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Sarah Dalrymple
@sarahdalgulls.bsky.social
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Seabirder and gull fan in north-east England, my posts here are entirely my own also active at @[email protected] on mastodon https://sarahdal.github.io/
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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 6h
It’s World Octopus Day. There were 4,200 Lego octopuses inside the shipping container that fell off the Tokio Express back in 1997. We found our first Lego octopus soon afterwards but didn’t discover another for 18 years. #WorldOctopusDay #oceanplastic 
Black Lego octopus on green seaweed
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🇨🇦Siouxsie Stardust👨‍🎤 Song Lyricist/Singer/Published Poet @siouxsiestardust.bsky.social · 1d
Hunter’s/Harvest/Super Moon 🦌🌾🌕

Entire PHENOMENAL🙌 photo credit goes out to 📸
@bradjperry.bsky.social

#fullmoon #huntersmoon #harvestmoon #moon #supermoon #photography #astrophotography #night #nightphotography #nightsky
#autumn #fall #october #bluesky #canadasky #canadian #canada 🇨🇦 #elbowsup
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Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · 6h
Heard about the incredible effort to save the Wilkins' Thrush, with only 60 pairs left on Nightingale Island in the South Atlantic and their habitat in danger of being wiped out by an invasive insect...

www.cabi.org/news-article...
Tiny wasp helps protect island bird species threatened with extinction - CABI.org
www.cabi.org
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Mike Young @mkeyoung.bsky.social · 7h
Most science social media aren’t built for doing science.
But one platform is — and it has reshaped #marine #biology. It is the kind of thing scientists on Bluesky will appreciate, so: Here’s a thread on the platform iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social 👇
mikeyoungacademy.dk/why-niche-so...
Why niche social platforms like iNaturalist matter to science
Forget viral content. Here is a quiet social platform where researcher impact comes from verified observations and open science
mikeyoungacademy.dk
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Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · 14h
Wow! Tracking a butterfly with motus!
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 20h
Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿
Screen shot of Project Monarch app map of progress of a monarch butterfly from southern Ontario to Oklahoma.
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 18d
So cool to visit the Motus workshop at Birds Canada headquarters. The Motus community is studying the movement of birds, bats and insects. This tiny radio telemetry device will fit on a Monarch butterfly 😲 #invertebrates #birds 🌿 www.birdscanada.org/bird-science...
Brown wood-sided building with a wi Dow and a door. Sign above the door says, “Motus Workshop and Research Laboratory”. Tiny antenna with a rectangular box on the end. The whole thing is on an open hand and is about 5cm long. Orange and black butterfly on purple flowers.
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BOU @bou.org.uk · 15h
EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Breeding and foraging habitat are important in determining foraging ranges of sympatric generalist species | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Chris B. Thaxter et al | #ornithology 🪶
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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 1d
YES!!! Now keep everything crossed they can find the gold!
🙏🤞🙏🤞

#Archaeology 🏺

www.south-wales.police.uk/news/south-w...
St Fagans burglary update: Two men arrested
St Fagans burglary update: Two men arrested
www.south-wales.police.uk
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Edinburgh Napier University @edinburghnapier.bsky.social · 13d
🪹 | Seabirds that survived recent bird flu outbreaks have continued to reproduce, although overall breeding performance remains notably low, according to a new study.

The study has looked at breeding success in Northern Gannets at two locations during 2023.

🔗 orlo.uk/44CaS

📸 Dave Pressland
A black-eyed gannet.
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Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · 1d
Facebook video of Whitby RNLI respond to a "seagull in difficulty" - actually a turnstone in fishing line

www.facebook.com/share/v/1CcD...
Redirecting...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d
Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal.

China & India lead the race for renewable energy.

The US increased reliance on fossil fuels.

With corporate donations Trump wants more fossil fuels. Farage and Tories promising the same. Banks pouring money.
Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds
www.theguardian.com
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Keith Alexander @keithalexander.bsky.social · 1d
“We must stop expecting carbon offsetting to work at scale. […] We have assessed 25 years of evidence and almost everything up until this point has failed.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
www.theguardian.com
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Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · 1d
You realise that when David Attenborough sadly leaves us, the absolute ghouls in will keep making nature documentaries but AI his narration in
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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · Sep 19
Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.

Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors
The US publisher is the latest to capitalise on deals to give tech firms access to its authors’ content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs).
www.thebookseller.com
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
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Super Saiga @supersaiga.bsky.social · 4d
why do charities only seem to do Christmas card sets

what about birthdays / thank you / new house etc etc.

just do pretty cards with no words on them. I spend so much money on cards every year that could go to a charity. argh

#speirghorm #speirgorm anyone know charity doing this?
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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 2d
A collection of about 1,000 telephones from the 1930's onwards from the collection of Rev. John Charles Baines sell for £5,572 at auction. Some bids were by phone by prior request. 👇
BBC News - Lichfield auction sees 1,000 vintage phones go under the hammer - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lichfield auction sees 1,000 vintage phones go under the hammer
The 1,000 vintage phones, which span nearly a century of design, fetched more than £5k at auction.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 2d
Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...
When Will the Lion Concern Himself
Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days
www.thegauntlet.news
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 2d
Terrible news from Wales 😓

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem
Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · 2d
Monitor and control of invasive mosquitos in the UK - I thought this was a really interesting post from UHSA

ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/03/h...
How we monitor invasive mosquitoes and stop them spreading in the UK
As we release data showing a significant rise in travel-related infections like dengue and malaria, we speak to Colin Johnston, Senior Medical Entomologist at UKHSA, about his team’s work on invasive ...
ukhsa.blog.gov.uk
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 2d
We have vacancies available on our committee! 🕊️👨‍👨‍👧👩‍👩‍👦

We are recruiting for 5 roles:

Secretary 👩‍🏫
Assistant Journal Editor 📉
Social Media Lead 🤳
Assistant Newsletter/ Social Media Support 🤝
Website Officer 🧑‍💻

Feel free to DM for details & email [email protected] to apply (deadline 31 Oct) 📥
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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 2d
Genuinely the greatest documentary the BBC have ever made - THE LAST LIGHTHOUSE - am utterly thrilled it's now on youtube. youtu.be/bc9qxyf_suI?...
1973: Life on the LAST LIGHTHOUSE | Tuesday Documentary | World of Work | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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Scary Corpse @damselindystopia.bsky.social · 2d
Absolutely maddening that this isn't a bigger news story outside of NI tbh. Loyalists are literally threatening to burn shit down over dual language signage, but Palestine Action are the big scary terrorists that we all need to be talking about, right?
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 2d
You never hear Doug Beattie say a 'firm hand' is needed for the people who actually terrorise Northern Ireland
News Letter front page 'Firm hand' needed over Gaza protests. UUP's Beattie makes action call after arrests. Sunday Life front page 5 October 2025 Loyalists in vow to burn council vans over Irish
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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 2d
Camera traps have been crucial for monitoring the released wildcats 📸

Over 100 cameras, provided by @naturespy.bsky.social, are distributed across the project area. Not only do the images further our understanding of wildcat ecology, they give us deeper insight into other species too 🐾
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 2d
News | National Trust cuts 500 full-time posts

Charity says a third of job losses will come from compulsory redundancies.
National Trust cuts 500 full-time posts - Museums Association
Charity says a third of job losses will come from compulsory redundancies
www.museumsassociation.org
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