Owen Figgis @OFiggis
Butterfly hunter and angling aficionado. Lover of wild places; mountains, meadows and rivers. Cumbria Joined February 2017-
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Field gentian from Glen Cannich a couple of weeks ago. #wildflowerhour #gentianfriend #gentianfamily
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Evening Fingerposters, today’s offerings is from Yarwell village near Peterborough #FingerpostFriday
My first brown hairstreak. What a beautiful creature!
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Marsh Fritillary seen at Kirkbampton, Wigton on 7 May 2025. Photo © Owen Figgis.
I was kindly shown around the Cumberland Council sign workshop the other day where all the finger posts are repaired and repainted. #fingerpostfriday
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Just had to drop Daughter 1 in Newcastle and the A69 looked like the retreat from Moscow. We were nearly picked off by Cossacks at Wylam.
A massive poplar by the Severn at Hampton Loade. #thicktrunktuesday
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"The Government has been watching us floundering in decay for decades. Now they want a National Park, they can’t stop telling us how important we are – but we wouldn’t need a cure if we hadn’t been allowed to get sick..." via @wildforest_matt gallowayfarm.blog/2024/10/28/for…
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Apparently the new Twitter T&C include the right to use your Tweets for AI. Switch it off 👉 Settings 👉 Privacy & Safety 👉 Data Sharing 👉 Grok 👉Switch off.
I don’t expect to see another butterfly as fresh as this comma on the banks of the Tyne, for quite a while.
A splendid Cedar of Lebanon at Hidcote last week
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The miracle that is a restored #ghostpond in the middle of arable. This #pond was filled in >100 yrs ago & lost. We ressurected it back in 2015. It is now *ALIVE*. How many species can you see? You may even see fish. The most successful form of ecological restoration known!
A brace of dusky thorns from the weekend.
Went out today for an unassuming picnic….and hit the motherlode!
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Maria explains how to increase species-richness using #GreenHayTransfer. You can find the full method on the Great Irish Grasslands website @doneraileOPW @MornaMcDowall @NPWSNatureCons @NPWSIreland @BSBI_Ireland @CorncrakeLife @PollinatorPlan
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My photo of a native oyster bed featured in last Friday's @IrishTimes piece by @freyamcc on the very exciting Belfast Lough @UlsterWildlife project. Hopefully illustrates what I mean when I say oysters are more than just food. #restorenature #biodiversity irishtimes.com/environment/cl…
After fighting queues at tea shops all over the highlands this weekend I cannot recommend this cafe more highly. Coach House, Tomich, Glen Affric.
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@BBCScotlandNews Apparently #Scotland was the only country in prewar Europe not to have a fascist party Scotland, proportionately, contributed the most volunteers to the Spanish Civil War's International Brigades #Glasgow was the 1st city in the world to award #NelsonMandela freedom of the city.
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