Peter J Morgan
@pbo61.bsky.social
Chairman PBO, 'S' BTO Ringer, Glamorgan ,Wales based. Getting Ancient
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The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
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Extensive effort by multiple law enforcement / science / conservation partners to determine this as a wildlife crime. But of course, yet again the offender hasn't been identified, charged, prosecuted etc. Something needs to change.
#RaptorResearch
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#RaptorResearch
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Hen Harrier found dead in Northumberland National Park with shotgun damage to satellite tag
This is a blog about one of those dead Hen Harriers for whom we’ve been waiting over a year for Natural England to confirm the cause of death. A Hen Harrier (photo by Pete Walkden) The young …
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November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Extensive effort by multiple law enforcement / science / conservation partners to determine this as a wildlife crime. But of course, yet again the offender hasn't been identified, charged, prosecuted etc. Something needs to change.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/24/h...
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/24/h...
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🦭 Last week, I presented our recent work on evaluating the risk of seals colliding with tidal turbines at @seamammalresearch.bsky.social, at the @mastscot.bsky.social conference.
If you’re interested in hearing more, read the preprint here: shorturl.at/76VSb !
If you’re interested in hearing more, read the preprint here: shorturl.at/76VSb !
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🦭 Last week, I presented our recent work on evaluating the risk of seals colliding with tidal turbines at @seamammalresearch.bsky.social, at the @mastscot.bsky.social conference.
If you’re interested in hearing more, read the preprint here: shorturl.at/76VSb !
If you’re interested in hearing more, read the preprint here: shorturl.at/76VSb !
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Court document reveals that the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area would be cut severely, and maybe entirely, along with critical natural resource management staff. This would be devastating for our public lands!
“The Monday filing outlines where 2,050 positions would be eliminated; the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land Management, and the main Interior office would be especially hard hit. Regional offices with the National Park Service are also targeted for significant cuts.”
Inside Trump's plan to eviscerate USGS and beyond - Center for Western Priorities
Forced by a federal judge to partially reveal plans for firing federal employees, the Trump administration on Monday said it plans to “imminently” terminate more than 2,000 employees at the Interior d...
westernpriorities.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Court document reveals that the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area would be cut severely, and maybe entirely, along with critical natural resource management staff. This would be devastating for our public lands!
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November 24th: UK FIRST RECORDS: 🥇
AMERICAN ROYAL TERN - Thalasseus maximus
A 1st winter present at Kenfig Pool, Glamorgan in 1979 was ringed as a nestling in North Carolina, USA.
#UKrares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding
AMERICAN ROYAL TERN - Thalasseus maximus
A 1st winter present at Kenfig Pool, Glamorgan in 1979 was ringed as a nestling in North Carolina, USA.
#UKrares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
November 24th: UK FIRST RECORDS: 🥇
AMERICAN ROYAL TERN - Thalasseus maximus
A 1st winter present at Kenfig Pool, Glamorgan in 1979 was ringed as a nestling in North Carolina, USA.
#UKrares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding
AMERICAN ROYAL TERN - Thalasseus maximus
A 1st winter present at Kenfig Pool, Glamorgan in 1979 was ringed as a nestling in North Carolina, USA.
#UKrares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding
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🧬 DNA from a biopsy sample taken from a surfacing beaked whale with a modified crossbow confirms these specimens as ginkgo-toothed beaked whales (mesoplodon ginkgodens), a species never (knowingly) seen alive. #consgen 🦊
These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
The search for a gingko-toothed beaked whale had taken five years, when a thieving albatross nearly ruined it all
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🧬 DNA from a biopsy sample taken from a surfacing beaked whale with a modified crossbow confirms these specimens as ginkgo-toothed beaked whales (mesoplodon ginkgodens), a species never (knowingly) seen alive. #consgen 🦊
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📣New paper out today!
We’ve found concentrations of mercury in UK-harbour porpoises is increasing. 📈🐬
We also found concentrations of mercury were associated with an increased risk of dying from infectious disease.☠️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We’ve found concentrations of mercury in UK-harbour porpoises is increasing. 📈🐬
We also found concentrations of mercury were associated with an increased risk of dying from infectious disease.☠️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Temporal Increases in Mercury Concentrations are Associated with Increased Risk of Death by Infectious Disease in Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena Phocoena)
Trace elements, particularly heavy metals like mercury, pose significant risks to marine ecosystems due to their toxic and bioaccumulative properties. Concentrations in some marine species show concer...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
📣New paper out today!
We’ve found concentrations of mercury in UK-harbour porpoises is increasing. 📈🐬
We also found concentrations of mercury were associated with an increased risk of dying from infectious disease.☠️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We’ve found concentrations of mercury in UK-harbour porpoises is increasing. 📈🐬
We also found concentrations of mercury were associated with an increased risk of dying from infectious disease.☠️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Totals 23rd #birds:
Sc 519
Ll 103
Ap 251
Bn Sw 116
Irania 40
Eu Ntjr 5
Rbk Sh 17
Trk Sh 12
Upch W 25
Rfs Bcht 17
Spt Fly 7
Brrd W 16
Wllw W 12
Rvr W 5
Ntgle 4
Olv T W 13
E Olvcs W 9
Trippt 2
Gdn W 2
Isab Whtr 1
Pd Whtr 1
Rck Th 3
Gldn Or 1
Bsra RW 2
Rdrmp Sw 1
Eu Rllr 2
#nguliaringing #birdringing
Sc 519
Ll 103
Ap 251
Bn Sw 116
Irania 40
Eu Ntjr 5
Rbk Sh 17
Trk Sh 12
Upch W 25
Rfs Bcht 17
Spt Fly 7
Brrd W 16
Wllw W 12
Rvr W 5
Ntgle 4
Olv T W 13
E Olvcs W 9
Trippt 2
Gdn W 2
Isab Whtr 1
Pd Whtr 1
Rck Th 3
Gldn Or 1
Bsra RW 2
Rdrmp Sw 1
Eu Rllr 2
#nguliaringing #birdringing
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Totals 23rd #birds:
Sc 519
Ll 103
Ap 251
Bn Sw 116
Irania 40
Eu Ntjr 5
Rbk Sh 17
Trk Sh 12
Upch W 25
Rfs Bcht 17
Spt Fly 7
Brrd W 16
Wllw W 12
Rvr W 5
Ntgle 4
Olv T W 13
E Olvcs W 9
Trippt 2
Gdn W 2
Isab Whtr 1
Pd Whtr 1
Rck Th 3
Gldn Or 1
Bsra RW 2
Rdrmp Sw 1
Eu Rllr 2
#nguliaringing #birdringing
Sc 519
Ll 103
Ap 251
Bn Sw 116
Irania 40
Eu Ntjr 5
Rbk Sh 17
Trk Sh 12
Upch W 25
Rfs Bcht 17
Spt Fly 7
Brrd W 16
Wllw W 12
Rvr W 5
Ntgle 4
Olv T W 13
E Olvcs W 9
Trippt 2
Gdn W 2
Isab Whtr 1
Pd Whtr 1
Rck Th 3
Gldn Or 1
Bsra RW 2
Rdrmp Sw 1
Eu Rllr 2
#nguliaringing #birdringing
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The mist produced some good results for 23rd despite heavy rain and dim lights. Total caught at #nguliaringing was 1,186 w Whitethroat yet again dominating at c.50% of catch. Highlight was 3rd Euro Red-rumped Swallow for Kenya caught randomly in swallow nets late a.m.! #birdringing #birds #TsavoWest
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The mist produced some good results for 23rd despite heavy rain and dim lights. Total caught at #nguliaringing was 1,186 w Whitethroat yet again dominating at c.50% of catch. Highlight was 3rd Euro Red-rumped Swallow for Kenya caught randomly in swallow nets late a.m.! #birdringing #birds #TsavoWest
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Last morning at #nguliaringing for 2025. No mist at night though 11 nightjars caught + 1 Marsh W, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Sprosser. Hoping for a splash of colour or something unusual... #birds #KWS #birdringing #TsavoWest #Ngulia
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Last morning at #nguliaringing for 2025. No mist at night though 11 nightjars caught + 1 Marsh W, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Sprosser. Hoping for a splash of colour or something unusual... #birds #KWS #birdringing #TsavoWest #Ngulia
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Poole (Dorset) peregrines have been very active in the higher nest box recently. Adult male and female spending considerable time at the box and the male recorded scraping. This year's juvenile male (HG) is still present. If he is still around in Mar/April will he help or hinder?...we'll see.
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Poole (Dorset) peregrines have been very active in the higher nest box recently. Adult male and female spending considerable time at the box and the male recorded scraping. This year's juvenile male (HG) is still present. If he is still around in Mar/April will he help or hinder?...we'll see.
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The late afternoon Desert Wheatear in the Wyke Regis bridging camp compound, photographed through a substantial metal grate fence
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The late afternoon Desert Wheatear in the Wyke Regis bridging camp compound, photographed through a substantial metal grate fence
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Cracking day on patch at Littlesea, The Fleet. Highlight was finding a ♀️ Desert Wheatear in Bridging Camp. ♀️ Long-tailed Duck, 2 Slavonian Grebes & singles of Atlantic Brent Goose, Whimbrel & Water Rail, plus a Harbour Seal made up the rest of the highlights.
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Cracking day on patch at Littlesea, The Fleet. Highlight was finding a ♀️ Desert Wheatear in Bridging Camp. ♀️ Long-tailed Duck, 2 Slavonian Grebes & singles of Atlantic Brent Goose, Whimbrel & Water Rail, plus a Harbour Seal made up the rest of the highlights.
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Excellent find Brett. Still feeding at dusk at the Bridging Camp @luvaducksbutt.bsky.social
#DorsetBirds
#DorsetBirds
Cracking day on patch at Littlesea, The Fleet. Highlight was finding a ♀️ Desert Wheatear in Bridging Camp. ♀️ Long-tailed Duck, 2 Slavonian Grebes & singles of Atlantic Brent Goose, Whimbrel & Water Rail, plus a Harbour Seal made up the rest of the highlights.
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Excellent find Brett. Still feeding at dusk at the Bridging Camp @luvaducksbutt.bsky.social
#DorsetBirds
#DorsetBirds
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Haida Raven
Bill Reid ~ Haida
1972
Bill Reid ~ Haida
1972
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Haida Raven
Bill Reid ~ Haida
1972
Bill Reid ~ Haida
1972
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Desert Wheatears are tough & lovely Wheatears and probably used to harsh conditions on their breeding grounds
I was fortunate to make it over to the Fleet Bridging Camp this afternoon, just as the sun was setting, to take in the Desert Wheatear found an hr earlier by Brett. My 1st of this lovely spp in Dorset, & in the UK overall for a long time, braving the gale like a trooper @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Desert Wheatears are tough & lovely Wheatears and probably used to harsh conditions on their breeding grounds
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After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
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November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
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Sun rising over Point Reyes Station, CA on a late Fall morning.
November 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Sun rising over Point Reyes Station, CA on a late Fall morning.
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“Have they given up? Are they just deciding to build up herd immunity by watching us die? The government has given up, hasn’t it? They are throwing us into the slaughterhouse.”
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
“Have they given up? Are they just deciding to build up herd immunity by watching us die? The government has given up, hasn’t it? They are throwing us into the slaughterhouse.”
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Ferrybridge this morning high tide 2 Goosander, Knot, 5 Shelduck, 37 Greenfinches
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Ferrybridge this morning high tide 2 Goosander, Knot, 5 Shelduck, 37 Greenfinches
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It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
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A timeline of treachery at the heart of UKIP/The Brexit Party/Reform c/o @thenerve.news.
#Gill #Farage #Brexit #Reform
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
#Gill #Farage #Brexit #Reform
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A timeline of treachery at the heart of UKIP/The Brexit Party/Reform c/o @thenerve.news.
#Gill #Farage #Brexit #Reform
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
#Gill #Farage #Brexit #Reform
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
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2nd last full morning ringing at #nguliaringing and we've got mist!! ...and rain... hoping the mist thickens and the #birds pour in... #ngulia #KWS #birding #birdringing #TsavoWest
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
2nd last full morning ringing at #nguliaringing and we've got mist!! ...and rain... hoping the mist thickens and the #birds pour in... #ngulia #KWS #birding #birdringing #TsavoWest
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This is a genuine question: Outside of the UK, does anyone know of another National Park where it is an annual event to release thousands of non-native birds? Or even occasionally? I only ask because the more I think about it, the more barking mad it sounds. #birds #nationalparks
New report on gamebird releases in Cairngorms National Park doesn't tell even half the story.
Study included less than half (45%) of estates rearing & releasing non-native gamebirds. MSPs need to interpret results cautiously & appropriately.
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/21/n...
Study included less than half (45%) of estates rearing & releasing non-native gamebirds. MSPs need to interpret results cautiously & appropriately.
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/21/n...
New report on gamebird releases in Cairngorms National Park doesn’t tell even half the story
In spring 2025, news emerged that the GWCT (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust) was going to be conducting a pilot study to look at the number of non-native gamebirds (Pheasants & Red-legge…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is a genuine question: Outside of the UK, does anyone know of another National Park where it is an annual event to release thousands of non-native birds? Or even occasionally? I only ask because the more I think about it, the more barking mad it sounds. #birds #nationalparks