Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Dr Fiona Porter

Cumbria Wildlife Trust @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social · 6h

📢 We need to hear YOUR thoughts!

The public consultation on reintroducing white-tailed eagles to #Cumbria is open. 🦅

Share your views by responding to our online questionnaire by October 31st HERE ⬇️
www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/CWTEquestionnaire/

Please share this post as widely as possible! 💚

8 9

Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 18h

The views from Ben Lomond were amazing today. Brocken spectres and fog bows too.
For one lucky lady it was her first Munro - what a way to start.

View of the Cobbler from Ben Lomond, over a sea of clouds.

The view north east from Ben Lomond with peaks rising above the clouds

3 39

Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 20h

If only, I am struggling too!😊
We were lucky enough to be up Ben Lomond today and it was the best inversion I have ever seen. Pictures to follow later.

1

Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting - that sounds more useful.

1

Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 1d

Although to be fair, the first thing people said when they picked up their phone to answer a call was to recite their own number.

1 1

Reposted by Dr Fiona Porter

RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 2d

Ready for some perfect Sunday night telly? 😍

The first episode of Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles airs tonight on BBC One at 6.15pm!

Booming bitterns at Minsmere, badgers in the bluebells, Nightingales in song...

We can’t wait! Who'll be tuning in?

11 31 210

Reposted by Dr Fiona Porter

Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 3d

09:30. The tops of the Torridon Hills.

3 15 210

Reposted by Dr Fiona Porter

Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 3d

Great to see publicly owned ScotRail doing its bit for the half term next week. £50 Family Pass, allows for 1 week of unlimited travel across Scotland for up to two adults and four children 👏

www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/7-da...

7 days of unlimited ScotRail travel for families this half term

Ahead of the October holidays, ScotRail has launched a Family Pass to help make travel more affordable.

www.railadvent.co.uk

3 75 150

Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 3d

😢

Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 5d

with the official IUCN listing for the slender-billed curlew now being Extinct here is the rather sad piece I wrote about what went into this decision

I tried to include everything we know about their behaviour and biology, which is tragically little 🪶🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

A picture of two slender-billed curlews in the Natural History Museum's collections.

Reposted by Dr Fiona Porter

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 3d

High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...

www.realclimate.org

8 210 410

Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 3d

Great tips.
I have just put out my hedgehog house, so they can ignore it for another winter.
Happily they have a big brambly patch nearby that they clearly prefer.

1 2

Reposted by Dr Fiona Porter

British Hedgehog Preservation Society @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social · 3d

Help #hedgehogs with a single click!

Share this simple tip to make your garden #wildlife friendly & safer for our beloved hedgehogs 🦔

1 10 16

Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds a great idea.
As a kid I loved coming to Glasgow Kelvingrove museum. I always saw the Tyrannosaurus Rex 😊.
They now have trails for kids prodglportalv2.azureedge.net/media/4012/k... and you can use your phone to see the story behind the exhibits

prodglportalv2.azureedge.net

1 9

Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 3d

They are just lovely.

1

Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 3d

www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/c...

Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica | CNN

Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been und...

www.cnn.com

1

Reposted by Dr Fiona Porter

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

1.9K 23K 56K

Reposted by Dr Fiona Porter

UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 4d

As cities grow and natural habitats shrink, migratory birds are losing the places they need to rest and feed.

This #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, let’s make our urban spaces and communities bird-friendly.

Join the movement for safe #SharedSpaces https://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/

1 19 25

Reposted by Dr Fiona Porter

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social · 5d

This weekend, explore Mahler’s vast emotional worlds in three unforgettable performances of his choral symphonies under the baton of Vasily Petrenko from the Royal Albert Hall, the Second, Third and Eighth, streaming free of charge until Monday 13 October.

Watch now: www.rpo.co.uk/mahlerweekend

1 3 4

Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 5d

On average it is almost £400 a month cheaper to buy than to rent in Glasgow- but with renting so expensive, saving for a deposit is a challenge.
news.stv.tv/west-central...

Glasgow first-time buyers pocket biggest savings as rent soars across UK

Glasgow came out on top, with homeowners saving an average of £396 a month, or £4,752 a year - nearly 32% less than renting.

news.stv.tv

Reposted by Dr Fiona Porter

Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 5d

📣You really couldn't make this up!

On the day Scottish Govt announces it is delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing, this happens...

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/09/b...