Painter and pilot. Working in the field of Natural Capital. FRGS davidhall.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3mgzyoysesp2iEvening walk with Atlas.14 Mar 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzyoysesp2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3mghrxvoygu2nNow I have light pollution from the north s well as the east. Really 🤬07 Mar 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mghrxvoygu2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3m6zm6bqhff2wStraightforward, simple, practical. Want one. Bring it over here. SLATE02 Dec 2025 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zm6bqhff2whttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3m6u2jhpchs2qI cut a young Roe deer free from a fence 3 weeks ago. Thought this was him at first but this one was much older and missing part of the rear left leg entirely. The one I cut free was caught up by the back right and there were no breaks. Close as I could on iPhone.30 Nov 2025 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6u2jhpchs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3m6n2ftqtkg2cLove the predictability of sickness these days 😞 “i’m unfortunately sick and will be out of the office until Monday 1st December.”27 Nov 2025 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6n2ftqtkg2chttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3m4cmpvl3q72xThe friendly chicken farmer in the next parish has kindly increased his lumens worth another searchlight across the valley. I suppose I really don’t need any lighting on in my house at night now 😡29 Oct 2025 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4cmpvl3q72xhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lze5t2tlk22lQuite a crop of Crab Apples as well as Sloes 📍21 Sep 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lze5t2tlk22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lz52up2oay2kAfter a little email exchange with @gregmorris regarding his location feature in micro social, I was inspired to change from using the Title field to Categories for my map link. A lot simpler in the end - I’ve christened the theme Geotagory 🙃18 Sep 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz52up2oay2khttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lyntbcpoxq2jAcorn growth (and Sloe) is huge this year, probably in response to the spring drought.12 Sep 2025 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyntbcpoxq2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3ls5ctqajis2xI am somewhat bemused. The Govt’s current BNG consultation in parallel with the call for evidence to the role of the private sector in nature recovery, appears to be both pulling and pushing the 30 by 30 initiative?! And all the while LPAs are way behind the legislation.21 Jun 2025 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls5ctqajis2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lp7w5zuy7s2zLooking forward to reading Things Become Other Things, though it’s so beautifully bound I don’t want to spoil it 😁 @craigmod.com15 May 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7w5zuy7s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lm6iiamrfs2uGlorious weather up on the Lintzgarth reserve with Henry Barrett from the NPNLP survey team setting out refugia for Adder.06 Apr 2025 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm6iiamrfs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3llytjzpass2uJust quickly changing a fuse in my Renault 🤪04 Apr 2025 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3llytjzpass2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lllvqattsc22This warm spell has activated the honey bees again.30 Mar 2025 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lllvqattsc22https://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lljutfk2p22oOyster Catchers have arrived, a pair feeding in the wheat field by the house.29 Mar 2025 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lljutfk2p22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lkztrdsxlk25I have s new contender for thug of the bird-feeder, the Siskin. A male turned up this morning and took the title in emphatic form from the Goldfinch.23 Mar 2025 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkztrdsxlk25https://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lkirb3qgpn2xAnother 6 Nations over and at least I beat Chat GPT in our little betting circle - though I’m not sure how that makes me feel about AI 😝16 Mar 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkirb3qgpn2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lkdqceoxyz2iGiggle of the day. A farm report from the Rural Payment Agency with errors to 4 decimal places “…bridge only touches ground at the ends.”14 Mar 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdqceoxyz2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3ljbb6zcl5k2sA Putin setup? In the pocket. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Feb 2025 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljbb6zcl5k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3ljb4oocets2sUK should cancel. Full stop. King invites Trump for 'unprecedented' second state visit28 Feb 2025 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljb4oocets2shttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3likyfn5y3c2cLight pollution20 Feb 2025 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3likyfn5y3c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lhya7xj6pc2y👍 Well done DuckDuckGo and Apple Maps12 Feb 2025 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhya7xj6pc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lhwncemtl22cWhat is this nonsense from the White House? “The [US] Thick of It”.11 Feb 2025 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhwncemtl22chttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lhrz7baaz32kThe strange thing about today was the lack of bird food eaten ~15%. There was the usual flurry of activity as I put it out with some brave great-tits zooming around me in anticipation, but thereafter nothing. Albeit a bit squally - maybe a Sparrowhawk was about.10 Feb 2025 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhrz7baaz32khttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lhphtlo6qb2cNot that I spend much time in a code editor, but really enjoying the latest version of CotEditor perhaps a mobile everyone would be good?09 Feb 2025 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhphtlo6qb2chttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lgbj2szc7222🎬 Real, powerfil https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/8166450921 Jan 2025 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbj2szc7222https://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lfzd6ffahp2a🌱 gardening today and not sure if things have stopped growing, are still growing or have already started again. I know a couple of bushes have never stopped flowering!18 Jan 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfzd6ffahp2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lft2gzojyv2qNow that was interesting. Image displayed in the mb web Posts list OK, but on the website it showed as code. Swapped from html to markdown cured it. Using an underscore in the image name caused the link to break and render the second half of that link in italics: …/desert_elephant.jpeg16 Jan 2025 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lft2gzojyv2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3lfotbjnrdp2qPersonally sad to see all the snow has gone, but good news for the resident Barn Owl. Hunting through thick frozen snow can’t be easy.14 Jan 2025 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfotbjnrdp2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidhall.net/post/3leycxilghm2qit's been a good weekend for birdlife around here, and snow of course. Obligatory shot: Barn Owl quartering the margins of the wood yesterday morning, followed by a pair of Peregrine in the afternoon. Pair of Blackcap on the feeder this morning, good to see them... https://davidhall.net/2025-01-0505 Jan 2025 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:q55acxtrpbc4pt5k2wz7ml3w/app.bsky.feed.post/3leycxilghm2q