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Peter McSweeney

@petermcsweeney.bsky.social
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Birding, plants and everything in between. Have a camera too. My website: www.whentowatchwildlife.org

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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Devil's-bit scabious from Lowerwoods Glos #wildflowerhour
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hi 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!
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Peaking over the wall...me sir, do I get the satisfaction prize?
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fantastic. Was it via an auction can I ask?
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I 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.
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Gloucestershire 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
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If 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...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Visited the wonderful long-tailed shrike in Gloucs. It was in specular fresh plumage and was very obliging. Thanks to the landowner. #birds
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Playing dead...
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Yes Masses of yellow underwing that seem to like laying dead. Bit of my colour from last night in Bath
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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The 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.
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Dirty Money: A Year Undercover in Reform UK
A yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics
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Guy 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...
Jenrick: “Even if you can’t abolish, I don’t know, Natural England within the first 100 days, you can stop funding it, you can turn the tap off and the tap will be turned off a lot of these quangos, and that will drive savings.”
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A few highlights from garden moth trap last nights in our Bath garden.
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Recently 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...
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Carter @retracredloh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly 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-...
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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The moths are recorded then released straight away as part of a scientific survey
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Amazing
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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RareBirdAlert @rarebirder.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Scotland's seabirds fall to half 1980s levels www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/S...
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Scotland's seabirds fall to half 1980s levels
NatureScot's latest seabird indicator shows widespread long-term declines, with Arctic Skua down 93%, Little Tern 75% and Common Tern 73% since 1986.
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
You are a talent!
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Heath spotted orchid ? Mwnt Wales yesterday #bsbi #wildflowerhour Apologies late and not a climber...but lovely nevertheless.
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Also watched a spotted flycatcher in the same garden, as 20 swallows flew overhead...some people have all the luck
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Congratulations Look amazing
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Just 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.
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Outstanding especially primula and moonwort
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Veronica in the Fens ~ My Heart in Nature @veronicainthefens.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Wow, 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
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I also feed my badgers sunflower seeds. They seem to love it as do the foxes.
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Bath Asparagus near Bath #bsbi early #wildflowerhour and of topic
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Fantastic Mark. One for the whiteboard.
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Mummy 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
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Male 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.
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
After 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
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
As 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...
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Is it expected that there are there still unknown high diversity sites out there?
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The usual crew visiting our garden last night. Haven't seen the hedgegog again though. #wildlife #garden #springwatch
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Southern Marsh orchid on coastal landslide in south Devon today #wildflowerhour +2, plus sanicle in nearby damp woodland
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Before, during and after repair. Wonderful work on a drystone wall on the edge of Bath today
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A corker!
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Merv...
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Well done Merc. A classic
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Very 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.
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Not very original for #cabbagefamily #wildflowerhour but lovely cuckoo flower nevertheless
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Brilliant video. Really well posed too!
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
A 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!
Female linnet with nesting materialWhinchat on postWall butterflyCurlew sandpipers at the tip of Portland Bill
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
These 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
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Peter McSweeney @petermcsweeney.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Fox and badger visited our garden last night again...but certainly not intentionally together
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
How long would a commercial airplane take to reach the planets? The distances that make conventional space travel impossible
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