Bridgeman 💙

Farming background, 1st generation town-dweller, brought up to love the British countryside. Very fortunate to live close to RSPB Old Moor.

[Kevin May @Yam_Nivek]

In a nutshell.

[Bridgeman 💙 @KeithSaunders9]

Nice morning @RSPB_OldMoor Chiffchaffs & robins singing everywhere. 5 whoopers on The Mere. Peregrine, M harrier and buzzards. Redshank on WI. Actually SAW a Cetti’s too!👍 Lots of blossom willows blackthorn and coltsfoot and early cowslips.

[Graham Appleton @GrahamFAppleton]

Putting this in context:
About 75% of Europe's Whimbrel breed in Iceland.
Over 50% of Europe's Dunlin.
About 50% of Europe's Golden Plover.
About 20% of Europe's Redshank.
SCARY!
#ornithology

[Bridgeman 💙 @KeithSaunders9]

Lovely crisp morning walk today. @RSPB_OldMoor. Lots of redwings about, nice male stonechat close to fence on Reedbed path. Peregrine over. Loads of small birds on various feeders. Ducks congregating in unfrozen patches of water.

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

Government ministers tweeting that they’ve done a great nature plan

And say the experts agree with them

The experts spitting out their coffee in disbelief

Same shit as farming

They are crap
They lie
And gaslight everyone who disagrees

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

I asked AI why this conflict of interest might matter

And why it might be bad for you and me… this is so simple a fucking robot can understand the ethics of it

UPF companies have knowingly fed us fake food that makes us ill

And our goverment takes their side, not ours

[Bridgeman 💙 @KeithSaunders9]

@SYorkshireBirds A group of 10 whooper swans in Barnby Dun on field for the last 2 hours. SE of Stainforth Rd. N Hatfield Ln. Just after the last houses. @RSPB_OldMoor W3W ///debit.outhouse.lads

[Bridgeman 💙 @KeithSaunders9]

Nice autumnal colours on my morning walk round @RSPB_OldMoor. Two whooper swans on Mere flew off west. GW Egret st back of Mere flew towards WS. Peregrine high on monitoring pylon.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve_news. We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

[Just Dave now @justdavenow89]

Remember to keep mentioning nathan gill name as often as possible

The UK media won't

Up to us

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

British and US politicians being paid by Russia to rip apart their societies should be much bigger news than it is.

And penalties MUCH higher.

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

Seems pretty spot on

[Bridgeman 💙 @KeithSaunders9]

11.40 @RSPB_OldMoor from Lookout.
Bittern flying low from Bolton direction. Landed in Reedbeds between wind pump & monitoring hide.

Legrets everywhere: on Mere, Field Pools,
Wath Ings & Wader Scrape. Blackwit on WI.
🦋 comma, s white, m brown, m&f com blue, gatekp. @GeraldLax1

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

Some of you may remember the documentary Addicted to Sheep about the Hutchinson family

Well little Hetty is all grown up and a wonderful stock person - I love seeing all these young folk come through, there are loads of them

(Great pic from C MacGregor from Yorkshire Show)

[Bridgeman 💙 @KeithSaunders9]

🐝🐝🐝 just love the alliums in our Darfield garden. 👍

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

Two samples from same field - one regen grazed with long swards and long rest periods, the other not

Photosynthesis changes soil if you manage to let it

The restored soil grows almost twice as big plants (and our before is better than most farmed soils)

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

Belties might just be the most functionally effective breed in Britain

This year’s calving:

100% unassisted births
100% live/healthy calves
100% good mothers
0 meds/drugs
0 bought feed
0 housed
0 losses

It’s been like this pretty much every year - they are awesome cattle

[Bridgeman 💙 @KeithSaunders9]

Good morning @RSPB_OldMoor So many 🐝 about - especially on the sea holly in sensory garden. Butterflies: s tort, s white, meadow brown, ringlet, comma, speck wood, gatekeeper. Dragonflies: lots of blue damsels, common darters, large brown hawkers, and emperor? & fish! 👍

[Bridgeman 💙 @KeithSaunders9]

@Nico1ame @30DaysWild @WildlifeTrusts Nice one Nicola! 👌

[Bridgeman 💙 @KeithSaunders9]

@Nico1ame @WildlifeTrusts @30DaysWild It seems to have been a good year for poppies. The fields behind @EnglishHeritage Brodsworth Hall car park were covered when we last visited recently. 👍