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
m.youtube.com
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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I am hiring a research assistant (vampire bats), a Panama fieldwork coordinator (vampire bats), and also considering postdoc apps (social behavior, any species): socialbat.org/2026/02/19/h...
Hiring for 3 positions: Research Assistant, Field Research Coordinator, and Postdoc
I am looking to hire 3 people into my lab this year. I am still doing the paperwork to get the jobs officially posted but I want to send the word out and screen potential applications right away. R…
socialbat.org
February 20, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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Intensified attacks, methodical destruction of entire neighbourhoods appear aimed at permanent displacement, UN says.
UN says Israel is stoking ‘ethnic cleansing' fears in Gaza, West Bank
Intensified attacks, methodical destruction of entire neighbourhoods appear aimed at permanent displacement, UN says.
www.aljazeera.com
February 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Intensified attacks, methodical destruction of entire neighbourhoods appear aimed at permanent displacement, UN says.
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Norway to host donor meeting for Palestinians, won't join Trump's Board of Peace reut.rs/4aHDi9p
Norway to host donor meeting for Palestinians, won't join Trump's Board of Peace
Norway plans to host a meeting this spring of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHCL) for Palestinian aid but is not joining U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, the Norwegian foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
reut.rs
February 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Norway to host donor meeting for Palestinians, won't join Trump's Board of Peace reut.rs/4aHDi9p
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Poole's cavern, #Derbyshire. This year's NBMP #bat #hibernation surveys are mostly complete. We've had good numbers of bats in old mines and caves we survey every year. Important data to track trends for bat numbers and species hibernating at known Derbyshire sites. Behold, cute bats.
February 19, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Has Israel crossed the annexation threshold in the West Bank?
Six ‘game-changing’ recent cabinet decisions may push the occupation past a tipping point toward permanent Israeli rule, says Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl.
Interview with Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl
www.972mag.com/israel-west-...
Six ‘game-changing’ recent cabinet decisions may push the occupation past a tipping point toward permanent Israeli rule, says Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl.
Interview with Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl
www.972mag.com/israel-west-...
Has Israel crossed the annexation threshold in the West Bank?
Six ‘game-changing’ recent cabinet decisions may push the occupation past a tipping point toward permanent Israeli rule, says Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl.
www.972mag.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Has Israel crossed the annexation threshold in the West Bank?
Six ‘game-changing’ recent cabinet decisions may push the occupation past a tipping point toward permanent Israeli rule, says Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl.
Interview with Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl
www.972mag.com/israel-west-...
Six ‘game-changing’ recent cabinet decisions may push the occupation past a tipping point toward permanent Israeli rule, says Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl.
Interview with Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl
www.972mag.com/israel-west-...
Unprovoked?
We are stealing their habitat; polluting their water; raising sea temperatures; over fishing, but ok we’ll go unprovoked!
We are stealing their habitat; polluting their water; raising sea temperatures; over fishing, but ok we’ll go unprovoked!
Unprovoked shark attacks up sharply in 2025, with 12 human deaths worldwide
Unprovoked shark attacks up sharply in 2025, with 12 human deaths worldwide
Report records 65 unprovoked attacks – but annual drowning deaths in US alone exceed 4,000
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Unprovoked?
We are stealing their habitat; polluting their water; raising sea temperatures; over fishing, but ok we’ll go unprovoked!
We are stealing their habitat; polluting their water; raising sea temperatures; over fishing, but ok we’ll go unprovoked!
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Low-carbon birding is future-friendly birding.
We can all bird & live more responsibly & spread awareness of how we can move forward & do less harm on a rapidly warming planet.
#lowcarbonbirding
We can all bird & live more responsibly & spread awareness of how we can move forward & do less harm on a rapidly warming planet.
#lowcarbonbirding
February 18, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Low-carbon birding is future-friendly birding.
We can all bird & live more responsibly & spread awareness of how we can move forward & do less harm on a rapidly warming planet.
#lowcarbonbirding
We can all bird & live more responsibly & spread awareness of how we can move forward & do less harm on a rapidly warming planet.
#lowcarbonbirding
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How exciting! Published tomorrow. It'll be great! #naturewatching #lowcarbon @heatherdevey.bsky.social @rebeccaonthewing.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 11:21 AM
How exciting! Published tomorrow. It'll be great! #naturewatching #lowcarbon @heatherdevey.bsky.social @rebeccaonthewing.bsky.social
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One of my favorite things to read every year is that Wisdom has returned to Midway. Have a great season, Queen.
75 years old! 🪶🪶 Wisdom the Laysan Albatross has returned to Midway Atoll.
medium.com/discourse/sh...
medium.com/discourse/sh...
She’s Back! Wisdom The Incredible Laysan Albatross Has Returned
The world’s oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest.
medium.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:52 PM
One of my favorite things to read every year is that Wisdom has returned to Midway. Have a great season, Queen.
Looks like one of your mates @thekentacorn.bsky.social
Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus) tiny butterfly eggs on windfall Oak
Photo by Marian Coburn, Scottish Highlands (2025)
www.instagram.com/kinnoull_mac
Photo by Marian Coburn, Scottish Highlands (2025)
www.instagram.com/kinnoull_mac
February 18, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Looks like one of your mates @thekentacorn.bsky.social
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Wow: Amnesty International official says they were sharing info with the Biden-Harris admin as soon as October 2023 that there wasn't even a "semblance" of Israel following international law.
They kept trying again and again — soon declaring Israel was committing genocide. Admin kept ignoring them.
They kept trying again and again — soon declaring Israel was committing genocide. Admin kept ignoring them.
"We see [Israeli] attacks still occurring. But we also see complete impunity."
Amnesty International USA’s Amanda Klasing tells @premthakker.bsky.social the organization warned the White House in 2023 about Israel’s non-adherence to international humanitarian law.
Watch: zeteo.com/p/how-the-us...
Amnesty International USA’s Amanda Klasing tells @premthakker.bsky.social the organization warned the White House in 2023 about Israel’s non-adherence to international humanitarian law.
Watch: zeteo.com/p/how-the-us...
February 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Wow: Amnesty International official says they were sharing info with the Biden-Harris admin as soon as October 2023 that there wasn't even a "semblance" of Israel following international law.
They kept trying again and again — soon declaring Israel was committing genocide. Admin kept ignoring them.
They kept trying again and again — soon declaring Israel was committing genocide. Admin kept ignoring them.
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#ProcB in @sciam.bsky.social | Acoustic flow velocity manipulations affect the flight velocity of free-ranging pipistrelle bats: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
‘Bat accelerator’ unlocks new clues to how these animals navigate
Bats use echolocation to get around, but it wasn’t clear how these creatures managed to navigate dense environments—until now
www.scientificamerican.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Female Common Pipistrelle 🦇
This pip was brought into work today after being caught by a cat last night. Luckily she doesn’t have any life threatening injuries and the cat owner acted quickly!
She has a small hole in the wing membrane and this will heal naturally with time and warmth.
This pip was brought into work today after being caught by a cat last night. Luckily she doesn’t have any life threatening injuries and the cat owner acted quickly!
She has a small hole in the wing membrane and this will heal naturally with time and warmth.
February 14, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Female Common Pipistrelle 🦇
This pip was brought into work today after being caught by a cat last night. Luckily she doesn’t have any life threatening injuries and the cat owner acted quickly!
She has a small hole in the wing membrane and this will heal naturally with time and warmth.
This pip was brought into work today after being caught by a cat last night. Luckily she doesn’t have any life threatening injuries and the cat owner acted quickly!
She has a small hole in the wing membrane and this will heal naturally with time and warmth.
This could be really good news
Join us on Wednesday, 25 February, at Cities Under Stars: Tackling Light Pollution in Cities ⭐ Learn more about how York could become the UK's first Dark Sky City with leading international dark-sky experts, artists, and academics. 👇
www.yorksj.ac.uk/events/upcom...
www.yorksj.ac.uk/events/upcom...
February 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
This could be really good news
Reposted by Darren Archer
🦇🌎🧪Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) can definitely affect bats. Some bat species are more sensitive than others. It would be good to do a test of this "red-lighting" in North America to see if our bats also benefit!
www.euronews.com/green/2026/0...
www.euronews.com/green/2026/0...
February 17, 2026 at 6:50 PM
🦇🌎🧪Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) can definitely affect bats. Some bat species are more sensitive than others. It would be good to do a test of this "red-lighting" in North America to see if our bats also benefit!
www.euronews.com/green/2026/0...
www.euronews.com/green/2026/0...
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What a fang-tastic day 🦇
This bat appearance is a first for London HogWatch!
Along with @wildchiswick.bsky.social, we surveyed Chiswick House for the NHMP and captured this unexpected image 😍
Can anyone help with the ID?
The #NHMP is led by @ptes-org.bsky.social @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social
This bat appearance is a first for London HogWatch!
Along with @wildchiswick.bsky.social, we surveyed Chiswick House for the NHMP and captured this unexpected image 😍
Can anyone help with the ID?
The #NHMP is led by @ptes-org.bsky.social @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Israeli military incursions and settler attacks forced more than 37,000 Palestinians to leave their homes in 2025.
Mapping forced displacements and settler attacks by Israel in the West Bank
Israeli military incursions and settler attacks forced more than 37,000 Palestinians to leave their homes in 2025.
www.aljazeera.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Israeli military incursions and settler attacks forced more than 37,000 Palestinians to leave their homes in 2025.
Reposted by Darren Archer
🦇 #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 4:57 AM
🦇 #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
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Report: Business-as-Usual Destroys Biodiversity and Our Chances for Economic and Human Survival
The growth of the global economy has cost immense biodiversity loss, which poses a critical and pervasive systemic risk to the economy, financial stability and human wellbeing reports The…
The growth of the global economy has cost immense biodiversity loss, which poses a critical and pervasive systemic risk to the economy, financial stability and human wellbeing reports The…
Report: Business-as-Usual Destroys Biodiversity and Our Chances for Economic and Human Survival
The growth of the global economy has cost immense biodiversity loss, which poses a critical and pervasive systemic risk to the economy, financial stability and human wellbeing reports The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Our adherence to business-as-usual destroys biodiversity and hastens our businesses' and our own extinction. The IPBES report was prepared over three years by 79 leading experts from 35 countries and all regions of the world.
blueeconomynews.earth
February 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Report: Business-as-Usual Destroys Biodiversity and Our Chances for Economic and Human Survival
The growth of the global economy has cost immense biodiversity loss, which poses a critical and pervasive systemic risk to the economy, financial stability and human wellbeing reports The…
The growth of the global economy has cost immense biodiversity loss, which poses a critical and pervasive systemic risk to the economy, financial stability and human wellbeing reports The…
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Purple sandpiper on the rocks.
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#SuperSeabirdSunday
February 15, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Purple sandpiper on the rocks.
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#SuperSeabirdSunday
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Europe’s growing fight over Israeli goods: Boycott movements mushroom https://aje.news/azayka
February 16, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Europe’s growing fight over Israeli goods: Boycott movements mushroom https://aje.news/azayka
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From Hamdan Ballal, co-director of last year’s Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.” This is happening now.
February 16, 2026 at 1:26 AM
From Hamdan Ballal, co-director of last year’s Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.” This is happening now.
Upcoming Sonic Connexions meet-up: Listening at Scale: Edge and Cloud Computing for Large Bioacoustic Datasets
Join the conversation on March 5th!
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@asa-news.bsky.social
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Join the conversation on March 5th!
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@asa-news.bsky.social
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February 15, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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"As Francesca Albanese prepares... report to the United Nations... familiar pattern unfolds: smear campaigns, manufactured outrage, & coordinated calls for her resignation.
Why? Because her reports expose uncomfortable truths about violations of international law..."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylth...
Why? Because her reports expose uncomfortable truths about violations of international law..."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylth...
Protect Francesca Albanese at ALL costs — Yanis Varoufakis
YouTube video by DiEM25
m.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:11 PM
"As Francesca Albanese prepares... report to the United Nations... familiar pattern unfolds: smear campaigns, manufactured outrage, & coordinated calls for her resignation.
Why? Because her reports expose uncomfortable truths about violations of international law..."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylth...
Why? Because her reports expose uncomfortable truths about violations of international law..."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylth...
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"...Frank Barat, an author and film producer, discusses how Western governments have responded to allegations of genocide in Gaza.
He highlights the targeting of Francesca Albanese, a UN special rapporteur, for exposing failures in international law enforcement."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Z5...
He highlights the targeting of Francesca Albanese, a UN special rapporteur, for exposing failures in international law enforcement."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Z5...
Western states failing to prevent Gaza genocide: Analysis
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
m.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"...Frank Barat, an author and film producer, discusses how Western governments have responded to allegations of genocide in Gaza.
He highlights the targeting of Francesca Albanese, a UN special rapporteur, for exposing failures in international law enforcement."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Z5...
He highlights the targeting of Francesca Albanese, a UN special rapporteur, for exposing failures in international law enforcement."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Z5...