Tanya Hart
@tanyahart.bsky.social
Here for the nature and knitting. Clinical Biochemist in Dorset 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Water Rail are regular night migrants over Poole & the Asda Peregrines often take advantage of the light pollution & catch them at night. The remains are often blown off the feeding ledge on the Asda flats during strong winds giving a great insight into recent food items @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Looks like a water rail? Peregrine prey in Poole @harbourbirds.bsky.social @martinadams1.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Water Rail are regular night migrants over Poole & the Asda Peregrines often take advantage of the light pollution & catch them at night. The remains are often blown off the feeding ledge on the Asda flats during strong winds giving a great insight into recent food items @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Looks like a water rail? Peregrine prey in Poole @harbourbirds.bsky.social @martinadams1.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Looks like a water rail? Peregrine prey in Poole @harbourbirds.bsky.social @martinadams1.bsky.social
Game of Wool didn't have a good first week. Imagine if Bake Off said it was meringue week, got the contestants to just fry an egg, then booted off the only person who tried to make a meringue www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/11/05/s...
Shetland knitting group ‘shocked and saddened’ by representation in Channel 4 show
A GROUP protecting Shetland’s knitting heritage has criticised a new Channel 4 show for spreading “negative misconceptions about Fair Isle knitting...
www.shetnews.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Game of Wool didn't have a good first week. Imagine if Bake Off said it was meringue week, got the contestants to just fry an egg, then booted off the only person who tried to make a meringue www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/11/05/s...
These things inspire such absurd nostalgia in Poole's big kids. So many happy memories of clambering on these
🦛 🐋 🐢 The Poole play sculptures have come out of hibernation!
Originally installed in the town’s Dolphin Centre (formerly the Arndale Centre) in 1969, the wooden Hippo, Turtle, and Whale sculptures were by renowned artist Peter Hand (1929-2024). 🧵
Originally installed in the town’s Dolphin Centre (formerly the Arndale Centre) in 1969, the wooden Hippo, Turtle, and Whale sculptures were by renowned artist Peter Hand (1929-2024). 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
These things inspire such absurd nostalgia in Poole's big kids. So many happy memories of clambering on these
It's a great shame this comedy isn't on iPlayer any more. Time for a rerun I reckon m.imdb.com/title/tt2721...
"Ambassadors" The Prince's Trousers (TV Episode 2013) ⭐ 8.1 | Comedy, Drama
58m | TV-MA
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October 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's a great shame this comedy isn't on iPlayer any more. Time for a rerun I reckon m.imdb.com/title/tt2721...
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The crackdown on LGBTI people in Turkey is drastically intensifying. New draft laws criminalise anyone who “engages in behaviours contrary to biological sex and general morality.” Even promoting or supporting LGBTI rights could become a crime. 🧵
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The crackdown on LGBTI people in Turkey is drastically intensifying. New draft laws criminalise anyone who “engages in behaviours contrary to biological sex and general morality.” Even promoting or supporting LGBTI rights could become a crime. 🧵
I'm seeing a few media reports on Lyme disease at the mo. It can be a serious condition, but please bear in mind it can also be a false diagnosis. It's promoted by people who offer fake tests to give people the result they want, then flog them private treatment.
September 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm seeing a few media reports on Lyme disease at the mo. It can be a serious condition, but please bear in mind it can also be a false diagnosis. It's promoted by people who offer fake tests to give people the result they want, then flog them private treatment.
I recently learned about 'buzz pollination'. Some flowers release a burst of pollen in response to the buzzing of a bee. Or a toothbrush
September 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I recently learned about 'buzz pollination'. Some flowers release a burst of pollen in response to the buzzing of a bee. Or a toothbrush
A fantastic breakthrough for Huntingdon's disease, after so many years of hard work www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
Gene therapy appears to slow Huntington’s disease progression
A global clinical trial for a new Huntington’s disease treatment has posted positive results today, announced by trial sponsor uniQure and UCL scientists.
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A fantastic breakthrough for Huntingdon's disease, after so many years of hard work www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
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When 100 thousand trans people rallied in London it was only worthy for the "local news" section.
Don’t recall BBC News leading with any of the myriad marches for Palestine, #PeoplesVote or #Rejoin. How very odd. How very strange. How very expected.
September 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
When 100 thousand trans people rallied in London it was only worthy for the "local news" section.
@martinadams1.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social are there ravens on Barclays house? I keep seeing 3 large corvids circling together above it but always when I'm too far away to tell what they are!
August 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
@martinadams1.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social are there ravens on Barclays house? I keep seeing 3 large corvids circling together above it but always when I'm too far away to tell what they are!
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Our friends at the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation and Forestry England have some exciting info to share:
www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/first-wild-w...
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/first-wild-w...
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Record number of wild White-tailed Eagle chicks hatched in England this year with first chick to fledge in Dorset for over 240 years. - Birds of Poole Harbour
Our friends at the Roy Dennis Wildlife foundation and Forestry England have an exciting update for you all:...
www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Our friends at the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation and Forestry England have some exciting info to share:
www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/first-wild-w...
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/first-wild-w...
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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The employee asked the girl and her mother if they needed help shopping. That’s it. That’s all. The misinformation, the insinuations (because the facts are inconveniently benign) are EXACTLY what was done to lesbians in the 80s. This is the product of hate and fear, not reality.
August 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The employee asked the girl and her mother if they needed help shopping. That’s it. That’s all. The misinformation, the insinuations (because the facts are inconveniently benign) are EXACTLY what was done to lesbians in the 80s. This is the product of hate and fear, not reality.
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August 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This is good news, but the derelict UMIST campus is a tragedy, especially the gorgeous Victorian main building. When I studied there UMIST was a prestigious independent university. It had a fun, down to earth atmosphere. Now it doesn't exist.
NEWS: New York, Brasilia, Manchester?
We're delighted to announce that the Renold Building at the former University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) has just been designated at Grade II, 20 years after C20's first listing application.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/manches...
We're delighted to announce that the Renold Building at the former University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) has just been designated at Grade II, 20 years after C20's first listing application.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/manches...
August 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is good news, but the derelict UMIST campus is a tragedy, especially the gorgeous Victorian main building. When I studied there UMIST was a prestigious independent university. It had a fun, down to earth atmosphere. Now it doesn't exist.
I wonder how common dust devils are in the UK? @metoffice.gov.uk ? One caused minor havoc along Bournemouth beach today, destroyed a parasol and chucked stuff in the sea! Never seen anything like it before
August 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I wonder how common dust devils are in the UK? @metoffice.gov.uk ? One caused minor havoc along Bournemouth beach today, destroyed a parasol and chucked stuff in the sea! Never seen anything like it before
Not sure who these wings belonged to before a peregrine got them. Could it be an avocet?? @dorsetraptors.bsky.social @martinadams1.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Not sure who these wings belonged to before a peregrine got them. Could it be an avocet?? @dorsetraptors.bsky.social @martinadams1.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
The Jersey Tigers are back at Holes Bay, appearing daily in the shrubbery by Poole travelodge. 25 counted this evening!
July 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The Jersey Tigers are back at Holes Bay, appearing daily in the shrubbery by Poole travelodge. 25 counted this evening!
Even a hummingbird hawk moth needed a rest in today's heat! I caught one taking a very short break at the Scott Arms in Kingston, and who can blame it
July 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Even a hummingbird hawk moth needed a rest in today's heat! I caught one taking a very short break at the Scott Arms in Kingston, and who can blame it
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Incontrovertible evidence, now, of *police* investigating families supporting their kids with gender affirming healthcare in the UK. For trying to do the best for your child, following best practice in most of the world, here you get a visit from the police.
Thank you, Wes Streeting.
Thank you, Wes Streeting.
July 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Incontrovertible evidence, now, of *police* investigating families supporting their kids with gender affirming healthcare in the UK. For trying to do the best for your child, following best practice in most of the world, here you get a visit from the police.
Thank you, Wes Streeting.
Thank you, Wes Streeting.
It's quite noisy having a family of 6 peregrines as neighbours. Got woken up at 2am last night, so perhaps the youngsters are practising their nighttime hunting skills!
June 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
It's quite noisy having a family of 6 peregrines as neighbours. Got woken up at 2am last night, so perhaps the youngsters are practising their nighttime hunting skills!
Pleased to see the pyramidal orchids at the back of Poole hospital are still hanging on, despite now being on a building site
June 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Pleased to see the pyramidal orchids at the back of Poole hospital are still hanging on, despite now being on a building site
Any ideas on ID for these feet spotted below the Poole peregrine tower? We're thinking maybe little grebe?? @martinadams1.bsky.social @dorsetraptors.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Any ideas on ID for these feet spotted below the Poole peregrine tower? We're thinking maybe little grebe?? @martinadams1.bsky.social @dorsetraptors.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social