Claire Bird

@sweenyness Shhh! Don't tell everyone, they'll come n visit 😅 We're just glad that the Somme-like mud has nearly dried up on our croft

Fascinating spell of weather. Bright sunshine and really dry spell here. Barely any rain for best part of 3 weeks, to the extent that I’m having to take a bowser of water round the sheep!

@CorncrakeLife Brilliant to meet you all and share our Corncrake knowledge. A lot of amazing things have come from your project, unending enthusiasm, great ideas and hard work. Good luck with the AfterLIFE 💕💚

Corncrake LIFE thanks you all for your engagement these past five years. We won’t be posting any further updates on this platform as we wind the project down. It’s been a blast. Go raibh maith agaibh.

@HighFarndale Our Christmas eve surprise. No intervention, no shed, no supplements...just a cow calving. Luckily the weather's being kind to us so his first couple of days have been easy-ish. All nothing for a beltie (even though mum's a bit of a cross)

Merry Christmas to everyone! Meet a hardy beef beast… Belted Galloway are renowned for converting plants into excellent beef, without dietary supplements. Can you see the shorter legs? French or Belgian cattle tend to be heavier, on longer legs (that we don’t eat), whereas deep bodied native breeds are easier to ‘out winter’, which reduces costs. That shaggy coat helps to keep the rain and snow off; a belly full of plants helps them thrive outdoors. Eat real red meat and animal fat; buy the best you can.

@HighFarndale If they're anything like our (lovely) buggers, they'll still be eating the short green bits in between instead of the longer 'brown stuff' 😆

My favourite day of winter; the Solstice is the shortest day, from now on the days get longer, lighter. The beef cattle are enjoying the calm spell of weather. Listen to that grazing action… They’re enjoying ‘stockpile’, tall plants grown in summer and retained into winter. Even as the plants brown the cattle will eat them; the rumen will extract the nutrition required. Barn owls thrive here. Eat real red meat and animal fat; buy the best you can.

@MossgielFarm I don't come on here (X) often these days. SO glad I picked the right day to find out about this AND I was still in time too 🙂🧀🙂

YOU WON’T BRIE-LIEVE IT… half the cheese is gone already 😮🧀 It’s been an udderly insane 48 hours. Since we announced our Mossgiel x Torpenhow farmhouse cheese collaboration, more than half the limited batch has already been booked. We are absolutely blown away by your support, kind messages, and wishes for this collaboration between small farms doing things properly. We had planned to keep the online store open until the end of next week – but at this rate, we may not have any left after this weekend. If you’d still like to order a 2kg full truckle, there is some availability left; but spaces are filling fast. If you’ve emailed us, thank you. We’ve had a huge number of messages in a very short time and are working through them as quickly as we can. Here's the link: mossgiel-organic-dairy.myshopify.com/pages/mossgiel…

First cow to market today. 18 month old Beltie bull calf. Bit disappointed with what he got, especially compared to others. BUT - he's a bull (not bullock), he's a Beltie (not an Aberdeen Angus, Shorthorn etc) and he was in the ring first. Any tips @herdyshepherd1 ?

@herdyshepherd1 And visible in almost any weather, there's always a black bit, or a white bit to show up 🙂 Love ours for that too

These cows become superheroes from here on into winter… what they lose on being hairy, smaller and slower they gain on being cheap to keep, healthy, low maintenance and productive. I love them.

@sweenyness @EE Bizarre. My dad was moaning about a friend's signal last night, always crap when it's foggy (they're in England) I dismissed it as nonsense...I may have to apologise to him now 😶

Feel like there’s little point in flagging it up as I’ll have to waste time gathering evidence for them, but each time it rains the @EE signal is affected. It’s rubbish.

@CorncrakeLife @NPWSIreland @DeptHousingIRL Amazing work, well done to everyone involved 👏

A 50% increase in corncrakes in our project 'LIFEtime'. There are too many people to thank for this. It shows what can be done- when we care enough. More to come.....watch this space! @NPWSIreland @DeptHousingIRL See story here: independent.ie/irish-news/del…

@PoetDeanwilson6 Ooh, lunchtime 😋

Beach Finds #Withernsea

@RrRjrobinson9 @Met4CastUK That's not what it says. I'm no denier but what about the 39 year gap (between 1980 and 2019) in that post? Data from pre 1980 n post 2019 is not the full story. Still bad, the world still should have been working on this since the 60's / 70's

@Met4CastUK Geesus ! 180 times above 40 degrees Celsius in France since 2019 compared to 4 times before 2019 WTH ! Didn’t know it was that dramatic how will food crops survive ? or any animals 😵‍💫 #ClimateCatastrophe #Extinction6 #auspol2025

If someone tells you “40°C is normal in France” they are lying or misinformed. Before 1980 40°C was recorded just 4 times. Since 2019 it has been recorded 180 times. Climate step change?

@ArtyBagger Do they come from a land down under? (Apologies. From the misheard lyrics from Men at Work years ago, before this scot had even heard of vegemite!)

Please enjoy my pond minnows being given a bit of my sandwich.

@jacquijones915 Happy anniversary you two 💕

The day Team Jones started in 1985. 40 years of adventures, climbing mountains and crossing bridges. We hope for many more adventures and years together ❤️

No more Beewashing please! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees. Pls RT if you agree. youtu.be/fiBYBmlKSYU

@CalMac_Updates #Toon? Has a pirate gone missing and taken the (A)Rrrr? 🙂

✅ GREEN #Toon #Brodick 13Jun MV Glen Sannox Gangway has now been repaired. Passengers are no longer required to embark and disembark via the car deck at Troon.

@sweenyness Not just corncrakes, lots of other birds and other wildlife too 😊

This is not corncrake friendly

@sweenyness Not only that, but telling everyone you're on a secret beach pretty much means its no longer secret 🤔

The phrase “secret beaches” should be banned. They’re not secret, it’s just you didn’t know they were there.

@jacquijones915 Glad he's back home with you and the doggos, that will no doubt improve his mood and his recovery by leaps and bounds 😊

Thank you to friends for kind messages. Mr J got home last night. Still confused and struggles with words but improving. Waiting for a stent at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. So happy to have him home. The 🐶🐶were ecstatic to see him.

@jacquijones915 Oh my goodness Jacqui. I hope his recovery is quick and full, thinking of you both 💕

@Donnaepatrick Mr J had a stroke on Tuesday afternoon. I am sure he will recover but it is tough for both of us right now

It is really, really tough week. But having this walk on my doorstep and these two pups is helping to get me through.

@WindyWilson88 True, miserable in #Benbecula this morning 🌧

Clear EAST west divide with PARTS of the EAST seeing the best of any brightness we do get, especially the NE Thursday’s rain won’t be as bad as first forecast, but I think the Western Isles will get it bad . . .

*Wednesday March 5th 21:30 THURSDAY UPDATE SCOTLAND Windy says let’s get a look at this weather then, before it’s too late. But remember, if it’s posted BEFORE the event, then it’s still a forecast ken 😉 Stays wet and windy for most tonight with a damp blustery start