The most beautiful goose of all of North America has returned to Brooklyn for the umpteenth winter. A Snow Goose x Brant Hybrid at Canarsie Pier today. Note that the pier is closed to cars but open to people. Video by Gus Keri.
@AlisaPomeroy Rightly or wrongly Go Back has got people talking, but can we please have a C4 doc about what life is like for refugees once they get to the UK? There's still far too much misinformation out there including a total lack of understanding of Recourse to Public Funds
@ScooterCasterNY “We’ve interviewed Scrooge McDuck who thinks it’s especially unfair that he’ll now need to pay $9 to drive the 18 blocks to swim in his pool full of gold doubloons”
CONGESTION PRICING: Upper East Side resident Andrew lives on 61st street and 5th Avenue, in Congestion "Relief" zone, the second he moves his car, he’s hit with a toll.
His kids live on 79th street and he will have to pay congestion price every time he goes to see them.
@thomasknox RE your griping article in The Spectator over the 'death' of London's nightlife, wouldn't it be better if cities stopped tying their cultural ecosystems to people's drinking habits? - sincerely, one of those joyless teetotallers you take issue with in said article
Absolutely elated to see the Canvasback as it was confirmed at Abberton today! Well done Howard for finding it. (I’m not actually sure if this image is the bird) @EssexBirdNews
A fantastic day in Essex with friends with an adult Bonaparte's Gull overhead at Goldhanger trumped by finding a drake Canvasback @EssexWildlife Abberton Reservoir in the afternoon. Please donate if visiting tomorrow. @EssexBirdNews
Good luck!
Farmoor's feral Snow Geese - just been chatting to Ben about these, just where do 90+ big, white, obvious birds disappear to when they leave Farmoor for a few months?!