Chris Green
@chrisbirder.bsky.social
Londoner in Scotland via Gloucestershire
Birder and wildlife gardener.
Birder and wildlife gardener.
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I found today a couple of Aspen leaves with apparent Ectoedemia argyropeza mines at Rainton Meadows NR. I’ve not seen them before and there are not too many records in VC66, so any opinions are welcome! #TeamMoth
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I found today a couple of Aspen leaves with apparent Ectoedemia argyropeza mines at Rainton Meadows NR. I’ve not seen them before and there are not too many records in VC66, so any opinions are welcome! #TeamMoth
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Over the weekend, one British institution saw off the populist right - the National Trust, whose members once again swatted away the Tufton Street-funded 'Restore Trust' lobbyists
Today, another British institution, the BBC, is in grave danger from Trump, Farage & co
bsky.app/profile/sund...
Today, another British institution, the BBC, is in grave danger from Trump, Farage & co
bsky.app/profile/sund...
National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Voting results from the AGM
Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Over the weekend, one British institution saw off the populist right - the National Trust, whose members once again swatted away the Tufton Street-funded 'Restore Trust' lobbyists
Today, another British institution, the BBC, is in grave danger from Trump, Farage & co
bsky.app/profile/sund...
Today, another British institution, the BBC, is in grave danger from Trump, Farage & co
bsky.app/profile/sund...
When you put 'stocks' and 'Farage and Mone' in the same sentence, maybe not so weird!
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Guardians of the countryside, part 1:
Although Lauder Moor is, in various parts, sheep-wrecked, muirburned, encroached by coniferous forestry and plagued with off-lead pooches, Black Grouse miraculously hang on. Climate change may end that, but renewable infrastructure is the problem, apparently.
Although Lauder Moor is, in various parts, sheep-wrecked, muirburned, encroached by coniferous forestry and plagued with off-lead pooches, Black Grouse miraculously hang on. Climate change may end that, but renewable infrastructure is the problem, apparently.
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Guardians of the countryside, part 1:
Although Lauder Moor is, in various parts, sheep-wrecked, muirburned, encroached by coniferous forestry and plagued with off-lead pooches, Black Grouse miraculously hang on. Climate change may end that, but renewable infrastructure is the problem, apparently.
Although Lauder Moor is, in various parts, sheep-wrecked, muirburned, encroached by coniferous forestry and plagued with off-lead pooches, Black Grouse miraculously hang on. Climate change may end that, but renewable infrastructure is the problem, apparently.
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These threats are grim, disgusting and unacceptable.
They’re really common among anti-trans obsessives.
Which is why they were banned so often from social networks. It wasn’t censorship, it was standards.
Removing those rules has only emboldened hate:
metro.co.uk/2025/11/08/d...
They’re really common among anti-trans obsessives.
Which is why they were banned so often from social networks. It wasn’t censorship, it was standards.
Removing those rules has only emboldened hate:
metro.co.uk/2025/11/08/d...
David Tennant’s wife Georgia issues plea to police after receiving death threats
The actress has been targeted by trolls several times before.
metro.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
These threats are grim, disgusting and unacceptable.
They’re really common among anti-trans obsessives.
Which is why they were banned so often from social networks. It wasn’t censorship, it was standards.
Removing those rules has only emboldened hate:
metro.co.uk/2025/11/08/d...
They’re really common among anti-trans obsessives.
Which is why they were banned so often from social networks. It wasn’t censorship, it was standards.
Removing those rules has only emboldened hate:
metro.co.uk/2025/11/08/d...
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The Trees That Were Saved and Destroyed by the Same Mistake botany.one/2025/11/the-...
"The authors emphasise the importance of taxonomy throughout the conservation process."
"The authors emphasise the importance of taxonomy throughout the conservation process."
The Trees That Were Saved and Destroyed by the Same Mistake
For 20 years, Mexican communities accidentally planted millions of endangered trees, while simultaneously logging thousands in their natural habitat, without knowing it.
botany.one
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The Trees That Were Saved and Destroyed by the Same Mistake botany.one/2025/11/the-...
"The authors emphasise the importance of taxonomy throughout the conservation process."
"The authors emphasise the importance of taxonomy throughout the conservation process."
#teammoth
2 of 6 Scarce Umber from the garden on 7th Nov. Surprised to find so much variation - I had the plain, slightly smaller one down as possibly an out-of-season Dotted Border but my mentor put me right!
2 of 6 Scarce Umber from the garden on 7th Nov. Surprised to find so much variation - I had the plain, slightly smaller one down as possibly an out-of-season Dotted Border but my mentor put me right!
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#teammoth
2 of 6 Scarce Umber from the garden on 7th Nov. Surprised to find so much variation - I had the plain, slightly smaller one down as possibly an out-of-season Dotted Border but my mentor put me right!
2 of 6 Scarce Umber from the garden on 7th Nov. Surprised to find so much variation - I had the plain, slightly smaller one down as possibly an out-of-season Dotted Border but my mentor put me right!
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They did this experiment.
The other monkeys beat the greedy monkey up and stole all his stolen bananas.
Another experiment that proved that monkeys are cleverer than people.
The other monkeys beat the greedy monkey up and stole all his stolen bananas.
Another experiment that proved that monkeys are cleverer than people.
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
They did this experiment.
The other monkeys beat the greedy monkey up and stole all his stolen bananas.
Another experiment that proved that monkeys are cleverer than people.
The other monkeys beat the greedy monkey up and stole all his stolen bananas.
Another experiment that proved that monkeys are cleverer than people.
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30 years ago Spitting Image dared to broadcast the truth about Israel.
Now no one dares.
Now no one dares.
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
30 years ago Spitting Image dared to broadcast the truth about Israel.
Now no one dares.
Now no one dares.
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A lovely few days in the square after a poor autumn. The sea was dead but the bushes produced rarities and scarcities for us, the light was great and there was a Humpback Whale too. Early starts, long days and plenty of cycling & walking. 😁 🐳🚲 #norfolkbirding
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A lovely few days in the square after a poor autumn. The sea was dead but the bushes produced rarities and scarcities for us, the light was great and there was a Humpback Whale too. Early starts, long days and plenty of cycling & walking. 😁 🐳🚲 #norfolkbirding
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Memo to Donald Trump
There is no link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children.
But Trump, the felon, is a danger, spreading hate and poverty, threatening other countries, sending troops to US cities; ignoring laws and treaties and climate change.
There is no link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children.
But Trump, the felon, is a danger, spreading hate and poverty, threatening other countries, sending troops to US cities; ignoring laws and treaties and climate change.
No link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, review finds
Wide-ranging review finds no convincing connection after Trump said women should ‘fight like hell’ to avoid painkiller
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Memo to Donald Trump
There is no link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children.
But Trump, the felon, is a danger, spreading hate and poverty, threatening other countries, sending troops to US cities; ignoring laws and treaties and climate change.
There is no link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children.
But Trump, the felon, is a danger, spreading hate and poverty, threatening other countries, sending troops to US cities; ignoring laws and treaties and climate change.
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Good to see this development by WWT.
"The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in Gloucestershire is among the first UK nature reserves to use glass protection technology to tackle a major cause of bird deaths - window collisions."
Link to supplier in the thread.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in Gloucestershire is among the first UK nature reserves to use glass protection technology to tackle a major cause of bird deaths - window collisions."
Link to supplier in the thread.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nature reserve installs bird protection film on windows
The Gloucestershire reserve is one of the first to use glass film technology to protect birds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Good to see this development by WWT.
"The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in Gloucestershire is among the first UK nature reserves to use glass protection technology to tackle a major cause of bird deaths - window collisions."
Link to supplier in the thread.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in Gloucestershire is among the first UK nature reserves to use glass protection technology to tackle a major cause of bird deaths - window collisions."
Link to supplier in the thread.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It's important to keep pointing this out about the many people who have gone the same way. Too often we suggest or imply that the trans moral panic merely allowed these people to be who they always were. Not true. We're seeing a process of *radicalisation*. We can't fix things unless we name them.
Transphobia is a pipeline to the far right. An example:
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
Suzanne Moore, who would rather be locked up than pay her BBC licence fee because the BBC is too nice to trans people for her liking.
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
It's important to keep pointing this out about the many people who have gone the same way. Too often we suggest or imply that the trans moral panic merely allowed these people to be who they always were. Not true. We're seeing a process of *radicalisation*. We can't fix things unless we name them.
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We're told one of these land uses is 'productive', while the other is not.
But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.
As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.
But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.
As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
We're told one of these land uses is 'productive', while the other is not.
But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.
As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.
But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.
As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.
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Losing both the director-general and the very obvious heir apparent as the result of such an orchestrated attack is truly existential stuff for the BBC.
It’s also a *massive* challenge for Lisa Nandy, who has so far failed to impress anyone as culture secretary.
It’s also a *massive* challenge for Lisa Nandy, who has so far failed to impress anyone as culture secretary.
November 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Losing both the director-general and the very obvious heir apparent as the result of such an orchestrated attack is truly existential stuff for the BBC.
It’s also a *massive* challenge for Lisa Nandy, who has so far failed to impress anyone as culture secretary.
It’s also a *massive* challenge for Lisa Nandy, who has so far failed to impress anyone as culture secretary.
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Tim Davie was one of the best D-Gs the BBC has had, and Deborah Turness was a brilliant head of news. Only the BBC’s enemies could possibly be glad they’ve resigned. We’ve now got a real fight on our hands to defend public service broadcasting, because that’s under threat too.
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Tim Davie was one of the best D-Gs the BBC has had, and Deborah Turness was a brilliant head of news. Only the BBC’s enemies could possibly be glad they’ve resigned. We’ve now got a real fight on our hands to defend public service broadcasting, because that’s under threat too.
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This seems an excessive overreaction for a Director General to resign over that. The BBC is held to *much* higher standards than every other media outlet, on accuracy and inaccuracy, yet inconsistently and arbitrarily in the detail
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit
Davie says
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This seems an excessive overreaction for a Director General to resign over that. The BBC is held to *much* higher standards than every other media outlet, on accuracy and inaccuracy, yet inconsistently and arbitrarily in the detail
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
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I bought this at the distillery about 25 years ago and stuck in a cupboard with the intention of drinking it after I retired. I retired 2 years ago. Today’s the day. The cork fell apart as I pulled it out. But the whisky, it’s gorgeous. #whisky. Single malt ♥️, the finest drink ever conceived.
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I bought this at the distillery about 25 years ago and stuck in a cupboard with the intention of drinking it after I retired. I retired 2 years ago. Today’s the day. The cork fell apart as I pulled it out. But the whisky, it’s gorgeous. #whisky. Single malt ♥️, the finest drink ever conceived.
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Raptor recovery… Marsh Harrier, Goshawk, White-tailed Eagle and Osprey have all increased substantially over recent decades. Ospreys have colonised new counties at the rate of one a year, including Co. Fermanagh in 2023, the first breeding on the island of Ireland in 200 yrs #ukbirding #ornithology
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Raptor recovery… Marsh Harrier, Goshawk, White-tailed Eagle and Osprey have all increased substantially over recent decades. Ospreys have colonised new counties at the rate of one a year, including Co. Fermanagh in 2023, the first breeding on the island of Ireland in 200 yrs #ukbirding #ornithology
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Barnacle geese growing from a tree
BL Royal 13 B VIII; Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae, c.1196-c.1223 CE; England, N. (Lincoln?); f.8v
BL Royal 13 B VIII; Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae, c.1196-c.1223 CE; England, N. (Lincoln?); f.8v
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Barnacle geese growing from a tree
BL Royal 13 B VIII; Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae, c.1196-c.1223 CE; England, N. (Lincoln?); f.8v
BL Royal 13 B VIII; Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae, c.1196-c.1223 CE; England, N. (Lincoln?); f.8v
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Good morning. Next week's theme will be London at War.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Good morning. Next week's theme will be London at War.
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National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Voting results from the AGM
Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Just back from a wander round my bit of #hackney, including Chatsworth Road Market. "Nige" would have hated it. #london #truelondon #stopfarage
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Just back from a wander round my bit of #hackney, including Chatsworth Road Market. "Nige" would have hated it. #london #truelondon #stopfarage
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A Starling standing on a wall for #BirdOfTheDay #standingonthings
November 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A Starling standing on a wall for #BirdOfTheDay #standingonthings
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Appalling neglect in a nature emergency. Please explain @ForestryLS
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 11:02 PM
Appalling neglect in a nature emergency. Please explain @ForestryLS