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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 13h

Here.
A small tirade against half-arsed language.

In which I propose we all stop using the woolly and indistinct word #nature and see how that changes how we think about our world

And yes, I know it’s not sensible, but… it’s maybe worth mulling over…

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 2d

They are akin to punching someone in the face then presenting them with flowers to make it all better.

The blows still land no matter how rich the florist gets.

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 3d

Time on #Dartmoor to be careful where you put your feet! Especially in short mossy grass. (Where the sheep graze in particular)

The change in weather has finally awoken the #waxcaps!

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 4d

Mind you it explains how oxygen managed to spin their (in my opinion way less than bog standard) wood creation in Devon as ‘premium’ and worth 5x the usual price - if they think brewdogs work is high standard their own must be great!

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nickkempe.bsky.social @nickkempe.bsky.social · 4d

If you believe what BrewDog did at Kinrara was bad, don't wait to see what is coming - take the time to understand what Oxygen Conservation stands for and protest parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/10/04/o...

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 4d

Not quite a case of ‘things can only get better’ huh?! 🤦‍♀️

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 4d

Well as they’ve sold to oxygen conservation who did exactly the same thing on their leighon estate that seems fitting!!

Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 9d

See also sweet. No need for that affected feebleness.

Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 14d

More from the sketchbook.

The weather was changeable.

#art #sketchbook

A painting of the deep blue sea and light blue sky.

A painting of the grey sea and sky. Very minimalistic

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 14d

Been away for a few days.
Been looking at the sea.

#sketchbook

A painting in a sketchbook of the grey green sea and a grey sky.

A painting in a sketchbook of the very blue sea and some dark rocks

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 16d

Seriously how hard is it to say “This is an outrageous attack on our friends and neighbours who are in this country legally and have followed all the rules to get settled status, who are valued members of our communities, get to fuck frog-face”?

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16d

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.

So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 24d

Doing both at the same time, in the same place!! (Shocking stuff in today’s binary world!)

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 24d

Our livestock have a deep and lasting impact on our land and that a Good thing.
This land has been grazed for a long time, Bronze Age and before the meat and milk roamed.
A hoof that breaks the soil is the same hoof that pushes the seed home.

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 24d

I’ve realised I’ve said low impact and that that could be read as or no impact or no noticeable signs of impact on the land, no mud, nothing broken
What I mean instead is low industrial impact. Low fuel, low inputs, low chemical impact

Which type of broken ground do you want? The good or the bad?

A old wild apple tree which has been cleared up around by the cows. The land trampled and covered in cow dung.

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 24d

Sure signs of autumn on our place.
If you farm livestock in a very low impact way you get all kinds of good stuff*
All I need now is the waxcaps!! (Which are slow to show this year here)

*you may need to wait a few decades for the results but it’s worth it!

A penny bun cep fungi in a damp woodland

A red crackle topped boulette mushroom in pasture

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24d

Medics returning from Gaza say Israel deliberately targeting children with sniper, drone fire, Dutch newspaper reports.

Foreign doctors say Israel systematically targeting Gaza’s children: Report

Medics returning from Gaza say Israel deliberately targeting children with sniper, drone fire, Dutch newspaper reports.

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 26d

They have done a consultation and a lot of work behind the scenes (I presume), so why no clear answers from the outset?

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 26d

They are basic questions like - What is the uk gov definition of peat?
And
who’s paying for the rewetting?
And
Why are plastic bags of garden peat still allowed?
And
Wildfire back-burns… are they allowed still?

Changing the rules without clear guidance for land managers seems a bit muddled to me.

A man holding a fire beater with a moorland fire behind him.

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 26d

In the least surprising news of the year…

… I have questions about peat.

If anyone here can answer them please do!!!

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 28d

Excellent.
Now we just need the livestock out of the sheds and organic and we can all have heaps more birds!

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 28d

Ah ha.
Now we need one with a vegetation control using herbavours…
Bet it would be higher.

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 28d

Before I open it can I guess it’s about how the house Martin’s gather over the trees (especially after rain) and then dive over the pasture to maximise insect catch?

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · Sep 7

Oh and the tithe maps! Have you seen them?

They are (if your area is still in one bit to have been digitally scanned) wonderful! You even get the field names and sometimes their uses!

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · Sep 7

Oh god yes! That’s a wonderful website!

Hours and hours just mooching about looking at old maps…

And then there is the other side of mapping… peat maps and habitat maps from natural England, where nothing is quite as it seems!

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · Sep 7

Have you looked at the 1940s aerial images and historic maps in Devon environment viewer? map.devon.gov.uk/portal/apps/...
They show the same story all over Dartmoor.

Here is the becka brook with two trees marked, it’s changed a lot in 100 years!

A aerial photo from the 1940s of the same area

A google screenshot showing the same area now very wooded.

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