Sarah Pettegree
@sarahpettegree.bsky.social
They said I’d like it here.
Recovering twitter person.
Made pork pies for nigh on a couple of decades. Rarely leaves North Norfolk. Loves the wild things.
Recovering twitter person.
Made pork pies for nigh on a couple of decades. Rarely leaves North Norfolk. Loves the wild things.
Back when I worked for HMSO, leaking the budget would have been at least a hanging offence and possibly worse. Such a possibility was barely even contemplated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Back when I worked for HMSO, leaking the budget would have been at least a hanging offence and possibly worse. Such a possibility was barely even contemplated.
To Holt for a few things (library, bank for VH, washing line post etc) and I saw yesterday that lovely Johnny Picnic (ex Picnic Fayre) is retiring and the glorious Berber is having a closing down sale, so might stare at a rug. #Norfolk
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
To Holt for a few things (library, bank for VH, washing line post etc) and I saw yesterday that lovely Johnny Picnic (ex Picnic Fayre) is retiring and the glorious Berber is having a closing down sale, so might stare at a rug. #Norfolk
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My mum ordered a new freezer from AO and when the delivery van came, it did not have a tail lift - apparently the company won't pay for them
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
My mum ordered a new freezer from AO and when the delivery van came, it did not have a tail lift - apparently the company won't pay for them
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
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Curious kids will love this: the University of East Anglia is running interactive Christmas lectures on how our brains interpret memory and illusions. A rare chance to see science made magical. Booking is essential and fills quickly.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/educati...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/educati...
UEA’s Christmas lectures return with a festive journey into the mind
This year’s UEA Christmas lecture invites families to uncover the surprising tricks our brains play during the festive season
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Curious kids will love this: the University of East Anglia is running interactive Christmas lectures on how our brains interpret memory and illusions. A rare chance to see science made magical. Booking is essential and fills quickly.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/educati...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/educati...
The random(ish) old photo my phone serves up to me as my lock screen today. Very much like the outside today.
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The random(ish) old photo my phone serves up to me as my lock screen today. Very much like the outside today.
Very much enjoyed this. Got excited when he said he wanted to do more Detectorists but then realised we’ve probably had it with the 2022 Christmas Special.
Mackenzie Crook. What a terrifically nice chap. 🧡
Did you ever discover more about the robin behaviour?
Mackenzie Crook. What a terrifically nice chap. 🧡
Did you ever discover more about the robin behaviour?
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Very much enjoyed this. Got excited when he said he wanted to do more Detectorists but then realised we’ve probably had it with the 2022 Christmas Special.
Mackenzie Crook. What a terrifically nice chap. 🧡
Did you ever discover more about the robin behaviour?
Mackenzie Crook. What a terrifically nice chap. 🧡
Did you ever discover more about the robin behaviour?
D has just listened to this and said how much he enjoyed it.
Thread.
Thread.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
D has just listened to this and said how much he enjoyed it.
Thread.
Thread.
Oh - my current read (and rabbit hole - thinking about place names and the medieval birds locked within them, as if in amber) “The Cuckoo’s Lea”.
Michael is at NWT Cley 5th Dec with @themarshtit.bsky.social doing his usual convivial thing of getting the very best out of people.
Michael is at NWT Cley 5th Dec with @themarshtit.bsky.social doing his usual convivial thing of getting the very best out of people.
Well now, #BBCWildlife magazine, glad you think so. ☺️ Right there with the likes of @sophiepavs.bsky.social and @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social. #naturewriting #bestnaturewriting2025
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Oh - my current read (and rabbit hole - thinking about place names and the medieval birds locked within them, as if in amber) “The Cuckoo’s Lea”.
Michael is at NWT Cley 5th Dec with @themarshtit.bsky.social doing his usual convivial thing of getting the very best out of people.
Michael is at NWT Cley 5th Dec with @themarshtit.bsky.social doing his usual convivial thing of getting the very best out of people.
Disappointed to see Johnny Lou Lou as one of the worst offenders. What’s the world coming to?
Times article not behind a paywall.
Times article not behind a paywall.
The one Black Friday rule to remember - never buy anything in the week before or after and especially anything labelled BF which does indeed have your name on it! bit.ly/44qk2e3
Buyer beware: worst retailers for Black Friday bluster revealed
Which? says 83% of home, technology and health products were cheaper or the same price at least once outside the four-week annual sales frenzy
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Disappointed to see Johnny Lou Lou as one of the worst offenders. What’s the world coming to?
Times article not behind a paywall.
Times article not behind a paywall.
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My annual roost count at Hatch Pond this evening produced a personal best of 229 Magpies, my previous best count from a couple of years ago was 184 @harbourbirds.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My annual roost count at Hatch Pond this evening produced a personal best of 229 Magpies, my previous best count from a couple of years ago was 184 @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Also in Norfolk www.norfolksaffron.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Also in Norfolk www.norfolksaffron.co.uk
Been out delivering flyers around the village in the sunshine.
If you want to do something properly lovely, do come to this. The best home made cakes and real crafts in a Victorian school - now our village hall.
Those in the know will tell you that it’s just delightful. #norfolk
If you want to do something properly lovely, do come to this. The best home made cakes and real crafts in a Victorian school - now our village hall.
Those in the know will tell you that it’s just delightful. #norfolk
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Been out delivering flyers around the village in the sunshine.
If you want to do something properly lovely, do come to this. The best home made cakes and real crafts in a Victorian school - now our village hall.
Those in the know will tell you that it’s just delightful. #norfolk
If you want to do something properly lovely, do come to this. The best home made cakes and real crafts in a Victorian school - now our village hall.
Those in the know will tell you that it’s just delightful. #norfolk
Good candlelit village hall gig night last night. We were on the bar and nicely busy. A couple of bands - support were excellent. A good smattering of people from other villages. All very cheery - I think glad to find themselves actually out and in warm company on such a grim night. #norfolk
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Good candlelit village hall gig night last night. We were on the bar and nicely busy. A couple of bands - support were excellent. A good smattering of people from other villages. All very cheery - I think glad to find themselves actually out and in warm company on such a grim night. #norfolk
@drmjwarren.bsky.social the weather here is too grotty for anything much, so I’m entertaining myself by virtually touring the nearby villages for bird place names. Have you got Corpusty? Allegedly the raven’s path.
corpustyandsaxthorpe-pc.gov.uk/village-hist...
corpustyandsaxthorpe-pc.gov.uk/village-hist...
Village History – Corpusty and Saxthorpe Parish Council
corpustyandsaxthorpe-pc.gov.uk
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@drmjwarren.bsky.social the weather here is too grotty for anything much, so I’m entertaining myself by virtually touring the nearby villages for bird place names. Have you got Corpusty? Allegedly the raven’s path.
corpustyandsaxthorpe-pc.gov.uk/village-hist...
corpustyandsaxthorpe-pc.gov.uk/village-hist...
Lovely, on a whim, sunny couple of hours at Cley with Mary. Both hides had chaps happy to gently and companionably share their knowledge. Which is always a welcome thing.
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Lovely, on a whim, sunny couple of hours at Cley with Mary. Both hides had chaps happy to gently and companionably share their knowledge. Which is always a welcome thing.
I’m going. I think it’s going to be wide ranging and so interesting.
I’m reading Michael’s book and it struck me that the intersecting Venn diagram is bird/nature people, landscape archeologists and people who love The Detectorists.
I’m reading Michael’s book and it struck me that the intersecting Venn diagram is bird/nature people, landscape archeologists and people who love The Detectorists.
People of Norfolk, come and spend a cosy winter evening with me, @themarshtit.bsky.social and @timholtwilson.bsky.social as we talk birds, landscape and history at NWT’s Cley reserve on 5th Dec. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tales-of-b.... #NorfolkWildlifeTrust #NorfolkNature #naturewriting
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I’m going. I think it’s going to be wide ranging and so interesting.
I’m reading Michael’s book and it struck me that the intersecting Venn diagram is bird/nature people, landscape archeologists and people who love The Detectorists.
I’m reading Michael’s book and it struck me that the intersecting Venn diagram is bird/nature people, landscape archeologists and people who love The Detectorists.
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From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
COP30 evacuated after fire breaks out
Thousands of people are attending the UN climate talks in Brazil.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I expect you know @robyaxley.bsky.social that you are part cuckoo?
(Source @drmjwarren.bsky.social’s, so far, excellent “The Cuckoo’s Lea”)
(Source @drmjwarren.bsky.social’s, so far, excellent “The Cuckoo’s Lea”)
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I expect you know @robyaxley.bsky.social that you are part cuckoo?
(Source @drmjwarren.bsky.social’s, so far, excellent “The Cuckoo’s Lea”)
(Source @drmjwarren.bsky.social’s, so far, excellent “The Cuckoo’s Lea”)
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I realise this is short notice but would anyone like my spare ticket to come and see noted film director Paul Thomas Anderson and reasonably well-known actor Leonardo DiCaprio in conversation tonight at the BFI? 8pm tonght. ❤️🔥
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I realise this is short notice but would anyone like my spare ticket to come and see noted film director Paul Thomas Anderson and reasonably well-known actor Leonardo DiCaprio in conversation tonight at the BFI? 8pm tonght. ❤️🔥
Book book. Read it read it.
Bookish - Lucy Mangan 2025 Picked up on a whim in Holt library. Glad I did. Learnt stuff, discovered she lives here *waves arm breezily* and has her own library in an outbuilding. Life goals.
Bookish - Lucy Mangan 2025 Picked up on a whim in Holt library. Glad I did. Learnt stuff, discovered she lives here *waves arm breezily* and has her own library in an outbuilding. Life goals.
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Book book. Read it read it.
Bookish - Lucy Mangan 2025 Picked up on a whim in Holt library. Glad I did. Learnt stuff, discovered she lives here *waves arm breezily* and has her own library in an outbuilding. Life goals.
Bookish - Lucy Mangan 2025 Picked up on a whim in Holt library. Glad I did. Learnt stuff, discovered she lives here *waves arm breezily* and has her own library in an outbuilding. Life goals.
All the nice things…
Sadly, we have seen a big increase in avian flu cases in the UK - particularly in waterfowl
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
All the nice things…
Another good thing today. Nay, amazing.
When I got home from the fermentation workshop yesterday pm I ordered some kefir grains from Etsy. They arrived today (less than 24 hours later) in a handwritten envelope with a first class stamp on.
Astonished. Things like that don’t happen these days.
When I got home from the fermentation workshop yesterday pm I ordered some kefir grains from Etsy. They arrived today (less than 24 hours later) in a handwritten envelope with a first class stamp on.
Astonished. Things like that don’t happen these days.
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Another good thing today. Nay, amazing.
When I got home from the fermentation workshop yesterday pm I ordered some kefir grains from Etsy. They arrived today (less than 24 hours later) in a handwritten envelope with a first class stamp on.
Astonished. Things like that don’t happen these days.
When I got home from the fermentation workshop yesterday pm I ordered some kefir grains from Etsy. They arrived today (less than 24 hours later) in a handwritten envelope with a first class stamp on.
Astonished. Things like that don’t happen these days.
A good day. Lovely wintery walk at Natural Surroundings. Still fascinating even this late into November.
Very pleased to bump into former owner of NS, Andrew, who told me, with certainty, that birds do better fed than not fed. Even accounting for aggression, species skewing and disease.
Very pleased to bump into former owner of NS, Andrew, who told me, with certainty, that birds do better fed than not fed. Even accounting for aggression, species skewing and disease.
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A good day. Lovely wintery walk at Natural Surroundings. Still fascinating even this late into November.
Very pleased to bump into former owner of NS, Andrew, who told me, with certainty, that birds do better fed than not fed. Even accounting for aggression, species skewing and disease.
Very pleased to bump into former owner of NS, Andrew, who told me, with certainty, that birds do better fed than not fed. Even accounting for aggression, species skewing and disease.
Having heard @botanygeek.bsky.social on the wireless, describing how eucalyptus are designed to combust the air around them, I enjoyed picturing the next frame after this photo in Homes & Garden.
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Having heard @botanygeek.bsky.social on the wireless, describing how eucalyptus are designed to combust the air around them, I enjoyed picturing the next frame after this photo in Homes & Garden.