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@mitchellsnik

3 years

Here a photo of my front lawn. 3 years ago I decided let it go wild. It used to be short grass with stripes like my neighbours. Now it's full of love, life & excitement. Some passers by shake their heads & some take photos 🤘💚

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2 months

Blocked Swift Colony. I'm being ignored by the residents, the scaffold company and the police. I reported this crime yesterday and they've done nothing about it (ref 20-0432), when I called back this morning THE POLICE HUNG UP ON ME! please help.

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@mitchellsnik

1 year

A LOW MAINTENANCE LAWN. You just have to cut IT 2 or 3 times a year. It'll bring you love, life, joy & excitement & keep the area cooler.

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1 month

Good news the scaffolders have been to alter scaffolding that was blocking the swift nests. this video on YouTube

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2 months

Blocked Swift colony update. I've been informed the police are in attendance, this will be thanks to the public pressure & to every single wonderful person that took the time to get involved. Let's hope the police understand the situation & get the scaffolding altered.

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6 years

6:30am and I'm stood looking out my window with a cup of tea and i saw this NIGHTJAR sat on my wall! #Springwatch

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@mitchellsnik

4 years

I've decided I will start labelling wildflowers to try and enlighten people before the lawnmower obsessed Council get here

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@mitchellsnik

1 month

RoadsideRagwort😍 In all over 177 species of insect use ragwort as a source of nectar or pollen. It's a native wildflower to be celebrated. It's NOT a cumulative poison And in the extremely unlikely event of livestock eating it,it's excreted in about 24 to 48 hours

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@mitchellsnik

1 month

Balloons don't go to heaven 🎈 🐮 💀

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@mitchellsnik

3 months

Insects have declined by 78% in the last 20years & now this. 😡 🐦🐀🪲🪰🐜🐞🐛🦋🐝. Everyone agrees to cut sight lines but this sad, tidy obsession has got to stop.

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1 month

Yellow Ragwort. So much scaremongering of a native wildflower that's been here since the last ice age. > It's not a cumulative poison (The fact is that they are excreted in about 24 to 48 hours). > It cannot penetrate human skin This video on youtube

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@mitchellsnik

1 month

Swift bricks going in, ready for rendering.

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@mitchellsnik

19 days

63 white storks 😳 Spotted by George Cooper (12th August) Prior to 2020, the last breeding pair to be recorded in Britain was in 1416

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

Update on blocked Swift colony in Ramsgate. Police have been in attendance & are unable to access the scaffold. the scaffold has been up for nearly a week, it’s not looking good for chicks. Scaffolders are out of the country but intend to visit site Tuesday (23rd) @WriterHannahBT

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

Today @Kent_cc cut the grass on the roundabout. It was about 3 inches long and full of flowers (Hawkbit) which looks great and it's brilliant for pollinators. What a waste of tax payers money & what is the point ???

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

Can anybody help? I just don't have time 😔 Many swifts at a loyal swift colony at Albert Road, Ramsgate have been blocked from their nests by scaffolding. they probably have young in nests too. no answer at property (its flats) This is against the law & I have reported to police

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@mitchellsnik

1 month

Slow worms under just one of our many reptile mats out on the Minster Marsh yet National Grid has said there's not a significant population of slow worms there 🤔 Photo credit @ramsgatebirds #saveminstermarshes #rethinksealink

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@mitchellsnik

7 months

You prefer the before or after? Street trees ripped out some years back

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

Scaffolding blocking active swift nest sites is a crime breaching the wildlife&countryside act. The police have a duty to request the scaffolding comes down for now but have HUNG UP on me. @kentpolice @ThanetExtra @KentPoliceThan @IsleThanetNews @SteveReedMP

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

Having the odd rat in the garden is totally normal. Rodenticide is absolutely lethal stuff to all wildlife and pets. In fact, rats are cleaner than the average dog. #Rodenticide #rat #rattrap

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@mitchellsnik

8 months

An area being used to survey for Dormice was destroyed this week. 😡

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@mitchellsnik

3 years

Today I spotted two hare coursers and called the police who were absolutely amazing and managed to catch them.. In my footage you can actually see one of the guys carrying the dead hare. Unfortunately my footage is a bit naff because I was using my phone through my binoculars.

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

Big snake🥰. Much of our wildlife living on roadside verges are vunerable to obsessive mowing. They often get shredded to pieces. So I picked this grass snake up to show you just how special the life on our verges is. #grasssnakes #grasssnake #verges #roadsidewildlife

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@mitchellsnik

6 months

Caring people clearing the litter on our verges. Because the council won't !

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@mitchellsnik

9 days

Before we take up countless acres of land with solar panels, put them on every car park, library, school, supermarket, office block ,warehouse and home let the people produce their own power. #solar

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@mitchellsnik

1 year

10 x Bee-eater in Courtstairs park this morning! There I was walking along the promenade with my dog when I saw and heard a flock of 10 bee-eater. I couldn't believe my eyes and I only had my phone for photos, they were moving through. A first for the patch

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

Blocked Swift colony. I've been ignored by the police, by the residents and I've been ignored by the scaffold company! nothing is being done about this it's an absolute outrage. Albert Road Ramsgate blocked Swift colony crime reference 20-0234. The police actually HUNG UP ON ME!

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@mitchellsnik

4 months

😔 It's not "nature" or the "circle of life" This figure is believed to be an underestimation because it counts only confirmed kills, not birds caught and eaten or injured, only to die later.

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@mitchellsnik

3 years

I’d love if you can email this hotel (comfort inn ramsgate) in an attempt to persuade them to let me install swift boxes, I am offering to fund it too. I am insured to do it & work will not affect listed status kishore.kanani @outlook .com reservations @comfortinnramsgate .co.uk

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@mitchellsnik

11 months

Footage of a sewage discharge into the River Stour at Minster. All trust is lost, we no longer know whats is really going on And it hasn't rained for weeks ☔ Full video here 👇

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@mitchellsnik

3 months

School pupils & various other supporters inc @ramsgatebirds took to the streets to raise awareness of the amount of nature that's been lost It was planned to coincide with the national #RestoreNatureNow the theme of #funeralfornature Full video here 👇

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

Rescued this Kestrel, it was stuck in the grill of a moving car, I spotted it as I pulled off a roundabout. I rescued the bird and decided to talk about it and show you before I released it. It was a successful rescue.

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@mitchellsnik

3 months

Today's #soapbox is bought to you from a roundabout 🤣😉

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@mitchellsnik

2 years

Heartbreaking to find our Peregrine nest box totally destroyed. The box was a huge success & help for the birds, they raised many young each year. It was bombarded with concrete fence posts thrown from top I dropped in immediately to make safe. Don't think birds were injured

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@mitchellsnik

5 months

Field full of Cowslip. thanks to George Cooper for telling me about this place.

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

My bee bollards are a success.

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

So far scaffold company have lied to people saying RSPCA came & inspected and said it's OK. They are also saying to police they are out the country atm despite not saying that to myself & others

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

Swift brick installed in Hemel Hempstead. can you spot the mistake?

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

a quick update to tell you some good news. Some of our Swift boxes are in use 😉

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

Giant hazard to wildlife on newbuild site. This is quite unbelievable. It's well known housing estates do little for wildlife but this is just unbelievable. They should have planted trees instead. #birdnetting

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

@LeanneC53131237 I didn't want to name them, but you know what they listening. So...

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@mitchellsnik

3 months

Are you ready for "let it bloom in June"? How did your #NoMowMay go? (by the way it's not all about pretty flowers) Keep it going! No mow may is about reimagining your lawn, A way of instigating an intrest. Letting life & love in. #LetItBloomInJune

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

Beautiful wildflowers have managed to do their thing on Deal seafront. Hollyhocks & Mullion Thanks for the pic Lynn Dipple #deal

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

Fully grown Drinker Moth caterpillars are pretty big. One of the Cuckoos favourite foods. #drinkermoth

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

The scaffold company lied to me this morning saying the RSPCA had been informed and had no issues.

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@mitchellsnik

1 year

Thanet Council never fail to disappoint me. I gave them 4 quality Swift nest boxes for a project in Broadstairs only for them to double bag and return them in fear because one of them had bird poop on! I swear our council are from another planet 🤬

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@mitchellsnik

5 months

Poo bags hanging from trees 💩 🐶 🤔

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@mitchellsnik

1 month

Sound on 😊 found a young begging sparrow hawk

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@mitchellsnik

1 year

We lost one of our last wildflower meadows in Thanet to housing a few years ago. To rub it in they called the development "the meadows" & planted loads of laurels. Never got those trees in the CGI either.

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@mitchellsnik

2 years

The houses on the left (Foreland Heights, Ramsgate) used to be meadow/allotments. Now it's modern houses consisting largely of hardstanding despite the area being prone to flooding.

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@mitchellsnik

5 years

I hate #cats so much. Cats kill 55 million birds a year in the UK, They kill for fun. Just witnessed this cat kill a jay 😡

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@mitchellsnik

5 years

Like most modern construction Westwood Cross is a sterile un-accommodating place for wildlife however it feels my heart with love to see somebody has been putting bird feeders out in the car park

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@mitchellsnik

6 years

This morning I cleared lots and lots of fine shredded plastic from the strandline of my patch (Pegwell bay) mostly consists of plastic coffee cups and latex gloves. 😭 Its very time consuming to clear. #2minutebeachclean

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@mitchellsnik

7 months

@bug_wug

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@mitchellsnik

1 month

Good news the scaffolders have been to alter scaffolding that was blocking the swift nests.

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@mitchellsnik

5 years

Here is a picture of my lawn mower that I do not use on my lawn.😅 My front lawn is "wild for wildlife" 🐶🐣🐦 #Springwatch @blue_campaign1

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@mitchellsnik

3 months

Beach closed for bank holiday weekend. Toxic sludge at Minnis Bay An algal bloom, possibly caused by sewage and/or warmer sea temperatures has died back, causing oxygen levels in the water to crash killing marine life on the Thanet coast. Our ecosystem is falling apart!

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@mitchellsnik

5 years

one of the 2 local Albino squirrels in my garden

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

@philespin I had a missed call (private number) from "Wildlife crime unit" that's all they've done. They could have easily visited the site and then instructed the scaffolders to alter their scaffolding and pause work until September

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@mitchellsnik

3 months

Brambles are important habitat, food source & nursery for young trees

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1 year

@StereoReveries @THX

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

I've been to visit & scaffold still hasn't been altered 😡

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@mitchellsnik

6 months

Attended a stranded Beaver on the beach this morning, These rodents are incredibly important. They have been reintroduced after 400 year absence so it’s something quite unique and new to be dealing with.

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@mitchellsnik

4 months

Before we take up countless acres of land with solar panels put them on every car park, library, school, supermarket, office block ,warehouse and home let the people produce their own power. #solar

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@mitchellsnik

2 years

150 meters of ancient hedgerow ripped out & burnt. Monkton Road, Minster. Hedgerows are not just for wildlife. They also 👇 > Bring shelter, beauty > Protect soil from erosion > Reduce surface run off > Capture carbon > Prolong life of road by sheltering from sun & frost & more

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1 year

@rick_emry America, the so-called land of the free

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@mitchellsnik

2 years

A corn bunting singing at chalk Hill in Ramsgate. Sadly this area is under development and this will be a thing of the past soon. this little bird visits each year

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@mitchellsnik

1 month

The tidy brigade 😡

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4 years

Oh wow, someone spotted a beaver at the sandwich key... The secret is out 😂 (photo nigel Bourne)

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@mitchellsnik

5 years

My forgotten land FULL of litter Places like these are great for wildlife, not much in thanet is left for wildlife. Since meeting @WayneKoda on their uk litterpick last summer i was inspired to finally tackle it myself. 35bags! SOMEONE HAD TO DO SOMETHING & I'M SOMEONE.

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@mitchellsnik

2 years

@WWF_UK_Politics @DefraGovUK UK is ‘among the most nature-depleted countries in the world’ out of 218 countries in the world the UK ranked 189th

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@mitchellsnik

1 year

They call this home improvement??? 100% lifeless ✅ White render ✅ Grey windows ✅ White range rover ✅

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@mitchellsnik

2 years

Goldfinch feeding in my meadow this eve.

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@mitchellsnik

6 years

A stranded fish that goes by many names such as small-spotted catshark, sandy dogfish, lesser-spotted dogfish, Rough-hound or Moray. Was stranded in ramsgate this morning. I put it back into the sea and swam it off.

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@mitchellsnik

4 years

1:15 I'm in my front garden and I hear gulls at high level going mad I reach for the bins and there it was the white-tailed sea eagle heading northwest from Pegwell

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1 year

Full of life one day, tidy, boring & lifeless the next 😔

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@mitchellsnik

5 years

Last night after rescuing a hedgehog & keeping it indoors for the night. It managed to get out of its box whilst we were all asleep climb upstairs & poo everywhere.

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@mitchellsnik

10 months

Out in #StormCiaran this morning. It's hitting the Thanet coast hard

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

House Martin nest colony in Sandwich. The house martin is a common summer visitor to the UK. It builds mud nests, sometimes in small colonies, under ledges, on cliffs and, as their name suggests, under the eaves of house. Full vid here 👇

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@mitchellsnik

10 months

Here is the giant sponge the National Grid intend to build a giant converter station site. Not only wildlife rich but these wetlands protect us from extreme weather events and help us by storing rain like a sponge. Wetlands make up only 3% of the UK & are home to 10% of species

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@mitchellsnik

1 year

I found a beautiful little bumblebees nest under construction on a roadside Verge. I'm really looking forward to going back and filming it (and probably getting g stung 😂). I just hope the mowers and chemicals don't beat me to it

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1 month

Yellow and black stripey caterpillars 💛🙂

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@mitchellsnik

2 months

I've been back this morning. I've been ignored by the police, by residents & the scaffold company! nothing is being done about this it's an absolute outrage. Albert Road Ramsgate blocked Swift colony crime reference 20-0234. The police actually HUNG UP ON ME!

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@mitchellsnik

3 months

The University of Kent has proposed building a new settlement of 2,000 houses, shops and offices on a massive greenfield site in the heart of The Blean. With well over 300 others I took part in a protest march. This film on YouTube #savetheblean

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2 years

@theJeremyVine Agree, hate seeing these kind of things especially the whole "swimming with dolphins" photos. 😩

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@mitchellsnik

3 years

It's been lovely having a film crew on our coast for the last 2 days but it was extremely disappointing to see how much litter they left behind. Cable ties, tape, plastic bottles, coffee cups, plastic cutlery & more. I picked up the majority of it 😢

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9 days

This small lagoon within a SSSI site was damaged by National Grid in 2016. #saveminstermarshes #rethinksealink

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6 months

Biodiversity features at a petrol station.

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5 years

Today I had the privilege of meeting @WayneKoda who have been Walking and Litter picking the UK coastline for 3 years. He is on a mission to raise awareness about the environment and social issues. @ThanetCoastProj

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3 months

Another #swift nest box up today for Sarah in Westgate. Keeping the skies alive.

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2 years

Pigeon are so incredibly clever !

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2 months

I've been back this morning I've been ignored by the police, by the residents and I've been ignored by the scaffold company! nothing is being done about this it's an absolute outrage. Albert Road Ramsgate blocked Swift colony crime reference 20-0234. The police actually HUNG UP

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2 years

Although I saw plenty of storks at knepp this spring this is the first time I have ever seen them on my patch. About 12 or more look like they're spending the night in Pegwell

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5 months

The Swallows are back ! 😁

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@mitchellsnik

4 months

Tidy cut grass is so boring ! #NoMowMay shame on you #Fujifilm

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4 years

Look what I rescued tonight... A jack snipe. It seems OK so I'll try releasing tomorrow morning at the bay

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@mitchellsnik

3 years

Here is the story of a mini ecological disaster on Ramsgates Westcliff. Great that volunteers got together to clear it as soon as possible @2minbeachclean

Volunteers tackle clear up of polystyrene block as pieces shed all along Western Undercliff

Thanet Coastal Wardens sprung into action this weekend when a huge polystyrene pontoon washed up in Thanet, shedding thousands of tiny pieces across the Western Undercliff beach. The lump, describe…

theisleofthanetnews.com

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6 years

Did big beach clean on my patch this morning, I was accompanied by two ravens. #2minutebeachclean

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