Jeanette Hall - ask me about woods 🌳 and newts 🦎

@DrJaninaRamirez Would this picture from January, of the frozen Caledonian Canal, help? It was really cold... look at it and think how much you'd be shivering...

Surprising way I realise the heat is getting to me…. I don’t remember doing this, but last night I downloaded The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe audiobook and skipped to the descriptions of snow.

But everyone knows 1976 was much hotter right? Except that the hottest day in the UK that year was 35.9ºC, which isn't even in the top 10 now. The hottest day on record in Britain was 40.3°C in 2022. The five hottest are all since 2000.

@simboman @the_traitors_ I was quite impressed, and surprised at how much I warmed to him.

@the_traitors_ Not particularly but then look at Jonathan Ross who was, somehow, bearable.

Would you like to see Gordon in #TheCelebrityTraitors castle? 🤔 #TheTraitors

@LYRADtheMAD @jamesperkins804 I'm afraid you'd struggle to find a brummie who has a clue what "roll tide" means (I'm not a brummie but I haven't a clue)... Great place though. (Probably) the highest density of Indian restaurants in the UK, and the home of the Balti.

@jamesperkins804 Believe me… I would much rather be in (England) Birmingham than here most times. They understand over there that “Roll Tide” is actually hate speech towards the intellectual. 🐘💨

FINALLY… One reason to be happy to be in Birmingham today. The rest of the year here so far has sucked. 🍻

Wonderful #WildflowerShow along the Caledonian Canal for #WildflowerHour, with Sweet Cicely, bluebells, hawthorn and more!

#tinyplants for #WildflowerHour: lesser trefoil and the most beautiful little forget-me-not along the Caledonian Canal in Inverness

@helenlewis My main concern is, how many ships is he prepared to launch to defend his Helen? And do we really need an excuse for another war?

I’m not sure the world needed a final, definitive ranking of Helens, but kudos to this chap for stepping up anyway.

@SketchesbyBoze @TimandraHarknes And it takes longer to read than Odysseus took to get home.

They should make a version of The Odyssey, only it’s set in Dublin, Ireland in 1904 and Odysseus is a Jewish man whose wife is having an affair and Telemachus is an aspiring author who gets into fights in pubs and wanders the strand brooding on his mother’s death.

@ScotPollinators Wishing Jim a long, happy and buzzy retirement!

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@rickygervais That's her seat. And doing that for a few minutes is merely a suitable tribute from her servant, for which she will deign to give permission to occupy the seat.

She’s in my seat. But I can’t just wake her up and move her. I have to do this for a few minutes as compensation.

@Wren_Poltics @RoyalFamily They are British citizens

@RoyalFamily Your obsequious behaviour towards them, while British citizens go hungry, really is repulsive.

At Golders Green today, The King reaffirmed his support for the Jewish community, following a series of antisemitic attacks. During his time at the Jewish Care centre in North-West London, The King spoke to victims of the recent knife attack that took place in the area on 29th April 2026. His Majesty also met community police force, Shomrim, who were involved in responding to the attacks.

@Martin_A_Nunez Efficiency analyst: the bag is twice as large as it needs to be.

Sad to see that this is @ScotPollinators' last blog. Many thanks to Jim and Athayde, for sharing their knowledge over the years. A good summary, from Athayde: "life as we know it on planet Earth depends on insects’ success in facilitating sexual intercourse between plants"

Thanks for sharing this Steven.

Good show of #CarrotsandPeas for this week's @wildflower_hour, with hogweed, gorse, broom and, to add to the culinary theme, bacon and eggs!

@sighyam @lizardschwartz Good for the locals. I'm not generally a fan of corporal punishment but that was completely appropriate.

“He got beaten up by locals and quickly fled Hawaii.” Brought tears to my eyes

@StevenFalk1 Oh I do! And shall.

@JeanetteHall9 You tell them Jeanette!

1. Spent the morning in one of my local ancient woods on the edge of Kenilworth. Most ecologists would write it off due to the abundant Rhododendron but the cool humidity compared with many dry, overmanaged conservation woods nearby makes it brilliant for insects like hoverflies.

@StevenFalk1 @DipteristsForum Oof. It's a constant battle to persuade folk that the main threats to ash are prophylactic felling and herbivore impact, rather than ash dieback. I have a standard para summarising evidence for both heritable resistance and the value of deadwood Would be great to see the records

@JeanetteHall9 PS I was part of the @DipteristsForum group that surveyed Urquart Wood beside Loch Ness last summer. Whilst there met a woodland contractor suggesting the whole wood should be clear-felled because of ash dieback. He did not appreciate my dismantling of his warped logic.

@manwhohasitall Definitely not. They're far too fragile. You only have to look at them and they fall over and whimper. Of all the sports, football really separates the women from the boys.

Men don't belong in football. What do you think?

@manwhohasitall Steve. He's my brother. Definitely a man, poor boy.

A challenge to any women who follow me. Name a man.