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Nick 🌿
@nickinnature.bsky.social
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🐦‍⬛ Hobbyist nature photographer
🐈 Proud cat dad to a calico kitty

📷 Photos are posted on Flickr:
https://flickr.com/photos/202218791@N02
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Nick 🌿 @nickinnature.bsky.social · Feb 27
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birdguides.bsky.social
Eurasian Pygmy Owl has seemingly colonised Spain, with the species having been detected in Catalonia for the first recorded time:
Eurasian Pygmy Owl population discovered in Spain
Eurasian Pygmy Owl has seemingly colonised Spain, with the species having been detected in Catalonia for the first recorded time. A press release issued by the General Council of Aran in January 2025 announced that the species was detected by autonomous recorders during the winter of 2023 in the Val...
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March 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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s-yorksbirding.bsky.social
Sand martin added to the spring arrivals list yesterday- the earliest in South Yorkshire, from the last 5 years by 6 days.

#UKBirding
February 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social
🚨 The UK Gov has approved licensed beaver reintroductions in the wild! 🦫

Beavers are key to healthy rivers & wetlands, tackling pollution, flooding & biodiversity loss. In London, we’ve already seen success – beaver kits born in Ealing!

🔗 wildlondon.org.uk/news/beavers-are-coming-home-0
A beaver swimming in water. Credit Mike Symes
February 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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chrisgpackham.bsky.social
A nice profile of a beautiful individual , thank you @mikeyrro for today's #FoxOfTheDay
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't... tomcox.substack.com/p/the-villag...
A photograph of the sun setting over the River Severn, as viewed from an ancient hill fort in Gloucestershire, but which I'm passing off as the landscape in my novel Villager - inaccurately, since the book is set in Devon, although more specifically is also set on a moor that is supposed to serve as a parallel universe version of Dartmoor, with its own legends, ghosts and lost psychedelic music.
January 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
nickinnature.bsky.social
• I don’t post my own content here.
• I have privacy concerns in regards to Bluesky and its open source protocol.
• I just use this account to quietly follow and keep up to date with people, organisations, non profits, charities, trusts, etc.
• My own photos/videos are posted to Flickr only.
February 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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skypeascientist.bsky.social
Hi! We're Skype a Scientist! We're a free program that matches scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries, & other groups for Q&As all about science.

Get matched with a scientist for a virtual conversation! We have 30+ types of scientist & match weekly.
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
A blue infographic gives a step by step guide on how to Skype a scientist. The steps are: 1) sign up on skypeascientist.com 2) pick a category of science your group would like to talk about (e.g. marine biology, chemistry, astronomy) 3) get a match via email 4) connect with your scientist, discuss your ur group’s needs and pick a time to chat 5) talk to your scientist!
February 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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birdtrack.bsky.social
You can quickly and simply add breeding evidence codes to your BirdTrack records which will feed through to county recorders and onwards to RBBP
#ukbirding
ukrbbp.bsky.social The Rare Breeding Birds Panel @ukrbbp.bsky.social · Feb 15
It’s not quite spring, but it’s on the way. Which means it’s time to start recording rare breeding birds to help the work of the RBBP. Stay tuned through the spring & summer for videos and blogs with guidance on how you can add extra value to your birding #ornithology #ukbirding #birds
February 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Brilliant campaigning from @wwtworldwide.bsky.social ft Megan McCubbin in spoof video at the Duck & Cover restaurant.

The use of humour as a campaign tool shouldn't be underestimated.

#BanLead #Ornithology

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“The Toxic Restaurant” – spoof video highlighting toxic lead ammunition sends BASC into meltdown
In the build up to a forthcoming decision by the DEFRA Secretary of State (and his counterparts in the devolved governments) whether to accept the HSE’s recommendations to ban the use of toxi…
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February 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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patrickbarkham.bsky.social
Big news. Our Invertebrate of the Year competition is going global this year. Up with the unsung heroes of the planet! Down with myopic spine-sidedness! Please nominate your favourite invertebrate here:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
Nominate your invertebrate species of the year
We’re asking readers from around the world to nominate their favourite spineless species for our second Invertebrate of the Year competition
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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rspb.bsky.social
Tonight, the Snow Moon rises. 🌕❄️

Named for February’s deep snows, this full moon was also called the Storm Moon or Ice Moon in Old English, reflecting winter’s cold grip.

Look below its glow tonight, and you may spot Regulus...one of the brightest stars in the sky.

Moonrise: 17:06*
A luminous full moon hangs in a dark, cloudy night sky. Wisps of mist swirl around it, creating an eerie yet mesmerising effect. The Moon’s cratered surface is sharply defined, glowing bright against the deep shadows of the sky. A still and atmospheric moment, capturing the quiet beauty of the February Snow Moon.
February 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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rachelhillustrates.bsky.social
Kitchen table card shuffle: spring birds…
February 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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birdguides.bsky.social
The UK Government has rejected a request for the emergency application of an insect-killing pesticide to crops in 2025:
UK Government rejects 'emergency' use of neonicotinoids
The UK Government has rejected an emergency application of an insect-killing pesticide for 2025. The neonicotinoid thiamethoxam has been banned in the UK since 2018, but had been approved for use on British sugar beet crops annually from 2021 to 2024 under the previous Conservative government. The W...
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February 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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birdguides.bsky.social
The RSPB is celebrating a highly successful year for Bearded Tit on its reserves in 2024:
RSPB celebrates Bearded Tit boom
The RSPB is celebrating a highly successful year for Bearded Tit on its reserves in 2024. Last year, no fewer than 120 pairs of Bearded Tits nested at the charity's Blacktoft Sands reserve in East Yorkshire, producing some 500 fledged youngsters – more than double the success rate of previous year...
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February 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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batconservation.bsky.social
🦇 There are over 1,400 species of bats in the world, making up 1/5 of all mammal species and 1/4 of British mammals. Bats play an important role in many habitats around the world: https://buff.ly/3ubI3Cz
Images (c) Jim Jourdane
January 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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lizclimo.bsky.social
Two panel comic, top panel: Hamster is holding up an invitation that says “We request your presents” and says “I’m going to throw a party. How does this invitation look?” Hedgehog replies “There’s a typo. It’s ‘presence’ with a c, not a t.” Bottom panel: Hamster says “But I want people to bring us presents.”
February 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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ruths-portraits.bsky.social
Eagerly awaiting the arrival of puffins to our shores this spring 🫶🏻🌱🐟

At the moment, they’ll be far out in the Atlantic sea, with their wintering range stretching from Greenland, to New York, down to the Canary Islands! #birding 🪶

🖊️ drawn in procreate
My interpretation of a linocut (if I had the materials to create one!) of an Atlantic puffin on waves - roughly based on my own reference photo taken at Bempton Cliffs
February 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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ashwhiffin.bsky.social
The world feels overwhelmingly scary right now.

So here’s a Puffin.
A lone puffin looks to the left, its iconic orange bill in clear view.
January 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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uk-wildlife.bsky.social
Some footage and info on the amazing Whirligig Beetles from my "10 creatures to spot on Wetlands" video I released at the weekend - and YT shared with hardly anyone! lol

You can watch the other 9 creatures here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfff...

#Pondlife #inverts #BugSky #Beetles
February 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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rspb.bsky.social
Must. Stay. Focused.

Oh, look - it's #FlyDay!
A Barn Owl glides through a clear blue sky, its wings fully stretched, showing off its delicate, speckled feathers. But while its body moves forward, its head is turned sharply to the side, as if suddenly distracted mid-flight. With wide, alert eyes and a heart-shaped face, it looks almost like it’s just spotted something important...perhaps the arrival of #FlyDay?
February 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM