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Paul Tomlinson
11 months
@SaulStaniforth It goes without saying that nobody should be taking history lessons from Richard Madeley.
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3 years
@PeterStefanovi2 When this country recovers from the grip of Johnson and his clique of liars and charlatans, it will be in part because of the relentless efforts of people like @doctor_oxford @JolyonMaugham and yourself Peter. Thanks again for your tenacity.
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4 months
@jonlis1 Agree 100% but no one was listening. All we heard was Things Can Only Get Better as the soundtrack to a bloke getting drenched without an umbrella. Genuinely hilarious.
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Paul Tomlinson
3 years
@PeterStefanovi2 @BBCNews One day the dam is going to break. Keep going Peter!
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Paul Tomlinson
7 years
A beautiful #turtle #dove in flight in morning sun at #RSPB #Otmoor , nr #oxford earlier today. Glad it made it back safely! #birding #aves
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Paul Tomlinson
2 years
@campbellclaret This is an absolute no brainer. Labour and Green voters need to get behind the Lib Dem to get rid of deadwood Redwood. Long, long overdue.
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5 years
@davidschneider That journo got more than he bargained for.
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Paul Tomlinson
7 years
Latest from me: a #sketch using pen & ink of a view within the interior of the awe-inspiring Agia Sophia, #İstanbul #Turkiye during my visit to that amazing city last wk. #art #artist #drawing #penandink #sketchbook #Turkey #urbanscape #byzantine #byzantium #Constantinople
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Paul Tomlinson
8 years
Just got the gig to do the signs at #rspb #otmoor , nr #oxford . Here's my first. This'll greet visitors at the 2nd screen. #birding #bittern
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2 years
@AndySmi50387849 If you think it’s people like @ArgyleLoz who are responsible for the decline of the U.K. wait until you find out who’s been in charge for the last 13 years.
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Paul Tomlinson
9 months
@PollingReportUK @michaelgove A text book example of the need for tactical voting. Labour needs to step aside here and give the Lib Dem a clear run at Gove.
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Paul Tomlinson
7 years
A New Holland Honey Eater in glorious winter sunshine at Mt Compass Nature Reserve, South Australia. August 2017 #birding #Australia #aves
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Paul Tomlinson
4 years
@CarolineLucas Abysmal from Marr. No killer questions, no incisive follow ups, no genuine challenges. Johnson dominated him. Waffled, ran down the clock, said nothing. And all the time allowed a smirk to float around his face. A truly wretched interview
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Paul Tomlinson
9 months
@ElectionMapsUK @Savanta_UK It still saddens me that 34% of the electorate would even now consider voting for the Tories/Reform. That’s a sizeable chunk of the electorate still cheering on national decline.
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Paul Tomlinson
2 years
@ArgyleLoz @HeatherWheeler Occasionally the mask slips and they say what they really think. I trust the opposition parties will prompt her electors in South Derbyshire ahead of the next GE.
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Paul Tomlinson
11 months
@Artannes @RhonddaBryant @Nigel_Farage Seems like you’re lying. Pipe down.
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Paul Tomlinson
3 years
@GeorgeMonbiot My Covid-denying, anti-Vax niece recommended that I should take ivermectin when I caught Covid last month. Having a close family member urging you to harm yourself by ingesting what is in fact a worming tablet for horses is a very unsettling and upsetting thing.
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3 years
@PeterStefanovi2 @BBCNews @BBCBreakfast Thank you for your steadfast efforts Peter. So many of us genuinely appreciate your commitment in trying to hold this crooked PM to account.
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Paul Tomlinson
7 months
@LeftieStats @PeoplePolling Can we have a fair voting system please?
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Paul Tomlinson
6 years
@davidschneider @alexillustrator Meanwhile the BBC World At One gives airtime to the discredited Priti Patel, the bribed Edward Leigh and May mouthpiece Kwasi Kwarteng. All Tory Leavers. And no one else. It's like no one else exists. Piss poor, biased #BBC coverage
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Paul Tomlinson
8 years
A handsome #waxwing in #oxford earlier today. They're starting to filter in from the north across #Oxfordshire now. #birding #aves #birds
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Paul Tomlinson
3 years
@Geraint2019 @amongstwits @PickardJE He’s earnest, honest and straightforward: the polar opposite to Boris Johnson and a credit to Wales.
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Paul Tomlinson
8 years
#Goldfinch feeding on teasels in bright early morning sunshine at one of my very favourite places: #RSPB #Otmoor nr #oxford . #birding #aves
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Paul Tomlinson
3 years
It was 50 years ago today.... Dad took me to Villa Park for the first time for Villa v Rotherham in the old Division Three. We lost. I was hooked. #astonvilla #villapark
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Paul Tomlinson
8 years
Always nice to get a view of a water rail at #rspb #otmoor nr #oxford . Resident in the reed bed, but secretive & rarely seen. #aves #birding
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Paul Tomlinson
4 years
@PeterStefanovi2 This is shameful and shocking. If you want to encapsulate the true nature of the Johnson government in one image - this is it.
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Paul Tomlinson
4 years
@PaulDesproperty @bbclaurak ‘Boris is doing fine’ is quite possibly the stupidest post of the day.
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Paul Tomlinson
5 years
@JonathanLCFC Yep. Villa recently had a couple of good back-to-back Prem wins v Norwich and Brighton. By last Tuesday lunchtime Talksport were busy selling Grealish, McGinn and Mings to Manchester United. Tiresome, lazy broadcasting.
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Paul Tomlinson
2 years
Here’s my sketch of the superb Reginald’s Tower in #Waterford , originally built as a timber construction by Reggie the Viking and subsequently rebuilt in stone by the Normans in 1170. #art #artistsontwitter #artist #sketch #draw #drawing #Ireland
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Paul Tomlinson
7 years
Red Kite swooping to pluck a young coot (I think) from the water @ #RSPB #Otmoor , #Oxfordshire in morning sunshine yesterday. #aves #birding
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Paul Tomlinson
6 years
@jessphillips It is unthinkable that any Labour MP could vote to support Theresa May. Any Labour MP doing so should be instantly de-selected in my view.
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Paul Tomlinson
3 years
@Andrew_Adonis Groucho Marx: ‘These are my principles, and if you don’t like them..... well, I have others’.
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Paul Tomlinson
2 years
@LBC @mrjamesob This is as strong a call as I have ever heard on LBC
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Paul Tomlinson
8 years
Merry Christmas from #RSPB #Otmoor . Here's a fab #fieldfare guarding a bush full of berries. Pic taken last wk. #birding #aves
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Paul Tomlinson
3 years
For any Villa fans that follow me on here: I went to Villa Park on Saturday and tested positive for Covid today. I thought being double jabbed would keep me safe. I was wrong. I’m now quarantining. If anyone would like my ticket for the Brentford game, DM me.
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Paul Tomlinson
1 year
@BillyVacant Corruption... or worse. Johnson’s actions re the Lebedevs, without clear explanation, look close to treason imo.
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Paul Tomlinson
4 years
@PeterStefanovi2 It’s all there: the shamelessness, the corruption, the profiteering, the condescension, the contempt for the poor. It cuts through the weasel words of every government minister ever.
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Paul Tomlinson
3 years
@PeterStefanovi2 Thank you Peter for your resolute refusal to accept Johnson’s lies without challenge.
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Paul Tomlinson
7 years
Wild orchids flower in early spring in #Cyprus . There are up to 50 species of #orchid on the island. This exquisite tiny bee-orchid was present up in the hills of the Kyrenia range at Antiphonitis this afternoon.
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Paul Tomlinson
2 years
I've waited years to see an #otter at #RSPB Otmoor, nr #Oxford and, would you believe it, it happened early this morning. #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Oxfordshire #Mammals
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Paul Tomlinson
7 years
An elegant adult male Cyprus Wheatear on display in warm autumnal sunshine at Cape Greko, the SE tip of #Cyprus , earlier today. #birds #aves
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Paul Tomlinson
2 years
@NickCohen4 Nothing to see here: just Suella Braverman demeaning her post as the UK’s chief Legal Officer with cheap insults and inaccuracies. It’s pathetic to watch.
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A privilege to watch these beautiful Musk Lorikeets on their nest on a hot sunny day at Scott Conservation Park in South #Australia . A wonderful sight. #parrot #naturephotography #aves #vogel #birdwatching #bird #birding #wildlife #nature #ornithology #wildlifephotography
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Paul Tomlinson
5 years
Snakes alive! A warm day on #Otmoor in early spring & hey presto: grass #snakes emerge from hibernation & lie together in a tangle amongst the grass & reeds at the side of the channels & ditches that cross the reserve. #RSPB #Oxford #Oxfordshire #snake #reptiles #reptile #nature
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Paul Tomlinson
7 years
A beautiful #jay along the Roman Road at #RSPB #Otmoor , nr #Oxford . Jays are occasional, but welcome, visitors on the moor. #birding #aves
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Paul Tomlinson
10 months
@implausibleblog Is this as utterly ghastly as I think it is?
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Paul Tomlinson
7 years
A female #bittern in flight in poor light over #rspb #otmoor , nr #oxford , earlier this morning, heading off in search of food #birding #aves
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Paul Tomlinson
6 years
Roller (Coracias garrulus) in the Mesaoria Plain east of #Nicosia , #Cyprus , earlier this morning. What a #bird ! One of the island's most spectacular and beautiful summer visitors. #birding #birds #oiseaux #cyprusbirds
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Paul Tomlinson
7 years
Juvenile male Great Spotted #Woodpecker early on a wet and blustery Polling Day at #RSPB #Otmoor , nr #Oxford . #birding #aves #birds #oiseaux
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Paul Tomlinson
1 year
Recently bought a new lens and went to try it out today down at Farmer Reservoir nr #Oxford . Got rewarded with this #Kingfisher . #birds #BirdsOfTwitter #RSPB #birding #birdphotography #bird #oxfordshire
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Paul Tomlinson
8 months
@13sarahmurphy The bloke who repeatedly used visits to Zelensky to boost his popularity now backs the bloke whose re-election as POTUS would seriously undermine the security of Europe and the very existence of Ukraine. He is beneath contempt.
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Paul Tomlinson
11 months
@footballontnt I'm a Villa fan but I don't think you can pick and choose what to ignore. We lost to Everton in the League Cup.
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Paul Tomlinson
9 months
@HarryYorke1 Unless you’re prepared to go after others who look equally culpable with the same determination and energy then this just looks like pro-Tory Client journalism. Throw mud at Davey, but go after Gillian Keegan’s husband etc as well and I might take you seriously.
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Paul Tomlinson
8 years
Just for old time's sake: a pic of the beautiful original Trinity Road Stand at #VillaPark from the early 60s (I think).
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Paul Tomlinson
4 months
@wengerthought @HLTCO Villa 1 Arsenal 0 and Arsenal 0 Villa 2 cost you the title pal. Show some humility.
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Paul Tomlinson
8 years
A beautiful long tailed #meadowlark , peninsula #valdes , #patagonia #Argentina Oct 2015. A frequent sight in Patagonia #aves #birds #birding
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Paul Tomlinson
2 years
@JamesEFoster @Keir_Starmer @AngelaRayner @UKLabour Precisely this. Standing still and declaring he's not Johnson or Corbyn was never going to be enough, and now he's being swept aside by events. We're left with the likes of Mick Lynch & Martyn Lewis to speak the home truths that he should be describing.
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Paul Tomlinson
2 years
@LBC @BootstrapCook @eddiemair We’re back to Victorian notions of ‘the undeserving poor’.
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Paul Tomlinson
6 years
@Yorkshireman11 @DavidLammy Congratulations. You win the award for Most Absurd Tweet Of The Day.
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Paul Tomlinson
9 months
@BrentfordFC Ben Mee gets his comeuppance against Villa at last.
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Paul Tomlinson
11 months
@SaulStaniforth This is where the BBC lets itself - and the country - down badly. Blatantly inaccurate reporting.
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Paul Tomlinson
8 years
Great views of a beautiful female #kestrel in thin sunshine at breezy #RSPB #Otmoor , nr #oxford earlier today. #aves #birding #raptors #bird
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Paul Tomlinson
1 year
@AdamBienkov The slow unfolding death of BBC News and Current Affairs is a tragedy.
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Paul Tomlinson
8 years
A bright #yellowhammer pictured today amongst the mixed flock of buntings & linnets in the gales at #rspb #otmoor nr #oxford . #aves #birding
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Paul Tomlinson
10 months
@implausibleblog Oakeshott is smug, arrogant and sneering. She offers nothing.
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Paul Tomlinson
8 years
A beautiful Golden Rumped Euphonia (I think) #costanerasur , #BuenosAires , #Argentina Oct 2015. A fabulous place for #birding . #aves
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1 year
@AVFCTheReligion Shocking? Get a grip man. We went up against a strong physical opponent at a place where we have a dismal record, recovered from a goal down and despite a below par performance, took a point. Whatever that is isn’t shocking.
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8 years
A beautiful male Spectacled #Warbler , #capegreko , #Cyprus , April 2016. Let's hope it's survived the illegal nets and lime sticks.
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Paul Tomlinson
4 years
Took a trip through the mist down to the Vale to see this Great Bustard in a field outside Wantage - one of the birds bred on Salisbury Plain. Red deer chilling out in the background #Oxfordshire #aves #birding #birds #birdphotography #vogel #birdwatching #ornithology #bird
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Paul Tomlinson
4 years
@BBCDavidCowan Seb Coe once stole a Milky Way off me. He ran off and I couldn’t catch him. (I was 8 and he was 10. We were at the same primary school)
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Paul Tomlinson
4 years
@edwardpoole1975 The Tories will be very pleased to read this Ed.
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Paul Tomlinson
2 years
@Becks_Wolfe And that’s fine, but actions (or in this case - inactions) have consequences. By not voting Labour, under FPTP you are helping to enable the Tories.
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@SMTHFC1 @melissaeweiss @mrjamesob @EylonALevy I listen to James O'Brien from time to time. I have no idea how you could reach that view.
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2 years
@terrychristian Are we absolutely certain this isn’t a spoof account?
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Paul Tomlinson
8 years
Two-banded #plover at one of the #saltlakes at Peninsula #valdes #Patagonia #Argentina , Oct 2015. One of the lowest points on earth. #aves
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Paul Tomlinson
8 years
A beautiful Spur-Winged #Plover standing to attention at #Oroklini Lake nr #Larnaka , #Cyprus , Feb 2017. #aves #birding #ornithology #lapwing
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Paul Tomlinson
8 years
A beautiful adult male Hooded #Wheatear , #SharmElSheikh #Sinai #Egypt Feb 2015 found in the desert behind Sharm. Fab! #Birding #birds #aves
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Paul Tomlinson
2 years
@TomLondon6 They would vote to keep it by a large majority. That doesn’t mean it would be the right thing to do but I’ve no doubt at all that it would be retained. The Brexit vote tells us everything we need to know about the state of the nation.
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Paul Tomlinson
7 years
First sedge #warbler of the season in glorious spring sunshine along the bridleway at #RSPB #Otmoor , nr #oxford this morning. #birding #aves
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Paul Tomlinson
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A smart lesser #whitethroat in dappled sun earlier today at #RSPB #Otmoor nr #oxford . Warblers everywhere at Otmoor just now! #birding #aves
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@AndyGJBurge 14 years ago we had competent people in charge.
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Paul Tomlinson
5 years
A trip to the #Yorkshire coast yesterday took us to the magnificent Bempton Cliffs: surely one of the greatest #wildlife sites in the country at this time of year, where thousands of sea #birds are busily nesting, including this guillemot. Magical. #vogel #aves #RSPB #oiseaux
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Paul Tomlinson
8 years
#Snakes alive! A grass #snake newly emerged from hibernation spotted earlier today trying to catch the thin sun at #RSPB #otmoor , nr #oxford
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Paul Tomlinson
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During last week's heatwave I sat in the shade of the Museum of the History of Science in #Oxford & drew the building opposite: Blackwell's, the greatest #bookshop in the world. #art #kunst #artistsontwitter #artist #drawing #painting #penandink #Watercolour #Oxfordshire #sketch
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@MartinKeyworths Because having had a right wing government for 14 yrs which has overseen and been responsible for catastrophic national decline we’ve decided to try to reverse the slide
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Paul Tomlinson
11 months
@ElectionMapsUK @YouGov It's a sobering thought that even now, approximately 1 in 4 of the British electorate would still go out and vote Tory.
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@greg26011979 Scratch the surface in this country and there is so much tight-arsed, thin-lipped meanness.
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Paul Tomlinson
7 years
Seems like #spring has only just got going but at #rspb #otmoor , nr #Oxford , the #moorhen chicks have already hatched. #aves #birding #birds
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Paul Tomlinson
7 years
The perfect setting for a #sedge #warbler : on the edge of the reed bed at #RSPB #Otmoor , nr #oxford , in soft light first thing this morning.
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Paul Tomlinson
11 months
@LizWebsterSBF @michaelgove Almost certainly. He knew exactly what he was doing.
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Paul Tomlinson
4 years
@ianincornwall @Life_Disrupted If you live in Cornwall and voted Leave this is precisely what you voted for. Don’t blame others for pointing out what would happen. Take ownership and responsibility for your own choice.
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Paul Tomlinson
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Adult male Spectacled Warbler in brilliant sunshine at Cape Greko, the south eastern tip of #Cyprus , earlier today. #Aves #birds #birding #ornithology #Oiseaux #Vogel
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Paul Tomlinson
10 months
@WeveGotSuperMik @PeteVillan1981 Yet another graceless, petulant Arsenal fan. Pipe down man.
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Paul Tomlinson
9 months
@jonsopel Matthew Elliott getting an honour is a direct insult to the British people.
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Paul Tomlinson
6 years
My #drawing of a street scene in the old walled city of #Famagusta featuring St Nicholas' Cathedral, which I started some weeks ago but only finished recently. Hope you like it. #sketch #watercolor #art #Cyprus #kibris #Ammochostos #gazima ğusa
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