Fiona Clark
@otterfjc.bsky.social
I'm a Brit, currently living in Tucson AZ, married to Jim, co-owner of EffectiveArts, PhD (Environmental Comm). I love nature, music, reading, swimming, travel, and going on adventures.
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Fiona Clark
@otterfjc.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Hello BlueSky! I'm no great photographer but I do like snapping photos with my phone or pocket camera, so will put a few pictures on here.
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Spanish bluebells in the UK are a current and long term threat to our native English bluebells through hybridisation. Perhaps in a few hundred years we will have lost purity. Why do we still allow their sale in the UK? It should be banned now. @wtscotsocial.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Living in Tucson, everything around us has yellow blossoms!
Cannot get over the Hawthorn & cow parsley, & even pinkish horse chestnut bloom craziness. The world is covered in white ice cream. How is this not in the papers?
May 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Living in Tucson, everything around us has yellow blossoms!
I love this!
#maddow
Science break.
This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊
Science break.
This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊
April 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I love this!
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A vibrant scientific community would share this video everywhere. It would engage deeply with its devastating implications and meaningfully discuss alternatives to animal testing.
But instead we scientists are a bunch of cowards, afraid to rock the boat, indoctrinated to rationalize the status quo.
But instead we scientists are a bunch of cowards, afraid to rock the boat, indoctrinated to rationalize the status quo.
March 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
A vibrant scientific community would share this video everywhere. It would engage deeply with its devastating implications and meaningfully discuss alternatives to animal testing.
But instead we scientists are a bunch of cowards, afraid to rock the boat, indoctrinated to rationalize the status quo.
But instead we scientists are a bunch of cowards, afraid to rock the boat, indoctrinated to rationalize the status quo.
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If you need some space, a place to escape to, but can't get out somewhere quiet, we can help.
Switch off from the noise with Radio Lento. 🎧
Switch off from the noise with Radio Lento. 🎧
Switch off from the noise
Radio Lento episodes for when you need a break from the noise.
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January 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
If you need some space, a place to escape to, but can't get out somewhere quiet, we can help.
Switch off from the noise with Radio Lento. 🎧
Switch off from the noise with Radio Lento. 🎧
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Our latest comics have been illustrated by the very talented and funny @sarky-sheena.bsky.social. Give them a follow.
January 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Our latest comics have been illustrated by the very talented and funny @sarky-sheena.bsky.social. Give them a follow.
Our local bobcat and her kitten, hanging out just over the road.
January 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Our local bobcat and her kitten, hanging out just over the road.
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Watch, as Government and its regulatory poodles feign shock and horror at water companies doing what they do. And then agree to huge increases in our bills. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/23/revealed-thames-water-diverted-cash-for-clean-ups-to-help-pay-bonuses?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Ot…
Revealed: Thames Water diverted ‘cash for clean-ups’ to help pay bonuses
Exclusive: UK’s biggest water company assessed risks before cutting back on cost of environmental work, investigation shows
buff.ly
December 23, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Watch, as Government and its regulatory poodles feign shock and horror at water companies doing what they do. And then agree to huge increases in our bills. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/23/revealed-thames-water-diverted-cash-for-clean-ups-to-help-pay-bonuses?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Ot…
Another Common Kingfisher (my favourite bird) - I followed it along the Leeds Liverpool Canal to the River Aire in Yorkshire.
December 6, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Another Common Kingfisher (my favourite bird) - I followed it along the Leeds Liverpool Canal to the River Aire in Yorkshire.
I spent a few hours at Walthamstow Wetlands a few days ago and one of the kingfishers was very kind and allowed me to get this photo.
December 1, 2024 at 9:48 AM
I spent a few hours at Walthamstow Wetlands a few days ago and one of the kingfishers was very kind and allowed me to get this photo.
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The graphic reality of what the current economic system (capitalism) is doing to our living planet, day in, day out: putting unimaginably diverse ecosystems en masse through a grinder to produce profits, mostly for a few.
Caring about nature, but ignoring this, makes zero sense.
Caring about nature, but ignoring this, makes zero sense.
November 27, 2024 at 6:02 AM
The graphic reality of what the current economic system (capitalism) is doing to our living planet, day in, day out: putting unimaginably diverse ecosystems en masse through a grinder to produce profits, mostly for a few.
Caring about nature, but ignoring this, makes zero sense.
Caring about nature, but ignoring this, makes zero sense.
Sunset in Saguaro National Park yesterday.
November 16, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Sunset in Saguaro National Park yesterday.
The moon early this morning.
November 15, 2024 at 1:30 PM
The moon early this morning.
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Pocket Shark.
November 13, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Pocket Shark.
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Tonight, the Woodcock Moon rises. 🌕
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas and arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them—riding on their backs!
Look up for the final Supermoon of the year.
Moonrise: 15:29*
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas and arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them—riding on their backs!
Look up for the final Supermoon of the year.
Moonrise: 15:29*
November 15, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Tonight, the Woodcock Moon rises. 🌕
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas and arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them—riding on their backs!
Look up for the final Supermoon of the year.
Moonrise: 15:29*
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas and arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them—riding on their backs!
Look up for the final Supermoon of the year.
Moonrise: 15:29*
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Cicero was a very wise man
November 14, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Cicero was a very wise man
I got well and truly scolded by a Verdin (a tiny bird only weighing about 0.25 oz and 4.5 inches long) when I let the hummingbird feeders on my home office window run dry - the Verdin likes sugar water too!
November 13, 2024 at 5:58 PM
I got well and truly scolded by a Verdin (a tiny bird only weighing about 0.25 oz and 4.5 inches long) when I let the hummingbird feeders on my home office window run dry - the Verdin likes sugar water too!
Hello BlueSky! I'm no great photographer but I do like snapping photos with my phone or pocket camera, so will put a few pictures on here.
November 13, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Hello BlueSky! I'm no great photographer but I do like snapping photos with my phone or pocket camera, so will put a few pictures on here.