Phil Cunliffe
@pacunliffe.bsky.social
Rubbish birder, much better electrical engineer and BWFC follower. I'm lucky to live on Anglesey and I am Sophie the poodle's human.
We had a walk along the beach at Rhosneigr yesterday afternoon to blow the cobwebs away. It was a beautiful day.
December 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We had a walk along the beach at Rhosneigr yesterday afternoon to blow the cobwebs away. It was a beautiful day.
I stuck a couple of apples on some shrubs in the garden in Cemaes Bay earlier this week to see if they would be of interest to any birds. Today we had the first visitor and it was a lovely male blackcap. He was feeding on it for 15 minutes or so.
December 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I stuck a couple of apples on some shrubs in the garden in Cemaes Bay earlier this week to see if they would be of interest to any birds. Today we had the first visitor and it was a lovely male blackcap. He was feeding on it for 15 minutes or so.
Good morning and I hope you have a good #PostboxSaturday
This box is on Squires Lane, Tyldesley and is possibly one of my favourites as someone regularly changes its topper to suit the season.
Merry Christmas everyone!
This box is on Squires Lane, Tyldesley and is possibly one of my favourites as someone regularly changes its topper to suit the season.
Merry Christmas everyone!
December 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Good morning and I hope you have a good #PostboxSaturday
This box is on Squires Lane, Tyldesley and is possibly one of my favourites as someone regularly changes its topper to suit the season.
Merry Christmas everyone!
This box is on Squires Lane, Tyldesley and is possibly one of my favourites as someone regularly changes its topper to suit the season.
Merry Christmas everyone!
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We've just watched this great short film from @beavertrust.bsky.social I really recommend it.
We've just watched this great short film from @beavertrust.bsky.social I really recommend it.
Balancing The Scales
YouTube video by Beaver Trust
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December 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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We've just watched this great short film from @beavertrust.bsky.social I really recommend it.
We've just watched this great short film from @beavertrust.bsky.social I really recommend it.
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To get the government to respond to our petition calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan, we need 10,000 of you to help us. We are over halfway now! If you haven't already, please sign it and encourage others to do so as well ✒️ 🌍
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…
petition.parliament.uk
December 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
To get the government to respond to our petition calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan, we need 10,000 of you to help us. We are over halfway now! If you haven't already, please sign it and encourage others to do so as well ✒️ 🌍
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Beyond words.
But I'll try anyway.
Somewhere on this planet is The Worst Human. It stands to reason one of us is The Worst One. Logically, somebody has to be.
And it's this cunt, isn't it.
But I'll try anyway.
Somewhere on this planet is The Worst Human. It stands to reason one of us is The Worst One. Logically, somebody has to be.
And it's this cunt, isn't it.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Beyond words.
But I'll try anyway.
Somewhere on this planet is The Worst Human. It stands to reason one of us is The Worst One. Logically, somebody has to be.
And it's this cunt, isn't it.
But I'll try anyway.
Somewhere on this planet is The Worst Human. It stands to reason one of us is The Worst One. Logically, somebody has to be.
And it's this cunt, isn't it.
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The world's oldest known bird has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the 2025-26 breeding season:
Wisdom the Laysan Albatross returns to nest at Midway Atoll
The world's oldest known bird has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the 2025-26 breeding season. 'Wisdom', a female Laysan Albatross, has reoccupied her regular nest site and is now preparing for another chance at parenthood. Wisdom was at least five years old when ringed in 1956, putting her age at approximately 75 years old.
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December 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The world's oldest known bird has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the 2025-26 breeding season:
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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How did they know it weighed 40 tons?
They took it to a whale-weigh station.
They took it to a whale-weigh station.
A dead whale shows up on your beach. What do you do with the 40-ton carcass?
A dead whale shows up on your beach. What do you do with the 40-ton carcass?
A fin whale washed ashore in Anchorage and was left there for months. Then a self-described ‘wacko’ museum director made a plan
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
How did they know it weighed 40 tons?
They took it to a whale-weigh station.
They took it to a whale-weigh station.
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Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.
#pause
Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#winter
#gorse
#Monday
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.
#pause
Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#winter
#gorse
#Monday
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.
#pause
Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#winter
#gorse
#Monday
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.
#pause
Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#winter
#gorse
#Monday
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
The boy stood on a burning deck,
Eating some cream crackers.
A flame shot up his trouser leg,
And burnt off both his...
But I wasn't taught the last line in full.
Eating some cream crackers.
A flame shot up his trouser leg,
And burnt off both his...
But I wasn't taught the last line in full.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The boy stood on a burning deck,
Eating some cream crackers.
A flame shot up his trouser leg,
And burnt off both his...
But I wasn't taught the last line in full.
Eating some cream crackers.
A flame shot up his trouser leg,
And burnt off both his...
But I wasn't taught the last line in full.
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A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
The moon over Cemaes Bay earlier tonight
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The moon over Cemaes Bay earlier tonight
We run out of Sophie's usual kibble last night so she's on her standby kibble. It's insect protein based and she's buzzin'
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
We run out of Sophie's usual kibble last night so she's on her standby kibble. It's insect protein based and she's buzzin'
Wylfa power station this afternoon. What will it look like in the next few years when the new small modular reactors a being built. As an engineer, I'm very curious. As someone that loves the local birdlife, I'm a bit apprehensive.
November 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Wylfa power station this afternoon. What will it look like in the next few years when the new small modular reactors a being built. As an engineer, I'm very curious. As someone that loves the local birdlife, I'm a bit apprehensive.
Mornin’.
Spend a minute or so with this little dude.
You’ll be better for it.
No bullshit.
No pretence.
No ego.
No lies.
No violence.
No AI.
No scams.
No sides.
A robin taking a bath.
Pure.
Simple.
Beautiful.
Nature.
Something we can all agree on?
#nature
#robin
#WorldBeeSanctuary
#saturday
Spend a minute or so with this little dude.
You’ll be better for it.
No bullshit.
No pretence.
No ego.
No lies.
No violence.
No AI.
No scams.
No sides.
A robin taking a bath.
Pure.
Simple.
Beautiful.
Nature.
Something we can all agree on?
#nature
#robin
#WorldBeeSanctuary
#saturday
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Good morning and I hope you're having a good start to your day. Here's a post-mounted EIIR box in Benllech, Anglesey from earlier this month. #PostboxSaturday
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Good morning and I hope you're having a good start to your day. Here's a post-mounted EIIR box in Benllech, Anglesey from earlier this month. #PostboxSaturday
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14 years ago today.
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
14 years ago today.
Happy #LancashireDay
You can take the lad out of Lancashire but you can't take Lancashire out of the lad 🌹🌹🌹
You can take the lad out of Lancashire but you can't take Lancashire out of the lad 🌹🌹🌹
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Happy #LancashireDay
You can take the lad out of Lancashire but you can't take Lancashire out of the lad 🌹🌹🌹
You can take the lad out of Lancashire but you can't take Lancashire out of the lad 🌹🌹🌹
Last day of our birding trip and we went to WWT Steart Marshes and RSPB Ham Wall. Only 4 new birds for the trip but what great birds to finish on: golden plover, knott, kingfisher and redpoll. The starling roost at Ham Wall was much better tonight - tens of thousands of birds was awesome inspiring.
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Last day of our birding trip and we went to WWT Steart Marshes and RSPB Ham Wall. Only 4 new birds for the trip but what great birds to finish on: golden plover, knott, kingfisher and redpoll. The starling roost at Ham Wall was much better tonight - tens of thousands of birds was awesome inspiring.
Day 3 of Someret birding gave us 7 new trip birds. We went to RSPB Greylake and finished the day off at RSPB Ham Wall to watch the starling roost. 1000's of starlings came in straight to roost with no murmuration. It was still amazing. Short eared owl was the top bird of the day.
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Day 3 of Someret birding gave us 7 new trip birds. We went to RSPB Greylake and finished the day off at RSPB Ham Wall to watch the starling roost. 1000's of starlings came in straight to roost with no murmuration. It was still amazing. Short eared owl was the top bird of the day.
Day 2 of our Somerset birding trip. We went to Burnham on Sea (twice) and RSPB Ham Wall. It was hard going in the rain and we only totalled 13 new birds for the trip but we managed to see the Kentish Plover which is a UK lifer for me.
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Day 2 of our Somerset birding trip. We went to Burnham on Sea (twice) and RSPB Ham Wall. It was hard going in the rain and we only totalled 13 new birds for the trip but we managed to see the Kentish Plover which is a UK lifer for me.
Over a few beers and a very decent spag bol, we totted up our number of birds seen today at WWT Slimbridge and the total was a round 60. The highlights included Bewickes and whooper swans, barnacle and white fronted geese, water rail, sniper and a raucous rookery.
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Over a few beers and a very decent spag bol, we totted up our number of birds seen today at WWT Slimbridge and the total was a round 60. The highlights included Bewickes and whooper swans, barnacle and white fronted geese, water rail, sniper and a raucous rookery.