My first thought was there is no way that kid in the photo is 11
04.08.2025 19:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@bordersnaturalist.bsky.social
πPeebles, Scottish Borders - Director of Tweed Ecology - 30 years experience of protected species/habitat surveys, Ecological Impact Assessment, Ecological Clerk of Works. Botany, Lepidoptera.
My first thought was there is no way that kid in the photo is 11
04.08.2025 19:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Surely βThere are pervertsβ?π
04.08.2025 19:01 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0These halfwits probably are the βconcerned parentsββ¦
04.08.2025 19:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So the little weasel was followed from Tenerife to Portugal before getting arrested in Luton. Bet he thought he was being clever.
04.08.2025 18:52 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Absolutely brilliant piece by Ian Dunt. βYou can have the life you want. And by pursuing it, you can make the world a better place. That seems a better story than the one of terror, insecurity and jealousy that we see play out online.β
01.08.2025 17:40 β π 242 π 35 π¬ 12 π 2Is a prick
03.08.2025 10:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I was there in March - fantastic place. Did you see the resident peregrine falcon which must live somewhere nearby?
03.08.2025 10:03 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0They just get left on the side of the road in the UK and nature deals with it starting with the legendary carrion beetlesβ¦. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphidae seems to work just fine
31.07.2025 19:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The more that members of the Trump administration talk, the more it sounds as if Plan A to stop the war was to coerce Ukraine into capitulation and Plan B was to keep repeating Plan A until it worked. When it became apparent that wasn't going to happen, they were out of ideas.
31.07.2025 18:28 β π 137 π 39 π¬ 8 π 1Jesus Christ indeed - what a time to be alive
31.07.2025 18:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We should have cat licences as well.
31.07.2025 14:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0NFU sucking up to the orange felon. Who would have thought it?
31.07.2025 07:45 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I support Palestine Action in its judicial review of the government's ban.
31.07.2025 05:22 β π 1496 π 277 π¬ 44 π 11βWhen people who oppose all forms of violence, who are trying to stop war and terrorism, are arrested on terrorism charges, nothing makes sense any moreβ - spot on from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
30.07.2025 07:58 β π 570 π 160 π¬ 11 π 2Are you saying that Trump is not a notorious sex offender?
29.07.2025 18:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The far right terrorising asylum seekers in hotels love to spread the lie theyβre worried about the risk of sexual assault. But hereβs the truth: Two in five men arrested for last summerβs riots had been reported for domestic abuse. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
26.07.2025 12:02 β π 903 π 420 π¬ 17 π 32Angela Rayner decided that NE Security Ltd, a private security company run by a known cocaine drug trafficker who is currently in prison, doesn't need to be audited. The company is part of corporate corruption scandal at Teesside Freeport/SEZ.
27.07.2025 08:50 β π 274 π 205 π¬ 11 π 12Thank god they arenβt bad people like the old ladies being dragged off to cells at the Palestine marches.
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26.07.2025 14:07 β π 86 π 22 π¬ 2 π 2Never mind that - where are all these βProtect Our Kidsβ halfwits?
26.07.2025 14:51 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This same cavalier approach to the need for environmental assessment of forestry schemes is being demonstrated by Scottish Forestry at Todrig in the Scottish Borders. Please consider supporting this Crowdfunder for another Judicial Review www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-todri...
26.07.2025 14:50 β π 8 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0As ever Henry Morris nails the moral vacuum at the heart of this Government (and the last one)
26.07.2025 08:25 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This lot needs to get to Scotland pronto. The ginger kiddie-fiddler's on his way.
25.07.2025 15:36 β π 19 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0Vile little worm. Unfortunately the people of Durham are so thick they voted for the vile little worm. Reap what you sow.
24.07.2025 18:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Beautiful artwork
24.07.2025 17:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Centrist who was a Brexit cheerleader. Purleaseβ¦.
22.07.2025 15:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes - I think that was one of the early findings of the Tweed trial
20.07.2025 18:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The rust was released on the River Tweed in 2020. Judging by the silence since I suspect it has been unsuccessful. tweedforum.org/our-work/pro... I would be delighted to hear if it is successful as balsam pulling year after year is tedious!
20.07.2025 18:31 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A House Sparrow perches on the edge of a rooftop, with warm-toned brick in the background. An emblem of everyday wildlife, small but familiar, that depends on careful planning decisions and strong protections to survive.
We welcome the UK Governmentβs move to amend Part 3 of the Planning Bill in response to widespread concern.
These changes show encouraging intent, and we'll be scrutinising the detail carefully.
If protections for nature fall short, we'll keep holding government to account.