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MAKE IT ILLEGAL. Call me a grinch, I don’t care. It’s TWO whole MONTHS until Christmas. Lights up before Halloween is an actual crime against humanity.

I think the nation could be saved if we bought back Orange Wednesdays 241 cinema tickets They ended in 2015 and I feel that’s when society hurled itself off a cliff

Storm Boelo left this gift in my garden. What is it? Why is Daniel O’Donnell on it? Has it come from Ireland? Was it used with phones? It expired in 1999 😂

Hope you all enjoyed your extra hour this morning! October’s full moon rises this evening. The Hunter moon will reach its fullest early hours Monday before setting just before 8am for you early birds. Enjoy 🌕

Spooky season is my favourite time of year to go and find a nature rave 💙🌳 Did you know that a whole host of our biodiversity glows under UV light? Biofluorescence is surprisingly common once you start looking for it!

An absolutely stunning evening out there tonight. Well worth popping outside for a little look! Taurus is back in the autumn sky, with Orion just starting to peek above the horizon.

Five hen harrier chicks found dead on a grouse moor had injuries consistent with stabbing . . . YES , stabbing . Email your ‘victim impact statement’ to gamebirds@defra.gov.uk (subject: Call for Evidence) by 1 Nov . It can't go on . raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/10/16/p...

Penblwydd 75ain hapus/Happy 75th anniversary to my one true love; Eryri National Park 💙 Here are just a few of my favourite places to celebrate!

The equinox befalls us all tomorrow, and all the creatures of darkness rejoice, for it is our time to shine ✨ Please come see me in Hereford tomorrow if you’re free, I don’t want to be a billy no mates 🩷

HEREFORDSHIRE Come see me at the Herefordshire Book Social and nerd out with me about all things darkness and wildlife 🌌 The perfect kick start to your autumn! 🍂

HEREFORDSHIRE Come see me at the Herefordshire Book Social and nerd out with me about all things darkness and wildlife 🌌 The perfect kick start to your autumn! 🍂

Today marks the first day of meteorological autumn, and the birds know it… I was lucky enough to see this ‘mega roost’, tens of thousands of swallows all feeding together ahead of their long journey across continents and ocean to Africa. Incredible sight.

True darkness returns! Our first night with true darkness has taken place, and now we take a steady stroll towards the equinox on September 23rd 🌌 Take a peek outside and you may just catch the glitterball that is Arcturus, which is currently dazzling in the Western sky ✨

Not Dolly 😭 She was truly the best of us. Heart and hair bigger than Tennessee and just the most glorious woman to have ever graced gods earth. I will always love you, and I will always try to be a little more Dolly 🩷

Compared to this month in 2025, I receive £183 more income a month (Yay!) However, bills have increased by £334.02 a month. This is all just mortgage, insurances, council tax, water etc. No subscriptions, no frills. Does not include food and diesel. No wonder everyone feels skint. We are!

Not sure if anyone speaks bee, but what could this red tailed bumble bee be trying to say? Today a neighbour complained that a shrub in my garden was bringing too many insects in. That’s the point of the shrub, I replied, as I had this little one clinging to the sleeve of my jumper 🐝

This is crazy and wrong. Darkness is important to the health of many species, including ours. Do not allow this, people! #ALAN #darksky @danidarkskies.bsky.social @darkskyintl.bsky.social

‘Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK’s AI strategy’ Starmer was an uncritical booster of AI. I hope Burnham takes a different approach www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

“Council calls off climate emergency” is a remarkable headline. A bit like voting to declare the Earth flat. Whether politicians acknowledge a problem and whether that problem continues to exist are, unfortunately, two entirely different things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So proud to be flying the flag for darkness on the @endsreport.com Power List 2026! Privileged to have made the list of top 100 most impactful environmental professionals, there are some amazing people doing incredible things on that list, and all of us fighting the good fight for nature ✨

Goodness me. Never thought I’d see the day he admitted this! Credit where credit is due. It’s important to allow people to recognise when they are wrong and change their minds.

Did you know that we are now without true nighttime in the UK? From now until late August/early September (depending where you are) we remain in perpetual twilight

When ‘Please mind the gap’ should really be, ‘please mind the abyss’ 🚆 The old wooden steps are so rickety now too 🤣

This Thursday evening in Aberystwyth, I’ll be talking with the writer sisters Francesca Rhydderch and Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch about their brilliant new books. They truly are. Event organised by Waterstones, but taking place in the town library. Dewch yn llu! www.waterstones.com/events/in-co...

No Mow May Day 5 offerings: Very pretty Common Cornsalad. No idea where that’s come from. Germander Speedwell, always a favourite with me! So delicate and colourful. Wild strawberry and some mint has also arrived. Lovely!

Over the moon to be speaking this year at the du Maurier Fowey Literary Festival, about my book 'Dancing with Bees' Do please come if you can... or pass details to anyone visiting, or living in Cornwall who might be interested Fri 8th May at 11am Tickets 👇 www.foweyfestival.com/event/brigit...

'Starry Starry night' hand embroidered artwork by Vicki Foster, contemporary textile artist #WomensArt

UK households made up of straight couples; have you also had electoral ‘literature’ sent to your address from Reform, addressed only to the male in the house? All other literature from other parties has been addressed to both of us.

Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater. This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning. Never doubt your power to change the system.

Walking through the pitch black dunes in gales and I get the absolute life scared out of me by a Typhoon jet. Was really weird seeing its glowing engines in the dark night. Pretty unusual activity, anyone else been buzzed by them this evening?

It's always a good idea to keep dogs on a lead at this time of year for the safety of livestock and our ground nesting birds.

A Reform UK lead candidate is trying to bully NationCymru and a councillor who left Reform after raising concerns about her candidacy by issuing threats of legal action ✍️Martin Shipton

Happy International Dark Sky Week! 🌌 When was the last time you remember standing under a truly dark sky? Have you ever? The Milky Way has been lost to over a third of humanity. We’ve scrubbed it from the skies with light pollution. Follow @darkskyintl.bsky.social to find out how you can help 🌌

Can’t believe we live in the age of billionaires and not one of them has become Batman yet

No judgement from me, but the guy in front of me at the supermarket spent £161.80 on Guinness, Fray Bentos pies and a singular avocado. I need to know where the avocado comes into the equation.