Great Grey Shrike field sketches in the New Forest

Sketchbook watercolour of the Hampshire Killdeer

My book is at the printers now with a publication date in mid-November. Hardback, 408 pages, 800 photographs, illustrations and graphs. £25. There will be a launch at St Leonard's Barn on Saturday 16th November. Tea, coffee and cake on offer. Let me know if you’d like to drop in.

The Birds of Needs Ore - an update createsend.com/t/r-34425824B…

Pied Flycatcher sketched in the autumn

Sketches of the Wryneck I found on my local patch in the autumn last year

Sketches of the Gull-billed Tern which I found on my local patch in June

A sketch of the American Black Duck which I found on my local patch on 26th May 2022, a first record for Hampshire.

BREAKING: In a devastating speech, iconic actor Robert De Niro rips Donald Trump to shreds, declaring that Trump is “not a bad man,” but “an evil one” who is a “wanna be tough guy” and has “no morals or ethics.” But Robert De Niro didn’t stop there… De Niro continued: “Trump has no sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them. The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world. We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags. The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse. Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously. So, today I issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America: This is our last chance. Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator. And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided. So what do we do about it?  We have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House.  They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them. Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it.  Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity.  Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world.  Safety for our families.  Decency.  Let’s welcome them back.  We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump.” Well said, Robert De Niro! Please retweet and ❤️ to thank Robert De Niro for calling out Donald Trump — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a woke new Twitter competitor that banned Trump for life and is exploding in popularity because Elon Musk banned Tribel’s Twitter account — but he forgot to ban this link to download the new Tribel app: tribel.app.link/okwPIHYCIqb

This might be my favourite 2 minutes of tv ever. @GeorgeMonbiot getting straight to the heart of what we need to do: system change. #degrowth

The climate crisis is unfolding very much as experts predicted. Brexit is unfolding very much as experts predicted. Perhaps if politicians started listening to experts instead of pandering to people who think ignorance and prejudice are badges of honour, we might have a future.

Seven years ago, after the results of the Brexit referendum came through, this young woman was asked to put her thoughts about it on camera. Her eloquent words spoke for so many of us – and her worst fears have tragically come true. #BrexitDay

The greatest video the Commanders have ever put out.

It's a disgrace that @RishiSunak isn't going to @COP27P He says he needs to concentrate on pressing domestic issues. There is no bigger pressing issue facing us domestically than Climate Change.

"Who was the shortest serving post-war chancellor, not to die in office" BZZZZTTT "Kwarteng, Cambridge" "Correct"

Run in opposite directions to see who your dog loves more.. 😅 x.com/buitengebieden/status/…

To celebrate reaching 100,000 followers, here’s our favourite village cricket video of all-time. Legendary.

Is this a faded B hortorum or B barbutellus? @davidjgibbs6