I find it sad that it's impossible to 'go viral' with a bird photo. ๐
For example, I've been posting my birds here for 9 years, thousands of my own images, and though I've built a large following, I've never had that one image that does 'out of the ordinary'.
My most popular post was a brief phone video of a meadow of flowers! Not a bird in sight... ๐๐
I'm not just talking about my pictures, I can only think of one bird photo that went viral on the internet, and that was the incredible photo of a weasel on the back of a flying Green Woodpecker, many years ago! ๐ฎ
I find it sad, because obviously, the general public aren't quite interested in birds enough. ๐ข
Nice landscape photos, often ones taken off the net, go viral all the time, buildings, sunsets, cute animals the same.... where is the love for birds? ๐
For me, birds are the greatest family of living creatures on the planet, I've been marvelling at them in wonderment ever since my grandad lifted me up onto his shoulders on his Kent fruit farm to point out a nesting Goldfinch in one of his apple trees. Almost half a century later, I'm still in awe of the feathered miracles that share our lives. ๐๐ฆ
Please, next time you see a bird, just pause, and look at it....really LOOK at it, don't just see it. Listen to it, observe it's behaviour, see how it interacts with other birds and the environment it is in.
Birds are declining at an astonishing rate. They're a great indicator of the state of the planet. Unless we all really start to LOVE birds, putting their needs at the forefront of our thinking, more and more species will disappear forever, and if birds are disappearing, then so are mammals, insects, flowers, trees, everything.... all nature is linked, and that includes US.
For my part, I can only continue to share my love of these magical creatures with my photos, and hopefully continue to open the eyes and ears of the uninitiated. ๐
EVERYONE is a bird lover in waiting. Everyone can get the same amount of joy from our feathered friends as I do, and you will be infinitely happier with birds in your life, believe me. โฅ๏ธ
Thank you for reading. ๐
Here's a Goldfinch peering over cherry blossom in my Somerset garden. ๐๐ฆ๐ฅฐ
@itvnews I called you at 22.10
And told you as an ICU nurse who worked in stroke that @ragehomaar required an emergency ambulance, he was dysphasic, drooped left eye, slurred speech and agitated all FAST symptoms, time is critical in stroke which is a medical emergency
As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet this tweet if you see it, to help my little bird account beat the algorithm & be seen!๐
To make it worth sharing, here's a windswept Short Eared Owl on a post! ๐ฆ๐
Thank you so much! โฅ๏ธ
#FridayRetweetPlease
As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet this tweet if you see it, to help my little bird account beat the algorithm & be seen!๐
To make it worth sharing, here's a Goldfinch in cherry blossom! ๐
Thank you so much! ๐๐ฆ
#FridayRetweetPlease โฅ๏ธ
As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet this tweet if you see it, to help my little bird account beat the algorithm & be seen!๐โฅ๏ธ
To make it worth sharing, here's the adorable face of a Long Tailed Tit! ๐๐๐ฆ
#FridayRetweetPlease โฅ๏ธ
Still trapped. Still have a fire safety bill for ยฃ200k I can't get rid of. Still suffering mentally and financially. Why does it takean @ITV drama? #EndOurCladdingScandal#BuildingSafetyCrisis
Looking around at the sudden outbreak of public awareness and political engagement for the post office scandal and wondering if and when this will happen for Grenfell and the building safety crisis
@lewis_goodall Still stuck๐ It has been 2.5yrs since since you came to my building & declared on Newsnight 'This is perhaps the biggest public policy and commercial failure that we have in Britain today'. Yet here we are! We need a drama it seems #BuildingSafetyCrisis#EndOurCladdingScandal
Good morning, and welcome back to our regular Gary Court gameshow โIs that dog poo or human poo on the stairs?โ
Either way @hydehousing @myhydehome claim that they are working with the police, and that there are patrols to deal with trespassing.
Seems not the case
Every time I or my family need the NHS it comes up trumps. Itโs not just the professionalism. Itโs the carefulness and gentleness even when staff are under phenomenal pressure. Nobody will RT this because social media only validates click bait negativity. But thank you NHS. Xxx
As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet this photo of a Goldfinch in cherry blossom, to help my little bird account to beat the algorithm and be seen.๐๐
Thank you so much! ๐ฆโฅ๏ธ
#FridayRetweetPlease
One of our key asks is for social landlords to have equal access to government funding but in return they should be required to offer buybacks to shared owners like Ian.
๐https://t.co/5w8xMYPZL9
#EndOurCladdingScandal#UKhousing
Hi Everyone, my name is JAMIE TURNER and I am in no way affiliated to JAMES THOMAS of JT Landscaping.
My company is called JT Landscape services LTD and we are based in Northampton. I am receiving a lot of threats wrongly. Please share so this is directed at the right person.
Many thanks to @DracorumOrder for volunteering to help me today to repair the @goodgym#Croydon peace pole as the sun has bleached it over the summer (FYI use UV safe varnish next time) Iโve got a fab bird house to go on top for the next Good Gym Croydon visit๐๐๐