Today’s BotD theme is least - the bird you’ve got the least captures of. The alt is rainy day birds. I’m doing one of each. The first is the one and only shot of a hobby, the second is a lesser scaup at London Wetlands not bothered by the raindrops #LondonBirds #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

Jack Snipe in typical habitat and in typical 'you cannot see me' pose. Amazing birds! Pic taken over the weekend here in Shetland. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife

If this is true - this should have happened a long time ago. The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened. Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.

I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.

We already see literally this *exact* same claim from adults engaged in pseudoarchaeological content - that humans could not have [done whatever they're focusing on]. I worry about how difficult education on the past will become as kids who believe this begin to take notice of adults in popular 1/

Look at this guy! Omg! 🥺🥺😍😍 #LondonBirds

Wow. This rain! Just waiting for Noah to show up with his ark 😳

I ❤️ London #AutumnInLondon #London #CityScapes

@romanpalace.bsky.social @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @clairemillington.bsky.social have you seen this? itiner-e.org

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

X-rays were discovered on this day November 8 in 1895, by physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, allowing us to see inside the human body. 🧶 This free knitting pattern for X-Ray Mittens or Gloves designed by Marjukka Vuorisalo is on my fun handwear post intheloopknitting.com/fun-mitten-a...

“Nothing I have seen or heard gives me comfort that Rachel Reeves understands the importance of nature to economic and social wellbeing, nothing.” (Sally Hayns, CEO Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management) Why I joined the Green Party. #Greens #DefendNature

London from Battersea power station #BlueskyArtShow #Evening

This #HolidayRobin is giving serious side eye… #Birds #LondonBirds #Robins #BirdPhotography

This may well be the cutest thing you see all week 😍😍

BotD is takeoffs, alternative cityslickers (birds in an urban context). Today I’ve got a barn swallow taking off from the roof, a blue tit taking off from its nest and a starling at Borough Market, London (although all birds shot in London!) #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #LondonBirds

Well, that was unsettling 😳 Have a read (link in post below)!

Check your settings so that you’re in control of what you see… Useful advice here 👇👇

So many zeroes, may calculator just said ‘nah’ I have never and will never subsidise this man, because he is a fascist and because no one should ever be this rich

Even I thought this was one of mine!

BotD theme is lunchtime! I’ve posted this one before but today it’s perfect! 🤣 #BirdOfTheDay #Ducks #Wetlands #Birds #LondonBirds #BirdPhotography

Walking back from the shop and I see some movement on the pavement. It was this beautiful, not so wee beastie, on her back! I got her onto my hand and moved her to a much safer spot. Araneus quadratus, 4 spot orb weaver #Spiders #Arachnids #Invertebrates #LondonWildlife

New #GBRedList for vascular plants is published today by a team led by @bsbibotany.bsky.social with partners @naturalengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @plantlifeintl.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @thebotanics.bsky.social

Zohran Mamdani, mayor of NYC!!! He ran on policies to help people He did not throw anyone under the bus, including our trans sisters and brothers He ran on politics of HOPE, not hate This is the future. Immigrants. We get the job done #Mamdani #PoliticsOfHope

Hi, I’m God. Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Thanks, God

Can’t quite believe the Chancellor is seriously considering slashing support for home energy efficiency as a way to cut fuel bills 👀. Locking people into cold & leaky homes which will cost them more to heat & decimating the insulation industry at same time. Total madness 👇

Updated thread on The Lost King film: I’m digging over old ground but I have to challenge Steve Coogan's line. He claims it’s all true (as has Philippa Langley): Langley will be celebrated for her achievement, Richard Taylor & his personal gripes will be forgotten So what’s the real story? 1/15

#BOTD #BirdOnARock #Razorbill

Today’s BotD theme is any bird perched on a rock or one with a long beak. Finding a bird on a rock was difficult 🤣 but here’s one on a rock and a fairly long beak! Black-crowned night heron (Auku’u), Honolulu Hawai’i #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsOfHawaii #Herons

Good morning. The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #rock meaning any bird perched on a rock. The alternative is #longbeak any bird with a long beak. I’ve went with both themes and the stunning Oystercatcher, my favourite shore bird. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

A sweet round robin for #HolidayRobin Settings all wrong so image not the best, but he was too cute to reject :)) Photo from today, London #Birds #LondonBirds

Cormorant at the lake this morning. It had a great time diving into the water and slurping up stickleback fish #Birds #LondonBirds #BirdPhotography

Today’s #HolidayRobin I did try to get a photo today but alas, the robins didn’t want to pose :( So here’s one from April of this year #Birds #ArtChallenge #LondonBirds #BirdPhotography

So, Rob got so excited about yesterday’s main contributions that he decided to go with… Pigeons! Alt is dunnocks. Here is a pair of woodpigeons making more woodpigeons (yeah, I’m the perv watching them through the window) & a dunnock (cuz they’re cute too) #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #LondonBirds

I don’t think they spoke to actual teens…

For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate. Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.

[On the bench today ⚒️ #BehindTheScenes] Working on Mars Curiosity Rover wheel pendants to stock up for the holidays. Available in my shop: sciencesocks.co/coll...#BehindTheScenes] And yes, they include the hidden Morse code message! 😎 🔭🧪🐡🎨

Fragment of 4th century mosaic from the #Roman bathhouse of Lydney #Gloucestershire Beautifully captured in watercolour by the great archaeologist, Tessa Verney Wheeler in 1929 🤩 Original painting held by @antiquaries.bsky.social #MosaicMonday

We've just added more historic Ordnance Survey maps of Ireland to our website. You can now compare first edition one-inch to the mile maps dating from the 1860s to 1870s with second edition maps published between 1898 and 1902. maps.nls.uk/os/one-inch-...

BotD today is underrated, with alt of worst bird photo. So I’ll do one of each. First up is the feral pigeon. Not just any feral tho. This is a London feral. They are hard. 8 tins of G&Ts and still standing… The worst photo is of two blurbs. Skylarks. Honest. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #LondonBirds

Having a natter #FestiveDailyRobin #RSPBRainham #LondonBirds #Birds

On today’s new #PeoplingPodcast, we are joined by the wonderful Dr. Heba Abd el Gawad to discuss the legacies of colonialism in the field of Egyptology, and the importance of community-based research in anti-colonial action. Listen in here: peoplingthepast.com/2025/05/13/p...

Robert's Cross: The latest excavations by Chris Scarre and team on the island of Herm, near Guernesy have found the collapsed structure of the tomb, consisting of gigantic megalithic stones dated to ~4000 BCE.

Join us on Thursday 13 Nov for a captivating evening exploring the deep connections between birds, place, and the stories we tell about the natural world. Dr Michael J. Warren will discuss his new book, The Cuckoo’s Lea, with environmental campaigner & author Guy Shrubsole - not to be missed!

And it’s November and @robcrank68.bsky.social has deemed it #FestiveDailyRobin time and so it shall be… Digging into the archives from 2022 - this is Rocky the Robin from RSPB Rainham pondering the bounty of dried mealworms (yum) in the kiddo’s hand #LondonBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Robins

I’m a bit late, but yesterday’s BotD theme was grebes! We had our first pair of Little Grebes at the local lake this year and they had three successful broods :) Photos of: one of the parents getting food, Spikey (brood 1), sweetie (brood 2) and squee (3) #BirdOfTheDay #Grebes #Birds #LondonBirds

Our November e-Bulletin should be arriving in Member's inboxes this evening. Lots to enjoy and discover. Nature's Recovery, news of 3 firsts for Dorset and more. Not a member yet? Join here dorsetbirds.co.uk/membership/ Tx @joestockwell.bsky.social for the pic

We spot this poster at a tube station. 16yo says, ‘They totally missed the op to use “Eye-conic”. Epic fail’ #LondonEye

An inconvenient truth. @turnbulldugarte.com and @emiliabelknap.bsky.social puncture a pervasive myth. ‬ "Among young respondents aged 18-25, a very comfortable majority of women reject Reform UK (75%), and a similarly large majority of men in the same age group share the same view (71%)."

There is a replica of a very similar piece available in the shop of @pottedhistory.bsky.social potted-history.co.uk/collections/...