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@WallsendWild26 @pablohugelist @jamiesample99 @NENature_ @SpantonLynne We found a second redstart in the corner of the bowman field where the spotted flycatchers were supposed to be !! Nice male !! @WallsendWild26

@pablohugelist @jamiesample99 @bazsample7 @NENature_ @SpantonLynne Aye August has been amazing so far on patch I rarely say that will September be good or back to normal we shall see…

This Migrant Hawker posed well as we were eating our sarnies on our usual patch seat 😀 also another Redstart this time a female found by @jamiesample99 and @bazsample7 when we were chatting this morning @NENature_ @SpantonLynne

A few more from last weekend’s pelagic in the Scillies!! @Scillypelagics @jamiesample99

A Wilson’s storm petrel from last weekends record breaking count of 105+ birds !! Breathtaking stuff !!!@Scillypelagics

Popped up to Newbiggin this afternoon to see the Greater Sand Plover. Great views, down to 25m with a bit patience. Thanks to Hector for refinding it behind the caravan park and saving me a walk to Beacon Point !!

Hooded Wheatear at Paphos Headland this afternoon #cyprusbirds @birdsaroundcy

Rock Thrush just north of the Helios Bat Hotel this afternoon #cyprusbirds @birdsaroundcy

Masked shrike yesterday at Mandria @birdsaroundcy

Short Eared Owl pics from Weardale today!!

Blue tit with a darvic on ?? At Gossy Park yesterday!!

If you hid a £3m tax bill for 6 years then repeatedly refused to pay it when caught. Would you eventually be punished by simply paying it and the interest due? Well ‘Hot horses at your expense’ Nadhim Zahawi was. RT if he should be on trial.

"UK water sector faces biggest crisis since Thatcher’s 1989 privatisation And here's the thing, it's all of their own making. Now what does that tell you about the competency levels of those in charge of the industry? ft.com/content/43ab72…

Australian Investment Bank Macquarie took £3bn in dividends from Thames Water, until selling in 2017, while piling on debt of £10bn. They are known as ‘vampire kangaroo’. In 2021 they bought Southern Water. Ofwat has failed. Nationalise water.

BREAKING Suella Braverman is set to sign off protest restrictions she has no power to create. Restrictions rejected by Parliament Undemocratic Unconstitutional Unacceptable LIBERTY'S LAWYERS HAVE STARTED LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE HOME SECRETARY

@BudleBirder @NTBirdClub @BirdGuides We saw you but Jamie was a little too intent on getting parked to stop !!

@bazsample7 @NTBirdClub @BirdGuides Nice one Barry u passed us when we were leaving

Grey headed Lapwing at Low Newton this morning!! Wow !! Just Wow 😱😱 @NTBirdClub @BirdGuides

Grey-Headed Lapwing still showing well this morning at Newton Scrapes @NTBirdClub @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK

Hey @BorisJohnson, thought I’d do a survey to help you read the room. A simple question: Should Stanley Johnson (Boris Johnson’s father) receive a knighthood? Please retweet once you answer so that we can get as many responses as possible

Should #NadhimZahawi be sacked from government? Please retweet for a larger poll.

A reminder that French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to three years in jail for corruption. Two years of this sentence were suspended, and one was served in prison. It really is time we started locking politicians up in the UK. We could begin with Michelle Mone.

The latest lie from the No 10 Lie Machine is that the NHS crisis is caused by Covid. It is caused by twelve years of Toryism. They have got to go. The lot of them.