@rriots2.bsky.social
West Wales wildlife and wilding. Rescue pointers and cats. Lefty.
I miss seeing the wildlife up close now the days are short and nights so long. Lovely to know they are still out there doing their thing.
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I miss seeing the wildlife up close now the days are short and nights so long. Lovely to know they are still out there doing their thing.
Just two of the four swallow chicks made it. They fledged a couple of days ago. They spent most of yesterday perched on the telephone line outside being fed by their parents. Lots of flapping and testing of wings.
September 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just two of the four swallow chicks made it. They fledged a couple of days ago. They spent most of yesterday perched on the telephone line outside being fed by their parents. Lots of flapping and testing of wings.
Not sure if these little darlings are the second or third brood this year. Hope they will be well and ready for the big migration flight. The swallows are already lining up on the telephone line along the track.
August 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Not sure if these little darlings are the second or third brood this year. Hope they will be well and ready for the big migration flight. The swallows are already lining up on the telephone line along the track.
Have just taken a lovely juvenile sparrowhawk into the wood and laid it to rest on a mossy bank under a beech tree. It shot into the house through an open window and flew straight into the glass porch door. I hoped it might be just stunned - but no. Shocking and very sad.
August 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Have just taken a lovely juvenile sparrowhawk into the wood and laid it to rest on a mossy bank under a beech tree. It shot into the house through an open window and flew straight into the glass porch door. I hoped it might be just stunned - but no. Shocking and very sad.
The woods were alive with chiffchaff song this morning. Nothing yesterday - full on today. Spring is definitely here.
March 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The woods were alive with chiffchaff song this morning. Nothing yesterday - full on today. Spring is definitely here.
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Natur Cymru is delighted to have joined Bluesky. We post about our biannual magazine, wildlife in Wales, and all things to do with Welsh conservation. Follow us to hear more!
March 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Natur Cymru is delighted to have joined Bluesky. We post about our biannual magazine, wildlife in Wales, and all things to do with Welsh conservation. Follow us to hear more!
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When the world is mad,
or when one is too sick to stand
best curl up small & hide away
So for all of you who are feeling overwhelmed here’s a dormouse doing what they do best with moss for a pillow in a dormouse nest
or when one is too sick to stand
best curl up small & hide away
So for all of you who are feeling overwhelmed here’s a dormouse doing what they do best with moss for a pillow in a dormouse nest
March 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
When the world is mad,
or when one is too sick to stand
best curl up small & hide away
So for all of you who are feeling overwhelmed here’s a dormouse doing what they do best with moss for a pillow in a dormouse nest
or when one is too sick to stand
best curl up small & hide away
So for all of you who are feeling overwhelmed here’s a dormouse doing what they do best with moss for a pillow in a dormouse nest
Breakfast 'chat'
Me: Turn round very slowly. There's a beautiful song thrush just outside the window.
Mr Riots turns slowly. Brief silence as he contemplates.
Me: Doesn't seem right that it's from the genus Turdus.
Mr Riots: Thrush isn't too great either.
Toast munching resumes.
Me: Turn round very slowly. There's a beautiful song thrush just outside the window.
Mr Riots turns slowly. Brief silence as he contemplates.
Me: Doesn't seem right that it's from the genus Turdus.
Mr Riots: Thrush isn't too great either.
Toast munching resumes.
March 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Breakfast 'chat'
Me: Turn round very slowly. There's a beautiful song thrush just outside the window.
Mr Riots turns slowly. Brief silence as he contemplates.
Me: Doesn't seem right that it's from the genus Turdus.
Mr Riots: Thrush isn't too great either.
Toast munching resumes.
Me: Turn round very slowly. There's a beautiful song thrush just outside the window.
Mr Riots turns slowly. Brief silence as he contemplates.
Me: Doesn't seem right that it's from the genus Turdus.
Mr Riots: Thrush isn't too great either.
Toast munching resumes.
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Beautiful artwork from @sarahdesign.bsky.social. I'm off to take a look at her Etsy store...
I don't want to be on ghastly x anymore but it's where a lot of my sales come from so this post is a brazen request for shares to spread the word about my work on a kinder platform that isn't run by a dangerous megalomaniac!
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Sara...
#selfemployedartist #ukgifthour #shopindie
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Sara...
#selfemployedartist #ukgifthour #shopindie
February 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Beautiful artwork from @sarahdesign.bsky.social. I'm off to take a look at her Etsy store...
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Evening fire in the sky, Cardigan Bay, west Wales 🔥, tonight
January 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Evening fire in the sky, Cardigan Bay, west Wales 🔥, tonight
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In January 2021, during the third national lockdown, I pulled into this deserted pub car park to turn the van round and found a lamppost and a bin engaged in lively conversation while they thought no one was looking. Incredible.
January 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In January 2021, during the third national lockdown, I pulled into this deserted pub car park to turn the van round and found a lamppost and a bin engaged in lively conversation while they thought no one was looking. Incredible.
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Please help me! I’m on X because that’s where my paintings sell. I shift about 95% of my work there. If I could just get my followers up to the same level here, it would release me from the swamp. I live in the middle of nowhere so I rely on social media to share & show my work.
January 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Please help me! I’m on X because that’s where my paintings sell. I shift about 95% of my work there. If I could just get my followers up to the same level here, it would release me from the swamp. I live in the middle of nowhere so I rely on social media to share & show my work.
Surprised to see a pair of bullfinches flitting about the bushes along the path in the dunes on our beach walk this morning. Lovely rosy blush against the bright yellow gorse where they perched. Not the usual habitat we spot them in. And it's busy with people and dogs.
December 28, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Surprised to see a pair of bullfinches flitting about the bushes along the path in the dunes on our beach walk this morning. Lovely rosy blush against the bright yellow gorse where they perched. Not the usual habitat we spot them in. And it's busy with people and dogs.
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Cross off’ Xmas dinner’ from the tragically short list of things Liz Truss hasn’t ruined for us all.
December 25, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Cross off’ Xmas dinner’ from the tragically short list of things Liz Truss hasn’t ruined for us all.
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Remembering those who protected & improved RSPB’s Ynys-hir nature reserve, & their love for & knowledge of its wildlife. Poignant @theguardian.com country diary from Jim Perrin today. #naturewriting #countrydiary
Country diary: Few have known this landscape better than Penny Condry | Jim Perrin
Machynlleth, Powys: After many decades of the closest observation, good humour and protection, she will be much missed
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Remembering those who protected & improved RSPB’s Ynys-hir nature reserve, & their love for & knowledge of its wildlife. Poignant @theguardian.com country diary from Jim Perrin today. #naturewriting #countrydiary
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One of my cats’ little sisters has had her planned home fall through: the cuddliest little petite girl! Anyone looking for an outdoor/stable or indoor/outdoor cat? Already an accomplished mouser at 13 weeks. In NW Wales: DM me for breeder’s contact details.
December 22, 2024 at 10:45 AM
One of my cats’ little sisters has had her planned home fall through: the cuddliest little petite girl! Anyone looking for an outdoor/stable or indoor/outdoor cat? Already an accomplished mouser at 13 weeks. In NW Wales: DM me for breeder’s contact details.
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windblown windows
December 19, 2024 at 7:10 PM
windblown windows
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'M' is for.... Mistle Thrush!
This beautiful linocut is by Yorkshire artist and printmaker, Pam Grimmond
More of this artist's wonderful artwork, here: www.pamgrimmond.co.uk
This beautiful linocut is by Yorkshire artist and printmaker, Pam Grimmond
More of this artist's wonderful artwork, here: www.pamgrimmond.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 8:21 AM
'M' is for.... Mistle Thrush!
This beautiful linocut is by Yorkshire artist and printmaker, Pam Grimmond
More of this artist's wonderful artwork, here: www.pamgrimmond.co.uk
This beautiful linocut is by Yorkshire artist and printmaker, Pam Grimmond
More of this artist's wonderful artwork, here: www.pamgrimmond.co.uk
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And here's the gorgeous hairy dragonfly! british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/hair...
Hairy Dragonfly - British Dragonfly Society
UK’s smallest, hairiest Hawker that emerging before other Hawkers in May. Male: dark with blue and green markings. Female: dark with yellow markings. Tips for identifying spotty dragonfly species ...
british-dragonflies.org.uk
December 6, 2024 at 12:57 PM
And here's the gorgeous hairy dragonfly! british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/hair...
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Drudwns. Aberystwyth. Starlings.
December 3, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Drudwns. Aberystwyth. Starlings.
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My son Rob says one of the perks of being a marine biologist is the occasional cute sea horse. This one from Fiji.
December 3, 2024 at 11:24 AM
My son Rob says one of the perks of being a marine biologist is the occasional cute sea horse. This one from Fiji.
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'December Walk, Newburgh' and 'December Kinross' - both painted in mixed media by Scottish artist, Christine Woodside,
This artist's (recent) paintings depict the surrounding countryside and views from her window where she lives in Fife.
Just lovely
#December #winter #art #landscape #mixedmedia
This artist's (recent) paintings depict the surrounding countryside and views from her window where she lives in Fife.
Just lovely
#December #winter #art #landscape #mixedmedia
December 1, 2024 at 4:27 PM
'December Walk, Newburgh' and 'December Kinross' - both painted in mixed media by Scottish artist, Christine Woodside,
This artist's (recent) paintings depict the surrounding countryside and views from her window where she lives in Fife.
Just lovely
#December #winter #art #landscape #mixedmedia
This artist's (recent) paintings depict the surrounding countryside and views from her window where she lives in Fife.
Just lovely
#December #winter #art #landscape #mixedmedia
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December 1, 2024 at 4:57 PM