Darren Archer
@dunnock67.bsky.social
Moving in for #birds #bats #Hoverflies #butterflies. NE England
Worried about the climate
https://curlewsfeathers.wordpress.com/
Worried about the climate
https://curlewsfeathers.wordpress.com/
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Darren Archer
@dunnock67.bsky.social
· Feb 5
Letter From Gaza. Ghassan Kanafani
YouTube video by Palestine Diary
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The late john Berger reads A Letter from Gaza from the late Ghassan Kanafani Still as relevant today 🇵🇸
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_msu...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_msu...
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Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
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This has to be one of the most photogenic hibernation sites. Mineral rich, glittering and full of Brandt’s bats 🦇
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This has to be one of the most photogenic hibernation sites. Mineral rich, glittering and full of Brandt’s bats 🦇
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Churches provide vital roosts for bats www.oxford.anglican.org/news/churche...
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Thank you @georgierose.bsky.social and the fab team of dedicated Trustees for your support.
One of the most impactful conservation charities you've never heard of. Their handprints are all over huge UK nature successes such as otter recovery, pine marten reintroduction to England and Wales, and recovery of rare bat species. I'm so proud to be a trustee for this brilliant organisation.
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Nathusius' Pipistrelle becomes #mammal species 2️⃣6️⃣ for Red Moss of Netherly, NE Scotland.
Recorded on @openacousticdevices.info #Audiomoth during September's influx. Just a handful of detections, but this quasi-constant frequency burst looks convincing.
@scotwildlife.bsky.social
#bioacoustics
Recorded on @openacousticdevices.info #Audiomoth during September's influx. Just a handful of detections, but this quasi-constant frequency burst looks convincing.
@scotwildlife.bsky.social
#bioacoustics
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Purple Sandpiper from earlier in the week @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Purple Sandpiper from earlier in the week @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
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The lovely and much-missed Claire’s final paper is published today, on the science results of the Bats in Churches project - besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding bats in English churches: A citizen science approach
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Looks like climate has turned up for the climate talks..
Torrential rainfall in the Brazilian city of Belem flooded pavements outside the venue for the #COP30 climate talks. Scientists say climate change is making extreme weather events more common.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Looks like climate has turned up for the climate talks..
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How can beavers influence bat behaviour?
Two new studies across England and Wales reveal an astonishing increase in bat activity in beaver wetlands – thanks to how beavers shape habitats for both bats and their insect prey.
#BatWeek #BatAppreciationWeek
Two new studies across England and Wales reveal an astonishing increase in bat activity in beaver wetlands – thanks to how beavers shape habitats for both bats and their insect prey.
#BatWeek #BatAppreciationWeek
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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🦇 people if you have not noticed @xeno-canto.bsky.social before there are a lot of bat calls worth a listen👇
Panagiotis Georgiakakis has added a nice first batch of some 140 Bat recordings from Crete. #bioacoustics #bats
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
🦇 people if you have not noticed @xeno-canto.bsky.social before there are a lot of bat calls worth a listen👇
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Astonishing video, worth watching in full.
While agreeing in the round,
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
The History of Europe: Every Year
YouTube video by Cottereau
m.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Astonishing video, worth watching in full.
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"Tag, you're it!” To help better understand the migratory patterns of forest-dwelling bats, the BCI Team took to the California Redwoods to track hoary and silver-haired bats. Knowing the movements of these species will help us better understand the threats they face. Fly safe, friends!
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
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...here are the four: Red-backed at Southwold; Turkestan, Dunwich, Brown, Hollesley and Isabelline, Aldeburgh - pic of the last from Sean Nixon
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
...here are the four: Red-backed at Southwold; Turkestan, Dunwich, Brown, Hollesley and Isabelline, Aldeburgh - pic of the last from Sean Nixon
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Every single day, the BBC’s coverage of Palestine is systematically racist - against Palestinians. Every day, at present, what is happening to the bodies of a few dead Israelis is considered newsworthy while the actual ongoing killing (and torture, and ethnic cleansing) of many Palestinians is not.
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Every single day, the BBC’s coverage of Palestine is systematically racist - against Palestinians. Every day, at present, what is happening to the bodies of a few dead Israelis is considered newsworthy while the actual ongoing killing (and torture, and ethnic cleansing) of many Palestinians is not.
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🦇 If eligible (UK resident), please get involved, sign and help to protect #bats
🦇 Writing to your MP takes less than 2 minutes and it could be the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Ask your MP to vote to keep Amendment 130: act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp... .
Read more here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Read more here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
URGE YOUR MP to keep Amendment 130 in the Bill
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is set to return to the House of Commons next week (week commencing 10 Nov). There is an opportunity to limit the damage the Bill will have but we need everyone…
act.bats.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🦇 If eligible (UK resident), please get involved, sign and help to protect #bats
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On Mamdani, Tommy Robinson and resisting fascism | The Prospect Podcast: Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf7H...
Yanis Varoufakis on Mamdani, Tommy Robinson and resisting fascism | The Prospect Podcast: Part 1
YouTube video by Prospect Magazine
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November 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
On Mamdani, Tommy Robinson and resisting fascism | The Prospect Podcast: Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf7H...
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Please go beyond the macabre and read this whole article.
It so elegantly touches on bat conservation, disease ecology, and the concept of One Health.
It so elegantly touches on bat conservation, disease ecology, and the concept of One Health.
Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans? n.pr/3WNy2KL
Wait, what? A RAT caught and ate a BAT? And there's video! What does it portend?
Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans?
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Please go beyond the macabre and read this whole article.
It so elegantly touches on bat conservation, disease ecology, and the concept of One Health.
It so elegantly touches on bat conservation, disease ecology, and the concept of One Health.
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Last week we had predominately Brown Long Eared bats swarming, this week Natterer’s 🦇 Male and female Long Eared’s caught inside the swarming site, but only male Natterer’s so far and mainly young of year.
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Last week we had predominately Brown Long Eared bats swarming, this week Natterer’s 🦇 Male and female Long Eared’s caught inside the swarming site, but only male Natterer’s so far and mainly young of year.
If your not reading this you will want to
Seriously it will change your life
And the way you view and interact with the natural world
All politicians should be given a copy on their induction
Seriously it will change your life
And the way you view and interact with the natural world
All politicians should be given a copy on their induction
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
If your not reading this you will want to
Seriously it will change your life
And the way you view and interact with the natural world
All politicians should be given a copy on their induction
Seriously it will change your life
And the way you view and interact with the natural world
All politicians should be given a copy on their induction
Horden news the wood is getting wet and fungi are appearing Outside increase in Reed buntings especially winter plum males and increase song thrush Pink feet over and first yellowhammer in ages
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Horden news the wood is getting wet and fungi are appearing Outside increase in Reed buntings especially winter plum males and increase song thrush Pink feet over and first yellowhammer in ages
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🌲 “There are about 13 bat species that live in the coast redwood forests of California—redwood trees make excellent bat homes. Old redwood trees are especially valuable as bat homes, as their ‘basal hollows’ serve as ‘caves’ for some bat species."
https://sempervirens.org/news/bats-and-redwoods/
https://sempervirens.org/news/bats-and-redwoods/
Bat Chat: Nocturnal Knowledge with Dr. Winifred Frick - Sempervirens Fund
They’re more than creatures that go bump in the night—bats are important mammals in the redwood forest. Learn more about the bats that call California home with Dr. Winifred Frick, Chief Scientist at ...
sempervirens.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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How you can use DEFRA Magic map to see the most recent condition assessment on an SSSI you are interested in.
magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.html
magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.html
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
How you can use DEFRA Magic map to see the most recent condition assessment on an SSSI you are interested in.
magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.html
magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.html
Planted 33 years ago the day after we had moved in This Rowan is due its third pollard over the winter but in the mean time here’s a potential thousand piece jigsaw
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Planted 33 years ago the day after we had moved in This Rowan is due its third pollard over the winter but in the mean time here’s a potential thousand piece jigsaw
#ukbitding #NEbirding @teesbirds.bsky.social @locustella.bsky.social @pratorum2112.bsky.social
Worth a look at what’s going on here
Worth a look at what’s going on here
I think bluesky needs a #BirdID feed. So I built one.
To start it off, and topical to the #irishrarebirds feed, a blog post on Tundra and Taiga Bean Goose identification.
helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2021/04/finn...
To start it off, and topical to the #irishrarebirds feed, a blog post on Tundra and Taiga Bean Goose identification.
helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2021/04/finn...
Finnish Focus On...Taiga And Tundra Bean Geese
Have been meaning to write a post on Tundra and Taiga Bean Goose identification for a while now. Wildfowl are my guilty pleasure. I've alway...
helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
#ukbitding #NEbirding @teesbirds.bsky.social @locustella.bsky.social @pratorum2112.bsky.social
Worth a look at what’s going on here
Worth a look at what’s going on here