Robin de la Hedge

Clan chief guarding inherited bulb collection - worms aplenty in 2021/22 move offsite. Cheese crumbs from custodian Liza for NOISY alerts re intruding 🚶‍🦌🦡🐀

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

fox TICKS (front, nr Rt ear)
- drop in grass
- cling to human legs
- suck blood
- can infect with #Giardia #parasite

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

@OdysseanProject Environmentally friendly 'redbox', perhaps...?

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

@devisridhar Devi, please iD some #zoonotic expert/s hopefully able to advise UK Government on cause (therefore solution) to Covid19 #Mink Variant said to threaten vaccine efficacy - viz 200+ mink-to-human Covid infections in Denmark, + June 2020 cases in Spain + Netherlands. Any in Scotland?

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

@devisridhar Wise owl, Devi. 🦉

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

@ChrisGPackham Chirpy-chirp, hoping eyes aplenty scan 'Back to Nature: How to Love Life – and Save It'. Christmas present for she-who-boots-leaves-aside, whenever Robins sing upon hearing chopping of weeds for composting. Worms and mites for little bellies! #ChrisPackham

[Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social @chrischirp]

this is what @IndependentSage and many others like @JeremyFarrar , @ScienceShared , @devisridhar have been saying for months. We *must* get better at supporting people to self-isolate - with payment & accommodation, and e.g. home visits like Uruguay . https://t.co/QLfZms71b4

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

#Somerset klaxon!

[Somerset Wildlife Trust @SomersetWT]

We're looking to recruit Trustees to help steer our charity. You don’t have to have experience of working as a Trustee already- just integrity, time to commit, enthusiasm for our work & passion for wildlife. Apply by 4th Jan 👉 https://t.co/g0k4Anddqh #TrusteesWeek @sparksomerset

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

@harry_fosters Linked pic of blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) ideal to open credits for a television drama series - set in eastern N America (thanks @Wikipedia - I'm UK-based - bird unfamiliar) + #Newfoundland giant of the dog world could also feature... Imagining #Scandidrama style for @netflix.

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

@asentance What type of speakers delight your ears most + did they break the bank paying for them...?

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

@sunbeamgardensc @guardianeco Ace #Guardian article by @KevanySophie + @tomcarstensen - hope they continue re (unfortunate) mink. Excerpt :

"A new strain, currently known as the #Covid19MinkVariant, is already circulating among the Danish human population, and 214 people are known to have been infected."

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

#Yorkshire klaxon! - Ideas, anyone...? #NationalTrust

[The Gardens Trust @thegardenstrust]

The @nationaltrust has decided to close Rievaulx Terrace for a year to 're-think' its future use. We are concerned to know what their plans are for this Grade I-listed, 'superlative example of large-scale landscape gardening’ (Pevsner). More: https://t.co/JbpwdXBDlb
@YorkshireGT

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

@BBCNews #BBCYourQuestions (need zoonotic epidemiologist?)

By what method can humans catch COVID-19 from farmed mink? - perhaps:

- mink breath in human eye?
- touching licked fur, then own food?
- bite?
- water container of mink?
- airborne dry poo?
- abattoir animal parts fed to mink?

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

Mink-to-human spread of #COVID is unclear in Grant Shapps https://t.co/0WuPH3rFxw statement "Health authorities in Denmark have reported widespread outbreaks of #coronavirus (COVID-19) in mink farms, with a variant strain of the virus spreading to some local [human] communities."

[Rt Hon Sir Grant Shapps @grantshapps]

I’ve taken the urgent decision tonight to remove DENMARK from the travel corridor list immediately given developments. Passengers arriving into the UK from DENMARK from 4am on 6 November 2020 will need to self-isolate for 14 days. Read more here 👇🏻 https://t.co/ni9VhL7B67

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

@robinmmorrison Bird pix much appreciated here.

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

@grassroofco #Cowslips 16 yrs on looking delightful.

[Claer Barrett @ClaerB]

Many #selfemployed & #SmallBusiness owners feel unfairly excluded from government support. Read my column here - it's #ftfreetoread - and join me 11am on Monday on https://t.co/QyEix3Ah7J for a live Q&A (spread the word, Tweet me your Qs)

https://t.co/ZUtvnY0KWe

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

@uk_domain_names Vote here goes to @michaelgove as 'designated survivor' in event Boris 'Churchill' Johnson needed a stand-in or replacement, judging by today's Downing St COVID-19 Briefing. He looks as though he cares.

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

Shall we send birds around Twitter to cheer people up? 😀

1. Post your bird photo in this thread.
2. Mention some Twitter people.
3. Use the hashtag #Birds4Smiles 😊
4. Follow people who play along.

I'll start;
This is a male Bearded Tit 🐦

@ClaCanta @Anji_Catlin @DrRJWarren

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

@deb_cohen @BBCNewsnight Bravo #Newsnight - explains a lot about horrendous death-rate in Spain from COVID-19.

[Robin de la Hedge @HayBulbs]

@DrGaryFuller Massive decline in traffic on London's motorway-moat, the #M25 when I recently paid a flying visit. Air very noticeably tasting less sooty and oily. Breathing better for asthmatics. Perhaps when UK emerges from #COVID19 crisis may people will prefer improved air...