Sarah Dalrymple
@sarahdalgulls.bsky.social
Seabirder and gull fan in north-east England, my posts here are entirely my own
also active at @sarahdalgulls@ecoevo.social on mastodon
https://sarahdal.github.io/
also active at @sarahdalgulls@ecoevo.social on mastodon
https://sarahdal.github.io/
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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🐀Male and female rats like to be tickled differently - males prefer rougher play.
🤣How do we know? Rats produce ultrasonic giggles that can be monitored with a bat detector.
🧪Why is this relevant? To improve lab animal welfare.
Ah, to tickle rats for a living...♥️
f1000research.com/articles/14-...
🤣How do we know? Rats produce ultrasonic giggles that can be monitored with a bat detector.
🧪Why is this relevant? To improve lab animal welfare.
Ah, to tickle rats for a living...♥️
f1000research.com/articles/14-...
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🐀Male and female rats like to be tickled differently - males prefer rougher play.
🤣How do we know? Rats produce ultrasonic giggles that can be monitored with a bat detector.
🧪Why is this relevant? To improve lab animal welfare.
Ah, to tickle rats for a living...♥️
f1000research.com/articles/14-...
🤣How do we know? Rats produce ultrasonic giggles that can be monitored with a bat detector.
🧪Why is this relevant? To improve lab animal welfare.
Ah, to tickle rats for a living...♥️
f1000research.com/articles/14-...
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Lack of wildlife crime convictions opening the door to other serious crimes raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/11/l...
Lack of wildlife crime convictions opening the door to other serious crimes
Press release from Wildlife & Countryside Link (Wildlife Crime sub-group) Lack of wildlife crime convictions opening the door to other serious crimes Wildlife and Countryside Link has today rel…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Lack of wildlife crime convictions opening the door to other serious crimes raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/11/l...
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I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
was Bebside Old Hall ever known as Bebside Manor, and did a doctor ever live there 🤔
If I were a doctor with a massive house, I would definitely name it Bedside Manor
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
was Bebside Old Hall ever known as Bebside Manor, and did a doctor ever live there 🤔
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A 'List of Birds' from Sharp's History of Hartlepool (1816). Eider was a rarity but Scaup were common: over 1,000 caught in a week in winter 1788-9 were "sold for 1s. per dozen". Glaucous Gull was simply known as Winter Gull, and a local Herring Gull reached 21 years old. 1/2
@teesbirds.bsky.social
@teesbirds.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A 'List of Birds' from Sharp's History of Hartlepool (1816). Eider was a rarity but Scaup were common: over 1,000 caught in a week in winter 1788-9 were "sold for 1s. per dozen". Glaucous Gull was simply known as Winter Gull, and a local Herring Gull reached 21 years old. 1/2
@teesbirds.bsky.social
@teesbirds.bsky.social
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A grim read - Lesser Kestrels at the 1000-pair colony in Matera, Italy suffering large losses (65%) as a result of climate-induced heatwaves. For every 10 chicks, the heat killed 7.
Not sure how they will adapt to that…
www.lifefalkon.eu/en/news/the-...
Not sure how they will adapt to that…
www.lifefalkon.eu/en/news/the-...
LIFE FALKON
Fostering the breeding rAnge expansion of central-eastern Mediterranean Lesser Kestrel pOpulatioNs
www.lifefalkon.eu
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A grim read - Lesser Kestrels at the 1000-pair colony in Matera, Italy suffering large losses (65%) as a result of climate-induced heatwaves. For every 10 chicks, the heat killed 7.
Not sure how they will adapt to that…
www.lifefalkon.eu/en/news/the-...
Not sure how they will adapt to that…
www.lifefalkon.eu/en/news/the-...
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Investigating misclassification in bird sounds: The adverse effect of label noise on BirdNET | www.sciencedirect.co... | Ecological Informatics | #ornithology 🪶
Investigating misclassification in bird sounds: The adverse effect of label noise on BirdNET
Understanding the causes of misclassification in AI bird sound recognition is important for improving the robustness and reliability of bioacoustic mo…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Investigating misclassification in bird sounds: The adverse effect of label noise on BirdNET | www.sciencedirect.co... | Ecological Informatics | #ornithology 🪶
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‘In large parts of the country, BBC regional news is the only local news people see’
🔗 Stephen Armstrong on the BBC
https://bit.ly/47zICLz
🔗 Stephen Armstrong on the BBC
https://bit.ly/47zICLz
The BBC is bigger than news | The Observer
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
‘In large parts of the country, BBC regional news is the only local news people see’
🔗 Stephen Armstrong on the BBC
https://bit.ly/47zICLz
🔗 Stephen Armstrong on the BBC
https://bit.ly/47zICLz
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Love them or loathe them, the Herring Gull is a Sussex icon, and there is far more to this charismatic species than meets the eye🐥
Read more about them in our myth-busting blog: buff.ly/WyN4RrP
📸Herring Gull © Neil Fletcher
Read more about them in our myth-busting blog: buff.ly/WyN4RrP
📸Herring Gull © Neil Fletcher
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Love them or loathe them, the Herring Gull is a Sussex icon, and there is far more to this charismatic species than meets the eye🐥
Read more about them in our myth-busting blog: buff.ly/WyN4RrP
📸Herring Gull © Neil Fletcher
Read more about them in our myth-busting blog: buff.ly/WyN4RrP
📸Herring Gull © Neil Fletcher
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It’s live!
Please do buy a copy if you can, I’ve put a lot of work into making it a nice object and the programs are genuinely fun and/or impressive
Please do buy a copy if you can, I’ve put a lot of work into making it a nice object and the programs are genuinely fun and/or impressive
🚀 NEW MAGAZINE ⌨️
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
DOCTYPE magazine 🚀⌨️
’80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!
vole.wtf
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It’s live!
Please do buy a copy if you can, I’ve put a lot of work into making it a nice object and the programs are genuinely fun and/or impressive
Please do buy a copy if you can, I’ve put a lot of work into making it a nice object and the programs are genuinely fun and/or impressive
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The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
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We’re seeing – and you’ve probably noticed it too – a new rise in Christian Nationalism. Make no mistake: these groups deny the legitimacy of same-sex marriage, twist Bible verses to excuse bigotry, take inspiration (and funding) from the US, and are working to roll back hard-won gay rights.
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
We’re seeing – and you’ve probably noticed it too – a new rise in Christian Nationalism. Make no mistake: these groups deny the legitimacy of same-sex marriage, twist Bible verses to excuse bigotry, take inspiration (and funding) from the US, and are working to roll back hard-won gay rights.
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For Armistice Day, here's a letter my great uncle wrote to his old school in 1914 about the Christmas truce
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
For Armistice Day, here's a letter my great uncle wrote to his old school in 1914 about the Christmas truce
Wildlife crime offenders also commonly have convictions for violence, theft, drug crime and domestic abuse
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
Lack of wildlife crime convictions opening the door to other serious crimes
Wildlife and Countryside Link's latest report on Wildlife Crime shines a light on the low level of convictions for such crimes, and also reveals the connection between wildlife crime and other serious...
www.wcl.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Wildlife crime offenders also commonly have convictions for violence, theft, drug crime and domestic abuse
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
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Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
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BBC (in Salford) interviewing BBC correspondent (in London) outside the BBC (in London) about the departure of the BBC Director General and what it means for the future of the BBC
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
BBC (in Salford) interviewing BBC correspondent (in London) outside the BBC (in London) about the departure of the BBC Director General and what it means for the future of the BBC
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twitter being bought and turned into a propaganda machine for fascism, which is directly pumped into every journalist in the world's brain, is one of the worst things to happen in the last few years. we might not survive it.
I'm guessing the BBC 'scandal' has been big on X this week as this was the first I had heard of it...
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
twitter being bought and turned into a propaganda machine for fascism, which is directly pumped into every journalist in the world's brain, is one of the worst things to happen in the last few years. we might not survive it.
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It’s been bonkers recently in Dunkeld really noticeably busy
This is backed up in the stats for the hermitage
‘NTS, which manages the site, estimates 350,000 people have visited in just 8 months this year – compared to 88,000 in all of 2023’
Think it’s Insta/Tik Tok 🤷♀️
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...
This is backed up in the stats for the hermitage
‘NTS, which manages the site, estimates 350,000 people have visited in just 8 months this year – compared to 88,000 in all of 2023’
Think it’s Insta/Tik Tok 🤷♀️
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...
Can Highland Perthshire cope with 'unprecedented' tourist demand?
Local businesses rely on visitors coming to Dunkeld, but some residents worry the town can no longer cope.
news.stv.tv
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It’s been bonkers recently in Dunkeld really noticeably busy
This is backed up in the stats for the hermitage
‘NTS, which manages the site, estimates 350,000 people have visited in just 8 months this year – compared to 88,000 in all of 2023’
Think it’s Insta/Tik Tok 🤷♀️
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...
This is backed up in the stats for the hermitage
‘NTS, which manages the site, estimates 350,000 people have visited in just 8 months this year – compared to 88,000 in all of 2023’
Think it’s Insta/Tik Tok 🤷♀️
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...
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A short video of the nursery pod of Bottlenose Dolphins in Vidlin Voe, Shetland yesterday. Check out some of those tiny calves! Only the fourth confirmed record of this species in Shetland waters.
#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A short video of the nursery pod of Bottlenose Dolphins in Vidlin Voe, Shetland yesterday. Check out some of those tiny calves! Only the fourth confirmed record of this species in Shetland waters.
#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
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Amble. The site of an unusual memorial to casualties of war. Suffered the greatest loss of civilian life in the district in WW2. 5 children. Sylvia, aged 9, Ethel 7, Margery 5, William 3 and Sheila 18 months. The family of William & Norah Robson of Cliffe House Fm.
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Amble. The site of an unusual memorial to casualties of war. Suffered the greatest loss of civilian life in the district in WW2. 5 children. Sylvia, aged 9, Ethel 7, Margery 5, William 3 and Sheila 18 months. The family of William & Norah Robson of Cliffe House Fm.
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From Feb to Oct 1644, Newcastle was besieged by a Scot army while Royalist defenders held out under Sir Marlay. Traveller William Lithgow recorded the drama in vivid detail, and Miriam has done an incredible job capturing it.
On the site now!
www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/post/the-sie...
On the site now!
www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/post/the-sie...
The Siege of Newcastle: A View from a Scot
From February to October 1644, Newcastle was besieged by a Scottish army while its Royalist defenders held out under Sir John Marlay. Traveller and writer William Lithgow recorded the drama in vivid d...
www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
From Feb to Oct 1644, Newcastle was besieged by a Scot army while Royalist defenders held out under Sir Marlay. Traveller William Lithgow recorded the drama in vivid detail, and Miriam has done an incredible job capturing it.
On the site now!
www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/post/the-sie...
On the site now!
www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/post/the-sie...
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Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell