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Swifts and Us: The Life of the Bird that Sleeps in the Sky @WmCollinsBooks.

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This Norway maple was pollarded in midsummer - the worst of times for this severe pruning. Amazingly, it has grown back this ballgown of a dress. Some of the other trees though are struggling, with just a quiff of panic leaves sprouting from their shorn crowns.

This Norway maple was pollarded in midsummer - the worst of times for this severe pruning. Amazingly, it has grown back this ballgown of a dress. Some of the other trees though are struggling, with just a quiff of panic leaves sprouting from their shorn crowns.
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The Conservatives have changed PM multiple times without calling a General Election on the basis that in the UK we "elect the party, not the individual". Ok, fair enough. Sort of. But, voters elected the party on the basis of their 2019 Manifesto which promised "the most

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Every morning I'm out in my garden at 7ish & I've been hearing a little more birdsong ever day. This morning I heard the wonderful sound of a whole chorus of blackbirds for the first time this year.

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The Lough Neagh fly is the key insect prey for many of Northern Ireland's swifts and house martins - now look what's happened. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/a…

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Still two months before swifts return to the UK but in Egypt, where spring comes early, they're back already. Video taken in Tahir Square by my son.

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I was in my local post office today when a pigeon flew in. A big guy in a hi-viz jacket very gently cornered it, picked it up and took it back outside. So nice to see this done so calmly. "I didn't want it to get hurt," he said.

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Two swifts over my garden! Just yesterday Countryile star Hayley Garrod installed six integral nest boxes in my loft and the call system is now on!

Two swifts over my garden! Just yesterday Countryile star Hayley Garrod installed six integral nest boxes in my loft and the call system is now on!
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A day for thinking about Swifts, reading about Swifts and taking photos of Swifts - happy #WorldSwiftDay folks. #WSD2024 Swift Awareness Week Thanks Sarah Gibson for a lovely read with my coffee. ❤️📚🐦 #mybirdinglife #birdsuniteourworld #Swifts #30dayswild Photos:- Climate Action North

A day for thinking about Swifts, reading about Swifts and taking photos of Swifts - happy #WorldSwiftDay folks. #WSD2024 <a href="/swiftsweek/">Swift Awareness Week</a> Thanks <a href="/WindsweptSarah/">Sarah Gibson</a> for a lovely read with my coffee. ❤️📚🐦 #mybirdinglife #birdsuniteourworld #Swifts #30dayswild 
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What an honour to have our wedding celebration written up so beautifully by Guardian Country Diarist Paul Evans theguardian.com/environment/ar…