Barry Yates
@rxnature.bsky.social
Improve wildlife habitats and promoting nature in the coast and countryside around Rye in SusseX, UK, where fishing boats show the RX registration.
This wintering Coot may have flown across the North Sea to be here with us for our mild winter and is feeding on the aquatic weed - possibly Spiral Tasselweed - by diving.
From the Denny hide Rye Harbour
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#coot
From the Denny hide Rye Harbour
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#coot
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This wintering Coot may have flown across the North Sea to be here with us for our mild winter and is feeding on the aquatic weed - possibly Spiral Tasselweed - by diving.
From the Denny hide Rye Harbour
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#coot
From the Denny hide Rye Harbour
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#coot
Part of a large flock of wintering Coot.
Some will have flown across the North Sea to be here with us for our mild winter and are feeding on the aquatic weed - possibly Spiral Tasselweed - by diving.
From the Denny hide Rye Harbour.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#coot
Some will have flown across the North Sea to be here with us for our mild winter and are feeding on the aquatic weed - possibly Spiral Tasselweed - by diving.
From the Denny hide Rye Harbour.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#coot
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Part of a large flock of wintering Coot.
Some will have flown across the North Sea to be here with us for our mild winter and are feeding on the aquatic weed - possibly Spiral Tasselweed - by diving.
From the Denny hide Rye Harbour.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#coot
Some will have flown across the North Sea to be here with us for our mild winter and are feeding on the aquatic weed - possibly Spiral Tasselweed - by diving.
From the Denny hide Rye Harbour.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#coot
Cormorants flying in formation over the Denny hide at Rye Harbour.
Video slowed down 8 times.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#cormorant
Video slowed down 8 times.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#cormorant
December 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Cormorants flying in formation over the Denny hide at Rye Harbour.
Video slowed down 8 times.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#cormorant
Video slowed down 8 times.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#cormorant
At around 3pm today at Rye Harbour, several large flocks of birds flew in over the River Mouth and then over the Denny hide.
They looked like skeins of black geese, but were Cormorants heading for the roost at Castle Water.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#cormorant
They looked like skeins of black geese, but were Cormorants heading for the roost at Castle Water.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#cormorant
December 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
At around 3pm today at Rye Harbour, several large flocks of birds flew in over the River Mouth and then over the Denny hide.
They looked like skeins of black geese, but were Cormorants heading for the roost at Castle Water.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#cormorant
They looked like skeins of black geese, but were Cormorants heading for the roost at Castle Water.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#cormorant
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The perfect Christmas present for someone who loves Rye Harbour is membership of the Friends of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve... ryeharbourfriends.net/join-us
It would be so kind if you could pass this on.
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#UKbirds
#UKwildlife
#Sussexwildlife
It would be so kind if you could pass this on.
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#UKbirds
#UKwildlife
#Sussexwildlife
December 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The perfect Christmas present for someone who loves Rye Harbour is membership of the Friends of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve... ryeharbourfriends.net/join-us
It would be so kind if you could pass this on.
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#UKbirds
#UKwildlife
#Sussexwildlife
It would be so kind if you could pass this on.
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#UKbirds
#UKwildlife
#Sussexwildlife
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🚨 SIGN THE PETITION 🚨
We're backing MP Helena Dollimore's petition to end the use of bio-beads across the UK. Modern, safer alternatives exist – water companies must use them.
👉 Sign now: https://f.mtr.cool/ktkpksyvix
Every signature counts. Together we can protect our coastline.
We're backing MP Helena Dollimore's petition to end the use of bio-beads across the UK. Modern, safer alternatives exist – water companies must use them.
👉 Sign now: https://f.mtr.cool/ktkpksyvix
Every signature counts. Together we can protect our coastline.
December 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🚨 SIGN THE PETITION 🚨
We're backing MP Helena Dollimore's petition to end the use of bio-beads across the UK. Modern, safer alternatives exist – water companies must use them.
👉 Sign now: https://f.mtr.cool/ktkpksyvix
Every signature counts. Together we can protect our coastline.
We're backing MP Helena Dollimore's petition to end the use of bio-beads across the UK. Modern, safer alternatives exist – water companies must use them.
👉 Sign now: https://f.mtr.cool/ktkpksyvix
Every signature counts. Together we can protect our coastline.
Please support this overdue ban sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/help-us...
Help Us Bin Bio-beads | Sussex Wildlife Trust
sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Please support this overdue ban sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/help-us...
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"What is emerging about Nigel Farage is not a single stupid comment or heated moment. Former classmates are describing a pattern of behaviour. Not just a bully, but a racist bully of the ugliest kind, directing hatred at black and Jewish pupils as a kind of sport."
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
'If Nigel Farage's Racism Is Forgotten It Will Give Him Permission for Far Worse'
When someone tells you who they are, over and over again, it is wise to listen, argues Clive Lewis MP
bylinetimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
"What is emerging about Nigel Farage is not a single stupid comment or heated moment. Former classmates are describing a pattern of behaviour. Not just a bully, but a racist bully of the ugliest kind, directing hatred at black and Jewish pupils as a kind of sport."
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
Reposted by Barry Yates
The annual post-breeding moult of a shorebird lasts about three months - that's as long as a successful breeding season.
Monitoring moult using digital cameras: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/m...
#ornithology
Monitoring moult using digital cameras: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/m...
#ornithology
December 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The annual post-breeding moult of a shorebird lasts about three months - that's as long as a successful breeding season.
Monitoring moult using digital cameras: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/m...
#ornithology
Monitoring moult using digital cameras: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/m...
#ornithology
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This looks very useful indeed. We need to be able to fact check, ourselves.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This looks very useful indeed. We need to be able to fact check, ourselves.
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Over at our YouTube Channel we've put up 11 poetry workshops to help people of any age write poems. So far they've had in total 355 thousand views.
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Official Michael Rosen Channel
Every video and playlist here is approved by Michael himself.
If it’s on this channel, it’s the real deal and safe for children.
You may see “YTP” or “poop” remixes on...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Over at our YouTube Channel we've put up 11 poetry workshops to help people of any age write poems. So far they've had in total 355 thousand views.
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
The millions of bio-beads recently spilled by @southernwater.bsky.social contain a cocktail of harmful chemicals that will enter the marine food chain, including food that I would like to eat ☣️🤢🤮☠️
BBC News - Lead and arsenic found in Camber Sands bio-beads
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Lead and arsenic found in Camber Sands bio-beads
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Camber Sands bio-beads contain lead and arsenic, study finds
Heavy metals are found on plastic pellets which washed up on the Sussex and Kent coast.
www.bbc.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The millions of bio-beads recently spilled by @southernwater.bsky.social contain a cocktail of harmful chemicals that will enter the marine food chain, including food that I would like to eat ☣️🤢🤮☠️
BBC News - Lead and arsenic found in Camber Sands bio-beads
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Lead and arsenic found in Camber Sands bio-beads
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Good on NHS leader, Daniel Elkeles, calling for a revival of mask-wearing during the current “tidal wave of flu.”
That trying to save lives is going to be highly controversial - and No. 10 are already sitting on the fence - is deeply depressing. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That trying to save lives is going to be highly controversial - and No. 10 are already sitting on the fence - is deeply depressing. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
People urged to wear masks when they are ill as UK faces ‘tidal wave’ of flu
NHS Providers boss says those who are ‘coughing and sneezing’ should wear face coverings on public transport
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Good on NHS leader, Daniel Elkeles, calling for a revival of mask-wearing during the current “tidal wave of flu.”
That trying to save lives is going to be highly controversial - and No. 10 are already sitting on the fence - is deeply depressing. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That trying to save lives is going to be highly controversial - and No. 10 are already sitting on the fence - is deeply depressing. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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How did I miss this news story on pollution in the Medway last week?🤔 I must've been half-asleep.
"The largest contaminant was caffeine, which can affect reproduction in aquatic wildlife. It is thought caffeine enters the waters via sewage treatment after being ingested by humans."
"The largest contaminant was caffeine, which can affect reproduction in aquatic wildlife. It is thought caffeine enters the waters via sewage treatment after being ingested by humans."
Kent: Toxic chemicals found in River Medway may cause cancer
Rowing club coach says anyone who releases toxic chemicals into the River Medway should face jail.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
How did I miss this news story on pollution in the Medway last week?🤔 I must've been half-asleep.
"The largest contaminant was caffeine, which can affect reproduction in aquatic wildlife. It is thought caffeine enters the waters via sewage treatment after being ingested by humans."
"The largest contaminant was caffeine, which can affect reproduction in aquatic wildlife. It is thought caffeine enters the waters via sewage treatment after being ingested by humans."
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Reposted by Barry Yates
China's krill fleet grows to almost double the size of Norway's. Antarctica wildlife such and whales & penguins have to compete with huge industrial vessels for food & they are often left starving Krill also play a vital role in regulating global climate...
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
China's krill fleet grows to almost double the size of Norway's
China now has nearly double the krill-fishing capacity of Norway, according to krill consultancy firm Tharos.
www.seafoodsource.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
China's krill fleet grows to almost double the size of Norway's. Antarctica wildlife such and whales & penguins have to compete with huge industrial vessels for food & they are often left starving Krill also play a vital role in regulating global climate...
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
Yesterday's waves, on a very high tide, pushed shingle back under the Mary Stanford Lifeboat House because of the emergency rock groyne
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Yesterday's waves, on a very high tide, pushed shingle back under the Mary Stanford Lifeboat House because of the emergency rock groyne
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Kai won a house-point for good behaviour in the classroom.
Madison worked hard and is allowed extra screen time.
Donald stopped crying when he won a golden trophy for saying he could break up fights.
But the playground attendant swears that he is the school bully.
#CorruptFIFA
Madison worked hard and is allowed extra screen time.
Donald stopped crying when he won a golden trophy for saying he could break up fights.
But the playground attendant swears that he is the school bully.
#CorruptFIFA
December 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Kai won a house-point for good behaviour in the classroom.
Madison worked hard and is allowed extra screen time.
Donald stopped crying when he won a golden trophy for saying he could break up fights.
But the playground attendant swears that he is the school bully.
#CorruptFIFA
Madison worked hard and is allowed extra screen time.
Donald stopped crying when he won a golden trophy for saying he could break up fights.
But the playground attendant swears that he is the school bully.
#CorruptFIFA
wow
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
wow
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“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
My favourite photo of the Mary Stanford Lifeboat House at Rye Harbour
5th October 2021
5th October 2021
December 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
My favourite photo of the Mary Stanford Lifeboat House at Rye Harbour
5th October 2021
5th October 2021
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Ordinary fishermen need to ask why their interests are being so badly misrepresented by the biggest boat owners who have all the lobbying power.
Just as
Ordinary farmers need to ask why their interests are being so badly misrepresented by the wealthiest farm owners who have all the lobbying power.
Just as
Ordinary farmers need to ask why their interests are being so badly misrepresented by the wealthiest farm owners who have all the lobbying power.
The fishing industry is lobbying hard to maintain business as usual even as their members stare into the abyss.
Most fishermen want a change in direction!
thefishingdaily.com/latest-news/...
Most fishermen want a change in direction!
thefishingdaily.com/latest-news/...
EBFA Meets Commissioner to Discuss Future of Bottom Fishing in Europe - The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Industry News
The EBFA met with Commissioner Costas Kadis to discuss the future of bottom fishing in Europe waters following concerns about its future
thefishingdaily.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Ordinary fishermen need to ask why their interests are being so badly misrepresented by the biggest boat owners who have all the lobbying power.
Just as
Ordinary farmers need to ask why their interests are being so badly misrepresented by the wealthiest farm owners who have all the lobbying power.
Just as
Ordinary farmers need to ask why their interests are being so badly misrepresented by the wealthiest farm owners who have all the lobbying power.
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Almost all of the world’s mammal biomass is humans and livestock. Humans and livestock make up 95% of the world’s mammal biomass; wild mammals are just 5%.....
ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals...
ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals...
Almost all of the world’s mammal biomass is humans and livestock
Humans and livestock make up 95% of the world’s mammal biomass; wild mammals are just 5%.
ourworldindata.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Almost all of the world’s mammal biomass is humans and livestock. Humans and livestock make up 95% of the world’s mammal biomass; wild mammals are just 5%.....
ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals...
ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals...