A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue. The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea. From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...

Green Party - Nationalise the water companies, tax the super rich, invest in our public services, stop the genocide, lower bills. The Telegraph - Greens are "hard left."

A major influx of Curlew Sandpiper has taken place across Britain and Ireland during September 2025, with the arrival considered the most significant for many years:

Are Curlew Sandpiper numbers high across Europe during this Autumn or are they concentrated further W in Britain? Be interested in any comments from further East.

How Reform UK Ltd’s policy proposals would deepen divides Reform UK’s rise may seem like change – but its policies will gut the same communities as austerity and make the richest richer still By John Hall @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Revealed: ‘Corporate capture’ of UN aviation body by industry

The UK's leading insect-conservation charities have issued a united declaration on insect declines, calling for urgent, co-ordinated action:

Quiche at the beach and a dog walk this evening- didn’t expect a Ruddy Shelduck in off the sea with 8 Pink-feet!

And some folks say he's up there still.

Yet more compelling evidence to support @greenparty.org.uk policy that public services should be in public hands 👇

Bit of Tues afternoon garden tidy-up after a morning’s birding (2 Curlew Sandpipers and a couple of Swifts and first Rock Pipits).Chiffchaff singing goodbye from my woodland canopy as the odd House Martin dashes south overhead and a late summer Speckled Wood dances low across the lawn. Love Autumn.

An engaging start to our Indoor Meeting Programme last week! Our guest speaker Javier Caletrio (@birdingclimate.sky.social) delivered a detailed talk on Low Carbon Birding and what it means for us as individual birders. There was some lively post-talk discussion. #lowcarbonbirding

It's yelling into the void but something tell me it just needs to kept being said: if you are still posting, RTing, or lurking on X, you are helping keep users there and you are helping this guy pull in advertising revenue. You are a volunteer worker for a slobbering, drug-addled white supremacist

"We have to protect biodiversity, because if we don't have nature, we don't have anything..." @zackpolanski.bsky.social with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...

Collecting Suzanne from the finish at MacMillan Might Hike today gave me the chance to have a scan across Budle Bay. The two Spoonbills of recent days were distant white dots, a Greenshank and ad Med Gull the only other notables though two Muppets crossing the bay flushing obliviously were noted.

HALF A MILLION POUNDS One council! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New Environment Sec a career politician and ex-lobbyist for city finance. Nothing in online background to suggest any experience or special interest in environment. How can so many govt’s of all colours not get it..

York Uni Open Day with one of the kids so had to pay homage to the Heslington Snow Goose Posse whilst passing by. Feral (geese not students).

New research demonstrating a shift in online climate misinformation Rather than denying climate science, this 'new denial' comprises "attacks that seek to undermine and cast doubt on proposed climate solutions and those who support them." resolve.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Decluttering earlier and found this, sad reminder of hope and loss.

This is mental. Natural England proudly describes Lindisfarne as one of England’s most important National Nature Reserves, home to half the world’s population of Pale-bellied Brent Geese, yet at the same time it allows BASC to raffle off the chance to blast these very birds out of the sky.

My old lunch-break patch from the 80s lifting with birds post-rain today. 53 Little Egrets a personal highest county count, juvenile Scaup, 27 Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Greenshanks, 4 Common Sandpipers, Ruff, Kingfisher, 5 Shoveler, 30 Little Grebes, 2 Wigeon, 145 GBBG, 81 Gadwall.

"We're going to take the fight to power and wealth, and we're going to turn this country around." New Green Party Leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social speaks to Sky News about how you can help our growing movement. Join us today: join.greenparty.org.uk?utm_source=s...

Anyone have contact details for Angus McIver (Forth) in relation to Taiga Bean Geese, please DM me, thanks.

Newbiggin never fails to deliver surprises when out birding… #flytipped

Immigrant arrives in luxury hotel, where’s @worflags.org.uk when you need them #nufc

UK’s richest set to produce 13 times more transport emissions than poorest by 2035

End is nigh.. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Two non-avian observations from a couple of hours birding late afternoon. Not sure I’ve ever seen as much leaf fall from species like Sycamore this early in the year, response to dry conditions? Blackberries conversely are abundant, best crop I’ve seen in a long while.

Getting rather fed up of the constant sniping at records collated from EBird/Birdtrack from some individuals in Northumberland. Same people happy to accept constant high counts and a stream of single obs reports from ‘mates’ because they happen to know them or consider them infallible.

EU wildfires worst on record as burning season continues

Let's say it again, "the economy" is entirely dependent on the environment. No economy on a dead planet, no #PublicHealth on #biodiversity-depleted islands www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Mr Freedman needs to be told to fuck off as far as he can go.

Decent first 45 mins for #nufc - back four look solid, Tonali at it, Bruno strangely not and looks lacklustre but we’ve been on top, creating better chances that just needed a bit more composure (or a half decent striker).

Incredible footage of Goshawk predating Hobby chick. Will likely return 😬 - watch live here: www.youtube.com/live/MJaRwj4... #birds #ukbirds #ornithology Web cam by the amazing Wildlife Windows www.wildlifewindows.co.uk

Politicians (amongst others) in denial everywhere.

Stopover Ecology in Motion: GPS Insights into Pied Avocet Migration theornithologist.org/stopover-eco...

'The flight is going anyway'... To that Fiona simply says: "Those flights will stop going, if we stop taking them." Since going flight free in 2008 Fiona's crossed the Atlantic in a container ship and ventured all across Europe and Asia by train. Read more of her story here 👇

"Because it’s easier to believe you’re a brave truth-teller than to reckon with the possibility that you’ve been radicalised by Facebook reels and Mail Online headlines" eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/co... @eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk

If the Chancellor wants to reform Inheritance Tax, she could start by reforming this 'heritage asset' tax loophole being exploited by grouse moors and wealthy landowners, which I investigated last year: www.theguardian.com/money/2024/o...

Ah g'wan, you only need one of each for your list, book another high-carbon tour: "..increased exposure to extreme heat has reduced bird populations in tropical regions by 25–38% since 1950. ..not just a temporary dip - a long-term, cumulative effect that continues to build as the planet warms.."

Where we are today.

Red Letter Day, 27 years after moving here first Red Kite flew over the garden this evening. All things come to those that wait.. #lowcarbonbirding

“As long as this civilisation focuses on recording, cataloguing and capturing the natural world in bytes and megabytes, it will continue to see it as a series of lifeless objects.The ecosystem doesn’t want to be on Instagram. It wants to have a conversation with us” open.substack.com/pub/georgets...

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

Work’s been a bit disappointing today, was fairly sure I’d have a Manx Shearwater in an outdoor Scottish toilet or a Storm Petrel in a pint of Guinness to report but no just shitloads of Wilson’s (at least some of them offered some solace by dancing around a dead porpoise)..

The circular economy starts on the high street Railing against internet shopping and retail parks isn’t getting us anywhere; how can we revive our high streets in a way that might last? By Liz Silversmith @bylines.cymru

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse

Excellent read and goes a long way to explain much of what we’re seeing and experiencing across many issues.