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My lovely thunderstorm at NT Morden Hall Park, S London, dissipated = #ripoffBritain. But gr8 day at MHP anyway re urban nature... about 13 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Lovely thunderstorm developing over S London... about 15 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Old parkland at Morden Hall Park, S London, holds the biggest colony of Burnet Companion moth I've seen! Massive... about 16 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Jefferiesauthor "the cuckoo came and called all day till the moon shone at night, and began again in the morning before the dew had sparkled in the sunrise" about 21 hours ago via web Retweeted by NTMatthewOates
@NTSianMusgrave. House martins keep waking me up ca 4am by making loud speeches about splatting mud on wall outside my bedroom window. Tired about 21 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to NTSianMusgrave
Off to NT Morden Hall, S London, re urban nature - via a commuter train ('the grey drain, of pinstripe time...'). What is urban nature???... about 22 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
@NTsteely. An excellent twitch, & in NT time I hope. But the Orphean Warbler will now doubtless turn up on the Farnes tomorrow... 1:44 PM May 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to NTsteely
@DunstableDwnsNT. They look like Duke of Burgundy eggs on my BlackBerry but eggs of some of the Tiger moths are fairly similar... 1:38 PM May 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to DunstableDwnsNT
Also, the clump of Scots pine on top of May Hill is a superb open air meeting room... 7:42 AM May 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
For tranquillity, serenity, quintessential summer views of England's dreamscape & a cathedral of birdsong, visit NT's May Hill, W Glos... 7:41 AM May 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
May Hill, Glos: Crossbills, Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, VG Mistle Thrush singing, dead calm but need sun to break thru... 4:21 AM May 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
'I know you:/ You are light as dreams'. Edward Thomas 'Words', May Hill, 1915. But then the noisiest dogs in GB drove up, & the dream broke 1:55 AM May 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Woken early by House Martins making speeches about splatting mud under eaves outside window... 9:45 PM May 28th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
May Hill, beloved by the Dymock poets, where Robert Frost & Edward Thomas walked in 1914 & where Thomas composed his poem 'Words'... 2:34 PM May 28th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Off to May Hill on the Glos/Herefords border tomorrow for a brainstorming mtng on NT & Nature + colleagues. We need Outdoor Meeting Rooms... 2:31 PM May 28th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
IndyVoices Leading article: No possible excuse for destroying buzzard nests ind.pn/LYRhtI 12:58 PM May 28th via twitterfeed Retweeted by NTMatthewOates and 18 others
Has anyone managed to open a packet of Gillette Match3 disposable razors without needing weapons of mass destruction? #packaging 1:20 PM May 28th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
MarkAvery Buzzards - please sign up and plz RT change.org/en-GB/petition… 3:39 AM May 28th via web Retweeted by NTMatthewOates and 63 others
Spare a thought for those of us in office meetings all day - wot a waste of Summer. We have Forest Schools, we need Forest Meeting Rooms! 10:22 PM May 27th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Flower Fairies of the Summer. Cicely Mary Barker. It's Summer folks! Enjoy... 1:41 PM May 27th via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Name Matthew Oates
Location Tetbury, S Glos, UK
Web http://www.nation...
Bio National Trust specialist on Nature & Wildlife Experience. Loves butterflies & caterpillars. Writer, poet & broadcaster. Sometimes Silly. Own views.