Chequertree
@Chequertree1
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Environment, gardening, food & farming, sometimes with a Kentish slant. Side interest in astroturfing & computational propaganda. I'm Chequertree on BlSk.
Kent, UK
Joined February 2014
Proof that we don't need to plant trees to get woodland in Kent. Formerly pasture, now rich wildlife habitat. Many species of native tree+more diverse structure than the gloomy rows of plastic tubes still favoured by some. Nightingale, Turtle Dove and Grizzled Skipper all here.
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RT @mitchellsnik: Aerial activity low over Pegwell Bay clears the entire bay of Bird life this morning (Saturday 9th Nov). @KentWildlife @B….
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RT @mitchellsnik: Fireworks are made of plastic and can contribute to plastic pollution in the environment
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RT @ShadoxhurstMan: Alex Pastures / Orlestone forest environs: Small parties of Hawfinches appearing daily at the moment (first appeared 22….
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RT @AndilBoothroyd: This insect was in the moth trap last night, I think it is Metopius fuscipennis, could anyone confirm and advise UK sta….
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RT @ShadoxhurstMan: Back in June, Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers bred successfully rearing 2 young in the Orlestone forest area. Sad to hear th….
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RT @JohnLewisEU: If we can't have a German managing the football team then it goes without saying that all of our news organisations shoul….
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RT @DaveThroup: Thoroughly depressing stuff from the new Government. Weak & inadequate environmental regulation is a key reason why our na….
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Defra announces internal regulatory review led by economist Dan Corry
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RT @JohnnyMcNulty: I still can't believe that the trick to defeating journalism was to just be so openly evil that reporting on it accurate….
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RT @KentWildlife: Pegwell Bay has restricted areas, this is to protect the precious wildlife in the area which already faces so many extern….
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RT @MilesKing10: It's that time of the year when "Save the reputation of the British Empire from the wokerati" champions at @RestoreTrustNT….
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RT @UlrichEichelman: Recent floods in Austria are mostly seen as a catastrophe. But for nature, it was a crucial part of a river life cycle….
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It's nice to see some light shining on these utterly anachronistic bodies, I hope that the new government comes up with a new approach which balances interests more appropriately than these old boys clubs do. I've always meant to ask @AmiesPhilip what a good approach might be.
1. You might not have heard of it, but the system supposed to protect us in England and Wales from #floods is an absolute disgrace: a network of old boys' clubs completely unaccountable to the public. No wonder it fails so badly. My column + thread.
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I get lots of Oak Bush-crickets in the garden where they seem particularly fond of sugar I put out for moths, but today a Southern Oak Bush-cricket came in the house. I think the first I've seen here. Note the absence of wings.
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RT @paulmasonnews: See what's happening here? Putin's sympathisers - far left and far right - are calling Ukraine's justified demand for pe….
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RT @numenini: Amazed to stumble (or rather splash) on W Suffolk's best kept secret 8min drive from our home of 30yrs! Worlington Hythe. Got….
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RT @dbbirding: Had to look at the mowed rides in Orlestone. In real life it looks worse than the photos. No flowers, no insects, no life. I….
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