Chris Venables

Retired scientist. Born again birder. 'No pins' moth-er. Keen but crap photographer. In awe of nature, especially if it has wings, or more than two legs!

[CRISPR Fella @CrisprAus]

@Gerashchenko_en So in line with their "traditional values"

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@TheBonnyDoon @lynniehamish We told our kids that it was the church bells, got away with it for a few years!

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@local_laydee @TheBonnyDoon Jack sends Love and Best Wishes for a speedy recovery!

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@georgecmcgavin Thanks very much George for your prompt reply. I suspect that you are correct that there has been some human intervention. Perhaps I have been gullible, this guy and I have been friends for over 60 years and occasional leg pulling has occurrred! I will have words. Regards Chris.

[Chris Venables @churn_owl]

@georgecmcgavin Hi George, a friend in Surrey found this in a bag in his shed. He asked me if I knew what has happened to this piece of wood. I suggested some sort of wood boring insect- do you have any thoughts?
Regards and thanks, Chris Venables

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@nationaltrust @NTLlanerchaeron Matches

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@Peston They are lecterns Robert, you stand on podiums. Chris

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Does anybody at the Home Office #homeoffice watch the news? Plenty of self-congratulatory messages being issued but a distinct lack of action. We have sponsored a family with two small children who applied for visas 12 days ago and are still waiting. Embarrassed to be British!

[European Association of Archaeologists @archaeologyEAA]

A log found submerged in a golf course pond at Tetney, nr Grimsby, UK, has been revealed as a 4,000-year-old coffin carved from a single length of oak, containing the remains of a Bronze Age high-status individual with a stone axe complete with its handle. https://t.co/jbBJoKKUUR

[Time Team @thetimeteam]

Here we go again…

#TimeTeamisBack #TimeTeam #Archaeology

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Osprey at 18.05 yesterday circling near Solhampton Fishery, Astley. @WorcsBirding @Worcs_bird

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@ForArchaeology Another sorry reminder that we are in the hands of men who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing!

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Petition: Continue the ban on the use of Neonicotinoids https://t.co/4jzwKkNsP2

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Still laughing!

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@Jeremy_Gates67 Well Done You! An historic moment!

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@WorcsWT One in my Astley garden yesterday.

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One I never saw in Surrey, Scarlet Tiger, Astley, Worcs.

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Back in January signed up for a GoElectric tariff. Still waiting for EDF to set it up!!!

[EDF 🇬🇧 @edfenergy]

Back in January, we challenged @DrAlexGeorge and @WesNelsonUk to an Electric Adventure to discover a low-carbon future. Watch their episode now!
#ElectricAdventures #ElectricCars #EV #GenerationElectric

[Chris Venables @churn_owl]

At long last fired the trap up for the first time since moving from Surrey to rural Worcestershire. Partly overcast last night and mild. All the usual suspects present, 20 species recorded. Orange footman and Seraphim probably the most interesting.