Chris Green
@chrisbirder.bsky.social
Londoner in Scotland via Gloucestershire
Birder and wildlife gardener.
Birder and wildlife gardener.
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"Shouting at seagulls makes them more likely to leave your food alone, research shows."
#Gulls
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#Gulls
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Shouting at seagulls could stop them stealing your food
Shouting at seagulls makes them more likely to leave your food alone, research shows. University of Exeter researchers put a closed Tupperware box of chips on the ground to pique herring gulls’ intere...
news.exeter.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"Shouting at seagulls makes them more likely to leave your food alone, research shows."
#Gulls
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#Gulls
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"The science is evolving quite rapidly and time is running out to do anything about it because the tipping point may well be quite close," says PIK's @rahmstorf.bsky.social in this piece on Iceland declaring the potential collapse of #AMOC a national security risk. 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
Iceland on alert amid Atlantic Ocean current's possible collapse | REUTERS
YouTube video by Reuters
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November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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I don't think this will be a Waxwing winter. In proper years I'd have seen some by now locally. They always arrive between Halloween and Bonfire night... watch this space...🤔
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I don't think this will be a Waxwing winter. In proper years I'd have seen some by now locally. They always arrive between Halloween and Bonfire night... watch this space...🤔
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Your occasional reminder, if you’re in the UK, that it is shaping up to be a hideous bird flu season, with many wildlife casualties (including resident birds, not just winter migrants), and, however soft your heart, it is a Really Bad Idea to handle sick or ‘injured’ birds or bring them inside.
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Your occasional reminder, if you’re in the UK, that it is shaping up to be a hideous bird flu season, with many wildlife casualties (including resident birds, not just winter migrants), and, however soft your heart, it is a Really Bad Idea to handle sick or ‘injured’ birds or bring them inside.
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Green MSP Ariane Burgess said that if Scotland is “serious about reversing nature loss and tackling the climate emergency, we have to get deer densities down to levels that allow woodlands and peatlands to recover”
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November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Green MSP Ariane Burgess said that if Scotland is “serious about reversing nature loss and tackling the climate emergency, we have to get deer densities down to levels that allow woodlands and peatlands to recover”
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Went to a posh Park Lane lunch yesterday where Kim Darroch, ex-UK ambassador to US, said diplomat colleagues loved postings to #london. Only people in US who who deride it are MAGA types who think it's all knife crime & Sharia law. "All of us know that this is ridiculous," he said. #truelondon
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Went to a posh Park Lane lunch yesterday where Kim Darroch, ex-UK ambassador to US, said diplomat colleagues loved postings to #london. Only people in US who who deride it are MAGA types who think it's all knife crime & Sharia law. "All of us know that this is ridiculous," he said. #truelondon
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I am remembering a BBC correspondent who quit the BBC after transphobes changed his copy after he filed it, and without his permission.
The BBC, quite consciously, sets out to demean and belittle trans people. This is both morally contemptible and in breach of its Charter obligations. We've made it super easy for you to write to the BBC and tell it to stop.
Please use - and share with your networks.
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Please use - and share with your networks.
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The BBC must stop attacking trans people | Good Law Project
The right wing accusations of ‘pro-trans’ bias are back to front. It’s time for the BBC to live up to its duty to be impartial on trans issues.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I am remembering a BBC correspondent who quit the BBC after transphobes changed his copy after he filed it, and without his permission.
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This is what Zarah Sultana's "graphic designer" thinks a miner looks like
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is what Zarah Sultana's "graphic designer" thinks a miner looks like
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Do like wet days, more time to go down rabbit holes. C/o my recent trips down the Medway Gap, I'm now busy reacquainting myself with name 'The Vale of Holmesdale' for the valley joining Surrey to Kent.
A name I think I first read in the 1981 Kent avifauna, but seen little in print since.
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A name I think I first read in the 1981 Kent avifauna, but seen little in print since.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Do like wet days, more time to go down rabbit holes. C/o my recent trips down the Medway Gap, I'm now busy reacquainting myself with name 'The Vale of Holmesdale' for the valley joining Surrey to Kent.
A name I think I first read in the 1981 Kent avifauna, but seen little in print since.
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A name I think I first read in the 1981 Kent avifauna, but seen little in print since.
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Fascinating statement from Adnan Hussain MP as he quits Your Party, apparently because he's shocked that a party of the left could be so riven with factionalism. His assertion that he and other male Muslim MPs won their seats "against all the odds" is a curious one given, you know, the actual odds.
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Fascinating statement from Adnan Hussain MP as he quits Your Party, apparently because he's shocked that a party of the left could be so riven with factionalism. His assertion that he and other male Muslim MPs won their seats "against all the odds" is a curious one given, you know, the actual odds.
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"He says plug-in solar systems do not produce as much energy as a full rooftop solar array.
But they cost much less, can be installed on balconies or in yards with little or no expertise, and can be easily taken down and reinstalled...So they’re ideal for renters or low-income households."
But they cost much less, can be installed on balconies or in yards with little or no expertise, and can be easily taken down and reinstalled...So they’re ideal for renters or low-income households."
On a scale of one to 10, how much do you want to add a small solar system to your apartment balcony? ☀️
The solar panels Germans are plugging into their walls » Yale Climate Connections
Plug-in solar technology is making it easier for renters and low-income households to harness the power of the sun – but it’s not yet legal across most of the U.S.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"He says plug-in solar systems do not produce as much energy as a full rooftop solar array.
But they cost much less, can be installed on balconies or in yards with little or no expertise, and can be easily taken down and reinstalled...So they’re ideal for renters or low-income households."
But they cost much less, can be installed on balconies or in yards with little or no expertise, and can be easily taken down and reinstalled...So they’re ideal for renters or low-income households."
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This post explains how the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority tried to take out the locally elected member for Balloch for daring to raise questions about the Flamingo Land planning process. parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/11/13/h...
How democracy in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park is being destroyed - the Sid Perrie story (1) - parkswatchscotland
Introduction This is the first in a series of posts which will explain how the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority (LLTNPA) has tried to silence the locally elected member for Balloch, S...
parkswatchscotland.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This post explains how the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority tried to take out the locally elected member for Balloch for daring to raise questions about the Flamingo Land planning process. parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/11/13/h...
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Why can't the LLTNPA, which still pays for an access team, not quickly take down signs it agrees are contrary to Access Rights? Responsibilty, I believe, lies with the same unaccountable Chief Executive who prevents campaigners from talking to his staff parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/10/15/a...
Access rights, the Auchreoch sign & the Orwellian world of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority - parkswatchscotland
On 20th September I wrote about the sign above in a post on Scotland’s free trade in land & its consequences – Coille Coire Chuilc and Auchreoch. I reported the sign that same evening to the Access T...
parkswatchscotland.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Why can't the LLTNPA, which still pays for an access team, not quickly take down signs it agrees are contrary to Access Rights? Responsibilty, I believe, lies with the same unaccountable Chief Executive who prevents campaigners from talking to his staff parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/10/15/a...
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It gives me no pleasure to publish this post, the first in a series of contributions I hope into what has gone wrong in the John Muir Trust (I have been a somewhat sceptical member for over 30 years) but I think it raises important issues parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/11/12/d...
Does Scotland need the John Muir Trust? - parkswatchscotland
(Ed. Note. At the end of last week I offered Jane Smallman, chair of the JMT, the opportunity to reply to this post at the same time it was published. I have had no reply but remain happy to publis...
parkswatchscotland.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It gives me no pleasure to publish this post, the first in a series of contributions I hope into what has gone wrong in the John Muir Trust (I have been a somewhat sceptical member for over 30 years) but I think it raises important issues parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/11/12/d...
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Single fault at Thames Water works could imperil London’s supply on.ft.com/4nXFSfZ
Single fault at Thames Water works could imperil London’s supply
Coppermills plant, which serves up to 4mn people, underscores scale of the challenge for troubled utility
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November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Single fault at Thames Water works could imperil London’s supply on.ft.com/4nXFSfZ
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Author copies might be arriving just before Christmas, woohoo!!
Publication date: mid-January
Publication date: mid-January
I'm so excited to announce that I am the co-author for "Where to Watch Wildlife in Britain by Low-carbon Transport".
#Books #LowCarbon #Wildlife #Travel
#Books #LowCarbon #Wildlife #Travel
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Author copies might be arriving just before Christmas, woohoo!!
Publication date: mid-January
Publication date: mid-January
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USEFUL!!
I just learned from @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social on @urbanviewradio.bsky.social that the House Oversight Epstein files are docs that were subpoenaed from the Epstein estate and the Biden admin didn’t release the criminal files because Ghislaine Maxwell’s case was still open due to appeal
I just learned from @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social on @urbanviewradio.bsky.social that the House Oversight Epstein files are docs that were subpoenaed from the Epstein estate and the Biden admin didn’t release the criminal files because Ghislaine Maxwell’s case was still open due to appeal
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
USEFUL!!
I just learned from @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social on @urbanviewradio.bsky.social that the House Oversight Epstein files are docs that were subpoenaed from the Epstein estate and the Biden admin didn’t release the criminal files because Ghislaine Maxwell’s case was still open due to appeal
I just learned from @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social on @urbanviewradio.bsky.social that the House Oversight Epstein files are docs that were subpoenaed from the Epstein estate and the Biden admin didn’t release the criminal files because Ghislaine Maxwell’s case was still open due to appeal
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Eel smuggling is a major problem today. But it's not new!
In 1463, London city officials arrested 9 Zeeland merchants who tried to slip 97 barrels of salted eels past customs at Billingsgate. They wanted to avoid import fees, but wound up facing a £40 fine.
🗃️🧪
In 1463, London city officials arrested 9 Zeeland merchants who tried to slip 97 barrels of salted eels past customs at Billingsgate. They wanted to avoid import fees, but wound up facing a £40 fine.
🗃️🧪
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Eel smuggling is a major problem today. But it's not new!
In 1463, London city officials arrested 9 Zeeland merchants who tried to slip 97 barrels of salted eels past customs at Billingsgate. They wanted to avoid import fees, but wound up facing a £40 fine.
🗃️🧪
In 1463, London city officials arrested 9 Zeeland merchants who tried to slip 97 barrels of salted eels past customs at Billingsgate. They wanted to avoid import fees, but wound up facing a £40 fine.
🗃️🧪
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We're preparing to instal a heat pump in the spring. If the below happens, it will cost us £7k extra - possibly beyond our means.
This will kill the heat pump market.
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: chancellor plans to fund energy efficiency levies via warm homes plan as part of drive to lower energy bills
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We're preparing to instal a heat pump in the spring. If the below happens, it will cost us £7k extra - possibly beyond our means.
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Very easy for Treasury to characterise heat pump grants as being kickbacks for middle class families, but they are primarily a mechanism for catalysing a market that will then benefit everyone. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: Supporters say grants largely going to middle-class households, but experts warn move will slow transition from gas boilers
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Very easy for Treasury to characterise heat pump grants as being kickbacks for middle class families, but they are primarily a mechanism for catalysing a market that will then benefit everyone. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Here's a chart of the marginal tax rate for someone with two kids. They pay 53% tax on every £ they earn between £60k and £80k. 62% on every £ they earn between £100k and £125k.
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here's a chart of the marginal tax rate for someone with two kids. They pay 53% tax on every £ they earn between £60k and £80k. 62% on every £ they earn between £100k and £125k.
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
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THIS!!! 👇👇👇 cc @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social
The value of Fuel Duty is now at historic lows, having fallen by 23p per litre (or a third) in real terms over the past decade.
It would cost £5 billion *per year* to continue the freeze by the end of the decade.
Instead, smaller quarterly increases should be introduced.
It would cost £5 billion *per year* to continue the freeze by the end of the decade.
Instead, smaller quarterly increases should be introduced.
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
THIS!!! 👇👇👇 cc @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social