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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The (completely oblivious) birthday girl. ❤️

Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Very happy to be supporting Pride with Swindon Green Party this year :-) Lots of great conversations with friends, supporters, and potential new members!

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Busted! The dogs' toys have been disappearing from the garden. I suspected who the culprits were, now captured on film. Actually, I love the idea of the foxies playing with these :-) (Video shows a nighttime shot of a fox running across the screen with a ball in its mouth)

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Me and the dogs might need to become nocturnal next week. I see lots of very late night walks to avoid the worst of the hot temperatures. This is not normal.

the image is a screenshot of the long-term weather forecast showing temperatures consistently in excess of 30° for next week

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Bunny was on her best behaviour as we sat and had a spot of lunch at Coate Water Country Park.

photo shows Bunny the lurcher laying down looking at a lamb and its mother in the field on the other side of the fence

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Finally got a decent photo of one of the large red damselflies who's been in the garden recently. Not quite as impressive as the dragonflies, but still things of beauty.

photo of a red damselfly perching on a leaf in the sun

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

One advantage of dog walking after sunset to avoid the heat is the extra wildlife you meet.

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Your regular reminder: This isn't normal. But yeah, let's keep sacrificing our world on the altar of growth so the millionaires and billionaires keep getting richer.

A screenshot showing the weather forecast for the next week, with the temperatures getting up into the early 30s

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

For that extra strong wet-dog smell, Bunny recommends au de pond

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Legless lizards love lounging in the comfy warm compost. Short video of slow worms laying in the compost bin.

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Had a lovely chat with a dog walker on my way around, wishing us good luck. Lots of support in this area! Now to vote and have breakfast before the Get Out The Vote campaign starts in earnest!!

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The dogs are wondering why on earth I'm up so early, but there is an important message to deliver before the polls open!! #vote #greenSurge #makeHopeNormalAgain

photo of Merlin, a small black lurcher, curled up on the sofa

Bunny the lurcher, looking sleepy, sat on the armchair

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

May the 4th be with you. Promoted by Andy Day on behalf of Andy Bentley (Swindon Area Green Party) , both at 9 Ash Grove, Swindon SN21RX

image of Yoda, with the words "unlearn what you have learned. change politics for the better we should. vote green you must"

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

A lot of us green party folk aren't your typical politicians. I always forget to be *in* the photo. But you see so many staged photos, maybe it's better that I'm not one of *those* politicians. Here's the after photo of the brook once we'd cleared all the junk out of it (tyre, till! (empty), etc.)

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Thinking of voting #Reform in Swindon? Listen to their spokesperson, parachuted in from Trowbridge. His answer to everything is the big private investors, and developers who have been bleeding Swindon dry. We would bring services back in house under our control. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

image shows an advert from the BBC local election debate program hosted by Marie Lennon

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Swindon was looking lovely today on my walk from Town Gardens

vote green sign rising up against a glorious blue sky outside house

view down a residential street with a vote green sign outside a house

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

They're gonna alright! www.facebook.com/share/r/1BCn...

freeze frame photo of Andy Bentley being interviewed by Swindon 24. caption reads "they're gonna"

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

NHS Blood and Transplant do a great job of engaging with donors, whoever thought of showing folk where their blood ends up is a genius. Their staff at the sharp end are also brilliant. Karen did a great job tracking down an elusive vein earlier this month, but she likes a challenge. #GiveBlood

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I reckon I've got at least 40 newts in my garden. The slimy little suckers won't keep still so I can count them though.

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

It's that time of year again over at the Hreod Burna Urban Forest - snakeshead fritillaries making their appearance

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

This year I've branched out from growing trees into cuttings for the garden.🌱 This is one of half a dozen cuttings from this plant, all sprouting !One will be destined for the Celtic circle over at HBUF. Can you tell what it is yet? 🙂 (For clues: hbuf.org/our-celtic-t...)

this is a photo of a woody plant cutting in a plant pot. there's a budged emerging from the top of the cutting

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Two little ladybirds sitting on a tree ..

Jose shows two ladybirds on a patch of moss on a tree branch

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

From humble beginnings, to conker the world!

photo of a horse chestnut sprouting from a conker

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

It's lucky that I'm a dog lover and not a fan of horrible monocultured lawns #houndsVsHorticulture #theDogAteMyGarden

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Labour must be so proud. Their years of failing to stand up for migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers are really paying off. They're finally getting recognised by the people whose support they've been working so hard to win over.

Screenshot of news article from The Independent. Headline states "Tommy Robinson backs Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms"

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Things are happening in Swindon... Our first ever @greenparty.org.uk Borough Councillor

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

It's beginning to look a lot like autumn.

An arrangement of different shaped leaves in a variety of autumn colours; red, yellow, green, and brown.

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

After spotting a dragonfly visiting my pond to try and lay its eggs, I decided to help it along. I've scoured the garden for bits of rotten wood to plant in the pond and this is the rather wonderful result.

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

In a week where the grifting Cheeto has sent the army into California and is holding a military parade on his birthday, it seems like a good time to post this

Poster of the 14 warning signs of fascism overlaid on an image of Donald Trump

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Andy Bentley @andybentley.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Bunny doesn't like to get her feet muddy methinks...

A photo of my back garden at night. Where once there was a lawn is now a sea of mud. Amid the mud stands Bunny the lurcher, perching on a tree trunk to avoid the dirt, her white fur illuminated by the security lights.

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