Colm Philpott

Should We Disbelieve What Our Eyes And Ears Are Telling Us? Good Afternoon, I’m Completely Empty BBC Presenter, coming to you live from the town of Forecastle-Upon-Gooseberry-Hill. To my left you will see what appears to be a hospital burning to the g…

A satirical piece I wrote about what a joke the "ceasefire" in Gaza is.
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Hi all, wrote a blogpost about Africa's "strange" borders. Which are the result of Europe's colonisation of Africa.
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Yesterday's wildlife trip. A male and female tufted duck, a hoverfly, and a ladybird.

A buzzard in flight, a heron in flight, a snail with a colourful shell, and a red admiral butterfly encountered on the first day of Winter!

Trans People Exist, Why Are You So Weird About It? I remember my first introduction to the fact that transgender people exist. It was when Israeli* contestant, Dana International, won the Eurovision. I was 12 at the time, and I have to admit, I did…

Hi all, wrote a blogpost about transphobia, and how people need to get just get over their feelings of panic about trans people in public bathrooms.
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Blood Seen From Space, The Horror In Sudan Continues Ever learn something, and you don’t know how you’ll think of anything else, for the rest of the day, for the next few months, or even that you might find yourself reflecting on it time …

Hi all, wrote about the horrific massacre that took place recently in Sudan and how the United Arab Emirates and the United States are complicit in the genocide in Sudan.
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So cool it looks like the blue tit is levitating!🙂

Blue Tit in flight with it’s wings tucked in photographed against a muted yellowish green background

Happy #FlyDay @rspb.bsky.social

Servitude Or Death, The Fate Of Earth’s Animals. I talked in my previous blogpost: about how the slender billed curlew is extinct. There are no more of them left. Any sighting you get of one, will be a photograph. Any sound you hear from them, wi…

Hi all, I wrote a new blogpost about how humanity treats animals.
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Photos from 29th August.

I really like this photo, not just how well the buzzard's plumage was captured but also I like see buzzards in a coastal setting.

For some reason it looks like they're waiting for a bus! Great photo.🙂

Male and female kestrels perched on old fenceposts.

The theme chosen by @robcrank68.bsky.social
for today’s #BirdOfTheDay is #Raptors

Pair of Kestrels on fence posts from a lunchtime walk near where I live.

#nature
#photography
#wildlife
#birds

Harper’s Island, a Place Where Birds Are Allowed To Thrive I read something the other day that left my deeply upset. The slender billed curlew is extinct. An amazing animal, a sentient, intelligent creature, will never fly through our skies again, simply b…

Hi all, I wrote a blogpost about Harper's Island, one of my favourite birding locations.
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One of my favourites, the colours on oystercatchers are just stunning. Great photo.🙂

A striking oystercatcher captured in mid-flight over deep blue water, its black-and-white wings spread wide and its long orange bill catching the light. The bird’s red eye and bright beak contrast vividly against the smooth rippling surface below.

My co host Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has said that today's #BirdOfTheDay is all about the colour #Black, so that's any bird with Black on it’s Head/Body.

The Alternative is Robins.

So I’ve went with a personal favourite of mine. The Oystercatcher. #photography #birds #EastCoastKin

That's so cool the rapid wingbeats look very science fictiony if that makes sense.🙂

Small brown bird on a wooden post. Wings slightly blurred and one leg off the post as it takes off.

Lunchtime walk. Dunnock taking off

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin

What about all these characters?

Hi all, despite the obvious fakeness of the Israeli ceasefire, I decided to write a blogpost on why we should still protest in solidarity with Palestine, even if there was a real ceasefire.
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Harper's Island today.

Harper's Island yesterday.

Had a fantastic day out yesterday.

Herons are absolutely fantastic birds with a brilliant dinosaur quality to them. I have absolutely no complaints about their lack of shoulders.🙂

Harper's Island, 28th September.

Egret on a river Bank, lots of white straggly feathers and a bouffant head.

Little egret looking very fluffy.

That plumage is the envy of every other bird!🙂

The Somud Flotilla Has Been Intecepted, What Has It Achieved, And What Now? As of the time of writing, all boats from the Somud Flotilla have been intercepted by Israel, their crews kidnapped and now in Israeli custody. I, like many people, fear for their safety. While Isr…

Hi all, wrote a new blogpost about the Somud Flotilla.
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Some photos from a few weeks ago. Raven, curlew, pink grasshopper and bombus pascorum.

A trip to the Glen River Park today.