Chilternbirder

We can all agree that I'd look fantastic on a £5 note

"The ships hung in the sky in much the way that bricks don't." 💚

Really must dig out my copy of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

🌳Fascinating site visit to Ambresbury Banks in #EppingForest this week with Historic England.
It's one of two Iron Age Hillforts which the City of London Corporation conserves at this site.
You can read more about the surveys being conducted here ⬇️
www.benjaminmurphy.uk/2026/03/10/e...

So close!! Can we get it across the line and into the safety of Leicester Museums Service, where it can be researched, studied... and looked after in perpetuity!

#Archaeology 🏺

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Stamford, Lincolnshire, is jam-packed with beautiful historic buildings, but I think this has to be my favourite 😍🤩

Here's a dark one that, sadly (unsurprisingly?), didn't make it... #skywriting #romance #marriageproposal #cartoon

Prioritising AI data centres could block new homes, builders warn The government plans to give data centres priority access to the electricity grid to speed up development.

Data centres burn huge amounts of power but provide very few jobs. Are we covering the countryside and using up power connections to enable bitcoins to be mined?
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Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

Delayers and obstructionists keep saying decarbonisation will be too difficult and expensive

But people who know what they're talking about keep showing that it's the cheapest, simplest and least disruptive option we have

Toxic pet flea treatment chemicals found in Wales' rivers harming wildlife Scientists have found further evidence that pet flea treatments are widespread in rivers across the UK.

BBC News - Toxic pet flea treatment chemicals found at 'damaging' levels in rivers
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We are thrilled to share that our Human Authored scheme is now live.

This scheme has been designed for the benefit of SoA members, to help identify works written by humans in a market increasingly flooded by AI-generated books.

Admiring the Barns and Walls of Northwest England The Northwest of England is home to some remarkably beautiful landscapes, shaped over millennia by traditional farming practices. It is a part of the world famous for its ancient drystone walls and…

I wrote this last March and it took absolutely ages to research.
I reckon it’s one of the most comprehensive guides to looking at our drystone walls and barns, what do you think?
@lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social @peakdistrict.bsky.social
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What stories those beams could tell!

Hatfield Old Palace, built in 1485 by Bishop John Morton, childhood home of Queen Elizabeth I.

Most of the beams in the Great Hall are original.

📷 from last year’s research visit

#woodensday #alwayslookup

Today I will mostly be trying to bribe people with cheap petrol, in the hope that they will forget that I have been cheering on the orange idiot whose war is pushing up fuel prices.

Petition: Government to advise monarch to refuse/cancel state visits with hostile powers The Government should advise the Monarch against facilitating a ceremonial head of state visit where a foreign state is engaged in hostile activity - whether economic, diplomatic, military or otherwis...

Time to bin the state visit to the deranged would-be dictator!

Phwoar! Pocklington near York. Exposed brickwork we can all admire

It’s these caterwauling idiots who slowed our move to clean, renewable energy leaving us economically exposed and the plaything of tyrants like Putin exploiting oil & gas markets. They are the enemies of Britain masquerading as patriots. They’ve destroyed this country and will bury it eventually

Nobel Peace Prize 1986 The Nobel Peace Prize 1986 was awarded to Elie Wiesel "for being a messenger to mankind: his message is one of peace, atonement and dignity"

"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere."

- Elie Wiesel

a drawing of a monk wearing dark glasses and rolling dice at a table

gambling monk, germany, 15th century

Assuming all the flag shaggers constantly bemoaning the 'loss of our culture' will be on this right away. Any minute know...

Why the price of oil matters more than you might think A shock to oil supplies is rattling financial markets, driving up prices at the pump and raising fears of a bigger economic hit.

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Trying to scan OSI Half Inch sheets from the 1960s and early 1970s with the cardboard cover stuck on the back is not easy! You end up with a bit that's not quite flat and so map sections are out of focus. @tailteeireann.bsky.social - any chance you have these as flat maps you'd scan for us? 😂

I can't imagine which current event made this Oldie #cartoon #redraw spring to mind... #armsdealers #military #dippenandink #watercolour Available here: www.chrisbeetles.com/artist/537/j...

The Tories oversaw the degradation of UK gas storage capacity - 2010 to 2017.

Thatcher privatised the gas and oil industry - 1982 to 1986.

Thatcher closed the collieries - 1986 to 1991.

This woman is an idiot - 1960 to 2026

A small mossy pool filled with clusters of frogspawn. At the back is a damn constructed of supporting branches crossed over with thin sticks.

🐸 The leaky dams installed into the mire at Snelsmore Common just a few weeks ago are now holding enough water for frogs to lay their spawn!

📸 Rob Cooke

Police cordon at Radcliffe Square

Police vehicles on the High

Radcliffe Square is closed around St Mary's Church (the University Church) with ambulances in attendance and a police cordon. The church and tower are closed for the rest of the day.

Did u know? The small souls in our outside spaces are easy to ignore or dismiss,but they literally underpin our world.Woodlice are amongst the group of animals we call detritivores. They eat spent organic matter, thereby recycling it & minimising the occurrence of disease.Celebrate the small 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐙

Hallelujah! We have a cattle grid at the entrance to our house & it's so important to add steps or an escape ramp so that animals can escape. Our grid has brick steps leading to freedom. Such a fab story here...🙌

Toads

In the covered walkway at gorgeous Lyddington Bede House, Rutland ❤️

Oil be the judge of that...