Peter Brash
@peterbrash.bsky.social
Ecologist, birder, entomologist, botanist and bat botherer. Born in Liverpool and returned via circuitous route. I block dickheads on sight.
#WinterTen for #Wildflowerhour Oxeye Daisy, Musk Mallow, Common Flax, Common Knapweed, Common Vetch, Cow Parsley, Cock's-foot, Sticky Mouse-ear, Spear Thistle and False Oat-grass.
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#WinterTen for #Wildflowerhour Oxeye Daisy, Musk Mallow, Common Flax, Common Knapweed, Common Vetch, Cow Parsley, Cock's-foot, Sticky Mouse-ear, Spear Thistle and False Oat-grass.
Anyone with a phone plan managed to leave O2 after recent price rises? Phone bought through Samsung but with O2 contract. O2 say that there's no way of telling me how much the phone costs vs Airtime (data, calls etc). I don't believe them.
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Anyone with a phone plan managed to leave O2 after recent price rises? Phone bought through Samsung but with O2 contract. O2 say that there's no way of telling me how much the phone costs vs Airtime (data, calls etc). I don't believe them.
Second part of my dozen #winterten for #wildflowerhour White Campion, Ribbed Melilot, Hogweed, Pansy, Crimson Clover a d Wild Angelica.
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Second part of my dozen #winterten for #wildflowerhour White Campion, Ribbed Melilot, Hogweed, Pansy, Crimson Clover a d Wild Angelica.
First six of my #winterten for #wildflowerhour Buckwheat, Chicory, Red Dead-nettle, Redshank, Meadowsweet and Holly.
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
First six of my #winterten for #wildflowerhour Buckwheat, Chicory, Red Dead-nettle, Redshank, Meadowsweet and Holly.
Contacting Liverpool Council about paying a motoring fine. Will it take 5 attempts? Will I be ignored every single time? Like the time that they told me they'd be taking away the defunct disabled parking bay and associated street junk from outside my house? Wish me luck.
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Contacting Liverpool Council about paying a motoring fine. Will it take 5 attempts? Will I be ignored every single time? Like the time that they told me they'd be taking away the defunct disabled parking bay and associated street junk from outside my house? Wish me luck.
I've never seen a fasciated banana before.
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I've never seen a fasciated banana before.
Five more makes 11 for my #winterten #wildflowerhour
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Five more makes 11 for my #winterten #wildflowerhour
The first 6 of a #Winterten for #wildflowerhour
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The first 6 of a #Winterten for #wildflowerhour
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Nothing new under the sun. St Methodius giving St Cyril the 'bunny ears' treatment on Charles Bridge Prague.
October 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Nothing new under the sun. St Methodius giving St Cyril the 'bunny ears' treatment on Charles Bridge Prague.
I knew she reminded me of somebody.
October 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I knew she reminded me of somebody.
A time of joy and happiness for everybody. Apart from these two obviously.
October 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A time of joy and happiness for everybody. Apart from these two obviously.
Thinking back to the summer when I was watching birds passing over really high over Arnside. I noticed something unidentified that seemed to be falling from a height (perhaps 1000 metres). Started off as a speck but as it fell I still couldn't identify it.
October 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thinking back to the summer when I was watching birds passing over really high over Arnside. I noticed something unidentified that seemed to be falling from a height (perhaps 1000 metres). Started off as a speck but as it fell I still couldn't identify it.
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A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
Website of artist, cartoonist & tweeter Moose Allain
Welcome to the website of artist, cartoonist and prolific tweeter Moose Allain. Please fell free to have a poke about.
www.worldofmoose.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
Thanks to @wordsanddeeds.bsky.social for the news on this Great White Egret along Estuary Boulevard in Speke. Photographed with my phone from the car. Incredibly tame. This was the first bird that I twitched, back in 1981 at Penmaenpool when I think there were less than 10 post 1954 records!
October 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Thanks to @wordsanddeeds.bsky.social for the news on this Great White Egret along Estuary Boulevard in Speke. Photographed with my phone from the car. Incredibly tame. This was the first bird that I twitched, back in 1981 at Penmaenpool when I think there were less than 10 post 1954 records!
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Apart from donating to support Wikipedia, I'd recommend everyone download their app.
You'd be surprised how many web searches end up leading right to Wikipedia. Instead of going through Google and all its ads and AI blegh, you can get straight to Wikipedia that way. Convenient and useful!
You'd be surprised how many web searches end up leading right to Wikipedia. Instead of going through Google and all its ads and AI blegh, you can get straight to Wikipedia that way. Convenient and useful!
October 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Apart from donating to support Wikipedia, I'd recommend everyone download their app.
You'd be surprised how many web searches end up leading right to Wikipedia. Instead of going through Google and all its ads and AI blegh, you can get straight to Wikipedia that way. Convenient and useful!
You'd be surprised how many web searches end up leading right to Wikipedia. Instead of going through Google and all its ads and AI blegh, you can get straight to Wikipedia that way. Convenient and useful!
Now, I'm not an arborist but I really don't think that this has been thought through.
October 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Now, I'm not an arborist but I really don't think that this has been thought through.
An increase of over 30% for a smattering of AI twaddle that I won't use? Bollocks to that.
October 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
An increase of over 30% for a smattering of AI twaddle that I won't use? Bollocks to that.
He said 'these days you get arrested and thrown in jail for saying you're North Korean don't you?'
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
He said 'these days you get arrested and thrown in jail for saying you're North Korean don't you?'
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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
Yesterday myself and @wildlifetoursed.bsky.social headed to Gore point near Porlock for some long overdue ride pooling session.. Several awesome new to us species were observed.
First up was my Stalked jellyfish find, possibly Calvadosia campanulata. 1/3
#rockpool #coast #Somerset #marine
First up was my Stalked jellyfish find, possibly Calvadosia campanulata. 1/3
#rockpool #coast #Somerset #marine
October 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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'Making people pay for retail goods would kill the shoplifting industry.'
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
'Making people pay for retail goods would kill the shoplifting industry.'
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Old mossy lawns around University of Liverpool’s city campus yielded some interesting #fungi. Particularly the black cups next to old tree stumps. Any help with ID would be very welcome #fungifriday
October 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Old mossy lawns around University of Liverpool’s city campus yielded some interesting #fungi. Particularly the black cups next to old tree stumps. Any help with ID would be very welcome #fungifriday
Young Conservatives. I've always suspected that they're born 45 years old and this does nothing to dissuade me.
Charles Amos is the legalise incest guy. Insane they didn't do due diligence. www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...
Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future
The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge
www.thetimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Young Conservatives. I've always suspected that they're born 45 years old and this does nothing to dissuade me.