Mckeedi
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Wannabe writer and photographer All photos and writing my own unless stated otherwise
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Guest blog – Open Pen Salmon Farming in the Falkland Islands by David Higgins – Mark Avery
https://markavery.info/2025/08/11/guest-blog-open-pen-salmon-farming-in-the-falkland-islands-by-david-higgins/
about 1 month ago
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Patagonian crested ducks at Gull Isle Pond in the Falkland Islands
#gullislepond
#birds
#ducks
#patagoniancrestedduck
#birds
#waterbirds
#falklandislands
#nature
#wildlife
#southatlantic
2 days ago
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White tufted grebe at Gull Isle Pond in the Falkland Islands
#gullislepond
#birds
#grebes
#whitetuftedgrebe
#birds
#waterbirds
#falklandislands
#nature
#wildlife
#southatlantic
2 days ago
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A pair of Falkland's steamer ducks at Rookery Bay, Falkland Islands
#ducks
#steamerducks
#seaducks
#flightlessbirds
#birds
#falklandislands
#nature
#wildlife
#sea
#rookerybay
#southatlantic
2 days ago
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The flexible neck of a king penguin is predatory adaptation but also good for preening. Taken close to sunset on Yorke Bay, Falkland Islands
#birds
#seabirds
#penguins
#falklandislands
#yorkebay
#kingpenguins
#seabirdgroup
#stanley
#southatlantic
#rspb
#natgeo
3 days ago
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Algae in a briny nutrient rich pool on The Skerries off Anglesey
#algae
#theskerries
#plants
#plantkingdom
#nature
#wales
#networks
3 days ago
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Arctic terns at sunset over The Skerries off Angelsey, Wales
#terns
#arcticterns
#TheSkerriesl
#Wales
#seabirds
#nature
#wildlife
#birds
#sunset
#silhouette
#dusk
#islands
4 days ago
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The teeth of a leopard seal are worryingly impressive. Taken on Yorke Bay in the Falkland Islands
#leopardseal
#marinemammals
#seals
#pinnipeds
#falklandislands
#southatlantic
#toothybuggers
4 days ago
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A passing southern sea lion at the north end of New Island in the Falklands
#marinemammals
#sealions
#southernsealion
#falklandislands
#newisland
#pinnipeds
#falklandsconservation
#nature
#wildlife
#southatlantic
5 days ago
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Puffin on the Isle of Lunga, one of the Treshnish Islands, of the coast of Mull
#puffin
#auk
#birds
#seabirds
#lunga
#treshnishisles
#mull
#scotland
#wildife
#nature
5 days ago
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Landing puffin on Staple Island, Farne Islands, Northumberland
#birds
#puffin
#puffins
#farneislands
#seabirds
#nationaltrust
#bbcearth
#bbcwildlife
#rspb
#coastalbirds
#auks
8 days ago
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Arctic terns fighting on The Skerries off Anglesey
#anglesey
#terns
#birds
#seabirds
#arcticterns
#theskerries
#wales
#nature
#wildlife
8 days ago
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Sad to find a dead grass snake at Smallbrook Meadows, Wiltshire. The injury on the back may have been the result of a cyclist
#snakes
#grasssnake
#wiltshire
#smallbrookmeadows
#reptiles
#nature
#animals
8 days ago
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Kingfisher at Tophill Low Nature Reserve near Driffield, East Yorkshire
#kingfisher
#birds
#colour
#eastyorkshire
#nature
#tophilllow
#yorkshirewater
#wetlands
11 days ago
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Waxwings taken at Hull and Blyth a few years ago
#blyth
#hull
#birds
#nature
#UK
#northeast
#eastyorkshire
#migration
#autumn
#winter
#waxwing
11 days ago
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Indian desert jird in the grounds of Dhun Farm near Jaipur
#india
#rodents
#mammals
#wildlife
#rajasthan
#jaipur
#nature
#wildlife
11 days ago
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Humpback whale close ups taken of Hervey Bay, Australia
#queensland
#australia
#herveybay
#cetaceans
#whales
#humpbackwahle
#marinemammals
#nature
#wildlife
#MARINEMAMMALSOCIETY
#marinemegafauna
12 days ago
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Female purple sunbird in the northern Western Ghats, India
#india
#lonavala
#birds
#sunbirds
#purplesunbird
#nature
#westernghats
#wildlife
12 days ago
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Long-tailed tit at Wiltshire Wildlife Hide, Trowbridge
#wiltshirewildlifehide
#birds
#longtailedtit
#trowbridge
#wiltshire
#nature
#wildlife
12 days ago
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Nuthatch at Wiltshire Wildlife Hide, Trowbridge
#wiltshirewildlifehide
#birds
#nuthatch
#trowbridge
#wiltshire
#nature
#wildlife
13 days ago
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Long-tailed tit at Wiltshire Wildlife Hide, Trowbridge
#wiltshirewildlifehide
#birds
#longtailedtit
#trowbridge
#wiltshire
#nature
#wildlife
13 days ago
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Baby macaques fighting at Elephanta Caves, Mumbai, India
#macaques
#primate
#mumbai
#india
#monkeys
#nature
#wildlife
#ElephantaCaves
#ElephantaIsland
15 days ago
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Reflected egret
#littleegret
#egrets
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#naturalworld
15 days ago
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A pair of zebra in the Maasai Mara conservancy
#zebra#safari
#kenya
#africa
#mammals
#nature
#wildlife
#maasaimara
#protectedareas
15 days ago
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Thirsty macaque at Langkawi, Malaysia
#macaques
#primate
#litter
#malaysia
#langkawi
#nature
#wildlife
#southeastasia
15 days ago
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Baya weaver bird at Dhun Farm near Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
#birds
#nature
#weaverbirds
#nests
#bayaweaverbird
#india
#rajasthan
#jaipur
#nature
#wildife
17 days ago
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Preening kestrel at Blacktoft Sands Nature Reserve, North Lincolnshire, UK
#birds
#kestrel
#rspb
#birdsofprey
#blacktoftsandsnaturereserve
#protectedareas
#falcon
17 days ago
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Owl moths in the northern area of the Western Ghats in India
#invertebrates
#moths
#owlmoth
#westernghats
#maharashtra
#lonavala
#nature
#wildlife
#secondaryforest
17 days ago
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Feeding the elephants at the Sheldrick Wildife Trust elephant orphanage, Nairobi, Kenya
#africaelephant
#elephants
#sheldrickwildlifetrust
#nairobi
#kenya
#africa
#bigfive
#mammals
#animalrescue
#nature
#wildlife
#eastafrica
18 days ago
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Borneo pygmy elephants eating grass from in the Kinabatangan River, Borneo
#borneo
#mammals
#elephants
#borneopygmyelephants
#wetlands
#malaysia
#southeastasia
#herbivores
#Kinabatanganriver
18 days ago
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Masked booby chick on the ridges below Lot at Sandy Bay on St Helena Island
#maskedbooby
#birds
#seabirds
#southatlantic
#sthelenaisland
#UKOverseasTerritory
#nature
#wildlife
#sandybay
#LotandLotsWife
#protectedareas
18 days ago
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Straited caracara dragging its victim gentoo penguin chick away on New Island in the Falklands
#birds
#newisland
#birdsofprey
#falklandislands
#johnnyrook
#caracara
#southatlantic
#falklandislands
#falklandsconservation
#striatedcaracara
#penguin
#gentoopenguin
#predatorandprey
18 days ago
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Striding puffin on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales
#birds
#puffin
#auks
#SkomerIsland
#wildlifetrusts
#pembrokeshire
#NationalTrust
#seabirds
#wales
#bcearth
#bbcwildlife
#nature
#wildlife
#seaparrot
#seaclown
#flight
21 days ago
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Emerging puffin on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales
#birds
#puffin
#auks
#SkomerIsland
#wildlifetrusts
#pembrokeshire
#NationalTrust
#seabirds
#wales
#bcearth
#bbcwildlife
#nature
#wildlife
#seaparrot
#seaclown
#flight
21 days ago
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Incoming puffin on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales
#birds
#puffin
#auks
#SkomerIsland
#wildlifetrusts
#pembrokeshire
#NationalTrust
#seabirds
#wales
#bcearth
#bbcwildlife
#nature
#wildlife
#seaparrot
#seaclown
#flight
21 days ago
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reposted by
Mckeedi
Sierra Magazine
24 days ago
Researchers tried in vain to restore an ecosystem ravaged by wildfire. After several attempts, the team decided to enlist the help of some of the most skilled construction workers of the animal kingdom: beavers. 🌎
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Beavers Build Back Better
Beavers have ecologists restore degraded ecosystems across the West
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/beavers-build-back-better
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Humpback whales off Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia
#queensland
#australia
#herveybay
#cetaceans
#whales
#humpbackwahle
#marinemammals
#nature
#wildlife
#MARINEMAMMALSOCIETY
#marinemegafauna
24 days ago
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Gentoo penguin at sunset...taken at New Haven in the Falklands
#birds
#seabirds
#penguins
#falklandislands
#newhaven
#gentooenguins
#seabirdgroup
#islandnature
#southatlantic
#rspb
#natgeo
24 days ago
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Let sleeping elephant seals lie...
#marinemammals
#elephantseals
#falklandislands
#sealionisland
#pinnipeds
#seals
#nature
#wildlife
#southatlantic
24 days ago
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Fighting shags on Staple Island, one of the Farne Islands off Seahouses, Northumberland
#birds
#shags
#cormorants
#farneislands
#seabirds
#nationaltrust
#bbcearth
#bbcwildlife
#rspb
#coastalbirds
26 days ago
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Battle for dominance...two southern elephant seal beachmasters fighting for the harem on Sea Lion Island in the Falklands
#marinemammals
#elephantseals
#falklandislands
#sealionisland
#pinnipeds
#seals
#nature
#wildlife
#southatlantic
26 days ago
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Pair of Johnny Rooks on New Island in the Falklands
#birds
#newisland
#birdsofprey
#falklandislands
#johnnyrook
#caracara
#southatlantic
#falklandislands
#falklandsconservation
#striatedcaracara
26 days ago
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reposted by
Mckeedi
Mark Avery
27 days ago
Climate change and unsustainagle management to blame. National Park - means little.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘It’s a disaster’: drought measure to suck water from River Wharfe met with anger
Campaigners accuse Yorkshire Water of negligence and say plan to top up reservoirs will kill the river’s fish
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/26/its-a-disaster-drought-measure-to-suck-water-from-river-wharfe-met-with-anger?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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reposted by
Mckeedi
Insta Science
28 days ago
Water (life) returning to a dried river bed after a good rain.
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Pheasant at Snaizeholme in the Yorkshire Dales National Park
#birds
#pheasant
#snaizeholme
#yorkshire
#yorkshiredalesnationalpark
#INNS
#protectedareas
#nonnativespecies
28 days ago
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Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) at Rookery Bay in the Falkland Ilsands
#birds
#seabirds
#penguins
#falklandislands
#nature
#southatlantic
#nature
#rookerybay
#Magellanicpenguins
#wildlife
#jackasspenguin
#wildlifephotography
#birdportrait
#flightlessbird
28 days ago
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Falkland Island steamer duck at Rookery Bay in the Falkland Islands
#birds
#waterbirds
#ducks
#flightlessduck
#steamerduck
#wildlife
#nature
#kidneycove
#falklandislands
#falklandislandssteamerduck
#rookerybay
28 days ago
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Black browed albatross chick on New Island in the Falklands
#newisland
#birds
#seabirds
#falklandislands
#albatross
#rspb
#setlementrookery
#southatlantic
#blackbrowedalbatross
29 days ago
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Southern elephant seals play fighting on the beach of Sea Lion Island, Falklands
#marinemammals
#elephantseals
#falklandislands
#sealionisland
#pinnipeds
#seals
#nature
#wildlife
#southatlantic
29 days ago
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Kingfisher taken in Lincolnshire
#kingfisher
#birds
#wildlife
#riversandwetlands
#nature
#predator
#naturalcolours
29 days ago
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Falkland Island steamer duck at Yorke Bay in the Falkland Islands
#birds
#waterbirds
#ducks
#flightlessduck
#steamerduck
#wildlife
#nature
#kidneycove
#falklandislands
#falklandislandssteamerduck
#yorkebay
about 1 month ago
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