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An analysis of BBC news coverage over the last 4 years shows a shameless bias against Vladimir Putin, with BBC reporters insisting on calling the Special Military Operation in Ukraine “an invasion”
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
An analysis of BBC news coverage over the last 4 years shows a shameless bias against Vladimir Putin, with BBC reporters insisting on calling the Special Military Operation in Ukraine “an invasion”
nicely highlights the difference between the Mediterranean Gull & the chocolate brown headed black headed gull!
July 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
nicely highlights the difference between the Mediterranean Gull & the chocolate brown headed black headed gull!
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Not something we see that often in the garden - Wall on a wall.
July 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Not something we see that often in the garden - Wall on a wall.
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You say "Too often, the debate is driven by slogans, not facts." You're telling me! Because then tell us that "...heather-dominated moorland, which is considered one of the world's rarest habitats, with the UK hosting an estimated 75% of this global resource." This is simply NOT true. rb.gy/h64odn
No Moor Myths?
The #NoMoorMyths hashtag was launched by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) in 2016 and promoted on Twitter with a series of short YouTube videos under the banner “The tru…
landethicsblog.wordpress.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
You say "Too often, the debate is driven by slogans, not facts." You're telling me! Because then tell us that "...heather-dominated moorland, which is considered one of the world's rarest habitats, with the UK hosting an estimated 75% of this global resource." This is simply NOT true. rb.gy/h64odn
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@moorlandassoc.bsky.social why do you never engage? Just push your narrative, but won't debate/discuss.
July 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
@moorlandassoc.bsky.social why do you never engage? Just push your narrative, but won't debate/discuss.
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I'm sure that all 600,000 people who were fined by HMRC despite having zero tax due, will be relieved that the seven largest house builders, suspected of running a cartel, are able to avoid having the law applied to them, if they pay into a pot and promise not to do it again.
Justice is blind.
Justice is blind.
July 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I'm sure that all 600,000 people who were fined by HMRC despite having zero tax due, will be relieved that the seven largest house builders, suspected of running a cartel, are able to avoid having the law applied to them, if they pay into a pot and promise not to do it again.
Justice is blind.
Justice is blind.
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Golden eagles were reintroduced to Ireland, but are now struggling. How come?
Severe ecosystem imbalance due to overgrazing and other factors, causing a lack of prey.
Rewilding *must* take a holistic approach to restoring nature, or it won't work.
theconversation.com/golden-eagle...
Severe ecosystem imbalance due to overgrazing and other factors, causing a lack of prey.
Rewilding *must* take a holistic approach to restoring nature, or it won't work.
theconversation.com/golden-eagle...
Golden eagles were reintroduced to Ireland, but without prey they’re now struggling to thrive
Rewilding isn’t just about reintroducing predators. Without prey and habitat restoration, even wild-looking landscapes can’t support them.
theconversation.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Golden eagles were reintroduced to Ireland, but are now struggling. How come?
Severe ecosystem imbalance due to overgrazing and other factors, causing a lack of prey.
Rewilding *must* take a holistic approach to restoring nature, or it won't work.
theconversation.com/golden-eagle...
Severe ecosystem imbalance due to overgrazing and other factors, causing a lack of prey.
Rewilding *must* take a holistic approach to restoring nature, or it won't work.
theconversation.com/golden-eagle...
more Mull highlights. Gannets from the lounge window, bow riding common dolphin, a tucked away Golden Eagle thru the mist & sunset on Loch Scridain
July 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
more Mull highlights. Gannets from the lounge window, bow riding common dolphin, a tucked away Golden Eagle thru the mist & sunset on Loch Scridain
Our latest trip to Mull over far too quickly. Some great weather, scenery & of course the superlative wildlife
July 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Our latest trip to Mull over far too quickly. Some great weather, scenery & of course the superlative wildlife
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Brexit fishing and Farage. The EU were our partners. We had power. Now we're out on our own.
May 28, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Brexit fishing and Farage. The EU were our partners. We had power. Now we're out on our own.
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Pandering to Reform is no way to run a country www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05... Driving the UK ever more towards being a racist state is not the way for any decent government to run the UK.
Pandering to Reform is no way to run a country
In Australia, Labor won the general election this weekend by opposing anything that looked vaguely aligned with the thinking of Trump.
Mark Carney did the same in naming the Canadian general election...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
May 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Pandering to Reform is no way to run a country www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05... Driving the UK ever more towards being a racist state is not the way for any decent government to run the UK.
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Nothing mega but at least I had birds! These are three of the four Yellow-broweds found today (our second wave of the autumn), plus Garden and Willow warblers, Blackcaps, several Robins, a couple of Sparrowhawks and 61 Pink-feet. A reasonable days #WestrayBirding in glorious sunshine.
#UKbirding
#UKbirding
October 3, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Nothing mega but at least I had birds! These are three of the four Yellow-broweds found today (our second wave of the autumn), plus Garden and Willow warblers, Blackcaps, several Robins, a couple of Sparrowhawks and 61 Pink-feet. A reasonable days #WestrayBirding in glorious sunshine.
#UKbirding
#UKbirding
Beltin' Blackcap & Bullfinch
April 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Beltin' Blackcap & Bullfinch
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Thanks, Fox “News.”
April 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thanks, Fox “News.”
Starting to happen on my patch!Ring ousel, wheatear, green woodpecker & willow warbler.
April 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Starting to happen on my patch!Ring ousel, wheatear, green woodpecker & willow warbler.
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Spring is here. Kestrels canoodling, song thrush serenading & ravens romancing
March 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Spring is here. Kestrels canoodling, song thrush serenading & ravens romancing
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Apparently the biodiversity crisis is all a big con. At least according to Charlie Jacoby and the 'guardians of the countryside' on Scribehound 🙄 www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
Scribehound
www.scribehound.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Apparently the biodiversity crisis is all a big con. At least according to Charlie Jacoby and the 'guardians of the countryside' on Scribehound 🙄 www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
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I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.
February 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.
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Positive to see Defra reward ongoing environmental action from wildlife-friendly farmers today.
Now, quick work is needed to multiply higher tier stewardship agreements - frozen for too long - dedicating more budget to drive this cutting edge of wildlife-friendly farming.
Now, quick work is needed to multiply higher tier stewardship agreements - frozen for too long - dedicating more budget to drive this cutting edge of wildlife-friendly farming.
February 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Positive to see Defra reward ongoing environmental action from wildlife-friendly farmers today.
Now, quick work is needed to multiply higher tier stewardship agreements - frozen for too long - dedicating more budget to drive this cutting edge of wildlife-friendly farming.
Now, quick work is needed to multiply higher tier stewardship agreements - frozen for too long - dedicating more budget to drive this cutting edge of wildlife-friendly farming.
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What an incredible, brave woman.
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
What an incredible, brave woman.
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Oh wow I'm so surprised that it was a total lie.
Not...
Not...
January 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Oh wow I'm so surprised that it was a total lie.
Not...
Not...
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Entirely what you'd expect from the NFU but are there other, genuine, conservation issues to consider before more WTE translocations in England & Wales?
#RaptorResearch #Ornithology #birdingWales
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/06/p...
#RaptorResearch #Ornithology #birdingWales
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/06/p...
Predictable backlash from NFU to proposed releases of White-tailed Eagles
Last week I wrote a blog about three separate proposals to release White-tailed Eagles in Cumbria, Wales, Severn Estuary and Exmoor National Park in a strategic attempt to bolster and connect the c…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
January 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Entirely what you'd expect from the NFU but are there other, genuine, conservation issues to consider before more WTE translocations in England & Wales?
#RaptorResearch #Ornithology #birdingWales
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/06/p...
#RaptorResearch #Ornithology #birdingWales
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/06/p...
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Glorious early colour footage of English farming before mechanisation; you get a sense of how many people still worked in the fields during harvest time less than a century ago.
'English Harvest', 1938
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcyz...
'English Harvest', 1938
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcyz...
English Harvest (1938)
YouTube video by BFI
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December 23, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Glorious early colour footage of English farming before mechanisation; you get a sense of how many people still worked in the fields during harvest time less than a century ago.
'English Harvest', 1938
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcyz...
'English Harvest', 1938
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcyz...