Spotted Flycatcher and Willow Warbler still in the farm fields at #RSPBArne joined by a very smart Whinchat. @rspbengland.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

UN Secretary-General unequivocal on what is needed from governments to tackle the climate crisis. Clear, concise, rooted in reality, and optimistic. The antithesis of the speech Trump gave to the UN yesterday. www.businessgreen.com/news/4519488...

Americans I am begging you to sort this out. Your mad racist uncle has shat himself in public again.

Two spotted flycatchers and a pied flycatcher in one old willow tree, with willow warbler, chiffchaff, swallows and 12 stonechats at #RSPBArne today. All making the most of the insects on the wing in today's warm weather @rspbengland.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Nice afternoon on rspb arnes shipstal trail watching an osprey attempting to fish from the hide, then on way back to the car, we had a very quick view of the wryneck at the Dumbledore trail 🪶 @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Sigh, here we go again... Dibden Bay is a SSSI, important for overwintering birds. #Solent

This was a massive distraction project, intended to draw attention away from the ongoing illegal killing on northern UK grouse moors. Maybe now NE & Defra will put their (our!) money where it really needs to go - on ramped up enforcement. #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/16/g...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

5 Glossy Ibis at #RSPBArneMoors this afternoon, presumably the group that has been in the Frome Valley recently. Exciting to see them as we design breeding habitat that would be suitable for them in future! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social

It's such a novelty to see Republicans finally caring about a shooting at a school.

"And are the NGOs prepared to look their membership in the eye and say, this is what needs to be done?" is an odd rhetorical question when most conservation NGOs already do exactly this, undertaking targeted culls and telling their members why they're doing it.

We’re not a threat to Starmer. We’re the replacement. People aren’t leaving Labour - Labour left them. And they’re finding a new home with the Green Party.

Record councillors and MPs. And record membership. Delighted to see literally every single day former Labour councillors now joining @TheGreenParty. stroud.greenparty.org.uk/news/2025/09...

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#CommunityRail is all about enabling more people to take inclusive, accessible, car-free journeys 🚐 Purbeck CRP's shuttle bus service has run for 4 summers, transporting nature lovers from Wareham Station to the popular RSPB Arne Nature Reserve 🪺 #CatchTheBusMonth

Daily Mail, the Daily Express, the Sun...every day they work to make cruelty popular, to destroy attempts to tackle climate change, to harm our society. Put them in the bin!

Pony grazing at #RSPBArne in the #PurbeckHeathsGrazingUnit #PurbeckHeathsNNR. Extensive grazing by cattle, ponies and pigs helps maintain the mosaic of habitats that support a multitude of scarce and threatened species.

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Whilst we welcome Zitting Cisticola as a long-predicted colonist in the wake of climate change, we must also recognise that the arrival of such northern range edge species means that we are condemned to lose the likes of Willow Warbler, Ring Ouzel and Twite from the south ebba2.info/maps/species...

Lovely calm morning at Arne sitting at Coombe & Osprey in dead tree also on walk up through woods plenty of spotted flycatcher & willow warblers and a very vocal pied flycatcher! @rspbengland.bsky.social #rspbarne @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social

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A new adult, un-ringed migrant female Osprey settled on the Middlebere Channel nest platform at RSPB Arne earlier this morning to eat a fish. Osprey migration season is well underway. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @peter-purbeck.bsky.social

Latest in the occasional series of "Dad, there's a moth ..." . #OakEggar

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Gola-Tiwai Complex amongst new World Heritage sites in recent announcement, home to pangolins, forest elephants and pygmy hippos - and providing support for migratory swifts.

Went to take a picture of the Jersey Tiger Moth in our living room this morning when this happened!

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Oh you absolutely useless wankers

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Adult White-tailed Eagle just flown from Patchins point over the top of Shipstal hide @ #RSPBArne @rspbengland.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

⚠️ Planning & Infrastructure Bill WEBINAR - Wednesday 6 August at 6pm. Experts from BBOWT and HIWWT will discuss:  👉 What would the Bill mean for wildlife?  👉 What are the new amendments?  👉 What more needs to change?  👉 How can people help? Register for free: buff.ly/mdswGYN

Juvenile Redstart on the edge of Coombe Heath @ #RSPBArne was a highlight of my lunchtime walk. Nice to bump into @annaaubrey.bsky.social and to see an osprey as well. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

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First Pied Flycatcher of the autumn in the harbour today at Coombe Heath, RSPB Arne. Hopefully the first of many. Looks to be metal ringed but impossible to read. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @peter-purbeck.bsky.social

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Interesting study from Germany on e-bikes and the modes they replace: "43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available, highlighting their substantial potential to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions"

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Trumpism HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance. Banks take bailouts, subsidies, sell dodgy financial products, launder money and abuse taxes, but never accept social responsibility. Voluntarism is a fig leaf. Change law. Impose public duties.

At the end of July our next free Young Birders event for 13-18s is an exciting Raptor and Osprey Watch with bird book giveaway 🦅 Find out more and sign up below ⬇️ www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/young-birders 📸Osprey CJ7 by Mark Wright

Not many birds on this afternoon's walk, but loads of insects including these two. The Buff-tip by the back door when I got home.

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We Also Broke Into an Airbase to Stop War Crimes. Thankfully, We Were Two Nice White Boys Sam Walton & Reverend Daniel 'Woody' Woodhouse: In 2017, we did exactly what #PalestineAction did last week Our actions were extremely similar to theirs, and so were our aims. novaramedia.com/2025/06/27/w...