Derek Hollis

Married, Soar Valley u3a member, loves bird photography, plays ukulele and likes barn dancing.

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Loggerhead Sea Turtle off Porto Santo island #TwitterNatureCommunity

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Flying Scotsman

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Bright sunshine and a fresh breeze made for difficult photography taday but here's a shot of a wren. I've taken the brightness down a bit on the laptop.

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@DavidBu01882175 @LloydsBank Oh it’s not just me then….!

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Starling #TwitterNatureCommunity

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European robin
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@ladyfromhamburg Michèle, that is extremely helpful and very kind of you. Thank you very much indeed! We look forward to our visit!

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Anyone on here resident in Hamburg, please? I have a question about the "Hamburg card". I need to know whether I can buy the card from the hvv ticket machines. I'm getting conflicting information here.

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@TKMaxx_UK lost a customer today at Newark on Trent. Wrapping paper priced on a box on store floor by lift at £1.95 /roll. Label on paper roll also said £1.95. Till scanned rolls at £2.95. Manager consulted via headset said price scanned must be charged. We left without buying.

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@ladyfromhamburg I’m reluctant to try buying online as I’ve read of people having issues downloading the ticket to the mobile phone. I’ll try at the hvv machine. If I can’t get the Hamburg card I’ll just buy the all day travel ticket. Thanks.

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Male kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
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Walked around this chap at the nature reserve yesterday. We thought it was ….well let’s say, something else.

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Roesel's bush-cricket, Roeseliana roeselii #insect #cricket #roesel #TwitterNatureCommunity

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Apparently the lorry belonging to @DPD__UK broke down and collection of my parcel, due to be delivered today, didn’t happen. I’m surprised they don’t have a spare lorry to use when one breaks down.

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Peacock butterfly. #butterfly #TwitterNatureCommunity

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Red kite #bird #TwitterNaturePhotography #TwitterNatureCommunity

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Hastily snapped through double glazing this afternoon, two young robins (and a male house sparrow). #TwitterNatureCommunity

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@EE The broadband failed yesterday. It’s failed again today. It seems from local facebook and downdetector reports it’s over a wide area. Needs fixing please.

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@EE The second broadband outage in under twenty four hours in LE12. This is not good. Only recently switched to EE broadband too.