Chris Green
@chrisbirder.bsky.social
Londoner in Scotland via Gloucestershire
Birder and wildlife gardener.
Birder and wildlife gardener.
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Golden Eagle found shot in the Scottish Borders - Police Scotland appeals for information.
'Hamlet' is the sixth victim of eagle persecution in south Scotland in recent years.
Details in blog ⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland 🌍
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/09/g...
'Hamlet' is the sixth victim of eagle persecution in south Scotland in recent years.
Details in blog ⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland 🌍
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/09/g...
Golden Eagle found shot in Scottish Borders – Police Scotland appeals for information
Press release from Police Scotland (9 February 2026) APPEAL AFTER GOLDEN EAGLE SHOT IN THE SCOTTISH BORDERS Wildlife officers are appealing to the public for information after a four-year-old golde…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
February 9, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Golden Eagle found shot in the Scottish Borders - Police Scotland appeals for information.
'Hamlet' is the sixth victim of eagle persecution in south Scotland in recent years.
Details in blog ⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland 🌍
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/09/g...
'Hamlet' is the sixth victim of eagle persecution in south Scotland in recent years.
Details in blog ⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland 🌍
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/09/g...
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Regressive Taxation.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% to 45% + National Insurance.
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%: dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%; No NIC levied.
Successive govts appease the rich. Difference in rates/NIC fuels tax abuse industry, public purse robbed of billions.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% to 45% + National Insurance.
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%: dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%; No NIC levied.
Successive govts appease the rich. Difference in rates/NIC fuels tax abuse industry, public purse robbed of billions.
National Insurance is a regressive tax that hits the less well-off hardest
Compared to income tax, national insurance contributions attract little sustained scrutiny even though they provide large amounts to the public purse.
leftfootforward.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Regressive Taxation.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% to 45% + National Insurance.
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%: dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%; No NIC levied.
Successive govts appease the rich. Difference in rates/NIC fuels tax abuse industry, public purse robbed of billions.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% to 45% + National Insurance.
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%: dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%; No NIC levied.
Successive govts appease the rich. Difference in rates/NIC fuels tax abuse industry, public purse robbed of billions.
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@moorlandassoc.bsky.social I notice you blocked me on facebook for a similar post. Why I wonder?
I thought you might be interested in this as is relevant to objection to aims of NR3 - Nature Recovery Trees and Scrub. As you say it depends on location in respect to sensitive GNB areas, but as these maps/conclusions demonstrate native woodland regeneration and GNBs need not be mutually exclsuive.
February 9, 2026 at 11:52 AM
@moorlandassoc.bsky.social I notice you blocked me on facebook for a similar post. Why I wonder?
The 28 Pale Brindled Beauties last night was the 3rd highest count for VC80 - pleased with that!
#teammoth
Trap at the other end of house last night - Pale Brindled Beauties moving up from our wood over the surface of the lawn - ended up with 28.
1 Early, 3 Dotted Border, 5 Chestnut and a surprise Great Diving Beetle - worth the effort!
37/5
Trap at the other end of house last night - Pale Brindled Beauties moving up from our wood over the surface of the lawn - ended up with 28.
1 Early, 3 Dotted Border, 5 Chestnut and a surprise Great Diving Beetle - worth the effort!
37/5
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The 28 Pale Brindled Beauties last night was the 3rd highest count for VC80 - pleased with that!
#teammoth
Trap at the other end of house last night - Pale Brindled Beauties moving up from our wood over the surface of the lawn - ended up with 28.
1 Early, 3 Dotted Border, 5 Chestnut and a surprise Great Diving Beetle - worth the effort!
37/5
Trap at the other end of house last night - Pale Brindled Beauties moving up from our wood over the surface of the lawn - ended up with 28.
1 Early, 3 Dotted Border, 5 Chestnut and a surprise Great Diving Beetle - worth the effort!
37/5
February 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
The 28 Pale Brindled Beauties last night was the 3rd highest count for VC80 - pleased with that!
Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon is clearly unwell.
"Robinson's criminal record includes convictions for violence, financial & immigration frauds, possession of drugs, and public order offences. He' been imprisoned: in 2005 for assault, in 2012 for using false travel documents, and in 2014 for mortgage fraud"
via Wikipaedia
meme via Crimewatch UK
via Wikipaedia
meme via Crimewatch UK
February 9, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon is clearly unwell.
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And Micheál Martin will spend a few hours bowing and scraping to Donald Trump next month.
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:34 AM
And Micheál Martin will spend a few hours bowing and scraping to Donald Trump next month.
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Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
- António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
- António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
1st check of the trap (VC80) produced an Early Moth on the house, 5 PBB's perched around the trap and a swarm of the same buzzing around low over the lawn. Who knows how many will find their way into the bucket? #teammoth
February 8, 2026 at 7:42 PM
1st check of the trap (VC80) produced an Early Moth on the house, 5 PBB's perched around the trap and a swarm of the same buzzing around low over the lawn. Who knows how many will find their way into the bucket? #teammoth
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Isn’t it crazy that the anonymous staffer who posted that racist meme is named in the Epstein files tens of thousands of times—and the majority of our Republican colleagues still haven’t said a thing?
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Isn’t it crazy that the anonymous staffer who posted that racist meme is named in the Epstein files tens of thousands of times—and the majority of our Republican colleagues still haven’t said a thing?
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“War takes the best”: journalist and soldier Serhii Fisun killed defending Ukraine.
Forty-seven-year-old Air Assault Forces officer Serhii Fisun was killed on February 5 by an enemy Lancet drone on the Sloviansk-Kharkiv highway, his brother-in-arms Oleksandr Rudyk reported.
Forty-seven-year-old Air Assault Forces officer Serhii Fisun was killed on February 5 by an enemy Lancet drone on the Sloviansk-Kharkiv highway, his brother-in-arms Oleksandr Rudyk reported.
February 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM
“War takes the best”: journalist and soldier Serhii Fisun killed defending Ukraine.
Forty-seven-year-old Air Assault Forces officer Serhii Fisun was killed on February 5 by an enemy Lancet drone on the Sloviansk-Kharkiv highway, his brother-in-arms Oleksandr Rudyk reported.
Forty-seven-year-old Air Assault Forces officer Serhii Fisun was killed on February 5 by an enemy Lancet drone on the Sloviansk-Kharkiv highway, his brother-in-arms Oleksandr Rudyk reported.
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Year ✅ (#103) Chiffchaff today along the River Rye after an afternoon shop in High Wycombe with at least 3 flycatching
@bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirding
@bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirding
February 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Year ✅ (#103) Chiffchaff today along the River Rye after an afternoon shop in High Wycombe with at least 3 flycatching
@bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirding
@bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2026 #ukbirding
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"Full speed ahead to uber-woke, net-zeroist rejoinerism" is the funniest thing a Labour MP has said for some time I'll give it that. It's like a Jordan Peterson quote about Elmo.
Yes, god help we risk a floundering government that feels like no one is in charge.
February 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
"Full speed ahead to uber-woke, net-zeroist rejoinerism" is the funniest thing a Labour MP has said for some time I'll give it that. It's like a Jordan Peterson quote about Elmo.
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Rolling back the years...
#UKBirding
#UKBirding
Of Time and Place, and People...
In my head I am 25 years old, sometimes younger. A delusion, I am sure, that is common to most my age. However, life has a way of bring...
notquitescilly2.blogspot.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Rolling back the years...
#UKBirding
#UKBirding
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"Natural catastrophe" or "man-made catastrophe"?
It will just get worse until we stop burning fossil fuels!
It will just get worse until we stop burning fossil fuels!
Miguel Angel Perez, of the farmers organisation COAG in Andalusia's Cadiz province, told Spanish television TVE on Saturday: "It is raining without stopping. Crops like broccoli, carrots and cauliflowers are under water. Thousands of hectares inundated. We have a real natural catastrophe."
Farmers report 'catastrophic damage to crops as Storm Marta hits Spain and Portugal
Farmers in Spain warned on Saturday that torrential rains and high winds had left fields submerged and caused millions of euros worth of damage to crops, as Spain and Portugal braced for more extreme ...
www.reuters.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
"Natural catastrophe" or "man-made catastrophe"?
It will just get worse until we stop burning fossil fuels!
It will just get worse until we stop burning fossil fuels!
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Does anyone happen to have photos of the Newhaven Woodchat Shrike and the Humpback Whale (when it was off Beachy Head) from last year that I could use in some talks about my book please?
February 8, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Does anyone happen to have photos of the Newhaven Woodchat Shrike and the Humpback Whale (when it was off Beachy Head) from last year that I could use in some talks about my book please?
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Our new guidance note/protocol for using sound recorders to detect Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers gives practical details for using Song Meter Mini & Micro recorders from Wildlife Acoustics in woodland with suitable habitat & has proved a great success www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/index.php/ne...
Woodpecker Network - Setting up and using sound recorders for detecting Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers
A forum to encourage and facilitate the study of woodpeckers in Britain and Ireland
www.woodpecker-network.org.uk
February 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Our new guidance note/protocol for using sound recorders to detect Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers gives practical details for using Song Meter Mini & Micro recorders from Wildlife Acoustics in woodland with suitable habitat & has proved a great success www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/index.php/ne...
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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MapMate Users!
The MapMate Taxa Library is no longer supports updates via patches. Updates are now available via a new, downloadable TaxaLibrary.MDB file. This file is containing the latest updates is now available to download from mapmate.info/taxalibrary..... #MapMate
The MapMate Taxa Library is no longer supports updates via patches. Updates are now available via a new, downloadable TaxaLibrary.MDB file. This file is containing the latest updates is now available to download from mapmate.info/taxalibrary..... #MapMate
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mapmate.info
February 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
MapMate Users!
The MapMate Taxa Library is no longer supports updates via patches. Updates are now available via a new, downloadable TaxaLibrary.MDB file. This file is containing the latest updates is now available to download from mapmate.info/taxalibrary..... #MapMate
The MapMate Taxa Library is no longer supports updates via patches. Updates are now available via a new, downloadable TaxaLibrary.MDB file. This file is containing the latest updates is now available to download from mapmate.info/taxalibrary..... #MapMate
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The Home Office now describes asylum seekers as "illegal immigrants [living in hotels]" with no reference to the reason that these people are in government-funded accommodation is that this government has taken & will process the asylum claim from them in 98-99% of cases of unauthorised entry.
February 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM
The Home Office now describes asylum seekers as "illegal immigrants [living in hotels]" with no reference to the reason that these people are in government-funded accommodation is that this government has taken & will process the asylum claim from them in 98-99% of cases of unauthorised entry.
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spicy hot take but anyone with enough money to be paying inheritance tax should absolutely be paying inheritance tax. it does not apply to a majority of Brits
February 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
spicy hot take but anyone with enough money to be paying inheritance tax should absolutely be paying inheritance tax. it does not apply to a majority of Brits
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"Scotland’s ecocide bill puts it among a growing list of parliaments seeking to criminalise ecocide, including Peru, French Polynesia, Italy, the DRC & Argentina. If successful, it would join countries like Belgium & Chile in having a domestic #ecocidelaw in place"
www.facebook.com/EcocideLaw/p...
www.facebook.com/EcocideLaw/p...
February 8, 2026 at 10:17 AM
"Scotland’s ecocide bill puts it among a growing list of parliaments seeking to criminalise ecocide, including Peru, French Polynesia, Italy, the DRC & Argentina. If successful, it would join countries like Belgium & Chile in having a domestic #ecocidelaw in place"
www.facebook.com/EcocideLaw/p...
www.facebook.com/EcocideLaw/p...
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Does this look like justice to you?!
February 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Does this look like justice to you?!