Where would our language and cultural references be without the Baird? 408 years since his death in 1616 and he remains constant. What a legacy, albeit we have seen better days!

OMG Hats off to Mishal Husain for maintaining cool and focus with near hysterical Rt Hon Michael Tomlinson MP BBC Radio 4 Today

Little Robin making a guest appearance on the hedgehog cam this morning RSPB gardenature

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Extraordinary listening to #SirKennethGrange on #FrontRow BBC Radio 4 he is nearly 95 and incredibly articulate,ebullient and on his game. A massive contributor to 20th century design
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#NewManchesterArena this isn’t going very well is it? 🙄🤔bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

None of us knows what happened with #HuwEdwards but I think it’s a very sad situation and his resignation closes what was a distinguished broadcasting career for someone who was ubiquitous in all the landmark national events bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

Listening to Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP being interviewed about Rwanda by Mishal Husain BBC Radio 4 Today absolute epitome of defending the indefensible.

Nationalistic flag waving always concerns me; far from signifying unity it often drives division. There’s a thin line between patriotism and jingoistic wrapped in the flag extremism. Tread lightly…🤔

Birds very vocal this morning from about 4.30 am but look at that temperature! Ridiculously low for mid-April.

My Mum is 95 today. Hard to believe. Living with dementia and some days are worse than others. Today was a good day, celebrating with both her girls, granddaughter, and great grandchildren 🙏🥰👏

Amazing to reflect on this! And of course when BBC Two first started not everyone could get it on older TVs. I remember in early 1970s going next door to watch particular shows. 😉👍

Glorious evening after a welcome sunny day. Caught the tail end of lamb races, they love running on this ridge. Perfect end to the day #manxloaghtan #rarebreed #nativebreed #lambing #sunshineatlast #farming #LambRaces #isleofman

And as the GE looms let’s hope Labour makes sure this little clip gets shown again and again. Sunak is so shallow isn’t he?

I’ve stepped into a parallel universe, some Rev person just done #ThoughtForTheDay BBC Radio 4 Today about #TaylorSwift …..🙄🤔

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet this post if you see it, to help my bird account beat the algorithm & be seen!🙏
To make it worth sharing, here's a Goldfinch in my flowering Cherry tree 😍
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I hope everyone under 30 will show their disgust at this blank refusal by both major parties to give our youth the joy of mobility in Europe. Craven surrender to a minority of ageing Europhobes.Sunak rejects offer of youth mobility scheme between EU and UK theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

I missed the food delivery but the owlets were frantically active just now and seem well able to feed themselves now WildlifeKate

Watching #Scoop on Netflix I really like and respect emily m I also like Gillian Anderson as an actress but I don’t think Gillian has quite got Emily. 🤔