A map shows the locations of BTO satellite tagged Cuckoos in Africa. The headshots of four Cuckoos appear in circular frames around the map, alongside the wording: First Cuckoo Update for 2026.
1/ And they’re off! 📢 Our BTO satellite-tagged Cuckoos are on the move! 🌍
Follow their migrations via our interactive map ➡️ www.bto.org/cuckoos #Ornithology 🪶
I got a ruler out to measure it on the screen, even when faced with the facts my brain won't accept it.
It’s the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We’re proud of the women who work to improve our collective understanding of the universe—from coral reefs to Earth’s atmosphere to exoplanets.
Here are a few of the #WomenInSTEM we’ve highlighted in our career issue over the years. #IDWGIS
Rain has now fallen in Reading for 25 consecutive days - the longest spell of rainfall ever recorded at our Atmospheric Observatory.
Dr Stephen Burt, said: “With further rainfall expected, the spell of consecutive days of rain may stretch to an entire month.”
Read more: https://rdg.ac/4agN55U
It's #NationalHedgehogDay🦔
...and while many believe it to be about groundhogs really, we're celebrating #hedgehogs native to the UK (Erinaceus europaeus)!
It's still hibernation season for 'hogs, but there's lots we can do for our favourite spiny mammals...
👀 👉 buff.ly/VrIfml2
"The Berkshire Tame Performing Hedgehog: A real Wallingfordian. The Hedgehog called Jimmy, my pal, has travelled over five thousand miles up and down the country and has entertained thousands of children and adults at various schools." The pamphlets goes on to say that Jimmy enjoys eating mice best of all, travels from 10 to 15 miles and hour comfortably, and is used to riding in trains, private cars, and even the London underground. He has a passion for string music, especially the zither harp. He is fond of playing with a ball, and barks at about 2AM every night. Jimmy is very tidy. He is also friendly, and comes out of his ball when touched.
It's National Hedgehog Day! 🦔 To celebrate, we found this lovely pamphlet advertising the Berkshire Tame Performing Hedgehog, named Jimmy. He could jump through small hoops and even had a set of bells to play at home. He was also particularly fond of string music! #hedgehog
Let's hope this positive news gets as much attention as the people who try to convince us that the UK is a murder ravaged hellscape.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 55,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
This Sunday we're asking you to #ShareToMakeAware!
🦔 👨🌾 🚫
Always check for #hedgehogs & other wildlife before using a mower, strimmer, hedge trimmer or garden fork!
#ShareSunday #SundayShare
The Wurzels wearing country clothes and sitting in front of a background that looks like autumnal farm fields
Are you a cider drinker?
Do you drink it all of the day?
Then you're in luck - "scrumpy n' western" legends The Wurzels return to Sub89 on 20 February!
whatsonreading.com/venues/sub89...
The global climate stripes for 2025. Vertical stripes in varying shades of blue transitioning to light blue and then to red tones on the right side. The latest stripe is dark red, depicting the urgent need for climate action.
2025 adds another dark red stripe to the climate stripes
New data confirms Earth’s third-warmest year on record, and 11th warmest year in a row.
Created by Prof Ed Hawkins, the 2025 stripes reflect a century of climate science and provide a clear call for climate action.
👉 https://rdg.ac/4sGfjPX
For everyone in the Reading area.. can you help to find a lost space bear!
🧪🌎🛰📡
@bbowt.bsky.social @ncas-uk.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
So let me get this right. We had to leave the EU to control immigration, and we are going to control immigration by emulating the stringent immigration system of Denmark, which is a proud and happy member of the EU.
Dutch Interior I
Dutch Interior I https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/dutch-interior-i
Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding they’re against communities living “parallel lives” might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?
Too much of this today, and a lot of “former nurse”, rather than “Chief Nursing Officer”, “Director of Patient Experience for England”, or even “full-time CofE minister since 2004” or “one (of two) of the first women to be consecrated as bishops at Canterbury Cathedral”
“Remember: don’t worry about the minimal contact hours…”
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
Not sure day one of the latest ID card rollout went very well at all, not least because the government couldn’t answer the absolute core question about why they’re being introduced.
The case is that digital ID will be required for anyone to get work. The problem is ID is already mandatory. 🧵
A hugely underreported scandal.
Those responsible still not adequately held to account.
An important, but infuriating watch.
I think his options now are (1) resign or (2) attempt to clear things up in an interview with Emily Maitliss
Don’t think there is much mileage in (2).
This is my flag.
Puffin in flight
Here comes Puffin! 😀😍🐦
#Birds 🪶
One of the most urgent crises in the criminal justice system is that allegations of rape and serious sexual offending take five years to reach trial.
Any politician who claims to care about sexual violence and is silent on this issue has another agenda.
Back in May 2021 I posted on twitter about a journey I'd undertaken to find a tree that I can see from our bedroom window. I've decided to post it verbatim on here as lots of people really enjoyed it. So, here it is…
Very sad news...
Ray has gone to the fancy dress shop in the sky...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
When I was 5 or 6 in the mid 70's my Grampy and I used to talk about the copse of trees on a distant ridge that we could see from my parents' house. It looked like a ship. I still think about that stand of trees, I wonder if it is still there, maybe I will try to find it one day.
Chart showing instances of wild animals using a hamster wheel left out in the wild, with visits dominated by wild mice, followed by slugs, rats, shrews and a few frogs and snails.
In 2014 Dutch scientists left a hamster wheel outside, to see if wild animals would use it like their domesticated counterparts.
The answer: hell yes! 734 visits from wild mice - plus rats, shrews, slugs ("running" being subjective here) & even frogs and snails.
The apparent reason: fun. Just fun.
