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Ben

@benjyhere.bsky.social

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First and foremost, biodiversity: Frogs; Snakes; Bees but the wild kinds; Birds but not a birder. Occasional politics, of the woke, pro-Rejoin kind. Si j'avais le choix, je serais à Toulouse. SW London. Crepuscular.

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Ben @benjyhere.bsky.social · Nov 22

If I were allowed to write a @theguardian.com Country Diary, it might go something like this. @nicwilson.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social @levparikian.bsky.social @brigit.strawbridge.bsky.social

Balham, SW London: little beats the thrill of nesting swifts and you can have it too.

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Ben @benjyhere.bsky.social · 8h

Stop the astroturfers getting in, use your vote. @celiarichardson.bsky.social

National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 8h

Cast your vote in our Annual General Meeting before midnight on 31 Oct: buff.ly/aczpS66

You can help shape the Trust now and for generations to come so that we remain a place for everyone, for ever.

A photo of a young boy in a blue waterproof coat looking up through a pair of binoculars at something unseen in the surrounding woodland scene. Text overlay reads: "have you cast your vote yet? Make your voice count in this year's AGM"

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Ben @benjyhere.bsky.social · 8h

Depends if it's pizza or pasta bolognese. Everything else can get lost.

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Ben @benjyhere.bsky.social · 9h

Oh, how fabulous, Brigit. The grass snake didn't show up in the garden this year - it's OK, i had swifts and brown hairstreaks - but I've missed it nonetheless...

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Ben @benjyhere.bsky.social · 20h

A minute or so in the life of a kestrel on Wimbledon Common, SW London. @rspb.bsky.social

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Ben @benjyhere.bsky.social · 20h

Morning #frog. @froglife.bsky.social

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Feb 22

Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.

An owl handler I met (although not the one in my anecdote) with his beautiful owl.

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Ben @benjyhere.bsky.social · 1d

This one says, death will be unremarkable.

Ben @benjyhere.bsky.social · 2d

Still got it. #SpeckledWood #FinDeSaison @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Ben @benjyhere.bsky.social · 2d

No.

Ben @benjyhere.bsky.social · 2d

Commit to rejoining the EU and I'm in.

Ben @benjyhere.bsky.social · 2d

Bollocks on a hot tin roof.

Ben @benjyhere.bsky.social · 3d

Haha, that's one of my local parks! I was volunteering on the other one they did, the day before.

Ben @benjyhere.bsky.social · 3d

A lovely thread.

Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵