Daisy Vasanthakumar
@lowwastedaisy.bsky.social
🌊 Surfers Against Sewage regional rep, 👗 second hand, 🏖️ beach cleans, 🌱(mostly) plant based, ⏳ low waste living 🦋 nature lover 🦅 amateur birder and #30DaysWild
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This is disgusting in all regards. The crime, the time and the silence. As soon as these crimes have been committed and announcing info won’t risk an investigation, then this should be communicated nationally as fast as possible.
Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
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18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is disgusting in all regards. The crime, the time and the silence. As soon as these crimes have been committed and announcing info won’t risk an investigation, then this should be communicated nationally as fast as possible.
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Two male Hen Harriers have vanished from their nests at Geltsdale RSPB, Cumbria, and are feared to have been illegally killed:
Hen Harriers feared dead after vanishing at Cumbrian reserve
Two Hen Harriers have disappeared from Geltsdale Nature Reserve in Cumbria and are feared killed, leaving their chicks at risk. The RSPB suspects illegal persecution linked to nearby grouse moors and has alerted police. With over 100 similar incidents in five years, the charity is urging tougher reg...
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June 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Two male Hen Harriers have vanished from their nests at Geltsdale RSPB, Cumbria, and are feared to have been illegally killed:
Day 1 of #30DaysWild
Spent the day at #PaghamHarbour in fab company. Saw cattle egrets, little egrets, little tern, herons, swans, shelduck, moorhen, swifts, swallows, bluetit, black headed gulls, coots…
Took sandwiches with us and ate them in the sun ☀️
Spent the day at #PaghamHarbour in fab company. Saw cattle egrets, little egrets, little tern, herons, swans, shelduck, moorhen, swifts, swallows, bluetit, black headed gulls, coots…
Took sandwiches with us and ate them in the sun ☀️
June 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Day 1 of #30DaysWild
Spent the day at #PaghamHarbour in fab company. Saw cattle egrets, little egrets, little tern, herons, swans, shelduck, moorhen, swifts, swallows, bluetit, black headed gulls, coots…
Took sandwiches with us and ate them in the sun ☀️
Spent the day at #PaghamHarbour in fab company. Saw cattle egrets, little egrets, little tern, herons, swans, shelduck, moorhen, swifts, swallows, bluetit, black headed gulls, coots…
Took sandwiches with us and ate them in the sun ☀️
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Few pics from recent birdwatching trip to Tiree and Oban
Few pics from recent birdwatching trip to Tiree and Oban
West Coast Scotland May '25
Arrived in Oban late and the next morning saw 16 black guillemots around the harbour and using the pipes in the wall. The hooded crows were ...
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May 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Few pics from recent birdwatching trip to Tiree and Oban
Few pics from recent birdwatching trip to Tiree and Oban
Blog is up of our latest trip to Oban and Tiree for birding and hiking. singingtulips.wordpress.com/2025/05/17/o...
May 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Blog is up of our latest trip to Oban and Tiree for birding and hiking. singingtulips.wordpress.com/2025/05/17/o...
May 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Gorgeous little evening walk at #cockshutstream. Some beautiful ducklings 🧡
May 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Gorgeous little evening walk at #cockshutstream. Some beautiful ducklings 🧡
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Iceland Gull, Beachy Head, East Sussex: juvenile still from Cornish Farm entrance track at c 50.7439, 0.2080 at 08:55
April 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Iceland Gull, Beachy Head, East Sussex: juvenile still from Cornish Farm entrance track at c 50.7439, 0.2080 at 08:55
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An iceland gull which dropped briefly into a ploughed field at Beachy Head around 1730 @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
An iceland gull which dropped briefly into a ploughed field at Beachy Head around 1730 @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
1 sunny day, 43 #oceanactivsts, 54kg collected and off our beach. Job well done! Thank you everyone who joined me for a SAS millionmilebeachclean!
March 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
1 sunny day, 43 #oceanactivsts, 54kg collected and off our beach. Job well done! Thank you everyone who joined me for a SAS millionmilebeachclean!
Thank you the incredible 19 of you who joined @sasinbrighton.bsky.social #millionmileclean. 8kg collected. Next one 16th March, Banjo Groyne, 10am. #beachclean
February 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Thank you the incredible 19 of you who joined @sasinbrighton.bsky.social #millionmileclean. 8kg collected. Next one 16th March, Banjo Groyne, 10am. #beachclean
4.2kg collected during @leavenotracebtn.bsky.social beach clean! Thank you!
February 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
4.2kg collected during @leavenotracebtn.bsky.social beach clean! Thank you!
My happy place. 💙🌊 amazing turnout for the first @sascampaigns.bsky.social #millionmilebeachclean of the 2025. 24 #oceanactivists, 18kg litter off #brightonandhovebeach. Can’t wait to see you 16th Feb! #litterpick
January 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
My happy place. 💙🌊 amazing turnout for the first @sascampaigns.bsky.social #millionmilebeachclean of the 2025. 24 #oceanactivists, 18kg litter off #brightonandhovebeach. Can’t wait to see you 16th Feb! #litterpick
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See Marine Conservation Officer Sarah Ward explaining on BBC South East news why it's so important to protect precious marine wildlife life by stopping dumping sediment. Footage taken at the rally organised by @sascampaigns.bsky.social last Saturday at Brighton Marina #StopDumpingOnOurReef
January 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
See Marine Conservation Officer Sarah Ward explaining on BBC South East news why it's so important to protect precious marine wildlife life by stopping dumping sediment. Footage taken at the rally organised by @sascampaigns.bsky.social last Saturday at Brighton Marina #StopDumpingOnOurReef
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Here are some nice mushrooms
January 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
Epic turnout to the #stopdumpingonourreef demo at the Marina, Brighton. Organised by @sasinbrighton.bsky.social with @sussexwildlife.bsky.social and Sussex Underwater and @xrbrighton.bsky.social.
January 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Epic turnout to the #stopdumpingonourreef demo at the Marina, Brighton. Organised by @sasinbrighton.bsky.social with @sussexwildlife.bsky.social and Sussex Underwater and @xrbrighton.bsky.social.
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Following a new study, it has been recommended that Slender-billed Curlew be declared extinct, putting to bed any hopes that the wader may still exist and marking the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europe: bit.ly/4hMX9qh
Slender-billed Curlew declared extinct
Slender-billed Curlew has been declared extinct following a new study that puts to bed any hopes that the shorebird may still exist and marks the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europ...
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November 18, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Following a new study, it has been recommended that Slender-billed Curlew be declared extinct, putting to bed any hopes that the wader may still exist and marking the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europe: bit.ly/4hMX9qh
15 epic #oceanactivists joined me for the penultimate Surfers Against Sewage beach clean of the year. 15kg collected. 🫣Beautiful day for a litter pick.
November 17, 2024 at 1:03 PM
15 epic #oceanactivists joined me for the penultimate Surfers Against Sewage beach clean of the year. 15kg collected. 🫣Beautiful day for a litter pick.