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Persiflage

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😶 not a girl 🍓 birbs 💘 blogging from deep into the woods 🌳 (bio from not a pornbot: https://perchance.org/botdescript) Reader; writer; lover of great acting & storytelling; fannish; word nerd; semi-cripple; non-binary. pfp - Red Kite photo by me.

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Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 23m

He said it was either a lack of hydration (it ain't, not when I drink an average of 4 litres of water per diem!), or a lack of potassium, so...

Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 42m

Daily #BirdWatch (3/3)
Seen (cont): 2 Song Thrush, 5 Collared Dove, multiple Rock Dove and Wood Pigeon, 16 Magpie, 12 Jackdaw, 15 Carrion Crow, 5 Rook, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Red Kite

#UKBirding

5C, cloudy, 14mph West wind

Maggie for @laraacorona.bsky.social

A Magpie perching on a mossy slate roof with a blue-grey cloudy sky above it.

Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 42m

Daily #BirdWatch (2/3)
Heard (cont): Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Rook, Herring Gull, Red Kite

Seen: 9 Robin, 44 Goldfinch, 10 Goldcrest, 9 Blue Tit, 9 Great Tit, 4 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Dunnock, 2 Wren, 9 House Sparrow, 35 Starling, 1 Blackbird,

#UKBirding

Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 42m

Daily #BirdWatch (1/3)
Heard: Robin, Goldfinch, Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Dunnock, Wren, Blackcap, House Sparrow, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Starling, Blackbird, Redwing, Song Thrush, Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Magpie,

#UKBirding

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Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 53m

First bird of my day: a Red Kite flapping slowly through the pale blue and pink dawn sky, its gaze focused and intent on something without my view.

#FirstBirdOfMyDay
#UKBirding

Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 54m

Huzzah!

Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 54m

Ah, but did it flirt with you, after staring? 'cos Robins routinely flirt with me!

Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 56m

Hat guy should be fired into the sun immediately, not least 'cos he's wearing an X chromosome pin on his bloody hat, as well as looking like a MAGAt ripoff.

Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 3h

A surprisingly large number of them think the way to connect with Gen Z is "dress like Sylvester McCoy's Doctor Who."

A screen grab of a Times article. The photograph depicts three men and a woman - according to the caption these are Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin, Daniel Campbell and Glesni Reece.

Charles is in tweeds and a fedora, Rhys sports a combover and a question mark pullover as worn by the seventh Doctor Who. Daniel wears a blue "Make Britain Great Again" baseball cap. Glesni, unlike the others, is not wearing an outlandish costume, just a black tailored jacket over a white blouse.

Text reads:

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future
The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 1h

What a beauty! 💙

Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 1h

Not a baa-d idea, Sheep! 🐑💙

Charlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 1h

#WhenBeastsSpoke
#community

It was getting rather chilly and Sheep had to admit it got her down sometimes.
She could always rely on her pals to make it better though. Huddled together, having a catch-up and a natter, she was part of something.
Not just keeping her warm, but keeping her happy.

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Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 1h

Also, thanks a bunch from all nearby residents who'll have to endure the drunks making a racket until the early hours.
Also, how will the landlords pay employees' wages when people cannot afford to eat and drink out?
Feckin' idiots!

Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks.
I get cramp a lot in my left leg/foot - drives me insane! The physio suggested I need more potassium, so I'll have to talk to my GP about a supplement, since I cannot eat bananas (being diabetic).

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Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 1h

Sorry you didn't have a great night - they suck, don't they?
(Took me half an hour to get to sleep last night, instead of 5 minutes thanks to the cramp in my left calf and foot. Then I woke up 30 mins earlier than usual so I only got 5 hours sleep.)
Hope you manage and enjoy the walk.

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Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 3h

Beautiful! 💙

Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 3h

A new day is beginning.
Let’s find ourselves in it.
Connected to the natural world and all our fellow creatures

Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 4h

Aw, bless! That's sweet.

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 5h

'Eyes on the Skies' - new campaign to raise awareness of raptor persecution in the Yorkshire Dales National Park raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/08/e...

‘Eyes on the Skies’ – new campaign to raise awareness of raptor persecution in the Yorkshire Dales National Park

Following the recent collapse of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Bird of Prey Partnership (due to its failure to tackle crimes against birds of prey), and the news that since 2015, 29 Hen Harrier…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 12h

A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.

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The Latest Kate @thelatestkate.bsky.social · 11h

❤️

A drawing of a black cat resting under a blanket. The caption reads, "please be patient with yourself; it all feels overwhelming because it IS overwhelming"

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Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 14h

😍💙😍

Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 14h

Other work by the Ladybird artists
Forestry Commission booklet, 1968
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

A scene in a park in autumn is viewed through a frame of broad-leaf autumn leaves

Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 14h

So I've heard!

Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 15h

Wow, that is a fantastic shot of a Red Kite! 💙
(One of my absolute fave birbs - though I have many of 'em!)

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 15h

The emergence of Sluggo and his gumball machine getaway:

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Persiflage @persiflage.bsky.social · 15h

My immediate question is: Why?

New Scientist @newscientist.com · 15h

Making electrons flow like a liquid is difficult, but inside graphene researchers forced them go supersonic and create dramatic shockwaves

Electrons inside graphene have been pushed to supersonic speeds

www.newscientist.com

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 16h

Why, yes, I am selling a 2026 Bird Calendar!

www.zazzle.com/collections/...

#birds #nature #wildlife #BNSM 📷

A calendar for the month of January, with a photograph of two bald eagles that appear to be yelling at each other.

A calendar for the month of August, with a photograph of a great blue heron flying over dark water.

A calendar for the month of September, with a red tailed hawk flying against a soft green background.

The calendar for the month of March, with a photograph of a rock wren.

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 16h

My twelfth piece for my solo show at @gallerynucleus.bsky.social!

#kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #watercolour #gouache #originalpainting #fantasyart #fantasyillustration

watercolor and gouache painting of a girl in a feather cloak floating midair above a standing stone as a crow and a storm come to greet her

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