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Miguel McMinn

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Biologist living in Mallorca 🪶✈️ [email protected]

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Miguel McMinn @mmcminn.bsky.social · Dec 29

Ja podeu consultar i descarregar el volum 67 (2024) del Bolletí de la Societat d’Història Natural de les Balears.

Esperem que us agradi!

bshnb.shnb.org/2024/12/29/b...

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SBlandfo @sblandfo.bsky.social · 1d

I was photobombed by this beautiful #gull above the #Roman Forum just as I concluded a pano - not sure which of us was more surprised. #SuperSeabirdSunday

Roman Forum at the bottom of the image with the blue sky dominated by the extremely close arrival of a gull with wings and tail feathers fully deployed for emergency landing.

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AEMET @aemet.es · 20h

⛈️ El lunes aumentará la inestabilidad en el centro e interior oriental peninsular y continuará en el área mediterránea: chubascos localmente fuertes en estas zonas.

➡️ A lo largo de la semana seguirá la probabilidad de chubascos en puntos del Mediterráneo peninsular y Baleares.

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Miguel McMinn @mmcminn.bsky.social · 17h

És evident que les responsables no varen estar a l’altura de les circumstàncies.

Miguel McMinn @mmcminn.bsky.social · 17h

En pau descansi.

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Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears @shnb.org · 17h

Des de la Societat d’Història Natural de les Balears volem expressar el nostre condol per la mort de Marta Sales Villalonga. Lamentam profundament la seva pèrdua i traslladam el nostre suport a la seva família i amics.

Marta era membre del IME i col·laboradora del OBSAM.

Marta a la dreta.

D'esquerra a dreta, Eva Marsinyach, Aina Blanco i Marta sales, investigadores del projecte sobre qualitat de les aigües de Menorca.

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JC @jcpb71.bsky.social · 19h

Un malsomni que passa davant dels nostres ulls.

Miguel McMinn @mmcminn.bsky.social · 20h

European Red List: Reptiles #IUCN

Podarcis pityusensis. Ibiza Wall Lizard -> EN

Decline of 50% of the population and one
subspecies extinct.

www.iucnredlist.org/support/what...

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Miguel McMinn @mmcminn.bsky.social · 20h

Rapid endangerment of the lizard Podarcis pityusensis by an invasive snake demands immediate conservation response

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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www.iucnredlist.org/species/1780...

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Miguel McMinn @mmcminn.bsky.social · 20h

European Red List: Reptiles #IUCN

Podarcis pityusensis. Ibiza Wall Lizard -> EN

Decline of 50% of the population and one
subspecies extinct.

www.iucnredlist.org/support/what...

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Enzo Giordani @enzogiordani.bsky.social · 1d

That look you get when someone thinks you’re trying to steal their lunch… 🪶🇳🇿

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Birding Catalunya @birdingcatalunya.bsky.social · 23h

Mascle de còlit gris (Oenanthe oenanthe)

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Ferwen @ferwen.bsky.social · 22h

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas

www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

www.newscientist.com

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Iñigo Martínez-Solano @batracofistro.bsky.social · 1d

Ya tenemos actualización oficial de la Lista Roja de anfibios europeos: www.iucnredlist.org/support/what...

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 23h

I've been remiss in celebrating #Auktober, so here are four delightful pics of the smollest one, the Least Auklet from Kiska Island, Alaska (where there are 1.2 million PAIRS in about 2 km sq).

Bonus early PhD Alex for scale.

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 1d

Continuing our #AUKTOBER theme, here's a Common guillemot (or Common murre) with its beak full 🐧🐟

These little guys are incredible freedivers - recorded diving at depths of up to 180m in pursuit of prey 🤿 They have even been spotted through the window of submarines! ⚓

#Seabirds #SuperSeabirdSunday

A Common guillemot with a large fish in its mouth. Photo: Joshua Pedley.

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 1d

www.portlandbirdobs.com/2025/10/11th-october.html

11th October

A day of seriously impressive numbers, with another big drop of Chiffchaffs on the ground, a strong push through of visible migrants overhea...

www.portlandbirdobs.com

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Per Alström @peralstrom.bsky.social · 11d

I'm too inexperienced w Bluesky to know whether my comment on Delta Bird Festival, where I gave a talk on AviList (avilist.org), the unified global list of birds, is visible, so here's a link to paper where we present the work behind and future of AviList: doi.org/10.1007/s105... #birds #ornithology

Home

AviList is a collaborative global effort to produce a single current consensus taxonomy for the birds of the world, along with key information on taxonomy and nomenclature. The checklist is free for d...

avilist.org

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Miguel McMinn @mmcminn.bsky.social · 1d

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Mckeedi @mckeedi.bsky.social · 1d

On the move...puffin on Staple Island, Farne Islands, Northumberland #birds #puffin #puffins #farneislands #seabirds #nationaltrust #bbcearth #bbcwildlife #rspb #coastalbirds #auks

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Mckeedi @mckeedi.bsky.social · 1d

On the move...puffin on Staple Island, Farne Islands, Northumberland #birds #puffin #puffins #farneislands #seabirds #nationaltrust #bbcearth #bbcwildlife #rspb #coastalbirds #auks

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Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 1d

Jess Wade is amazing, and it's my absolute honour to be one of the more than 2000 women in STEM whose wikipedia page she started: mymodernmet.com/jessica-wade... 🧪🔭👩‍🔬

Meet the Physicist Who Wrote Over 2,000 Wikipedia Biographies for Women in STEM

After noticing a lack of entries on Wikipedia for incredible women throughout history, this incredible woman decided to take matters into her own hands.

mymodernmet.com

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PAISAJE lab @paisaje-lab.bsky.social · 1d

Paeonia broteri seeds mimicking fleshy fruits and decepting the frugivorous birds that ingest and disperse them.

Semillas de Paeonia broteri que imitan frutos carnosos y engañan a las aves frugívoras que las ingieren y dispersan.

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Gerard Viader @gviader.bsky.social · 1d

L'ocell de tempesta, de la mida d'una oreneta, té la capacitat de volar en les situacions metereològiques més adverses, moment en el que s'acosten a les embarcacions. La llegeda diu que eren l'encarnació de les ànimes dels mariners morts, que s'acostaven als vaixells a cercar els seus companys vius.

Ocell de tempesta (Hydrobates pelagicus) @GerardViader #Birds

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British Nature Guide @britishnatureguide.bsky.social · 1d

Zitting Cisticola today in Kalamaki in Zakinthos for #BirdsSeenIn2025

Zitting Cisticola also known as Fan-tailed Warbler today in Kalamaki in Zakinthos. Usually only seen and heard during undulating flight, calling zit,zit,zit.

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the mythical beasts of the Iberian Peninsula. By Pucaprinthouse. How many have you seen?

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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · 1d

New short communication: First Common Murre seen off the Azores, by Luis Barcelos et al.
#Auktober #seabirds #ornithology #OpenAccess

www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...

Common Murre seen at Praia da Vitória Fishing
Harbor (Azores, Portugal), on 06 December 2024. Photo by
Rúben Coelho

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