Mark Andrews

A first for me today - drove along the new A63 underpass! Only open eastbound until tomorrow. It will seem odd not going through roadworks, as they've been ongoing more or less all the time we've been living up here, nearly 8 years, or at least it seems so 😬

I see Question Time has reached its inevitable endgame. It was bound to happen.

@angegarrod I did about half of mine a couple of weeks ago, and will do the rest in early April - hoping to stagger flowering times as a bit of an experiment. Must remember to watch #gardenersworld on the iplayer later!

#gardenersworld Just pruned the last buddleia yesterday. Saved plenty more sticks for plant supports too. The sun was so warm...back to mist and fog and chilly grey today though!

@reece_dinsdale Good old Autocorrect - taking the blame since 2007 😉

*your Bloody phone!

Had a brilliant night at @wardrobeleeds seeing @shanetodd… a huge favourite in our house. It helps when you’re your wife is from the same part of the world and you’re steeped in all things Northern Ireland. Catch him if you can. You’ll not be disappointed. Funny as. 🙌

@Stewart09322559 @Hudsonweather Cloud seeding experiments yes, but not this b0llocks.....

@Hudsonweather Haven't they admitted to spraying experiments? They also want to drop metals into the oceans.

Absolutely ridiculous comment

Met office app showing no rain for next 7 days here in #kilnsea! How long before a hosepipe ban @Hudsonweather ?

@WillieThePimp20 Great idea - I reckon this'll go like a bomb!

@AlanDaviesbirds Is that the mast above Oukaimeden, Alan? Fond memories of an epic 2-week thrash - 15 years ago - around Morocco and W Sahara, 6800 km in a Dacia Logan for £430 inc flights, food, everything!

Day one Morocco Birdwatching Trips Tour - African Crimson-winged Finch, Atlas Horned Lark, Mousier’s Redstart, Lavaillant’s Woodpecker, Rock Bunting & Sparrows, Cirl & House Buntings,

@swaledalebirds_ @_JoelAshton @AlanWatsonFeat1 Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there! He wasn't there again today, I wish, I wish he'd go away!

@_JoelAshton @AlanWatsonFeat1 Hardly extinct! 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Well this is exciting and a nice change from the usual insect declines… 😍🦋 ‘Extinct' butterfly found across southern England bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@WillieThePimp20 He'd be all over him.....

@JulianThomas19 Missed the AHG - never seen one - but recall Iceland Gull as consolation prize. Natty yellow hats and a bemused wife a bonus!

2 OTDs today: 30 yrs ago a blast up to Notts for Britain's 1st Redhead, and 24 yrs ago on with the hi-vis for my 1st British (as opposed to Irish) American Herring Gull, a handy Dorset tick to boot at Corfe Mullen tip.

@WillieThePimp20 Bugger! I've just packed away my winter shorts 😉

@reece_dinsdale @KittyD00dle Ah, I wondered about that! Keep on keeping on, please....

@KittyD00dle Worked as an actor, that is. I then had one day off before I started directing Emmerdale.

You’re quite right. It’s now been well over a month since I last worked. I hang my head in absolute shame. 😔 Thank you for putting me firmly in my place. 🙌

@LeeFuller90 What a stunning photo, Lee! Best I've seen of the Forster's. I much prefer action, or habitat, to tight cropped screen fillers.

Forster's Tern having a squabble with a Black-headed Gull.

@JemmyHope @Jan51478528 Maybe she comes from a long line of geese?

@Jan51478528 So did your "ansesters" not teach you spell English words correctly?

I am the face of modern Britain . My ansestry goes back centuries 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

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@WillieThePimp20 I did wonder wtf you meant, but you're a mad scottish barsteward so I just smiled and kept on walking....

Clearing my head walking round the garden after a long phone call, heard a short buzzy call; "that sounded like....can't be" - a few mins later, out it popped, and it WAS - Dartford Warbler!! Only the 2nd for @spurnbirdobs #ChapelCottage pic Thomas Willoughby (who else 😉)

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@swaledalebirds_ I noticed my first in the garden yesterday, which was nice! Might have been out for a while, I guess, but I hadn't looked as I'm not a very proficient swimmer 😉

My first Coltsfoot (Sladewort) of the year on a glorious spring afternoon.