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#OnThisDay "1987: Digital RDS car radios were featured on Tomorrow's World. Motorists had to endlessly tune NO more!" I worked on this broadcast: the technology behind it required us to simulate Radio Kent & Radio Cornwall reception *inside* TV Centre, where their signals were not receivable!

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Perfect desk paperweight to gaze at everyday! Where can I get one?

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I saw that one too - next to the Environment Agency road - growing off a dried back main stem. Almost certainly the last of the year...

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#WildflowerHour I guess this is Wild Clematis/Travellers Joy (Clematis vitalba) at Rye Harbour on Friday afternoon; with no obvious broad petals (x4). @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Seed development (reddish colour) with hairy "flights" that will develop into "Old Man's Beard" fluffiness.

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

1988-Sept-20 – BBC RDS launched - allowing car radios to automatically retune, display station identifiers and switch to local travel news

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

No one ever mentions that AI computer's Power Switches can be turned to OFF...

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#WildflowerHour Sowbread (Cyclamen hederifolium) among the leaf compost area in the Attenborough Arboretum, Leicester. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#WildflowerHour For #SeedHeads does this image count? Fruits of Crataegus persimilis 'Prunifolia', (common names plumleaf hawthorn and broad-leaved cockspur thorn) -according to the label in the Attenborough Arboretum, Leicester. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Yes, I recall Kew had a demo quite a few years ago, using mics and amplifier into headphones, dangling from the tree, which was I think an oak...

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Umm, I'm wondering if listening to the depicted Sequoiadendron giganteum would render any sounds through it's very thick fibrous, sound attentuating, bark?

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Maybe if they did, their presence would impact the gov reorg that's talked about, which would yet again absorb Rutland into the East Midlands Mayoral authority area. Thus abolishing the indigenous population's elected local government... and the Rutland name being eradicated.

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I don't care, either - except their/journalists annoying use of the "Sussex" title. As a long term resident of East Sussex, for me, they have no relevance. Certainly if they choose to live in another county.

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Just 8km from south coast we have had 3.2mm rain since midnight. First precipitation for a long time...

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A WEX advertising email to me today declared it is: "World Photography Day", so attached my very small contribution. How else would such an apparently mundane picture be published? Yet I really enjoy the Dungeness landscape as my screen saver.

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Didn't know either... joining in, too!

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Yesterday (2026-08-13) in S England it was reported from Kew to have reached a record 38.1ºC. Meanwhile some 80km further south this is what I measured...

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Do these other images help form a more definite opinion - anyway wondering how to interpret "glamorous" - can you explain, please? Do the more mature seed pods help? Hybrids?

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#WildflowerHour 1mm diameter grapes - no: actually Lesser Swine-cress (Coronapus squamatus). Initially tastes very sweet, a bit carrot like, but a strong peppermint flavour lingers on the tongue. Hand to give scale! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#WildflowerHour I have never id any grasses before, so quite a guess but reasonably confident this is a Foxtail Bristle-grass (Setaria italica) - just one isolated plant on a field edge. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I just felt inspired to show everyone this image of a Common Rowan tree fruiting rather well...

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#WildflowerHour In the middle of a large woodland beside tan access ride: a small colony with bright flowers! Montbretia (Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora) naturalising a well lit grassy bank. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#Wildflowerhour There are no nearby #wetlands in my part of East Sussex following a very dry period, but just a hint in the woodland edge which is often very muddy but this year it's rock hard. Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Today is a 8/8 cloud cover day so far, but yesterday morning was bright and woods were quiet and dappled

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Where is this masterpiece of bricklaying?

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#WildflowerHour More from last week - Dungeness SSSI trip: Common Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum) - we found it in a different location last year, but this is a slightly better image just about showing its minute pink flowers, as well as far reaching strands... @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#WildflowerHour More from last week - Dungeness SSSI trip: White Mullein (Verbascum lychnitis) - a small colony of several plants seen on previous years at a shingle/calcareous soil junction. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#WildflowerHour More from last week - Dungeness SSSI trip: Common Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) - less than 1m from a large deep water filled gravel pit. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#WildflowerHour More from last week - Dungeness SSSI trip: Prickly Lettuce (Lactuca serriola) with flowers above my head... @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Well done, we had a similar motion carried in 2025-Sep by Rother DCt; but what legislation do you have to support the motion?

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

FYI - our local UK District Council passed a motion (believed to be a UK first) on "Rights of Trees", in 2025-Sept; but the arcane legal system makes it v. difficult to support with legislation to ensure the motion is actually undertaken widely.

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

#WildflowerHour Dungeness SSSI with its shingle"slacks" has so much to see, but my highlight this trip was Nottingham Catchfly (Silene nutans) - first ever sighting, but I didn't see any White Spot moths, who apparently hide in daytime IN the shingle! @bsbibotany.bsky.social l

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

‪ #WildflowerHour On Thursday at Dungeness point it was, even at mid day, foggy - so much so that the lighthouse horn was sounding, but who could NOT notice the Viper's-bugloss (Echium vulgare) everywhere in full flower? @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

#WildflowerHour When this Elephant hawk-moth wakes up in the evening, so I am told by an expert entomologist, it may become a #PollinatorPals - but not on this Bramble whose flowers have yet to open... @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

To me this is THE fundamental flaw of today's UK politics: the "who does what" confusion in many voters understanding of what the candidates can represent them to deliver. Not helped by total lack of educative effort by the highest level politicians.

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Couldn't agree more: very badly judged in face of income cutting government threats. Why not reduce hours on Radio 1 and Radio 2 - light weight music entertainment that in effect duplicates many other stations?

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

@thekentacorn.bsky.social The English Oak Project I took this pic at the Blickling Estate, Norfolk and given the Jacobean house building dates, am assuming this Oak and its neighbours to be around 400 years old...!

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

#WildflowerHour Common Bistort (Persicaria bistorta) - id confirmed by leaf shape, though hidden by the long grass in this image; seen on a wetland bank in Upper Wensleydale. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

#WildflowerHour Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odorata) - one of the most distinctive Apiaceae (= Umbelliferae) with its elongated seed pods. Dominating Wensleydale's roadside grass verges, just now. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

#WildflowerHour i think this is a Small-leafed Lime (Tilia cordata), just coming into flower, but already showy... didn't check the leaf underside veins, so not sure. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Those Jacobean brick makers and brick layers knew how to delight the eye!

Four top-adjoined brick chimneys at Blickling Hall, Norfolk: hexagon shaped bricks and extraordinary flourish at their tops!

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

40-odd years ago we had brilliant help with spelling as well from the BBC Pronuciation unit...

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

#WildflowerHour Judging by the 7 stems that have been broken off these plants, others have been attracted to them... Growing on a south facing sunny roadside verge, so presumably Eastern Gladiolus (G communis). Seen on previous years, so happily established in this location. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

#WildflowerHour Is this Procumbent Yellow Sorrel (Oxalis corniculata)? No sign really of any purplish colouring, so maybe Least Yellow Sorrel (O. exilis)? Growing on stone chippings in a fairly dry partially shaded location... [Ruler shows the size.] @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I remember these sitting in Newbury station (probably around 1958?) on the Lamborn branch line, but never rode one...😉

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Could well be - I am no expert and was assuming perhaps - hopefully someone can confirm your suggestion? Then with luck they can explain the difference, which seems quite small to me?

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

#Wildflowerhour For me one of the most overlooked usually only green leafed plant is great when flowering - a little colony of Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata). @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

#Wildflowerhour Tree flowers seem to be often overlooked, so this Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) - id based on pairs of needles, though not obvious in image - looked rather splendid. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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bevm1066 @bevm1066.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

#Wildflowerhour Early Purple Orchids (Orchis mascula), I guess... in the local cemetery. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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