Andy Paton
@andypaton.bsky.social
There is no Maverick without Goose. A team worker looking out for wildlife.
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Golden hour with our local stonechat this afternoon. Still hoping like mad that she'll stick around for the winter 🧡
December 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Golden hour with our local stonechat this afternoon. Still hoping like mad that she'll stick around for the winter 🧡
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November 14, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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BLOG - Clan Donald Lands Trust estate has been sold and here is who is believed to have bought it. andywightman.scot/2025/12/clan...
Clan Donald Land Trust estate sold - Land Matters
On 29 August 2025, the Clan Donald Lands Trust announced that it had received a “large number of offers” for the Clan Donald Estate that was put up for sale in August 2025 (see BBC report here). Accor...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
BLOG - Clan Donald Lands Trust estate has been sold and here is who is believed to have bought it. andywightman.scot/2025/12/clan...
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My second offering for #birdoftheday alternative theme is this one...
Hiding in plain sight.
@alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @pitcarity.bsky.social
#birds 🪶
Hiding in plain sight.
@alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @pitcarity.bsky.social
#birds 🪶
December 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
My second offering for #birdoftheday alternative theme is this one...
Hiding in plain sight.
@alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @pitcarity.bsky.social
#birds 🪶
Hiding in plain sight.
@alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @pitcarity.bsky.social
#birds 🪶
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December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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December 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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male White-winged Scoter @ Leven, Water Pipit @ St Margaret’s Marsh, Water Pipit @ Cocklemill Burn, Black-necked Grebe @ Burntisland, Great White Egret @ Birnie Loch
21/12/25
21/12/25
December 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
male White-winged Scoter @ Leven, Water Pipit @ St Margaret’s Marsh, Water Pipit @ Cocklemill Burn, Black-necked Grebe @ Burntisland, Great White Egret @ Birnie Loch
21/12/25
21/12/25
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People just love planting trees, and sometimes there's no alternative.
But planted trees will NEVER create anything like the sheer diversity of forms of wild, self-seeded trees.
Only *nature* can do that.
But planted trees will NEVER create anything like the sheer diversity of forms of wild, self-seeded trees.
Only *nature* can do that.
December 12, 2025 at 6:19 AM
People just love planting trees, and sometimes there's no alternative.
But planted trees will NEVER create anything like the sheer diversity of forms of wild, self-seeded trees.
Only *nature* can do that.
But planted trees will NEVER create anything like the sheer diversity of forms of wild, self-seeded trees.
Only *nature* can do that.
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 11
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 11
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
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The Beauty of the Commonplace - the eye of a Blackbird.
A Snipe in the garden as I went down to the pond.
I hope to catch him on camera.
They often stay in the area for many weeks if the pickings are good & it's nicely flooded in the willow scrub, which may be a draw for a probing beak.
#BTO 🦉
A Snipe in the garden as I went down to the pond.
I hope to catch him on camera.
They often stay in the area for many weeks if the pickings are good & it's nicely flooded in the willow scrub, which may be a draw for a probing beak.
#BTO 🦉
December 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The Beauty of the Commonplace - the eye of a Blackbird.
A Snipe in the garden as I went down to the pond.
I hope to catch him on camera.
They often stay in the area for many weeks if the pickings are good & it's nicely flooded in the willow scrub, which may be a draw for a probing beak.
#BTO 🦉
A Snipe in the garden as I went down to the pond.
I hope to catch him on camera.
They often stay in the area for many weeks if the pickings are good & it's nicely flooded in the willow scrub, which may be a draw for a probing beak.
#BTO 🦉
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Warning Gritting in Progress! - the view out of the kitchen window.
Rooks & Jackdaws have been coming & going, picking-up small stones for the last hour.
It'll all be over by Christmas for the track, at this rate.
#corvids 🦉
Rooks & Jackdaws have been coming & going, picking-up small stones for the last hour.
It'll all be over by Christmas for the track, at this rate.
#corvids 🦉
December 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Warning Gritting in Progress! - the view out of the kitchen window.
Rooks & Jackdaws have been coming & going, picking-up small stones for the last hour.
It'll all be over by Christmas for the track, at this rate.
#corvids 🦉
Rooks & Jackdaws have been coming & going, picking-up small stones for the last hour.
It'll all be over by Christmas for the track, at this rate.
#corvids 🦉
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The charity Hen Harrier Action launches Xmas fundraiser to buy satellite tags raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/11/t...
The charity Hen Harrier Action launches Xmas fundraiser to buy satellite tags
The charity Hen Harrier Action has launched its annual Xmas fundraising appeal, this year with a target of £15K to purchase five satellite tags to be fitted to Hen Harrier chicks in 2026. As you…
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December 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The charity Hen Harrier Action launches Xmas fundraiser to buy satellite tags raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/11/t...
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Good work, we should get series about freedom of information, land registry should be open, and no more hiding behind companies in tax havens.
NEW: Mapping England's Landscape Recovery projects
The Government refused to release maps of these groundbreaking projects to restore nature
So I had a go at mapping them myself
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whoownsengland.org/2025/12/10/m...
The Government refused to release maps of these groundbreaking projects to restore nature
So I had a go at mapping them myself
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whoownsengland.org/2025/12/10/m...
Mapping England’s Landscape Recovery Projects
This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Image: West Penwith, Cornwall – one of over 50 Landscape Recovery pilots. Since Brexit, the UK Government has been engaged in lengthy reforms of farm payments &…
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December 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Good work, we should get series about freedom of information, land registry should be open, and no more hiding behind companies in tax havens.
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The UK charity Hen Harrier Action @henharrieraction.bsky.social launches Xmas fundraiser to buy more satellite tags.
Commentary on why this is important & a link to the fundraiser ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/11/t...
Commentary on why this is important & a link to the fundraiser ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/11/t...
The charity Hen Harrier Action launches Xmas fundraiser to buy satellite tags
The charity Hen Harrier Action has launched its annual Xmas fundraising appeal, this year with a target of £15K to purchase five satellite tags to be fitted to Hen Harrier chicks in 2026. As you…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The UK charity Hen Harrier Action @henharrieraction.bsky.social launches Xmas fundraiser to buy more satellite tags.
Commentary on why this is important & a link to the fundraiser ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/11/t...
Commentary on why this is important & a link to the fundraiser ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/11/t...
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Here’s a series of shots from a wonderful and unusual encounter I had with a willing nature portrait participant, a beautiful Kingfisher #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography
December 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Here’s a series of shots from a wonderful and unusual encounter I had with a willing nature portrait participant, a beautiful Kingfisher #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography
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Estuarine waders have increased,; several populations have declined, including Bewick’s Swan, Pink-footed Goose and Eurasian Teal. Whooper Swan, Little Egret and non-migratory goose populations have continued to increase.
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Overwinter population estimates of waterbirds in Great Britain
Great Britain supports internationally important numbers of wintering waterbirds, and accurate population estimates are essential for conservation...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Estuarine waders have increased,; several populations have declined, including Bewick’s Swan, Pink-footed Goose and Eurasian Teal. Whooper Swan, Little Egret and non-migratory goose populations have continued to increase.
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Richardson’s Cackling Goose on Kintyre today with Canada Geese and Greylags, looks identical to the one from winter 22/23! #argyllbirds 🪶
December 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Richardson’s Cackling Goose on Kintyre today with Canada Geese and Greylags, looks identical to the one from winter 22/23! #argyllbirds 🪶
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A pleasant winter wander in the late November sunshine.
#BirdingScotland #naturewriting
A pleasant winter wander in the late November sunshine.
#BirdingScotland #naturewriting
1470 : Sunny Winter Walk (30/11/25)
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December 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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A pleasant winter wander in the late November sunshine.
#BirdingScotland #naturewriting
A pleasant winter wander in the late November sunshine.
#BirdingScotland #naturewriting
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Walshaw Moor on film… www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
Margot Robbie in red latex, Kate Bush impersonators and a pint of Emily ale: my crash course in Brontëmania
As Wuthering Heights gets a raunchy Hollywood remake, our writer takes a pilgrimage through Haworth, the village where its author lived – and finds her spirit still electrifying the cobbled streets an...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Walshaw Moor on film… www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
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I've just read a post labelling the Dunnock as the ultimate skulker, must piss Cetti's and Grasshopper Warblers off who have earned that accolade, as have some rails.
December 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I've just read a post labelling the Dunnock as the ultimate skulker, must piss Cetti's and Grasshopper Warblers off who have earned that accolade, as have some rails.
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Snapshot of a rainforest floor in winter.
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Snapshot of a rainforest floor in winter.
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A good story by @vickyallan.bsky.social exposing high premature death rates at salmon farms.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567441...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567441...
'Seafood Product of the Year' farm hit by mass salmon deaths in industry worst month
A salmon farm hailed as Seafood Product of the Year has suffered huge losses in one of the industry’s worst months on record, raising fresh…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A good story by @vickyallan.bsky.social exposing high premature death rates at salmon farms.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567441...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567441...
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Siberian Pipit - potentially overlooked on a wetland fringe near you #UKBirding #NextBritishFirst 🪶
Akrotiri looking like a wetland again: Siberian Pipit was a nice surprise + Wigeon, Bonelli’s Eagle, Black w Stilt, 6 Spotshank, Ruff, Green Sand, 2 White Throated Kingfisher, Citrine Wagtail , 20 Water & 15 Red throated Pipit, Bluethroat, 2 Moustached Warbler & Penduline Tit #cyprusbirds
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Siberian Pipit - potentially overlooked on a wetland fringe near you #UKBirding #NextBritishFirst 🪶