Reuben Singleton
@bordersnaturalist.bsky.social
📍Peebles, Scottish Borders - Director of Tweed Ecology - 30 years experience of protected species/habitat surveys, Ecological Impact Assessment, Ecological Clerk of Works. Botany, Lepidoptera.
Pinned
Muntjac 1 Indian Rhino 0
What a beautiful engraving this is!
🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #BatIllustration #German #19thCentury
Eduard Oscar Schmidt (1823 - 1886)
DAUBENTON'S BAT
Engraving; BREHMS TIERLEBEN, small edition, 1927
Eduard Oscar Schmidt (1823 - 1886)
DAUBENTON'S BAT
Engraving; BREHMS TIERLEBEN, small edition, 1927
February 17, 2026 at 7:19 AM
What a beautiful engraving this is!
Something smells bad at Highland Council - either Councillors or employees lobbying behind the scenes to influence Ministerial decision on the proposed Coul Links Golf Course development. www.theferret.scot/backroom-lob...
‘Backroom’ lobbying on Coul Links golf plan under fire
Scottish ministers have been privately urged to back plans for a golf course on a coastal wildlife site. This has been condemned as “backdoor lobbying that tries to bypass the rules”.
www.theferret.scot
February 16, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Something smells bad at Highland Council - either Councillors or employees lobbying behind the scenes to influence Ministerial decision on the proposed Coul Links Golf Course development. www.theferret.scot/backroom-lob...
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📌 ICYMI — The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer’s Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/08/the-end-of-morgan-mcsweeney-peter-oborne-on-keir-starmers-departing-chief-of-staff/
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/08/the-end-of-morgan-mcsweeney-peter-oborne-on-keir-starmers-departing-chief-of-staff/
The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer's chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right
bylinetimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
📌 ICYMI — The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer’s Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/08/the-end-of-morgan-mcsweeney-peter-oborne-on-keir-starmers-departing-chief-of-staff/
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/08/the-end-of-morgan-mcsweeney-peter-oborne-on-keir-starmers-departing-chief-of-staff/
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Disgusting remarks, and that’s before you note this is someone who moved to (colonised as he would put it) a tax haven news.sky.com/story/the-uk...
'UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
In an interview with Sky News's Ed Conway, Sir Jim says Britain faces profound political, social and economic challenges, among them an unprecedented rise in immigration in recent years.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Disgusting remarks, and that’s before you note this is someone who moved to (colonised as he would put it) a tax haven news.sky.com/story/the-uk...
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Canal and River Trust used to the British Waterways Board, a statutory body.
Made a charity in the "bonfire of the quangos".
Made a charity in the "bonfire of the quangos".
“Julie Sharman…of the Canal & River Trust, a charitable organisation in charge of maintaining 3,200km of waterways across England and Wales…’People sometimes think canals are looked after by local authorities or by the government, and they’re not. They’re looked after by us, as a charity’”
Crumbling canals.
On a winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggle to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed. The sight starkly illustrates an ongoing battle to maintain the UK's historic, yet deteriorating, waterways
u.afp.com/S29E
On a winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggle to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed. The sight starkly illustrates an ongoing battle to maintain the UK's historic, yet deteriorating, waterways
u.afp.com/S29E
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Canal and River Trust used to the British Waterways Board, a statutory body.
Made a charity in the "bonfire of the quangos".
Made a charity in the "bonfire of the quangos".
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Wanted: Regional Director to work for an organisation opposed to home working. The successful applicant will be expected to work from home.
February 11, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Wanted: Regional Director to work for an organisation opposed to home working. The successful applicant will be expected to work from home.
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Rothbury Cross c. 800 CE
Northumberland
Part of the shaft section of the Anglo Saxon cross. On one face a haloed Christ holds a book.
Now Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle
#SundayStonework
#SaxonSunday
Northumberland
Part of the shaft section of the Anglo Saxon cross. On one face a haloed Christ holds a book.
Now Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle
#SundayStonework
#SaxonSunday
February 8, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Rothbury Cross c. 800 CE
Northumberland
Part of the shaft section of the Anglo Saxon cross. On one face a haloed Christ holds a book.
Now Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle
#SundayStonework
#SaxonSunday
Northumberland
Part of the shaft section of the Anglo Saxon cross. On one face a haloed Christ holds a book.
Now Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle
#SundayStonework
#SaxonSunday
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Lewis Goodall has said he has looked through Hansard and not a single Conservative stood up and said appointing Mandleson was a bad idea let alone because of what everyone knew at the time with regard to Epstein.
February 8, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Lewis Goodall has said he has looked through Hansard and not a single Conservative stood up and said appointing Mandleson was a bad idea let alone because of what everyone knew at the time with regard to Epstein.
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Wow - 30 Cranes in a field in Northumberland! Amazing!
Absolutely gobsmacked. One of the most amazing birding sights I’ve seen in Northumberland - here’s some of the 30 Cranes (up to 38 were reported by others) that spent the afternoon in a field next to the A1 just north of Alnwick. #NEbirding #UKbirding #birds
February 7, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Wow - 30 Cranes in a field in Northumberland! Amazing!
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When The West With Evening Glows, 1901, painting by Joseph Farquharson, Scottish artist. Painted Deeside landscape in various weathers.
February 7, 2026 at 11:45 AM
When The West With Evening Glows, 1901, painting by Joseph Farquharson, Scottish artist. Painted Deeside landscape in various weathers.
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150 swans have gone missing in Prague in the last 12 months.
Swan poachers have been caught on camera.
One of them has been identified as an ornithologist.
But the crime is low priority because ... how do you put a price on a swan?
robjcameron.substack.com/p/theyre-ste...
Swan poachers have been caught on camera.
One of them has been identified as an ornithologist.
But the crime is low priority because ... how do you put a price on a swan?
robjcameron.substack.com/p/theyre-ste...
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
150 swans have gone missing in Prague in the last 12 months.
Swan poachers have been caught on camera.
One of them has been identified as an ornithologist.
But the crime is low priority because ... how do you put a price on a swan?
robjcameron.substack.com/p/theyre-ste...
Swan poachers have been caught on camera.
One of them has been identified as an ornithologist.
But the crime is low priority because ... how do you put a price on a swan?
robjcameron.substack.com/p/theyre-ste...
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For anyone having a bad day: have you seen the bitcoin price?
February 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM
For anyone having a bad day: have you seen the bitcoin price?
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OK this makes me extremely angry. Has everyone forgotten the massive profiteering from thousands of avoidable pandemic deaths?? The unconstitutional suspension of parliament to force through an act of nationalist destruction that cost our children their future??
“It’s potentially the biggest political scandal of this century”
As MPs force Keir Starmer to publish files about Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador Skys Beth Rigby provides a detailed summary of how we got here
As MPs force Keir Starmer to publish files about Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador Skys Beth Rigby provides a detailed summary of how we got here
February 5, 2026 at 8:45 AM
OK this makes me extremely angry. Has everyone forgotten the massive profiteering from thousands of avoidable pandemic deaths?? The unconstitutional suspension of parliament to force through an act of nationalist destruction that cost our children their future??
Very pleased with this result. A watercolour of a jay by Chris Rose that I bought unframed in an auction back in the summer.
February 4, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Very pleased with this result. A watercolour of a jay by Chris Rose that I bought unframed in an auction back in the summer.
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Irish national parks remain an utter farce.
I am again calling out the vacuous nature of declaring an area a National Park without plans, resources or management measures. This time following the report showing that over a thousand seals were drowned in fishing gear around the Blasket Islands.
www.radiokerry.ie/news/ecologi...
www.radiokerry.ie/news/ecologi...
Ecologist accuses government of greenwashing by allowing tangle netting at Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara Ciarraí | RadioKerry.ie
Pádraic Fogarty states the practice of tangle netting being allowed at Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara Ciarraí is an example of greenwashing
www.radiokerry.ie
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Irish national parks remain an utter farce.
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Is tyre pollution causing mass deaths in vulnerable salmon populations? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Is tyre pollution causing mass deaths in vulnerable salmon populations?
A US judge will decide if, as research suggests, a chemical tyre additive is harming endangered fish species
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Is tyre pollution causing mass deaths in vulnerable salmon populations? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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My understanding of Mistle Thrush declines is that they are closely linked to arable landscapes - the species is now scarce in my old S Lincolnshire hants but remains widespread in the NW, even in C Manchester. Biocide impacts would be my first guess... see differences between Wales & Eng #UKBirding
February 4, 2026 at 8:47 AM
My understanding of Mistle Thrush declines is that they are closely linked to arable landscapes - the species is now scarce in my old S Lincolnshire hants but remains widespread in the NW, even in C Manchester. Biocide impacts would be my first guess... see differences between Wales & Eng #UKBirding
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Nazir Afzal is the former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England. He prosecuted the Rochdale grooming gang case amongst others.
He knows what he’s talking about.
#listentosurvivors
#convicttheperpetrators
#nobodysgirl
He knows what he’s talking about.
#listentosurvivors
#convicttheperpetrators
#nobodysgirl
February 3, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Nazir Afzal is the former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England. He prosecuted the Rochdale grooming gang case amongst others.
He knows what he’s talking about.
#listentosurvivors
#convicttheperpetrators
#nobodysgirl
He knows what he’s talking about.
#listentosurvivors
#convicttheperpetrators
#nobodysgirl
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The strange subterranean harvestman Scotolemon doriae in Plymouth, Devon today
February 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The strange subterranean harvestman Scotolemon doriae in Plymouth, Devon today
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As usual, Marina Hyde cut through all the crap with her withering scalpel.
As usual, Marina Hyde cut through all the crap with her withering scalpel.
It’s the Epstein files deja vu: how many more powerful men knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway? | Marina Hyde
I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghouls, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As usual, Marina Hyde cut through all the crap with her withering scalpel.
As usual, Marina Hyde cut through all the crap with her withering scalpel.
This is a tremendous book which i highly recommend. Gordon Buchanan takes the reader through a tough early life in Dumbarton and Mull before fate introduced him to legendary wildlife cameraman Nick Gordon. The rest as they say is history.
February 3, 2026 at 7:49 PM
This is a tremendous book which i highly recommend. Gordon Buchanan takes the reader through a tough early life in Dumbarton and Mull before fate introduced him to legendary wildlife cameraman Nick Gordon. The rest as they say is history.