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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 9h

Standing in the garden, Dunnock, Great Tit and... flyover Siskin!! I'll just double-check with Merlin and it picks up ... Short-toed Treecreeper 🤔 hmmmm
#YorkshireBirding #Cottingham

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 10h

Good luck! Contemplating turning my phone off all day 🙈🙉🙊

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Flamborough Bird Observatory @flamboroughbird.bsky.social · 19h

What more can be said- White-throated Needletail performed superbly late evening at RSPB Bempton, also Barred Warbler and Yellow-browed Warbler at South Landing, 2 Cetti’s Warbler and 11 Whooper Swans.
Full details here

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/8t...

8th October 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory

Light winds, sunny intervals and a high of 16 degrees C – benign conditions that didn’t raise expectation. However, it is October when the headland’s birding can deliver in spades … … when news broke ...

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 19h

Not just seen either, look at that chuffin photo!!

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 19h

Delightful !!

Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 21h

So @teamlabouruk.bsky.social your illustrious leader "hates tree huggers" and Rachel Reeves considers pretty much everything else important before the environment. Nothing to see here.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21h

A new Nature study on the four horsemen of the climate-tipping-points apocalypse: "the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the South American monsoon system and the Amazon rainforest."

Destabilization of Earth system tipping elements - Nature Geoscience

A review of observation-based evidence suggests that four interconnected Earth system tipping elements have moved towards their critical thresholds, highlighting the need for better monitoring and increased mitigation efforts.

www.nature.com

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 23h

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 1d

Short pre-work visit, Swinemoor still looking very dry.
Swinemoor on 08/10/2025, 07:45 - 08:35. View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...
#YorkshireBirding #UKBirding

Share your BirdTrack records with others over social media

app.bto.org

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Joe Solo @joe-solo.bsky.social · 1d

The face of a man who just hobbled 1.8 painful kilometres for MAP as part of the 'Stride For Gaza' campaign.

It's my first attempt at running since slipping a disc last year.

If you can spare a little hard-earned then the l1nk is medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/joe-solo

Thanks everyone x

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Eben Muse @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social · 1d

First of all, 5mm isn't microscopic and you CAN see them.

Second of all, the fact that our Chancellor thinks she can't see these seems to mean she thinks they're not worthy of our consideration.

A hallmark of this government's terminal lack of imagination.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 2d

👀📺This Sunday on BBC 1 Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles series is starting, looking at some of the more hidden, elusive & hard to see wildlife - it was a pleasure working with Hamza & the crew earlier in the year to capture footage of some of the more elusive species present in the #LDV.

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 1d

Fabulous 😍

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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · 3d

1/ Despite a reasonable difference in size, Cormorants and Shags can be quite difficult to differentiate unless side by side!

In this thread ⬇️, we take a look at some of the key differences between adults and juveniles... #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 3d

Follow us on multiple platforms:

* X (Twitter) | x.com/auschwitzmuseum
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* Threads | https://www.threads.com/@auschwitzmemorial

Amplify our voice.

Entrance to former Auschwitz I camp with "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate, flanked by barracks under a hazy sky at dawn.

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 3d

Buzzy critters aren't they?

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Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social · 3d

Alternative economic models can spread wealth and power more equitably in response to rising discontent with the status quo. We need to champion voice, agency and investment. @compassoffice.bsky.social @pdiviews.bsky.social @socialenterpriseuk.bsky.social

Voice, agency and investment

How alternative economic models can spread wealth and power more equitably

fairnessfoundation.com

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing like it would've been Friday or Saturday night but still a soggy trap rewarded with a gentle 10 of 7 sp. Green-brindled Crescent most numerous (3) and NFY Sallow VC61 #TeamMoth

The Sallow (Xanthia icteritia)

Pale lemon yellow moth on a white background

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filmnathan @filmnathan.bsky.social · 3d

While being arrested for holding a placard, one protester recites a poem by 9-year-old Fatema Saidam who was killed, along with her entire family, by an Israeli airstrike on October 17, 2023.

@defendourjuries.bsky.social

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 3d

Bloody marvellous

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 4d

www.change.org/p/urge-uk-su...
To withhold UK money from the USA while it is not in alignment with British values
To stand in solidarity with Canada and other allies, creating a stronger UK economy without the USA
To demonstrate that the UK rejects facism and bullying

We Can Make an Impact.

Urge UK Supermarkets to replace US goods with UK, Commonwealth & EU counterparts

www.change.org

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 4d

Still blowing a hooley in VC61 last night, think GMS has to wait to tonight 🤞

Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Steve 🙂

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Flamborough Bird Observatory @flamboroughbird.bsky.social · 4d

With Migweek starting next week, here’s a run down of our talk program.

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/events/migwe...

Migweek 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory

Saturday 11th – Sunday 19th October 2025 Events Programme The full programme is not yet settled. The events shown below are confirmed but there we are hoping to add further events over the coming week...

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 5d

Been contemplating this www.cleyspy.co.uk/product/vang... any thoughts very welcome #BirdingGear

Vanguard VEO 2PRO 263AO Tripod Kit | Buy Online at CleySpy

The quality Vanguard VEO 2PRO 263AO Tripod Kit is available from CleySpy with a wide range of accessories (other filter)- buy online at fantastic prices

www.cleyspy.co.uk

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 5d

Just after some ideas, please, with a budget of probably max £150 I need a new tripod for my Opticron GS 52 GA ED, angled scope
Either a tripod or somewhere to look for one? #BirdingGear

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