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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Extraordinary. In Glasgow The river Kelvin has frozen where it meets the Clyde and as the tide changes the ice shifts and cracks. Hard to heard on the video but the air is filled with the chirrup and crack of ice.
January 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Extraordinary. In Glasgow The river Kelvin has frozen where it meets the Clyde and as the tide changes the ice shifts and cracks. Hard to heard on the video but the air is filled with the chirrup and crack of ice.
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If you’re still active on X, a question: Why?
Ofcom, which enforces the UK's Online Safety Act, says it is aware of "serious concerns" about Grok undressing people including children on X
“We have made urgent contact with X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal duties to protect users in the UK," it says
“We have made urgent contact with X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal duties to protect users in the UK," it says
January 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
If you’re still active on X, a question: Why?
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Can we communicate our reaserch in more fun and accessible ways? I loved working with Anna @btobirds.bsky.social on her fantastic comic illustrating our recent work using seabird poo to look at their diet!
Find out more at www.bto.org/our-work/new...
#ornithology #seabirds #SciArt
Find out more at www.bto.org/our-work/new...
#ornithology #seabirds #SciArt
Grab a cuppa and read our Seabird Poo comic! ➡️ http://www.bto.org/S... ☕📖
Discover how seabird scientists collected bird poo and analysed its DNA contents to determine the types of prey consumed by Shags and Kittiwakes! 😮 #Ornithology
✏️ Illustrations by Anna Dupont-Crabtree
Discover how seabird scientists collected bird poo and analysed its DNA contents to determine the types of prey consumed by Shags and Kittiwakes! 😮 #Ornithology
✏️ Illustrations by Anna Dupont-Crabtree
January 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Can we communicate our reaserch in more fun and accessible ways? I loved working with Anna @btobirds.bsky.social on her fantastic comic illustrating our recent work using seabird poo to look at their diet!
Find out more at www.bto.org/our-work/new...
#ornithology #seabirds #SciArt
Find out more at www.bto.org/our-work/new...
#ornithology #seabirds #SciArt
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Reposted by Sarah Dalrymple
Happy New Year!
Our #HeritagePath of the month is Hexpethgate. This old crossing of the Border is mentioned in a state paper of 1543 (Henry VIII Domestic Series XVIII) as one of seventeen crossings of the Cheviots.
Read more here:
scotways.com/heritage-pat...
📷© Andrew Curtis, Geograph
Our #HeritagePath of the month is Hexpethgate. This old crossing of the Border is mentioned in a state paper of 1543 (Henry VIII Domestic Series XVIII) as one of seventeen crossings of the Cheviots.
Read more here:
scotways.com/heritage-pat...
📷© Andrew Curtis, Geograph
January 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Happy New Year!
Our #HeritagePath of the month is Hexpethgate. This old crossing of the Border is mentioned in a state paper of 1543 (Henry VIII Domestic Series XVIII) as one of seventeen crossings of the Cheviots.
Read more here:
scotways.com/heritage-pat...
📷© Andrew Curtis, Geograph
Our #HeritagePath of the month is Hexpethgate. This old crossing of the Border is mentioned in a state paper of 1543 (Henry VIII Domestic Series XVIII) as one of seventeen crossings of the Cheviots.
Read more here:
scotways.com/heritage-pat...
📷© Andrew Curtis, Geograph
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Just go with the snow 🌨️
It's been very snowy in the Cairngorms National Park. The arctic weather is making tracking the released population a wee bit tricky.
Luckily, the extensive network of trail cameras are still recording - and it's not just wildcats that pass by them 🐾
It's been very snowy in the Cairngorms National Park. The arctic weather is making tracking the released population a wee bit tricky.
Luckily, the extensive network of trail cameras are still recording - and it's not just wildcats that pass by them 🐾
January 5, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Just go with the snow 🌨️
It's been very snowy in the Cairngorms National Park. The arctic weather is making tracking the released population a wee bit tricky.
Luckily, the extensive network of trail cameras are still recording - and it's not just wildcats that pass by them 🐾
It's been very snowy in the Cairngorms National Park. The arctic weather is making tracking the released population a wee bit tricky.
Luckily, the extensive network of trail cameras are still recording - and it's not just wildcats that pass by them 🐾
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We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project.
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
January 5, 2026 at 10:09 AM
We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project.
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
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"For thousands of years, people have hunted using falcons over the vast Arabian desert. In the UAE...tradition has evolved into a spectacle of wealth & prestige to meet the tastes of the modern Gulf elite. It is fed by a shadow industry of the smuggling & illegal capture of wild birds" 🪶🌍 #raptors
How demand for elite falcons in the Middle East is driving illegal trade of British birds
Exclusive: data reveals hundreds of UK nests have been raided in the past decade amid growing appetite to own prized birds for racing and breeding
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
"For thousands of years, people have hunted using falcons over the vast Arabian desert. In the UAE...tradition has evolved into a spectacle of wealth & prestige to meet the tastes of the modern Gulf elite. It is fed by a shadow industry of the smuggling & illegal capture of wild birds" 🪶🌍 #raptors
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Yikes, that was unexpected 😱
A deep-sea anglerfish patiently waits...
These fish typically use a modified dorsal fin ray that acts as a fishing rod with a glowing lure (bioluminescent bait) to attract prey close by.
The fish can swallow prey up to twice its own size.
#marinelife #deepsea
A deep-sea anglerfish patiently waits...
These fish typically use a modified dorsal fin ray that acts as a fishing rod with a glowing lure (bioluminescent bait) to attract prey close by.
The fish can swallow prey up to twice its own size.
#marinelife #deepsea
January 4, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Yikes, that was unexpected 😱
A deep-sea anglerfish patiently waits...
These fish typically use a modified dorsal fin ray that acts as a fishing rod with a glowing lure (bioluminescent bait) to attract prey close by.
The fish can swallow prey up to twice its own size.
#marinelife #deepsea
A deep-sea anglerfish patiently waits...
These fish typically use a modified dorsal fin ray that acts as a fishing rod with a glowing lure (bioluminescent bait) to attract prey close by.
The fish can swallow prey up to twice its own size.
#marinelife #deepsea
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North Atlantic #Orca appear to be expanding from harassing #yachts to going after #commercialvessels
North Atlantic warning: orcas now targeting commercial vessels in what experts call coordinated assaults share.google/kwy5wy9eIc33...
North Atlantic warning: orcas now targeting commercial vessels in what experts call coordinated assaults share.google/kwy5wy9eIc33...
North Atlantic warning: orcas now targeting commercial vessels in what experts call coordinated assaults
The wind drops, the radar hums softly, and the crew relaxes a fraction as the cargo ship cuts a clean path through the water. Then the first shudder runs
share.google
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 AM
North Atlantic #Orca appear to be expanding from harassing #yachts to going after #commercialvessels
North Atlantic warning: orcas now targeting commercial vessels in what experts call coordinated assaults share.google/kwy5wy9eIc33...
North Atlantic warning: orcas now targeting commercial vessels in what experts call coordinated assaults share.google/kwy5wy9eIc33...
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1/2 How old? 😮 Discover bird longevity records up to 2024 in our newly released BTO Ringing and Nest Recording Report! ⬇️ #Ornithology 🪶
📖 www.bto.org/ringing-...
📖 www.bto.org/ringing-...
January 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
1/2 How old? 😮 Discover bird longevity records up to 2024 in our newly released BTO Ringing and Nest Recording Report! ⬇️ #Ornithology 🪶
📖 www.bto.org/ringing-...
📖 www.bto.org/ringing-...
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A collection of snow photos from there last few days.
Full story on disruptions can be read here: shet.news/6iy7k
Full story on disruptions can be read here: shet.news/6iy7k
January 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
A collection of snow photos from there last few days.
Full story on disruptions can be read here: shet.news/6iy7k
Full story on disruptions can be read here: shet.news/6iy7k
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Reposted by Sarah Dalrymple
Imagine if, say, a single rock song, or a comic book, or a role playing game, or a video game, or horror movie, a chocolate bar, a toy, or, say, a person like a librarian or teacher, had an actual direct causal body count like this.... Imagine the furore, the witch hunt in the press, the outrage...
OpenAI is now facing a total of 8 wrongful death lawsuits from grieving families....who claim that ChatGPT, in particular, the GPT-4o version, drove their loved ones to suicide. Soelberg’s complaint also alleges that company executives knew the chatbot was defective before it pushed it to the public
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
January 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Imagine if, say, a single rock song, or a comic book, or a role playing game, or a video game, or horror movie, a chocolate bar, a toy, or, say, a person like a librarian or teacher, had an actual direct causal body count like this.... Imagine the furore, the witch hunt in the press, the outrage...
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Just less then two weeks left to comment on proposed new guidance on nesting birds and commercial ecological surveys.
birdsurveyguidelines.org/nesting-bird... 🪶
birdsurveyguidelines.org/nesting-bird... 🪶
Nesting bird guidance | Bird Survey Guidelines
birdsurveyguidelines.org
January 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Just less then two weeks left to comment on proposed new guidance on nesting birds and commercial ecological surveys.
birdsurveyguidelines.org/nesting-bird... 🪶
birdsurveyguidelines.org/nesting-bird... 🪶
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It's cold. Or (to precis a conversation with a Professor of English Language with an interest in Nth dialect on X :
Caad - typical of east N'land, Tyneside & nth Durham.
Caird - Ashingtonion.
Cawd - (almost like cod) in the far north (Norham, Berwick, Scremerston, Holy Island) 🧵
Caad - typical of east N'land, Tyneside & nth Durham.
Caird - Ashingtonion.
Cawd - (almost like cod) in the far north (Norham, Berwick, Scremerston, Holy Island) 🧵
January 4, 2026 at 12:52 PM
It's cold. Or (to precis a conversation with a Professor of English Language with an interest in Nth dialect on X :
Caad - typical of east N'land, Tyneside & nth Durham.
Caird - Ashingtonion.
Cawd - (almost like cod) in the far north (Norham, Berwick, Scremerston, Holy Island) 🧵
Caad - typical of east N'land, Tyneside & nth Durham.
Caird - Ashingtonion.
Cawd - (almost like cod) in the far north (Norham, Berwick, Scremerston, Holy Island) 🧵
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This does seem like a problem doesn't it.
January 4, 2026 at 1:49 PM
This does seem like a problem doesn't it.
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The Mail on Sunday have a page on typos on the National trust website.
I googled to see if this guy had been up to anything else and this story is in all the main papers/websites.
He also didn't just point out typos...
I googled to see if this guy had been up to anything else and this story is in all the main papers/websites.
He also didn't just point out typos...
![Frustrated by the silence about his initial list, Mr Jones fired off an angry email complaining of ‘no reply, acknowledgement, let alone thanks from the Oirish [sic] Dame on over 400 hours spent on her c***py not fit for purpose webs***e’. The remark referred to the Trust’s director-general, Hilary McGrady, originally from Lisburn in Northern Ireland. Mr Jones, from Haslemere, Surrey, was told his comments were ‘not in line with our... values’ and that he would no longer be considered for volunteer roles.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyefpiziml7b24sxpd74axq7/bafkreiaz2644f6jupy2ga4fe7h5qhxixmpn5uimoracklvsr3ulrysq2ji@jpeg)
January 4, 2026 at 8:09 AM
The Mail on Sunday have a page on typos on the National trust website.
I googled to see if this guy had been up to anything else and this story is in all the main papers/websites.
He also didn't just point out typos...
I googled to see if this guy had been up to anything else and this story is in all the main papers/websites.
He also didn't just point out typos...
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A bit of serendipity this morning - didn’t feel safe going out in the car so went to the canal instead and saw this. My comedy moment for the year 🦢🤪
[Vertical video so needs a click]
#sillyswan #iphone15pro
[Vertical video so needs a click]
#sillyswan #iphone15pro
January 3, 2026 at 11:31 AM
A bit of serendipity this morning - didn’t feel safe going out in the car so went to the canal instead and saw this. My comedy moment for the year 🦢🤪
[Vertical video so needs a click]
#sillyswan #iphone15pro
[Vertical video so needs a click]
#sillyswan #iphone15pro
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Found this laminated and zip-tied to a railway bridge today. Thought "oh, that's interesting!"
Went over for a closer look, and it's fucking AI slop. The bigger words are words, the rest are nonsense.
Why?! What is this for?! What did the people who made it think they were *DOING*??
Went over for a closer look, and it's fucking AI slop. The bigger words are words, the rest are nonsense.
Why?! What is this for?! What did the people who made it think they were *DOING*??
January 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Found this laminated and zip-tied to a railway bridge today. Thought "oh, that's interesting!"
Went over for a closer look, and it's fucking AI slop. The bigger words are words, the rest are nonsense.
Why?! What is this for?! What did the people who made it think they were *DOING*??
Went over for a closer look, and it's fucking AI slop. The bigger words are words, the rest are nonsense.
Why?! What is this for?! What did the people who made it think they were *DOING*??
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"slaves of the boffins" is just the most late 70s/early 80s educational content way to describe this. I can imagine it being said by a very dry Open University lecturer
January 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
"slaves of the boffins" is just the most late 70s/early 80s educational content way to describe this. I can imagine it being said by a very dry Open University lecturer
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3/4 On really cold nights, wrens are triggered into communal roosting to conserve body heat. You'll notice that I placed a temperature probe in this nest box and the differential in ext/int temperature was remarkable.
As soon as milder weather arrives the birds revert to roosting singly or in pairs.
As soon as milder weather arrives the birds revert to roosting singly or in pairs.
October 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
3/4 On really cold nights, wrens are triggered into communal roosting to conserve body heat. You'll notice that I placed a temperature probe in this nest box and the differential in ext/int temperature was remarkable.
As soon as milder weather arrives the birds revert to roosting singly or in pairs.
As soon as milder weather arrives the birds revert to roosting singly or in pairs.
terrifying - I'm normally quite cool around cows and don't hike with a dog, but this is awful
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peebles woman crushed by cows near Newtonmore feared for her life
Mary-Jane Parker, from Peebles, suffered 10 broken ribs and multiple other injuries in the Highlands.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
terrifying - I'm normally quite cool around cows and don't hike with a dog, but this is awful
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...