Paul Wren💙

Birder,biker,part time trapper of moths. Swifts. oufc

[Paul Wren💙 @waterthrush11]

@01000011S @cotingavic Yeh good to see ya mate .
What a bird !

[David Atherton @daveatherton]

This is gripping. An RAF Lancaster takes off in 1943 on a bombing raid to Germany.

In temperatures of -20 deg C they encounter searchights, flak, anti aircraft fire, Luftwaffe night fighters as they drop their bombs. They score a direct hit.

The wireless operator says, "hello skipper, oil is leaking out of the front turret, nothing to worry about."

At the end they the are attacked by a German night fighter. It is shot down & the excitable crew have to told to calm down by the skipper. "Don't shout all at once".

A tour of duty was 30 missions, their chances of remaining alive was 50/50. According to @grok only 24% would not be killed, injured or taken as a prisoner of war.

The Crew is:

Skipper: Ken Letford
Navigator: Con Connolly
Engineer: Charlie Stewart
Bombardier: Bill Bray
Rear Gunner: Henry Devenish
Mid Gunner: Jock Fieldhouse

The recording is by BBC journos Wynford Vaughn & Reginald Pidsley.

[Deborah Pitman @DeborahPitman]

Holes drilled ✅
Checked with endoscopes ✅
In the right places ✅
Boxes installed (correct height + orientation) ✅
Thank you @networkrail @AmcoGiffen_ & @HighPeakBC for being on site all day, proper top job.
Photo credit: Emma B & Kathryn B Chapel Biodiversity Group

[Paul @PaulAnimalz]

!!!! Please support @DeborahPitman to save the swifts. Please ask @networkrail to do the right thing and let them come home!!!!!

@WriterHannahBT @domdyer70 @ChrisGPackham @MeganMcCubbin @IoloWilliams2 @_BTO

[British Farmland Birds of Prey Initiative @Bfbirdsofprey]

Hey @networkrail how is it going unblocking the Swift nesting sites on the Chapel Milton Viaduct? You may wish to read this report by the @_BTO to give you an overview of why so many people are appalled. The bird on the cover is a Swift…

[Paul Wren💙 @waterthrush11]

@WriterHannahBT Swift back in a nest box near Hailey this evening 👍

[Deborah Pitman @DeborahPitman]

Let's be clear @networkrail, #swifts cause no damage. They don't make their nest holes, they just find a crevice. They're a critically endangered urban nesting bird. Why have you blocked them out? #Arch3 #saveourswifts #unblockthenests @WriterHannahBT

[Deborah Pitman @DeborahPitman]

#swifts we showed the love for you today #ChapelMilton viaducts. @networkrail open the nest entrances now. Tiny holes, giant viaduct #saveourswifts

[Paul Wren💙 @waterthrush11]

@DavidGross613 @paulpowlesland No ….but they can live with them for very little cost

[Hannah Bourne-Taylor @WriterHannahBT]

There’s something v wrong when someone with authority touts their opinion as fact.Lord Krebs, you say swift bricks don’t work & that swifts only nest higher than houses & only with open access.Err, have you been living under a rock?Our home is their home. ⁦@ZacGoldsmith⁩

[Paul Wren💙 @waterthrush11]

@OUFC_OnandUp Looks like a Smooth Newt

[Paul Wren💙 @waterthrush11]

Lesser Grey Shrike
Winterton on Sea

[Paul Wren💙 @waterthrush11]

Nail on head

[Gabriel Sutton @GabSutton]

I think this symbolises a point football has reached, where it has to decide what it stands for.

From an entertainment value perspective, this might be fun: fewer dead rubbers, possibly 1st legs abolished with an eliminator system that means every game has an immediate, direct consequence.

From a sporting merit perspective, this would be a disaster: you shouldn’t be allowed to finish 8th over a 46-game season, and play in the Premier League next year.

I would argue the damage to sporting merit would outweigh the entertainment value.

Let the competition provide the entertainment, as opposed to making the entertainment dictate the competition.

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

"We know the impact we are having... we are making a difference". @CABS_REPORTS

https://t.co/F9XFB0cj2w #OperationDeadAir

[Hannah Bourne-Taylor @WriterHannahBT]

OH MY GOD! 1 year ago Steve Reed said I was ‘pushing an open door’ re mandating swift bricks. He thanked me (first for a govt minister). He was in Defra but the Housing Dept blocked it. NOW he’s Housing Secretary of State ⁦@SteveReedMP⁩ please be our SWIFT STEVE?

[Paul Wren💙 @waterthrush11]

A great birding weekend with @cotingavic . Excellent wader day at Titchwell on Saturday and conveniently positioned for Hickling on Sunday.

[Paul Wren💙 @waterthrush11]

No birding over the bank holiday. New moth for the garden tho , European Corn-borer and surprisingly only the second Poplar Hawkmoth of the year

[Paul Wren💙 @waterthrush11]

A few local Spotted Flycatchers around the village recently

[Paul Wren💙 @waterthrush11]

Early autumn summed up nicely on the patch .

[Paul Wren💙 @waterthrush11]

@WriterHannahBT Still one active nest in Stonesfield. Plenty of looking out tho so they won’t be long .