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I've enjoyed most of the last 13 years or so in this mad place. Alternative social media in my profile - take care of yourselves and I hope to reconnect sometime somewhere down the road.
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Chris Foster
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Chris Foster
@hatbirder
@chrisfoster on the sky place @hatbirder on instagram (rarely post!) Legacy account. Resist fascism.
เข้าร่วม Mart 2011
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Also note @UKLabour are going to raise the fare for this excellent service another 4.6% in the new year, because nothing says 'we support working people' like making it more expensive to get to work
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I quit cycling through central Reading - too dangerous - now I go to @UniofReading via Earley station which means changing. This morning @GWRHelp conjured yet another 10 minute delay out of nothing, another missed connection and 30 mins wasted. And we wonder why everyone drives.
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@AlisonStrange5 @UniofReading @GWRHelp Buses to the campus where I work but means an extra £4 a day on top of the train, queues, overcrowded.
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I quit cycling through central Reading - too dangerous - now I go to @UniofReading via Earley station which means changing. This morning @GWRHelp conjured yet another 10 minute delay out of nothing, another missed connection and 30 mins wasted. And we wonder why everyone drives.
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It's that time of year when around one million Redwings are arriving into the UK, their 'tseep' calls overhead drowned out by constant fireworks with their unknown lethal and sublethal impacts on migrant birds.
Alex Lees@Alexander_Lees
The detonation of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of #fireworks to mark the #NewYear brings joy to millions whilst simultaneously contributing to atmospheric pollution, killing wildlife and causing considerable suffering to many people and their domestic animals. Thread🧵1/
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@timofnewbury Yep! Although my cheapo rear light has (probably) been stolen too at Earley station in Reading recently, along with my helmet which I foolishly forgot to lock up or take with me. My bike, which is probably about my age, remains🙂
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A reminder to bicycle owners that it is sensible to take your lights with you if you ever park your bike at Newbury station 'bike hub'. Realised on the train that I had forgotten to take mine and returning 2 hours later it had been stolen. Bike and cheapo rear light intact. 🚴♂️
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@nicolawriting It's honestly difficult to have any hope at all. Just have to live in the present as best we can and hope that if enough of us do that, the future will take care of itself.
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We protested in the 90s, warning of this. We’ve come to accept ‘a month’s worth of rain fell in a few hours’ as new normal. A year’s worth of rain fell in 8 hours in #Valencia, killing people, wrecking lives. Everything we do now must powerfully include Climate, Justice, Nature..
Dave Throup@DaveThroup
As the waters recede it’s not hard to see why so many have lost their lives in and around Valencia. Recovery will take years and cost billions.
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@GWRHelp No problem, thanks for your help. Glad he'll make it home at a reasonable time.
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@hatbirder Good evening. It's currently expected to arrive in Newbury at 1924. I'm very sorry for the delay - Alexandra
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@GWRHelp evening, do you have an estimated departure time for 19:16 Newbury to Plymouth? Currently just shows as 'delayed'. Friend trying to get back to Exeter this evening.
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@_jdbirder @spurnbirdobs @Sandwichbirdobs @KentishPlover @BirdGuides Petition to introduce a swear jar for birders in the autumn to contribute to every time they use the word 'sprite' to describe a YBW or similar 😉 but yes they're lovely! Hoping for a second for Reading campus one day.
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It’s been amazing seeing Yellow-browed Warblers up and down the east coast this autumn 🍂 I’ll never get tired of watching these sprites!
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Interesting invertebrate for you @hatbirder!
Never seen one of these guys before, but I did get the opportunity to work with Giant Katydids on placement and they're very cool!
matt prior@mattthesparrow
The abundance and diversity of invertebrates at Manu in Peru is absolutely mind blowing. This Lichen Katydid (bush cricket) is one of the most outstanding inverts we have seen.
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👻Its #SpookySeason, are you looking forward to Halloween next week?
🍬This #ThrowbackThursday we are showing you some ghostly picks from 2023
🎃Share your favourite Halloween tradition in the comments below
#Halloween #GhostlyPicks #SpookyVibes #October31 @UniofReading
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My favourite Halloween 'tradition' is sitting in a dark room pretending not to be home and not answering the door.
UoR BioSci@ReadingBioSci
👻Its #SpookySeason, are you looking forward to Halloween next week? 🍬This #ThrowbackThursday we are showing you some ghostly picks from 2023 🎃Share your favourite Halloween tradition in the comments below #Halloween #GhostlyPicks #SpookyVibes #October31 @UniofReading
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Morning @reading_buses, would be helpful for the driver to let us know *before* getting on and tapping card that the bus isn't leaving for 15 minutes (Reading station just now). Thanks!
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Celebrating a lift home after another great evening of live music at Ace Space, Newbury.
Great sets from Richard Cox-Smith and The Rosellys.
Picked up their latest On The Porch CD & a classic Lambchop CD.
Cheers!
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Chris Foster รีทวีตแล้ว
Super excited to announce that I passed my PhD viva this morning with minor corrections 🥳 massive thanks to my examiners @hatbirder and @jennycdunn for a really interesting discussion, and to my supervisors including @woodlandbirder @RobWJackson for the last five years! #PhDone
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They’re here! Redwings, in with their ‘seeipings’ crossing the sodden fields, restless through the treetops in their armpit firework, hawthorn colours. Welcome friends. Welcome again.
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Ah, that time of year when it's 16 degrees and super humid before 8am but because it was cold a couple of days ok all the trains and commercial buildings have the heating cranked up 🥵
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