Swampy woodland in morning mist
Moss covered tree roots
Trunk of an oak tree reflected in a woodland pond
Tree buds just beginning to burst
A few more images from today's visit to Brandy Hole Copse, Chichester, a beautiful wood and very atmospheric in the mist #trees #nature #Sussex
Trees reflected in a woodland pond
Reflections. Brandy Hole Copse, Chichester.
Phengaris teleius (Scarce Large Blue) in a French meadow. One of the 17 species in the European Grassland Butterfly Index. Photo: Martin Warren)
The latest European Grassland Butterfly Indicator is out. It shows that grassland butterflies have declined by 47% since 1991, indicating a huge loss of grassland biodiversity. The data come from 16,150 transects & 15,000 volunteers. We are calling for urgent action. www.bc-europe.eu/documents/69...
It's hard to fight a war without damaging the earth.
Goldfinch (small bird with thick beak, red and white face, white spots on black feathers and flashes of yellow wing bars) perched on grey lavender seed heads
This morning, a small charm of goldfinches were still enjoying seeds on a lavender we didn't cut back after flowering (like you're supposed to!) #birds @rspb.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others. For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.”
Mark 12 43-44
Strongly disagree. Fuel duty should be unfrozen as should tax & student loan thresholds. Why should fossil fuels get less tax when everything else gets more?
Maybe just bloodlust
And how much will that cost HMRC to administer, for relatively meager pickings?
Worth pointing out to anyone with Adam Smith Institute links that Adam Smith was deeply opposed to corporate capitalists (joint stock companies as he called them) due to their inefficiency, monopolistic tendencies and corruption.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay a wren and two robins trying to out-sing each other
‘Meeting jaw to jaw is better than war.’
Winston Churchill (1954, Washington)
Orange full moon in dark blue sky over a hill
Worm moon rising
First bird of my day: blackbirds singing in the sleepy village gardens, dedicated to #SarahEverard and her family on this horrible day. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
Ah, but the cost of your new tyre adds to GDP and that 'creates wealth' so it's 'good for the economy'. That's junkenomics.
Brilliant from the Norwegian Consumer Council.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...
Arthur C Clarke's short story 'The Pacifist' (1956) tells of a computer programmed to answer any maths problem unless it detects a military application, in which case it insults the general who commissioned it.
Tipping it down here - but would have loved to see the hares
If they won't change the FPTP voting system, best they make themselves completely unelectable so as to avoid splitting the progressive vote.
A stone griffin behind a crowd of yellow tete-a-tete daffodils
Happy St. David's Day
ITV News report on the UK governments 'secret' report about the Climate Emergency.
Frankly, it just says the obvious if you have half a brain in your skull. But at least it's in writing.
youtu.be/59DZiPdsOc8?...
Check out Jay Vail on youtube, another American commenting on life in the UK
youtube.com/@jayvailey?s...
Brimstone butterfly (yellow-green with brown spots mimicking leaf rust) resting on dark green ivy.
Just as Zoë and I were having a go at the old time Music Hall number "When the Summer Comes Again", this brimstone butterfly flutters past the window in the sunshine and poses on some ivy for Zoë. Magic! @savebutterflies.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #ukwildlife
Hitting Like in this case means sharing your dismay
Male house sparrow on a rose branch with a moustache of brown twine threads in his bill, that he's just torn off from where the rose is attached to a chestnut arch.
Male house sparrow snapped this morning stealing the jute twine I use to tie in roses. It'll make good nesting material. If he's not careful, the branch will spring up taking him with it... #birds
Can we put Reform under review? Would like to know more about funding and links to Putin and to Epstein's best buddy Steve Bannon
First birds of my day - a jackdaw and a collared dove foraging on the grass, a dunnock and a great tit singing. A few herring gulls floating above while a small charm of goldfinches flitted by. Just now, a robin darting down to a secret place where it knows we hide mealworms.
