Chris Green
@chrisbirder.bsky.social
Londoner in Scotland via Gloucestershire
Birder and wildlife gardener.
Birder and wildlife gardener.
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Solar panel areas can be designed to be better for bird diversity than cropland: Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #solarpanels #birds #energy #greenenergy #jernmarker
Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities
Our findings suggest that properly sited and developed ecovoltaic solar facilities in human altered landscapes can improve habitat for birds and other wildlife, but further research is needed to unde...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Solar panel areas can be designed to be better for bird diversity than cropland: Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #solarpanels #birds #energy #greenenergy #jernmarker
Sums up 'our Nige' rather nicely!
Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
December 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Sums up 'our Nige' rather nicely!
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Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
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The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
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This is the current USGS landslide potential maps from the M=7.0 #Hubbard #Glacier #earthquake, which occurred in the last few hours. It shows high landslide potential in the area of Mount Vancouver. The first set of satellite images are going to be interesting.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is the current USGS landslide potential maps from the M=7.0 #Hubbard #Glacier #earthquake, which occurred in the last few hours. It shows high landslide potential in the area of Mount Vancouver. The first set of satellite images are going to be interesting.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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China's krill fleet grows to almost double the size of Norway's. Antarctica wildlife such and whales & penguins have to compete with huge industrial vessels for food & they are often left starving Krill also play a vital role in regulating global climate...
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
China's krill fleet grows to almost double the size of Norway's
China now has nearly double the krill-fishing capacity of Norway, according to krill consultancy firm Tharos.
www.seafoodsource.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
China's krill fleet grows to almost double the size of Norway's. Antarctica wildlife such and whales & penguins have to compete with huge industrial vessels for food & they are often left starving Krill also play a vital role in regulating global climate...
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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My attempt to cut through some of the misinformation around farming and water quality as we approach decision time on Ireland’s nitrates derogation
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Ireland's lax approach to inspecting farms and enforcing rules
The EU Nitrates Committee meets tomorrow and may extend Ireland's nitrates derogation by up to three years. At the same time we need to protect or restore water quality on a national scale writes ecol...
www.irishexaminer.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
My attempt to cut through some of the misinformation around farming and water quality as we approach decision time on Ireland’s nitrates derogation
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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UK Government sabotages Landscape Recovery; only 1% of £2.4bn pa ELMs funding. Most remains w. Broad & Shallow schemes that deliver less, if any, #Biodiversity benefit. Worse - Defra contracts can be revoked at any time, making LR risk unacceptable to farmers.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nature recovery plan in England hit by clause allowing contracts to end with a year’s notice
Conservationists say changes, coupled with underfunding, will curb take-up and leave less land protected for nature
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
UK Government sabotages Landscape Recovery; only 1% of £2.4bn pa ELMs funding. Most remains w. Broad & Shallow schemes that deliver less, if any, #Biodiversity benefit. Worse - Defra contracts can be revoked at any time, making LR risk unacceptable to farmers.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The new National Security Strategy praises Europe’s populist right parties. How are the centrist governments in Europe, who see those parties as a grave threat, then supposed to treat America as an ally?
Donald Trump’s bleak, incoherent foreign-policy strategy
Allies may panic; despots will cheer
econ.st
December 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The new National Security Strategy praises Europe’s populist right parties. How are the centrist governments in Europe, who see those parties as a grave threat, then supposed to treat America as an ally?
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And then in April (16th) the focus is on soldierflies, with another @biologicalrecording.co.uk webinar session exploring the range of species and their ecology www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/soldierfli...
December 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
And then in April (16th) the focus is on soldierflies, with another @biologicalrecording.co.uk webinar session exploring the range of species and their ecology www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/soldierfli...
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December 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
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57 species at Welney WWT this afternoon for my @birdtrack.bsky.social list. Some impressive counts- Pintail 760, Pochard 639, Mallard 775. Three Pochard x Ferruginous Duck hybrids, 1 Tufted x Pochard hybrid. Also 8 Cranes, 6 Cattle Egret, 2 Gt White Egrets.
#NorfolkBirding
#NorfolkBirding
December 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
57 species at Welney WWT this afternoon for my @birdtrack.bsky.social list. Some impressive counts- Pintail 760, Pochard 639, Mallard 775. Three Pochard x Ferruginous Duck hybrids, 1 Tufted x Pochard hybrid. Also 8 Cranes, 6 Cattle Egret, 2 Gt White Egrets.
#NorfolkBirding
#NorfolkBirding
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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
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Important rewilding initiative underway in the North Sea, with an Irish connection due to involvement of researchers at ATU. Ending bottom trawling in existing MPAs is an important first step.
rewildingeurope.com/news/pioneer...
rewildingeurope.com/news/pioneer...
Pioneering North Sea rewilding initiative joins European Rewilding Network | Rewilding Europe
The partners of the Rewilding Dogger Bank coalition are working to protect and restore Dogger Bank as the ecological beating heart of the North Sea. Their efforts to raise the profile of marine…
rewildingeurope.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Important rewilding initiative underway in the North Sea, with an Irish connection due to involvement of researchers at ATU. Ending bottom trawling in existing MPAs is an important first step.
rewildingeurope.com/news/pioneer...
rewildingeurope.com/news/pioneer...
Bit the bullet just now, deactivated my Twitter account. Feel somehow cleaner to have removed Musk and his poisonous entourage from my online life, but should have done it a while ago. Sad to lose more followers than I'll ever have on BlueSky, but how many of them were actually real?
December 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Bit the bullet just now, deactivated my Twitter account. Feel somehow cleaner to have removed Musk and his poisonous entourage from my online life, but should have done it a while ago. Sad to lose more followers than I'll ever have on BlueSky, but how many of them were actually real?
Whatever happened to Labour?
I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
Trans women to be barred from main Labour women’s conference in 2026
December 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Whatever happened to Labour?
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I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
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A bit more moth stat time really bringing my year up to date, I started my garden list in April 24. Current year. 505 sp, 255 nfg. 10,800 moths to date, 28sp over 100, 10 over 200, 4over 300, 3 over 400. Garden list to date 571 sp #teammoth
December 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A bit more moth stat time really bringing my year up to date, I started my garden list in April 24. Current year. 505 sp, 255 nfg. 10,800 moths to date, 28sp over 100, 10 over 200, 4over 300, 3 over 400. Garden list to date 571 sp #teammoth
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As of Wednesday, and without warning, it seems Bonners, one of the last remaining fresh produce suppliers in Oxford's Covered Market has closed. This is very sad. Market needs diversity.
Bonners were absolute stars during Covid lockdown.
cc. @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
Bonners were absolute stars during Covid lockdown.
cc. @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
As of Wednesday, and without warning, it seems Bonners, one of the last remaining fresh produce suppliers in Oxford's Covered Market has closed. This is very sad. Market needs diversity.
Bonners were absolute stars during Covid lockdown.
cc. @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
Bonners were absolute stars during Covid lockdown.
cc. @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
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Happy Saturday Beth!
Below is a very valid peace plan
Below is a very valid peace plan
December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Happy Saturday Beth!
Below is a very valid peace plan
Below is a very valid peace plan