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CRRC @camrefugees.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

CRRC is RECRUITING an ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT To apply: Please email info@cambridgerefugees.org for an application form. Full details at: www.cambridgerefugees.org/work-with-us... Closing date: 12pm, Monday 26 October 2026. Interviews will take place in the week starting 2 November.

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🏞️👨‍🌾 The Warden's team has completed their maintenance project on the Cam Washes SSSI — and doesn't it look fantastic? 🦆🐂This 18th-century construction is designed to hold the river Cam's winter floods, providing precious wetland habitat. 🤩🚜 Sabbatical volunteer Emily became an expert dumper driver!

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Cam Washes vs the Iraqi Marshes: spot the difference 🐃🐃🐂

Three brown cows and two calves walk along the west bank of the river Cam, Cambridgeshire, opposite Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve on 2 October 2026. The blue sky has a few clouds in it; the blue river has a large clump of invasive pennywort choking the wildlife on the bank :(

Two of Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve's Water Buffaloes in October 2025. One is looking intently at the camera. Her forehead and neck are lightly dotted with burdock burrs, helping the plant spread its seed across the landscape.

Five water buffalo walking towards the camera, ankle deep in water, in the Iraqi marshes in February 2025. There are reed beds and a pale blue sky between them

A small herd of water buffalo standing on a small, flat island in the Iraqi marshes in September 2016. One buffalo, in the centre, is almost completely submerged and just has its head above water. The sky is slightly discoloured by dust pollution.

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📖 I have a new article out! "The Forgotten Workers of Kish: Iraqi Archaeological Labour in Early 20th-Century Hillah", IRAQ 88 (2027), First View online preprint #openaccess 💰From the Forgotten City of Kish project (2022-25), funded by the Nahrein Network at UCL www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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THE FORGOTTEN WORKERS OF KISH: IRAQI ARCHAEOLOGICAL LABOUR IN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY HILLAH | IRAQ | Cambridge Core

THE FORGOTTEN WORKERS OF KISH: IRAQI ARCHAEOLOGICAL LABOUR IN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY HILLAH

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I also recommend the companion piece by my colleague Dr Nadia Aït Saïd-Ghanem: "Antiquities Dealers in Baghdad and Cuneiform Tablets from Kish in the Early 20th Century", IRAQ 88 (2027). First View online preprint #openaccess Also funded by Nahrein Network 2025. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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ANTIQUITIES DEALERS IN BAGHDAD AND CUNEIFORM TABLETS FROM KISH IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY | IRAQ | Cambridge Core

ANTIQUITIES DEALERS IN BAGHDAD AND CUNEIFORM TABLETS FROM KISH IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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THE FORGOTTEN WORKERS OF KISH: IRAQI ARCHAEOLOGICAL LABOUR IN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY HILLAH | IRAQ | Cambridge Core

THE FORGOTTEN WORKERS OF KISH: IRAQI ARCHAEOLOGICAL LABOUR IN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY HILLAH

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🗓️👟Less than a month to go before our 5km Autumn Run! 🍂🏞️🐃 Book now for just £15 to walk, run or jog through gorgeous Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve on Sunday 25 October. All ages and abilities welcome! kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/5km-...

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Dr Mirjam S. Brusius @mideastineurope.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Our Autumn School on the Democratization of Heritage in Paris is approaching, and we are pleased to announce that two of our events will be public panels with a stellar line-up. Do come if you're in town! gssc.uni-koeln.de/veranstaltun...

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🚜 Our Wardens and wonderful volunteers have been hard at work this week, maintaining the waterways on the Cam Washes SSSI. 💦🦆🪷🐮This important wetland holds flood water from the river Cam & provides essential habitat for Fen wildlife. It also excellent grazing for Spinney Abbey's longhorn cattle

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

And the Reserve itself is open every day, dawn-dusk, with a £5 car parking charge (free for Supporters). @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social is open every day too, 8:30–4:30 serving the BEST lunches, cakes, and treats, all freshly made in our kitchen by wonder-chef Jane 📷 by talented Shirley Sadler 😍

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🍂 5️⃣ wonderful events on the Reserve this autumn! 🙏 Tai Chi & Nature workshop on Saturday 26 September £35/£45 🦇 Bat Walks on alternating October Saturday evenings £16 👟 5km Run on Sunday 25 October £12 EARLY BIRD rate ends soon! kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/category/eve...

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[To] The Fenland Station @fenlandstation.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

they said shoebox, we said cat box! shoebox! cat box! etc

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🏞️🥾🐾 The Reserve is spectacular in all weathers! 👀🌦️Hide in a hide in the rain, head up on deck in the sun. 🍇🍏 How many types of berry and fruit will you spot here this Bank Holiday weekend? ☕🥪🍰🍪 Fill up at @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social, open every day 8:30-4:30 for freshly-made lunches & treats

View over Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve on Friday 28 August 2026, looking north from the Mound Hide. Willow trees and autumnal water meadow in the foreground, grazing water buffalo just visible by the lake to the left. A row of green trees on the horizon marks the boundary. Ely Cathedral is just visible at far left. The skies change from blue with light clouds to the left, to dark storm clouds to the right.

The new deck of the East Hide at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve on Friday 28 August 2026. There is a dark green-painted hide made from a converted shipping container, with a white door to the left. An external wooden staircase runs from the right of the door, up to the roof of the hide, which has wooden barriers all around it. In the distance are autumnal water meadow and green trees marking the Reserve's boundary. The deep blue sky is full of dramatic white and grey clouds, promising rain.

Close-up of a green-leaved mirabelle plum tree heavily laden with orange fruit, at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve on Friday 28 August 2026

View from above of a round white plate, full of a cheese and ham ploughman's lunch, with four slices of fresh, chunky white bread, dressed mixed salad, apple, pickled onions, and chutney. Made at the Kingfisher Cafe at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve on Friday 14 August 2026.

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🏞️ As the temperatures drop a little this weekend, the Reserve is the perfect place to relax. ❤️‍🔥 We may look greener than most, but we're just as dry. To protect our precious Fenland habitats and wildlife, DO NOT light any naked flames on site. 🚒 Call 999 & our Reserve Manager if you spot fire.

Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve WILDFIRE ALERT.
No naked flames, matches, BBQs, etc. allowed onsite.
If you see smoke or flames, call 999 and Reserve Manager James on 07714 188043 straight away.
Thank you for protecting our precious Fenland habitats and wildlife.

Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve, looking north from the Mound on the morning of Friday 14 August. The mound itself is dry grass, but the willow trees in front of it are still green, and the Reserve beyond is covered in bright yellow fleabane flowers. There is a blue lake in the distance, and the boundary of the Reserve beyond is also a row of green trees. A gap in the trees shows Ely cathedral in the centre of the photo. Blue skies with very light clouds.

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hi-tech pizza-pan pinhole eclipse viewing!

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

👍 We're all ready for Sunday's 5km Summer Run! 👟 And it's not too late to join us. Walk, jog or run around our gorgeous woodlands, meadows and riverside 🍦Earn a hand-crafted willow-wood medal and the right to cake or an ice cream 🎟️ kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/5km-...

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5km Summer Run

Sunday 19 July at 9 am Walk, jog, or run through wildflowers, butterflies and dragonflies on our 5km Summer Run! The third event in our Seasonal Nature Run Series, it's the perfect family-friendl...

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

👀 We had an unexpected visitor today! I wonder how long he'll stay? 🦚 What will you see on your next visit to the Reserve? We're open every day, even while the cafe is closed for a refit, so do pop down.

A male peacock, facing right, next to a tree in woodland at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve in June 2026

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[To] The Fenland Station @fenlandstation.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I mistakenly cut a hole in our back door, thinking I was installing a cat flap. Actually it was a feline customer complaint window.

Cat yawping at the newly installed catflap - explaining why this is a bad idea and that she refuses to use it, even if Dreamies are offered on the other side.

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Looking for a wild adventure? Our annual Family Nature Weekend is on 4 & 5 July, 12 noon–6 pm. Try pond-dipping, bug-hunting, owl-pellet dissection. Meet our water buffaloes. Enjoy live music and great food and drink! £5 car/day kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/fami...

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Family Nature Weekend

4-5 July 2026 Looking for a wild adventure? Try your hand at pond-dipping, bug-hunting or owl pellet dissection. Take a guided walk into the reed beds to meet our water buffalo. Learn about the hist...

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

A fantastic morning — and an unexpected little interview with me, at about 2:56 in, in which I explain why I left university employment to spend more time hanging out with water buffalo. (I mean, who wouldn’t, given half a chance?)

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I can’t wait for this, even though it means setting my alarm for stupid o’clock to help with the set-up 🥱 Reserve Manager James always gives excellent interviews and the soundscape will be dreamy 🏞️🌅

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Just ridiculously gorgeous out there today. I am so lucky 😍

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

😎 The Reserve looks breathtakingly beautiful this May Day. Lapwings are nesting, cuckoos calling, and our ponies are lazing in the sun. 🪜Behind the scenes, the refit of @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social is coming on well. Re-opening depends on contractors and deliveries of materials and equipment.

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Dr Hélène Maloigne @hmaloigne.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🗃️🏺Come and say hello if you're at BANEA 2026 at UCL today 👋 Our friendly Project Coordinator (me) will be happy to chat to you about our historians of #archaeology online support group @uclarchaeology.bsky.social @banearch.bsky.social

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

No better way to spend my Fridays 😻

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Shabana Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Ruskin Spear (British, 1911-1990). Cat in a cardboard box (oil on board).

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

STOP POINTING AT FROGS!

Warning sign of a hand with finger extended towards a frog with a red line through it, meaning don’t touch the wildlife; but it looks like someone pointing at a frog…

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Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉 @observer46664.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

On the 23rd anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq I am once again reminding you that it's entirely possible for me as an Iraqi to LOATHE Saddam and want him and his regime gone for good while at the same time be absolutely livid with America for what it has done to my country.

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

🙋Want to help raise money for the Reserve and get some feel-good exercise in too? 👟We still have spaces on our 5km Spring Run on Sunday 19 April. Go at your own pace through our beautiful meadows - it's not a race - or volunteer to cheer folks on! 🎟️ £15: www.kingfishersbridge.org/5km-spring-r...

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Israel has been bombing Lebanon non stop since last night. A thread including all people reporting on this. Spread the word 🧵

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Tess Snider @malkyne.com · 08/04/2026

I highly recommend that everyone follow artists. If you do, your feed is filled with art every day. Real, original art. It's bonkers that you can even have this. Amazing. Undeniably cool. And then support those artists, when you can, because that helps the delight continue.

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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It may do absolutely no flipping good at all but you can email Keir Starmer and ask him to remove permission for the US to use UK bases here: contact.no10.gov.uk #Iran #Trump #War

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Contact Number 10 GOV.UK - The best place to find government services and information

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Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉 @observer46664.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If you think that I am being hysterical about this then let's switch places. Let me teleport myself to your safe whereabouts and you teleport yourself to Baghdad and then let's see how graceful and dignified you will be when America is threatening a nuclear apocalypse on your eastern borders.

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Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉 @observer46664.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

If you are Iraqi and seeing this post please reply to it so that I can follow you 💜🙏🏻🌹

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

👟 Run, jog or walk 5km with us on Sunday 19 April! 🏞️ Trot through the cowslips, listen to the birdsong, and know that every penny raised will contribute to supporting the precious wildlife in our wonderful fenland Reserve 🥰 kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/5km-...

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Listening to @theduncanmackay.bsky.social read his wonderful book has distracted from the sorrow of not being in Baghdad this week. I've learned so much about the ancient history of my home landscapes of the Fens and East Anglia and now have a long itinerary of sites and museums to (re)visit 1/3

Book cover: red background, bronze statue of Iceni queen Boudica on horseback with her daughters on either side. White text: Duncan Mackay, Echolands: a journey in search of Boudica

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Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉 @observer46664.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

"It's just football! Who cares about sports?! Why are you making such a big deal out of nothing?!". It never is just football though. Nothing Iraq-related is ever that simple.

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Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉 @observer46664.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Your Iraq update for today is that America?/Israel? is striking Iraqi Hashd posts across Iraq and Iraqi Shi'a militias are targeting US interests in Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan. This has been happening every single day. You will read this and move on but this has been our life since the war started.

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

It should have been the first day of a wonderful conference in Baghdad today - the first time ever that the International Association of Assyriology assembled in Iraq for its annual meeting. This conference was to be the culmination of 4 years of hard work by Iraqi and international colleagues. 1/4

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

🙋 Hands up if you'd like the last two tickets for our next Dawn Chorus Walk! 🕠 5.30-7 am, Saturday 28 March 👀 Come with us into the Reserve for marsh harriers, lapwing, redshank, maybe bitterns, plus woodland birds, hare & deer 🎟️ kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/dawn...

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Dawn Chorus Walk

Immerse yourself in the beauty and tranquility of Kingfishers Bridge at one of the most captivating times of the day. Nothing quite rivals the idyllic moments when the early birdsong wakens the Reserv...

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🐣🪶 Getting ready for nesting season! So many birds! 🐃 🪺 Water buffalo are grazing the wader meadow to make it perfect for lapwing, redshank and avocet nests. 🐴🌼 Ponies are prepping the wildflower meadows for a brilliant summer display. 🥾👀Bring your wellies and binoculars to watch all the action!

Two very shaggy black water buffalo close to the fence in the wader meadow at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve. There is a viewing hide in the background, looking over green grass and a lake surrounded by reeds. Willow trees coming into leaf under blue skies in the background.

Many different wading birds on the lake at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve. There is green grass and reeds in the foreground. Willow trees coming into leaf under blue skies in the background.

Home Wood at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve: an avenue of bare trees under bright blue skies leading to a green meadow in the distance.

A brown and buff wild Konik pony facing the camera in the green wildflower meadow at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve. There are three other ponies in the background, grazing on green grass. A lake surrounded by reeds and willow trees coming into leaf under slightly overcast skies in the background.

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Tom Wilson @feedthedrummer.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

My humble submission to the new Bank of England with concepts for the new bank notes to please both sides.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/03/2026

"We used an AI to do this" is increasingly a way of saying, "We didn't want to do this in the first place and we don't care if it's done well." 21/

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

It’s springtime and migratory birds are on the move! 🌍 Have you seen any of our fair-weather friends arriving? Stay tuned: we'll be shining a daily spotlight on our spring returnees. Check out the Arrivals Board to see who's flying in and when... 👇 #SpringArrivalSpotlight

Another arrivals board with a set of migratory birds arriving in the UK later in the spring. The background is dark teal, with "Arrivals" in green.

Arriving in April: Nightingale, Reed Warbler, Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat, House Martin.
Arriving April–May: Garden Warbler, Turtle Dove, Cuckoo, Arctic Tern, Common Tern.
Arriving in May: Swift, Spotted Flycatcher, Nightjar.

These birds mainly arrive in April and May, with some late arrivals like the Swift and Nightjar appearing in May.

An airport style arrivals board showing migratory birds arriving in the UK. The background is dark teal, with "Arrivals" in green at the top. Bird names are in orange, and arrival times in green.

Arriving March–May: Wheatear.
Arriving March–April: Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, Osprey, Swallow, Ring Ouzel, Blackcap.
Arriving in April: Willow Warbler, Tree Pipit, Redstart, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Pied Flycatcher.
Arriving April–May: Yellow Wagtail.

Most birds start arriving from March, with peak arrivals in April and some extending into May.

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Nicola Crockford @numenini.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Can't believe it's >4 months since last interacted with a #chalkstream! Today explored 3 parallel tributaries of the River Cam: TL is the lovely Hoffer Brook btw Harson & Foxton, rest are the rather pathetic Rhee, TR at Foxton & below at Fowlmere - little more than a ditch. #MyWalk #Rivers 🧵1/10

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Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉 @observer46664.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

And more importantly do not kill women while claiming to be their liberators.

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