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Jim Birdsall
5 months
@lolathesh0wgirl I daresay this chap has not experienced austerity.
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Jim Birdsall
3 years
Bee orchid, a delightful sight on a roadside verge and the first wild orchid I have seen this year Ophrys apifera #wildflowerhour #orchidchallenge
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1 year
@amalieskram Who are you to say that this is not enough time?
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Jim Birdsall
7 years
#iVoted 3 generations of Birdsalls voting in Tadcaster today and this is the first time Gran has voted since 2005.
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3 months
@aishasembhi You hear people saying things like, "Oh, my family has no money." because the comparison is only with the super-rich, whom they are in proximity to, so they cannot see the bigger picture.
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30 days
cemetery garden on a late summer day
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2 months
rabbit family photo
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Jim Birdsall
2 months
making blackberry fruit leather #lavashak
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Jim Birdsall
6 years
Did someone say #SNPCivilWar ?
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Jim Birdsall
3 years
First time I have seen Solomon's seal in the wild #wildflowerhour Near Aberford, Yorkshire
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Jim Birdsall
10 months
There is a website about lichens called Ways of Enlichenment. You're welcome.
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4 years
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Jim Birdsall
4 years
#supportbubble as imagined by Hieronymous Bosch
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Jim Birdsall
3 months
first plums of summer
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2 months
tomato abundance
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5 years
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Jim Birdsall
6 years
The awkward moment when you realise you're in a Bosch painting
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6 years
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4 months
the first chicory flowers of summer
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3 months
making blackcurrant fruit leather
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3 months
early apples
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Jim Birdsall
4 years
Gamjajeon, Korean potato pancake, is delicious and my new favourite thing to make with potatoes. Crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside - seriously good! I thank @maangchi for the inspiration. #gamjajeon
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Jim Birdsall
4 months
my neighbours
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Jim Birdsall
3 years
@MrAndyNgo @LisaShawRadio One really sad thing here is that Lisa Shaw herself was at very low risk of suffering severely from Covid; she had the vaccine to help others.
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Jim Birdsall
6 years
@PolhomeEditor I wonder if Corbyn and McDonnell, who have lived in this country for a very long time, get the irony here.
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Jim Birdsall
11 months
I found some wood blewits in the garden. #MushroomMonday
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2 months
buff-tip moth larvae on hazel #Phalerabucephala
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Jim Birdsall
4 years
@clairlemon Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am, Stuck in the middle with you.
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Jim Birdsall
1 year
@zeinabsdawn You just listed people who showed sympathy with Israelis. This listing is sinister and you display an appalling lack of empathy.
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Jim Birdsall
5 years
A robin landed on my boot this afternoon - how delightful! The bird later ate raisins from my hand.
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Jim Birdsall
8 years
@britainelects MASSIVE swing to the Lib Dems!
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Jim Birdsall
1 year
bee orchids on a sunny day #Ophrysapifera
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Jim Birdsall
6 years
@MatthwBlack Fact of the day: Die Hard has been a Christmas film since the Council of Nicea in 325, when the script was edited by theologians to include Christmas themes.
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Jim Birdsall
6 years
@JohnRentoul @NickCohen4 Why is Voldemort on the television anyhow?
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Jim Birdsall
2 months
A self-seeded hawthorn emerged in the garden. I let this become part of a hedge and it's a real joy to see a pigeon nesting there. #letitgrowandtheywillcome
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Jim Birdsall
9 years
@JohnRentoul ...but instead we have this from @PrivateEyeNews
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Jim Birdsall
5 months
small magpie moth in the greenhouse on a rainy day #Ananiahortulata #smallmagpiemoth
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Jim Birdsall
3 months
cascade in the rainforest - Cranny Falls #temperaterainforest
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Jim Birdsall
3 months
hooded crow #Corvuscornix - Causeway Coast
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3 months
I love this colouring on the greaseproof paper.
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Jim Birdsall
9 years
@GeorgeMonbiot @RoryStewartUK telling the truth is exploitation? Oh dear!
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Jim Birdsall
5 months
Rathlin Island is a great place to see seals.
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Jim Birdsall
1 year
froggy photoshoot
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Jim Birdsall
6 years
@stephenpollard More bad news for Jeremy Corbyn and his cronies
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Jim Birdsall
9 years
#KeepLondonMoving here is a preview of George Galloway's proposed new currency for the city.
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Jim Birdsall
5 months
mint moth This little day-flying moth is attracted to mint in gardens. #Pyraustaaurata
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Jim Birdsall
6 years
@BrianSpanner1 Pass the parcel must be nerve-wracking.
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Jim Birdsall
4 months
pyramidal orchids on the first day of summer #Anacamptispyramidalis
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Jim Birdsall
6 years
Today's #3naturethings are mistletoe, moss, and a beautiful sunset.
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Jim Birdsall
8 years
@Maomentum_ What do you call Corbyn when he dresses up as Father Christmas? Santa Clause IV
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Jim Birdsall
3 months
an unusual breakfast this morning - sago cooked with blackcurrants and coconut, a mix of tropical and homegrown ingredients
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Jim Birdsall
1 year
One of my favourite things about June is seeing day-flying moths; this little fellow is a mint moth. #Pyraustaaurata
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Jim Birdsall
8 years
@BrianSpanner1 I grow kale but it isn't suitable for Corbynites as my allotment is a Blairite plot.
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Jim Birdsall
5 months
four seals and an eider duck - Rathlin Island
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Jim Birdsall
3 years
@NickCohen4 @SCynic1 Trotterdämmerung!
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Jim Birdsall
1 year
green-veined white butterfly on comfrey #Pierisnapi
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Jim Birdsall
7 years
I see Tom Watson is getting stick for being realistic about the looming general election.
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Jim Birdsall
7 years
#wildflowerhour Mulleins looking rather phallic
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Jim Birdsall
1 year
beautiful sunset on Thursday #crepuscular #D ämmerung #twillight
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Jim Birdsall
6 years
@Jake_Wilde Vulnerable member, eh?
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Jim Birdsall
5 months
seal family photo These are grey seals; the one in the foreground is female, the larger dark grey seal is male, and the pale little seal poking out of the water is a pup. #Halichoerusgrypus - Rathlin Island
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Jim Birdsall
6 years
#NewYearPlantHunt Good to see mistletoe - Viscum album
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Jim Birdsall
3 years
Flower of the week for me has to be yarrow. A good number of yarrows are flowering in this lawn I look after. This is an excellent plant for insects, including common red soldier beetle as pictured. #wildflowerhour #Rhagonychafulva #letitgrowandtheywillcome
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Jim Birdsall
6 years
@RobGMacfarlane Here is a photo I took of yew fruit on a tombstone - life and death
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Jim Birdsall
5 years
Nice to see borage growing wild, such a good plant for bees. #Boragoofficinalis #wildflowerhour #pollinatorpals
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Jim Birdsall
4 years
@EmmaKennedy @SteveShawWright It really stinks, doesn't it? Having isolated at home for a fortnight last month, managing to not go to Durham or anywhere else, I personally am quite angry.
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Jim Birdsall
6 years
@RobGMacfarlane The genus name is on account of their whiteness, γάλα being the Greek word for milk.
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Jim Birdsall
1 year
pyramidal orchids #Anacamptispyramidalis
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Jim Birdsall
7 years
#wildflowerhour Michaelmas daisies near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
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Jim Birdsall
4 years
Excellent piece of satire from @yorkshirepost cartoonist Graeme Bandeira
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Graeme Bandeira
4 years
DONALD DUCK: I had to do something...shame we can't just flush him away. #DisinfectantDonald
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5 months
cinnabar moth #Tyriajacobaeae
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Jim Birdsall
2 months
I just read that there is a singer called Charli XCX and I want to point out that XCX is not a valid numeral.
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Jim Birdsall
1 year
mint moth on mint leaf #Pyraustaaurata
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Jim Birdsall
6 years
@MooseAllain And wardrobes - the items of furniture that ward our robes!
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Jim Birdsall
10 months
candlesnuff fungus #Xylariahypoxylon You can see the white spores on the fruitbody's branches.
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Jim Birdsall
3 years
Happy birthday to Laurence Sterne, one of my favourite writers!
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Jim Birdsall
8 years
@EasterWatch @Nigel_Farage BY CELEBRATING A SPRING FESTIVAL NAMED AFTER GERMANIC FERTILITY GODDESS EOSTRE
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Jim Birdsall
8 years
@LabourMaquis How would Jackie Walker know whether it was antisemitism if she hasn't heard a definition of antisemitism she can work with?
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Jim Birdsall
3 years
@GeorgeMonbiot Well, he isn't to blame for the abandonment of Afghanistan, having not been PM for 14 years.
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Jim Birdsall
4 years
@cagzy86 @campbellclaret @BorisJohnson Why not? It is a pretty damn good indication of his character.
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Jim Birdsall
7 years
@GeorgeMonbiot George please check out a video we made in our constituency and share if you like it.
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Jim Birdsall
3 years
@ZubyMusic It is not false though - she wrote 'a world leader', not 'the world leader'. A country in the top 3 for something can accurately be called a world leader.
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Jim Birdsall
7 years
@WarmongerHodges The bomber's parents were not born in England. No irony at all. Plus not all immigration is the same.
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Jim Birdsall
6 years
@NewWorldHominin @MeghanEMurphy Well that answers the question pretty well, if women are finding it more difficult to meet and discuss their rights.
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Jim Birdsall
9 years
@makingsense136 @RichardDawkins @PersianRose1 about the one on the plane, was he dressed up as a condom on account of being a prick?
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Jim Birdsall
7 years
@TomBlenkinsop So not only is he an apologist for tyranny but he is a liar as well.
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Jim Birdsall
2 months
There is enhanced stubble on my face and I am considering allowing it to grow into a proper beard.
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Jim Birdsall
3 months
This is mildly amusing.
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Jim Birdsall
2 years
life in March #Aglaisurticae
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Jim Birdsall
20 days
Do men treat their hair to make it curly? I saw a man whose hair seemed curlier than it should be. His parents don't have curly hair, nor do his brothers, but his hair is curly. Might he be treating it?
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Jim Birdsall
1 year
cute sign
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Jim Birdsall
11 months
seals at the Kilcobben Cove lifeboat station, Cornwall
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Jim Birdsall
9 years
@simon_schama @blairsupporter @STWuk it is time they changed their name to "Stop the West Coalition"
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Jim Birdsall
2 years
@KarlTurnerMP Do you think there were no Christmas holidays before trade unions?
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Jim Birdsall
3 years
@Lescromps @JohnRentoul No, it was not a safe Labour seat - it is one of many that Lab would have lost in 2019 had the pro-Brexit vote not been split.
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Jim Birdsall
3 years
@sullydish @bazzlad I wonder what happens with these people when one points out the implications for 'holy books'.
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Jim Birdsall
4 years
@EPoe187 A meme I made:
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Jim Birdsall
3 months
@ItsMatt_Again How could helping children become more knowledgeable about the natural world ever be a bad thing?
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Jim Birdsall
1 year
red admiral butterfly on buddleja #Vanessaatalanta #redadmiral
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