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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 8h

Who allowed this abomination?

Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 16h

The Shooting Times, never knowingly telling the truth!

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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 18h

Not exactly renowned for truthfulness are they?

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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 18h

Is any government not tainted by corruption from the grouse and pheasant shooting industries?

parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/10/12/c...

Culblean Hill, playing with fire in the Cairngorms National Park and the politics of muirburn - parkswatchscotland

On Thursday 9th October, the same day Jim Fairlie the Scottish Government minister responsible announced a further 9 month delay in the “watered down” – excuse the phrase – muirburn licensing scheme,...

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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 1d

Despite my best efforts, this morning went reasonably well@

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What Could Have Been! Blakehill Farm: Saturday, 11th October 2025

Things did not start well: we arrived on site by the Whitworth Building at Blakehill Farm to find two bulls in our usual field. Fortunately, the next field along was bull free and the adjoining gat…

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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 2d

It is always money before nature:

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The near total destruction of a Twinflower population at Creag Bheithe Bheag in the Cairngorms National Park - What went wrong, and what lessons might be learnt for the future? - parkswatchscotland

[Author note. Andy was previously an Ecologist, now retired, working for an NGO in the Cairngorms. He is currently the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) vice-county recorder for East Inv...

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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 3d

A surprisingly good session in Webb's Wood this morning:

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Webb’s Wonder: Thursday, 9th October 2025

We had to postpone our session from yesterday because of rain. Fortunately my mid-week team of Laura, Miranda and Ellie could all make this morning and I think we are all pretty pleased that we did…

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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting: so muirburn is responsible for the vast majority of wildfires in the Cairngorms. What a surprise (😎)

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Why the ban on camp fires in the Cairngorms National Park maybe political rather than sustainable..... - parkswatchscotland

NIMBYism’ and ‘Park politics’ rather than fire risk is probably behind the move to ban camp fires (see here). My bet is that the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNP) has caved in to pressure from...

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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 5d

Apparently Suffolk is awash with them. I cannot pretend I have seen more than one in my north Wiltshire garden this morning!

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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 5d

Mine had disappeared for a couple of weeks, got a bit worried but the food was gone this morning. Trail camera out tonight, fingers crossed. Afraid I can't get to Norfolk

Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 5d

They could always try reducing the numbers released to the number they actually intend to eat, i.e. about 5% of the current figures (I admit it, made up statistic but, then, when it comes to the shooting industry they do that all the time so they can't complain too much)

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 7d

John O'Connell

Hard to find a more accurate, succinct summary of the Reform Party.

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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 7d

Ain't that the truth!

doomandgloom 💙📚🚀🌈🌴🌺🌞🏖🏝🎶🌹🐈‍⬛🌹💐🦋 🌻🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @doomandgloom1951.bsky.social · 8d

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 7d

British politics is basically a doom spiral of increasingly unhinged hostile policies.

Reform says something unhinged
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Labour counters with their own unhinged policy
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Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged
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Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response
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And repeat...🔁

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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 7d

If most of the politicians were (multiple times) it might improve things. Can anyone really see any difference between Labour, Tories and Reform? Same policies, same racism, same protection for the already wealthy, same lack of care for the majority.

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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 7d

Absolutely abominable and, unfortunately, he is young enough for this hypocrisy to go on for decades. We need a republic (just so long as we don't end up with a Trump equivalent).

Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 7d

I think it is the "they walk amongst us" nonsense - although with Trump et al they could be right!

Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 7d

Who elected the Fascist Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? This is not @teamlabouruk.bsky.social this is fascism!

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Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests

The move is not a ban on protests but

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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 8d

Fascists in uniform

PrivetEye @priveteye.bsky.social · 8d

The MET police at its finest : once again carting off pensioners who are anti- genocide
(Trafalgar Square, London, 4th October)

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 8d

29 'missing' Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015.

Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire

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29 ‘missing’ Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015

Media attention has been drawn to the Yorkshire Dales National Park this week, following the RSPB’s press release on the suspicious disappearance of a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named &#821…

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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 8d

How about Starmer showing some respect for those grieving the genocide in Gaza?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Starmer to protesters: 'Respect grief of British Jews'

The prime minister said pro-Palestinian protests happening at the weekend would cause distress.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 8d

Perhaps they could translocate those chicks into suitable woodland / forest habitat (or just leave them alone)? We are beginning to see them in woodland areas of north Wiltshire, as they have spread across from Gloucestershire where there is a healthy population, but there's a long way to go.

Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 8d

who runs Operation Turtle Dove and what are their qualifications?

Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 8d

I think the @rspb.bsky.social are being far too polite. Still, be interesting to know what the @nfudc.bsky.social say. No doubt blame it on foxes, badgers, Corvids etc. rather than the failure of their members to take conservation seriously, unlike @nffn.bsky.social
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

Wake-up call as new data reveals dramatic declines for England’s farmland birds

Tree Sparrows, Turtle Doves and more in freefall, but recovery possible with more support for farmers.

www.rspb.org.uk

Simon Tucker @simonrtucker.bsky.social · 9d

Funny how the shooting estates have been trumpeting their "success" over recent years yet none of those successes seem to have lived long enough to breed. If their claims were valid there should be over 100 nesting pairs by now - but shooting, poisoning, trapping ensures this false flag keeps flying