to by medics and vet after stranding in mud
September 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Had to revive quite a few of these in the last couple of days, I'm assuming the sudden cooler nights have caught them out.

1 part golden syrup to 1 part water in a shallow saucer seems to do the trick.
European hornet having a bit of a rest.
August 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Never fails to make me giggle:
Facebook post showing a pied wagtail and the contributor asking whether it's a baby magpie, apparently not knowing that birds do not work like that.
July 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Currently inhaling this ahead of my farm/rewilding project. A superb guide but also compelling tale:
Francis Pryor's book A Fenland Garden.
June 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Thanks, cheated a bit. Sat indoors with a cup of tea and my finger on the remote shutter 😂
Lazy person's remote camera set up pointing at bird feeder
June 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Nice to see the babby one! I had two but now down to one and a pile of spotty feathers from I assume the sparrowhawk :/
Great spotted woodpecker Great spotted woodpecker with mouthful of nuts about to feed youngster
June 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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London, earlier today.
Satellite image of a part of London showing Russia Row leading to Trump Street for topical lols.
May 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Think I've got it :D
May 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Cobra mkIII from elite
May 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Dew on dandelion this morning :)
Dew on a dandelion in its fluffy white blow away phase.
April 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Although my trees are putting on a marvellous display there are still worryingly few insects about this year.
Beautiful trees. No bugs.
April 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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My arsehole pheasant has been shouting at me since 5.00. I'm basically his cook:
April 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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I shall post a reply as a picture without any alt. text because fuck you people who use a screen reader.
April 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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There's probably a very sad tale behind this:
Large teddy bear dumped next to a bin
March 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Mine, 20th birthday present in 1990 and I've still got it :)
Hillman imp
February 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM