Walker of lanes & gazer at views. Love & live among South Downs. Writer (blog), naturalist & gardener. Mostly on Instagram. Happily married October 2020
Sussex UK
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Sussex Field Notes retweeted
Very useful illustration, and another reason why we should be harvesting as much rainwater in our gardens as possible. If you can, focus now on setting up water butts, water storage tanks etc, to help reduce water racing into into sewers when the rain eventually comes...
In this experiment Dr Rob Thompson of @UniRdg_Met shows just how long it takes water to soak into parched ground, illustrating why heavy rainfall after a #drought can be dangerous and might lead to flashfloods.
@R0b1et @UniRdg_water
Sussex Field Notes retweeted
β οΈ The @metoffice's Fire Severity Index is EXCEPTIONAL for most of #WestSussex this weekend. Please stay safe and:
π₯ Avoid open fires - including bonfires
π¬ Extinguish cigarettes properly
πΎ Take litter home, especially glass
π Call 999 if you see a fire
Crews worked hard this afternoon to extinguish a large unattended bonfire. With help from @EGFireRescue we set up a water relay and worked really hard to prevent the fire spreading.
With such high temps and dry ground we strongly suggest you do not have even a small bonfire.
Sussex Field Notes retweeted
Summer is ok, but nothing beats a Sunday roast on a chilly Autumn day, followed by wrapping up in a coat and scarf for a brisk walk, ideally involving a dog, through rusty, crunchy leaves as the sky glows orange and purple, then home for apple crumble and good telly in the dark.
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Please take care during #StormEunice:
π³ For highways issues, or if a tree is blocking the road, call 01243 642105
π‘For any electrical incidents call 105. Keep clear of fallen power lines
βStay indoors if possible
πDrive slowly and carefully
πIn an emergency, dial 999
Sussex Field Notes retweeted
The mornings are now getting lighter again and within 10 days sunrise will be before 8am βοΈ
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If you feel overwhelmed, very low &/or are frightened by your thoughts please text βShoutβ to 85258. A trained crisis volunteer will text you back 24/7 & this service is free.
Here are some more numbers that will offer help if you need it in the next few days:
Sussex Field Notes retweeted
HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE, TWITTER! The days get longer from now! ππππππππππ
Sussex Field Notes retweeted
I'm feeling a bit like badger from Wind in the Willows today. There are shadows knocking at the door and mice scrabbling in the walls. The midwinter hush has found us, snuck in under the fieldfare's wing. But there is comfort, magic even, in the year's darkest part. #midwinter
Sussex Field Notes retweeted
A garden hedge:
Filters wind (slows it down)
Absorbs water (prevents flooding)
Absorbs CO2 (fights climate change)
Houses wildlife (promotes biodiversity)
There are 22 million gardens in the UK. Many of them will lose a fence panel this weekend. Please replace with a hedge π³
Sussex Field Notes retweeted
How sad on this October day
To see our hedges shorn away
Small creatures would have liked to eat,
The hawthorn berries, rose hips sweet,
Blackberries and nuts and sloes,
But through the blades the banquet goes
Wonβt somebody heed our words,
And leave the berries for the birds.
Sussex Field Notes retweeted
Like a fine needle of frost tumbling down through the sky β¦ tseeeip.
R E D W I N G S!
Welcome winter thrushes, coming all this way with that radiator warm glow tucked under your wing pits; the colour of the berries youβve come for.
Sussex Field Notes retweeted
Alone in the Forest.
He sits and thinks of the things they know,
He and the Forest alone together:
The springs that come and the summers that go,
Autumn dew on bracken and heather,
The drip of the Forest beneath the snow
~A.A.Milne #fridaymorning #October1st
Sussex Field Notes retweeted
Looking forward to taking part in this yearβs @Natures_Voice Big Garden Birdwatch! Do join in - itβs dead easy! rspb.org.uk/get-involved/actβ¦
Sussex Field Notes retweeted
Itβs @SxFieldNotes βπ».
βI write my blog from my home in a village in West Sussex. From monthly round ups and seasonal prompts, to allotment diaries and blogs about particular plants, wildlife species or countryside features/heritage.β
sussexfieldnotes.com
#wildlifebloggercrowd
Sussex Field Notes retweeted
So sad about this. I really feel for the sugar bet farmers but there has to be another way. In the meantime, many neonics, E.G. acetamipirod, are STILL available to use in gardens - why? @DaveGoulson @CarolineLucas @B_Strawbridge independent.co.uk/news/uk/hoβ¦
Sussex Field Notes retweeted
Lost a fence panel in #StormBella? Please replace with #hedgehog friendly panels (ideally one on either side), so hedgehogs can travel between gardens easily. Youβll barely notice it but it can be a lifeline for hogs.
Or you can cut a hole in your gate like this. Thanks! π¦
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If you live in the UK, are in a dark place, struggling with your mental health or feeling suicidal, text SHOUT to 85258 and a trained crisis volunteer will text you back. Itβs completely free, 24/7.
Sussex Field Notes retweeted
When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it. ~A.A.Milne #WednesdayWisdom
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βBlessed are the dead that the rain rains upon:
But here I pray that none whom once I loved
Is dying tonight or lying still awake
Solitary, listening to the rainβ
- Rain, 7 January 1916, Edward Thomas
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π· @jimmy_fieldino
π Sompting
#LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem
