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Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)Torth felen in the afternoon sunshine.
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Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My #FavouriteFlower from this season is I think the Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) Mwyaren y Berwyn as the walk to see it was so enjoyable. There were no clouds on that day. #Wildflowerhour
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Bucktonbirder @bucktonbirder.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Montagu's Harrier HV is crossing the Pyrenees this evening at 10,000ft!
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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Possibly the most shocking revelation in this whole thing is that Nigel Farage was at one point in Clacton.
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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.” Found for this week’s #WildflowerHour: snake’s head fritillary, wild carrot, selfheal, common knapweed, yellow rattle, oxeye daisy, and cock’s-foot. #Seedheads
Collage of seven wildflower seedheads in soft late-summer shades of gold and brown: snake’s head fritillary, wild carrot, selfheal, common knapweed, yellow rattle, oxeye daisy and cock’s-foot. The large central photograph shows the intricate, basket-like seedhead of wild carrot.
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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 25/08/2026
1) It's sad that we have had hundreds of news stories this year about parched parks and fields, but most don't mention how trees, shrubs, wildflowers and hedgerows are coping. This doesn't mention tree once, despite them being the biggest lesson in the photos: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
London in drought: 'We need to change how we think about water'
Experts say a changing climate and increasing demand for water will mean people need to make changes.
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...and fishes like shiny @andsome.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) #Cymraeg: dant y llew; dant y ci; dail clais; blodau crach; blodyn piso'n y gwely; blodau pi-pi’n gwely; llygad y gŵr drwg #Kernewek: dans lew (lion's tooth) #WildflowerHour: 8-9pm every Sunday / bob dydd Sul @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
#Cymraeg: dant y llew; dant y ci; dail clais; blodau crach; blodyn piso'n y gwely; blodau pi-pi’n gwely; llygad y gŵr drwg
#Kernewek: dans lew; bleujyow dans lew (pl.)
#Liverpool
#WildflowerHour: 8-9pm every Sunday / bob dydd Sul.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

#Cornish #Welsh #langsky common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
#Cymraeg: dant y llew; dant y ci; dail clais; blodau crach; blodyn piso'n y gwely; blodau pi-pi’n gwely; llygad y gŵr drwg
#Kernewek: dans lew; bleujyow dans lew (pl.)
#Liverpool
#WildflowerHour: 8-9pm every Sunday / bob dydd Sul.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

#Cornish #Welsh #langsky common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
#Cymraeg: dant y llew; dant y ci; dail clais; blodau crach; blodyn piso'n y gwely; blodau pi-pi’n gwely; llygad y gŵr drwg
#Kernewek: dans lew; bleujyow dans lew (pl.)
#Liverpool
#WildflowerHour: 8-9pm every Sunday / bob dydd Sul.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

#Cornish #Welsh #langsky common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
#Cymraeg: dant y llew; dant y ci; dail clais; blodau crach; blodyn piso'n y gwely; blodau pi-pi’n gwely; llygad y gŵr drwg
#Kernewek: dans lew; bleujyow dans lew (pl.)
#Liverpool
#WildflowerHour: 8-9pm every Sunday / bob dydd Sul.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

#Cornish #Welsh #langsky
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Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#WildflowerHour. "We had some proper rain this week, with puddles and everything" Tormentil (Potentilla erecta) Tresgl y moch starting to recovery in this insane summer.
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A fire has been burning at a national nature reserve in Cambridgeshire for more than two weeks:
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Fire at ancient Cambridgeshire fen burns for two weeks
The fire is deep-rooted in peat at Holme Fen NNR and is said to have affected half of the reserve.
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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrost
Prof Gustaf Hugelius warns wildfires could accelerate release of methane and carbon as vast regions approach irreversible thresholds
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Neil Miles @neilsmiles.com · 17/08/2026
29th August 1985 - An excited Michael Fish gets to deploy the rarely seen red number as the temperature gets up to an incredible 26 degrees in London!
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
British people should “enjoy” multiple heatwaves and shrug off warnings of dangerous climate change while enjoying more English fizzy wine, the deputy leader of Reform UK has said. www.ft.com/content/49ea...
ft.com
Reform UK’s deputy leader tells Britons to ‘enjoy’ heat amid record drought
Richard Tice’s call for people to ‘celebrate’ hotter weather comes as farmers warn of one of the worst harvests on record
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Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Wow! I have only just heard this. After this summer in particular, and as a father, this hit home. Hard. youtu.be/yJvczRkQHK0?...
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Benedict Cumberbatch reads a letter of apology from a father to his children
YouTube video by Letters Live
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Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Sphagnum lawns on the peatland on the Migneint still holding water at their surface today. #PeatlandRestoration Y Migwyn ar fawndir y Migneint yn ddwrlawn, hyd yn oed yn y gwres llethol heddiw. #AdferMawndiroedd
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CBHC / RCAHMW @rcahmwales.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🚁 Hedfan yn uchel dros Faes yr Eisteddfod! Tynnwyd y lluniau awyr hyn y prynhawn yma gan ein hymchwilydd awyr, @drtobydriver.bsky.social Dewch i'n gweld o 10am yfory yn Stondin 1005–1006 am sgyrsiau, gweithgareddau i blant, ein harddangosfa newydd a mwy. #Eisteddfod2026 #TreftadaethCymru
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CBHC / RCAHMW @rcahmwales.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🚁 Flying high over the Eisteddfod Maes! These aerial photographs were captured this afternoon by our aerial investigator,@drtobydriver.bsky.social Visit us from 10am tomorrow at Stand 1005–1006 for talks, children's activities, our new exhibition and more. #Eisteddfod2026 #HeritageCymru
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The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
428.20 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 06-Aug-2026 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Restored peatland with wet sphagnum moss can act as a firebreak. Dry peat and vegetation burn easily. Only 4% of Wales is peatland – we must make the most of it and restore the 90% that’s damaged. #WalesPeatlandAction #HighNatureLowCarbon @natreswales.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 07/08/2026
👏🪑 Llongyfarchiadau i Emyr Lewis - enillydd Cadair Eisteddfod Genedlaethol y Garreg Las 2026
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026
The Daily Telegraph has raced through all five stages of climate denial this week. But this is, perhaps, the most ridiculous column so far: "Without minimising the severe downsides…especially on some poorer nations, many in Britain would enjoy the kind of warmer climate predicted by modellers..."
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Whilst the cost of living crisis continues to spiral, with food and fuel prices soaring, so do global oil and gas companies profits. Shell has today announced it's profits have more than doubled. This is obscene. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
reuters.com
Shell profit more than doubles to $9.8 billion, second-highest on record, as Iran war lifts prices
Shell's ​net profit more than doubled from last year to $9.84 billion in the second quarter, beating expectations, helped by ‌higher energy prices and increased market volatility during the Middle Eas...
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Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Thank you Moira. I did check the hairs - non branching . I will go and look again today. Always something to learn
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Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
#WildflowerHour. Autumn hawkbit (Leontodon autumnalis) Peradyl yr hydref providing some colour on a parched grass bank yesterday.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/07/2026
More than 20,000 evacuated after intense wildfire in France
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More than 20,000 evacuated after intense wildfire in France
Reception centres open to thousands of evacuees after blaze begins in pine forest 45km west of Bordeaux * Europe live – latest updates More than 20,000 people, including thousands of tourists from campsites and other holiday accommodation, have been evacuated as a “particularly intense” wildfire advances on the Atlantic coast of south-west France, authorities have said. The blaze, which began in dense pine forest near the village of Saumos about 40km (25 miles) west of Bordeaux and just north of the bay of Arcachon, a popular tourist destination, had burned 2,400 hectares (5,928 acres) in less than 24 hours, firefighters said on Thursday. Continue reading...
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Sarah Enoch @sarahenoch.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A Black Tailed Godwit was extra pleasing to see this week at RSPB Conwy, as it had colour rings. Previously seen on the Orwell, Suffolk in '25 (@edkeeble.bsky.social) Also Iceland, Holland, Scotland, Devon, Essex...Fascinating ! #birdmigration #birdingwales #ukbirding @wadertales.bsky.social
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Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
#WildflowerHour Yarrow (Achiella millefolium), milddail with Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) clychau'r Eos.
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Eben Muse @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I'm really happy to have been able to publish this diary, which revolves around something very important to me - Welsh place names and the Welsh language - while also written about a place very dear to me; Ynys Enlli. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Country diary: The field names here read like a history book | Eben Muse
Ynys Enlli, Gwynedd: A stroll down this island’s one road provides clues to its past – and it has nothing to do with the 20,000 saints apparently buried here
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Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
#WildflowerHour Common Spotted Orchid( Dactylorhiza fuchsii) Tegeirian brych to celebrate #NationalMeadowsDay #DiwrnodDolyddCenedlaethol
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Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
#WildflowerHour
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Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social #EildflowerHour. A poor photo of the very delicate flower of round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) gwlithlys, on a very breezy bog yesterday.
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Welsh Ornithological Society @birdsinwales.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Wythnos Ymwybyddiaeth y Wennol Ddu| Swift Awareness Week Mae CAC yn falch o gefnogi Wythnos Ymwybyddiaeth y Wennol Ddu ac yn sefyll tu ôl i’r ymgyrch bwysig hon sy’n tynnu sylw at un o adar mwyaf eiconig ein haf. WOS is proud to support Swift Awareness Week and stands behind this important week.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
While we cook in Europe, it's worth remembering that this isn't just a European story. Across the Arctic and other high-latitude regions, temperature anomalies are reaching extraordinary levels, with some areas forecast to be >10–20°C above historical averages. The climate signal is global.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Landmark new research shows the risk of dying from cervical cancer before 30 is now ‘close to zero' after the HPV vaccine.
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HPV vaccine: Key questions answered as cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in women under 24 - follow live
BBC health journalists answer key questions as research suggests the HPV vaccine has prevented 200 deaths from cervical cancer in England.
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The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
431.32 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 14-Jun-2026 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
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The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
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Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
#WildflowerHour. Cloudberry(Rubus chamaemorus) Mwyaren y Berwyn in flower on the Berwyn ridge yesterday
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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Tafod y Gors / Common Butterwort #WildflowerHour Planhigyn cigysol fydd yn treulio’r pryfetach sy’n glanio ar y dail gludiog. – Not quite #ChurchyardFlowers – but a graveyard to insects as they land on the sticky star-like leaves of this carnivore. #Môn #Anglesey @bsbicymru.bsky.social
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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Mawnedd Mawn! Cymro yn ennill gwobr Lindsay #PeatConf26 @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social. Dywedodd Dr Peter Jones ei fod yn ymroi ei waith gwarchod ac adfer mawndiroedd er budd cenedlaethau’r dyfodol. naturalresources.wales/about-us/new... @natreswales.bsky.social @futuregencymru.bsky.social
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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Welsh ‘Bogfather’ wins prestigious Lindsay award #PeatConf26 @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social. Dr Peter Jones said he dedicates his work protecting and restoring peatlands for the benefit of future generations. naturalresources.wales/about-us/new... @natreswales.bsky.social @futuregencymru.bsky.social
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
On this day in 2021, I wrote: "British Curlew need to fledge 10,000 more youngsters - every year", based on survival/productivity figures in what was then a new paper. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m... The figure has been much quoted (and not disputed) #ornithology
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More Curlew chicks needed
There are three ways to increase the number of Eurasian Curlew in the UK; boost chick production across the breeding range, find ways to ensure more chicks recruit to the breeding population and/or…
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡
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Natural history GCSE to teach teenagers to plant wildflower-friendly gardens
Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity
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Natur Cymru @naturcymru.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Mae’n wythnos Gwirfoddolwyr yn swyddogol! Hoffai Cymru Wyllt a Natur Cymru ddiolch i'r holl wirfoddolwyr sy'n cefnogi ein gwaith ni – o'n hymddiriedolwyr i'r cyfranwyr at y cylchgrawn, a'r rhai sy'n helpu yn ein gwarchodfa natur ac yn ein gardd bywyd gwyllt... a mwy. Rydych chi i gyd yn anhygoel!
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North Wales Wildlife Trust / Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gogledd Cymru @northwaleswt.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
We've just launched three brand new bilingual audio trails in Bala, and on Halkyn Common and the Little Orme — where rich wildlife, heritage, and local folklore bring the landscape to life. www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/.../wild-wal.... @welshgovernment.bsky.social @heritagefunduk.bsky.social
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Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
#WIldflowerhour. Bog bean (Manyanthes trifoliata) ffa'r gors and Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris) tafod y gors on a rather windy bog in Eryri on Friday
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Ever heard the cricket-like song of a Grasshopper Warbler? This species starts to arrive to the UK in April, having migrated here to breed from Africa. 🔴 Sadly suffering declines, they have been on the UK Red List since 2002. 📷 Liz Cutting / BTO
A Grasshopper Warbler, a small bird with olive-brown plumage, perches on a plant stem with its bill open as grass waves in the background and a yellow flower blooms.
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The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
431.34 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 18-May-2026 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
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The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
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Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
An update from Germany: In North Germany, fieldworkers have found around 45 nests. Of which around 43 were fenced. 5 have reportedly already hatched and 2 were sadly predated inside the fence. If you have a breeding update from your area, please share it with us. 📷 Natalie Busch
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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Hafod Elwy – adfer mawndir a gweld môr o blu'r gweunydd! Dangosodd Jack Simpson, rheolydd adfer y safle, y canlyniadau trawiadol i Mannon Lewis, Arweinydd y Rhaglen Mawndir; Dr Peter Jones, yr Arbenigwr Mawn; a Charlotte Brewster, Pennaeth Prosiectau Strategol @natreswales.bsky.social.
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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Hafod Elwy – recovering peatland with a sea of cotton grass! Jack Simpson, who managed site restoration over 3 years, showed NPAP Lead, Mannon Lewis; national Peat Specialist, Dr Peter Jones; and @natreswales.bsky.social's Head of Strategic Projects, Charlotte Brewster the impressive results.
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Bethan Beech @bethanbeech.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Mae hi yn fore braf iawn yng Nghymru heddiw. It is a very fine morning here in Wales.
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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
BBC Sounds have launched a new Learn Cornish podcast to help people, well, dyski Kernewek. Ep 1 is about place names, which really are a gateway drug. We used to go on holiday to The Lizard every year throughout childhood and I was obsessed with the place names! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Learn Cornish, Dyski Kernewek - 1. Place names: The Gateway Drug - BBC Sounds
Learn what some Cornish place names mean in Kernewek.
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