Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Four young hedgehogs in the garden first week of October last year, all around 200g, starving. Females are having more litters due to earlier spring/later summer, then have to abandon the last litter. Three of the four survived after we kept them and got them up to 600g ready to release. 020
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is the look Hegseth is after, rather than arseless leather trousers or an 'I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok' checked shirt. He may even be trying to grow himself a dinky moustache just the width of his nose too .. you never know. 020
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Mistlethrush .. I haven't seen any this year which is unusual. A pair of song thrushes did nest here though and three chicks fledged successfully which was great to see. 230
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026It's a sparrowhawk Neil - they are here in the garden every day so fairly easy to photograph if you are patient enough. This one flew into my window a few years ago, a young male learning to hunt. Badly. 040
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026@wulfhelm.bsky.social clearly having trouble with his mince pies. Old age will do that to a chap eventually though. Perhaps time to change #shitbirdphotos to #canyouseeityet 280
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Fifteen years is a long time. Fifteen years is nowhere near long enough. Neither of these statements is contradictory. 020
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026What does that say about the Lincolnshire electorate? Tice is certainly thick, but not gold-standard like the mayor. How anyone can think 'yes, I'll vote for that' is beyond me. 121
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Some birds can be very shitty. 'Aww .. that wee face' as a regular commentator might say. 020
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026First impression could be how polite hedgehogs are, queuing for water. Seems not :D 041
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Just a queen hornet (Vespa crabro) enjoying a good old slurp of sugar/water solution after spending the winter hibernating under my bed. 010
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Rather than question ecological validity it might be better to ponder the insanity of having such a smelly bastard living with you for three months. 110
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Trump has the biggest, best ankles in the world. Everyone he meets compliments him on his ankles, but never mentions his weird, twisted feet. 100
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026There's a combined sewage outflow into the Aire under Leeds railway station, tucked away where nobody can see it. Which is nice. 010
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Write in and win a crisp fiver that never arrives in the post! 120
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Soaking a piece of dry bread it had found to make it edible. 110
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 30/11/2025The Town Hall didn't look quite as grand once it was covered in soot. Civic pride has thankfully rectified matters, helped no doubt by the Clean Air Act. 051
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 23/11/2025The cold weather we have had over the last few days has more than likely pushed collared doves off agricultural land and into gardens in search of food - this was yesterday morning and there are 24 on the ground at one point in the clip. West Yorkshire WF3. 000
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Ectoplasm, snot and American 'chocolate' is all the same stuff. Is Mr Pip running out of things to bark at by any chance? 080
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Mock them all you like but the fuckers managed to inhabit other planets long before Elton Musk turned up. 050
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Hedgehog recovering with a good drink of water 😆 021
Mark Hopkinson @markhoopy.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Just a crow soaking dry bread in water to make it easier to eat .. 000
