Steve Dudley
@stevedudley.bsky.social
Birder #WestrayBirding | Orkney Bird Recorder | #birdingScotland #ornithology 🪶 | #TeamMoth | #wildlife #art | 🎶 Punk, Post-punk| PUFC | MUFC | Pro-EU | ✊🏾🏳️🌈 ally
Feeds - Birding Gear, Orkney Birding, UK Patch Birding and BirdWeather PUC.
Feeds - Birding Gear, Orkney Birding, UK Patch Birding and BirdWeather PUC.
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Steve Dudley
@stevedudley.bsky.social
· Sep 23
I've long been a gear geek - optics, tripods, clothing - I'm obsessed with it all. I've helped design optics, jackets and more and I love to share and hear others' views on their birding gear. So, I've set up this Feed, Birding Gear, for just that. Tag your posts #BirdingGear to contribute!
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At Byline Times we’ve published dozens of articles on Sir Robbie Gibb’s role at GB News, the Jewish Chronicle, and of course BBC News for nearly five years
Tomorrow’s headlines today
bylinetimes.com?s=Sir+Robbie...
Tomorrow’s headlines today
bylinetimes.com?s=Sir+Robbie...
You searched for Sir Robbie Gibb – Byline Times
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
At Byline Times we’ve published dozens of articles on Sir Robbie Gibb’s role at GB News, the Jewish Chronicle, and of course BBC News for nearly five years
Tomorrow’s headlines today
bylinetimes.com?s=Sir+Robbie...
Tomorrow’s headlines today
bylinetimes.com?s=Sir+Robbie...
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Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people – report
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Compulsory housing orders across England, Wales & Northern Ireland to combat 'significantly elevated threat' of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu).
But ~60 million gamebirds still running around the countryside...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/c...
But ~60 million gamebirds still running around the countryside...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/c...
Compulsory housing orders across England, Wales & Northern Ireland to combat ‘significantly elevated threat’ of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Compulsory housing orders have been introduced across all of England, Wales and Northern Ireland in a bid to combat the ‘significantly elevated threat’ of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influe…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Compulsory housing orders across England, Wales & Northern Ireland to combat 'significantly elevated threat' of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu).
But ~60 million gamebirds still running around the countryside...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/c...
But ~60 million gamebirds still running around the countryside...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/c...
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NEW: Global fossil fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless 'stated policies' are abandoned
Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart)
What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...
Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart)
What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
NEW: Global fossil fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless 'stated policies' are abandoned
Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart)
What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...
Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart)
What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...
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If you have ever reported a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit, you have helped to establish connections that cross country and continental boundaries.
Here's how the Dee Estuary links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
Here's how the Dee Estuary links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 AM
If you have ever reported a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit, you have helped to establish connections that cross country and continental boundaries.
Here's how the Dee Estuary links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
Here's how the Dee Estuary links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
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The coldest air on the planet - relative to normal - is over FL now! The cold pool is being forced south by overwhelming Arctic warmth.
While FL won’t bear the brunt for much longer, the Arctic will become even more off-kilter over the coming weeks. That means weather shenanigans will abound!
While FL won’t bear the brunt for much longer, the Arctic will become even more off-kilter over the coming weeks. That means weather shenanigans will abound!
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The coldest air on the planet - relative to normal - is over FL now! The cold pool is being forced south by overwhelming Arctic warmth.
While FL won’t bear the brunt for much longer, the Arctic will become even more off-kilter over the coming weeks. That means weather shenanigans will abound!
While FL won’t bear the brunt for much longer, the Arctic will become even more off-kilter over the coming weeks. That means weather shenanigans will abound!
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Fake news: the BBC, Trump and the fight for impartiality
"We should be honest: the BBC will not report on Trump freely now. It won’t need to be told not to"
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/opinion...
"We should be honest: the BBC will not report on Trump freely now. It won’t need to be told not to"
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/opinion...
Fake news: the BBC, Trump and the fight for impartiality
"We should be honest: the BBC will not report on Trump freely now. It won’t need to be told not to"
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Fake news: the BBC, Trump and the fight for impartiality
"We should be honest: the BBC will not report on Trump freely now. It won’t need to be told not to"
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/opinion...
"We should be honest: the BBC will not report on Trump freely now. It won’t need to be told not to"
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Almost half a billion people live within 1km of fossil fuels sites incl drilling wells, processing plants & pipelines
Most active projects have created heavily contaminated areas where low-income & marginalized groups bear a disproportionate burden of pollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Most active projects have created heavily contaminated areas where low-income & marginalized groups bear a disproportionate burden of pollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people – report
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Almost half a billion people live within 1km of fossil fuels sites incl drilling wells, processing plants & pipelines
Most active projects have created heavily contaminated areas where low-income & marginalized groups bear a disproportionate burden of pollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Most active projects have created heavily contaminated areas where low-income & marginalized groups bear a disproportionate burden of pollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Back in 1997, there were just 11 booming male Bitterns left in the UK – almost extinct. Thanks to conservation by @rspb.bsky.social and @naturalengland.bsky.social 283 booming males were recorded in 2024.
Les Cater shares his story and stunning photos of these rare birds ⤵️
Les Cater shares his story and stunning photos of these rare birds ⤵️
Hidden wonders: my fascinating encounters with the Bittern
Elusive and majestic, the Bittern’s booming call echoes across Minsmere’s reeds – a symbol of hope and conservation success
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Back in 1997, there were just 11 booming male Bitterns left in the UK – almost extinct. Thanks to conservation by @rspb.bsky.social and @naturalengland.bsky.social 283 booming males were recorded in 2024.
Les Cater shares his story and stunning photos of these rare birds ⤵️
Les Cater shares his story and stunning photos of these rare birds ⤵️
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"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
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“Some of the rhetoric we’re hearing – racist rhetoric, divisive rhetoric – that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago is returning to politics and it makes people feel very scared,”
Says PM who in May sounded like the unlamented Enoch Powell with his "island of strangers" speech 😡🙄
Says PM who in May sounded like the unlamented Enoch Powell with his "island of strangers" speech 😡🙄
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“Some of the rhetoric we’re hearing – racist rhetoric, divisive rhetoric – that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago is returning to politics and it makes people feel very scared,”
Says PM who in May sounded like the unlamented Enoch Powell with his "island of strangers" speech 😡🙄
Says PM who in May sounded like the unlamented Enoch Powell with his "island of strangers" speech 😡🙄
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If you're looking for the ultimate in sharpness, colour rendition, contrast and build quality, look no further than #Leica Noctivid #binoculars.
Featuring:
High-performance SCHOTT HT™ glass
Robust design
AquaDura® coatings
1.9m Close Focus
🔽
www.birders-store.co.uk/leica-noctiv...
#BirdingGear
Featuring:
High-performance SCHOTT HT™ glass
Robust design
AquaDura® coatings
1.9m Close Focus
🔽
www.birders-store.co.uk/leica-noctiv...
#BirdingGear
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If you're looking for the ultimate in sharpness, colour rendition, contrast and build quality, look no further than #Leica Noctivid #binoculars.
Featuring:
High-performance SCHOTT HT™ glass
Robust design
AquaDura® coatings
1.9m Close Focus
🔽
www.birders-store.co.uk/leica-noctiv...
#BirdingGear
Featuring:
High-performance SCHOTT HT™ glass
Robust design
AquaDura® coatings
1.9m Close Focus
🔽
www.birders-store.co.uk/leica-noctiv...
#BirdingGear
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I mean, the line, from the IEA's Chair Linda Edwards, is just a flat lie. The Charity Commission has all the savage of a dead sheep, when it comes to Tufton Street anyway, but as I explain they got by its standards a bollocking.
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/regulat...
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/regulat...
Regulator issues guidance to think tank and closes case
www.civilsociety.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I mean, the line, from the IEA's Chair Linda Edwards, is just a flat lie. The Charity Commission has all the savage of a dead sheep, when it comes to Tufton Street anyway, but as I explain they got by its standards a bollocking.
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/regulat...
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/regulat...
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😂👏🏼
Handmade by the artist. Comes in gift box with numbered and signed card of authenticity. Available for preorder for short time only👇👇👇👇
coldwarsteve.bigcartel.com/product/patr...
coldwarsteve.bigcartel.com/product/patr...
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
😂👏🏼
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The perfect greenwashing tool
- Actually exists somewhere else
- Expensive enough to justify a shitload of subsidies
- Lengthy enough in timeline to always be 'around the corner' perpetually
- Actually exists somewhere else
- Expensive enough to justify a shitload of subsidies
- Lengthy enough in timeline to always be 'around the corner' perpetually
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The perfect greenwashing tool
- Actually exists somewhere else
- Expensive enough to justify a shitload of subsidies
- Lengthy enough in timeline to always be 'around the corner' perpetually
- Actually exists somewhere else
- Expensive enough to justify a shitload of subsidies
- Lengthy enough in timeline to always be 'around the corner' perpetually
The majority of the BBC’s output isn’t news. Yet we have to suffer the BBC’s conservative/right bias daily across all their media platforms. And every radio slot has to have its say. Get rid of BBC News and let the BBC focus on education and entertainment. There’s plenty other news outlets for us.
Personally I'd be pleased to see BBC News disappear entirely. To argue, as many do, that British politics or our news environment would be so much worse without the BBC you have to explain why British politics and news environment is so very bad with the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The majority of the BBC’s output isn’t news. Yet we have to suffer the BBC’s conservative/right bias daily across all their media platforms. And every radio slot has to have its say. Get rid of BBC News and let the BBC focus on education and entertainment. There’s plenty other news outlets for us.
Shameful that the British public are subsidising the barbaric blood sports of the elite. Time all blood sports were banned in UK.
Sickening. Protect the Wild and Grantham Against Bloodsports have uncovered that hunts have received over £2.4 million in taxpayer funding since the hunting ban through subsidies, Covid grants, and tax breaks.The investigation exposes how deeply the hunting industry relies on public money to survive
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Shameful that the British public are subsidising the barbaric blood sports of the elite. Time all blood sports were banned in UK.
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Protect the Wild and Grantham Against Bloodsports have uncovered that hunts have received over £2.4 million in taxpayer funding since the hunting ban through subsidies, Covid grants, and tax breaks. The investigation exposes how deeply the hunting industry relies on public money to survive
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Protect the Wild and Grantham Against Bloodsports have uncovered that hunts have received over £2.4 million in taxpayer funding since the hunting ban through subsidies, Covid grants, and tax breaks. The investigation exposes how deeply the hunting industry relies on public money to survive
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In case you miss it, in my reply in thread on Red Kites used screengrab from a Spanish welfare-based org. Where they feel Swifts already taking a bit of a pounding from climate change - (in their top 3 spp).
🤔Part of why really shouldn't just be 'bricking it' when talking about threats to Swifts🤔
🤔Part of why really shouldn't just be 'bricking it' when talking about threats to Swifts🤔
then 2) translation via Google, a lead site (as per NE blog) - animal welfare heavy-org it seems.. that does at least have a bit on "cambio climático"..
🤔 IMHO work on if this is some sort of sink-hole death-trap (my phrase, think a fair translation 😉) for any relocated birds ongoing it seems.
2/2
🤔 IMHO work on if this is some sort of sink-hole death-trap (my phrase, think a fair translation 😉) for any relocated birds ongoing it seems.
2/2
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
In case you miss it, in my reply in thread on Red Kites used screengrab from a Spanish welfare-based org. Where they feel Swifts already taking a bit of a pounding from climate change - (in their top 3 spp).
🤔Part of why really shouldn't just be 'bricking it' when talking about threats to Swifts🤔
🤔Part of why really shouldn't just be 'bricking it' when talking about threats to Swifts🤔
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We’re seeing – and you’ve probably noticed it too – a new rise in Christian Nationalism. Make no mistake: these groups deny the legitimacy of same-sex marriage, twist Bible verses to excuse bigotry, take inspiration (and funding) from the US, and are working to roll back hard-won gay rights.
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
We’re seeing – and you’ve probably noticed it too – a new rise in Christian Nationalism. Make no mistake: these groups deny the legitimacy of same-sex marriage, twist Bible verses to excuse bigotry, take inspiration (and funding) from the US, and are working to roll back hard-won gay rights.
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🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Encountering this godwit always makes me think about the changes we have both seen in the 29 years since we first met, especially the planting of non-native trees all over Iceland wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/i...
Longevity record!
Last night, @washwader.bsky.social recaught this Black-tailed Godwit, first caught and ringed 29 years ago.
The metal ring was wearing thin (and was replaced) but the bird is still going strong.
Blog about longevity of waders:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w...
#ornithology
Last night, @washwader.bsky.social recaught this Black-tailed Godwit, first caught and ringed 29 years ago.
The metal ring was wearing thin (and was replaced) but the bird is still going strong.
Blog about longevity of waders:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w...
#ornithology
November 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Encountering this godwit always makes me think about the changes we have both seen in the 29 years since we first met, especially the planting of non-native trees all over Iceland wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/i...
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This is - GENUINELY - a reasonable, non-reactionary response to Zack Polanski wearing a white poppy....from the Daily Express. The Daily Express. The Daily Express.
I don't know what's happening.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2131...
I don't know what's happening.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2131...
Meaning of a white poppy and white poppy symbolism as Zack Polanski wears one
Green party leader Zack Polanski was seen sporting a white poppy alongside a red one for Remembrance Sunday today - but what does a white poppy mean?
www.express.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is - GENUINELY - a reasonable, non-reactionary response to Zack Polanski wearing a white poppy....from the Daily Express. The Daily Express. The Daily Express.
I don't know what's happening.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2131...
I don't know what's happening.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2131...
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Once upon a time in the Arctic, a long long time ago, there was this magical substance called ice ...
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Once upon a time in the Arctic, a long long time ago, there was this magical substance called ice ...