Gill Brown

All wildlife, especially otters, dormice, bees and butterflies. Love my family and my garden. Learning to live with M.E.

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There's a very green reason fields in Cornwall are turning purple https://t.co/2tbaQNeU16 Making a special place even more beautiful. Just wonderful!

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North Somerset folk (and others) please consider signing and sharing this. https://t.co/Zi29nejIoC

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Saw this outside a branch of @BandQ. Am I mistaken in thinking that this type of rose is of no benefit at all to pollinators? @BumblebeeTrust @B_Strawbridge

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Absolutely determined to get up into the woods to see the first wood anemones. Saw my first brimstone of the year as well 🙂

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Dozing happily in my daughter's garden. Obviously feels very safe 🙂

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Diagnosis confirmed, I officially have M.E. Onwards and upwards!

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@hatetorycuts @The_GrammarGeek Rough note book, girls grammar school 1970s Essex.

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My favourite tree has taken a bit of a hammering 😥

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@NailseaNature Natural England have done a lot of work to raise water levels over the last couple of years so I live in hope.

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@NailseaNature @danwatsonbirder I love my local patch with a passion, the more time I spend there the more I learn.

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@NailseaNature @persmiseth I took part in a Bioblitz there pre M.E. it's a very interesting site. Lovely too, my daughter is getting married there next summer 🙂

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Sorry Squig, as much as we love watching your antics we're going to have to get a baffle!

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It's taken him a very long time but he's finally worked it out!

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Dreadful photo but we have a green woodpecker on the lawn!

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@B_Strawbridge Thank you ❤️

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@B_Strawbridge I know how important a diagnosis can be. I have been diagnosed with M.E/CFS in one way it changes nothing and in another it changes everything. I have shed a mountain of guilt for not meeting my expectations of myself so for me it has been something really positive. Sending hugs

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@B_Strawbridge My husband and my son are on the autistic spectrum. David wasn't diagnosed until his late 50s. They are both wonderful human beings, as are you 🙂 I am glad your diagnosis has bought you the clarity you needed.

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@AliDriverUK I don't monitor formally any more but otters seem to be holding up well in my part of North Somerset. Haven't collected an otter for Cardiff since late 2019 though so that might be telling me something.

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@SteveBackshall @BBOWT @WildCookham @WildMarlow1 @Helenglovergb I'm overthinking it now, I suppose there could be some kind of family communication going on. Guess you'll just have to leave the trail camera up and wait and see.

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@SteveBackshall @BBOWT @WildCookham @WildMarlow1 @Helenglovergb That's brilliant Steve! I think you might be right. The other possibilities seem far less likely. Two males would knock nine bells out of eachother and I can't think of any reason why a juvenile would wee on it's mother's spraint.