Diana

FACTS:

Net Zero barely nudges your bill.

Fossil‑fuel wars send it through the roof.

So when Farage and his ilk slags off renewables while fanning conflict, remember who actually hikes your costs.

Principles of Boogie Management     Don't blame it on the sunshine Don't blame it on the moonlight Don't blame it on the good times   Establish a collaborative working environment coupled with individual accountability to prevent a blame culture from developing in the first place Brian Bilston

Principles of Boogie Management.

Song Thrush?

White-tailed Eagle pair G463 and G466 have been showing well from our recent Winter Safari Cruises:
www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/winter...
📸 - Chris Snook

Revealed: The Staggering Amount of Time Nigel Farage has Spent on ‘Second’ Jobs Since Becoming an MP The Reform UK leader has logged more than 1,100 hours for 14 outside employers since his election in July 2024

Revealed: The Staggering Amount of Time Nigel Farage has Spent on ‘Second’ Jobs Since Becoming an MP

bylinetimes.com/2026/03/05/r...

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

Black Tailed and Bar Tailed Godwits, Sandwich Terns and just two Grey Plovers on Brownsea lagoon from this morning's bird boat. @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Fantastic! You must spent every spare moment gazing skywards!!

@brianbilston.bsky.social

Important to remember that the people most enthusiastic about bombing Iran are almost always the people most hateful towards refugees.

A reported Osprey sighting today.
13:13 04/03
Osprey
Brecon
Newbridge-on-Wye
10:00
one flew north along Wye Valley

Pledge your support to help a community group buy some common greenspace: Tunbridge Wells and Rusthall Commons are areas of protected greenspace...

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Great Bustard was a surprise arrival this morning on Ballard Down, found by Brian Edge. Only the 3rd Poole Harbour record. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Forster’s Tern on buoy in Parkstone Bay, Whitecliff/Baiter now @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

We only have a few Winter Safari Cruises left this March.
On Friday's trip we saw 3 Goshawks (!), 2 WT Eagles, 1 Peregrine, 4 Marsh Harrier, Avocet, Curlew, Dunlin, Grey Plover, Great Northern Diver and lots more. Last few tickets remaining…
www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/winter...

Gotcha! One purchase arriving by post chaise directly

I want one of those. Whither, pray?

Bone china and a doily or I walk.

Great to be out maintaining our Osprey platforms and cameras around the harbour this AM in perfect conditions. Fingers crossed for plenty of sightings and who knows, maybe some of our youngsters from previous years taking an interest…

Index of Discarded First Lines   Also, I am bleeding profusely so please stay for a while……………   8 Carter called again today, enquiring of his ladder ………………….   22 For that was the winter we listened to Enya ……………………….. 31 her eyes were a question mark, her mouth a semi-colon ……………  36 I am a bowl, chipped at the rim ……………………………………..  43 I remembered Newport Pagnell and wept ………………………..       5 I see you forgot the fabric softener again …….……………………  25 In the vacuum between when and how, I squat ……………………..   3 Me and you in matching tank tops ………………………………....  39 Oi Oi! …………………………………….………………………...  78 Our love is a broken oatcake ………………………………………..  61 Please don’t do that, it’s disgusting. ………..………………………   27 She loved his unfinished similes like ……………………………….  52 That, my dear, is a diphthong ………………………………………. 73 The sky is darkening and yet the dove ……………………………..  11 Today, we shall make strudel ………………………………………..  4 Whither the hair tongs? I have seen them not ……………………...  19 Brian Bilston

Having a clear out of first lines for poems I shall never write. Please help yourself to any of these.

Now what did I come up here for?

A good reason or two to leave last year's flowers and not cut back the cottage garden borders...

BREAKING: Richard Tice is to announce Reform UK's plans to introduce a "Great Repeal Bill" that will scrap Labour's Employment Rights' Act and rent reforms

JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM

Covers of 12 books from between the stated date range including the four seasons books, ‘the night sky’ and ‘the weather’

Cover stories.
Ladybird Nature series
(1959 - 1966)

We love our cute red squirrels,
Of Brownsea Island fame,
But one thing now is lacking,
And really quite a shame:
They’re missing an emoji,
To illustrate their tale,
Let’s get behind our squirrels,
And get it off our chest,
Demand a new emoji,
To show we love them best!

If UK news shows won’t call this absolute boll**** out let do it ourselves

An infographic from Our World in Data titled "Global land use for food production" uses a series of stacked horizontal bar charts to visualize the distribution of Earth's surface and the disproportionate land requirements of livestock. The first bar shows Earth's surface is 71% ocean and 29% land (141 million km²); the land surface is then broken down into 76% habitable land, 10% glaciers, and 14% barren land. Of the habitable land, 45% (48 million km²) is used for agriculture, while 38% is forests and 13% is shrubland. The agricultural land bar reveals a major disparity: 80% (38 million km²) is dedicated to livestock (meat, dairy, and textiles) including grazing land and cropland for feed, while only 16% is used for crops for direct human consumption and 4% for non-food crops. Finally, two smaller bars at the bottom contrast this land use with nutritional output, showing that while livestock uses 80% of agricultural land, it only provides 17% of global calories and 38% of global protein, whereas plant-based foods provide 83% of calories and 62% of protein.

80% of agricultural land is used for livestock (and textiles), yet this huge land use provides only 17% of our calories and 38% of our protein.

16% of the land used for crops provides 83% of our calories and 62% of our protein. It's past time we rethink what we eat.