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Hazel A

@hazela.bsky.social

London, art, history, and… sometimes ringing birds.

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Portland Bird Observatory@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 4mo ago

And folk wonder why we talk about ecological breakdowns: in the past on this sort of date, today's brisk, chilly headwind would have been a dead cert to produce a strong passage of Swifts and a good fall of migrants; today we logged 3 Swifts and 28 nets - many open for 10 hours - caught 5 migrants!

One of the day's 2 Blackcaps; 2 Chiffchaffs and a single Willow Warbler were the only other migrants ringed today.
Peter Watts@peterwatts.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I wrote a piece for The Times about how Ken Livingstone's GLC used billboards to appeal directly to Londoners about equality, racism, workers' rights and what would happen if Russia dropped the big one. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...

How the GLC gave London nightmares with its anti-war billboards

The 1980s posters of the Greater London Council, including Paul Kennard’s terrifying skulls and mushroom clouds, are celebrated in a new book

thetimes.com

LCC municipal@lccmunicipal.bsky.social · 2y ago

Badges of the GLC: Thamesday. One of a number of GLC events for Londoners that made use of the GLC’s South Bank location, Thamesday was family-focused and featured aerobatic displays, barge racing, fireworks, exhibitions on the work of the Council, and the Capital Radio Cruiser!

A rectangular badge with the words “GLC Thamesday” at the top and a succession of blue wavy lines to represent the ThamesA round badge featuring a cartoon drawing of clowns holding balloons. Beneath are the words GLC Thamesday Saturday 15 September 1984A round badge featuring a drawing of the South Bank looking towards County Hall. The badge says GLC Thamesday 1985 GLC Working for Recreation in LondonA round badge featuring a cartoon drawing of a parachutist from below looking as though he is about to land. The captions says: I’ve dropped in on GLC Thamesday GLC Working for London