Ashley Coates

I am now fundraising for this plaque, which is being sponsored by the Clifton and Hotwells Improvement Society. Want to chip in? Donations welcome here: paypal.com/pools/c/9nIF9W…

There's a humpback whale in my shower!

Remembering John Belushi on his 77th birthday! The Blues Brothers (1980) Director: John Landis

Thrilled to be at the UK launch of "All the King's Fathers: The Paternal Ancestry of King Charles III and the House of Glücksburg", yesterday at London's East India Club. If it is anything like Ed's last book, it will be a fabulous read. Get your copy: amazon.co.uk/All-Kings-Fath…

Trafalgar Day today #EnglandExpects

Saw my first temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii) at @WWTSlimbridge over the weekend. One of around 100 individuals passing through the UK annually. A real treat.

it’s a 2 minute radio program, never repeated, broadcast 18 times a week. Bigger audience than Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon … combined. Millions listen, with no need for the information it gives. Just to listen. The BBC Shipping Forecast is 100 years old.

Hedgehog, c. 1650 (Rijksmuseum) I love its expression.

‘No scones are left in this van overnight.’ Trust is in our name and nature but even we have our limits @NationalTrust

Just an Italian wall lizard hanging out at the Clifton Suspension Bridge.

Yesterday was Australia's #ThreatenedSpeciesDay, held on 7th September as this was the day the world's last known thylacine [Tasmanian Tiger] passed away. This year I recognised the observance with a small installation of my own, taking inspiration from @LostSpeciesDay

Every paperback and hardback copy of my 2022 book "Know Bristol" plants a tree through the Bristol-based social enterprise Ecologi. Today it funded 297 trees at their Kandrany 2 site in the Northwest of the island near Mahajanga ecologi.com/projects/mangr…

@Sova1207 Who was that out of interest? I just found one in Leigh Woods.

Just a wall lizard hanging out next to Bristol's Clifton Suspension Bridge. Thankfully this non-native population does not appear to be spreading and pleased to say I had my first sighting of the native common lizard today at the same site.

@char1iewatts I guess we all want Bristol Byzantine style back but these don't strike me as so bad...they are 19c warehouse adjacent?

Some of these new builds are so soulless

Anyone else noticing more oak galls this year? rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/o…

The #GreatBritishBeachClean is back this September! 🙌 From 19-28 Sept, thousands of volunteers will be hitting UK beaches to clean up our coastlines and collect vital data to drive real change 🌍 Find a beach clean near you 👉 mcsuk.org/greatbritishbe…

I am very pleased to say my Bristol City Council petition calling for a plaque to mark the location of the discovery of thecodontosaurus gained 50 signatures. Get in touch if you want to help with next steps. democracy.bristol.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDis…

Also bird Twitter: with green finches - am I ok just to be cleaning the bird feeders at every other re-fill [alternating vet spray and hot wash with non-toxic washing liquid] or do I need to do something more intense?