@KeithSaunders9

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

 South Yorkshire
Joined November 2012
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Loads of geese moving flying very high over Barnby Dun, Doncaster. Friday several large skeins - look and sound like pinkfeet. Flying lower this morning due to low cloud. Probably 500+ @SYorkshireBirds @RSPB_OldMoor
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Kevin May@Yam_NivekMay 17
In a nutshell.
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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.
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Graham Appleton@GrahamFAppletonJan 8
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
Graham Appleton@GrahamFAppletonJan 8
New Icelandic RED LIST (in Icelandic): natt.is/is/frettir/2026/01/v… Country's populations of Dunlin, Golden Plover, Redshank and Whimbrel are now VULNERABLE (Threatened). Blog in English about recent declines: wadertales.wordpress.com/202… #ornithology
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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.
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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
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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
James Rebanks@herdyshepherd12 Dec 2025
Would this be a good time to remind everyone that our own goverment has a ‘food strategy advisory board’ staffed with Ultra Processed Food interests? This is what AI says about its membership… And there are NO ‘farmers’ represented on the board
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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.
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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! 🙏🙏🙏
Carole Cadwalladr
@carolecadwalla12 Oct 2025
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine. My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask: Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
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Remember to keep mentioning nathan gill name as often as possible The UK media won't Up to us
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Jay in Kyiv
@JayinKyiv12 Oct 2025
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.
Greg Bagwell@gregbagwell11 Oct 2025
Nathan Gill was convicted on 26 Sept. On 29 Sept Zia Yusuf denied anyone in the Reform leadership knew him. Finally, 11 days later, Nigel Farage admits to knowing him for over 20 years and says he is stunned. So stunned that he stayed completely silent for 2 whole weeks….
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Seems pretty spot on
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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
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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)
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🐝🐝🐝 just love the alliums in our Darfield garden. 👍
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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)
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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
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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! 👍
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Sunny morning walk @RSPB_OldMoor purple orchids starting to appear, pink roses, goats rue?, and fish shoal feeding close to the surface. Also common tern & marsh harriers over Reedbeds. Also stripy young gc grebes from Bittern Hide.
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We had lunch today at the Camellia House @Wentworth_House A pleasant space to eat good food served by the friendly staff. The sun blinds & vents open kept it cool too. Nice to finally enjoy the view from inside after the award winning restoration 👏👏
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