Matthew Cookson
@gathorne.bsky.social
Ageing birder, north of Morecambe Bay and south and/ or west of the A590 and A591.
A good surprise in South Lakes yesterday: 1 Cattle, 2 Little Egrets, and 1 Great White Egret together at one site.
#UKbirding #ukbirds
#UKbirding #ukbirds
August 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A good surprise in South Lakes yesterday: 1 Cattle, 2 Little Egrets, and 1 Great White Egret together at one site.
#UKbirding #ukbirds
#UKbirding #ukbirds
Reposted by Matthew Cookson
Baron Hain, "Al Qaeda - real terrorism"
"ISIS - real terrorism"
"This Labour government is treating Palestine Action as equivalent to ISIS or Al Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled, and morally wrong"
"ISIS - real terrorism"
"This Labour government is treating Palestine Action as equivalent to ISIS or Al Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled, and morally wrong"
July 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Baron Hain, "Al Qaeda - real terrorism"
"ISIS - real terrorism"
"This Labour government is treating Palestine Action as equivalent to ISIS or Al Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled, and morally wrong"
"ISIS - real terrorism"
"This Labour government is treating Palestine Action as equivalent to ISIS or Al Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled, and morally wrong"
On a beach in Dumfries, watching an Herring Gull dismembering, and eating a crab, I realised I was being bobbed and screamed at by a pair of Common Sandipers, and so moved off.
June 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
On a beach in Dumfries, watching an Herring Gull dismembering, and eating a crab, I realised I was being bobbed and screamed at by a pair of Common Sandipers, and so moved off.
A nasty experience for a Blackbird. She came down the chimney into the wood burner and needed release. Already panicked, she missed the opened windows and thrashed against glass, screaming as she was gently held and given freedom. It was a dreadful sound, but she flew fast away.
#ukbirds #ukbirding
#ukbirds #ukbirding
June 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A nasty experience for a Blackbird. She came down the chimney into the wood burner and needed release. Already panicked, she missed the opened windows and thrashed against glass, screaming as she was gently held and given freedom. It was a dreadful sound, but she flew fast away.
#ukbirds #ukbirding
#ukbirds #ukbirding
Reposted by Matthew Cookson
@imogenwalker.bsky.social
Mr McSweeney and @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social: If you are still capable of feeling shame, now would be the time ↓.
Mr McSweeney and @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social: If you are still capable of feeling shame, now would be the time ↓.
May 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
@imogenwalker.bsky.social
Mr McSweeney and @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social: If you are still capable of feeling shame, now would be the time ↓.
Mr McSweeney and @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social: If you are still capable of feeling shame, now would be the time ↓.
Reposted by Matthew Cookson
Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being told by British governments how dreadful immigration is. New Labour did it. The Coalition. The Brexiters. Now Starmer. All of them accusing the ones who came before them of failing to clamp down. The same old vacant mean-spirited bollocks.
May 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being told by British governments how dreadful immigration is. New Labour did it. The Coalition. The Brexiters. Now Starmer. All of them accusing the ones who came before them of failing to clamp down. The same old vacant mean-spirited bollocks.
#ukbirding
You go away for a week and come home to fledgling Blackbirds shouting their hunger AND the Swifts screaming round the house and into nests.
You go away for a week and come home to fledgling Blackbirds shouting their hunger AND the Swifts screaming round the house and into nests.
April 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
#ukbirding
You go away for a week and come home to fledgling Blackbirds shouting their hunger AND the Swifts screaming round the house and into nests.
You go away for a week and come home to fledgling Blackbirds shouting their hunger AND the Swifts screaming round the house and into nests.
#ukwildlife
Can anyone help identify this moth, please? Fluttering in a shed yesterday and admirably camouflaged against the desk.
Can anyone help identify this moth, please? Fluttering in a shed yesterday and admirably camouflaged against the desk.
April 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
#ukwildlife
Can anyone help identify this moth, please? Fluttering in a shed yesterday and admirably camouflaged against the desk.
Can anyone help identify this moth, please? Fluttering in a shed yesterday and admirably camouflaged against the desk.
#ukbirdin
Still attracting 10 and more Blackbirds to the kitchen door with currants, but the fruit lasts much longer as the birds, now 80% males, squabble over territory. The Starlings also, apparently, fewer, but are established in the roof and in nest boxes. The Song Thrush remains calm. Spring.
Still attracting 10 and more Blackbirds to the kitchen door with currants, but the fruit lasts much longer as the birds, now 80% males, squabble over territory. The Starlings also, apparently, fewer, but are established in the roof and in nest boxes. The Song Thrush remains calm. Spring.
April 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#ukbirdin
Still attracting 10 and more Blackbirds to the kitchen door with currants, but the fruit lasts much longer as the birds, now 80% males, squabble over territory. The Starlings also, apparently, fewer, but are established in the roof and in nest boxes. The Song Thrush remains calm. Spring.
Still attracting 10 and more Blackbirds to the kitchen door with currants, but the fruit lasts much longer as the birds, now 80% males, squabble over territory. The Starlings also, apparently, fewer, but are established in the roof and in nest boxes. The Song Thrush remains calm. Spring.
#birds
Grange over Sands, the high tide flooded out two Water Rail who swam and scampered toward vanishing grasses where there were also Common Snipe seeking refuge; fascinating to observe with the Saturday crowd oblivious to what was going on, and knowing I was not particularly disturbing them.
Grange over Sands, the high tide flooded out two Water Rail who swam and scampered toward vanishing grasses where there were also Common Snipe seeking refuge; fascinating to observe with the Saturday crowd oblivious to what was going on, and knowing I was not particularly disturbing them.
March 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#birds
Grange over Sands, the high tide flooded out two Water Rail who swam and scampered toward vanishing grasses where there were also Common Snipe seeking refuge; fascinating to observe with the Saturday crowd oblivious to what was going on, and knowing I was not particularly disturbing them.
Grange over Sands, the high tide flooded out two Water Rail who swam and scampered toward vanishing grasses where there were also Common Snipe seeking refuge; fascinating to observe with the Saturday crowd oblivious to what was going on, and knowing I was not particularly disturbing them.
Can anyone identify this moth for me, please. It was seen at Roudsea Moss.
March 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Can anyone identify this moth for me, please. It was seen at Roudsea Moss.
March 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#UKBirding #Gardenbirds
Sometimes, hanging out the washing brings additional rewards: 14 Whooper Swans over, flying westward. Lovely to see them, though they are leaving.
Sometimes, hanging out the washing brings additional rewards: 14 Whooper Swans over, flying westward. Lovely to see them, though they are leaving.
March 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#UKBirding #Gardenbirds
Sometimes, hanging out the washing brings additional rewards: 14 Whooper Swans over, flying westward. Lovely to see them, though they are leaving.
Sometimes, hanging out the washing brings additional rewards: 14 Whooper Swans over, flying westward. Lovely to see them, though they are leaving.
Well, yes.
Yes. Also convenient to blame smartphones for children’s loss of outdoor play, physical activity and social contact. We started @playingout.bsky.social as parents 17 years ago because these things were already being lost due to an increasingly child-hostile *outdoor* environment.
Terribly convenient, isn't it, for a generation in power which has ruthlessly screwed young people - house prices, tuition fees and grants, environmental breakdown, hostility to their speech and identity - to blame smart phones for their poor mental health.
March 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Well, yes.
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
Elves ears/cups showing well at Foulshaw Moss - sorry about the quality of the photos!
Elves ears/cups showing well at Foulshaw Moss - sorry about the quality of the photos!
February 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
Elves ears/cups showing well at Foulshaw Moss - sorry about the quality of the photos!
Elves ears/cups showing well at Foulshaw Moss - sorry about the quality of the photos!
Reposted by Matthew Cookson
Also: I've recently converted to Heideggerian Christianity. I believe in Intelligent Dasein
February 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Also: I've recently converted to Heideggerian Christianity. I believe in Intelligent Dasein
Win win for trump.....
Matt Frei, "Donald Trump lashing out at allies and cosying up to Vladimir Putin has alarmed governments on this side of the Atlantic"
"President Trump will be pleased with the increase in defence spending, especially if it means slashing foreign aid"
"President Trump will be pleased with the increase in defence spending, especially if it means slashing foreign aid"
February 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Win win for trump.....
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
#ukbirds
For the second day running, at Foulshaw Moss, listening to a Mistle Thrush in full song: rather good. Spring is approaching
#ukbirds
For the second day running, at Foulshaw Moss, listening to a Mistle Thrush in full song: rather good. Spring is approaching
February 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
#ukbirds
For the second day running, at Foulshaw Moss, listening to a Mistle Thrush in full song: rather good. Spring is approaching
#ukbirds
For the second day running, at Foulshaw Moss, listening to a Mistle Thrush in full song: rather good. Spring is approaching
Reposted by Matthew Cookson
If I laughed at this, does it make me a bad person? 👀
January 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If I laughed at this, does it make me a bad person? 👀
Reposted by Matthew Cookson
Beavers are nature's ecosystem engineers, but their return to the wild in England is still facing delays. It's time to remove barriers and welcome the incredible benefits they bring 🌍💧🐾
Read our vision 👇
bit.ly/BeaverVision
#Winterwatch @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
📷 David Parkyn
Read our vision 👇
bit.ly/BeaverVision
#Winterwatch @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
📷 David Parkyn
January 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Beavers are nature's ecosystem engineers, but their return to the wild in England is still facing delays. It's time to remove barriers and welcome the incredible benefits they bring 🌍💧🐾
Read our vision 👇
bit.ly/BeaverVision
#Winterwatch @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
📷 David Parkyn
Read our vision 👇
bit.ly/BeaverVision
#Winterwatch @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
📷 David Parkyn
Sun rising before the rain.
January 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Sun rising before the rain.
Dawning on the Rhins of Galloway.
January 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Dawning on the Rhins of Galloway.
Sun setting , Rhins of Galloway.
January 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Sun setting , Rhins of Galloway.
The view toward Northern Ireland from Dally Bay, Rhins of Galloway.
January 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The view toward Northern Ireland from Dally Bay, Rhins of Galloway.
January 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM