@wordsfromwez.bsky.social
Posts about coastal wildlife with history & science mixed in. Seabirds, saltmarsh & shorebirds, particularly on the Solent coast.🐤🌊
RTE: Appeal for citizen scientists to track oystercatchers share.google/QiXVGkXBE8vt...
Appeal for citizen scientists to track oystercatchers
The Marine Institute is seeking the help of "citizen scientists" to track the movements of oystercatcher birds in Dundalk Bay.
share.google
January 25, 2026 at 11:17 AM
RTE: Appeal for citizen scientists to track oystercatchers share.google/QiXVGkXBE8vt...
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With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
wrd.cm
January 24, 2026 at 11:25 PM
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
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New-York Tribune Feb 23 1919 publishes a photo of Royal Navy K-class submarine HMS K4 after it beached itself on Walney Island. She was undamaged and refloated the next day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_K4
February 24, 2024 at 4:48 PM
New-York Tribune Feb 23 1919 publishes a photo of Royal Navy K-class submarine HMS K4 after it beached itself on Walney Island. She was undamaged and refloated the next day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_K4
UK.Gov link here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
UK.Gov link here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
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The report warns of multiple likely ecosystem >collapses< that will have dire implications for our national security, and that requires serious strategic adaptation at minimum. The report also sets out how these collapses if they are allowed to occur will significantly increase migration.
January 20, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The report warns of multiple likely ecosystem >collapses< that will have dire implications for our national security, and that requires serious strategic adaptation at minimum. The report also sets out how these collapses if they are allowed to occur will significantly increase migration.
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
January 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
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Greenland’s prime minister told the territory to prepare for a possible military invasion during a news conference this afternoon.
January 20, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Greenland’s prime minister told the territory to prepare for a possible military invasion during a news conference this afternoon.
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I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (Trump).
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace
No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot
www.timesofisrael.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (Trump).
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
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Wow, pretty stark to see this graph of how the media are pushing net zero scepticism... just when we really really need the opposite.
@carbonbrief.org
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@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
@carbonbrief.org
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@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Wow, pretty stark to see this graph of how the media are pushing net zero scepticism... just when we really really need the opposite.
@carbonbrief.org
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
@carbonbrief.org
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
RTE: Decline in number and quality of saltmarshes in Ireland
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Decline in number and quality of saltmarshes in Ireland
Saltmarshes are in decline all over the world, including in Ireland, which is seeing the size of its wetlands decreasing as well as a significant decline in the quality of the ecosystems.
www.rte.ie
January 18, 2026 at 3:48 PM
RTE: Decline in number and quality of saltmarshes in Ireland
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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January 18, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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🇩🇰🇬🇱 Copenhagen is showing up for Greenland.
Because Greenland isn’t a trophy.
It’s a people.
Because Greenland isn’t a trophy.
It’s a people.
January 18, 2026 at 8:48 AM
🇩🇰🇬🇱 Copenhagen is showing up for Greenland.
Because Greenland isn’t a trophy.
It’s a people.
Because Greenland isn’t a trophy.
It’s a people.
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Forcibly annexing Greenland would be a strategic catastrophe—for Europe, for Canada, and perhaps most especially for the United States itself.
My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
Annexing Greenland Would Be a Strategic Catastrophe
Any attempt by the United States to claim the island would quickly spiral out of control.
foreignpolicy.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Forcibly annexing Greenland would be a strategic catastrophe—for Europe, for Canada, and perhaps most especially for the United States itself.
My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
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Can a democracy exist with an authoritarian leader, and continue to be called a democracy?
January 17, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Can a democracy exist with an authoritarian leader, and continue to be called a democracy?
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🇬🇱🇺🇸 Moscow hopes Greenland will become an iceberg that sinks NATO, says former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
“It goes beyond Denmark and Greenland... The conquest of Greenland would mean the end of the world order as we know it,” he said.
“It goes beyond Denmark and Greenland... The conquest of Greenland would mean the end of the world order as we know it,” he said.
January 17, 2026 at 12:36 PM
🇬🇱🇺🇸 Moscow hopes Greenland will become an iceberg that sinks NATO, says former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
“It goes beyond Denmark and Greenland... The conquest of Greenland would mean the end of the world order as we know it,” he said.
“It goes beyond Denmark and Greenland... The conquest of Greenland would mean the end of the world order as we know it,” he said.
Enough is enough. We cannot continue to placate this would be emperor. RTE news: Trump vows tariffs on European nations over Greenland www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
Trump vows tariffs on European nations over Greenland
US President Donald Trump has escalated his quest to acquire Greenland, threatening multiple European nations with tariffs of up to 25% until his purchase of the Danish territory is achieved.
www.rte.ie
January 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Enough is enough. We cannot continue to placate this would be emperor. RTE news: Trump vows tariffs on European nations over Greenland www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
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Inaugural #SolentSeabirdSymposium today in Havant. Great range of expert speakers and topics: seabird conservation projects, habitat restoration, disturbance mitigation, funding, regulatory challenges, trail cameras, ringing. So much work going on! Inspiring stuff! 😃 @wordsfromwez.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Inaugural #SolentSeabirdSymposium today in Havant. Great range of expert speakers and topics: seabird conservation projects, habitat restoration, disturbance mitigation, funding, regulatory challenges, trail cameras, ringing. So much work going on! Inspiring stuff! 😃 @wordsfromwez.bsky.social
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Plese repost & share: "The risks of using generative artificial intelligence to educate children and teens currently overshadow the benefits, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education."
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Plese repost & share: "The risks of using generative artificial intelligence to educate children and teens currently overshadow the benefits, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education."
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
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Horrific footage from Iran. A journalist traveled 1,000 km just to publish these images. According to him, in a single day, he witnessed approximately 2,000 bodies of protesters killed by the Ayatollah regime.
www.iranintl.com/202601136322
www.iranintl.com/202601136322
January 13, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Horrific footage from Iran. A journalist traveled 1,000 km just to publish these images. According to him, in a single day, he witnessed approximately 2,000 bodies of protesters killed by the Ayatollah regime.
www.iranintl.com/202601136322
www.iranintl.com/202601136322
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We still have key vacant sites available in Shetland for the International Swan Census (ISC) this weekend (17th-18th January 2026).🦢
To request a site, please visit: app.bto.org/gsmp/public/...
@scottishbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland
To request a site, please visit: app.bto.org/gsmp/public/...
@scottishbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland
January 13, 2026 at 4:52 PM
We still have key vacant sites available in Shetland for the International Swan Census (ISC) this weekend (17th-18th January 2026).🦢
To request a site, please visit: app.bto.org/gsmp/public/...
@scottishbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland
To request a site, please visit: app.bto.org/gsmp/public/...
@scottishbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland
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Russia's full scale war against Ukraine, which Moscow started on 24th February of 2022, lasts now exactly as long as the German-Soviet war in WW2, exactly 1,418 days.
January 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Russia's full scale war against Ukraine, which Moscow started on 24th February of 2022, lasts now exactly as long as the German-Soviet war in WW2, exactly 1,418 days.
A Ringed Plover removes the egg shell after it's penultimate chick hatches. This little family left the nesting area within 24 hours of this video. (Taken on the Solent coast under licence). Ringed Plover are Red Listed in the UK with threats including habitat loss, disturbance & general predation.
January 11, 2026 at 9:48 AM
A Ringed Plover removes the egg shell after it's penultimate chick hatches. This little family left the nesting area within 24 hours of this video. (Taken on the Solent coast under licence). Ringed Plover are Red Listed in the UK with threats including habitat loss, disturbance & general predation.
These photos were taken 8 years apart, almost to the day, looking over Langstone Harbour towards Portsmouth on a low water dusk. The sediment, thick oozy mud (the stuff of wader dreams) has barely moved. The pools, piles & puddles remain little changed by the 11,688 tidal cycles between them.
January 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
These photos were taken 8 years apart, almost to the day, looking over Langstone Harbour towards Portsmouth on a low water dusk. The sediment, thick oozy mud (the stuff of wader dreams) has barely moved. The pools, piles & puddles remain little changed by the 11,688 tidal cycles between them.
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Up to 200,000 pairs of Redshank were estimated to be nesting in #Iceland.
Numbers are falling so fast that the species has been classed as VULNERABLE on new RED LIST.
Redshank and Whimbrel are sensitive to the presence of powerlines:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/09/p...
#ornithology
Numbers are falling so fast that the species has been classed as VULNERABLE on new RED LIST.
Redshank and Whimbrel are sensitive to the presence of powerlines:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/09/p...
#ornithology
January 10, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Up to 200,000 pairs of Redshank were estimated to be nesting in #Iceland.
Numbers are falling so fast that the species has been classed as VULNERABLE on new RED LIST.
Redshank and Whimbrel are sensitive to the presence of powerlines:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/09/p...
#ornithology
Numbers are falling so fast that the species has been classed as VULNERABLE on new RED LIST.
Redshank and Whimbrel are sensitive to the presence of powerlines:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/09/p...
#ornithology