You can never have too many badgers. Signed A Badger 🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡

🪿If you like my twitter stories, then please support my writing and buy me a chocolate over on Kofi - ko-fi.com/annelouiseavery or even buy a little something here on my Etsy shop: etsy.com/shop/SourisdesMoiss…. I can't work consistently at the moment, because of my ongoing cancer treatment, which gives me lots of very difficult side effects like severe fatigue and extreme joint pain, so every little bit really, really does help and takes some of the stress away! (Image by Lauren Bultman)

If you'd like to support my writing and ongoing cancer treatment, and treat yourself in the process, then why not visit my little Etsy shop which has dozens of Shell County & Natural History posters for sale, Japanese prints, English etchings and rare books - prices from £10, with more items added every day! Offers very welcome. etsy.com/shop/SourisdesMoiss…

Unite to Save the Pipes: 1978 Casavant Memorial Organ - Sign the Petition! c.org/KbK5rRqTVX via @UKChange

Farmers have figured out that the cheapest pesticide is a strip of flowers. When you plant wildflowers through a crop field, not just around the edge but in strips running through the middle, you get ladybugs, lacewings, hoverflies, and parasitic wasps living in the field instead of visiting it. They eat the aphids, the caterpillars, and the mites for free, all summer long. In controlled trials, fields with tailored flower strips had leaf-beetle numbers 40 to 50% lower and crop damage cut by around 60%, enough to drop below the threshold where spraying was even considered worth it. The flowers attract a standing army to our fields. We spent decades engineering chemicals to kill the insects eating the crop, when the insects that eat those insects would have worked for the price of seed.

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet (and comment) on this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen! 🙏😀 To make it worth sharing, here's a tiny Goldcrest saying 'Hi' 😁😍 Thank you very much! ♥️

Very Important Message!! Do NOT, and I repeat do not buy plants treated with Neonicotinoids. Bees take the pollen back to the hive and feed it to the brood. This is a number one cause of the colony collapse. It's important to NOT buy these plants! Make sure to share this post!

"I once went to campaign for the plight of a displaced island community, but because I didn't have clearance to enter a military area I had an all expenses paid holiday to the Maldives instead."

Stolen from BlueSky - but don’t know where they got it from - but thanks to the originator wherever they are…

Apparently, social media posts critical of ICE and Trump are being taken down. Let’s get this party started, eh? 😂

Today on my patreon, Old Fox makes Punch-nep (Welsh: Pwnsh-maip), a comforting dish for hard times. Join for this and hundreds of other stories and recipes. And Wolf will send you a special card when you sign up! patreon.com/posts/punch-nep-…

I sell 11oz coffee mugs with my bird photos on, including Kingfishers, Robins, Puffins, Blue Tits, and Barn Owl and Goldfinches! 😀🐦😍 You can buy them here; carlbovis.com/coffee-mugs 😊❤️

Mmmm. Very pretty & professional looking, I’ll admit… I’ll also admit I wasn’t instrumental in LGB activism, like Bev Jackson, Kate Harris or Fred Sargeant, but, if I may, I’d like to correct the multitude of errors that litter this statement (again, very pretty, all typed out neatly, by Miffy The Whiffy Gamer… either from some bot or his imagination) But let’s get a few facts straight, shall we? I’ve been a vocally out gay actor since 1990. In those days, if you were gay, & open about it, you were only cast in gay parts. And it was bloody difficult. I worked for The London Gay Theatre Company in 1992 & 1994. I was in many different LGB plays throughout the 90’s, & was interviewed & spoke about being “openly gay” with Gay Times, Attitude, The Pink Paper & many other gay publications. In every interview I gave, it was mentioned (much to my eventual boredom & to the irritation of the gay press, who seemed to be frustrated at me for not believing that being gay was the most interesting thing about me.) In 1993, I was part of the West End cast of “Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens”, alongside Regina Fong, Simon Fanshawe, Trudie Styler, Kim Cresswell & many others. The show was about those who’d died from AIDS, & every night, we raised a significant amount of money for AIDS charities. We also all performed on the main stage at Pride that year. In 1994, I was in New York during the Gay Games, where I made a film about lesbian ice skating, which we shot on location. I marched with Ian Mckellen (who was also in the film) & Martin Sherman, to celebrate the Games. In 1996, myself & 6 other openly gay actors were part of a successful little indie film called “Boyfriends”. Again, we all vocally supported gay rights in various interviews. In 1997, Stonewall invited me to their Equality Show at the Albert Hall, to high kick with the Tiller Girls, as part of a small group of out performers, including Stephen Fry, Jimmy Somerville, Simon Fanshawe, to encourage others to come out & be proud. Yes, we were actually “celebrated” by Stonewall back then, believe it or not. In 1999, I played a controversial, purposefully vile gay character in Jonathan Harvey’s sitcom ‘Gimme Gimme Gimme’. It was controversial because it was one of the first gay characters that was entirely comfortable with his sexuality, was vulgarly open about it & wasn’t always portrayed in a positive light. The gay press were not happy, initially, but it apparently grew on them. The series continued until 2001. Again, I did interview after interview discussing & championing gay rights. In 2000, I played Bette Midler’s ‘openly gay’ musical accompanist, Oscar, in the short lived sitcom ‘Bette’. Being a series regular, I used my voice in interviews to speak up for gay rights. In 2004, I took part in the first series of Gordon Ramsey’s Hell’s Kitchen, raising £40, 000 for my chosen charity The Terence Higgins Trust, which I publicly supported & endorsed endlessly. Do bear in mind, there was no social media as we know it now. I joined Twitter in 2014. From 2000 to 2014, LGB people had achieved equality & for the first time, it seemed to be ok to be gay. I rejoined the fight online when I saw the damage the TQ was now was doing to the rights we’d, as gay people, had already won, at much cost. I was reluctant & angry, as I’d thought we’d been there, done that, bought the t-shirt etc. But no. So if you mean I played no part in the fight for LGB rights, you’d either be wrong or lying. The world didn’t start with the advent of the internet. Perhaps if I stuck on a red beret, a dress, held an Antifa flag & hollered at a crowd through a megaphone to “punch terfs in the f**king face”, I’d already be lauded as a “champion of LGBTQIA rights”. Maybe that was my mistake…🤷 Please RETWEET as my reach is yet again severely restricted. Thank you.

Lots of new followers recently, so for those who are new to my little corner of X/Twitter, here is an introduction. 😊 Firstly, thank you so much for following! 🙏❤️ My name is Carl, and I'm a person, not a Puffin! 😁 I've been photographing birds since 2006, when I bought my first DSLR camera, a Nikon D50, and a cheap 70-300mm lens. 🐦 I was born in Pembury hospital in Kent, and lived in Paddock Wood until I was 11. 🐦 My grandad had a fruit farm close by, and it was he who introduced me to the beauty of birds. 🐦 I moved to the Somerset Levels with my family after leaving school at 16. 🐦 I have a partner called Nick, who was my childhood sweetheart from school in Kent, and we have 3 wonderful daughters. 🥰 I started this account in 2015, having previously shared my bird photos on Fotothing, Flickr & Facebook. 🐦 Thanks to my incredibly loyal followers, I was encouraged to step out of my comfort zone & create a little business selling products featuring my photography. 🐦 I've written 2 books and self published them, a childhood dream of mine, again, with huge thanks to my followers, who donated to 'Gofundme' campaigns to raise money for the projects! ❤️🐦 I've written a 4 page spread in Britain's biggest birdwatching magazine, with my tips for bird photography. 🐦 I collaborated with one of Britain's best & most prolific nature writers, Dominic Couzens, to create a guide for garden birds, available in all good UK bookshops & on Amazon. 🐦 I suffer with depression, imposter syndrome and anxiety, but anti-depressants keep me on an even keel, and getting out in nature as often as I can helps with the anxiety. 🐦 Finally, if you hadn't already realised, I LOVE birds, and love sharing them with all of you! 😀😍🐦❤️

If you like natural photos of birds in nature and want to trust that they're never ever AI, please give me a follow for 2026! 🙏😊 Here's a Goldcrest having a bath in a woodland puddle, to give you an idea of what to expect. 🐦🥰

NO. Black Soldier Fly Larvae, more commonly called 'calciworms' are harmful to hedgehogs. The only safe food for hedgehogs is cat or dog food. Any type or flavour, as long as meat is the first listed ingredient. Dry kitten food is perfect. If you have a problem with cats stealing the food, my website has a whole page of easy to make cat-proof feeders:hedgehogcabin.info/making-a-…

My son, Indy, is doing another epic fundraising walk for Ukrainian refugees and displaced families via the United Nations Refugee Agency @Refugees. In 2023, he walked the ancient Ridgeway path in high summer raising over £4k; this year, he is walking the 102-mile Cotswold Way in the depths of winter, photographing the Ukrainian flag in the changing landscape as he goes. If your New Year's resolution is to support the most vulnerable people in our world, the people at the frontline of geopolitical turmoil and aggression, then why not donate through Indy! Even the smallest amount makes a huge difference and shifts the balance in the world from despair to hope. justgiving.com/page/indyaver…

Boxing Day is the biggest day of the year for fox hunts across the country. So help us ruin their big day. RT this and drop us a follow if you're against the sick pastime of fox hunting. Support wildlife this Boxing Day.

'Repost' if you're proudly anti hunt! (Prints available below)