Steve Dudley
@stevedudley.bsky.social
Birder #WestrayBirding | Orkney Bird Recorder | #birdingScotland #ornithology 🪶 | #TeamMoth | #wildlife #art | 🎶 Punk, Post-punk| PUFC | MUFC | Pro-EU | ✊🏾🏳️🌈 ally
Feeds - Birding Gear, Orkney Birding, UK Patch Birding and BirdWeather PUC.
Feeds - Birding Gear, Orkney Birding, UK Patch Birding and BirdWeather PUC.
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Steve Dudley
@stevedudley.bsky.social
· Sep 23
I've long been a gear geek - optics, tripods, clothing - I'm obsessed with it all. I've helped design optics, jackets and more and I love to share and hear others' views on their birding gear. So, I've set up this Feed, Birding Gear, for just that. Tag your posts #BirdingGear to contribute!
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One of our favourite travel scopes, the @vortexopticsuk Razor HD 56mm is half the price of its closest competitors, includes a stay-on case and has a better warranty! Try it for yourself at our Glandford shop, or view online here: www.cleyspy.co.uk/product/vort... #BirdingGear #UKBirding
Vortex Razor HD 13-39x56 | Buy Online at CleySpy
The quality Vortex Razor HD 13-39x56 is available from CleySpy with a wide range of accessories (other filter)- buy online at fantastic prices
www.cleyspy.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
One of our favourite travel scopes, the @vortexopticsuk Razor HD 56mm is half the price of its closest competitors, includes a stay-on case and has a better warranty! Try it for yourself at our Glandford shop, or view online here: www.cleyspy.co.uk/product/vort... #BirdingGear #UKBirding
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We have now pulled together the update for October #PWC2025 and it is live on the blog! Go check it out to see the highlights and where you sit in the rankings! patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
Remember to keep us updated by regularly updating your scores and by tagging us in your posts!
Remember to keep us updated by regularly updating your scores and by tagging us in your posts!
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We have now pulled together the update for October #PWC2025 and it is live on the blog! Go check it out to see the highlights and where you sit in the rankings! patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
Remember to keep us updated by regularly updating your scores and by tagging us in your posts!
Remember to keep us updated by regularly updating your scores and by tagging us in your posts!
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Another day of wintry showers, giving some impressive cloud formations out to the North. Been quiet for white winged gulls so far, so nice to find three adult Glaucous Gulls in the North Wick, before flying out towards Mull Head #BirdingOrkney #PWC2025
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Another day of wintry showers, giving some impressive cloud formations out to the North. Been quiet for white winged gulls so far, so nice to find three adult Glaucous Gulls in the North Wick, before flying out towards Mull Head #BirdingOrkney #PWC2025
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GIVE THE GIFT OF BULLSHIT: 2026 Effin’ Birds calendars are available now in all good bookstores. Check eatf.art for some online options.
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
GIVE THE GIFT OF BULLSHIT: 2026 Effin’ Birds calendars are available now in all good bookstores. Check eatf.art for some online options.
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There’s such beauty in variety – and the eggs laid by our terns show it too. In our newest paper we try to find patterns in this variety and test how female identity and age, as well as laying order, affect the colour, spottiness, shape, and size of eggs: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
There’s such beauty in variety – and the eggs laid by our terns show it too. In our newest paper we try to find patterns in this variety and test how female identity and age, as well as laying order, affect the colour, spottiness, shape, and size of eggs: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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This! Still little or no UK Public Health information about the long term health risks associated with Covid infections (or indeed other infections).
People don't understand why I wear a respirator because there's no "official" info. Whereas other PH measures (ticks etc) are seen as normal.
People don't understand why I wear a respirator because there's no "official" info. Whereas other PH measures (ticks etc) are seen as normal.
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This! Still little or no UK Public Health information about the long term health risks associated with Covid infections (or indeed other infections).
People don't understand why I wear a respirator because there's no "official" info. Whereas other PH measures (ticks etc) are seen as normal.
People don't understand why I wear a respirator because there's no "official" info. Whereas other PH measures (ticks etc) are seen as normal.
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Currently 1.61 degs C and rising
While at #COP30 they’re still gibbering on about 1.5 degs C
What a time to be alive.
While at #COP30 they’re still gibbering on about 1.5 degs C
What a time to be alive.
The latest, from November 18, has the planet at 1.61°C above pre-industrial.
Will the planet reach an anomaly of 1.80°C above pre-industrial over the coming few days, as forecast? The Climate 8-ball is busy eating gobsmacking bananas.
Will the planet reach an anomaly of 1.80°C above pre-industrial over the coming few days, as forecast? The Climate 8-ball is busy eating gobsmacking bananas.
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Currently 1.61 degs C and rising
While at #COP30 they’re still gibbering on about 1.5 degs C
What a time to be alive.
While at #COP30 they’re still gibbering on about 1.5 degs C
What a time to be alive.
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Didactic video featuring two species which have declined catastrophically due to disease transfer at feeding stations. Birds infected with Trichomonas struggle to eat and will drop food items from their beaks, which are then eaten by healthy birds, hence RSPB no longer sells table feeders #UKBirding
Greenfinch pair at Scaling Dam this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #birds
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Didactic video featuring two species which have declined catastrophically due to disease transfer at feeding stations. Birds infected with Trichomonas struggle to eat and will drop food items from their beaks, which are then eaten by healthy birds, hence RSPB no longer sells table feeders #UKBirding
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I’m thrilled to officially launch The Ornithologist Magazine – an independent digital publication dedicated to bird science, conservation and storytelling from around the world.
Explore our content: theornithologist.org
#ornithology #birdscience #theornithologist #conservation #birding #birds
Explore our content: theornithologist.org
#ornithology #birdscience #theornithologist #conservation #birding #birds
The Ornithologist
The Ornithologist is an independent online magazine exploring bird science, conservation, migration, and the fascinating world of birds – delivered through thoughtful articles and expert insights.
theornithologist.org
July 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I’m thrilled to officially launch The Ornithologist Magazine – an independent digital publication dedicated to bird science, conservation and storytelling from around the world.
Explore our content: theornithologist.org
#ornithology #birdscience #theornithologist #conservation #birding #birds
Explore our content: theornithologist.org
#ornithology #birdscience #theornithologist #conservation #birding #birds
It's pretty wild outside, bitingly cold and power has been off and on all evening. Mostly off. Like now. Issue seems to be in Caithness and SSEN had promised that full power would be restored by 2100h. Guess not. The backup woodburner is lit in living room and backup power bank on hand. Stay warm!
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's pretty wild outside, bitingly cold and power has been off and on all evening. Mostly off. Like now. Issue seems to be in Caithness and SSEN had promised that full power would be restored by 2100h. Guess not. The backup woodburner is lit in living room and backup power bank on hand. Stay warm!
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Big Polar Plunge across Europe as the jet stream takes a nose dive! Temps 10-20C below normal! Lots of snow in the mountains!!
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Big Polar Plunge across Europe as the jet stream takes a nose dive! Temps 10-20C below normal! Lots of snow in the mountains!!
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The catastrophic illegal waste dumping in Oxfordshire (see next post) is a direct result of the deregulation-by-stealth I wrote about in 2021, when my dead goldfish became a registered waste disposer. I warned it would let the mafia in. And here we are.🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain through the looking glass: my dead goldfish is now a registered waste disposer | George Monbiot
Algernon Goldfish is long gone, but I was able to sign him up. No wonder so many crooks are illegally dumping and ruining our environment, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The catastrophic illegal waste dumping in Oxfordshire (see next post) is a direct result of the deregulation-by-stealth I wrote about in 2021, when my dead goldfish became a registered waste disposer. I warned it would let the mafia in. And here we are.🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Amazingly, this is the current temp anomaly relative to the 1981-2010 baseline - not the pre-Industrial baseline. Warming is accelerating…
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This graphic shows the difference from the 1981-2010 baseline. Add about 0.60°C to get the anomaly above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
In other words, an anomaly over pre-industrial above 1.80°C is likely in the next few days.
www.karstenhaustein.com/climate
In other words, an anomaly over pre-industrial above 1.80°C is likely in the next few days.
www.karstenhaustein.com/climate
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Amazingly, this is the current temp anomaly relative to the 1981-2010 baseline - not the pre-Industrial baseline. Warming is accelerating…
😮😮😮
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Well, at last, my search for a truly lightweight summer waterproof is over! I have exacting specs to meet and over the last few years I’ve been buying countless secondhand jackets only for them to be tried on and then relisted for sale. None have even made it out the house!
#BirdingGear
#BirdingGear
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Well, at last, my search for a truly lightweight summer waterproof is over! I have exacting specs to meet and over the last few years I’ve been buying countless secondhand jackets only for them to be tried on and then relisted for sale. None have even made it out the house!
#BirdingGear
#BirdingGear
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Our heat pump doing it’s job taking in cold air, extracting energy to heat our house and exhaling even colder air that has kept the dusting of snow happy in its artificial frost hollow long after it had melted away elsewhere!
November 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Our heat pump doing it’s job taking in cold air, extracting energy to heat our house and exhaling even colder air that has kept the dusting of snow happy in its artificial frost hollow long after it had melted away elsewhere!
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This #InternationalMensDay we’re reminded that suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 50 in the UK. We all have mental health, and talking about it matters. Check in with the men in your life. Reach out. A small conversation can make a big difference.
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This #InternationalMensDay we’re reminded that suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 50 in the UK. We all have mental health, and talking about it matters. Check in with the men in your life. Reach out. A small conversation can make a big difference.
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This story about a Reform councillor in Northumberland has about three different massive stories in it.
He's accused of ripping off his constituents to the tune of £140k.
He owes his own council nearly £40k in unpaid tax.
His own council is suing him.
He's accused of ripping off his constituents to the tune of £140k.
He owes his own council nearly £40k in unpaid tax.
His own council is suing him.
Blyth Reform councillor Barry Elliott's property firms owe customers £140,000
Property companies owned or run by Barry Elliott owe tens of thousands of pounds to customers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This story about a Reform councillor in Northumberland has about three different massive stories in it.
He's accused of ripping off his constituents to the tune of £140k.
He owes his own council nearly £40k in unpaid tax.
His own council is suing him.
He's accused of ripping off his constituents to the tune of £140k.
He owes his own council nearly £40k in unpaid tax.
His own council is suing him.
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Free speech news
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Free speech news
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[ANALYSIS]
The global battle to mitigate climate change cannot be won in the Amazon, but it can certainly be lost there, writes top ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin in a new analysis for Mongabay.
** The views expressed are the author's.
The global battle to mitigate climate change cannot be won in the Amazon, but it can certainly be lost there, writes top ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin in a new analysis for Mongabay.
** The views expressed are the author's.
Top ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin’s COP30 reflections on Amazon conservation (analysis)
Having studied the healing plants and peoples of tropical South America for well over four decades, I am often asked, “What is the conservation status of the Amazon Rainforest? Is the glass half-full…
news.mongabay.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
[ANALYSIS]
The global battle to mitigate climate change cannot be won in the Amazon, but it can certainly be lost there, writes top ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin in a new analysis for Mongabay.
** The views expressed are the author's.
The global battle to mitigate climate change cannot be won in the Amazon, but it can certainly be lost there, writes top ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin in a new analysis for Mongabay.
** The views expressed are the author's.
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"We've dismembered a journalist by mistake"
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"We've dismembered a journalist by mistake"
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Journalists shouldn't be murdered, and their murderers should be embarrassed at every possible opportunity
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Journalists shouldn't be murdered, and their murderers should be embarrassed at every possible opportunity
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That they have lived with this trauma & pain for so long is truly heartbreaking. How anyone can support protecting the perpetrators any longer is hard to believe & a complete disgrace!
#Justice4TheEPSTEIN_SurvivorsNOW ✊
#Justice4TheEPSTEIN_SurvivorsNOW ✊
Epstein survivors just demanded the release of the files in this new PSA. Watch it here.
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
That they have lived with this trauma & pain for so long is truly heartbreaking. How anyone can support protecting the perpetrators any longer is hard to believe & a complete disgrace!
#Justice4TheEPSTEIN_SurvivorsNOW ✊
#Justice4TheEPSTEIN_SurvivorsNOW ✊
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[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
By some estimates, species are vanishing at up to a thousand times the natural background rate. Yet a new study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B suggests the picture is more complex. Extinctions may have peaked a century ago—and declined since.
By some estimates, species are vanishing at up to a thousand times the natural background rate. Yet a new study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B suggests the picture is more complex. Extinctions may have peaked a century ago—and declined since.
A slowdown, not salvation: what new extinction data reveal about the state of life on Earth
For decades, biologists have warned that humanity is precipitating a sixth mass extinction. By some estimates, species are vanishing at up to a thousand times the natural background rate. Yet a new…
news.mongabay.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
By some estimates, species are vanishing at up to a thousand times the natural background rate. Yet a new study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B suggests the picture is more complex. Extinctions may have peaked a century ago—and declined since.
By some estimates, species are vanishing at up to a thousand times the natural background rate. Yet a new study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B suggests the picture is more complex. Extinctions may have peaked a century ago—and declined since.
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His base is fractured. His rivals are emboldened. His opponents are united. The result is today’s House vote. Members voted 427-1 to force the DOJ to release the files. If this ends badly, it will be due to Trump’s hubris – in taking for granted the conspiracy theory that brought him back to power.
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
His base is fractured. His rivals are emboldened. His opponents are united. The result is today’s House vote. Members voted 427-1 to force the DOJ to release the files. If this ends badly, it will be due to Trump’s hubris – in taking for granted the conspiracy theory that brought him back to power.
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Stopping deforestation is one of the best things we can do for climate, nature, and people worldwide. But it still doesn’t get the attention or funding it deserves.
And that’s why we prioritize it in the new Drawdown Explorer.
And that’s why we prioritize it in the new Drawdown Explorer.
One of Brazil's top priorities for #COP30 is to fund the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, which would finance efforts to protect forest ecosystems worldwide.
Learn more about why protecting forests is one of the most powerful solutions for people, nature, and climate at: 🔗 https://bit.ly/4o2QWZp
Learn more about why protecting forests is one of the most powerful solutions for people, nature, and climate at: 🔗 https://bit.ly/4o2QWZp
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Stopping deforestation is one of the best things we can do for climate, nature, and people worldwide. But it still doesn’t get the attention or funding it deserves.
And that’s why we prioritize it in the new Drawdown Explorer.
And that’s why we prioritize it in the new Drawdown Explorer.