Sarah Dalrymple

Definitely skinchies in Newcastle in the 1980s, you had to cross your fingers at the same time though!

Quite sad that the recent White-billed Divers we’re ‘enjoying’ are very likely victims of recent climate-driven winter storms & high winds, with several corpses involved.

Other species, notably Puffins, have also been badly affected.

As we continue to warm, winter storms will worsen.
#ukbirding

A visitor to the National Trust property of Wallington Hall, Northumberland captures the crocus display on her camera-phone this afternoon. A stunning purple carpet, which should be around for a week or two if you're wanting to plan a visit.

At Wallington Hall, Northumberland, this afternoon, capturing around 100,000 purple crocuses covering some 3,500 square metres in this National Trust property garden.
Planted a few years back by some 20 volunteers – a breath-taking feast for the eyes!
#england #nationaltrust #crocuses #photography

Is it sectarian when Reform talk about Judeo-Christian heritage? Is it divisive when Starmer talks about becoming an island of strangers? Is voting on religious lines an issue when Kemi declares her ethnic emnity towards Nigerian Muslims? It is weird to be so fixated on this discussion suddenly!

“The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants.”

My wife this morning: “There’s a bird out there but my app isn’t recognising it, it’s a lovely little call”
I went out to do the bins & discovered it’s the septic tank’s fault alarm going off

Rowntree Trust,

www.jrrt.org.uk/what-we-do/g...

If proof were needed that art offers something news can't, it's the repeat of #ArtofPersia at a time of deep trauma, offering a long view of the remarkable people of Iran. Ep 1 went out on BBC4 on Monday and here's the story behind it... (all eps are on iplayer) samiraahmed.blog/the-art-of-m...

With February coming to a close, the sound of Mediterranean Gulls is a regular one over the eastern Solent harbours. At West Hayling, courtship has begun & will continue until they move on in the Spring.

Oh my god, if you put a screenshot into ChatGPT and ask it to translate, it just hallucinates a completely different, unrelated text!?

Other white-billed diver photos are very definitely available, but I was pleased to get this one when it popped up right in front of us in the sunshine at Blyth South Harbour this afternoon. #nebirding

I’ve seen 48 ringed Black-headed Gulls in London’s Royal Parks this week. Most were ringed in London, but individuals already sporting rings had come from Finland, Czechia, Germany and Denmark. Between them, they’ve generated over 900 resightings across Europe. 🧪🌍 #UKbirding #BirdRinging

Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1% - Carbon Brief China’s clean-energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are helping to cut emissions in other countries.

The solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbines exported from China in 2024 are set to cut annual CO2 emissions in the rest of the world by 1%, some 220m tonnes (MtCO2). www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

1/7 BREAKING: A US court has just sided with fossil fuel pipeline giant Energy Transfer and ordered Greenpeace International and Greenpeace entities in the US to pay them US$ 345 million.

This is a billionaire-backed attack on the right to protest. A thread ⤵️🧵

Georgia's regime shut down its best university, criminalized foreign funding, and made it illegal to protest on a sidewalk more than once—all in weeks.

Georgians have protested daily for 450 days. Regime's response: go after everything at once. Universities, NGOs, pharmacies, car imports, sidewalks

EVERYTHING you have ever asked about or shared with OpenAI is going to intel database. Our government will know everything there is to about everything you asked or have offered to ChatGPT

A few of our colleagues were lucky enough to attend the #IslandInvasives conference in New Zealand this February. A fantastic opportunity to find out what is happening around the world for #biosecurity and #island restoration, knowledge share with experts and learn about developing technologies.

Even if it doesn't harm wildlife, producing the sodium hydroxide is most likely generating way more than 10 tons of CO2.

Electoral fraud data View electoral fraud data

A reminder that there's absolutely no evidence of large scale voter irregularities in the UK.

Electoral Commission share.google/EvLRM4CBVlag...

"Of the 1,318 cases of alleged electoral fraud reported to police between 2020 and 2024, 8 led to convictions and the police issued 3 cautions."

‘The river won’: how campaigners in Brazilian Amazon stopped privatisation of waterway Local river defenders force U-turn by occupying grain terminal operated by one of US powerhouses of world trade

"The river won, the forest won, the memory of our ancestors won."

Terrific piece by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social on the courageous and against-the-odds activism of Indigenous river defenders in the Brazilian Amazon.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A photo of Ginny Di standing in front of a castle, holding a barn owl on a falconer's glove. Superimposed on the image is boxed text that reads "If I disappear for a few hours it's because I started researching medieval falconry for a joke and now I know too much."

Did you know falconry was one of few medieval sports that both men & women were welcome to participate in? Peregrine falcons were a popular bird for ladies because they're small. Also, they apparently hunt by PUNCHING OTHER BIRDS OUT OF THE SKY WITH THEIR CLOSED FISTS.

Pic from D&D in a Castle 2022

omg! bats! also feel better soon xx

Lmao

Seen on FB at a popular birding spot, feeder presumably last cleaned many moons ago... but the rule than than the exception. Not sure how much longer WT will persist at this site @richardkbroughton.bsky.social

One of these images is AI slop and one is a real species...

An historic black and white illustration of a paper nautilus floating on the ocean. There are boats, a city and hills in the background.

🎉 Huge news for BHL: The Field Museum is taking over the hosting of BHL’s website, servers & infrastructure, ensuring long-term stability and access for its 63+ million pages of open biodiversity literature. Learn more:
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/tran...
#BHLTransition #ILoveBHL 🌍 📚 🧪

Some commentary on the murder conviction of ex-Head Gamekeeper David Campbell Two days ago, a jury at the High Court in Glasgow returned a guilty verdict in the trial of former Head Gamekeeper David Campbell, 77, who had been accused of murdering his ex-colleague from Edrady…

Some commentary on the murder conviction of ex-Head Gamekeeper David Campbell.

#RaptorResearch

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/27/s...

Works van at the garage in Blyth first thing, so took a walk down to the river to see if the White billed Diver was still there. It wasn't, but I'm a sucker for industrial landscapes. Lots of gulls, oycs, curlew, etc incl LBB with red leg ring - too far to read though

⛏️ 42 years ago, just a few weeks before the miners’ strike began, photographer Bruce Rae visited Easington, asking what it meant for a place to be so closely tied to coal - capturing a portrait of a community on the edge of unprecedented upheaval.

🔗 See more: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...

I love this!