Dave Hirst

Providing entertaining talks on subjects from Art to Zoology. #CuriousNaturalists #ArtAlongTheTyne and more.

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[David Hirst @david1hirst]

Thank you to staff of @NewcastleHosps Eye Centre and Ward20 for caring for me during urgent treatment for detached retina this week. Care and expertise very much appreciated. Thank you. 👏👏👏

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@weareboatfolk ⬇️ And this is one of the Terns that nest on the raft @weareboatfolk Royal Quays Marina #NorthShields | @BBCSpringwatch @Hendrover 📷 DavidHirst

[David Hirst @david1hirst]

⬇️ North Shields Fish Quay then and now. The historic (1916) painting by Robert Jobling comes up for auction TODAY ➡️ https://t.co/mgGqGjjiOk
#HeritageTreasures #Tyne #NorthShields #OneNorthShields

[David Hirst @david1hirst]

Can you help bring this historic picture of the #NorthShields #FishQuay back home? It's a rare depiction of life on the #Tyne in 1916. ⏳ Goes under the hammer on Tuesday. Thank you ➡️ https://t.co/Tmh799XEhZ | @NSFQco @thenewsguardian @davidsedgwickNE

[David Hirst @david1hirst]

📷 If you like seeing my photos here, then please can you do me a favour in return and ✅donate to my crowdfunder; ✅RT the link; ✅or otherwise spread the word 👍
https://t.co/bh9ZyaEGkn @NorthShieldsBC @Old_LowLight @NSFQco #NorthShields #Tyne #Tynemouth

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Can you help me bring this historic painting of 'Life on the Fish Quay, 1916' back to #NorthShields ? You can #donate or find out more here ➡️ https://t.co/Gdppf4rw1h 🎨Thank you | Plse RT @NorthShieldsBC @Port_of_Tyne @NTCouncilTeam @YourFishingNews

[David Hirst @david1hirst]

A foggy Tuesday afternoon down at the North Shields Fish Quay. Is it really June? @StormHour #NorthShields #RiverTyne #weatherphotography #OneNorthShields

[Old Low Light 💙 @Old_LowLight]

Big thanks to our volunteers - working behind the scenes during lock down, producing a new website, planning exhibitions, creating videos, growing plants for sales and keeping floral displays going outside the building. Here’s some of the plant team. #VolunteersWeek2021

[Dave Hirst @DavidHirstTalks]

@Channel4News @MinnieStephC4 Not in North Shields 🙁 Fog on the Tyne

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This is not good enough @HMGNorth @PHE_uk 😡 Already hearing about people who are 'fleeing' North Tyneside and with BH weekend ahead you should not be putting residents health at risk with unclear messages on websites | @alancampbellmp
https://t.co/bdJStu5WWb

[BBC North East @BBCNEandCumbria]

Government guidance urging people not to travel into and out of North Tyneside unless essential has caused "unnecessary panic", an MP has said https://t.co/NI1mUDQZnX

[Dave Hirst @DavidHirstTalks]

As a North Tyneside resident it would be good to have clarity @PHE_uk @HMGNorth
https://t.co/xFTmvY7HqJ

[The Guardian @guardian]

Ministers urged to clarify travel advice for England’s Covid hotspots https://t.co/qkLGv5A17l

[Dave Hirst @DavidHirstTalks]

🌼Starling foraging among a carpet of wildflowers in the grassed area below Clifford's Fort walls near @Old_LowLight at North Shields. It's usually mown short by @NTCouncilTeam - hope they've had a change of ❤️ for #NoMowMay? @Love_plants @BBCSpringwatch

[Dave Hirst @DavidHirstTalks]

@NTCouncilTeam I see the grass below Clifford's Fort walls at North Shields has been closely mown again and wild flowers chopped down. Any chance Council ecologist could rethink mowing schedule here? #NoMowMay @Old_LowLight
https://t.co/BF3iD54Iau

[Plantlife @Love_plants]

Want a wildlife-friendly lawn? Incredibly simple changes in mowing eg #NoMowMay can result in enough nectar for ten times more bees and other pollinators
https://t.co/1mq3zs0WUd
#EveryFlowerCounts

[David Hirst @david1hirst]

It's been a pleasure to work with @Old_LowLight volunteers on the production of these online talks. I've learnt new skills and discovered lots about the area. More talks on the way. | @NTCouncilTeam @NTynesideVODA @NorthShieldsBC
https://t.co/xivrCmPC56

[Dave Hirst @DavidHirstTalks]

.@NTCouncilTeam Is NTC supporting #NoMowMay? It would be great to see wildflowers left to grow around Low Lights area #NorthShields, for example, and below Clifford's Fort walls nr @Old_LowLight Heritage Centre. How about it? 🤞 🌼🌼🐝🦋🐞
https://t.co/wEdTj1TtSJ

[Plantlife @Love_plants]

Derby City Council is joining in Plantlife's #NoMowMay campaign as part of its Climate Emergency commitment

https://t.co/9d5qxv8YBM

Is your council embracing a wilder month of May like @DerbyCC?

@DrTrevorDines @IanPlantlife @katefpetty #EveryFlowerCounts

[Dave Hirst @DavidHirstTalks]

@shieldsgazette The headline implies that #NorthShields residents have been specifically asked about the ferry landing move but article only quotes 6 people who may (or may not) be residents. No opinion poll re ferry landing proposal has been held and fyi there are strong local reservations.

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🌟 Copy of @MagicCircleHQ history 1905-2005 'Circle without End' No 6 from ltd edition of 100 for sale on eBay ➡️ https://t.co/Oe4tiqQcwg #magic #TheMagicCircle #magichistory

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A few Eider Ducks still around the #Tyne at North Shields today, Including this smart drake | @Old_LowLight @EnvAgency @Port_of_Tyne #NorthShields #birds

[David Hirst @david1hirst]

@Old_LowLight @UNESCO @ChtyCommission I've just finished work on a new presentation by Martin Kenny who's talking about Admiral Lord Collingwood. Collingwood's statue stands overlooking the River Tyne. Talk will be on OLL YouTube channel soon.