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Andy Gell

@andygell.bsky.social

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#YorkshireBirding (especially raptors) and occasional #phonescoping with #Opticron. Art,Space and other stuff. Proud Manxman 🇮🇲 living in God's own county. Location: https://w3w.co/beyond.gigabytes.mayhem

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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 24m

"Eyes on the Skies − calls for an end to criminal killing of birds of prey in the Yorkshire Dales, one of the UK’s hotspots for this criminal activity." 👏 @friendsofthedales.bsky.social
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Eyes on the Skies - Campaign Launch

Our powerful new campaign − Eyes on the Skies − calls for an end to criminal killing of birds of prey in the Yorkshire Dales, one of the UK’s...

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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 3d

@yorkshirebylines.bsky.social

Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone visiting or living in the @yorkshiredales.org.uk needs to be made aware of this. It's disgraceful and it needs to be stopped.
@friendsofthedales.bsky.social

Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 4d

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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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 4d

Extracts from my primary school books reveal an early interest in #Space and rockets🚀.

Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 7d

Wife: Where are you going?
Me: Humberside Airport
#Thunderbirds #Space
BBC News - Thunderbird 3 owner 'thought he ordered model'
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Sonja Ludwig @sonjaludwig.bsky.social · 7d

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Numbers of nesting hen harriers in England have risen slightly in 2025

By Matthew Heard, National Delivery Director Numbers of nesting hen harriers in England have risen slightly this year, according to data collected by Natural England and partners. Breeding figures and...

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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 8d

Jealous.

Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 12d

If you've never visited #JodrellBank now is the time to go. A brilliant exhibition of remastered images from the #NASA Mercury and Gemini missions by @andysaunders-1.bsky.social is a superb bonus to the permanent displays there.
@jodrellbank.bsky.social

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Thierry St-Laurent Dion @tstld.bsky.social · 16d

Sketch of an eagle

Graphite on paper
5x7

#art #birds #nature

Sketch of an eagle made with graphite pencils on paper.

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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 16d

#StreetArt mirroring the lift needed for of its creation.
#Bradford

Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 17d

Congratulations James.

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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 18d

Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 20d

Great book and if you're ever in Yorkshire I'd recommend doing the Cragg Vale Coiners' walk using the hand drawn map by Chris Goddard the Yorkshire Map Maker.

Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 20d

6000 exoplanets have now been found by #NASA 🤯
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NASA Confirms 6,000 Exoplanets

YouTube video by NASA Science

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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 20d

I've not seen any myself yet but have it on good authority that the Redwings have arrived. Let autumn begin.

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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 26d

You'll be down the pub with a book and a beer before you know it.

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Colin Russell @iomlandscapes.bsky.social · 28d

Nice to see 'At the end of the storm' get shortlisted for the recent Black and White challenge for Royal Photographic Society Members.
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#IsleofManLandscapes #IsleofMan #ManxNature

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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 27d

Well deserved 👏

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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · Sep 8

😬
BBC News - Great North Run medals show Sunderland instead of Newcastle - BBC News
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Great North Run medals show Sunderland instead of Newcastle

Medals given to participants use an image of Sunderland, which has no connection to the event.

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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · Sep 7

It could be Mars during a sandstorm.

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · Sep 5

Well done RSPB, raptor fieldworkers and everyone else involved with protecting breeding Hen Harriers on United Utilities land in Bowland.

Elsewhere, HH breeding results on privately-owned grouse moors are down for another year.

#RaptorResearch

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RSPB announces another record year for Hen Harriers in the Forest of Bowland

Statement from the RSPB (4 September 2025) ANOTHER RECORD YEAR FOR HEN HARRIERS IN THE FOREST OF BOWLAND Hen Harriers are one of the most charismatic yet also most threatened bird species nesting i…

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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · Sep 4

Morning still life. Trying out my new oval bread cloche.

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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · Sep 4

Previously it was.....?

Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · Sep 4

Morning.

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