Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Devil's-bit scabious from Lowerwoods Glos #wildflowerhour 0243
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Hi Mark. Hope that you'll be ringing at start of October when I'm down for the week with the others...Happy to see any megas (or actually anything) that you might catch! 000
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Peaking over the wall...me sir, do I get the satisfaction prize? 110
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Fantastic. Was it via an auction can I ask? 000
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I had that set, bought from Tring museum in 1977 on my wall and loved them. Oh lord...that makes me vintage. No longer though I'm afraid. 100
Reposted by Peter McSweeneyGloucestershire Wildlife Trust @gloswildlife.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"There’s one place that is really close to my heart: the Severn Hams. This vast floodplain between Gloucester and Tewkesbury was once alive with nature. With your help, I am determined to bring that life roaring back." -Harry, Lead Land Manager West Support Harry’s Mission: ow.ly/U1yb50ZOATI 082
Reposted by Peter McSweeneyAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 4920921254
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Visited the wonderful long-tailed shrike in Gloucs. It was in specular fresh plumage and was very obliging. Thanks to the landowner. #birds 060
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Yes Masses of yellow underwing that seem to like laying dead. Bit of my colour from last night in Bath 110
Reposted by Peter McSweeneyAndy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The legwork, and the sting, which seems to have caught out James Orr, Nigel Farage and Reform-UK was carried out by Verbatim Investigations who have dropped their own take on the story.verbatiminvestigations.comDirty Money: A Year Undercover in Reform UKA yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics 201003440
Reposted by Peter McSweeneyGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/09/2026‘Honest Bob’ Jenrick says he wants to “abolish” Natural England, and at the very least stop funding it, in the first 100 days of a putative Reform government. Reform may appear to be on the rocks currently but their plans are terrifying, mad & must be stopped. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... 19376153
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A few highlights from garden moth trap last nights in our Bath garden. 010
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Recently created my first garden moth trap, very inexpensive bulb and outdoor cable setup, with the rest bits from around the house. Three sessions and already recorded 2 dozen species. This particularly fine small emerald had me accused of using AI... 040
Reposted by Peter McSweeneyOrange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026 341558447
Reposted by Peter McSweeneyRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...rollingstone.comTurning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination LibraryCore team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world. 128190488286
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The moths are recorded then released straight away as part of a scientific survey 000
Reposted by Peter McSweeneyFreethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 14/08/2026 715141
Reposted by Peter McSweeneyRareBirdAlert @rarebirder.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Scotland's seabirds fall to half 1980s levels www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/S...rarebirdalert.co.ukScotland's seabirds fall to half 1980s levelsNatureScot's latest seabird indicator shows widespread long-term declines, with Arctic Skua down 93%, Little Tern 75% and Common Tern 73% since 1986. 021
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Heath spotted orchid ? Mwnt Wales yesterday #bsbi #wildflowerhour Apologies late and not a climber...but lovely nevertheless. 0150
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Also watched a spotted flycatcher in the same garden, as 20 swallows flew overhead...some people have all the luck 000
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Just watched a pipestrelle roost in Wales go out to hunt, easily 100 individuals...but if that wasn't exciting enough up popped a tawny owl doing its best to catch dinner. Amazing experience. 110
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Outstanding especially primula and moonwort 010
Reposted by Peter McSweeneyVeronica in the Fens ~ My Heart in Nature @veronicainthefens.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Wow, that was truly amazing, the Strawberry Full Moon rising over Ely Cathedral this evening. Seen from Little Downham outside of Ely, Cambridgeshire 😍🌝 I didn’t think it was going to shine through the clouds, but it certainly did 🙏🏻🥰 #Fullmoon #strawberrymoon #ElyCathedral #amazing #Wonderful 19583321311
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I also feed my badgers sunflower seeds. They seem to love it as do the foxes. 000
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Bath Asparagus near Bath #bsbi early #wildflowerhour and of topic 070
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Mummy badger has been visiting our urban garden for many weeks and it was obvious that she was suckling a cub(s). Last night we had a new visitor...really rather cute #springwatch #nature #ukwildlife 040
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Male blackcap on the Somerset Levels yesterday. Billions of mozzies, along with warblers, esp garden, sedge and reed, cuckoos, bitterns, egrets, marsh harriers, bitterns calling, swifts. Dragonflies and damsels downed by the torrential rain. 071
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 16/05/2026After 5 years of hard graft to make local council land into a nature reserve and place for people to enjoy our notice board glass was smashes by vandals...shame 000
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 14/05/2026As a former NCC/EN employee...Last summer I visited a SSSI that I had personally designated and was heart broken to see that a major feature of the site had been lost, probably permanently, as the owner had not been supported to manage it sympathetically, even though they had tried. Sad times... 120
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Is it expected that there are there still unknown high diversity sites out there? 110
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 09/05/2026The usual crew visiting our garden last night. Haven't seen the hedgegog again though. #wildlife #garden #springwatch 110
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Southern Marsh orchid on coastal landslide in south Devon today #wildflowerhour +2, plus sanicle in nearby damp woodland 0110
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Before, during and after repair. Wonderful work on a drystone wall on the edge of Bath today 000
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Very late #wildflowerhour hedgerows. Yellow archangel, ramsoms, bluebell and wood melick in Bath. Orange tip on cuckoo flower, where more grassy, making an appearance. Good year for butterflies so far. 0141
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Not very original for #cabbagefamily #wildflowerhour but lovely cuckoo flower nevertheless 2111
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 17/04/2026A wonderful week at the @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social. Thanks to Martin and Jodie, and Mark Cutts. New sightings included curlew sandpipers and a whinchat. Lots of wheatears, warblers and bountiful sea life on the Bill. 100s of linnets & a wall butterfly. Enjoyed meeting the palmate newts too! 020
Reposted by Peter McSweeneyMike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 10/04/2026These irreplaceable old growth forests continue to be logged across British Columbia. Over 1,200 people have been arrested trying to keep them standing. There is no time to waste. Protect the Irreplaceable. #ActOnClimate #climate #nature @bcndp #bcpoli #bcgov Pic @TJWattPhoto 212373
Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Fox and badger visited our garden last night again...but certainly not intentionally together 020
Reposted by Peter McSweeneyDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 08/04/2026How long would a commercial airplane take to reach the planets? The distances that make conventional space travel impossible 14010