Steve Dudley
@stevedudley.bsky.social
Birder #WestrayBirding | Orkney Bird Recorder | #birdingScotland #ornithology 🪶 | #TeamMoth | #wildlife #art | 🎶 Punk, Post-punk| PUFC | MUFC | Pro-EU | ✊🏾🏳️🌈 ally
Feeds - Birding Gear, Orkney Birding, UK Patch Birding and BirdWeather PUC.
Feeds - Birding Gear, Orkney Birding, UK Patch Birding and BirdWeather PUC.
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Steve Dudley
@stevedudley.bsky.social
· Sep 23
I've long been a gear geek - optics, tripods, clothing - I'm obsessed with it all. I've helped design optics, jackets and more and I love to share and hear others' views on their birding gear. So, I've set up this Feed, Birding Gear, for just that. Tag your posts #BirdingGear to contribute!
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This makes a strong case for all released non-native birds to be tagged with the name of the estate. Released birds would remain the property of the estate, thus ending the Schrodinger’s pheasant conundrum. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2022/02/07/w...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2022/02/07/w...
January 26, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This makes a strong case for all released non-native birds to be tagged with the name of the estate. Released birds would remain the property of the estate, thus ending the Schrodinger’s pheasant conundrum. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2022/02/07/w...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2022/02/07/w...
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Really nice website showing Icelandic Greylags and Barnacle Geese wintering locations in Scotland 👇
In Highland Barnacle Goose “Efri-Ey” currently on Eilean Hoan on north coast #highlandbirds 🪶
In Highland Barnacle Goose “Efri-Ey” currently on Eilean Hoan on north coast #highlandbirds 🪶
January 26, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Really nice website showing Icelandic Greylags and Barnacle Geese wintering locations in Scotland 👇
In Highland Barnacle Goose “Efri-Ey” currently on Eilean Hoan on north coast #highlandbirds 🪶
In Highland Barnacle Goose “Efri-Ey” currently on Eilean Hoan on north coast #highlandbirds 🪶
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This is a fantastic offer of support for young birders to attend the Scottish Birdwatchers' Conference! Thanks to SOC Highland for their generosity.
SOC Highland Branch are giving 15 Highland-based young birdwatchers the opportunity to attend the SOC/ @btoscotland.bsky.social Spring Conference on Sat 14 March '26 for just £10! Places are limited & will be allocated through an application process. Application criteria applies tinyurl.com/4cwscusk
January 26, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This is a fantastic offer of support for young birders to attend the Scottish Birdwatchers' Conference! Thanks to SOC Highland for their generosity.
The rot started here.
Thatcher destroyed our railways, water, and housing – and we're still paying for it.
Thatcher destroyed our railways, water, and housing – and we're still paying for it.
Margaret Thatcher: The pitiless PM who sold the country to get-rich predators
Thatcher destroyed our railways, water, and housing – and we're still paying for it
inews.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 8:34 PM
The rot started here.
Thatcher destroyed our railways, water, and housing – and we're still paying for it.
Thatcher destroyed our railways, water, and housing – and we're still paying for it.
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“We’re gonna need a bigger bus”
January 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM
“We’re gonna need a bigger bus”
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Twitter died a long time ago and X isn't worth it. Before I made the jump, my ego was holding me back. I was too concerned with vanity metrics. I finally realized if you're posting stuff people want to follow, then they'll follow you, even when you leave. www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/k...
Open-source champion Kelsey Hightower on the promise of Bluesky
Ann O’Dea spoke to US software engineer and open-source champion Kelsey Hightower about the promise of the AT protocol.
www.siliconrepublic.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Twitter died a long time ago and X isn't worth it. Before I made the jump, my ego was holding me back. I was too concerned with vanity metrics. I finally realized if you're posting stuff people want to follow, then they'll follow you, even when you leave. www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/k...
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The Green Party now has over 190,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections... the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today!
The Green Party now has over 190,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections... the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today!
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 AM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The Green Party now has over 190,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections... the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today!
The Green Party now has over 190,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections... the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today!
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Reminder: a significant number of mainstream UK politicians think what's happening in America is a) good and b) should be done to British people.
Palantir is a cancer in the NHS. And now that Labour, Tories, and Reform all plan an ICE-like “national police force”, you can bet Palantir will already be pitching the parties’ advisors for that action.
Why Minneapolis? How are they choosing their targets?
404 Media also recently learned Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets based on addresses, and ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based.
404 Media also recently learned Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets based on addresses, and ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based.
January 26, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Reminder: a significant number of mainstream UK politicians think what's happening in America is a) good and b) should be done to British people.
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Entire family lines wiped out, anyone refusing to admit this is #Genocide is complicit. #Gaza #FreePalestine
According to recorded figures, Israel has slaughtered every single member of 2,700 families, with over 6,000 families left with just a single sole survivor.
And of course the actual death toll is far higher.
And of course the actual death toll is far higher.
January 26, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Entire family lines wiped out, anyone refusing to admit this is #Genocide is complicit. #Gaza #FreePalestine
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“Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus. Fascist best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse. That is not because of any one or two things he and his administration have done but because of the totality.“
Better late than never.
Better late than never.
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:24 AM
“Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus. Fascist best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse. That is not because of any one or two things he and his administration have done but because of the totality.“
Better late than never.
Better late than never.
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
🥳 What a result! Got well outplayed early minutes but then grew in to the game. Mbueno’s goal hugely important before half time and then two belting goals from Dorgu and Cunha. What a difference in this team under Carrick and his backroom team. #mufc #arsmun
Full time
Arsenal 2-3 Manchester United
Arsenal 2-3 Manchester United
January 25, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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Population estimates for Buff-breasted Sandpipers in this study are 10x higher than previously agreed global estimates, which makes sense given that it was difficult to explain its relative frequency as a vagrant to the Western Palearctic... #Ornithology ##UKBIRDING
January 25, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Population estimates for Buff-breasted Sandpipers in this study are 10x higher than previously agreed global estimates, which makes sense given that it was difficult to explain its relative frequency as a vagrant to the Western Palearctic... #Ornithology ##UKBIRDING
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Absolutely terrible decision - fundamentally anti-democratic and a sign of utter weakness. It will come back to bite them …
Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee
Decision likely to set off ferocious row between Keir Starmer loyalists and allies of Greater Manchester mayor
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Absolutely terrible decision - fundamentally anti-democratic and a sign of utter weakness. It will come back to bite them …
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And thus Labour shoots itself with precision accuracy in the foot ….
Fortunately @greenparty.org.uk
will be fighting the by-election to win and offering a powerful alternative to the hate-filled politics of Reform #MakeHopeNormalAgain
Fortunately @greenparty.org.uk
will be fighting the by-election to win and offering a powerful alternative to the hate-filled politics of Reform #MakeHopeNormalAgain
BREAKING: Labour’s NEC have blocked Andy Burnham’s candidacy.
January 25, 2026 at 12:17 PM
And thus Labour shoots itself with precision accuracy in the foot ….
Fortunately @greenparty.org.uk
will be fighting the by-election to win and offering a powerful alternative to the hate-filled politics of Reform #MakeHopeNormalAgain
Fortunately @greenparty.org.uk
will be fighting the by-election to win and offering a powerful alternative to the hate-filled politics of Reform #MakeHopeNormalAgain
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The BBC is lost
7yo gave me an unpleasant shock y’day by chiming in on Greenland saying “Donald Trump didn’t actually use violence and he only wants to protect it from Russia & China” - after I’d calmed down I tried to work out where he’s been hearing this bullshit. Turns out it’s bloody BBC Newsround!
January 25, 2026 at 12:33 PM
The BBC is lost
Choose a new path with climate change denying Reform UK into a new ice age.
Surely that’s what this means, innit?
Surely that’s what this means, innit?
Reform UK:
Demonises migrants seeking work as an “invasion”.
Celebrates threat of an actual military invasion of a NATO ally.
Demonises migrants seeking work as an “invasion”.
Celebrates threat of an actual military invasion of a NATO ally.
January 25, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Choose a new path with climate change denying Reform UK into a new ice age.
Surely that’s what this means, innit?
Surely that’s what this means, innit?
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BREAKING: On the decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton byelection:
“This isn’t the way any democratic organisation should be run”
Andrea Egan UNISON
General Secretary
“This isn’t the way any democratic organisation should be run”
Andrea Egan UNISON
General Secretary
January 25, 2026 at 12:47 PM
BREAKING: On the decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton byelection:
“This isn’t the way any democratic organisation should be run”
Andrea Egan UNISON
General Secretary
“This isn’t the way any democratic organisation should be run”
Andrea Egan UNISON
General Secretary
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Andy Burnham has now been blocked from standing as a by-election candidate by Labour.
Civil war would follow as Starmer doubles down on dissent to hang on to power.
Civil war would follow as Starmer doubles down on dissent to hang on to power.
Starmer allies urge him to block Andy Burnham from running in byelection.
If so, more party turmoil will follow.
Local party, not HQ, must select candidates.
Starmer has reneged on many pledges and made numerous policy errors, his days are numbered.
If so, more party turmoil will follow.
Local party, not HQ, must select candidates.
Starmer has reneged on many pledges and made numerous policy errors, his days are numbered.
Starmer allies urge him to block Andy Burnham from running in byelection
Greater Manchester mayor has applied to stand for Labour in Gorton and Denton, setting up potential fight for PM’s political future
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Andy Burnham has now been blocked from standing as a by-election candidate by Labour.
Civil war would follow as Starmer doubles down on dissent to hang on to power.
Civil war would follow as Starmer doubles down on dissent to hang on to power.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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"Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee"
Labour machine gun their foot. It's not as if they have votes going spare. This lot are catastrophically inept at politics.
Game over for the party in 2029, and into the dustbin of history.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour machine gun their foot. It's not as if they have votes going spare. This lot are catastrophically inept at politics.
Game over for the party in 2029, and into the dustbin of history.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee
Decision likely to set off ferocious row between Keir Starmer loyalists and allies of Greater Manchester mayor
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:06 PM
"Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee"
Labour machine gun their foot. It's not as if they have votes going spare. This lot are catastrophically inept at politics.
Game over for the party in 2029, and into the dustbin of history.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour machine gun their foot. It's not as if they have votes going spare. This lot are catastrophically inept at politics.
Game over for the party in 2029, and into the dustbin of history.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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What I love about this is either you've seen the Trump post and a London mayoral candidate is tying themselves to a figure who is almost universally reviled in London OR you haven't and it reads as threatening to put London into an ice age
It used to be said that the left was far too 'online', but it seems that this is increasingly (more) so for the right nowadays.
January 25, 2026 at 12:38 PM
What I love about this is either you've seen the Trump post and a London mayoral candidate is tying themselves to a figure who is almost universally reviled in London OR you haven't and it reads as threatening to put London into an ice age
Only Starmer could be this stupid. Surely throwing himself and the party under their own bus for many would-be Labour voters. He deserves the party to self combust after this.
Hey @teamlabouruk.bsky.social, do you think you could be any more stupid?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour row erupts after Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race
Allies of Greater Manchester mayor say No 10 has ‘chosen factionalism’ as decision leads to a furious backlash
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Only Starmer could be this stupid. Surely throwing himself and the party under their own bus for many would-be Labour voters. He deserves the party to self combust after this.