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Sparrowhawk chasing a Common Snipe
A few recent ones from around the harbour
Poole Harbour, Dorset
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
A few recent ones from around the harbour
Poole Harbour, Dorset
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sparrowhawk chasing a Common Snipe
A few recent ones from around the harbour
Poole Harbour, Dorset
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
A few recent ones from around the harbour
Poole Harbour, Dorset
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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Brittle star vs. Squid! Ophiuroids only appear dainty & harmless. Another cool moment from #OkeanosExplorer #MarineLife
youtu.be/oHN4sWAuBVc?...
youtu.be/oHN4sWAuBVc?...
Brutal Brittle Stars
YouTube video by oceanexplorergov
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Brittle star vs. Squid! Ophiuroids only appear dainty & harmless. Another cool moment from #OkeanosExplorer #MarineLife
youtu.be/oHN4sWAuBVc?...
youtu.be/oHN4sWAuBVc?...
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Like most cats, wildcats are excellent climbers - even in the snow ❄️
Thankfully this towering birch in the pre-release enclosures doesn't have delicate decorations to be knocked off!
Has your Christmas tree survived your cat this year? 😼
Thankfully this towering birch in the pre-release enclosures doesn't have delicate decorations to be knocked off!
Has your Christmas tree survived your cat this year? 😼
December 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Like most cats, wildcats are excellent climbers - even in the snow ❄️
Thankfully this towering birch in the pre-release enclosures doesn't have delicate decorations to be knocked off!
Has your Christmas tree survived your cat this year? 😼
Thankfully this towering birch in the pre-release enclosures doesn't have delicate decorations to be knocked off!
Has your Christmas tree survived your cat this year? 😼
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The Luna Oyster Project, a collaboration between Norfolk Seaweed and Oyster Heaven, aims to restore 4 million oysters to the North Sea, using the first-ever mass deployment of mother reef bricks.
Incredible work by Allie Wharf & Willie Athill!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Incredible work by Allie Wharf & Willie Athill!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Sea change: the drive to restore millions of oysters on the Norfolk coast
The first ever mass deployment of mother reef bricks aims to rebuild habitats – and could reshape the North Sea
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The Luna Oyster Project, a collaboration between Norfolk Seaweed and Oyster Heaven, aims to restore 4 million oysters to the North Sea, using the first-ever mass deployment of mother reef bricks.
Incredible work by Allie Wharf & Willie Athill!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Incredible work by Allie Wharf & Willie Athill!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Sit back & enjoy the latest episode of The Wandering Ecologist podcast, where host Penny Green talks to Sussex Wildlife Trust's Henri Brocklebank about the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project.
Listen on your usual podcast provider now!
https://f.mtr.cool/joodistbob
📸 Paul Naylor
Listen on your usual podcast provider now!
https://f.mtr.cool/joodistbob
📸 Paul Naylor
December 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Sit back & enjoy the latest episode of The Wandering Ecologist podcast, where host Penny Green talks to Sussex Wildlife Trust's Henri Brocklebank about the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project.
Listen on your usual podcast provider now!
https://f.mtr.cool/joodistbob
📸 Paul Naylor
Listen on your usual podcast provider now!
https://f.mtr.cool/joodistbob
📸 Paul Naylor
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Chile is to create a 150,000 hectare national park at 'the edge of the world', with forests, peatlands, glaciers, and coastline.
Protecting wilderness is by far the best weapon we have against ecological collapse.
share.google/QqQvdJDwY5Mt...
Protecting wilderness is by far the best weapon we have against ecological collapse.
share.google/QqQvdJDwY5Mt...
Chile moves to create national park at the edge of the world to protect wildlife
At the edge of the world map, where land turns into subantarctic forests, icy seas and glaciers, Chile is preparing to create a national park to protect endangered wildlife and unique ecosystems.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Chile is to create a 150,000 hectare national park at 'the edge of the world', with forests, peatlands, glaciers, and coastline.
Protecting wilderness is by far the best weapon we have against ecological collapse.
share.google/QqQvdJDwY5Mt...
Protecting wilderness is by far the best weapon we have against ecological collapse.
share.google/QqQvdJDwY5Mt...
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Shooting hares will finally be banned for most of the year, and a ban on trail hunting will be announced Monday as part of a package of animal welfare measures
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare law
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Shooting hares will finally be banned for most of the year, and a ban on trail hunting will be announced Monday as part of a package of animal welfare measures
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
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This is not an exaggeration:
There is not a single weather forecaster, TV meteorologist, airline pilot, computer scientist, or climate scientist in the WORLD whose work or life wasn't directly or indirectly improved or influenced by the science done at NCAR.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
There is not a single weather forecaster, TV meteorologist, airline pilot, computer scientist, or climate scientist in the WORLD whose work or life wasn't directly or indirectly improved or influenced by the science done at NCAR.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is not an exaggeration:
There is not a single weather forecaster, TV meteorologist, airline pilot, computer scientist, or climate scientist in the WORLD whose work or life wasn't directly or indirectly improved or influenced by the science done at NCAR.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
There is not a single weather forecaster, TV meteorologist, airline pilot, computer scientist, or climate scientist in the WORLD whose work or life wasn't directly or indirectly improved or influenced by the science done at NCAR.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Absolutely shocking.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Absolutely shocking.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
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Orange old man who says climate change is a hoax, says his golden ballroom is a matter of national security.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Orange old man who says climate change is a hoax, says his golden ballroom is a matter of national security.
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1. This short thread is about what I see as a serious breach of journalistic ethics, in the making of Sofia Pineda Ochoa’s online documentary Greenwashed. She interviewed me for the film, but neither before, during or after was I given any idea I would be its target. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWU...
GREENWASHED | Full Documentary [Official]
YouTube video by Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
1. This short thread is about what I see as a serious breach of journalistic ethics, in the making of Sofia Pineda Ochoa’s online documentary Greenwashed. She interviewed me for the film, but neither before, during or after was I given any idea I would be its target. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWU...
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12. Please be aware that this film is not an accurate representation of my views, or a fair and responsible form of journalism.
Hate me for what I am, by all means. But please don’t hate me on the basis of what it tells you I am.
Thank you.
Hate me for what I am, by all means. But please don’t hate me on the basis of what it tells you I am.
Thank you.
December 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
12. Please be aware that this film is not an accurate representation of my views, or a fair and responsible form of journalism.
Hate me for what I am, by all means. But please don’t hate me on the basis of what it tells you I am.
Thank you.
Hate me for what I am, by all means. But please don’t hate me on the basis of what it tells you I am.
Thank you.
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Swedish courts have blocked the planned January wolf hunt that was supposed to further reduce the Swedish wolf population. The courts argue it might affect the conservation status negatively. 🦊
www.domstol.se/nyheter/2025...
www.domstol.se/nyheter/2025...
Förvaltningsrätten i Luleå upphäver alla överklagade beslut om licensjakt efter varg 2026
Länsstyrelserna i Dalarna, Södermanland, Västmanland, Västra Götaland, och Örebro län har beslutat om licensjakt efter totalt 48 vargar med startdatum den 2 januari 2026. Besluten har överklagats av f...
www.domstol.se
December 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Swedish courts have blocked the planned January wolf hunt that was supposed to further reduce the Swedish wolf population. The courts argue it might affect the conservation status negatively. 🦊
www.domstol.se/nyheter/2025...
www.domstol.se/nyheter/2025...
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It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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The paper emphasises that coexistence will look different across regions — but must always remain rooted in science, inclusive dialogue and long-term adaptive management.
📘 Download the full publication:
environment.ec.europa.eu/publications... 4/4
📘 Download the full publication:
environment.ec.europa.eu/publications... 4/4
Conceptualising coexistence with large carnivores in Europe
Based on decades of accumulated experience across the continent of Europe the objective of this perspective paper is to present a proposal for how coexistence should be viewed with respect to large ca...
environment.ec.europa.eu
December 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The paper emphasises that coexistence will look different across regions — but must always remain rooted in science, inclusive dialogue and long-term adaptive management.
📘 Download the full publication:
environment.ec.europa.eu/publications... 4/4
📘 Download the full publication:
environment.ec.europa.eu/publications... 4/4
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Coexistence with large carnivores is not a fixed end point — it is an ongoing, adaptive process that requires ecological, social and governance dimensions to align.
Below a new #LCIE perspective paper on coexistence with #LargeCarnivores, developed for the European Commission. 🦊 1/4
Below a new #LCIE perspective paper on coexistence with #LargeCarnivores, developed for the European Commission. 🦊 1/4
Conceptualising coexistence with large carnivores in Europe
Based on decades of accumulated experience across the continent of Europe the objective of this perspective paper is to present a proposal for how coexistence should be viewed with respect to large ca...
environment.ec.europa.eu
December 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Coexistence with large carnivores is not a fixed end point — it is an ongoing, adaptive process that requires ecological, social and governance dimensions to align.
Below a new #LCIE perspective paper on coexistence with #LargeCarnivores, developed for the European Commission. 🦊 1/4
Below a new #LCIE perspective paper on coexistence with #LargeCarnivores, developed for the European Commission. 🦊 1/4
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The Snowy Owl has been declared Regionally Extinct in Sweden. For the first time in 20 years, the country has officially lost a bird species. - www.birdlife.org/news/2025/12...
#BirdingScotland #UKBirding
Attributed to a combination of climate change and disruption to the lemming cycle. A tragedy.
#BirdingScotland #UKBirding
Attributed to a combination of climate change and disruption to the lemming cycle. A tragedy.
Sweden has lost the Snowy Owl
The Snowy Owl has been declared Regionally Extinct in Sweden. For the first time in 20 years, the country has officially lost a bird species.
www.birdlife.org
December 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The Snowy Owl has been declared Regionally Extinct in Sweden. For the first time in 20 years, the country has officially lost a bird species. - www.birdlife.org/news/2025/12...
#BirdingScotland #UKBirding
Attributed to a combination of climate change and disruption to the lemming cycle. A tragedy.
#BirdingScotland #UKBirding
Attributed to a combination of climate change and disruption to the lemming cycle. A tragedy.
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Good morning , thank you to Peter Trimming on Facebook for today's #FoxOfTheDay !
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Good morning , thank you to Peter Trimming on Facebook for today's #FoxOfTheDay !
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar
Window 7
‘Frost’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Window 7
‘Frost’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
December 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar
Window 7
‘Frost’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Window 7
‘Frost’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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There are problems with binary definitions of nativeness
“Dilemmas arise from the dynamic nature of species' distribution ranges on longer time scales,
in the application to smaller regions defined by arbitrary borders,
& limited knowledge of species' past distributions”
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
“Dilemmas arise from the dynamic nature of species' distribution ranges on longer time scales,
in the application to smaller regions defined by arbitrary borders,
& limited knowledge of species' past distributions”
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
A graduated nativeness definition for overcoming dilemmas and difficulties of vascular plant species
Nativeness is a concept central to biodiversity conservation and invasion biology, but there are several problems related to a classic binary nativeness definition. Dilemmas arise from the dynamic na...
doi.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
There are problems with binary definitions of nativeness
“Dilemmas arise from the dynamic nature of species' distribution ranges on longer time scales,
in the application to smaller regions defined by arbitrary borders,
& limited knowledge of species' past distributions”
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
“Dilemmas arise from the dynamic nature of species' distribution ranges on longer time scales,
in the application to smaller regions defined by arbitrary borders,
& limited knowledge of species' past distributions”
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
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An ant that gives birth to two different species? Yes, it's real. 🐜
Join the 2026 Brad Ashby Memorial Lecture to hear how Messor ants broke biology and rewrote our idea of species.
Free signup: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1970355572...
@selfishmeme.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social
Join the 2026 Brad Ashby Memorial Lecture to hear how Messor ants broke biology and rewrote our idea of species.
Free signup: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1970355572...
@selfishmeme.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
An ant that gives birth to two different species? Yes, it's real. 🐜
Join the 2026 Brad Ashby Memorial Lecture to hear how Messor ants broke biology and rewrote our idea of species.
Free signup: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1970355572...
@selfishmeme.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social
Join the 2026 Brad Ashby Memorial Lecture to hear how Messor ants broke biology and rewrote our idea of species.
Free signup: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1970355572...
@selfishmeme.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social
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Sprat are small members of the herring family, and are the basis of whole marine ecosystems. Yet they're being hoovered up by pair-trawlers to feed fish farms.
Please sign our petition calling for a pause on sprat trawling until we have more data.
Thank you!
www.change.org/p/save-our-m...
Please sign our petition calling for a pause on sprat trawling until we have more data.
Thank you!
www.change.org/p/save-our-m...
December 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Sprat are small members of the herring family, and are the basis of whole marine ecosystems. Yet they're being hoovered up by pair-trawlers to feed fish farms.
Please sign our petition calling for a pause on sprat trawling until we have more data.
Thank you!
www.change.org/p/save-our-m...
Please sign our petition calling for a pause on sprat trawling until we have more data.
Thank you!
www.change.org/p/save-our-m...
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Blue Tit caught in the act! 😁😍
Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 🐦
#birds 🪶
My 2026 Birds calendars make lovely Christmas presents! 🌲😀
You can buy them here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...
Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 🐦
#birds 🪶
My 2026 Birds calendars make lovely Christmas presents! 🌲😀
You can buy them here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...
December 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Blue Tit caught in the act! 😁😍
Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 🐦
#birds 🪶
My 2026 Birds calendars make lovely Christmas presents! 🌲😀
You can buy them here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...
Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 🐦
#birds 🪶
My 2026 Birds calendars make lovely Christmas presents! 🌲😀
You can buy them here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...
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"Fox hunting [with horses and dogs] is part of nature", says Kerry county councillor Fionnán Fitzgerald, urging TDs to vote against a ban.
How do you even respond to such ludicrous nonsense?
RadioKerry.ie share.google/5BwAEqzxZHZO...
www.radiokerry.ie/news/county-...
How do you even respond to such ludicrous nonsense?
RadioKerry.ie share.google/5BwAEqzxZHZO...
www.radiokerry.ie/news/county-...
County councillor urging Kerry TDs not to support a bill banning fox-hunting | RadioKerry.ie
A Castleisland councillor is urging Kerry TDs not to support an upcoming bill banning fox-hunting | Radio Kerry News
www.radiokerry.ie
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"Fox hunting [with horses and dogs] is part of nature", says Kerry county councillor Fionnán Fitzgerald, urging TDs to vote against a ban.
How do you even respond to such ludicrous nonsense?
RadioKerry.ie share.google/5BwAEqzxZHZO...
www.radiokerry.ie/news/county-...
How do you even respond to such ludicrous nonsense?
RadioKerry.ie share.google/5BwAEqzxZHZO...
www.radiokerry.ie/news/county-...