Daniel M Turner
@dant-ne.bsky.social
Keen ornithologist, seabirds & coastal birds esp. River Tyne breeding kittiwakes; Coordinator NE England Beached Bird Surveys; seabird researcher. Little bit of a writer: local (Tyneside / NE England), social and natural history, diarist, poetry.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Take a sneak peak at your members' magazine!
This winter, enjoy discovering wintering birds, stories on local projects, art inspired by nature and much more!🦆
There is something for everyone to enjoy this season.❄️
This winter, enjoy discovering wintering birds, stories on local projects, art inspired by nature and much more!🦆
There is something for everyone to enjoy this season.❄️
December 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Take a sneak peak at your members' magazine!
This winter, enjoy discovering wintering birds, stories on local projects, art inspired by nature and much more!🦆
There is something for everyone to enjoy this season.❄️
This winter, enjoy discovering wintering birds, stories on local projects, art inspired by nature and much more!🦆
There is something for everyone to enjoy this season.❄️
Reposted by Daniel M Turner
A big thank you to volunteers who came to NHSN's annual volunteer Christmas party!🎄
We would like to say a huge thank you to every volunteer who has given their time across NHSN. There wouldn't be as many people inspired, wildlife recorded, stories shared or magazines delivered without you!🌿
We would like to say a huge thank you to every volunteer who has given their time across NHSN. There wouldn't be as many people inspired, wildlife recorded, stories shared or magazines delivered without you!🌿
December 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A big thank you to volunteers who came to NHSN's annual volunteer Christmas party!🎄
We would like to say a huge thank you to every volunteer who has given their time across NHSN. There wouldn't be as many people inspired, wildlife recorded, stories shared or magazines delivered without you!🌿
We would like to say a huge thank you to every volunteer who has given their time across NHSN. There wouldn't be as many people inspired, wildlife recorded, stories shared or magazines delivered without you!🌿
I've just called on the UK Government to stop Berwick Bank!
The world's deadliest wind farm for birds shouldn't be funded by public money.
action.rspb.org.uk/page/183454/...
Please click on this to stop destruction of seabirds. Thanks.
The world's deadliest wind farm for birds shouldn't be funded by public money.
action.rspb.org.uk/page/183454/...
Please click on this to stop destruction of seabirds. Thanks.
Stop Berwick Bank!
The UK Government could soon award public money to the world's deadliest windfarm for birds. Speak up now.
action.rspb.org.uk
December 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I've just called on the UK Government to stop Berwick Bank!
The world's deadliest wind farm for birds shouldn't be funded by public money.
action.rspb.org.uk/page/183454/...
Please click on this to stop destruction of seabirds. Thanks.
The world's deadliest wind farm for birds shouldn't be funded by public money.
action.rspb.org.uk/page/183454/...
Please click on this to stop destruction of seabirds. Thanks.
I like the cover very much! Should be an interesting read. One to look out for.
Seems only right for a massive shout out today for Rach Appleby (www.instagram.com/rachapplebya...) - who was chosen to illustrate my book cover. Do have a peek at Rach's fab portfolio... I particularly like her #birdart #nature #natureart #wildlifeart #urbannature #naturewriting
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I like the cover very much! Should be an interesting read. One to look out for.
Top camper van makers: Clean up your tropical wood supply chain -- no more deforestation on wheels! action.eko.org/a/no-more-de...
No more deforestation plywood for camper vans
Camper vans have become increasingly popular and a symbol for recreation in pristine nature – but the truth is, they are deforested orangutan habitats on wheels. A breaking report revealed that one ro
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November 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Top camper van makers: Clean up your tropical wood supply chain -- no more deforestation on wheels! action.eko.org/a/no-more-de...
Hospice care needs more government support. My mother spent her final two weeks at St Oswald's Hospice, Gosforth with wonderful care. She had cancer. I became one of their volunteer drivers. Consider how a hospice may help you. Please sign & share petition. Thank you.
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Sign the Petition
Lobby the Government to Extend Funding to All Charitable Hospices
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November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hospice care needs more government support. My mother spent her final two weeks at St Oswald's Hospice, Gosforth with wonderful care. She had cancer. I became one of their volunteer drivers. Consider how a hospice may help you. Please sign & share petition. Thank you.
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Perhaps you can sign please? Thank you ... ...
Saving the World's Natural Heritage one small step at a time.
act.our-antarctica.com/act/antarcti...
Saving the World's Natural Heritage one small step at a time.
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Tell the CCAMLR Chair to protect Antarctica
A platform for stories, solutions, and community action to protect the ocean, tackle the climate crisis, and help build a more just, equitable planet.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Perhaps you can sign please? Thank you ... ...
Saving the World's Natural Heritage one small step at a time.
act.our-antarctica.com/act/antarcti...
Saving the World's Natural Heritage one small step at a time.
act.our-antarctica.com/act/antarcti...
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Is attracting wild birds with sound ethical? If you're a birdwatcher of any sort, I'd love to hear your views by 10 Oct in response to this v short survey for a feature... &, as always, very grateful for reposts.
forms.gle/3jZyeJw8qngC... #birds #pishing #birdsounds #birdwatching #birding
forms.gle/3jZyeJw8qngC... #birds #pishing #birdsounds #birdwatching #birding
October 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Is attracting wild birds with sound ethical? If you're a birdwatcher of any sort, I'd love to hear your views by 10 Oct in response to this v short survey for a feature... &, as always, very grateful for reposts.
forms.gle/3jZyeJw8qngC... #birds #pishing #birdsounds #birdwatching #birding
forms.gle/3jZyeJw8qngC... #birds #pishing #birdsounds #birdwatching #birding
We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Oxfam GB | Chancellor Rachel Reeves: Tax Wealth Now
It’s time to tax the super-rich. Demand a Wealth Tax today.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Great to have the support of Newcastle City Council, @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social, Esh Construction, etc in progression of Works on the Tyne Bridge which connects Newcastle and Gateshead above the River Tyne. All parties are working to support the Tyne Bridge nesting kittiwakes as much as possible.
Thur, 11 Sept 2025
Chair and Secretary from TKP met engineers from Newcastle City Council and Esh Construction. They discussed planned placement of scaffolding and temp. nesting ledges on Tyne Bridge for 2026 nesting season in mitigation for those pairs to be displaced in that year. (photo: 5.9.25)
Chair and Secretary from TKP met engineers from Newcastle City Council and Esh Construction. They discussed planned placement of scaffolding and temp. nesting ledges on Tyne Bridge for 2026 nesting season in mitigation for those pairs to be displaced in that year. (photo: 5.9.25)
September 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Great to have the support of Newcastle City Council, @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social, Esh Construction, etc in progression of Works on the Tyne Bridge which connects Newcastle and Gateshead above the River Tyne. All parties are working to support the Tyne Bridge nesting kittiwakes as much as possible.
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Friday, 29 August 2025
The river and Tyne quayside properties & structures between Newcastle and Gateshead (e.g. Tyne Bridge, photo) were checked for kittiwakes as their nesting season concludes. There were 6-7 juvenile kittiwakes and one adult remaining. Almost quiet.
The river and Tyne quayside properties & structures between Newcastle and Gateshead (e.g. Tyne Bridge, photo) were checked for kittiwakes as their nesting season concludes. There were 6-7 juvenile kittiwakes and one adult remaining. Almost quiet.
August 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Friday, 29 August 2025
The river and Tyne quayside properties & structures between Newcastle and Gateshead (e.g. Tyne Bridge, photo) were checked for kittiwakes as their nesting season concludes. There were 6-7 juvenile kittiwakes and one adult remaining. Almost quiet.
The river and Tyne quayside properties & structures between Newcastle and Gateshead (e.g. Tyne Bridge, photo) were checked for kittiwakes as their nesting season concludes. There were 6-7 juvenile kittiwakes and one adult remaining. Almost quiet.
Ocado handed out 221 million plastic bags last year! 😱 Sign the petition and tell them to ditch single-use bags for good. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/oc...
Ocado: Ditch the plastic bag
In 2024, single-use plastic bag sales in England rose for the first time since the carrier bag levy was introduced in 2015 - a 7% increase, reaching 437 million bags. Shockingly, Ocado alone was respo...
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August 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Ocado handed out 221 million plastic bags last year! 😱 Sign the petition and tell them to ditch single-use bags for good. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/oc...
Plastic is flooding our oceans, bodies, and babies – and recent treaty talks failed to stop it. While leaders plan their next move, we have a critical window to push for an end to the Plastic Era. Add your voice now!
Let's save the oceans and our environment!
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-08...
Let's save the oceans and our environment!
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-08...
End the Plastic Era!
Plastic is flooding our oceans, bodies, and babies – and recent treaty talks failed to stop it. But the fight isn’t over. While leaders plan their next move, we have a critical window to push for an e...
action.wemove.eu
August 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Plastic is flooding our oceans, bodies, and babies – and recent treaty talks failed to stop it. While leaders plan their next move, we have a critical window to push for an end to the Plastic Era. Add your voice now!
Let's save the oceans and our environment!
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-08...
Let's save the oceans and our environment!
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-08...
Have been invited to attend an event at Hauxley Nature Reserve, Northumberland, and give a presentation – Please share the poster. Presentation will major on beached bird projects, and may include a few other things! Free Event, 22 Aug, 1-3 p.m. Please come if you can.
August 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Have been invited to attend an event at Hauxley Nature Reserve, Northumberland, and give a presentation – Please share the poster. Presentation will major on beached bird projects, and may include a few other things! Free Event, 22 Aug, 1-3 p.m. Please come if you can.
It was lovely to meet Amanda and tour the Newcastle and Gateshead Quaysides in search of Geordie Kittiwakes.
For the ultimate #UrbanBirding, it's hard to beat nesting Kittiwakes. As well as enjoying these charismatic gulls at their most inland breeding site, I explore where to birdwatch in Newcastle for my latest column in the Sep issue of Bird Watching Mag. #WildPavements
August 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It was lovely to meet Amanda and tour the Newcastle and Gateshead Quaysides in search of Geordie Kittiwakes.
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Tue, 5 Aug 2025
Meeting between Tyne Bridge engineers and various ecologists & academics - @dant-ne.bsky.social presented his latest monthly report on bridge and its kittiwakes. Breeding season still underway and several 100's of nestlings are in process of fledging from our special Tyneside bridge.
Meeting between Tyne Bridge engineers and various ecologists & academics - @dant-ne.bsky.social presented his latest monthly report on bridge and its kittiwakes. Breeding season still underway and several 100's of nestlings are in process of fledging from our special Tyneside bridge.
August 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Tue, 5 Aug 2025
Meeting between Tyne Bridge engineers and various ecologists & academics - @dant-ne.bsky.social presented his latest monthly report on bridge and its kittiwakes. Breeding season still underway and several 100's of nestlings are in process of fledging from our special Tyneside bridge.
Meeting between Tyne Bridge engineers and various ecologists & academics - @dant-ne.bsky.social presented his latest monthly report on bridge and its kittiwakes. Breeding season still underway and several 100's of nestlings are in process of fledging from our special Tyneside bridge.
Bass Rock, East Lothian. What a great place! I have been there a few times. Once, I was on the Rock all day, alone - taking cine film and still photographs. So marvellous to be surrounded by the gannets, hear their calling and watching their flight. Seabird odour and freedom. Sea voyage. Mist below.
Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.
A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
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A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
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August 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Bass Rock, East Lothian. What a great place! I have been there a few times. Once, I was on the Rock all day, alone - taking cine film and still photographs. So marvellous to be surrounded by the gannets, hear their calling and watching their flight. Seabird odour and freedom. Sea voyage. Mist below.
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Great to be out on the wild Northumberland coast! My photograph (taken today) shows two successful kittiwake nests, side-by-side, each with two nicely developing nestlings. It is always very special to observe and record our wonderful seabirds.
Great to be out on the wild Northumberland coast! My photograph (taken today) shows two successful kittiwake nests, side-by-side, each with two nicely developing nestlings. It is always very special to observe and record our wonderful seabirds.
August 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Great to be out on the wild Northumberland coast! My photograph (taken today) shows two successful kittiwake nests, side-by-side, each with two nicely developing nestlings. It is always very special to observe and record our wonderful seabirds.
Great to be out on the wild Northumberland coast! My photograph (taken today) shows two successful kittiwake nests, side-by-side, each with two nicely developing nestlings. It is always very special to observe and record our wonderful seabirds.
Amazon & Etsy: Stop selling shark products!
Please sign the petition below. Thanks.
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Please sign the petition below. Thanks.
action.eko.org/a/amazon-and...
Amazon & Etsy: Protect the sharks!
Sharks have ruled the oceans for over 400 million years, but now a brutal online trade is pushing them to the brink of extinction – their jaws carved out and sold as trophies on Amazon and eBay. A rec
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July 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Amazon & Etsy: Stop selling shark products!
Please sign the petition below. Thanks.
action.eko.org/a/amazon-and...
Please sign the petition below. Thanks.
action.eko.org/a/amazon-and...
Tell Brazil's President Lula: Stop the bill that would be the end of the Amazon! action.eko.org/a/lula-rejec...
Lula: Reject the Devastation Bill
Brazil’s Congress just passed a bill that would be the death sentence for the Amazon – but President Lula has 14 days left to veto it! The bill, dubbed the “devastation bill”, will significantly weake
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July 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Tell Brazil's President Lula: Stop the bill that would be the end of the Amazon! action.eko.org/a/lula-rejec...
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Mon, 14 Jul 2025
Surveys at Akzo Nobel, R Tyne. Good results with breeding productivity of 0.97 chicks per Apparently Occupied Nest compared to 1.00 in 2024. Nice indicator for 2025 season. Surveys continue over coming days. (Photo: Akzo, 9 June 2025) Note, photo and surveys by @dant-ne.bsky.social
Surveys at Akzo Nobel, R Tyne. Good results with breeding productivity of 0.97 chicks per Apparently Occupied Nest compared to 1.00 in 2024. Nice indicator for 2025 season. Surveys continue over coming days. (Photo: Akzo, 9 June 2025) Note, photo and surveys by @dant-ne.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Mon, 14 Jul 2025
Surveys at Akzo Nobel, R Tyne. Good results with breeding productivity of 0.97 chicks per Apparently Occupied Nest compared to 1.00 in 2024. Nice indicator for 2025 season. Surveys continue over coming days. (Photo: Akzo, 9 June 2025) Note, photo and surveys by @dant-ne.bsky.social
Surveys at Akzo Nobel, R Tyne. Good results with breeding productivity of 0.97 chicks per Apparently Occupied Nest compared to 1.00 in 2024. Nice indicator for 2025 season. Surveys continue over coming days. (Photo: Akzo, 9 June 2025) Note, photo and surveys by @dant-ne.bsky.social
'Seagull' is a generic term. More appropriately they are gulls, of which there are many species in the world. Some gull species quite often prefer to live inland - at times attracted by human litter and mess. I like gulls very much!
Good to see Durham Geography's Helen F Wilson on urban kittiwakes and coexistence in today's Guardian! @geogdurham.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The seagulls have landed: why gulls are encroaching on Britain’s towns
Avian invaders have coastal communities in Britain and beyond in a flap – but people are learning how to live with them
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July 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
'Seagull' is a generic term. More appropriately they are gulls, of which there are many species in the world. Some gull species quite often prefer to live inland - at times attracted by human litter and mess. I like gulls very much!