Didn't get a photo but saw a kingfisher on the pond! Does that imply there are fish as we have never seen any signs? #nature #birds

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Been putting a couple of short rows of beetroot in between things in the polytunnel. May be a bit late but worth a try. The string is an attempt to stop me, an enthusiastic but clumsy hoer, from decimating them while weeding

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A job well done #nature #Wales

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There are a few trees in the big meadow we look after. These 2 beech trees fascinate me as they are so close together in the field.  #trees

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nostr:npub16y7syfr77gv3pzz3lxj7fpzau3f5s3qlf7udx33dgef4n6wjlmjqezn62q I guess it does too😊


nostr:npub14gtyggpjvza2rest9swr4j5jp0j3aekx63vyrnca9qwjl73hy4fsylg2z7 Stuart wanted to but I stuck it out until now


Just the sight of it makes me feel warmer

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Really cold again today, just lit the fire🥶 I know I'm nesh but we're all built differently and my temperature controls have always been poor


nostr:npub1ql3dpnw3dwy5zjnjehg008e0ua67a6fl792dwn94nyzgm7r8u6wq22a0kk I am if an age when, other than replacements, I don't really need much stuff and there was very little food. The plants tempted me slightly but there was nothing irresistible


#roses

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nostr:npub1ql3dpnw3dwy5zjnjehg008e0ua67a6fl792dwn94nyzgm7r8u6wq22a0kk no, having done markets for about 10 years you'd think I'd be a better customer than I am


nostr:npub1ql3dpnw3dwy5zjnjehg008e0ua67a6fl792dwn94nyzgm7r8u6wq22a0kk been for a routine breast screen, thats about the extent of my social life! I did have a brief wander around Llandeilo though as there was a Friday market in the hall


nostr:npub1qrn0rl2z6n2cln6hk333qfl2z3lrfve68cqvcztnfdxdqql6jwksdqgena sadly the coop bank was sold and belongs to private equity investors. They should never have been allowed to keep the name which us clearly misleading


nostr:npub1snl83sfapgrweddeme25flpa9x8mry6sm8u7wwx52239t63ewekqkp3lgp I think yours certainly does but we are in the thrall of westminster


nostr:npub1s8n2dkyhnj0w82j4v6jz2t9vx68rztpshsrmw6mghn384yr0gktsshsusg I saw another case where the family were separated. I think he was an NHS doctor too


nostr:npub1s8n2dkyhnj0w82j4v6jz2t9vx68rztpshsrmw6mghn384yr0gktsshsusg I checked on line and its even worse than I thought as, among other things, it says your father has to be British 🤷♀😱


nostr:npub1snl83sfapgrweddeme25flpa9x8mry6sm8u7wwx52239t63ewekqkp3lgp same rules in Wales, don't know about Scotland and immigration


nostr:npub1fx4xr3v3gkjv5dultjr7ga4n2ruutj2xyp0p0xkfu84ncrsumd9qwfmytg and not the only case I think


nostr:npub1s8n2dkyhnj0w82j4v6jz2t9vx68rztpshsrmw6mghn384yr0gktsshsusg I am pretty sure being born here does not confer citizenship


One-year-old Massah was born in UK - now she's being ordered to leave to 'maintain integrity of immigration laws' | Politics News | Sky News what a nasty country we are under the tories https://news.sky.com/story/one-year-old-massah-was-born-in-uk-now-shes-being-ordered-to-leave-to-maintain-integrity-of-immigration-laws-13142190


Storm is on maximum cuteness setting today #dogsOfMastodon

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Army rejected female teenage job applicant over breast-cancer gene - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cl40ex5rrnko


nostr:npub1vh9nmlglyd84nudfdurd9fc9pewp4p925slevzvs0xcue3k005cskv8qsf we are 2 old codgers too. Your system is obviously more sophisticated than ours. On sunny days we export more electric than we use


Peak District: £10k reward for information after peregrine shot - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8vz02lrnz7o


Five star Severn Bore: Surfers primed to ride wave as it sweeps along estuary - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-gloucestershire-68533039


Finally caught Mousetache and he is now at the V E T s🤞 poor old Van Dyke also got caught so has had a 40 mile round trip to the vets and straight back. I hope she forgives me #CatsOfMastodon

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nostr:npub148rj8ffcqvllr63760j8wux5w6zcgtlsle503zfxmh2zc8sqs67q3k0yv8 and he knows it!


Bit more snow on the hills #Wales #BannauBrecheiniog

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Last year we had 27 butternut squash, this year only 14 winter squash and one of those is tennis ball size #growYourOwn

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Llandudno to Liverpool sea gliders planned by county council - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67027979


nostr:npub14gtyggpjvza2rest9swr4j5jp0j3aekx63vyrnca9qwjl73hy4fsylg2z7 i was hoping they were native, surely they wouldn't be that foolish (again)🤔


Farmers set up dung beetle breeding stations for easy access to the super bug all year round - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-10-05/farmers-set-up-dung-beetle-nurseries-on-their-property/102934064


Australian Farmers set up dung beetle breeding stations for easy access to the super bug all year round and a reduction in fertiliser use- ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-10-05/farmers-set-up-dung-beetle-nurseries-on-their-property/102934064


nostr:npub1jgxny3j06xa30l7nsqwkfxf9maxkepeuxtdxeau90tafvk3crulq7wxtkz at least they seem happy, maybe covid made them reevaluate their lives? Although the testosterone is worrying


nostr:npub14gtyggpjvza2rest9swr4j5jp0j3aekx63vyrnca9qwjl73hy4fsylg2z7 we usually grow the ogen type. The water melons failed right from get go. Of 10 seeds planted only one made planting out and that is only just flowering vigorously now, far too late


nostr:npub14gtyggpjvza2rest9swr4j5jp0j3aekx63vyrnca9qwjl73hy4fsylg2z7 I wish I'd given you one but we hadn't tried them and they might have been vile! I'd grow them again


Electric taxis 2028 target ditched by Welsh ministers - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-66998592.amp


Finally getting a few runner beans, although very few. Usually they are so prolific. The other ones we planted, runner bean x climbing French, have been totally useless with hardly a flower let alone a bean #growYourOwn

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Our first efforts at canary melons and I wasn't hopeful what with the weather and they were crammed into one planter , however, although small, they are delicious #growYourOwn

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15 minute cities: How they got caught in conspiracy theories - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66990302.amp


At heart our terrier x is a spaniel, she loves water as long as no swimming is involved #dogsOfMastodon

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Wrexham: Acton sweet chestnut in UK's tree of the year finals - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66971998


The flowering cherry in the grounds of the village hall is laden with tiny cherries

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The weather has made a right mess of NRW's efforts to alter the fish pass over the weir on the village river. Its now much narrower and slightly less steep with a narrow bit purportedly for eels #Wales

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Yew tree which 'predates Battle of Hastings' pushed over | The Argus https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23824095.yew-tree-predates-battle-hastings-felled/


Racism: Mental health impact of profiling and trolls - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66925686


Jellyfish can remember - despite having no brain! - CBBC Newsround https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66913218.amp


Cost of living: Family bakery to close after nearly 160 years - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-66934926.amp


World famous Sycamore Gap tree believed to have been 'deliberately felled' | ITV News Tyne Tees what a dreadful, unforgivable thing to do 😪https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2023-09-28/world-famous-sycamore-gap-tree-believed-to-have-been-deliberately-felled


State of Nature: What landmark report says about Wales - BBC News and yet they want to put solar panels on the Gwent Levels and pylons down the SSSI Twyi Valley https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66945890.amp


Nature crisis: One in six species at risk of extinction in Great Britain - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66923930


Loving the 20mph speed limit. Llandovery feels much calmer, turning is easier and people seem to be driving slower away from the town too. It does take a bit of thought to stick to it but that will get easier #Wales


I bet Ms Braverman would be less keen on refuges stopping where they land if the UK was on the north coast of the Mediterranean and not way north and very inaccessible as we are.


nostr:npub16752f8gz0njqcl2vvsf7x7qfpgvhzjlu0kar2n80z8xkaq6j06ysvsnd5w apparently they had a list of ailments which they advised people not to proceed with🤷♀🤷♀


Daughter's at gp surgery. People coming to see phlebotomist are being told s/he has #covid but do they want to see them anyway. They are mostly elderly and they are all saying yes.


nostr:npub14gtyggpjvza2rest9swr4j5jp0j3aekx63vyrnca9qwjl73hy4fsylg2z7 nostr:npub1h27m3m5pgly0s06r4mkd0sjd7exkcqcwp2dtl6uzeq5fe4apmtjsjzkn3x I'm not on toot wales Jeni. Sorry Jaz ☹ I didn't discover it in time


3 days now unable to share articles from the internet. 🤷♀


Range of pesticides, including fungicides & neonicotinoids, found in pollen of different bee species #bees #nature https://phys.org/news/2023-09-range-pesticides-neonicotinoids-pollen-bee.html


Stopping in the Forest of Dean for a couple of nights. Lots of evidence of wild boar also lots of dor beetles presumably because of the dung? #Nature

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Jann Wenner says female and black artists "not intellectual enough" to be interviewed for his new book https://www.nme.com/news/music/jann-wenner-says-female-and-black-artists-not-intellectual-enough-to-be-interviewed-for-his-new-book-3498935


The black kitten is very black #catsOfMastadon

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@greenseer this looks like it to me https://wordsanddeeds.co.uk/the-northern-goshawk-accipiter-gentilis/


Another fantastic #beekeeping blog from @the_apiarist Munchity crunchity - The Apiarist https://theapiarist.org/munchity-crunchity/?unapproved=155829&moderation-hash=6d4f646db3c9f117c9d5e1bbb382b9d7#comment-155829


Why beach cleans matter as new research gives scientists hope for polluted oceans | Science & Tech News | Sky News https://news.sky.com/story/why-beach-cleans-matter-as-new-research-gives-scientists-hope-for-polluted-oceans-12962030


nostr:npub10kt5aeedaav3e87nz466nhq85sxwyymtwyjwwtnfm3px0kymc6lss234x4 we have kites here near Llandovery more than buzzards nowadays. Still see the odd 1 or 3. Its mainly youngsters that struggle not being effective hunters. Kites are more varied in their diet


nostr:npub1zt30rymrqvm3vtdxq4wnknpsy6arkzcttkehwqttympk7ww7ezfqqg0v09 most interesting thank you!


nostr:npub10kt5aeedaav3e87nz466nhq85sxwyymtwyjwwtnfm3px0kymc6lss234x4 there is little for them to eat. No rabbits, thanks to viral hemoragic and little fallen stock since foot and mouth. Young buzzards often end up in the bird hospital with their crops full of grass because they are that hungry. And once they are too weak to hunt thats it


nostr:npub10kt5aeedaav3e87nz466nhq85sxwyymtwyjwwtnfm3px0kymc6lss234x4 i think it was starving, no weight on it at all


nostr:npub1zt30rymrqvm3vtdxq4wnknpsy6arkzcttkehwqttympk7ww7ezfqqg0v09 i would worry about what it may have crossed with?


House Bunting breeds in Europe for first time - BirdGuides https://www.birdguides.com/news/house-bunting-breeds-in-europe-for-first-time/


nostr:npub10kt5aeedaav3e87nz466nhq85sxwyymtwyjwwtnfm3px0kymc6lss234x4 here is a sparrowhawk in the garden a couple of weeks back

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nostr:npub10kt5aeedaav3e87nz466nhq85sxwyymtwyjwwtnfm3px0kymc6lss234x4 if it is a hawk I'll put it on the app I have on my phone for sightings


nostr:npub10kt5aeedaav3e87nz466nhq85sxwyymtwyjwwtnfm3px0kymc6lss234x4 the bird hospital will confirm the species if it survives long enough to get there. Its about 70 miles away and nigh on a 4 hour round trip or we would have taken it straight down


nostr:npub10kt5aeedaav3e87nz466nhq85sxwyymtwyjwwtnfm3px0kymc6lss234x4 i have seen them, although they a rare. But its not right for one I don't think as they are more flecked than barred🤷♀


nostr:npub10kt5aeedaav3e87nz466nhq85sxwyymtwyjwwtnfm3px0kymc6lss234x4 its huge compared to a sparrowhawk which are in the garden all the time


Or is it a buzzard?


Goshawk in the garden #nature #wildlife

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Looks like Richard Osmans new book, out today, is popular in the on line library

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France halts iPhone 12 sales over radiation levels - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66795168


#BannauSirGar yesterday. Its raining today #Wales #Carmarthenshire

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nostr:npub14gtyggpjvza2rest9swr4j5jp0j3aekx63vyrnca9qwjl73hy4fsylg2z7 kind of you Jeni but I don't think so. However I'll let you know if that changes 💕


We still haven't got the honey off as Stuart has been ill and now he has been diagnosed with angina and its all got even more difficult☹


Largest Welsh gannet colony suffers population crash - BirdGuides https://www.birdguides.com/news/largest-welsh-gannet-colony-suffers-population-crash/


Selfie takers forced pony off cliff in Gower, farmer says - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66785699


nostr:npub1ckwrw5k7ucwpmt76yy76zs6gyfyw0t5m8jmlrceqsqtl526h3daq95z9cs yes it is. I discovered yesterday if you want you can see the thunder front propagating out from the strikes


Extraction's begun #beekeeping #honey

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I may be very disappointed that my rose is not the one it is labelled as but the hoverflies love it. #nature #insects

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I specifically wanted the rose it was labelled as not what I ended up with. Rose labels seem very hit and miss and when space is at a premium you want them to be accurate #roses

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'Massive' leatherback turtle spotted four miles off Tenby | Tivyside Advertiser https://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk/news/23766666.massive-leatherback-turtle-spotted-four-miles-off-tenby/


Proud mum #catsOfMastadon

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UK offshore wind auction set to flop - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66740920.amp


Rare Marsg Harrier bird of prey breeds at Cornwall reserve - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-66500946