I just checked his X account. Not a word from Farageski...

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NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/

In the least surprising news of the century, vast majority of racist flag shaggers who go about brandishing crosses and saying that we're a Christian country... don't pray, or go to church or read the Bible www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report

Research challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity

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Still think that filthy scum #Trump isn't a Russian asset? President Zelensky is a better, greater man than that traitorous halfwit could ever even dream of being. Slava Ukraini! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Time for Ukraine to get new president,' says Trump after Zelensky condemns diesel deal

Ukraine's leader had said the deal with Russia to release diesel into the US would help Moscow fund the war.

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We have been among wonderful sights, sounds, food and drink for the past 9 days interrailing across Europe to Trieste and back, 3162km and 33hours on trains, without a hitch. There will be blogs! Eventually!! But here's out last overnighter, Dijon. So lovely I'd like to live there!

Heading across Europe by train, we just crossed the alps and have rocked up in Trieste. Eating and drinking and looking and enjoying our way across the continent! A blog will be on its way on our return

And rough grassland, scrub, woodland edges and clearings can be more valuable, dependent on the species in the area. Not everything needs canopy.

Why must it always be about planting trees, when they managed just fine for 100s of millions of years before people came along? Just let them seed out. Yes, planting does have a role, but so often the underlying subtext is continued human domination of nature. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government

Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather

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Couldn't agree more. I like trees, but wetland wins every time.

ChrisGibsonWildlife@chrismothman.bsky.social · 2w ago

Second, that tree planting soaks up carbon. Yes, only above ground, and only temporarily, until the tree dies. C storage in the ground, through the roots of grassland, or in wetland has much more potential to be long term.

My latest blog post: Warted Amanita, Amanita strobiliformis. A big, chunky and distinctive mushroom, often found quite early in the fungus season. www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2026/09/30/w... #Fungi #FungiFriends

Bl@@dy hymns! I’m so glad you keep speaking up about this, I agree entirely with your stance

Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...

Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns

Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...

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Ivy is a really good source of diptera, including hoverflies, and bees at this time of year Besides Honey bees today there were lots of Ivy bees along with Calliphora vomitoria, Myathropa flora, Eristalis tenax etc

Ah, thanks Chris!

Very pleased to have helped put my home town Wivenhoe on the discerning visitors' map. www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti... @@naturetrek.bsky.social It was my swansong, but they have persuaded me do do a couple of encores.

Not a wasp or a hornet, but a hornet-mimicking hoverfly! Volucella zonaria is the largest hoverfly species in the UK, first spotted in southern England in the 1930s and gradually expanding its range northwards.

Indeed. Yay for shieldbugs!

Please can I share my enthusiasm for hairy shieldbugs with you in my @theguardian.com country diary this morning? They are so cool! 😍 #naturewriting #countrydiary @chrismothman.bsky.social

Country diary: A young shieldbug has found a safe place to hide – or so it hopes | Nic Wilson

Bedmond, Hertfordshire: The entire Serge Hill project is a haven for humans and wildlife, and there’s much to find in its collection of drought-tolerant plants

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Today I found my first seabean. This seed has travelled a long way to reach #Shetland. Starting it's journey in a tropical forest, travelling with ocean currents and washing up with our first autumn storms. A little piece of luck and joy to hold onto as daylight fades and winter approaches.

New blog of our mission to explore our near world in mote detail than ever before using only our bus passes Coggeshall, only 20 minutes by car from home, but always bypassed, never the destination. Until earlier this week! www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/to-coggeshal... #NatureWriting

Just look at the sunset we just had from our lofty perch in Wivenhoe Shipyard!

I return to the images over and again: 3 years ago today, Brutalism, blue sky, water, rust and autumn. My favourite bridge ever, the zigzag bridge in Harlow.

Super - you are getting closer. Leicester is a super place. 1st Ivy bee in the garden a few days ago. Both Hornet plume horns been around in my part of S.Yorkshire for a few years now but large numbers of V.inanis this year in particular.

A hidden spot by water on a cold windless November day in Essex. Episode 43 - Tidal water mirror still (31 mins)

43 Tidal water mirror still - a sound view from Canvey Island | Radio Lento podcast

A bird calls out. Its cry carries far out over the water on this, a rare day of no wind. Not even a breeze or a whisper of leaves in the trees. Cows low from farmland on the floodplain beside the Tham...

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Here's a short playlist of seasonal listens - episodes recorded in the autumn. First, an early morning start in September in Cookham. Episode 97 - Through the trees, distant weir (41 minutes) #AutumnEquinox

97 Through the trees, distant weir (source of natural white noise - 3D with ear/headphones) | Radio Lento podcast

Still air. Quiet parkland. It's 8am, before the people come. Empty paths. Untrodden grass. Mist lifting. On the face of it, nothing is happening. But nothing needs to happen. This is a bright autumnal...

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Blog of our latest short break by rail and bus: An autumn break in Market Harborough, Leicester and Stamford. www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/an-autumn-br... #NatureWriting

A new mega poll by YouGov reveals that an overwhelming majority of constituencies want to rejoin the EU. Only 4 constituencies were not sure. It’s time to put EU membership on the table. https://bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-most-popular-eu-policy-in-all-uk-seats-bar-four-megapoll-finds/

🦋🐞🐜Critters from the Essex coast 🐝🐛🦗 A Wall #Butterfly A #Firebug Cherry Slug #Sawfly. What critters have you seen recently? #Insects #NaturalHistory #InsectLife #BugSpotting #Bugsky #NaturalHistory #WildlifeWatching

This would never happen to a fire or ambulance station so why is it being allowed here? Show you support the RNLI by donating here 👇 Even a small, one-off donation is important. rnli.org/support-us/g...

Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 4w ago

The fascists have been successful in getting Portsmouth lifeboat station closed down because they hate brown people being saved from dying.

My exhibition continues until 5 on Tuesday, open daily 10-5 #birdart #linocut #birdinguk

It goes in my back pocket on every trip outdoors. Will be using it in 3 hours time in a Twiglets survey of Tide Mills. Aside from its excellent content the fact that you can fit it in a pocket is a huge plus.