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markavery.bsky.social
Brilliant - thanks!
cdfturner.bsky.social Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 1d
Feeling unusually organized today, NOT, but I do have all my ducks in a row!
Surf Scoter, Dipper Harbour, #NewBrunswick, #Canada
#birds #nature #wildlife #birdphotography
Several male Surf Scoters swimming in a line. These scoters are recognizable by their large, brightly coloured beaks of red, orange white and black. The adult male also has a large white spot on its forehead and the back of its neck (not visible in this shot).
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
timthefruit.bsky.social
Makes you want to scream!
www.theferret.scot/this-highlan...
This Highland estate took £1.5m in taxpayer cash but let deer run riot across protected areas
Scottish authorities had to intervene to keep deer numbers down at a Sutherland estate after the overpopulated animals damaged protected areas. Meanwhile, the landowner has received vast sums of publi...
www.theferret.scot
January 15, 2026 at 4:45 PM
timthefruit.bsky.social
www.theferret.scot/farmed-salmo...
Farmed salmon were treated with a lot more drugs than the industry said
The credibility of the salmon farming industry has come under attack after it admitted underestimating by 66 per cent the amount of antibiotics used to treat diseased fish in 2024.
www.theferret.scot
January 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
‘The cowman’
What to Look for in Winter, 1959
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
The cow man stands on a cart and is forking kale for the rough coated cattle to eat
January 15, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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regretteruane.bsky.social
Celebrate Ivor Cutler’s birthday by watching one of the most divine pieces of television ever made.
Dave Allen *and* Ivor Cutler, how could you possibly resist?
youtu.be/6RX1fMWkims?...
January 15, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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markavery.bsky.social
Agree totally
iandunt.bsky.social Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 2d
The Government staying on X is pathetic: Ministers need to show some moral backbone inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
January 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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willhaycardiff.bsky.social
Holy crap there's a new poll for Wales and it is crazy.

It puts Plaid well ahead of Reform with the Greens beating Labour.

The results of this YouGov/ITV Cymru Wales/Cardiff Uni were:

Plaid 37% (+7)
Reform 23 (-6)
Green 13 (+7)
Labour 10 (-4)
Conservatives 10 (-1)
Lib Dem 5 (-1)
Other 2 (-2)

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January 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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drjeball.bsky.social
A loaf of #Roman bread, which was being baked in an oven in #Pompeii when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79; it was carbonised by the disaster & left in the oven until being excavated nearly 1800 years later 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
January 11, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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bobfry.bsky.social
Oh yes.
Barn Owl from What to Look for in Autumn (Ladybird Books). Illustration C. R. Tunnicliffe. Text by E L Grant Watson
A full harvest moon is rising, though it is still only twilight. Farm buildings, ricks and church tower are still easily seen in the half-light, so also is the barn owl on its perch—on the look out for mice or any small birds that have not yet gone to roost. An owl's eyes are even bigger than they appear, for the larger part of the eyeball is concealed within the skull. These eyes can see exceedingly well in twilight. If you have ever kept an owl as a pet, you will know what wonderfully soft feathers it has, and what sharp claws. One has to be careful when handling an owl, for it might grip tighter than you expect. It is best always to wear a glove. The wayfaring tree on the right is not truly a tree, but a large, branching shrub. It is a beautiful plant, and one wonders how it got its romantic name. Was it that wayfarers, on their pilgrimages in past times, saw and admired and named the plant after their own wanderings? Now in September the berries are turning from red to purple as they ripen. - In the foreground is traveller's-joy—another romantic name! Notice its feathered seeds, which will remain through the winter and fall in the spring. The farmer has already begun to plough the stubble.
January 9, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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markavery.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wildlife targets will be missed in England and Northern Ireland, watchdog says
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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markavery.bsky.social
Yorkshire gamekeeper pleads guilty to bashing Buzzard to death with stick - fine £1,215. markavery.info/2026/01/12/r...

Very clear images of illegal cruelty. Not picked up in Defra welfare strategy released before Christmas.

#Hovingham #yorkshire #IdontlikeMunday

#rspb 👏👏👏
RSPB press release – Yorkshire Buzzard basher pleads guilty – Mark Avery
markavery.info
January 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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asls.org.uk
Happy Old New Year!

After the 1750 Calendar Act changed the date of New Year’s Day, some Gaels – to make sure they didn’t miss it – chose to celebrate both. Dr Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart discusses the once ubiquitous Highland tradition of Oidhche Challain:
www.whfp.com/2020/01/08/o...
Oidhche Challain: No admission without a rhyme
Boisdale boys after visiting houses for Oidhche na Callainn, circa 1950. Credit DJ MacIntyre In the latest feature published in association with the Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches project, Dr Dòmhna...
www.whfp.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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markavery.bsky.social
Why plz, Guardian, is this story found under ‘wildlife’ on my Guardian app. There is nothing wrong with the story but it isn’t wildlife is it? It’s no wonder that a @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government is rubbish at wildlife if the Guardian is too. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The pet I’ll never forget: Dory the 10kg rabbit, who saved me from a diabetic coma
My Flemish giant bunny loved chomping on carrots, computer cables and my skirting board – and being walked on a leash. When I suffered a medical emergency, she jumped into action
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
timthefruit.bsky.social
I just supported this case!
January 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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ailsamcl.bsky.social
Thank you to Sunna Van Kampen in @thetimes.com for highlighting this. We should all be questioning a food system that uses more, better, protein than it produces, impoverishing coastal communities that rely on the fish pelletised to feed sad factory farmed #salmon in the global north.
January 11, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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themarshtit.bsky.social
I dunno - call me a madcap - but it feels as though now would be a good time to belong to some kind of union of European nations …
January 9, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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theonion.com
Mark Zuckerberg Insists Anyone With Same Skewed Values And Unrelenting Thirst For Power Could Have Made Same Mistakes
theonion.com/mark-zu...
Mark Zuckerberg Insists Anyone With Same Skewed Values And Unrelenting Thirst For Power Could Have Made Same Mistakes
January 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
timthefruit.bsky.social
Every time you eat farmed salmon you are effectively starving whales and penguins.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1101202...
Scientists Call for More Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean - Inside Climate News
As climate change and commercial fishing threaten krill, the crustaceans that fuel Antarctica’s entire food web, scientists and advocates say those responsible for protecting Antarctica’s marine life ...
insideclimatenews.org
January 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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noelreports.com
The US is set to introduce some of its harshest sanctions yet on Russia's oil sector, targeting 180 vessels, two oil majors (Gazprom Neft & Surgutneftegaz), and Russian ship insurers. These measures aim to disrupt oil exports to key buyers India & China.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...
New US sanctions on Russian tankers to hit oil supplies to India, refining sources say
Indian firms see a major disruption of Russian oil supplies as Washington imposes new sanctions to curb Moscow's revenues, pushing refiners to scout for crude from the Middle East and the U.S., three Indian refining sources said on Friday.
www.reuters.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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ailsamcl.bsky.social
''Commercial net-pen aquaculture is history in Washington.''

Amazing news from the states, meanwhile in Scotland our @thesnp.bsky.social politicians are stalwart in their support of the polluting, unethical, welfare disaster that is #salmon farming.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
WA bans commercial net-pen fish farming
More than 80% of public comments received by the Department of Natural Resources before Tuesday's hearing supported the ban, according to the agency.
www.seattletimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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ailsamcl.bsky.social
Please remove farmed salmon from primary school menus @highland.gov.uk I do not want my own, or any other child to normalise eating this product.
thefishingdaily.com/latest-news/...
Consumer Warning Issued Over ‘Organic’ Salmon Exposed to Banned Chemicals - The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Industry News
Consumer warning - Green Britain Foundation investigation reveals organic Salmon for sale in UK supermarkets exposed to harmful chemicals
thefishingdaily.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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ravilious1942.bsky.social
Farm House and Field, Eric Ravilious, 1941. It depicts Ironbridge Farm, at Shalford in #Essex. The original artwork is in a private collection.
November 26, 2024 at 11:24 AM