Ian Denton
@iand777.bsky.social
I have Grandkids - so no longer use Airport Departure Lounges.
Natural History has been the unbroken story of my life.
Watching wildlife, mostly under Dorset skies.
Wrens; Greenfinches; Little Owls; Raptors & Adders are a preoccupation.
Natural History has been the unbroken story of my life.
Watching wildlife, mostly under Dorset skies.
Wrens; Greenfinches; Little Owls; Raptors & Adders are a preoccupation.
Pinned
Where the wild things are - a Pine Marten in a ravine on the west coast of Scotland.
#pinemarten
Well worth a listen:
"Sometimes a wild god comes to the table.
He is awkward and does not know the ways
Of porcelain, of fork and mustard and silver"
Tom Hirons
soundcloud.com/tomhirons/so...
#pinemarten
Well worth a listen:
"Sometimes a wild god comes to the table.
He is awkward and does not know the ways
Of porcelain, of fork and mustard and silver"
Tom Hirons
soundcloud.com/tomhirons/so...
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Tackling wildlife crime means tackling organised crime❗
Wildlife crime offenders are involved in other serious crimes:
💥 59% linked to violence
💰 58% linked to theft or criminal damage
🐇 For poaching and hare coursing, that rises to over 70%
🚨 27% have links to domestic violence
Wildlife crime offenders are involved in other serious crimes:
💥 59% linked to violence
💰 58% linked to theft or criminal damage
🐇 For poaching and hare coursing, that rises to over 70%
🚨 27% have links to domestic violence
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Tackling wildlife crime means tackling organised crime❗
Wildlife crime offenders are involved in other serious crimes:
💥 59% linked to violence
💰 58% linked to theft or criminal damage
🐇 For poaching and hare coursing, that rises to over 70%
🚨 27% have links to domestic violence
Wildlife crime offenders are involved in other serious crimes:
💥 59% linked to violence
💰 58% linked to theft or criminal damage
🐇 For poaching and hare coursing, that rises to over 70%
🚨 27% have links to domestic violence
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Country diary: A streak of lemon on a drab moorland day | Ed Douglas
Country diary: A streak of lemon on a drab moorland day | Ed Douglas
Blacka Moor, South Yorkshire: Even among the yellowing birch leaves the goldcrest stood out, a slight creature with a mighty presence
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Country diary: A streak of lemon on a drab moorland day | Ed Douglas
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Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
Obituary - Patrick Stirling-Aird MBE, Secretary of the Scottish Raptor Study Group raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/10/o...
Obituary – Patrick Stirling-Aird MBE, Secretary of the Scottish Raptor Study Group
Obituary – Patrick Stirling-Aird MBE 10 August 1943 – 7 November 2025 The Scottish Raptor Study Group (SRSG) is saddened to report the passing last week of its long-term Secretary Patri…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Obituary - Patrick Stirling-Aird MBE, Secretary of the Scottish Raptor Study Group raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/10/o...
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This is my most widely viewed post of all times (my urban feather fortune, self made) bsky.app/profile/mard...
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is my most widely viewed post of all times (my urban feather fortune, self made) bsky.app/profile/mard...
Well Alan, following on from my post of yesterday, you don't see many images like this on a Google search.
Little Owls mating. This happened outside of my living room window.
I've heard the calls & chatter that lead up to this point, but never caught in on camera before.
#BirdoftheDay #Least #owls
Little Owls mating. This happened outside of my living room window.
I've heard the calls & chatter that lead up to this point, but never caught in on camera before.
#BirdoftheDay #Least #owls
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Well Alan, following on from my post of yesterday, you don't see many images like this on a Google search.
Little Owls mating. This happened outside of my living room window.
I've heard the calls & chatter that lead up to this point, but never caught in on camera before.
#BirdoftheDay #Least #owls
Little Owls mating. This happened outside of my living room window.
I've heard the calls & chatter that lead up to this point, but never caught in on camera before.
#BirdoftheDay #Least #owls
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November 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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'Nature's bounty' by contemporary UK printmaker Sarah Bays #WomensArt
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
'Nature's bounty' by contemporary UK printmaker Sarah Bays #WomensArt
A male Little Owl standing on a post and taking a shower.
There had been a long period of drought and as soon as the rain started, the owl knew what to do.
It was a midsummer night just before dawn - the first Blackbird began the dawn chorus.
#BirdOfTheDay #StandingOnThings #owls
There had been a long period of drought and as soon as the rain started, the owl knew what to do.
It was a midsummer night just before dawn - the first Blackbird began the dawn chorus.
#BirdOfTheDay #StandingOnThings #owls
November 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A male Little Owl standing on a post and taking a shower.
There had been a long period of drought and as soon as the rain started, the owl knew what to do.
It was a midsummer night just before dawn - the first Blackbird began the dawn chorus.
#BirdOfTheDay #StandingOnThings #owls
There had been a long period of drought and as soon as the rain started, the owl knew what to do.
It was a midsummer night just before dawn - the first Blackbird began the dawn chorus.
#BirdOfTheDay #StandingOnThings #owls
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“Among the fallen beech leaves”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
“Among the fallen beech leaves”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
1/2 The first "territorial" Fieldfare has just arrived.
At the moment, the bird is attempting to guard a large area around the garden. It's extremely watchful & will drive-off any birds of the wider Thrush family from the available food sources here.
It will remain aloof from the large roving flocks
At the moment, the bird is attempting to guard a large area around the garden. It's extremely watchful & will drive-off any birds of the wider Thrush family from the available food sources here.
It will remain aloof from the large roving flocks
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
1/2 The first "territorial" Fieldfare has just arrived.
At the moment, the bird is attempting to guard a large area around the garden. It's extremely watchful & will drive-off any birds of the wider Thrush family from the available food sources here.
It will remain aloof from the large roving flocks
At the moment, the bird is attempting to guard a large area around the garden. It's extremely watchful & will drive-off any birds of the wider Thrush family from the available food sources here.
It will remain aloof from the large roving flocks
The last of the Autumn lamps.
The garden sprites will soon have to retire to their beds well before Evan Davies takes to the airwaves, on a school night.
#autumngardens
The garden sprites will soon have to retire to their beds well before Evan Davies takes to the airwaves, on a school night.
#autumngardens
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The last of the Autumn lamps.
The garden sprites will soon have to retire to their beds well before Evan Davies takes to the airwaves, on a school night.
#autumngardens
The garden sprites will soon have to retire to their beds well before Evan Davies takes to the airwaves, on a school night.
#autumngardens
The Spindle Berry - a midwinter favourite of the Long-tailed Tit.
@jennifer-morinay.bsky.social
#ukbirds #longtailedtits
@jennifer-morinay.bsky.social
#ukbirds #longtailedtits
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Spindle Berry - a midwinter favourite of the Long-tailed Tit.
@jennifer-morinay.bsky.social
#ukbirds #longtailedtits
@jennifer-morinay.bsky.social
#ukbirds #longtailedtits
This female Wren was keen to collect as much nesting material as possible at each visit.
Her beak was so full and her forward vision so impaired, that you thought take-off might be extremely ill-advised....
Nest-lining was finished in record time, despite the H&S issues.
#BirdOfTheDay #Takeoffs
Her beak was so full and her forward vision so impaired, that you thought take-off might be extremely ill-advised....
Nest-lining was finished in record time, despite the H&S issues.
#BirdOfTheDay #Takeoffs
November 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This female Wren was keen to collect as much nesting material as possible at each visit.
Her beak was so full and her forward vision so impaired, that you thought take-off might be extremely ill-advised....
Nest-lining was finished in record time, despite the H&S issues.
#BirdOfTheDay #Takeoffs
Her beak was so full and her forward vision so impaired, that you thought take-off might be extremely ill-advised....
Nest-lining was finished in record time, despite the H&S issues.
#BirdOfTheDay #Takeoffs
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#ArtDD2025
Viburnum leaf
As autumn progresses, viburnum leaves take on firey shades of orange and red. Here’s one from a walk I took today with @saocousins.bsky.social
@holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
Viburnum leaf
As autumn progresses, viburnum leaves take on firey shades of orange and red. Here’s one from a walk I took today with @saocousins.bsky.social
@holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
#ArtDD2025
Viburnum leaf
As autumn progresses, viburnum leaves take on firey shades of orange and red. Here’s one from a walk I took today with @saocousins.bsky.social
@holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
Viburnum leaf
As autumn progresses, viburnum leaves take on firey shades of orange and red. Here’s one from a walk I took today with @saocousins.bsky.social
@holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
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I bought these old RSPB magazines for their CF Tunnicliffe cover pictures. They look so good together (with that delicious typeface!)
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I bought these old RSPB magazines for their CF Tunnicliffe cover pictures. They look so good together (with that delicious typeface!)
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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social gains important legal victory over harmful dredging.
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social gains important legal victory over harmful dredging.
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
1/3 The dustbin lid down in the thicket has now returned to normal.
Fortunately the hounds didn't enter the #Weedypond where they would surely have punctured the liner & ruined an environment that's taken 10 years to develop.
@richardkbroughton.bsky.social
Fortunately the hounds didn't enter the #Weedypond where they would surely have punctured the liner & ruined an environment that's taken 10 years to develop.
@richardkbroughton.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
1/3 The dustbin lid down in the thicket has now returned to normal.
Fortunately the hounds didn't enter the #Weedypond where they would surely have punctured the liner & ruined an environment that's taken 10 years to develop.
@richardkbroughton.bsky.social
Fortunately the hounds didn't enter the #Weedypond where they would surely have punctured the liner & ruined an environment that's taken 10 years to develop.
@richardkbroughton.bsky.social
Seen leaving the Willow Hairdressers yesterday, an individual with a No1 Pollard.
In the waiting room, many nervous Withies awaited their turn.
#trees
In the waiting room, many nervous Withies awaited their turn.
#trees
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Seen leaving the Willow Hairdressers yesterday, an individual with a No1 Pollard.
In the waiting room, many nervous Withies awaited their turn.
#trees
In the waiting room, many nervous Withies awaited their turn.
#trees