Martin Reader

Educational Insights; Senior Advisor, Saxton Bampfylde

[Martin Reader @martinsreader]

@surreycricket Congratulations Adam from Amanda & I. That is fantastic! @OCranleighanCC @OldCranleighans

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Hoorah! I was working away this week. Return for a dog walk to be welcomed by my first swifts of the year in Abbotsbury Are they back @wellingtonsch1? @DorsetBirdClub @WriterHannahBT

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An Abbotsbury first for me this morning: grasshopper warbler singing its heart out. Alongside whitethroats, Cetti’s, blackcaps & chiffchaff on the railway track. The area cleared & replanted is really alive. @SwannerySteve @DorsetBirdClub

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@WillHayCardiff @StephenMoss_TV I have always thought that Mr Farage should pronounce his name Faridge, as in Garidge rather than Garage as it will sound more English and less foreign and less posh, or is he perhaps secretly proud of a heritage that is not English?

[Hawk and Owl Trust @Hawkandowluk]

🌿 Planning Permission Secured for a 25-hectare Somerset wetland project with @WessexWater! Enhancing habitats, water quality, and visitor experiences. #SomersetLevels #WetlandRestoration #NatureRecovery #Conservation #HawkAndOwlTrust #WessexWater

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Greys have their winter beauty and when sound accompanies sight they are intensified: the lark ascends and knows that changing light means spring is nearing. @DorsetBirdClub @SwannerySteve @DorsetWildlife

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Not the best photo & you may need to zoom: approx 50-60 cattle egret adjacent to the Abbotsbury Portesham Railway path. I was thrilled to see half a dozen last year. ⁦@SwannerySteve⁩ ⁦@DorsetBirdClub⁩ ⁦@DorsetWildlife⁩

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@WriterHannahBT Ridiculous argument from the housing secretary. If the average cost per metre square is £1800, and the average price of a swift box is £30, and you just add one per house, this adds just 1.16% to only one metre square of the house.

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@KemiBadenoch I think with pride at the way first a Conservative government and then this Labour government have supported Ukrainian refugees into university & gave them hope & an education for a post-war Ukraine. Why are these Gazan scholarships different? This policy direction saddens me.

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When cleaning a clock becomes performance art!

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@SwannerySteve @DorsetBirdClub Yes please, it would be a lifer for me!

[Martin Reader @martinsreader]

@OCranleighanCC And Yousef, Tommy & Adam all taught by Mrs Reader! She is very proud of them

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@SwannerySteve @SightingDOR @DorsetWildlife We are just loving living in Abbotsbury with so many wildlife firsts for us!

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Defying habitat expectations: a distant brown hare peacefully taking in the sea view on Abbotsbury beach this morning! @SightingDOR @DorsetWildlife @SwannerySteve

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Congratulations to Will Barnicoat adding European u23 5000m bronze to his European Cross Country gold. Awesome performance @OldCranleighans @NorthHouseCran

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@bbcnickrobinson The leaders of the US, Israel,Iran,Russia, China all over 70 & should have the benefit of wisdom & experience to lead for future generations. Oh for a Mandela who chose peace & reconciliation over power!

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@CSSportPhoto That’s brilliant news! Great to see them both doing so well!

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@SwannerySteve Thank you so much. I was only re-reading @StephenMoss_TV ‘Wild Hares and Hummingbirds’ on the train yesterday & his comments on the loss of the Corn Bunting & thinking the one last year was my first ever. So good to hear & glimpse it bounce between the posts today.

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@SwannerySteve 90% sure there was a corn bunting in the fields adjacent to the Swannery just after 9 this morning where it was last year.

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A brilliant account of VE Day at Cranleigh @BSAboarding @HMC_Org

[OC Society @OldCranleighans]

What happened at Cranleigh School on VE Day 80 years ago ... https://t.co/yPW9O4l4Pq