Peter J Morgan

Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) at gamebird rearing farm in North Yorkshire An outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) was confirmed yesterday at a large gamebird rearing farm in North Yorkshire. A 3km Protection Zone and a 10km Surveillance Zone have been…

Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) at large gamebird rearing farm in North Yorkshire ☠️

New blog ⬇️

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Starmer not prepared to join a war ‘without lawful basis and viable plan’, he tells PMQs – UK politics live PM says country must act ‘with clarity, with purpose and with a cool head’ amid Middle East crisis and Trump criticism

"The sprint to clean energy is the only way to get off the volatile international fossil fuels markets, cut bills & deliver energy security"

Fair play to Starmer - this is exactly right. Meanwhile, Badenoch & Farage would have us hooked on more fossil fuels

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Half-truths and no truths: Trump’s latest claims on the UK factchecked From the Chagos Islands to ‘windmills’ and sharia law, the US president’s comments do not bear much scrutiny

"Half-truths and no truths: Trump’s latest claims on the UK factchecked"

When are people, going to accept the very clear evidence that Donald Trump is a pathological liar, with the emphasis on the term "pathological"?
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Chiffchaff and Chironomid midges, South Milton Ley. Photo: R. Moore

Now pollen coated birds are returning, it’s time to stop the survey of Chiffs wintering near the sewage works. Endless wet weather reduced the catch to just 71 birds. However, capture/recapture models indicate a population of c. 272 birds. Just a little lower than 2024/25. #birdringing #ukbirding

#ExcitingNews: France has designated an Alpine peatland and a lowland river complex as its newest Wetlands of International Importance.

Details: www.ramsar.org/news/france-...

#WetlandsWednesday #WetlandsofInternationalImportance #France #WetlandsForOurCommonFuture

This week, MPs have been calling for the government to include making parliament representative of how we vote, as part of the Representation of the People Bill. This is a real opportunity for the government to make a difference.

Happy to get my first two Sand Martins of the year through Kenfig Pool this morning, but they didn't linger. Photo from Spring 2020.

More Americans & Iranians will be injured & be needlessly killed

All because Trump, Hegseth, or any of other capos in The Current Regime care about the lives of innocent Iranians, let alone the the lives of American soldiers

Yolande Knell reports the US say they are targeting missiles, launchers & air defence systems & the Israelis say they have hit a secret nuclear facility

This morning the Telegraph reports schools, hospitals & residential buildings have all been bombed. Knell doesn't mention that

I visited Carrifran Wildwood myself last summer, and the scale of what has been achieved there truly has to be seen to be believed.

At least 400,000 acres is now being rewilded in Scotland: an incredible 2.1% of the whole country, and rapidly increasing all the time.

Come ON, Ireland!!

‘Treat us fairly’: skilled workers face having their dream of settling in UK snatched away As government mulls doubling requirement to 10 years, the uncertainty is putting many who came to Britain to work under strain

An economically, politically and morally bankrupt strategy.

Bad for individuals, bad for families, bad for businesses, bad for public services, bad for integration and cohesion.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

If I was @zackpolanski.bsky.social, I would be pointing out to the BBC that whatever model they use to justify giving Farage & his boot-lickers season tickets for every BBC show under the sun must surely now treat Green Party politicians in exactly the same way. Might even be one for the lawyers...

3rd March A gentle headwind was just enough to drop a steady arrival of passerines today, with Meadow Pipits featuring in numbers for the first time ...

www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/03/3rd-march.html

"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

Breeding stage, age class, and the presence of water shape nocturnal roost-site use of inland-breeding Eurasian Curlews - Journal of Ornithology The Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata, like many other meadow-breeding waders, is threatened with extinction across much of Europe, with nocturnal predation considered a major driver of population decl...

Now online in Journal of #Ornithology

Breeding stage, age class, and the presence of water shape nocturnal roost-site use of inland-breeding Eurasian Curlews

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NatureScot reinstates use of General Licences on Raeshaw Estate during appeal process On 10 February 2026, NatureScot imposed a three-year General Licence restriction on Raeshaw Estate in the Scottish Borders (and on neighbouring Watherston Wood, which is understood to be under sepa…

NatureScot reinstates use of General Licences on Raeshaw Estate during appeal process raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/03/n...

Trump’s nominee to head the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Steve Pearce, recently had his confirmation hearing, so the Senate should be voting on him soon. Pearce has regularly championed selling off public lands and worked to make it easier for oil and gas industries to operate on public lands.

2nd March Today's mildness and sunshine was so pleasant that it wouldn't really have mattered if there was nothing about, but a few more prompt migran...

www.portlandbirdobs.com/2026/03/2nd-march.html

Some of Britain's earliest #bird #photographs by Harry Morrey Salmon on display #Cardiff - great example of #envhist images #Wales - congratulations to @cardiffnats.bsky.social & #AmgueddfaCymru

#ornithology #WelshBirds #birdphotography #wildlife #AdarCymru #naturalhistory #heritage #environment

Ask your MP to oppose the end of permanent refugee status Take two minutes to email your local MP and ask them to oppose the latest attack on refugee rights

Please ask your MP to oppose this increasing cruelty and stigmatisation towards refugees in the UK… help.care4calais.org/page/187542/...

The UN Security Council is broken. Beyond repair.

No rules of engagement is straight up Nazi war fighting.

The Old Lower Light at Portland Bill - home of Portland Bird Observatory

A group of Purple Sandpipers roosting on rocks at Portland Bill, Dorset

A small group of Kittiwakes heading up channel at Portland Bill, Dorset

White-tailed Eagle

Great to be back at @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social even for a very fleeting visit this morning. Enjoyed the wintering flock of Purple Sandpipers and a steady up-channel passage of Kittiwakes before a day with swans at Abbotsbury enlivened by occasional visits from a White-tailed Eagle

39 years ago, there were only 27 California condors in the world. As of 2025, we now have 607, including 392 that are living free in the wild.

"Put that in your doom and smoke it" -Ursula Vernon

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Six, wild, twite returned to a breeding site in the Pennines on Friday
(📸: M Rowell)

Chromosomal evolution in sandpipers Dynamic reshuffling of chromosomes across the Charadriiformes phylogeny.

Your daily Avian Hybrids story!

Chromosomal evolution in sandpipers
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/03/23/c...

#ornithology

Refugee status becomes temporary in asylum shake-up Adults and accompanied children claiming asylum will only receive refugee status for 30 months under the changes.

The UK just got a bit smaller today: ethically, morally and in its values. As it embraces the expansion of performative cruelty as govt policy. What a cowardly, craven, unprincipled lot the current politicians are who make up this Labour Govt are. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BirdLife Malta condemns the Government’s decision to reopen new trapping licences BirdLife Malta strongly condemns the Government’s decision, announced through the Wild Birds Regulation Unit (WBRU), to reopen applications for new General Trapping Licences. This move represents a...

Beyond commenting really.

Maltese gov reauthorises finch trapping in defiance of the EU law and ECJ judgements.

@jessikaroswall.ec.europe.eu needs to take immediate action.

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez doing what UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has chosen not to do, criticise the US and Israel for their attack on Iran which breached international law