Andrew Helyer

Practising Urban and Transport Engineer, pretend Mountaineer, periodic Runner, perennial Cyclist and patient Ornithologist

[Andrew Helyer @Andrew_Helyer]

@TheLastLeg #budgetmovies The Dark Crystal Meth

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@RupertEvershed @Bc_HertsMiddx @Greenhsteak @SimonWest26 white letter hairstreak, notice the white W on the wing. I think??

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Gibellula Octo-Fingalis
Obviously because of the spider connection and the famous cave in Gaelic folklore, but also because it means “white stranger” in Irish and I am pretty sure it is the strangest white fungus ever 🙂
#springwatchfungus

[Andrew Helyer @Andrew_Helyer]

@Herts_Highways there is a tree down on the inside lane on the A414 between the main Hertford roundabout and the link up to Foxholes with the Mercedes garage.

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@RSPBEngland moorhen

[Derbyshire Wildlife Trust @DerbysWildlife]

💚🦅 Good bye and good luck Vigo! After nearly three months our visiting bearded vulture has finally flown south. It set off Friday from Crowden, Saturday spotted in Lathkill Dale and Sunday near Leicester flying high and going SE! We hope you find your way safely home 💚🦅

[Dara McAnulty @NaturalistDara]

I’m an autistic teenager. I’m not polished. I don’t rehearse (sometimes I wish I did!). I’m raw and real and very very imperfect. But look what can happen, to an ordinary boy who had a story to tell, in all its rage and love. I forgot to say here - but THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY 🙌🙌

[Dara McAnulty @NaturalistDara]

Welcome to the Anthropocene. Nature is not separate from us. We are just the major species wreaking havoc. So much so, that it will be irreparable. I have little hope that governments will act, yet systemic change is what we desperately NEED!
https://t.co/VV5ykZGm4z

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@WWTLondon @SurreyBirdNews Nice Green Sandpiper (I think) in the picture as well 🙂

[BirdGuides @BirdGuides]

Some shocking and disappointing news – Barbara Pompili, the French government's new Minister of Ecological Transition, has presented a draft decree that would allow the killing of some 18,000 European Turtle Doves this autumn: https://t.co/RPRQvIHbF2

[The Urban Birder - OFFICIAL @urbanbirder]

Join me for my talk on
Birding in Extremadura, Spain!

In Conservation With....Special

Sunday 26 July 7pm BST

Book FREE: https://t.co/aIsM7eCIXf

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@themonkeycage Love the show! Also, I’d like to know what Paul Nurse was going to say about the Brimstone butterfly on the most recent episode? He suggested it was the most intriguing form of life, but never got round to expanding why?? 🐒🗑🧬🦋

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@RSPBEngland A coil of Teal certainly makes the best noise!

[Allan Smith @ALLANAlsmiff]

⁦@CRCuthbert⁩ ⁦@suffolkwildlife⁩ can you please help with identification. Just seen in my Beccles garden. Are they hornets?
Thanks Allan

[Welsh Ornithological Society 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @birdsinwales]

For anyone who needs a little bit of light hearted bird entertainment!

[The Urban Birder - OFFICIAL @urbanbirder]

Jack Charlton (r) Rest In Peace

#jackcharlton

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@NeilCalbrade Stunning, I think they are both Firecrests though??🙂 But maybe I misundestand the tweet!

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

So @thameswater spend £2.8 million just to get ride of one CEO and £12.6 million to hire another, paid over three years. Total cost £15.4 million.

Now how many chalk streams could you save with that I wonder?

[The Urban Birder - OFFICIAL @urbanbirder]

Sobering

[8 Out Of 10 Bats @8outof10bats]

Wait for it... 😮😱