Darren Archer
@dunnock67.bsky.social
Moving in for #birds #bats #Hoverflies #butterflies. NE England
Worried about the climate
https://curlewsfeathers.wordpress.com/
Worried about the climate
https://curlewsfeathers.wordpress.com/
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Darren Archer
@dunnock67.bsky.social
· Feb 5
Letter From Gaza. Ghassan Kanafani
YouTube video by Palestine Diary
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The late john Berger reads A Letter from Gaza from the late Ghassan Kanafani Still as relevant today 🇵🇸
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_msu...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_msu...
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If you're searching for Christmas presents for a young spider enthusiast, this looks like an attractive choice:
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If you're searching for Christmas presents for a young spider enthusiast, this looks like an attractive choice:
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A do love an audio bat art project, but it's a shame to hear once again non-heterodyne detection described as "prohibitively expensive". Real-time time expansion is now the cheapest option - build at home for £5, buy for £60 - and "no manual tuning" heterodyne detection is incuded - www.pippyg.com
π•pistrelle Bat Detector
Everything you need to know about the world's cheapest bat detectors
www.pippyg.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A do love an audio bat art project, but it's a shame to hear once again non-heterodyne detection described as "prohibitively expensive". Real-time time expansion is now the cheapest option - build at home for £5, buy for £60 - and "no manual tuning" heterodyne detection is incuded - www.pippyg.com
🦇 well worth a listen Any if it gets you hooked on 🦇 calls an added bonus
A collaboration between naturalist/writer @steverutt.bsky.social and audio-visual artist Claire Todd, ‘Echoes & Whispers’ is a creative evaluation of bat conservation in the Solway region www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/echo...
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🦇 well worth a listen Any if it gets you hooked on 🦇 calls an added bonus
Looks like most local authorities in England are consulting on nature recovery plans
Google your local authority and see if they are adequately protecting and enhancing the species you care about
#ukbirding
Google your local authority and see if they are adequately protecting and enhancing the species you care about
#ukbirding
Anyone living in Gateshead South Tyneside or Sunderland interested in nature needs to read this and have your say Otherwise this poorly thought through plan (IMHO) will set the trend for more downward spiral in wildlife 🦇 don’t get a mention natureplan.org.uk
NaturePlan - South of Tyne and Wear Local Nature Recovery
Working together to restore nature, combat climate change and benefit our communities
natureplan.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Looks like most local authorities in England are consulting on nature recovery plans
Google your local authority and see if they are adequately protecting and enhancing the species you care about
#ukbirding
Google your local authority and see if they are adequately protecting and enhancing the species you care about
#ukbirding
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Advent #1
"You don't have to throw soup on anything. You don't have to glue yourself to things. But if you really do care about all this, please find your own way to act like the truth is real."
"You don't have to throw soup on anything. You don't have to glue yourself to things. But if you really do care about all this, please find your own way to act like the truth is real."
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Advent #1
"You don't have to throw soup on anything. You don't have to glue yourself to things. But if you really do care about all this, please find your own way to act like the truth is real."
"You don't have to throw soup on anything. You don't have to glue yourself to things. But if you really do care about all this, please find your own way to act like the truth is real."
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My l'il Advent thread, 2025.
25 short quotes by 25 different essayists, taken from a favourite read this year- 'Scientists on survival' (see 'alt').
With 25 old wintry pics of mine taken around the East Sussex countryside (Winchelsea-Rye) when I worked down there some years ago now.
1/25..
25 short quotes by 25 different essayists, taken from a favourite read this year- 'Scientists on survival' (see 'alt').
With 25 old wintry pics of mine taken around the East Sussex countryside (Winchelsea-Rye) when I worked down there some years ago now.
1/25..
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
My l'il Advent thread, 2025.
25 short quotes by 25 different essayists, taken from a favourite read this year- 'Scientists on survival' (see 'alt').
With 25 old wintry pics of mine taken around the East Sussex countryside (Winchelsea-Rye) when I worked down there some years ago now.
1/25..
25 short quotes by 25 different essayists, taken from a favourite read this year- 'Scientists on survival' (see 'alt').
With 25 old wintry pics of mine taken around the East Sussex countryside (Winchelsea-Rye) when I worked down there some years ago now.
1/25..
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🦇 in the news!
#bats #lovebats #urbanwildlife
Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds share.google/RNp1fTDImn78...
#bats #lovebats #urbanwildlife
Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds share.google/RNp1fTDImn78...
Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds
Some bat species seek shelter during the day in the attics of large, mostly historic buildings within human settlements, even though they forage for insects at night in the dark surrounding countrysid...
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November 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
🦇 in the news!
#bats #lovebats #urbanwildlife
Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds share.google/RNp1fTDImn78...
#bats #lovebats #urbanwildlife
Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds share.google/RNp1fTDImn78...
Still 🇮🇱 continues to deny humanitarian aid and in doing is killing children with intent
Congrats 🇬🇧 you really showed that recognising a Palestinian 🇵🇸 state meant things would [not] change
Congrats 🇬🇧 you really showed that recognising a Palestinian 🇵🇸 state meant things would [not] change
November 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Still 🇮🇱 continues to deny humanitarian aid and in doing is killing children with intent
Congrats 🇬🇧 you really showed that recognising a Palestinian 🇵🇸 state meant things would [not] change
Congrats 🇬🇧 you really showed that recognising a Palestinian 🇵🇸 state meant things would [not] change
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Now in its third year the vigils in Orkney continue to meet on the Kirk Green, Kirkwall, calling for a permanent ceasefire in #Gaza
Filmed by Mike Robertson for The Orkney News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FYP...
Filmed by Mike Robertson for The Orkney News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FYP...
Orkney's Vigil, International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
YouTube video by The Orkney News
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Now in its third year the vigils in Orkney continue to meet on the Kirk Green, Kirkwall, calling for a permanent ceasefire in #Gaza
Filmed by Mike Robertson for The Orkney News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FYP...
Filmed by Mike Robertson for The Orkney News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FYP...
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Nour Odeh reports on Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank attacking Palestinians, ransacking their houses and destroying their property.
A reminder that under international law people living under occupation have the right to resist, including armed resistance.
A reminder that under international law people living under occupation have the right to resist, including armed resistance.
November 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Nour Odeh reports on Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank attacking Palestinians, ransacking their houses and destroying their property.
A reminder that under international law people living under occupation have the right to resist, including armed resistance.
A reminder that under international law people living under occupation have the right to resist, including armed resistance.
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Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
Amnesty International has said Israel is “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire agreed last month.
The fragile, US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect on 10 October, after two years of war. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
An exceptional list of villains
‘And the earth indifferent to titles and markets will keep its own record; not in profits . . . [but] the long shadow of extinction
‘And the earth indifferent to titles and markets will keep its own record; not in profits . . . [but] the long shadow of extinction
Every era celebrates its conservation heroes. Far fewer remember the destroyers.
My new piece, The Hall of Infamy, traces a century of leaders, industries, and institutions that liquidated the living world — and left us the bill.
From Hetch Hetchy to the Amazon…
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
My new piece, The Hall of Infamy, traces a century of leaders, industries, and institutions that liquidated the living world — and left us the bill.
From Hetch Hetchy to the Amazon…
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
THE HALL OF INFAMY: A Global Century of Environmental Supervillains
A century of leaders who liquidated the living world--and left us the bill.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
An exceptional list of villains
‘And the earth indifferent to titles and markets will keep its own record; not in profits . . . [but] the long shadow of extinction
‘And the earth indifferent to titles and markets will keep its own record; not in profits . . . [but] the long shadow of extinction
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👀 Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects
🚨 Add this to the AI data centre problem with water, and some serious rethinking is needed by GOV.UK
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🚨 Add this to the AI data centre problem with water, and some serious rethinking is needed by GOV.UK
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds
Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
👀 Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects
🚨 Add this to the AI data centre problem with water, and some serious rethinking is needed by GOV.UK
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🚨 Add this to the AI data centre problem with water, and some serious rethinking is needed by GOV.UK
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Some fungi are so small they are only likely to be found by deliberate searching. This curiosity was shown to me today at Whitlingham. The 'large' structure here is an old nail gall on a lime tree leaf caused by Eriophyes tiliae. The fungus, Ophiognomonia melanostyla, is the tiny black prongs on it!
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Some fungi are so small they are only likely to be found by deliberate searching. This curiosity was shown to me today at Whitlingham. The 'large' structure here is an old nail gall on a lime tree leaf caused by Eriophyes tiliae. The fungus, Ophiognomonia melanostyla, is the tiny black prongs on it!
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Positive 🦇 story.
#bats #Britishbats #lovebats #batconservation
BBC News - Successful bat conservation at Graven Hill self-build development - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#bats #Britishbats #lovebats #batconservation
BBC News - Successful bat conservation at Graven Hill self-build development - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Successful bat conservation at Graven Hill self-build development
The development company at Graven Hill has taken measures to safeguard roosting bats.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Positive 🦇 story.
#bats #Britishbats #lovebats #batconservation
BBC News - Successful bat conservation at Graven Hill self-build development - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#bats #Britishbats #lovebats #batconservation
BBC News - Successful bat conservation at Graven Hill self-build development - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Seems only right for a massive shout out today for Rach Appleby (www.instagram.com/rachapplebya...) - who was chosen to illustrate my book cover. Do have a peek at Rach's fab portfolio... I particularly like her #birdart #nature #natureart #wildlifeart #urbannature #naturewriting
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Seems only right for a massive shout out today for Rach Appleby (www.instagram.com/rachapplebya...) - who was chosen to illustrate my book cover. Do have a peek at Rach's fab portfolio... I particularly like her #birdart #nature #natureart #wildlifeart #urbannature #naturewriting
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"The core of the problem of the climate crisis is not CO₂ emissions, but the deeper system that caused the need to drill into the Earth, slaughter indigenous populations, and enslave people in the first place..."
thenewpress.org/books/the-en...
"The core of the problem of the climate crisis is not CO₂ emissions, but the deeper system that caused the need to drill into the Earth, slaughter indigenous populations, and enslave people in the first place..."
thenewpress.org/books/the-en...
The End of Ice - The New Press
Finalist for the 2020 PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Acclaimed on its hardcover publication, a global journey that reminds us "of how magical the planet we're about to lose really is...
thenewpress.org
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"The core of the problem of the climate crisis is not CO₂ emissions, but the deeper system that caused the need to drill into the Earth, slaughter indigenous populations, and enslave people in the first place..."
thenewpress.org/books/the-en...
"The core of the problem of the climate crisis is not CO₂ emissions, but the deeper system that caused the need to drill into the Earth, slaughter indigenous populations, and enslave people in the first place..."
thenewpress.org/books/the-en...
Horden news These tree guards don’t seem to have grown very much in this dry summer May change now ground is wet Pink feet over and water tail in stream mouth reed bed
November 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Horden news These tree guards don’t seem to have grown very much in this dry summer May change now ground is wet Pink feet over and water tail in stream mouth reed bed
Anyone living in Gateshead South Tyneside or Sunderland interested in nature needs to read this and have your say Otherwise this poorly thought through plan (IMHO) will set the trend for more downward spiral in wildlife 🦇 don’t get a mention natureplan.org.uk
NaturePlan - South of Tyne and Wear Local Nature Recovery
Working together to restore nature, combat climate change and benefit our communities
natureplan.org.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Anyone living in Gateshead South Tyneside or Sunderland interested in nature needs to read this and have your say Otherwise this poorly thought through plan (IMHO) will set the trend for more downward spiral in wildlife 🦇 don’t get a mention natureplan.org.uk
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UN compares UK’s Palestine Action ban with human rights restrictions in Russia
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
UN compares UK’s Palestine Action ban with human rights restrictions in Russia
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
UN compares UK’s Palestine Action ban with human rights restrictions in Russia
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
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Bat barn at Hinkley Connection Project continues to thrive www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-...
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Natterers bat (Myotis nattereri) in torpor-a state of decreased physiological activity, usually marked by:reduced body temperature & metabolic rate. Torpor enables animals to survive periods of reduced food availability. Insect availability in winter is low so bats have evolved to hibernate.
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Fancy having a leadmine in your back garden. Glad we’ve been allowed access to monitor the bats 🦇 hibernating in it…
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fancy having a leadmine in your back garden. Glad we’ve been allowed access to monitor the bats 🦇 hibernating in it…
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#Oryx — The International Journal of Conservation is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed, open access journal of biodiversity.
Looks like an interesting account to follow
#Conservation
#Biodiversity
Looks like an interesting account to follow
#Conservation
#Biodiversity
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#Oryx — The International Journal of Conservation is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed, open access journal of biodiversity.
Looks like an interesting account to follow
#Conservation
#Biodiversity
Looks like an interesting account to follow
#Conservation
#Biodiversity