Helen Whiteway

Health Visitor. Crazy cat lady. Love wildlife and photography.

[Avon Fire & Rescue Service @AvonFireRescue]

📣 Training exercise alert: 29th July, Waverley House Crow Lane Bristol 11:00-13:00.

Please don’t be alarmed if you see a significant fire service presence in the area during this time. This exercise is part of our ongoing training to ensure we’re fully prepared to respond to real incidents and keep our communities safe.

[Child Accident Prevention Trust - CAPT Charity @CAPTcharity]

Sadly, we often hear stories of children who received horrific burns from hot drinks whilst out and about.

Download our free guide to learn more about preventing and treating burn injuries: https://t.co/UYqo8eO6JD

#BeBurnsAware #ChildSafety

[Child Accident Prevention Trust - CAPT Charity @CAPTcharity]

A pool float with an overhead sunshade sounds like a great idea. But a canopy can actually put your baby at risk instead of protecting them.

Learn more about these and other dangerous products to avoid this summer: https://t.co/r57pZROCpr

#DangerousProducts #ChildSafety

[Child Accident Prevention Trust - CAPT Charity @CAPTcharity]

Just like whole grapes lollipops can be a serious choking hazard.

The hard sweet can come off the stick. And it’s the perfect size and shape to completely block a small child’s airway. That's why they aren't recommended for small children.

👉https://t.co/ABHgND7vlX

[National Highways: South-West @HighwaysSWEST]

With temperatures soaring over the next few days, don't let the heat catch you off guard on your commute. Pack your #TRIP kit:

🥤 Plenty of water
📱 Phone charger & snacks
🚗 Check your tyres

Latest warnings: https://t.co/MCboVMN9VE

[The Severn Bridges @2SevernBridges]

📆 One month to go...

👷‍♀️ M48 Severn Bridge resurfacing trial (01 Aug - 27 Sept)

🚗 Contraflow in place 8pm 08 August - 8pm 18 Sept. Single narrow lane running in each direction. 30mph limit.

👉 Full details, including closures: https://t.co/m9sIwXQp9M

#SevernBridge #M48

[Traffic Wales South @TrafficWalesS]

🐶Never leave your dog alone in a car on a warm day, not even with the windows left open.

🌡️The RSPCA says that if it’s 22 degrees outside, the inside of a car can reach unbearable temperatures of 47 degrees within one hour, which can lead to heart-breaking consequences.

[Welsh Government Rural Affairs @WGRural]

🌡️Hot weather pet checklist🌡️

✅ Fresh drinking water always available
✅ Access to well-ventilated or shaded areas
❌ Never leave pets in cars – even briefly!
✅ Walk dogs early morning or later evening
✅ Suspect heatstroke? Act fast - seek veterinary help immediately

[Avon and Somerset Police @ASPolice]

We want anyone who sees Danni Stern to please call 999.

The 48-year-old is wanted after failing to return to HMP Leyhill and was last seen at Bristol Temple Meads at about 9am today (Thu 11 Jun).

Call 999 ref 5226161251, if you see Stern, or call 101 with any other information.

[Helen Whiteway @HelenMW1969]

@Longtallhel23 @CrazyVibes_1 https://t.co/R1prbcQosU

[Helen Whiteway @HelenMW1969]

@CarlBovisNature Lovely Kingfisher. I see your photos daily no problem ❤️

[Child Accident Prevention Trust - CAPT Charity @CAPTcharity]

If you pop out, even to grab a towel, and your child goes under the water, you won’t hear it. Drowning is silent. And can happen very quickly.

Learn more: https://t.co/WcxmcsmGZt

#ChildSafetyWeek #ChildSafety #BabySafety #BabyBathTime

[Helen Whiteway @HelenMW1969]

@CarlBovisNature Eurasian cranes from the great crane project. Amazing sight!

[Helen Whiteway @HelenMW1969]

@CarlBovisNature Green & Blacks?

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

It is 6.40am on a Tuesday in May. The BBC weather, on the radio in the kitchen, has promised sunny intervals. Brian, looking out at the fell, sees Doris already in the lee of the wall, head slightly down, wool flat against her left side. He puts down his mug. He reaches for his coat. By 10.30am, the rain has come in horizontal off the fell, and the BBC has updated the forecast.

Doris was twenty-six minutes ahead.

She is, by Brian's working tally, twenty-six minutes ahead on about 70% of weather changes.

Sheep have, anatomically, several reasons for this.

A coat of wool that responds to humidity at a level of measurable precision. Wool fibres swell by approximately 16% in diameter at high humidity. A sheep moves slightly differently in damp wool than in dry wool, and Doris has been doing that calculation in her own body for her entire working life.

Olfactory receptors significantly more numerous than the human equivalent. Sheep smell the change in the air long before a human notices the cloud has started to lift.

Barometric pressure sensitivity, well-documented across livestock species. Doris can feel a storm coming before the storm is visible from the gate. She does not know it as a forecast. She knows it as a slight discomfort, and she addresses the discomfort by moving to the lee.

Behavioural rules of thumb developed across millions of generations: lie down before rain, find the lee before wind, move uphill before flooding, move downhill before heavy snow. These are not chosen behaviours. These are the heritable wiring of an animal that has, in the British uplands, had to be right about the weather for ten thousand years.

Brian has, on the farm next door, been watching the flock for thirty-one years. He has observed Doris's behaviour against the BBC forecast more times than he can count.

The BBC has not, to our knowledge, attempted to recruit her.

The BBC's loss.

The forecast said: sunny intervals.

It is, by 10.30am, raining.

The sheep was right.

The sheep is always right.

[Helen Whiteway @HelenMW1969]

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[Child Accident Prevention Trust - CAPT Charity @CAPTcharity]

Just like grapes, hot dog sausages are the perfect size and shape to completely block a small child’s airway. And, due to their texture they can be difficult to dislodge with standard first aid techniques.

Learn more: https://t.co/ieKd9Ed3kT

[Helen Whiteway @HelenMW1969]

@HighwaysSWEST 13h00 or 01h00....

[Helen Whiteway @HelenMW1969]

@CarlBovisNature Beautiful photo as always Carl! Happy Friday 😄

[Child Accident Prevention Trust - CAPT Charity @CAPTcharity]

Light-up bonnets, flashing bunny ears, LED decorations and other Easter novelties can be great fun. But these – and many cheap toys – are powered by button batteries that can badly hurt or kill a small child if swallowed.

Learn more: https://t.co/alZ84n4QxE

#BeBatteryAware