Steve Williams

Naturalist out and about in the South Wales valleys. Ruminator and over-thinker. Prog, classic rock, vinyl and album cover artwork.

Views are owned by me.

[Jon Pountney @JonPountney1]

I've lots of exhibitions coming up next year! Here is one of them- https://t.co/gcxoyneX6M

[Raptor Persecution UK @RaptorPersUK]

Hen Harrier found poisoned on a grouse moor in North Yorkshire.

Details ⬇️⬇️

https://t.co/mi8lkuYQDD

[Jon Pountney @JonPountney1]

Sheds.

Engine sheds. Potting sheds. Garden sheds. Wood sheds. Bike sheds. Boat sheds.

Another date for your diary- an exhibition at @tyturnerpenarth with @LeeJohnPhillips about our shared love of sheds; open Jan the 15th; evening reception on the 16th.

More details soon!

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

If you can't get a job, they call you 'a scrounger'. If you get a job and can't make ends meet, they tell you to find a better-paid job. And if you do get a well-paid job, they tell you train drivers earn too much.

[Brendan May @bmay]

Man who has spent years fomenting a culture of social unrest now hinting that the left is murderous. What a disgrace he is.

All political violence is wrong, full stop, and there is no monopoly on it by either side.

Thank god we don’t have America’s idiotic gun obsession here.

[Steven Wilson @StevenWilsonHQ]

Reflecting on The Future Bites, a polarising album for some of my long-term listeners, especially as it came out during Covid when it was much harder to get the ideas and music across. But I'm happy to know that for some it became their favourite record of mine.

[Steve Williams @ValleyNature]

Urge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/1K5QO2ySDB via @UKChange

[Steve Williams @ValleyNature]

@GmusicV By contrast yesterdays visit to Garnlydan Reservoir produced nothing at all.

[Toby Carter @_TCartz]

Delayed the drive back to Leicestershire when a moulting adult Red-necked Phalarope was found on the River Taff north of Cardiff. Double Phalarope weekend!

Caused quite a twitch locally.

[Steve Williams @ValleyNature]

@Streettough ...and tax payers paid for his farming subsidies!

[Jon Pountney @JonPountney1]

Edward Burra

Ebbw Vale

Watercolour on paper

[Jon Pountney @JonPountney1]

Back to 'The Allure of Ruins' project today, with a walk and a half to Pontnewynydd coal washery.

An outrageous brutalist structure, like a crashed Saturn 5. Will be going back with the drone, I'm not walking down there again!

[Steve Williams @ValleyNature]

@JonPountney1 I know these garages they are just up the road from me.

[Steve Williams @ValleyNature]

@DavidJIPrice Emotional times for metal and classic rock fans. I saw Black Sabbath supported by Van Halen in 1978 - what a line up!

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

New research from PesticdeActionNetwork reveals the extent of pesticide use by UK councils. These are poisons being sprayed in your street, your local park. Pls share.

For links to the full report & to find out what you can do, follow the link below
https://t.co/zIOGPNno8F

[Bryn Burgess @caldicotbirder]

Wasp Spider found at Goldcliff Lagoons today

[Orgreave Justice @orgreavejustice]

In the 1970s the Tories made secret plans for a more militarised police force to stifle dissent, attempt to destroy organised labour & the unions, introduce mass privatisation & legislate against workers & human rights
https://t.co/3ZKKdXUO5w #RidleyPlan #MinersStrike

[Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @IrishRainforest]

The bog asphodel is really putting on a show this year, along with heath spotted orchid, eyebright, loads of other wildflowers and naturally regenerating native trees.

But beyond the fence on the commonage, where sheep graze...
zilch, nada.

Sheep literally are walking ecocide.