Darren Archer
@dunnock67.bsky.social
Moving in for #birds #bats #Hoverflies #butterflies. NE England
Worried about the climate
https://curlewsfeathers.wordpress.com/
Worried about the climate
https://curlewsfeathers.wordpress.com/
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Darren Archer
@dunnock67.bsky.social
· Feb 5
Letter From Gaza. Ghassan Kanafani
YouTube video by Palestine Diary
m.youtube.com
The late john Berger reads A Letter from Gaza from the late Ghassan Kanafani Still as relevant today 🇵🇸
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_msu...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_msu...
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Some fungi are so small they are only likely to be found by deliberate searching. This curiosity was shown to me today at Whitlingham. The 'large' structure here is an old nail gall on a lime tree leaf caused by Eriophyes tiliae. The fungus, Ophiognomonia melanostyla, is the tiny black prongs on it!
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Some fungi are so small they are only likely to be found by deliberate searching. This curiosity was shown to me today at Whitlingham. The 'large' structure here is an old nail gall on a lime tree leaf caused by Eriophyes tiliae. The fungus, Ophiognomonia melanostyla, is the tiny black prongs on it!
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Positive 🦇 story.
#bats #Britishbats #lovebats #batconservation
BBC News - Successful bat conservation at Graven Hill self-build development - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#bats #Britishbats #lovebats #batconservation
BBC News - Successful bat conservation at Graven Hill self-build development - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Successful bat conservation at Graven Hill self-build development
The development company at Graven Hill has taken measures to safeguard roosting bats.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Positive 🦇 story.
#bats #Britishbats #lovebats #batconservation
BBC News - Successful bat conservation at Graven Hill self-build development - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#bats #Britishbats #lovebats #batconservation
BBC News - Successful bat conservation at Graven Hill self-build development - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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 5:12 PM
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
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"The core of the problem of the climate crisis is not CO₂ emissions, but the deeper system that caused the need to drill into the Earth, slaughter indigenous populations, and enslave people in the first place..."
thenewpress.org/books/the-en...
"The core of the problem of the climate crisis is not CO₂ emissions, but the deeper system that caused the need to drill into the Earth, slaughter indigenous populations, and enslave people in the first place..."
thenewpress.org/books/the-en...
The End of Ice - The New Press
Finalist for the 2020 PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Acclaimed on its hardcover publication, a global journey that reminds us "of how magical the planet we're about to lose really is...
thenewpress.org
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"The core of the problem of the climate crisis is not CO₂ emissions, but the deeper system that caused the need to drill into the Earth, slaughter indigenous populations, and enslave people in the first place..."
thenewpress.org/books/the-en...
"The core of the problem of the climate crisis is not CO₂ emissions, but the deeper system that caused the need to drill into the Earth, slaughter indigenous populations, and enslave people in the first place..."
thenewpress.org/books/the-en...
Horden news These tree guards don’t seem to have grown very much in this dry summer May change now ground is wet Pink feet over and water tail in stream mouth reed bed
November 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Horden news These tree guards don’t seem to have grown very much in this dry summer May change now ground is wet Pink feet over and water tail in stream mouth reed bed
Anyone living in Gateshead South Tyneside or Sunderland interested in nature needs to read this and have your say Otherwise this poorly thought through plan (IMHO) will set the trend for more downward spiral in wildlife 🦇 don’t get a mention natureplan.org.uk
NaturePlan - South of Tyne and Wear Local Nature Recovery
Working together to restore nature, combat climate change and benefit our communities
natureplan.org.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Anyone living in Gateshead South Tyneside or Sunderland interested in nature needs to read this and have your say Otherwise this poorly thought through plan (IMHO) will set the trend for more downward spiral in wildlife 🦇 don’t get a mention natureplan.org.uk
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UN compares UK’s Palestine Action ban with human rights restrictions in Russia
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
UN compares UK’s Palestine Action ban with human rights restrictions in Russia
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
UN compares UK’s Palestine Action ban with human rights restrictions in Russia
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
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Bat barn at Hinkley Connection Project continues to thrive www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-...
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Natterers bat (Myotis nattereri) in torpor-a state of decreased physiological activity, usually marked by:reduced body temperature & metabolic rate. Torpor enables animals to survive periods of reduced food availability. Insect availability in winter is low so bats have evolved to hibernate.
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Fancy having a leadmine in your back garden. Glad we’ve been allowed access to monitor the bats 🦇 hibernating in it…
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fancy having a leadmine in your back garden. Glad we’ve been allowed access to monitor the bats 🦇 hibernating in it…
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#Oryx — The International Journal of Conservation is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed, open access journal of biodiversity.
Looks like an interesting account to follow
#Conservation
#Biodiversity
Looks like an interesting account to follow
#Conservation
#Biodiversity
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#Oryx — The International Journal of Conservation is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed, open access journal of biodiversity.
Looks like an interesting account to follow
#Conservation
#Biodiversity
Looks like an interesting account to follow
#Conservation
#Biodiversity
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If you've ever asked the question: 'What's the point of wasps?' you should watch our most recent #Nature Seminar, 'The Natural Capital of Wasps'. @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner will convert you! youtu.be/ELI_8KkwJm0
The Natural Capital of Wasps. Seirian Sumner
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
If you've ever asked the question: 'What's the point of wasps?' you should watch our most recent #Nature Seminar, 'The Natural Capital of Wasps'. @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner will convert you! youtu.be/ELI_8KkwJm0
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Israel's genocide in Gaza is 'not over' despite the announcement of a ceasefire, human rights experts have warned
Israel's genocide 'not over' despite ceasefire, human rights experts warn
www.thenational.scot
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Israel's genocide in Gaza is 'not over' despite the announcement of a ceasefire, human rights experts have warned
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“Unifil, the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon that operates south of the Litani, says Israel has committed more than 10,000 air and ground violations during the ceasefire.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'This is no life': Security and long-held views shattered in Lebanon amid Israeli strikes
A year on from a ceasefire in Lebanon, Israel is continuing attacks on what it says are Hezbollah's efforts to recover from their war.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
“Unifil, the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon that operates south of the Litani, says Israel has committed more than 10,000 air and ground violations during the ceasefire.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Long 🧵 but really valuable insight gathered together as always
First provisional Ancient Woodland Inventory (AWI), compiled in the 1980s based on maps from the 1930s, estimated approximately 0.37 million hectares of ancient woodland in England.
1924 woodland census
cdn.forestresearch.gov.uk/2022/02/cens...
1924 woodland census
cdn.forestresearch.gov.uk/2022/02/cens...
cdn.forestresearch.gov.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Long 🧵 but really valuable insight gathered together as always
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November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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.@abrackenbury.bsky.social’s ‘Village’ & a re-issue of Mary Chamberlain’s ‘Fenwomen’ give voice to an otherwise largely silent corner of England, writes @nicolawriting.bsky.social, telling the evocative, hard-lived stories of rural working class women www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/vill...
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
.@abrackenbury.bsky.social’s ‘Village’ & a re-issue of Mary Chamberlain’s ‘Fenwomen’ give voice to an otherwise largely silent corner of England, writes @nicolawriting.bsky.social, telling the evocative, hard-lived stories of rural working class women www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/vill...
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"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction."
-Rachel Carson
-Rachel Carson
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction."
-Rachel Carson
-Rachel Carson
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As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza persists, goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the OPT continue to be imported into Britain's markets - proceeds of a crime under international law.
The govt must urgently ban the import of these goods and press for aid to flow into Gaza.
The govt must urgently ban the import of these goods and press for aid to flow into Gaza.
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza persists, goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the OPT continue to be imported into Britain's markets - proceeds of a crime under international law.
The govt must urgently ban the import of these goods and press for aid to flow into Gaza.
The govt must urgently ban the import of these goods and press for aid to flow into Gaza.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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"It does happen here" 16 Days of Activism #NoExcuse theorkneynews.scot/2025/11/26/i...
“It does happen here” 16 Days of Activism #NoExcuse
A flock of peedie birds landed on the Kirk Green yesterday, 25 November, to mark 16 Days of Activism against gender based violence. Image credit Christie Grahame 16 Days of Activism runs from 25 No…
theorkneynews.scot
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
"It does happen here" 16 Days of Activism #NoExcuse theorkneynews.scot/2025/11/26/i...
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“Hell Is Here.”
Hundreds of thousands of species are already gone.
Millions more are in the extinction pipeline.
Sophia Pineda Ochoa’s new documentary “Greenwashed” exposes that truth with rare honesty.
youtu.be/XjWUKFUaoL4?...
Hundreds of thousands of species are already gone.
Millions more are in the extinction pipeline.
Sophia Pineda Ochoa’s new documentary “Greenwashed” exposes that truth with rare honesty.
youtu.be/XjWUKFUaoL4?...
GREENWASHED | Full Documentary [Official]
YouTube video by Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
“Hell Is Here.”
Hundreds of thousands of species are already gone.
Millions more are in the extinction pipeline.
Sophia Pineda Ochoa’s new documentary “Greenwashed” exposes that truth with rare honesty.
youtu.be/XjWUKFUaoL4?...
Hundreds of thousands of species are already gone.
Millions more are in the extinction pipeline.
Sophia Pineda Ochoa’s new documentary “Greenwashed” exposes that truth with rare honesty.
youtu.be/XjWUKFUaoL4?...
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‘Unlocking Nature's Secrets: Identifying Bats & Other Wildlife Across Europe and North Africa Through Sound’. A talk to be held online on Thurs 4th Dec at 7.30 pm.
The link to this Zoom chat will be sent out to our members shortly. Should you be a non-member and wish to attend please send us a DM!
The link to this Zoom chat will be sent out to our members shortly. Should you be a non-member and wish to attend please send us a DM!
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Adding this again, just in case there is still someone in the UK who doesn't know that this government is now being controlled by US corporations
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November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Adding this again, just in case there is still someone in the UK who doesn't know that this government is now being controlled by US corporations
bsky.app/profile/lexi...
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