Alan Tilmouth
@alantilmouth.bsky.social
ornithologist, low-carbon birder, occasional writer, Bulletin Editor for NTBC, lover of the light and European. Memento mori.
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Jesus - @zackpolanski.bsky.social is absolutely fucking brilliant as he ANSWERS, coherently and credibly, questions and (unsuccessful) attempts from Kuennsberg to trip him up.
Vote Green @greenparty.org.uk, people.
Listen to him/them, this is an opportunity to start turning things around.
Vote Green @greenparty.org.uk, people.
Listen to him/them, this is an opportunity to start turning things around.
November 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Jesus - @zackpolanski.bsky.social is absolutely fucking brilliant as he ANSWERS, coherently and credibly, questions and (unsuccessful) attempts from Kuennsberg to trip him up.
Vote Green @greenparty.org.uk, people.
Listen to him/them, this is an opportunity to start turning things around.
Vote Green @greenparty.org.uk, people.
Listen to him/them, this is an opportunity to start turning things around.
Last light in #Northumberland this evening.
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Last light in #Northumberland this evening.
Morning hour with the old dog in local woods turned up 2 Gt Spotted Woodpeckers and a Goosander.
Afternoon reprise at Druridge in with a Slav Grebe plus the juv Gt Northern Diver doing marathon lake laps. A watch till dusk elsewhere failed with owls but a Sparrowhawk hunting Starlings was cool.
Afternoon reprise at Druridge in with a Slav Grebe plus the juv Gt Northern Diver doing marathon lake laps. A watch till dusk elsewhere failed with owls but a Sparrowhawk hunting Starlings was cool.
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Morning hour with the old dog in local woods turned up 2 Gt Spotted Woodpeckers and a Goosander.
Afternoon reprise at Druridge in with a Slav Grebe plus the juv Gt Northern Diver doing marathon lake laps. A watch till dusk elsewhere failed with owls but a Sparrowhawk hunting Starlings was cool.
Afternoon reprise at Druridge in with a Slav Grebe plus the juv Gt Northern Diver doing marathon lake laps. A watch till dusk elsewhere failed with owls but a Sparrowhawk hunting Starlings was cool.
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Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food.
@paneurope.bsky.social
@paneurope.bsky.social
Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food.
@paneurope.bsky.social
@paneurope.bsky.social
Decided to potter around Druridge Bay this AM. Five Snow Buntings, Gt Northern Diver and Common Scoter on freshwater, Spotted Redshank, Pintail, Cetti’s Warbler, a trickle of Twite, single Fieldfare and a few Siskins, 3-4 Marsh Harriers kept me ticking over. #lowcarbonbirding #northumberland
November 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Decided to potter around Druridge Bay this AM. Five Snow Buntings, Gt Northern Diver and Common Scoter on freshwater, Spotted Redshank, Pintail, Cetti’s Warbler, a trickle of Twite, single Fieldfare and a few Siskins, 3-4 Marsh Harriers kept me ticking over. #lowcarbonbirding #northumberland
Enjoyable mid-Nov seawatch at Newbiggin this AM with a good range of species on heavy seas. Two Little Auks N, 2 Velvet Scoters, 3 Arctic Skuas, 53 Little Gulls, 2 Gt Northern Divers and a good range of wildfowl inc 20 Goldeneye and 7 Shoveler N. A Woodock whizzed S. #lowcarbonbirding
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Enjoyable mid-Nov seawatch at Newbiggin this AM with a good range of species on heavy seas. Two Little Auks N, 2 Velvet Scoters, 3 Arctic Skuas, 53 Little Gulls, 2 Gt Northern Divers and a good range of wildfowl inc 20 Goldeneye and 7 Shoveler N. A Woodock whizzed S. #lowcarbonbirding
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Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
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If you're into Bird Identification, check out the new #BirdID feed.
Post to the feed with the hashtag #BirdID.
Share and repost for those with an interest in Bird Identification.
Hopefully we can see some good discussion, postings and learning on the platform.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Post to the feed with the hashtag #BirdID.
Share and repost for those with an interest in Bird Identification.
Hopefully we can see some good discussion, postings and learning on the platform.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
If you're into Bird Identification, check out the new #BirdID feed.
Post to the feed with the hashtag #BirdID.
Share and repost for those with an interest in Bird Identification.
Hopefully we can see some good discussion, postings and learning on the platform.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Post to the feed with the hashtag #BirdID.
Share and repost for those with an interest in Bird Identification.
Hopefully we can see some good discussion, postings and learning on the platform.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Swifts are declining. Not recovering.
Climate change is the root cause, reducing first-year survival.
Nest boxes are not changing that.
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Climate change is the root cause, reducing first-year survival.
Nest boxes are not changing that.
🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Swifts are declining. Not recovering.
Climate change is the root cause, reducing first-year survival.
Nest boxes are not changing that.
🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Climate change is the root cause, reducing first-year survival.
Nest boxes are not changing that.
🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Brilliant that Black-necked Grebes are doing well such smart birds but can’t help feeling a little sad that they’re absent locally in what used to be a former stronghold in the 80s. Counts of 30+ were possible back then and multiple breeding sites, all now gone. #northumberland
Our logo species, the Black-necked Grebe, was another bird reaching a new high in 2023, with 73 pairs. The population has increased by 263% since we began reporting back in 1973. [7/15]
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Brilliant that Black-necked Grebes are doing well such smart birds but can’t help feeling a little sad that they’re absent locally in what used to be a former stronghold in the 80s. Counts of 30+ were possible back then and multiple breeding sites, all now gone. #northumberland
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Climate change – the world after tomorrow
Records of chaos following historical climate change offer a warning to contemporary global society
By Dr Pam Jarvis
Records of chaos following historical climate change offer a warning to contemporary global society
By Dr Pam Jarvis
Climate change – the world after tomorrow
Records of chaos following historical climate change offer a warning to contemporary global society
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Climate change – the world after tomorrow
Records of chaos following historical climate change offer a warning to contemporary global society
By Dr Pam Jarvis
Records of chaos following historical climate change offer a warning to contemporary global society
By Dr Pam Jarvis
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
At 14:31 exactly nine years ago, burned into my memory this wee thing raised my pulse like no other has before or since.
October 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
At 14:31 exactly nine years ago, burned into my memory this wee thing raised my pulse like no other has before or since.
Springsteen Deliver me from Nowhere is such a powerful film, enjoyed it back in my home town this evening “The place we came from is no longer there..”
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Springsteen Deliver me from Nowhere is such a powerful film, enjoyed it back in my home town this evening “The place we came from is no longer there..”
Most of England, deluded and ready to hit the self-destruct button (yet again) if this is to be believed. A country about to fall victim to the grift and tear itself apart.
My Seat Projection [usual 'it's just one poll' caveat]:
RFM: 324 (+319)
LDM: 88 (+16)
LAB: 74 (-337)
SNP: 46 (+37)
GRN: 42 (+38)
CON: 38 (-83)
PLC: 7 (+3)
Others: 12 (+7)
RFM: 324 (+319)
LDM: 88 (+16)
LAB: 74 (-337)
SNP: 46 (+37)
GRN: 42 (+38)
CON: 38 (-83)
PLC: 7 (+3)
Others: 12 (+7)
October 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Most of England, deluded and ready to hit the self-destruct button (yet again) if this is to be believed. A country about to fall victim to the grift and tear itself apart.
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UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 :
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 :
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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No matter which party is in charge, the shots are being called by powerful donors, not ordinary voters.
No wonder most people feel so cynical about politics – they’re dealing with a cost-of-living crisis, while politicians from both parties are on the take.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
No wonder most people feel so cynical about politics – they’re dealing with a cost-of-living crisis, while politicians from both parties are on the take.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Democracy for Sale
A new report from the Autonomy Institute lays bare how Britain’s political and economic elites are entangled.
substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
No matter which party is in charge, the shots are being called by powerful donors, not ordinary voters.
No wonder most people feel so cynical about politics – they’re dealing with a cost-of-living crisis, while politicians from both parties are on the take.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
No wonder most people feel so cynical about politics – they’re dealing with a cost-of-living crisis, while politicians from both parties are on the take.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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That irrational fear is best expressed by the guy in this article who doesn’t want the river navigation opening up in case it brings “small boats” with immigrants into a town in the middle of the Peak District.
October 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
That irrational fear is best expressed by the guy in this article who doesn’t want the river navigation opening up in case it brings “small boats” with immigrants into a town in the middle of the Peak District.
Quiet morning sea-watch and stroll around the Moor trying out the new fleece-lined BirdGuides Waterproof for size. A couple of Twite, some close-up Purple Sandpipers and an increase in Rock Pipits were the best if a quiet 4-5km circuit. #lowcarbonbirding
October 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Quiet morning sea-watch and stroll around the Moor trying out the new fleece-lined BirdGuides Waterproof for size. A couple of Twite, some close-up Purple Sandpipers and an increase in Rock Pipits were the best if a quiet 4-5km circuit. #lowcarbonbirding
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
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Some pretty harrowing scenes of bird flu hitting the Common Crane population coming out of Germany!
youtu.be/sRJeCLgzcKY
youtu.be/sRJeCLgzcKY
Avian flu “real disaster” as over 1K cranes found dead at key German roosting spot: experts
YouTube video by Global News
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October 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Some pretty harrowing scenes of bird flu hitting the Common Crane population coming out of Germany!
youtu.be/sRJeCLgzcKY
youtu.be/sRJeCLgzcKY
Decent morning around Newbiggin, felt rare but in the end failed to deliver a big prize.Two Velvet Scoter in an hour peering through mist, a Woodcock fresh-in at the church. Long-tailed Duck surfing in the bay, Twite by the old football field and a Common Redstart out on the Moor. #lowcarbonbirding
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Decent morning around Newbiggin, felt rare but in the end failed to deliver a big prize.Two Velvet Scoter in an hour peering through mist, a Woodcock fresh-in at the church. Long-tailed Duck surfing in the bay, Twite by the old football field and a Common Redstart out on the Moor. #lowcarbonbirding
Was just 4km away watching a bit of a raptor-fest (2 Marsh Harriers, 5 Buzzards, 3 Kestrels and a Sparrowhawk) when the other Alan T hoyed out the news of this beaut.
October 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Was just 4km away watching a bit of a raptor-fest (2 Marsh Harriers, 5 Buzzards, 3 Kestrels and a Sparrowhawk) when the other Alan T hoyed out the news of this beaut.
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