CaroBar
@carobar.bsky.social
Nature-lover, reader, runner. I find joy in the small things. UK-based.
The sun came out and lit up the railway viaduct at high tide at Arnside today. #phonepics #Arnside
February 2, 2026 at 1:17 PM
The sun came out and lit up the railway viaduct at high tide at Arnside today. #phonepics #Arnside
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The English parliament failed first time round to support our Swifts, but, as usual the Scottish one showed the right way forward.
Let's stick it to the nature- phobic Labour Party and get this petition heavily supported.
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our...
Let's stick it to the nature- phobic Labour Party and get this petition heavily supported.
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our...
Save our swifts: include swift bricks in every new house
I just signed the campaign calling to save our swifts, by calling for the UK Government to follow Scotland's lead and make it the law for all new houses to be built with "swift bricks" - safe places f...
act.38degrees.org.uk
February 1, 2026 at 10:07 AM
The English parliament failed first time round to support our Swifts, but, as usual the Scottish one showed the right way forward.
Let's stick it to the nature- phobic Labour Party and get this petition heavily supported.
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our...
Let's stick it to the nature- phobic Labour Party and get this petition heavily supported.
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our...
January 31, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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Great Tit (Parus major): This 14cm (5.5in) bright yellow breasted bird has a black head and long black bib. Feeding on insects this bird is native to Europe, Asia and North Africa and has a wingspan of 25cm (10in). Thank you Martina Olivia for sharing this photo taken in the UK. #greattit #tit #bird
January 29, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Great Tit (Parus major): This 14cm (5.5in) bright yellow breasted bird has a black head and long black bib. Feeding on insects this bird is native to Europe, Asia and North Africa and has a wingspan of 25cm (10in). Thank you Martina Olivia for sharing this photo taken in the UK. #greattit #tit #bird
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A #Morecambe ghost story.
Don't miss this chilling new ghost story on BBC Radio 4, written by our own Prof Jenn Ashworth and read aloud by Julie Hesmondhalgh! 👻
Episodes will air every weekday evening at 10.45pm, beginning Mon 2 February, and will be available online shortly after broadcast.
Episodes will air every weekday evening at 10.45pm, beginning Mon 2 February, and will be available online shortly after broadcast.
BBC Radio 4 - The White Lady of Morecambe by Jenn Ashworth - Episode guide
All episodes of The White Lady of Morecambe by Jenn Ashworth
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 6:14 PM
A #Morecambe ghost story.
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Hurrah! Though not the complete result @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social has been campaigning for
Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law
Rest of UK has resisted calls to make builders install bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Hurrah! Though not the complete result @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social has been campaigning for
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Great news from Scotland: a LAW to ensure new buildings have swift bricks. (Contrary to Labour spin, there is no law and no guarantees that builders or planners will incorporate bricks in England.)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law
Rest of UK has resisted calls to make builders install bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Great news from Scotland: a LAW to ensure new buildings have swift bricks. (Contrary to Labour spin, there is no law and no guarantees that builders or planners will incorporate bricks in England.)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A useful read for anyone who has been trying to ignore the news from the US. The steps that led to this weekend's killing by US ICE agents. @chrischirp.bsky.social takes you through the last year that led to this.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
The ICE Storm: a year-long escalation
Funding, law, rhetoric, violence. How each has fed the other to lead here
christinapagel.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:54 AM
A useful read for anyone who has been trying to ignore the news from the US. The steps that led to this weekend's killing by US ICE agents. @chrischirp.bsky.social takes you through the last year that led to this.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
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🌡️🌊 2025 was the 3rd hottest year on record, and the last 11 years are the hottest ever measured.
This is what climate breakdown looks like. Yet the UK is STILL considering new oil and gas fields?! 1/2
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is what climate breakdown looks like. Yet the UK is STILL considering new oil and gas fields?! 1/2
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Reading's climate stripes show third-hottest year
The stripes were created in 2018 and show the change in average global temperatures since 1850.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 4:13 PM
🌡️🌊 2025 was the 3rd hottest year on record, and the last 11 years are the hottest ever measured.
This is what climate breakdown looks like. Yet the UK is STILL considering new oil and gas fields?! 1/2
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is what climate breakdown looks like. Yet the UK is STILL considering new oil and gas fields?! 1/2
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Let's get one thing straight at the outset, I am definitely not in the crowd overleaf.
January 21, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Let's get one thing straight at the outset, I am definitely not in the crowd overleaf.
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This trend should grow and the memberships of charities should encourage it. So, plz encourage it! share.google/blxnSMPUEDoz...
Major charities leave X after AI images controversy
share.google
January 19, 2026 at 8:54 AM
This trend should grow and the memberships of charities should encourage it. So, plz encourage it! share.google/blxnSMPUEDoz...
This is lovely! People flocking to see a bird that we probably take for granted in our gardens.
I love everything about this story...
How wonderful to think about little bird flying, or hitching a lift across the Atlantic... and what a fabulous reception he's received!
#birds #Robin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyaP...
How wonderful to think about little bird flying, or hitching a lift across the Atlantic... and what a fabulous reception he's received!
#birds #Robin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyaP...
Rare European robin spotted in Montreal
YouTube video by CTV News
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:42 AM
This is lovely! People flocking to see a bird that we probably take for granted in our gardens.
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8.4 GIGAWATTS of offshore wind just contracted in the UK, thanks to Ed Miliband's recent auction - enough electricity to power 12 million homes.
The US can boil in Venezuelan oil. We're investing in energy you don't need to invade other nations to obtain
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The US can boil in Venezuelan oil. We're investing in energy you don't need to invade other nations to obtain
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction
Subsidies guaranteeing price for each unit of clean electricity generated given to 12 renewables projects
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:08 AM
8.4 GIGAWATTS of offshore wind just contracted in the UK, thanks to Ed Miliband's recent auction - enough electricity to power 12 million homes.
The US can boil in Venezuelan oil. We're investing in energy you don't need to invade other nations to obtain
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The US can boil in Venezuelan oil. We're investing in energy you don't need to invade other nations to obtain
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Tomorrow I'm going to try Rachel's trousers on.
January 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Tomorrow I'm going to try Rachel's trousers on.
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I'm so sorry to have to disappoint you but I've been unable to gain any information for you.
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 AM
I'm so sorry to have to disappoint you but I've been unable to gain any information for you.
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#Biodiversity and #CropDiversity have to be the foundation of a healthy future.
Industrial monoculture - the plantationocene - threatens us all
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Industrial monoculture - the plantationocene - threatens us all
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Germany’s dying forests are losing their ability to absorb CO2. Can a new way of planting save them?
Vast swathes of the country’s trees have been killed off by droughts and infestations, in a trend sweeping across Europe. A shift towards more biodiverse cultivation could offer answers
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
#Biodiversity and #CropDiversity have to be the foundation of a healthy future.
Industrial monoculture - the plantationocene - threatens us all
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Industrial monoculture - the plantationocene - threatens us all
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Red squirrel in the snow
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Red squirrel in the snow
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Fascinating, troubling story. (I missed this earlier in the week - sharing it in case you did too!) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How demand for elite falcons in the Middle East is driving illegal trade of British birds
Exclusive: data reveals hundreds of UK nests have been raided in the past decade amid growing appetite to own prized birds for racing and breeding
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Fascinating, troubling story. (I missed this earlier in the week - sharing it in case you did too!) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Do not bother to write again.
January 8, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Do not bother to write again.
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Will be interested in your unbiased views about the recent events in Macclesfield.
January 6, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Will be interested in your unbiased views about the recent events in Macclesfield.
Freezing temperatures and a dusting of snow last night have turned RSPB Leighton Moss into a stunning, sparkling reserve. Water rail were easy to see at the edges of the reeds, marsh harriers were very active, but I didn't get to see any otters this time. #winter #nature #phonepics
January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Freezing temperatures and a dusting of snow last night have turned RSPB Leighton Moss into a stunning, sparkling reserve. Water rail were easy to see at the edges of the reeds, marsh harriers were very active, but I didn't get to see any otters this time. #winter #nature #phonepics
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Billiard room, piano, stuffed animals, hot scones.
January 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Billiard room, piano, stuffed animals, hot scones.