Kate Moore
@oscarwoofs.bsky.social
Ran away to Norfolk seaside. Alll musings of an opinionated dog lover who writes for @BylinesEast about politics, nature & fairness. Pro EU centrist.
Wonderful to see your @sheldricktrust.bsky.social army of orphan elephants at Spitalfields, London, as life-size sculptures.
Made my heart sing.
Made my heart sing.
November 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Wonderful to see your @sheldricktrust.bsky.social army of orphan elephants at Spitalfields, London, as life-size sculptures.
Made my heart sing.
Made my heart sing.
Why buy Hallowe'en webs when those that live with you make them for free??!!
October 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Why buy Hallowe'en webs when those that live with you make them for free??!!
So confused.... are we approaching Hallowe'en or Christmas...
October 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
So confused.... are we approaching Hallowe'en or Christmas...
Feargal Sharkey in the other place makes a great point...
"It is difficult, if not impossible to combine the citizens' rights and interests and the private enterprise's interests, because the private enterprise aims at its natural and justified objective, the biggest possible profit."
#water
"It is difficult, if not impossible to combine the citizens' rights and interests and the private enterprise's interests, because the private enterprise aims at its natural and justified objective, the biggest possible profit."
#water
October 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Feargal Sharkey in the other place makes a great point...
"It is difficult, if not impossible to combine the citizens' rights and interests and the private enterprise's interests, because the private enterprise aims at its natural and justified objective, the biggest possible profit."
#water
"It is difficult, if not impossible to combine the citizens' rights and interests and the private enterprise's interests, because the private enterprise aims at its natural and justified objective, the biggest possible profit."
#water
Crossing the estuary at Manningtree is something special.
Best station has to be Gunton.
It only has 1 workjng platform but as you wait, the opposite platform & station building, privately owned, is a throwback to the golden days of rail travel with flower beds & porters
(David Pashley photo)
Best station has to be Gunton.
It only has 1 workjng platform but as you wait, the opposite platform & station building, privately owned, is a throwback to the golden days of rail travel with flower beds & porters
(David Pashley photo)
September 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Crossing the estuary at Manningtree is something special.
Best station has to be Gunton.
It only has 1 workjng platform but as you wait, the opposite platform & station building, privately owned, is a throwback to the golden days of rail travel with flower beds & porters
(David Pashley photo)
Best station has to be Gunton.
It only has 1 workjng platform but as you wait, the opposite platform & station building, privately owned, is a throwback to the golden days of rail travel with flower beds & porters
(David Pashley photo)
UK researchers may not have access to these pan EU events either.
Such a lost opportunity to network with fellow scientists on European Researchers night.
More concerningly, the impact on much needed research in UK can not be beneficial
Such a lost opportunity to network with fellow scientists on European Researchers night.
More concerningly, the impact on much needed research in UK can not be beneficial
September 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
UK researchers may not have access to these pan EU events either.
Such a lost opportunity to network with fellow scientists on European Researchers night.
More concerningly, the impact on much needed research in UK can not be beneficial
Such a lost opportunity to network with fellow scientists on European Researchers night.
More concerningly, the impact on much needed research in UK can not be beneficial
Not at all... grasses dies back naturally and then returns next year. Plus in dry weather long grass traps the morning dew... and with rain a scarcity it's needed.
My patch uncut for 2 years... and I hear & see insects in it.
Nature great at self management and less grass mowing too boot!!
My patch uncut for 2 years... and I hear & see insects in it.
Nature great at self management and less grass mowing too boot!!
August 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Not at all... grasses dies back naturally and then returns next year. Plus in dry weather long grass traps the morning dew... and with rain a scarcity it's needed.
My patch uncut for 2 years... and I hear & see insects in it.
Nature great at self management and less grass mowing too boot!!
My patch uncut for 2 years... and I hear & see insects in it.
Nature great at self management and less grass mowing too boot!!
Have supported our local milkman since pre Covid. Such a lifeline with their deliveries of milk, cheese, yoghurt, fruit and veg, bread etc etc during those lockdown months.
Less plastic with reusable bottles that don't need recycling & hopefully more money going direct to the dairy farmers
Less plastic with reusable bottles that don't need recycling & hopefully more money going direct to the dairy farmers
August 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Have supported our local milkman since pre Covid. Such a lifeline with their deliveries of milk, cheese, yoghurt, fruit and veg, bread etc etc during those lockdown months.
Less plastic with reusable bottles that don't need recycling & hopefully more money going direct to the dairy farmers
Less plastic with reusable bottles that don't need recycling & hopefully more money going direct to the dairy farmers
In my garden by north Norfolk coast very few butterflies... the buddleias, and I have 5, were devoid of any butterflies this year. Lavender bank too.
But yes the flowering mint is loved mainly by insects, but only a few gatekeepers and some very tiny moths
But yes the flowering mint is loved mainly by insects, but only a few gatekeepers and some very tiny moths
August 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
In my garden by north Norfolk coast very few butterflies... the buddleias, and I have 5, were devoid of any butterflies this year. Lavender bank too.
But yes the flowering mint is loved mainly by insects, but only a few gatekeepers and some very tiny moths
But yes the flowering mint is loved mainly by insects, but only a few gatekeepers and some very tiny moths
What is most shocking is the tiny amount of land devoted to horticulture - orchards & fruit and veg
These are foods critical to health when our society is riddled with obesity & malnutrition...
Thx @sambentley.bsky.social for this UK Land Use graphic
These are foods critical to health when our society is riddled with obesity & malnutrition...
Thx @sambentley.bsky.social for this UK Land Use graphic
August 12, 2025 at 6:28 AM
What is most shocking is the tiny amount of land devoted to horticulture - orchards & fruit and veg
These are foods critical to health when our society is riddled with obesity & malnutrition...
Thx @sambentley.bsky.social for this UK Land Use graphic
These are foods critical to health when our society is riddled with obesity & malnutrition...
Thx @sambentley.bsky.social for this UK Land Use graphic
Crutches - I found that crutch pads helped, though the ones I bought were still too thin. You get what you pay for I guess.
In the end I used the pads together with my leather padded fingerless cycling gloves. That really helped relieve the pressure on the palms.
In the end I used the pads together with my leather padded fingerless cycling gloves. That really helped relieve the pressure on the palms.
July 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Crutches - I found that crutch pads helped, though the ones I bought were still too thin. You get what you pay for I guess.
In the end I used the pads together with my leather padded fingerless cycling gloves. That really helped relieve the pressure on the palms.
In the end I used the pads together with my leather padded fingerless cycling gloves. That really helped relieve the pressure on the palms.
A butterfly bounce back? Really. Sadly not in my North Norfolk garden.
The many lavender and buddleia flowers are full of white tailed bumblebees but not a single butterfly on them - not even the 4 small whites or single speckled wood flying around
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
The many lavender and buddleia flowers are full of white tailed bumblebees but not a single butterfly on them - not even the 4 small whites or single speckled wood flying around
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
A butterfly bounce back? Really. Sadly not in my North Norfolk garden.
The many lavender and buddleia flowers are full of white tailed bumblebees but not a single butterfly on them - not even the 4 small whites or single speckled wood flying around
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
The many lavender and buddleia flowers are full of white tailed bumblebees but not a single butterfly on them - not even the 4 small whites or single speckled wood flying around
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
Having discovered the joy of insects via the writings of @vannabartlett.bsky.social am intrigued by how small and diverse they are.
This 👇 on my pond is new... what is it? Sort of looks like a water boatman but it's white and with wings I think.... about 1cm in length with longer paddle arms
This 👇 on my pond is new... what is it? Sort of looks like a water boatman but it's white and with wings I think.... about 1cm in length with longer paddle arms
July 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Having discovered the joy of insects via the writings of @vannabartlett.bsky.social am intrigued by how small and diverse they are.
This 👇 on my pond is new... what is it? Sort of looks like a water boatman but it's white and with wings I think.... about 1cm in length with longer paddle arms
This 👇 on my pond is new... what is it? Sort of looks like a water boatman but it's white and with wings I think.... about 1cm in length with longer paddle arms
This is ours.... hidden by incredible morello cherry harvest, and less incredible nettles and blackberry bush but loved by insects
Yes it's now a door to nowhere....
Yes it's now a door to nowhere....
July 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This is ours.... hidden by incredible morello cherry harvest, and less incredible nettles and blackberry bush but loved by insects
Yes it's now a door to nowhere....
Yes it's now a door to nowhere....
Me too... the No Mow area is alive with insects too.
Even had a grasshopper chirping away... first time in years
Not been cut for over a year.
Even had a grasshopper chirping away... first time in years
Not been cut for over a year.
June 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Me too... the No Mow area is alive with insects too.
Even had a grasshopper chirping away... first time in years
Not been cut for over a year.
Even had a grasshopper chirping away... first time in years
Not been cut for over a year.
Noticeable... uncut lawn is green and alive with flying insects.... prob as long grass holds the morning dew...
Cut... struggling to not turn brown..
Bonus - No Mow saves time & energy too.
Cut... struggling to not turn brown..
Bonus - No Mow saves time & energy too.
June 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Noticeable... uncut lawn is green and alive with flying insects.... prob as long grass holds the morning dew...
Cut... struggling to not turn brown..
Bonus - No Mow saves time & energy too.
Cut... struggling to not turn brown..
Bonus - No Mow saves time & energy too.
Joy.. in our no mow all year section of lawn, this being year 2, I can hear either crickets or grasshoppers.... first time.
Wonderful.
Oh and added benefit no mow really saves on the time cutting grass.
Wonderful.
Oh and added benefit no mow really saves on the time cutting grass.
June 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Joy.. in our no mow all year section of lawn, this being year 2, I can hear either crickets or grasshoppers.... first time.
Wonderful.
Oh and added benefit no mow really saves on the time cutting grass.
Wonderful.
Oh and added benefit no mow really saves on the time cutting grass.
Ladies, it's not only water that we should carry in the car but one of these, designed for female anatomy...
Nip into back seat, expand bottle & no-one will know that you are relieved with an "oh thats better" moment.
Friends swear by them. Compact when concertinaed, so keep in glove compartment.
Nip into back seat, expand bottle & no-one will know that you are relieved with an "oh thats better" moment.
Friends swear by them. Compact when concertinaed, so keep in glove compartment.
June 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Ladies, it's not only water that we should carry in the car but one of these, designed for female anatomy...
Nip into back seat, expand bottle & no-one will know that you are relieved with an "oh thats better" moment.
Friends swear by them. Compact when concertinaed, so keep in glove compartment.
Nip into back seat, expand bottle & no-one will know that you are relieved with an "oh thats better" moment.
Friends swear by them. Compact when concertinaed, so keep in glove compartment.
No Mow May long grass is full of insects - unlike short. Perfect food for the swifts that fly over most evenings.
As @vannabartlett.bsky.social writes 👇 "if you keep an area of longer grass throughout the summer months you will find all sorts of insects taking up residence"
It's true.
As @vannabartlett.bsky.social writes 👇 "if you keep an area of longer grass throughout the summer months you will find all sorts of insects taking up residence"
It's true.
May 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
No Mow May long grass is full of insects - unlike short. Perfect food for the swifts that fly over most evenings.
As @vannabartlett.bsky.social writes 👇 "if you keep an area of longer grass throughout the summer months you will find all sorts of insects taking up residence"
It's true.
As @vannabartlett.bsky.social writes 👇 "if you keep an area of longer grass throughout the summer months you will find all sorts of insects taking up residence"
It's true.
Nature's capability to survive is astonishing.
This thriving tree should be a lesson for us all - rather than chop down a tree, give it a bit of help and you'll be rewarded.
Well done to Kirkwall council who had the foresight to do this.
#arborist #tree #conservation #preservation
This thriving tree should be a lesson for us all - rather than chop down a tree, give it a bit of help and you'll be rewarded.
Well done to Kirkwall council who had the foresight to do this.
#arborist #tree #conservation #preservation
April 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Nature's capability to survive is astonishing.
This thriving tree should be a lesson for us all - rather than chop down a tree, give it a bit of help and you'll be rewarded.
Well done to Kirkwall council who had the foresight to do this.
#arborist #tree #conservation #preservation
This thriving tree should be a lesson for us all - rather than chop down a tree, give it a bit of help and you'll be rewarded.
Well done to Kirkwall council who had the foresight to do this.
#arborist #tree #conservation #preservation
Skeins of geese flying north over Kirkwall Orkney just now...
April 12, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Skeins of geese flying north over Kirkwall Orkney just now...
Extract from the fabulous @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social via @eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Extract from the fabulous @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social via @eastangliabylines.co.uk
Our road verges need a Great British Spring Clean
Rather than mile upon mile of cones to protect litter pickers why not invest in a convoy of these trucks that, spread apart, can roll along the carriageway in line with & safeguarding litter pickers
It works in Europe
@cleanupbritain.bsky.social
Rather than mile upon mile of cones to protect litter pickers why not invest in a convoy of these trucks that, spread apart, can roll along the carriageway in line with & safeguarding litter pickers
It works in Europe
@cleanupbritain.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our road verges need a Great British Spring Clean
Rather than mile upon mile of cones to protect litter pickers why not invest in a convoy of these trucks that, spread apart, can roll along the carriageway in line with & safeguarding litter pickers
It works in Europe
@cleanupbritain.bsky.social
Rather than mile upon mile of cones to protect litter pickers why not invest in a convoy of these trucks that, spread apart, can roll along the carriageway in line with & safeguarding litter pickers
It works in Europe
@cleanupbritain.bsky.social
You may be an unofficial account @nationalhighways.bsky.social but can you do anything to clean up the A3 northbound litter debris.
All the way from Portsmouth to M25 it's more or less like this.
Simply shocking and tells world UK has no pride.
@cleanupbritain.bsky.social
All the way from Portsmouth to M25 it's more or less like this.
Simply shocking and tells world UK has no pride.
@cleanupbritain.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
You may be an unofficial account @nationalhighways.bsky.social but can you do anything to clean up the A3 northbound litter debris.
All the way from Portsmouth to M25 it's more or less like this.
Simply shocking and tells world UK has no pride.
@cleanupbritain.bsky.social
All the way from Portsmouth to M25 it's more or less like this.
Simply shocking and tells world UK has no pride.
@cleanupbritain.bsky.social
Are you a foreign national living in UK? Heard about eVisas?
If have EU settled status or biometric residence permit or card, do read.
Visit gov.uk/eVisa
If have EU settled status or biometric residence permit or card, do read.
Visit gov.uk/eVisa
February 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Are you a foreign national living in UK? Heard about eVisas?
If have EU settled status or biometric residence permit or card, do read.
Visit gov.uk/eVisa
If have EU settled status or biometric residence permit or card, do read.
Visit gov.uk/eVisa