Mark the Birder
@northantsbirder.bsky.social
Life long, Birder/Photographer often found wandering around Summer Leys LNR. Got Zino's Petrel on my list 30/07/2020 from a Scilly palagic. Chelsea F.C.
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Totally agree, and the sooner the better!
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Totally agree, and the sooner the better!
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Please help us make this the most signed petition in Scottish Govt petition history! Over 1/3 of the way there!
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Petition: Stop the Guga Hunt
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for taking Gannets on Sula Sgeir.
petitions.parliament.scot
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Please help us make this the most signed petition in Scottish Govt petition history! Over 1/3 of the way there!
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
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Give the gift of wildlife this Christmas! 🐦
🎁 Don’t miss our delivery deadlines: 11 Dec (UK) / 27 Nov (International).
Explore our eco-friendly gifts at shop.wildlifebcn.org 🌿✨
🎁 Don’t miss our delivery deadlines: 11 Dec (UK) / 27 Nov (International).
Explore our eco-friendly gifts at shop.wildlifebcn.org 🌿✨
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Give the gift of wildlife this Christmas! 🐦
🎁 Don’t miss our delivery deadlines: 11 Dec (UK) / 27 Nov (International).
Explore our eco-friendly gifts at shop.wildlifebcn.org 🌿✨
🎁 Don’t miss our delivery deadlines: 11 Dec (UK) / 27 Nov (International).
Explore our eco-friendly gifts at shop.wildlifebcn.org 🌿✨
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Mark our words. Hunting will die out in this country. We will make sure of it.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Mark our words. Hunting will die out in this country. We will make sure of it.
Back from my usual wander around Summer Leys today.
Highlights included 2 Glossy Ibis, 3 GW Egrets, 30 Golden Plovers, Redwing numbers building, 2 Goldcrests, Chiffchaff and a Treecreeper. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
Highlights included 2 Glossy Ibis, 3 GW Egrets, 30 Golden Plovers, Redwing numbers building, 2 Goldcrests, Chiffchaff and a Treecreeper. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Back from my usual wander around Summer Leys today.
Highlights included 2 Glossy Ibis, 3 GW Egrets, 30 Golden Plovers, Redwing numbers building, 2 Goldcrests, Chiffchaff and a Treecreeper. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
Highlights included 2 Glossy Ibis, 3 GW Egrets, 30 Golden Plovers, Redwing numbers building, 2 Goldcrests, Chiffchaff and a Treecreeper. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
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This has to stop. Learn more and take action: petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This has to stop. Learn more and take action: petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
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Please share this long, rambling disjointed message far and wide so we can all stick it to the man and not let AI take over the creative world. ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Please share this long, rambling disjointed message far and wide so we can all stick it to the man and not let AI take over the creative world. ❤️
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Hundreds of chicks clubbed to death every year for "tradition" - sign the petition to end it: protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petit...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Hundreds of chicks clubbed to death every year for "tradition" - sign the petition to end it: protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petit...
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing.
The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Highlights from my wander around Summer Leys yesterday I saw a close up Common Buzzard and a Brent Goose which I think is a bird that hasn't been seen in the county since 2011. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Highlights from my wander around Summer Leys yesterday I saw a close up Common Buzzard and a Brent Goose which I think is a bird that hasn't been seen in the county since 2011. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
A few photos from my wander around Summer Leys last week. I was unable to post then as I had a tech issue.
I saw 3 Glossy Ibis, a Green Sandpiper, and some Redwings. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
I saw 3 Glossy Ibis, a Green Sandpiper, and some Redwings. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A few photos from my wander around Summer Leys last week. I was unable to post then as I had a tech issue.
I saw 3 Glossy Ibis, a Green Sandpiper, and some Redwings. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
I saw 3 Glossy Ibis, a Green Sandpiper, and some Redwings. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
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Share if you agree!
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Share if you agree!
Vote Green! @zackpolanski.bsky.social
The Government can keep shouting. It's talking to itself.
The YIMBY-NIMBY divide exists only in Westminster's echo chamber.
Meanwhile, the public have made themselves clear. They want homes that work with nature, and leaders who listen.
The YIMBY-NIMBY divide exists only in Westminster's echo chamber.
Meanwhile, the public have made themselves clear. They want homes that work with nature, and leaders who listen.
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Vote Green! @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Vote Green! @zackpolanski.bsky.social
The majority of Britons think important places for nature should have stronger protections.
Only 2% think protections should be weakened... yet that’s where ministers keep pushing.
Only 2% think protections should be weakened... yet that’s where ministers keep pushing.
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Vote Green! @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Vote Green! @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Voters don’t see nature as something in the way, they see it as something worth saving.
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Vote Green! @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Vote Green! @zackpolanski.bsky.social
If politicians keep sidelining nature, they risk the public punishing them at the ballot box.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Vote Green! @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Vote Green! @zackpolanski.bsky.social
For months, ministers have been pushing a false choice between nature and growth.
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Vote Green! @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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The clock is ticking on the end of hunting and we couldn't be happier.
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The clock is ticking on the end of hunting and we couldn't be happier.
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£2,451,885.32. This is the amount of money that has gone to hunts since the Hunting ban. Sickening.
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
£2,451,885.32. This is the amount of money that has gone to hunts since the Hunting ban. Sickening.
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Sickening. Protect the Wild and Grantham Against Bloodsports have uncovered that hunts have received over £2.4 million in taxpayer funding since the hunting ban through subsidies, Covid grants, and tax breaks.The investigation exposes how deeply the hunting industry relies on public money to survive
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sickening. Protect the Wild and Grantham Against Bloodsports have uncovered that hunts have received over £2.4 million in taxpayer funding since the hunting ban through subsidies, Covid grants, and tax breaks.The investigation exposes how deeply the hunting industry relies on public money to survive
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Protect the Wild and Grantham Against Bloodsports have uncovered that hunts have received over £2.4 million in taxpayer funding since the hunting ban through subsidies, Covid grants, and tax breaks. The investigation exposes how deeply the hunting industry relies on public money to survive
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Protect the Wild and Grantham Against Bloodsports have uncovered that hunts have received over £2.4 million in taxpayer funding since the hunting ban through subsidies, Covid grants, and tax breaks. The investigation exposes how deeply the hunting industry relies on public money to survive
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Campaign group Restore Nature with @davegoulson.bsky.social are fighting to protect Todrig from turning into an ecological desert in the form of a spruce plantation– Scot Forestry didn’t even think it deemed an environmental impact assessment . Beggars belief .
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Campaign group Restore Nature with @davegoulson.bsky.social are fighting to protect Todrig from turning into an ecological desert in the form of a spruce plantation– Scot Forestry didn’t even think it deemed an environmental impact assessment . Beggars belief .
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Imagine an organisation called NatureScot allowing a group of men to smash in the heads of baby gannets because it’s their “centuries-old tradition.”
Well, that’s exactly what happened just weeks ago.
485 chicks killed on a nature reserve.
We can’t let this barbarity ever happen again.
Well, that’s exactly what happened just weeks ago.
485 chicks killed on a nature reserve.
We can’t let this barbarity ever happen again.
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Imagine an organisation called NatureScot allowing a group of men to smash in the heads of baby gannets because it’s their “centuries-old tradition.”
Well, that’s exactly what happened just weeks ago.
485 chicks killed on a nature reserve.
We can’t let this barbarity ever happen again.
Well, that’s exactly what happened just weeks ago.
485 chicks killed on a nature reserve.
We can’t let this barbarity ever happen again.
Highlights from my wander around Summer Leys yesterday.
I saw 3 Glossy Ibis, 1 Green Sandpiper, 18 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Peregrine Falcon, c. 20 Golden Plovers, and 2 Female Goldeneye. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
I saw 3 Glossy Ibis, 1 Green Sandpiper, 18 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Peregrine Falcon, c. 20 Golden Plovers, and 2 Female Goldeneye. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Highlights from my wander around Summer Leys yesterday.
I saw 3 Glossy Ibis, 1 Green Sandpiper, 18 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Peregrine Falcon, c. 20 Golden Plovers, and 2 Female Goldeneye. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
I saw 3 Glossy Ibis, 1 Green Sandpiper, 18 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Peregrine Falcon, c. 20 Golden Plovers, and 2 Female Goldeneye. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
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November 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM