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Mark the Birder @northantsbirder.bsky.social · 1d

The Scottish Government:
For the few, not the many!

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 2d

Don't care about the massive damage done to native ecosystems by the constant release of vast numbers of invasive pheasants for shooting?

Maybe you'll care about catching Lyme disease instead.

British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 13d

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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Mark the Birder @northantsbirder.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you very much. 👍

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 3d

Neil Duncan-Jordan, MP for Poole, has warned that loopholes in current laws are allowing fox hunting to continue under different names despite the 2005 ban.

He has written to Angela Eagle, the new minister for rural affairs, urging her to act “before another season of suffering.”

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Mark the Birder @northantsbirder.bsky.social · 3d

I also saw 4 Stonechats on yesterday's wander around Summer Leys.
#birds @wildlifebcn.org ##northantsbirds #Nikon

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Mark the Birder @northantsbirder.bsky.social · 3d

Highlights from my wander around Summer Leys yesterday the long staying Glossy Ibis is still present, 3 GW Egrets, 1 Water Rail, 8 Common Snipe and 14 Golden Plovers flew over.
#birds @wildlifebcn.org #northantsbirds #Nikon

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 4d

"Rachel Reeves unblocked a development of 20,000 homes that were being held up by a rare snail, after being approached by a developer with whom she said, 'we have a good relationship'

Not only stupid and ignorant, but crooked with it

Indefensible

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

We always knew that Labour cares about little else other than keeping private developers happy.

But here's proof showing off to JP Morgan despite destruction of some of the "rarest creatures in our country."

Let's make that description Labour votes.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 3d

Far too many fox (according to one estimate I heard, around 20x the natural level) impact across ecosystems, for example on native ground-nesting birds.

The mass release of pheasants for shooting is an utter disaster for native ecosystems, and should be banned NOW.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 3d

I came across what looks to me like a bunch of pheasant feathers on the woodland floor, indicating a kill.

Since these are invasive predators of native wildlife, in one sense, that's great.

But it's also a major contributor to the highly damaging artificially high densities of species like fox.

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 7d

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

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...

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…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 11d

This Govt could easily make these bricks compulsory in all new builds yet are doing sod all!!

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Mark the Birder @northantsbirder.bsky.social · 11d

Here are a few more photos from today's wander around Summer Leys. #birds @wildlifebcn.org #northantsbirds #Nikon

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Mark the Birder @northantsbirder.bsky.social · 11d

Back from today's wander around Summer Leys. Highlights included close-up views of the long staying Glossy Ibis, a Marsh Harrier, a Sedge Warbler, and 2 Great White Egrets. #birds @wildlifebcn.org #northantsbirds #Nikon

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 12d

The UK government has refused to ban bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas — allowing one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices to continue tearing up seabeds, killing marine life, and releasing carbon. “Protected” means nothing if our oceans are still left open to destruction.

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 12d

Gosh, what a mystery. Whatever could have happened to them?

No bodies, no tags, no prosecutions, no accountability, no deterrent. This will continue.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/29/t...

Two Golden Eagles ‘disappear’ in south Scotland – Police appeal for information

Press release from Police Scotland, 29 September 2025: APPEAL FOR MISSING GOLDEN EAGLE Detectives are appealing for information after a satellite-tagged golden eagle disappeared in the hills to the…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

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Mark the Birder @northantsbirder.bsky.social · 23d

Oh! No, it isn't! 😉
He/She's behind you! 😂

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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 23d

Chaps! Do yourself a favour and get a blood test done to have your PSA levels checked. I did last month and my elevated levels triggered off a scan, biopsy and prostate cancer diagnosis. The good news is that is a tiny amount, confined and not aggressive. Seems a good time to urge others to check!

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Mark the Birder @northantsbirder.bsky.social · Sep 4

A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of European farmers. Act NOW to protect Europe’s food standards #StopMercosur action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...

Keep Banned Pesticides Out of our Food

A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of small, local farmers. We ne...

action.wemove.eu

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Mark the Birder @northantsbirder.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Mark the Birder @northantsbirder.bsky.social · Sep 3

It was Dawn. There's nothing like your local patch. 😊

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Mark the Birder @northantsbirder.bsky.social · Sep 3

Would have been nice if they had given you credit!

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Mark the Birder @northantsbirder.bsky.social · Sep 2

Back from my usual wander around Summer Leys.
Today's highlights included 1 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpipers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshanks, a Bittern, a Hobby, and a Glossy Ibis.
@wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #nikonphotography

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Mark the Birder @northantsbirder.bsky.social · Sep 1

Here are some photos from my wander around Summer Leys last Thursday. Highlights included 1 Ruff, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Swift and a Hobby. I also saw my first Wasp Spider and family group of Chiffchaffs. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #nikonphotography

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Mark the Birder @northantsbirder.bsky.social · Aug 22

Pls SIGN: Stop the destruction of Madagascar’s unique ecosystems for rare earths. Mining fuels rights abuses & environmental harm. The energy transition must not cost lives or biodiversity. #Madagascar #RareEarths #HumanRights
rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...

#petition Defend Madagascar’s biodiversity – stop the mining rush NOW!

Madagascar has raw materials sought by the European Union – including rare earths, graphite, and other elements. The EU considers these critical for the energy transition, digital innovation, and defe...

rainforest-rescue.org

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