Mike Sampson

Birdwatching (not quite) equidistant between the Linton Travel Tavern and the Exe Estuary

[Mike Sampson @msampsonaha]

@TheProspect1 My favourite! Cannot wait to enjoy this delight once more!

[Jo King @JoKingDevon]

Oh god, double whammy - pollution event no2 - pumping polluted water from crushed concrete into #ShuttertonBrook - watched them doing it. I’m so sick of people abusing the Environment, seems endless and who is monitoring them? @Teignbridge @EnvAgencySW #Dawlish #Devon

[Mike Sampson @msampsonaha]

@sainsburys @weetabix @HeinzUK Sort out your social distancing first. Returned from exeter alphington road store- familys shopping together, couples standing chatting with other couples in the aisles...impossible to keep a distance. @marksandspencer exe bridges better control of numbers = can socially distance

[𝖢𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝟤𝖱𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌 @hertskingfisher]

Just for fun....Friday evening distraction. Difficulty rating: Expert

Can you spot the kingfisher in this image. The last one was too easy so full marks if you get this one. Retweet if you find it, comment if you can’t.

[Mike Sampson @msampsonaha]

@sainsburys Why do you sell organic lemons in plastic netting but non-organic lemons loose? Forcing a choice between pesticides (destroying our biodiversity and polluting our land) and plastic (destroying our biodiversity and polluting our land). #plasticfree @SoilAssociation

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

Hello James @nestdivert hope you are well . I don’t see House Martin’s nests as a nuisance , I see them as an asset . Beautiful birds and in need of some help as the data below indicate . There’s a global biodiversity crisis . . . just saying .

[Campaign for Pubs @CampaignforPubs]

Do you #missthepub? If you do then LIKE ❤️ this post - & RT it!

All of us who care about #pubs & our #pubculture need to #SupportOurPubs now & when they can finally open again!

#SupportPubsNOW #PubsMatter #SaveOurPubs #ukpubs #CampaignforPubs

[Iolo Williams @IoloWilliams2]

Seriously @nestdivert?! In the 21st century?! I was hoping attitudes like this had died out in the 1880s

[Mike Sampson @msampsonaha]

Congratulations and thank you team @BBCSpringwatch for an absolutely fantastic series. Brightened up a dark winter with the best of british wildlife #Winterwatch

[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

Hundreds of important wild places are under threat from the government's proposed HS2 rail network. The potential damage is too great - especially while we are facing an ecological and climate emergency. We need to stop and rethink. ⬇️
https://t.co/rgvsX99sCM @BBCCountryfile

[Mike Sampson @msampsonaha]

@Natures_Voice @_BTO @DevonBirds

[Mike Sampson @msampsonaha]

Warbler ID help please, at @RSPBExeEstuary Matford Marsh. Likely a chiffchaff, though the eye stripe looks really quite prominent and possibly picking out pinky legs, which says more willow warbler to me, but in January? @BBCSpringwatch #Winterwatch

[Mike Sampson @msampsonaha]

Beautiful grey heron along @ExeterCanal - look at that yellow eye! Completely unnoticed from the bike lane, just above it. @BBCSpringwatch @DevonWildlife @RSPBExeEstuary #Winterwatch #WinterWatchlist

[Mike Sampson @msampsonaha]

Warbler ID help please, at @RSPBExeEstuary Matford Marsh. Likely a chiffchaff, though the eye stripe looks really quite prominent and possibly picking out pinky legs, which says more willow warbler to me, but in January? @BBCSpringwatch #Winterwatch

[The Prospect, Exeter @TheProspect1]

Please respect The Quay and take your litter home!
#ExeterQuay

[Tim Birch @TimBirchWild]

#Derwent river at very high levels in @peakdistrict In #ClimateCrisis we'll see more #floods We need more native woodlands back in our #uplands to #slowtheflow @GeorgeMonbiot @CraigBennett3 @robertlargan @PeakChief @bbcemt @SimonHareBBC @DerbysWildlife @RewildingB @ZacGoldsmith

[Mike Sampson @msampsonaha]

I believe #neonicotinoids have no place in a #wilderfuture, so I've joined @wildlifetrusts in calling on the Prime Minister to overturn this terrible decision. @BenPBradshaw, will you support me and back it too? https://t.co/02kkqaZohP

[Mike Sampson @msampsonaha]

Uk Government : Stop the UK from allowing EU banned bee-killing pesticide to be reintroduced - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/mzf380cfLE via @UKChange

[Kate Bradbury 🏳️‍🌈 @Kate_Bradbury]

Thinking of the foxes today 💔 Really hope hunts in Tier Four regions are not going ahead.

[Mike Sampson @msampsonaha]

@ChrisForsey1 @mayorofreading @ReadingRC @RotaryReading Hope you didn't get wet getting down to water level

[Mike Sampson @msampsonaha]

@TheProspect1 @EnvAgencySW @ExeterCouncil The sooner we get beavers back on the Exe and its tributaries the better. Then not so reliant on these brute force defences downstream, hopefully they will be there for the increasingly likely big rainful event that will overtop. Why not already!?