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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 15d

My 4 year old pointing to a CD: "Daddy, this is what they used to listen to music in the olden days". 💿🥲

wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · 17d

National Landscape Operations Manager - Chichester Harbour Conservancy | Environmentjob.co.uk share.google/IeDXao9KaHtk...

Environmental Jobs | Environmentjob.co.uk

The latest UK based environmental jobs - 243 found. Browse great conservation, wildlife, ecology, sustainability and environmental education jobs.

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Aug 22

Sunset over the saltmarsh of Hayling Island. This section of saltmarsh on the Northney shore, just east of the Hayling Bridge, is a favourite one. Soon the Brent Geese will be feeding in the winter chill.

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Aug 12

BBC News - Worst bleaching on record for Western Australian coral reefs
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Worst coral bleaching on record for Western Australian reefs

Scientists say the damage was caused by the "longest, largest and most intense" marine heatwave on record.

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Cumbria Wildlife Trust @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social · Aug 10

Show your support for the proposed bans on bottom trawling in seabed Marine Protected Areas.

🪼 🌊 Join us in calling for stronger protection for our oceans this #NationalMarineWeek ⬇️
https://action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171084/action/1

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Aug 10

Passing the Mill Pond this morning. Looks like a beauty. #Emsworth

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Aug 8

Not a great photo, but a great thing to see 🤎 A recent trip to Knepp had a highlight of three Turtle (🎵 turr turr 🎵) Doves.

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Aug 8

End of an era. Pagham Ferry pool & wetlands today. Next week, the long awaited wetland & water control restoration begins 💧🌱🦐🐤

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Aug 8

One of the greats. 🌕

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Aug 8

The green menace has returned to parts of the Solent harbours. Excessive nutrients from agricultural runoff & sewage, + warm, sheltered water bodies = an algal mass.

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Daniel Brown @danjbrown97.bsky.social · Aug 8

Lesser Black-backed Gull at Lakeside this evening. Also good to see Green Woodpecker, Robin, Wren, House Martins and Great Crested Grebe today. #Birds #UKWildlife

A Lesser Black-backed Gull stood on a buoy on a lake with its beak open

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Aug 6

Not a photo.. it's a glorious millpond sea in the Solent harbours this morning. The tide is rising without a ripple 💙

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Scottish Wildlife Trust @scotwildlife.bsky.social · Jul 31

We are extremely concerned to hear that consent has been given to Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm, which will be one of the world's largest such developments, sited in an internationally important area for seabirds.

Read on for our full statement 🧵👇 (1/7)

A kittiwake flying over the sea. It is a medium-sized grey and white gull with black wing tips. Credit: Chris Gomersall/2020VISION

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RSPB Scotland @rspbscotland.bsky.social · Jul 31

A dark day for Scotland’s seabirds.

We're incredibly concerned that Scottish Government have granted consent for the Berwick Bank offshore windfarm, which could catapult some of our most vulnerable species toward extinction 🚨

We will carefully scrutinise the details and consider our next steps.

“This is a very dark day for seabirds.
Berwick Bank would be catastrophic for Scotland’s globally important seabirds which are already facing alarming declines. Its impacts are so damaging it will make it very difficult for other, less-harmful windfarms to come forward. We are incredibly concerned that Scottish Government have granted consent for a project which could catapult some of Scotland’s most-loved seabird species towards extinction.”

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Jul 28

Little terns dead after dog attacks at Norfolk beach | Eastern Daily Press share.google/ryighi5PKWGC...

Rare seabirds dead after dog attacks at beach

Four little terns have died at one of the most successful colonies in recent years along the Norfolk coast.

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Jul 23

BBC News - Jeremy Bowen: Israel's allies see evidence of war crimes in Gaza mounting up
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Jeremy Bowen: Israel's allies see evidence of war crimes in Gaza mounting up

The Middle East has been transformed since 7 October, and almost two years on, the conflict in Gaza is at another inflection point.

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Jul 23

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...
More than 100 aid agencies say 'mass starvation' spreading across Gaza

More than 100 aid agencies say 'mass starvation' spreading across Gaza

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday that 33 people had died of starvation in 48 hours.

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Jul 19

Oystercatcher, St Cuthberts Cove, Inner Farne. A photo whilst sat near the jetty, leisurely waiting for the boats to come our way.

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Jul 19

Ofwat could be scrapped in water reforms | UK News | Sky News share.google/vcJD2dyw4N5U...

Ofwat could be scrapped in water reforms

Sir Jon Cunliffe's final report is expected to include a recommendation that the government consider a new regulator which combines Ofwat's economic regulatory powers with the water-facing responsibil...

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · Jul 19

Assessing potential wader breeding habitat remotely.
Blog from 19 July 2021
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/07/19/r...
#ConservationScience🌍
Research by Triin Kaasiku and colleagues

Remote monitoring of wader habitats

In a 2021 paper in Basic and Applied Ecology, Triin Kaasiku and colleagues use radar remote sensing to assess the continued suitability of large areas of Estonia for breeding waders. Although the f…

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Jul 13

Scarborough's Spa Bridge (or Cliff Bridge) hosts a thriving Kitiwake colony. The ledges provide an amazing nesting opportinity, away from the reach of ground predators and with close access to the North Sea. There's much more on Scarboroughs Kitiwakes here: share.google/YPklnnSIir0S... 3/

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Jul 13

Scarborough's Spa Bridge (or Cliff Bridge) hosts a thriving Kitiwake colony. The ledges provide an amazing nesting opportinity, away from the reach of ground predators and with close access to the North Sea. There's much more on Scarboroughs Kitiwakes here: share.google/YPklnnSIir0S... 3/

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Jul 13

The largest single Kittiwake colony site in Scarborough appears to be the Grand Hotel. Standing tall overlooking the sea like a giant artificial cliff, it's not hard to see why Kittiwakes would choose to make their home here. Nearby buildings (like the Trevelodge) host further colonies. 2/

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Jul 13

Some of the many hundreds of Kittiwakes raising families in the heart of Scarborough at present. Red listed in the UK, with an increasingly vulnerable population internationally too, Black-legged Kittiwakes are a familiar sight in a small number of coastal towns. #SuperSeabirdSunday #ReMeMaRe 1/..

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wordsfromwez.bsky.social @wordsfromwez.bsky.social · Jul 12

A view down on the Gannet colony at Bempton, a new generation now growing by the day 💙

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