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@robbiehg.bsky.social
Retired in Essex UK
Love nature & food with provenance.
Allotment diarist.
American Labrador Barney.
Have just written a book - now editing.
Occasional writer for
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk
54yrs of amateur musical theatre and choral singing.
Love nature & food with provenance.
Allotment diarist.
American Labrador Barney.
Have just written a book - now editing.
Occasional writer for
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk
54yrs of amateur musical theatre and choral singing.
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BirdWatch Ireland is hiring a Marine Advocacy and Campaigns Officer to help secure a better future for Ireland's seabirds. Deadline 5pm Jan 7th 2026 for applications and cover letter. Full details including job description is here
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December 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
BirdWatch Ireland is hiring a Marine Advocacy and Campaigns Officer to help secure a better future for Ireland's seabirds. Deadline 5pm Jan 7th 2026 for applications and cover letter. Full details including job description is here
birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved... (pic Brenda Sheridan)
birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved... (pic Brenda Sheridan)
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Any of my #gardening bluesky network created a cold frame or similar out of some old windows? I have a bunch of old windows. If so, send me photos of your design or any tips.
December 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Any of my #gardening bluesky network created a cold frame or similar out of some old windows? I have a bunch of old windows. If so, send me photos of your design or any tips.
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It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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Good morning, please can you share this petition by @peatfree.bsky.social to end peat sales - all previous petitions were for the Conservative Government, and we're now close to making this law with Labour so peat habitat can never be used again actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Good morning, please can you share this petition by @peatfree.bsky.social to end peat sales - all previous petitions were for the Conservative Government, and we're now close to making this law with Labour so peat habitat can never be used again actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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EXCITING NEWS! We have acquired the 43ha Badiebath Wood in North East Scotland 🌳
However, we need your help in turning this non-native conifer plantation into a thriving woodland for our iconic wildlife.
Head over to our website to find out more 👇
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However, we need your help in turning this non-native conifer plantation into a thriving woodland for our iconic wildlife.
Head over to our website to find out more 👇
buff.ly/zmkTTM5
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
EXCITING NEWS! We have acquired the 43ha Badiebath Wood in North East Scotland 🌳
However, we need your help in turning this non-native conifer plantation into a thriving woodland for our iconic wildlife.
Head over to our website to find out more 👇
buff.ly/zmkTTM5
However, we need your help in turning this non-native conifer plantation into a thriving woodland for our iconic wildlife.
Head over to our website to find out more 👇
buff.ly/zmkTTM5
Have been enjoying copious cheese toasties recently. Must be the time of year.
This one is Red Leicester with fig relish. Bit posh! My usual is cheddar & Branson pickle. 😋
This one is Red Leicester with fig relish. Bit posh! My usual is cheddar & Branson pickle. 😋
December 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Have been enjoying copious cheese toasties recently. Must be the time of year.
This one is Red Leicester with fig relish. Bit posh! My usual is cheddar & Branson pickle. 😋
This one is Red Leicester with fig relish. Bit posh! My usual is cheddar & Branson pickle. 😋
Woodland in winter morning sunshine. Beautiful!
December 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Woodland in winter morning sunshine. Beautiful!
Have trekked through High Wood twice recently when out with Barney.
I’ve mentioned it before, but each time I walk these tracks I imagine the horse & cart & the men with axes & saws coppicing the Hornbeams.
What stories could these old trees tell?
I’ve mentioned it before, but each time I walk these tracks I imagine the horse & cart & the men with axes & saws coppicing the Hornbeams.
What stories could these old trees tell?
December 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Have trekked through High Wood twice recently when out with Barney.
I’ve mentioned it before, but each time I walk these tracks I imagine the horse & cart & the men with axes & saws coppicing the Hornbeams.
What stories could these old trees tell?
I’ve mentioned it before, but each time I walk these tracks I imagine the horse & cart & the men with axes & saws coppicing the Hornbeams.
What stories could these old trees tell?
What a glorious day! Blue sky, sunshine, a light breeze, 10 degrees.
Visited the allotment for the first time in several days. Seeing the plot in these lovely conditions really enthused me re next year. Weeds have grown & the grass needs a strim. But that can be quickly sorted. Roll on Spring 2026!
Visited the allotment for the first time in several days. Seeing the plot in these lovely conditions really enthused me re next year. Weeds have grown & the grass needs a strim. But that can be quickly sorted. Roll on Spring 2026!
December 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
What a glorious day! Blue sky, sunshine, a light breeze, 10 degrees.
Visited the allotment for the first time in several days. Seeing the plot in these lovely conditions really enthused me re next year. Weeds have grown & the grass needs a strim. But that can be quickly sorted. Roll on Spring 2026!
Visited the allotment for the first time in several days. Seeing the plot in these lovely conditions really enthused me re next year. Weeds have grown & the grass needs a strim. But that can be quickly sorted. Roll on Spring 2026!
Had a lovely ‘mooch’ through High Wood with Barn today, in between ball chasing on the field of course.
The old coppiced Hornbeams are clear to see against a pleasantly bright sky now the leaves have fallen.
The old coppiced Hornbeams are clear to see against a pleasantly bright sky now the leaves have fallen.
December 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Had a lovely ‘mooch’ through High Wood with Barn today, in between ball chasing on the field of course.
The old coppiced Hornbeams are clear to see against a pleasantly bright sky now the leaves have fallen.
The old coppiced Hornbeams are clear to see against a pleasantly bright sky now the leaves have fallen.
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🔥 WE’RE changing the media.
Citizen journalism is peer-to-peer news, it’s forging information networks from the grassroots up, sidestepping the top-down mainstream media.
Utterly new and fresh.
Become a friend of the Bylines Network and stand with us as we build media as it should be. 👇👇
Citizen journalism is peer-to-peer news, it’s forging information networks from the grassroots up, sidestepping the top-down mainstream media.
Utterly new and fresh.
Become a friend of the Bylines Network and stand with us as we build media as it should be. 👇👇
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December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🔥 WE’RE changing the media.
Citizen journalism is peer-to-peer news, it’s forging information networks from the grassroots up, sidestepping the top-down mainstream media.
Utterly new and fresh.
Become a friend of the Bylines Network and stand with us as we build media as it should be. 👇👇
Citizen journalism is peer-to-peer news, it’s forging information networks from the grassroots up, sidestepping the top-down mainstream media.
Utterly new and fresh.
Become a friend of the Bylines Network and stand with us as we build media as it should be. 👇👇
I was just standing at the kitchen window when I saw the birds in the garden scatter. The bird on the fence (long distance shot with my phone) swooped in and landed.
I think it’s a kestrel. Never had a BoP in the garden before.
I think it’s a kestrel. Never had a BoP in the garden before.
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I was just standing at the kitchen window when I saw the birds in the garden scatter. The bird on the fence (long distance shot with my phone) swooped in and landed.
I think it’s a kestrel. Never had a BoP in the garden before.
I think it’s a kestrel. Never had a BoP in the garden before.
Feeling a bit flat. Didn’t sleep too well. But a group of us are singing carols at the local brewery Christmas Beer Festival this lunchtime. The owner is a friend & the event sold out over a week ago, so I suppose I’d better make the effort. At least there’ll be free beer afterwards. 🍺
December 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Feeling a bit flat. Didn’t sleep too well. But a group of us are singing carols at the local brewery Christmas Beer Festival this lunchtime. The owner is a friend & the event sold out over a week ago, so I suppose I’d better make the effort. At least there’ll be free beer afterwards. 🍺
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This is the big one. The petition to get the peat ban done. New Government, new petition, final hurdle. Please keep signing and sharing! Let's get to 10,000 people actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is the big one. The petition to get the peat ban done. New Government, new petition, final hurdle. Please keep signing and sharing! Let's get to 10,000 people actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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If you have a big following, please share this petition to get the word back out there - we are so close but need to help raise awareness with the new set of MPs in Government actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal... @peatfree.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
If you have a big following, please share this petition to get the word back out there - we are so close but need to help raise awareness with the new set of MPs in Government actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal... @peatfree.bsky.social
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UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record
Three of five worst harvests on record occurred since 2020, leaving some farmers asking whether the growing impacts of climate crisis are making it too financially risky to sow their crops.
Three of five worst harvests on record occurred since 2020, leaving some farmers asking whether the growing impacts of climate crisis are making it too financially risky to sow their crops.
UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record
Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded
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December 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record
Three of five worst harvests on record occurred since 2020, leaving some farmers asking whether the growing impacts of climate crisis are making it too financially risky to sow their crops.
Three of five worst harvests on record occurred since 2020, leaving some farmers asking whether the growing impacts of climate crisis are making it too financially risky to sow their crops.
I noticed yesterday running Barney that the surface of the field is much softer & is starting to cut up. The latest rain has saturated it at last.
On the plot the track is showing similar signs, but my beds are fine & the drainage pond has little in it. 2024 must have been VERY wet! 🤞for 2026.
On the plot the track is showing similar signs, but my beds are fine & the drainage pond has little in it. 2024 must have been VERY wet! 🤞for 2026.
December 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I noticed yesterday running Barney that the surface of the field is much softer & is starting to cut up. The latest rain has saturated it at last.
On the plot the track is showing similar signs, but my beds are fine & the drainage pond has little in it. 2024 must have been VERY wet! 🤞for 2026.
On the plot the track is showing similar signs, but my beds are fine & the drainage pond has little in it. 2024 must have been VERY wet! 🤞for 2026.
Got a msg from a fellow allomenteer today that the recent high wind has uprooted 2 of my fruit cages. He was concerned that the frames would buckle unless I got there quick.
Did so, but forgot to take a pic until afterwards. The one on the right still needs some work but they are secure for now.
Did so, but forgot to take a pic until afterwards. The one on the right still needs some work but they are secure for now.
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Got a msg from a fellow allomenteer today that the recent high wind has uprooted 2 of my fruit cages. He was concerned that the frames would buckle unless I got there quick.
Did so, but forgot to take a pic until afterwards. The one on the right still needs some work but they are secure for now.
Did so, but forgot to take a pic until afterwards. The one on the right still needs some work but they are secure for now.
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If you are sick and tired of Governments failing to implement a peat compost ban again and again - to save all of the habitat it destroys each year and bring security to jobs and businesses in horticulture - please sign this petition actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal... I’ve signed
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you are sick and tired of Governments failing to implement a peat compost ban again and again - to save all of the habitat it destroys each year and bring security to jobs and businesses in horticulture - please sign this petition actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal... I’ve signed
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Our Christmas countdown for nature lovers is back! 😍🎄
A little bit of wildlife magic every morning...
Who's ready to open door 1 with us?
#RSPBAdvent
A little bit of wildlife magic every morning...
Who's ready to open door 1 with us?
#RSPBAdvent
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Our Christmas countdown for nature lovers is back! 😍🎄
A little bit of wildlife magic every morning...
Who's ready to open door 1 with us?
#RSPBAdvent
A little bit of wildlife magic every morning...
Who's ready to open door 1 with us?
#RSPBAdvent
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A super article. Winter really does provide such a show of wonderful structure and, as light lowers, there is an almost ethereal beauty that's just too good to miss.
Gardening helps us through the darkest, even near death, times as I found myself, so let's enjoy our gardens even in darkest winter.🌱
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
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After a near fatal road accident, gardening helped me rebuild my life
After a near fatal road accident, gardening helped me rebuild my life so I welcome the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) State of Gardening…
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November 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A super article. Winter really does provide such a show of wonderful structure and, as light lowers, there is an almost ethereal beauty that's just too good to miss.
We have 2 daughters, a granddaughter, a niece and her friend from Germany & Jasper the mad spaniel visiting today with son & daughter in law coming later. B & SiL we’re also expected but have had to cry off due to illness.
It’s all a bit frantic. I need a quiet corner for a nap. 💤
It’s all a bit frantic. I need a quiet corner for a nap. 💤
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We have 2 daughters, a granddaughter, a niece and her friend from Germany & Jasper the mad spaniel visiting today with son & daughter in law coming later. B & SiL we’re also expected but have had to cry off due to illness.
It’s all a bit frantic. I need a quiet corner for a nap. 💤
It’s all a bit frantic. I need a quiet corner for a nap. 💤
I finally got the last of the spring bulbs, removed from the patio troughs when they were replanted, planted out in the garden.
So many of the newly purchased bulbs that I planted a while ago are already breaking through.
Thought they were supposed to wait until after winter!
Crazy! 🤷🏼♂️
So many of the newly purchased bulbs that I planted a while ago are already breaking through.
Thought they were supposed to wait until after winter!
Crazy! 🤷🏼♂️
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I finally got the last of the spring bulbs, removed from the patio troughs when they were replanted, planted out in the garden.
So many of the newly purchased bulbs that I planted a while ago are already breaking through.
Thought they were supposed to wait until after winter!
Crazy! 🤷🏼♂️
So many of the newly purchased bulbs that I planted a while ago are already breaking through.
Thought they were supposed to wait until after winter!
Crazy! 🤷🏼♂️
Beautiful day at the playing fields & High Wood today.
At one end the council are butchering the hedgerow.
At the other a fallow deer runs along the line of trees & disappears into the wood.
In the middle Barney waits patiently for me to throw the ball.
At one end the council are butchering the hedgerow.
At the other a fallow deer runs along the line of trees & disappears into the wood.
In the middle Barney waits patiently for me to throw the ball.
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Beautiful day at the playing fields & High Wood today.
At one end the council are butchering the hedgerow.
At the other a fallow deer runs along the line of trees & disappears into the wood.
In the middle Barney waits patiently for me to throw the ball.
At one end the council are butchering the hedgerow.
At the other a fallow deer runs along the line of trees & disappears into the wood.
In the middle Barney waits patiently for me to throw the ball.
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🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Over 100,000 acres of our public forests used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger than the Isle of W...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...