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Reuben Singleton @bordersnaturalist.bsky.social · 17h

Shame he didn’t name and shame Badenoch, Philip and the other cretins trying to score points.

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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 1d

Did this between some commission bird learning, but now not sure whether to add a blue wash to the background of the main bird now... I rather like it as it is but🤔

Finished A4 page of paintings of the White-throated Needletail that was on the UK east coast a couple of weeks ago. There is one main painting showing the underside of the bird with it's brown body, black wings, pale throat and forehead and the U shaped white area at the rear of the body under the short square tail. There are several smaller paintings surrounding this main picture showing various poses.

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Reuben Singleton @bordersnaturalist.bsky.social · 18h

If the good folk of Caerphilly vote in this waste of space they overtake the folk of Clacton as the biggest suckers in the land. If I were a Nigerian Prince Scammer I would be targeting 029 numbers….

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Richard Moyse @kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social · 18h

Tawny Cockroach nymph, tapped from Ivy at the local churchyard this afternoon. Nice find - I haven't seen enough of these this year. #KentNature #Dictyoptera #Cockroach

A brown cockroach nymph with darker spotting. A snail to the right.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21h

Nigel Farage wants to get rid of the NHS and replace it with US Insurance which would be 4x more expensive and worse in every way.

Except for the £600bn a year profit for him and his mates.

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 1d

If I were running Labour comms I would commission an app called 'Will the Tories/Reform deport you?' then let the reactions on TikTok and Instagram do their work.

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Reuben Singleton @bordersnaturalist.bsky.social · 22h

Absolute joke - the same Times who blew smoke up Johnson’s arse for years.

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Reuben Singleton @bordersnaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

He really is the thickest isn’t he

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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 1d

Good, because they are doing enough damage with their Planning and Infrastructure Bill and clampdown on protest already.

Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 1d

Welcome clarity from Defra minister @marycreagh.bsky.social: the UK has no plans to leave the #AarhusConvention. 👏

It gives us a right to environmental info & access to justice, so is important.

The UK isn't compliant - but the meeting of the parties in Geneva in Nov is the time to change this.

Mary Creagh MP confirms that the UK government is committed to the Aarhus Convention

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1d

I bought one of those self-assembly bird tables a while back. The lazy bastards haven't even opened the box, all they've done is shit on it.

Packaging for a SELF ASSEMBLY BIRD TABLE

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/scotlan...

Scotland’s first new broch for 2000 years wins planning approval

The approval of the Caithness Broch Project’s plans represents a major milestone for their bid to build a “faithful replica” on a site near Latheron.

www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk

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Reuben Singleton @bordersnaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

Really wish I bought the Sunday Times so I could boycott it. Unfortunately Murdoch has already ensured that.

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

btw now I have 30,000 followers ...

many thanks to you all, and for your interesting and useful posts and replies

I'm not sorry I dumped Xitter

as thanks I give you a perfect Cornish wave, painted by Andrew Giddens

andrewgiddens.co.uk/product/gree...

perfect Cornish wave, painted by Andrew Giddens

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Reuben Singleton @bordersnaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

What about this for a tremendous initiative? 👏👏👏
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Next great leap’: grassroots movement to wild East Anglia goes national

Set up by three ‘eco-anxious’ farmers, WildEast has created UK-wide version of pledge to encourage people to restore nature

www.theguardian.com

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 3d

A misty morning last week on Sutton Bank, the western edge of the North York Moors - the view across Garbutt Wood to the limestone cliffs where the jackdaws live with Lake Gormire (Yorkshire’s smallest lake) on the right and the faintest glimpse of Hood Hill in the background. Watercolour.
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A very misty morning last week on Sutton Bank, the western edge of the North York Moors - this was the view across Garbutt Wood to the limestone cliffs where the jackdaws live with Lake Gormire (Yorkshire’s smallest lake) on the right and the faintest glimpse of Hood Hill in the background. This area was the site of the Battle of Byland just over 700 years ago, and is rich in myths and legends. The track which is now the Cleveland Way is an ancient drove road, and there are burial mounds and hill forts - now just bumps in the ground - along the way. The walk from the National Park Centre is very atmospheric whatever the weather, and great for wildlife and fungi spotting. Watercolour painting. (If you know the spot, you’ll see I’ve used some artistic licence to move the lake closer to the cliffs 😊)

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 3d

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Dee Dee May 🌲 @thewateriswide.net · 6d

This photograph is absolutely brilliant! I think the photographer should enter it into next year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition 🐀 ⚽️

📷 Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty Images www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A rat leaps on to the pitch during the World Cup qualifier between Wales and Belgium. Photograph: Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty Images

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Phil Woollen @philwoollen.bsky.social · 6d

Bit of a shock to the system here on Fetlar this morning. 1st ground frost of the year made it a cold start out birding on our last morning. Water Rail added to the trip list!

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Reuben Singleton @bordersnaturalist.bsky.social · 5d

You could extend that observation to newspaper columnists and TV personalities.

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Reuben Singleton @bordersnaturalist.bsky.social · 6d

Labour have completely fucked up on this. Even the worst Environment Secretary in history Therese Coffey supports it. We really are through the looking glass.

Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 6d

Labour are total wankers for bailing on this rather excellent idea imo www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes

Steve Reed previously said he was in favour of requiring one hollow brick for cavity-nesting creatures in every new-build

www.theguardian.com

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Reuben Singleton @bordersnaturalist.bsky.social · 7d

Done

Reuben Singleton @bordersnaturalist.bsky.social · 7d

This Podcast on the drivers for environmental crime is well worth a listen.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Julia Shaw identifies six factors behind environmental crime and how it can be addressed.

One of the factors is Impunity - a real problem in the UK where regulators have been gutted.

What Can Criminal Psychology Teach Us About Climate Change? With Julia Shaw

Podcast Episode · Intelligence Squared · 09/10/2025 · 41m

podcasts.apple.com

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Graeme Lyons @graemelyons.bsky.social · 8d

1/2 #speciesaday no. 649 is Donacia vulgaris. A local reed beetle with a striking linear rainbow pattern on the elytra, which have distinctively emarginate tips. On a variety of tall emergent vegetation by water ways.

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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 10d

I ❤️ Viz

A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones

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Reuben Singleton @bordersnaturalist.bsky.social · 7d

I’m reading this at the moment. Very thought provoking indeed about how we treat “pests” and “alien species”. Recommend highly.