Darryl
@darrylspittle.bsky.social
#birding #ecology #ornithology
Ynysyfro: Common Scoter **still** present on lower basin. #gwentbirding #birdingWales
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ynysyfro: Common Scoter **still** present on lower basin. #gwentbirding #birdingWales
Ynysyfro: Common Scoter *still* present, still feeding on lower basin. #gwentbirding #birdingWales
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Ynysyfro: Common Scoter *still* present, still feeding on lower basin. #gwentbirding #birdingWales
Ynysyfro: Common Scoter still present, feeding on lower basin. #gwentbirding #birdingWales
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Ynysyfro: Common Scoter still present, feeding on lower basin. #gwentbirding #birdingWales
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Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out
Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out
Exclusive: Leading ecologists say warnings over threat to wildlife have been ignored in drive to build 1.5m new homes
The scale of lobbying of ministers by developers on Labour’s landmark planning changes, which seek to rip up environmental rules to boost growth, can be exposed as campaigners make last-ditch attempts to secure protections for nature.
The government published its planning and infrastructure bill in March. Before and after the bill’s publication the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and housing minister Matthew Pennycook have met dozens of developers in numerous meetings. The body representing professional ecologists, meanwhile, has not met one minister despite requests to do so. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out
Turns out you can do a @btobirds.bsky.social WeBS count on one good foot. Who knew?
Ynysyfro: female/1st cal-yr Common Scoter(!), 6 Pochard, 9 GBB Gull, 90 Redwing, etc. #gwentbirding #birdingWales #WeBS
Ynysyfro: female/1st cal-yr Common Scoter(!), 6 Pochard, 9 GBB Gull, 90 Redwing, etc. #gwentbirding #birdingWales #WeBS
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Turns out you can do a @btobirds.bsky.social WeBS count on one good foot. Who knew?
Ynysyfro: female/1st cal-yr Common Scoter(!), 6 Pochard, 9 GBB Gull, 90 Redwing, etc. #gwentbirding #birdingWales #WeBS
Ynysyfro: female/1st cal-yr Common Scoter(!), 6 Pochard, 9 GBB Gull, 90 Redwing, etc. #gwentbirding #birdingWales #WeBS
Garden #vismig 07:25-08:00 update: 3,390 Woodpigeon, plus a few Redwing and a Grey Wag. Also Blackcap knocking about. #gwentbirding #cupofteabirding
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Garden #vismig 07:25-08:00 update: 3,390 Woodpigeon, plus a few Redwing and a Grey Wag. Also Blackcap knocking about. #gwentbirding #cupofteabirding
Garden #vismig 08:10-08:40 update: 4,020 Woodpigeon SSW/SW plus a few Redwing and Siskin; also 3 Blackcap and a Treecreeper. #gwentbirding #cupofteabirding
November 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Garden #vismig 08:10-08:40 update: 4,020 Woodpigeon SSW/SW plus a few Redwing and Siskin; also 3 Blackcap and a Treecreeper. #gwentbirding #cupofteabirding
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If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
Oops. Looks like I’m restricted to Jimmy Stewart birding for the next few days. Portable keyhole at the ready. Highlight: Blackcap. No sign of Grace Kelly thus far. #birding #rearwindow
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Oops. Looks like I’m restricted to Jimmy Stewart birding for the next few days. Portable keyhole at the ready. Highlight: Blackcap. No sign of Grace Kelly thus far. #birding #rearwindow
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Please keep an eye open for dead & dying Whooper Swans (and other waterbirds), see thread below on how to report for possible sampling & please also report to @birdtrack.bsky.social so we can start to build a comprehensive picture of the spread 👇🏻
Worrying reports of bird flu (avian influenza) are coming in, including an outbreak in Whooper Swans in the Fens. Other waterbirds are also being affected, and cases are rising.
📷 Sick Whooper Swan by Kane Brides
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
📷 Sick Whooper Swan by Kane Brides
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Please keep an eye open for dead & dying Whooper Swans (and other waterbirds), see thread below on how to report for possible sampling & please also report to @birdtrack.bsky.social so we can start to build a comprehensive picture of the spread 👇🏻
When are we going to stop handing out knighthoods to billionaire death cult capitalists like Ratcliffe? Why don’t we just tax them until their eyes water instead,… and then sling them in prison?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
When are we going to stop handing out knighthoods to billionaire death cult capitalists like Ratcliffe? Why don’t we just tax them until their eyes water instead,… and then sling them in prison?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
A potter round the Cwm Hedd circuit: 4 Goosander on the lake, Brambling nr ‘Teal Pond’ and, in total, c.150 Redwing. #gwentbirding #locallocallocalpatchbirding #lowcarbonbirding #hardlybirdingbirding
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A potter round the Cwm Hedd circuit: 4 Goosander on the lake, Brambling nr ‘Teal Pond’ and, in total, c.150 Redwing. #gwentbirding #locallocallocalpatchbirding #lowcarbonbirding #hardlybirdingbirding
Hi @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social 👋, could you forward this 👇 to Rachel Reeves? Ta. 👍
A reminder of what happened last time a UK govt tried to reduce bills by "cutting the green crap"
Analysis: Cutting the ‘green crap’ has added £22bn to UK energy bills since 2015
www.carbonbrief.org/...
Analysis: Cutting the ‘green crap’ has added £22bn to UK energy bills since 2015
www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hi @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social 👋, could you forward this 👇 to Rachel Reeves? Ta. 👍
Hi @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social 👋, quick question for my MP (you) regarding👇,… W.T.A.F?!
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climate #biodiversity
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climate #biodiversity
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hi @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social 👋, quick question for my MP (you) regarding👇,… W.T.A.F?!
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climate #biodiversity
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climate #biodiversity
Redwick: Firecrest in the roving tit flock, plus Treecreeper and Coal Tit. Also 132 Common Gull feeding in field just outside village. Magor Marsh: 6+ Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Treecreeper, Water Rail, 2 Snipe and 2 Redpoll over NE. #gwentbirding #birdingWales
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Redwick: Firecrest in the roving tit flock, plus Treecreeper and Coal Tit. Also 132 Common Gull feeding in field just outside village. Magor Marsh: 6+ Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Treecreeper, Water Rail, 2 Snipe and 2 Redpoll over NE. #gwentbirding #birdingWales
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I knew Gill and Farage and the rest of the UKIP crew in the European Parliament
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I knew Gill and Farage and the rest of the UKIP crew in the European Parliament
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
The world is way off track.
The 2025 State of Climate Action report finds that none of the 45 key sectors —from energy to food to transport —are aligned with 1.5 °C.
The reality of inaction has caught up.
systemschangelab.org/sites/defaul...
The 2025 State of Climate Action report finds that none of the 45 key sectors —from energy to food to transport —are aligned with 1.5 °C.
The reality of inaction has caught up.
systemschangelab.org/sites/defaul...
November 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Only seen briefly from below without bins (all the excuses) but pretty darn sure I had a Firecrest between Cardiff Museum and the city centre today (see pin below, feeding in canopy of tree by bus stop). #glambirds #glambirding #urbanbirding
November 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Only seen briefly from below without bins (all the excuses) but pretty darn sure I had a Firecrest between Cardiff Museum and the city centre today (see pin below, feeding in canopy of tree by bus stop). #glambirds #glambirding #urbanbirding
There’s at least three Blackcaps in the garden; in the garden, there’s at least three Blackcaps. #sorryShaun #gwentbirding
November 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
There’s at least three Blackcaps in the garden; in the garden, there’s at least three Blackcaps. #sorryShaun #gwentbirding
Ynysyfro: one male Pochard. #gwentbirding #yawn
October 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Ynysyfro: one male Pochard. #gwentbirding #yawn
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Opinion | This is an industry of grievance and division, a machine designed to spread hate, which now operates across the British right – from respectable print outlets to wild-eyed online fascists. Don’t let them fool you
🖋️ @iandunt.bsky.social
Read more: trib.al/4B3mnUk
🖋️ @iandunt.bsky.social
Read more: trib.al/4B3mnUk
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Opinion | This is an industry of grievance and division, a machine designed to spread hate, which now operates across the British right – from respectable print outlets to wild-eyed online fascists. Don’t let them fool you
🖋️ @iandunt.bsky.social
Read more: trib.al/4B3mnUk
🖋️ @iandunt.bsky.social
Read more: trib.al/4B3mnUk