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Mediterranean Gull #SuperSeabirdSunday

This is best described as ‘the ingenuity of greed’. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Complete 35-40 years of public service only to find that Capita has run off with your pension. What was that about the efficiency of the private sector? The irony! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Professional politicians have to be held to standards similar to those which apply to other professionals. And when you fail to adhere to that standard, you are quickly ejected. Applies to both houses, too.

I don’t know what the problem is. It’s clear he was practising his CPR technique.

Goodwin, a racist piece of sh*t, wants “pure” English blood. He doesn’t recognise British citizens who weren’t born in Britain. #UKPolitics

BREAKING NEWS....Gamekeeper Racster Dingwall pleads guilty to conspiracy to kill a Hen Harrier on a grouse moor in Yorkshire Dales National Park ⚖️ New blog ⬇️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/29/g...

Good news! RSPB press release. markavery.info/2026/01/29/r... This shows how difficult it is to get successful, meaningful legal wins. Well done RSPB for this result. It moves things forward. @yorkshiredales.org.uk When will Defra act? Ban driven grouse shooting!

People who fiddle their expenses generally get the sack. And certainly if it’s repeated. But not, it would appear, if you are a peer of the realm. And yet politicians remain baffled about why they are neither trusted nor respected. Just throw him out, already. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.

This is the democratic opposition party in Italy protesting against ICE involvement in the Winter Olympics in Milan

Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously! 4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE ⁦‪ MARK RUSKELL MSP‬⁩ ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!

Two waterbird PhDs starting Oct 2026 - one is rooted in ecological data science asks how and why waterbirds use landscapes the way they do (tinyurl.com/3wx3huht) the other rooted in sociology seeks to understand the social licence of bird hunting (tinyurl.com/4u2r34wc) - please share widely 🦆🦆

There's now a Severe Flood Warning (danger to life) on the Frome around Dorchester. Stay safe and never drive into floodwater. #stormchandra

I think Melania's movie is just about ready for a FIFA Oscar.

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

Seven sacks of dead Pheasants dumped by side of road in S Lanarkshire. Dodgy ethics aside, no need to worry about the mandatory biosecurity measures that everyone, including gamebird shoot managers, are supposed to comply with, eh? #AvianFlu New blog ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/26/s...

'If a vegetarian hotdog is to be ruled out ... on the grounds that it contains no meat, the meat version should be ruled out on the grounds that it contains no dog'. Highly recommend @georgemonbiot.bsky.social's hilarious column on the livestock lobby's perverse efforts to stop vegan products.

Guest blog by @parliamentarygoose.bsky.social Is this a mole trap I see before me? markavery.info/2026/01/26/g... #defra @labouruk.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social #mole @raffaelfasel.bsky.social @walterveit.bsky.social @onekind.org @fionamathews.bsky.social

How is it that one of the most divisive individuals ever to occupy the Oval Office has somehow managed to unite the entire world against us?

Lies, lies, and damn lies.

You’d have thought @theguardian.com would use evidence to back up its articles. This is a photo of a reindeer skeleton, probably several months old. It would be impossible to to determine how it died, what killed it and what ate it. And yet, the caption! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Is Donald Trump really bored of piss? Fair enough, I‘m no great fan either.

“Your soldier family member died because your government is the obedient vassal of a heedless and debauched foreign empire” is a more coherent, credible explanation for the twenty year Afghan war than those parents have been offered by any notable public figure at any point since the big withdrawal.

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It's beginning to look like all of those guns Americans buy to keep government in check were only ever bought for school shootings.

Denmark brought flags, cowbells, and a very clear no. 🇩🇰🔔 Hands off Greenland. 🇬🇱

More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

“It’s like half of y’all ain’t never seen Star Wars or a Disney movie. How do you not know which side to root on?”

It's gloomy out there: Westmoor, Somerset this morning.

I wrote a chapter in this book about the relationship between wild animal welfare and fair chase ethics in hunting. I argue that some of the things hunters do for the sake of fair chase can negatively impact animal welfare, and vice versa. I look forward to seeing it published.

1st draft of the book I've been editing submitted: 'The Welfare of Wildlife'. Both milestone & anticlimax. Looking forward to publication in late 2026. @zoophilosophy.bsky.social @walterveit.bsky.social @nikolaj-bi.bsky.social @markjonesvet.bsky.social @vassilipapa.bsky.social @5mbooks.bsky.social

I’ve got news for you, Ms Nicola Higgins. South East Water does not have a reputation worth protecting. It’s gone down the river like all the sewage you fail to treat. #water

Friendly reminder that we call eggplant eggplant because the "normal" eggplant used to look like this

South East Water suffering from a bad case of BSE: Blame Someone Else. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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He missed this one…

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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.

“[Farage] remains a spineless little person incapable of making anything better.” Too true. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

SE Water won’t set up sufficient numbers of drinking water distribution points because it would affect the shareholder dividend. It’s a business not a public service. Thousands of homes still without water in South East www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I made this work in 2012. I filled a humming top with plastic objects found in the stomach of one albatross chick on Kure Atoll (Northwestern Hawaiian islands). 340 g. Cigarette lighters, plastic fragments, toys and mainly bottle caps. There is a reason why the lids no longer come off the bottles!

Corky the cat attempts self-immolation.

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