toddbox
@toddzbox.bsky.social
Failed photographer of birds in flight, patch birder North of E. Cheshire. Enthusiastic grandfather
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I give up someone cleverer than me knows why we need more plastic pollution at Horden
Hawthorn and blackthorn planted where Hawthorne and blackthorns are naturally growing
Hawthorn and blackthorn planted where Hawthorne and blackthorns are naturally growing
December 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I give up someone cleverer than me knows why we need more plastic pollution at Horden
Hawthorn and blackthorn planted where Hawthorne and blackthorns are naturally growing
Hawthorn and blackthorn planted where Hawthorne and blackthorns are naturally growing
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Should have read "using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine".
Mental typo!
h/t @captaineurope.bsky.social
Mental typo!
h/t @captaineurope.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Should have read "using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine".
Mental typo!
h/t @captaineurope.bsky.social
Mental typo!
h/t @captaineurope.bsky.social
And international trade and foreign policy.
BBC News - Headteachers welcome move to teach financial literacy in schools - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Headteachers welcome move to teach financial literacy in schools - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Headteachers welcome move to teach financial literacy in schools
Headteachers in the south welcome moves to introduce financial literacy to the national curriculum.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
And international trade and foreign policy.
BBC News - Headteachers welcome move to teach financial literacy in schools - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Headteachers welcome move to teach financial literacy in schools - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Rights of way data for Essex on www.rowmaps.com has been updated to the council's latest data. Derived data uses OSTN15 to transform to WGS84.
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Rights of way data for Essex on www.rowmaps.com has been updated to the council's latest data. Derived data uses OSTN15 to transform to WGS84.
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Wonderful morning at the Wyre forest rewarded with 20 min of a pair of lesser spotted woodpecker crisp morning perfect @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Wonderful morning at the Wyre forest rewarded with 20 min of a pair of lesser spotted woodpecker crisp morning perfect @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
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Avian influenza (bird flu) still hitting Whooper Swans in Fens around Welney and Ouse Washes. Six dead or ill birds on this one farm, the sick ones too ill to move when approached, constantly shaking their heads. All the way from Iceland to die in a Cambridgeshire field. #ornithology #ukbirding
November 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Avian influenza (bird flu) still hitting Whooper Swans in Fens around Welney and Ouse Washes. Six dead or ill birds on this one farm, the sick ones too ill to move when approached, constantly shaking their heads. All the way from Iceland to die in a Cambridgeshire field. #ornithology #ukbirding
When local councils are given Government cash to 'wellnessify' a local nature reserve that holds an important number of nesting Willow Tits.
November 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
When local councils are given Government cash to 'wellnessify' a local nature reserve that holds an important number of nesting Willow Tits.
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For All you Good #Flower Folk on BSky we have another ID Video upcoming tomorrow at 10:00 am . I wont tell you what the Plant is just yet . Can Anyone Guess Please Subscribe on Youtube www.youtube.com/@wildliferan... & get notified We have lots of stuff on the way #WildFlower#nature#nature#botany
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
For All you Good #Flower Folk on BSky we have another ID Video upcoming tomorrow at 10:00 am . I wont tell you what the Plant is just yet . Can Anyone Guess Please Subscribe on Youtube www.youtube.com/@wildliferan... & get notified We have lots of stuff on the way #WildFlower#nature#nature#botany
At least we get to see Auroras.
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Flight disruption warning as Airbus requests modifications to 6,000 planes - BBC News
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Flight disruption warning as Airbus requests modifications to 6,000 planes - BBC News
Flight disruption warning as Airbus requests modifications to thousands of planes
About 6,000 planes are thought to be affected, which makes up about half the European aerospace giant's global fleet.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
At least we get to see Auroras.
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Flight disruption warning as Airbus requests modifications to 6,000 planes - BBC News
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Flight disruption warning as Airbus requests modifications to 6,000 planes - BBC News
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#CAWOSbirding #birds we are out #patchbirding around Chelford on Sunday morning at 11, usual meeting place entrance to mere farm quarry SK1 3LG. We shall be visiting the stubble fields, quarries & Astle farm. Newbies are always welcome. Image courtesy of @stevesealimages
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#CAWOSbirding #birds we are out #patchbirding around Chelford on Sunday morning at 11, usual meeting place entrance to mere farm quarry SK1 3LG. We shall be visiting the stubble fields, quarries & Astle farm. Newbies are always welcome. Image courtesy of @stevesealimages
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Just had enough time to dash to Lancashire to see the returning Bewick's Swans at Thurnham. When I saw them in February they were a mile out amongst 400+ Whoopers, but today they were close in and happily grazing. Reduced to tiny numbers, these are now the only two present. #ukbirding #birds
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Just had enough time to dash to Lancashire to see the returning Bewick's Swans at Thurnham. When I saw them in February they were a mile out amongst 400+ Whoopers, but today they were close in and happily grazing. Reduced to tiny numbers, these are now the only two present. #ukbirding #birds
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Imagine rape victims seeing trial by expert and experience, rather than by a random selection of gut feelings. Might even lead to a world where 99% of cases aren’t dropped.
Jury trials in England and Wales to be scrapped except for most serious cases on.ft.com/3LY1Ceq
Jury trials in England and Wales to be scrapped except for most serious cases
Proposed changes unlikely to apply for trials of serious offences such as rape and murder
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Imagine rape victims seeing trial by expert and experience, rather than by a random selection of gut feelings. Might even lead to a world where 99% of cases aren’t dropped.
Coot with bug in it's mouth.
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Coot with bug in it's mouth.
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My contribution to #SuperSeabirdSunday: Blue Fulmar, Svalbard, June 2023.
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
My contribution to #SuperSeabirdSunday: Blue Fulmar, Svalbard, June 2023.
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Currently a whopping 30% discount on the hardback and flexiback from the publisher (link in post below), just in time for Christmas presents!
The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit, a Poyser #ornithology monograph. #ukbirding
The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit, a Poyser #ornithology monograph. #ukbirding
My Poyser book, The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit, is now published. 9 chapters, 320pp, 150+ figures, photos & tables on the ecology, behaviour, calls, id., habitats & conservation of these two species from Britain to Japan. More info: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marsh-tit... #ornithology #ukbirding #birds
November 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Currently a whopping 30% discount on the hardback and flexiback from the publisher (link in post below), just in time for Christmas presents!
The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit, a Poyser #ornithology monograph. #ukbirding
The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit, a Poyser #ornithology monograph. #ukbirding
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Wondering if anyone can confirm the left as Aglossa pinguinalis and the second as Eudonia lacustrata?
06/2025 Norfolk
06/2025 Norfolk
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Rights of way data for Neath Port Talbot on www.rowmaps.com has been updated to the council's latest data. Derived data uses OSTN15 to transform to WGS84.
November 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Rights of way data for Neath Port Talbot on www.rowmaps.com has been updated to the council's latest data. Derived data uses OSTN15 to transform to WGS84.
Help? I thought it was a Herring Gull
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Help? I thought it was a Herring Gull
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If that's not fun/depressing enough, we've a council tax calculator showing the impact of various changes to council tax and possible "mansion" taxes. taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/11/02/c...
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
If that's not fun/depressing enough, we've a council tax calculator showing the impact of various changes to council tax and possible "mansion" taxes. taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/11/02/c...
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I'm stuck with three rather worn Noctuids from last night. Can you help, please? I'm inclined to think, from L to R: Turnip, Vine's Rustic and Yellow-line Quaker. Any thoughts?
@mothiduk.bsky.social
@mothiduk.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I'm stuck with three rather worn Noctuids from last night. Can you help, please? I'm inclined to think, from L to R: Turnip, Vine's Rustic and Yellow-line Quaker. Any thoughts?
@mothiduk.bsky.social
@mothiduk.bsky.social
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Meanwhile
‼️EXTRAORDINARY DAY: 30 DEGREES IN FRANCE
One of the most insane events Europe has ever lived
29.8 Trois Villes HOTTEST NOVEMBER DAY IN FRENCH HISTORY
29.3 Oloron
29.2 Lanne en Baretous
20 stations >27C !
SPAIN 29.4 Granada
Next days
THOUSANDS OF RECORDS allover Europe except Central Mediterranean
One of the most insane events Europe has ever lived
29.8 Trois Villes HOTTEST NOVEMBER DAY IN FRENCH HISTORY
29.3 Oloron
29.2 Lanne en Baretous
20 stations >27C !
SPAIN 29.4 Granada
Next days
THOUSANDS OF RECORDS allover Europe except Central Mediterranean
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Meanwhile
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I enjoyed @iancarter67.bsky.social and Dan Powell’s The Red Kite’s Year so I have got a copy of this!
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I enjoyed @iancarter67.bsky.social and Dan Powell’s The Red Kite’s Year so I have got a copy of this!
I wonder if I should add a Caspian Gull to my list? Bizarrely all I have to do is to go Gorton Recycling Depot which is within my extended patch.
This reminds me of the days when sewage farms were not lock away.
This reminds me of the days when sewage farms were not lock away.
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I wonder if I should add a Caspian Gull to my list? Bizarrely all I have to do is to go Gorton Recycling Depot which is within my extended patch.
This reminds me of the days when sewage farms were not lock away.
This reminds me of the days when sewage farms were not lock away.