Chris Green

Seals and dolphins are often talked about in relation to the Tweed estuary, and plenty of Goosander already 'disappear' along the Tweed/Teviot. A friend of mine saw a heron shot on a different Scottish river. 'Control' is ongoing - the unseen face of predator persecution.

That's what mine look like - 2 yesterday and 23 yellows.

Screenshot of the digital Hampshire Bird Report 2025. The photo on the cover is a Roseate Tern (pale tern with white underparts, black cap and half red, half black bill)

Another excellent Hampshire Bird Report by @hosbirding.bsky.social, and this year it is available digitally as well as in print! #HantsBirds

Next Tuesday I shall be giving my lecture on the Art of Laundry at Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution. What do 400 years of paintings, prints and photographs of women who washed tell us about the artists who made them and the society they lived in…?

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Rachel Reeves: Wealthy should pay ‘fair share’ The chancellor suggests at an IMF meeting that those with ‘broadest shoulders’ are in her sights for tax rises in the budget on November 26

Chancellor tells IMF how she will fill the economic black hole by pouring in clichés - broadest shoulders, fair share, growth mission, targeted action, competitive environment, get the balance right, bear down on inflation bit.ly/4okKFbN but there was no silver bullet

As if killing Cormorants will cure the catastrophic damage we do with fossil carbon emissions, pollution and abstraction!

ffs we continue to learn absolutely nothing.

A portrait image of Heather Coats in a circular frame over a background of white, green and pale pink colouring. Wording top left reads: Winner Jubilee Medal Heather Coats. The BTO logo is top right of the image, and the silhouette of a Robin is bottom right of the image above the wording winner BTO awards 2025.

The winner of the Jubilee Medal is Heather Coats! Heather’s support to BTO has been outstanding, including her surveying for @bbs-birds.bsky.social (she’s one of four people in Wales to have surveyed a square every year) & her dedication to bird ringing led her to co-found the Gower Ringing Group.

HHS is expected to appoint a special government employee to investigate climate and weather control, according to Gray Delany, former head of the agency’s MAHA agenda, who said he drafted the memo. The agency has interviewed applicants to lead a “chemtrails” task force, said Jim Lee, a blogger focused on weather and climate who Delany said helped edit the memo, which Lee confirmed.

White House politics now beyond parody with a 'chemtrails' taskforce
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Regular English/Norwegian Black Scoter. 📸 Kjell Isaksen

www.artsobservasjoner.no/Image/3005980

This is news to me. The regular Northumberland wintering Black Scoter spends the summer off Varanger, Norway.

Juvenile Common Rosefinch. Feeding along the strandline by bushes in front of the old beach cabins (not the new rentals) at Rascarrel this afternoon. Usual vast numbers of Common Scoter offshore, some close in. @barryodowd.bsky.social @steverutt.bsky.social

No doubt they're against fresh air - rather breath diesel fumes!

The ghosts of Wolves, Elks, Crested Tits, Willow Tits, Aurochs and Lynxes emerging at low tide in long-lost Holocene forest...

I remember seeing that in 1968 - I cycled there from London as a 16-year old and stayed at Borth youth hostel!

My moth-of-the-day also!

#TeamMoth

No, she's not mad - she's a bare-faced liar.

More Jazz Night at the Cock Tavern E8

Glad you got those words in the right order!

These claims were made in England in the 1840's about the coming of the railways!

Try imagining living close to a coal-fired power plant (still 240 operating in Europe) or gas or nuclear power stations (many more on the continent & UK) or just live without electricity, you self-centered nimby fuckwits!
'Motvind' my arse, Norwegians are spoilt in both sensed of that word!

A portrait image of Ramandeep Nijjar features in a circular frame over a background of white, green and pale pink colouring. Wording top left reads: Winner The Marsh Award for Young Ornithologist Ramandeep Nijjar. The BTO logo and Marsh Charitable Trust logo are top right of the image.

Winner of The Marsh Award for Young Ornithologist is Ramandeep Nijjar! Ramandeep has put tremendous effort into promoting ornithology through various platforms including as a BTO Youth Rep, an organiser of local events and through public speaking, podcasts and webinars. @marshawards.bsky.social

An image of Dr. Rob Thomas holding a mug smiling at the camera with a stone wall in the background features in a circular frame over a background of white, green and pale pink colouring. Wording top left reads: Winner The Marsh Award for Ornithology Dr. Rob Thomas. The BTO logo and Marsh Charitable Trust logo are top right of the image.

The Marsh Award for Ornithology goes to Dr. Rob Thomas! @robthomasbirds.bsky.social has made a huge contribution to ornithology through academic research, teaching & mentorship that’s inspired generations of students. He’s also published a monograph on the Storm-petrels. @marshawards.bsky.social

Well done Rob - a good year to win this!

An image of Colin McShane using a monocular in a circular frame over a background of white, green and pale pink colouring. Wording top left reads: Winner Bernard Tucker Medal Colin McShane. The BTO logo is top right of the image, and the silhouette of a Robin is bottom right of the image above the wording winner BTO awards 2025.

Congratulations to Colin McShane, winner of The Bernard Tucker Medal! Thanks to his unique survey methods for roosting Jack Snipe, utilising a thermal imager, there’s been an increase in birds ringed. He’s inspired researchers & bird clubs, resulting in the deployment of 16 GPS tags. Thank you Colin

Congratulations to all the BTO Marsh Award recipients. Awards such as these are hugely important to recognise the individual and collective contributions made by many in our #UKbirding and #ornithology communities. It’s the people that make societies and organisations what they are.

Wrong to stop Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending Aston Villa match, says PM Followers of the Israeli club will not be allowed to attend the Europa League game over safety concerns.

Starmer, such a gormless shell of a man. Anti-semitism doesn’t come into it. Maccabi fans notorious for their far right hooligan element. Israeli teams should have been been banned this season anyway.

'Wrong' to block Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa match, says PM www.bbc.com/news/article...

An image of Julian Hughes holding binoculars features in a circular frame over a background of white, green and pale pink colouring. Wording top left reads: Winner Dilys Breese Medal Julian Hughes. The BTO logo is top right of the image, and the silhouette of a Robin is bottom right of the image above the wording winner BTO awards 2025.

Our Dilys Breese Medal winner is Julian Hughes @penrhynbirder.bsky.social! Julian is editor of the Welsh Bird Report, Co-editor of The Birds of Wales and a dedicated birder. Taking part in many BTO surveys he uses his writing skills to regularly share BTO work, including in his BirdNotes column. 📝