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Alex Morss 🦇🏴‍☠️♾️ @alexmorss.bsky.social · 4d

We are all implicated in this UK-backed genocide & ecocide, against our wishes.

We must all stand up for the better world we wish to enjoy and share.

#N4P #Naturalists4Palestine

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Naturalists for Palestine

Naturalists for Palestine is a call from individuals and organisations in the UK nature sector to stand for an end to the genocide in Gaza, and to the suffering and oppression of the people of Palesti...

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · 5d

A huge thanks to everyone involved in #DucklingWatch this year - we received over 950 brood records from across Britain.
See our end of season report at www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ducklingwatch for more info.
DucklingWatch will return in 2026 - stay tuned!

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · 29d

Wow! I thought this was a photo until I zoomed in

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · Sep 4

Had a great few days at #BESMove2025 - lots of interesting talks and nice to get a chance to share some of my tagging results 🦆

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · Aug 18

Very excited to be in Kristianstad for a week of ducks #PEDS7 🇸🇪🦆

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · Aug 18

No problem! Hope you have a good time at EOU

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · Aug 17

mallards are persistent re-nesters so it’s possible there may be more late broods this year if there are more hens that have had multiple failed broods and are on their 2nd/3rd etc breeding attempts

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · Aug 17

Mallards have a long breeding season so there will usually be a few broods around in late summer (broods in autumn & winter aren’t unheard of!) but it’s likely the v dry & hot weather has meant high duckling mortality this season

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · Aug 11

Out last week - our #evidence review and assessment for @jncc.bsky.social of the #data and methods for assessing #sustainability of wild waterbird #harvest from recreational #hunting in the United Kingdom #wildlife #people led by @jomadden.bsky.social with Matt Ellis & myself #ecology #policy

JNCC @jncc.bsky.social · Aug 5

New report reviews whether current data collection on hunting bags can reliably determine whether shooting of legally-huntable waterbird species is sustainable in the UK bit.ly/45gaCkT

This evidence will support the UK's obligation towards African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)

Images shows a grassy lake with many waterbirds

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · Jul 20

Some sketches I did of a few of the mallards I have ringed/tagged for a department art exhibition last week
#SciArt #BirdArt

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · Jul 14

Since 7 October 2023 an average of 27 children have been killed in Gaza by Israel every single day.

A whole classroom of children wiped out everyday by a genocidal regime, even while queuing for food and water.

And still the UK government sells them weapons. Shame on them.

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.
An average of 27 children have been killed in Gaza every day since October 7, 2023.
An entire classroom of children murdered, every day, for 646 days.
Source: UNICEF
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Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · Jun 19

PJ topped off a long hot day - she is the mother to three teens - at least this year #Essexducks @universityofessex.bsky.social #campus

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · Jun 8

Nice story from one of our campus mallards. I ringed JI last Sept and she began nesting in a plant pot on campus in early May. The clutch hatched at the end of May but there was no sign of her brood - until yesterday when I saw JI on the Colne (1km from campus) with 3 ducklings

JI with her new set of rings in September

The remains of JI’s nest after hatching - some eggs successfully hatched while others appeared to have been predated

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · May 20

Big thanks to everyone who’s participated to #DucklingWatch for helping us reach 500 records! Please keep sharing and submitting your sightings at citsci.org/projects/ducklingwatch 🦆
#birdingUK🪶 #citizenscience

DucklingWatch Home Screen with number of members, observations, locations and measurements

Map showing distribution of brood sightings

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The Rare Breeding Birds Panel @ukrbbp.bsky.social · May 17

DUCKS: by this time of spring most ducks will have settled at potential breeding sites. So all records of scarce & rare breeding ducks, including Shoveler, Wigeon, Garganey, Pintail, Pochard and Red-breasted Merganser, should be submitted, with breeding evidence, to the relevant county recorder

A female Shoveler, the focus of attention for five drakes at a wetland in Northumberland this week. She appeared to be paired with one, so that’s a ‘probable breeding’ record.

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · May 9

Duckling season is finally picking up, with new broods appearing every day. Please keep submitting your brood sightings to #DucklingWatch!
Submit at citsci.org/projects/ducklingwatch
#birds #birdingUK #ducklings #mallard

Young mallard duckling walks along pond shore under the watchful eye of its mother

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · May 9

Thanks!

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · May 9

Thanks that would be great!

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · May 8

Where do mallards nest? Some nest in woods, including our tagged hen “BJ” whose nest we found today, predated but still gives us data on nesting outcomes & habitat 🦆🪺 Thanks to @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social & Mia for their help! A successful afternoon topped off by a red-footed falcon at Abberton

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Dr Dyi D. Huijg @drdyidhuijg.bsky.social · Apr 30

STATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia'
Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29
Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...

Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia

We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: ‘Not In Our Name’ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · Apr 25

We have campus ducklings! 11 in the brood, probably just a day old. Don’t forget to tell us about the ducklings you see at citsci.org/projects/ducklingwatch
#DucklingWatch #birdinguk

Newly hatched mallard ducklings amongst vegetation with their mother

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · Apr 25

I can’t say I know much about neoteny in ducks but I think in that case it would have a male type bill unlike this one

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Hannah Coburn @hannahecoburn.bsky.social · Apr 25

An understandable conclusion!

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · Apr 24

“The genocide we are witnessing today, is something that I recognize from my own experience as a Holocaust survivor… What is happening today in Gaza is an extreme form of repeat genocide, a holocaust in our own time, in front of our eyes.” — Stephen Kapos

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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · Apr 24

Using 40 years of data from Svalbard, our latest study shows that early break-up of sea ice due to #globalwarming contributes to making some of the islands safer for common eider ducks to breed, as Arctic foxes cannot reach them. seapop.no/en/2025/04/s...

Sea ice affects population dynamics in common eiders

Sea ice is significant for the ecology of many arctic species. The Arctic is now heating up four times more quickly than any other place on earth, and we need to know the consequences the resulting…

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