The UK charity Hen Harrier Action @henharrieraction.bsky.social launches Xmas fundraiser to buy more satellite tags. Commentary on why this is important & a link to the fundraiser ⬇️⬇️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/11/t...

It was breezy out there this afternoon… 💨 💨 💨 Is it just me, or can anyone else see a giant hawk in this stormy sky? #YorkshireDales @rspb.bsky.social

Our village shop looking very festive - despite the weather! 🎄 🤶 🎄 🤶 @yorkshiredales.org.uk @plunkettuk.bsky.social

Glowering skies over the village this evening… #YorkshireDales #Bram 💨

Just an amazing spectacle! 100+ turtles (3 different species) mating in warm shallow waters off the coast of Exmouth WA. 🇦🇺 #Nature

Not long now… Can’t wait! #Ashes2025 #Perth 🇦🇺

Well worth an hour of your time if you’re interested in finding out more… #HenHarriers #WildlifeCrime @friendsofthedales.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Not a bad morning to be out & about… #YorkshireDales

Seems appropriate… #YorkshireDales

Taking it easy… busy times ahead! #YorkshireDales 🐑

Remembering a stunning autumn trip to Hakone Open Air Art Museum a few years back. A great day out if you’re based in #Tokyo (and even better if you have time for an overnight stay in the area). #Japan 🇯🇵

The village looking at its best at sunset this evening… #YorkshireDales

Superb, hard-hitting presentation (including further info about this infamous C4 News footage) for the @friendsofthedales.bsky.social ‘Eyes on the Skies’ initiative. youtube.com/watch?v=VKVU... 🙏 @keasdenkate.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social Find out more here: friendsofthedales.org.uk

Time to head home… #YorkshireDales

Not a bad evening out here on the moor… #YorkshireDales

Reflections… Mooragh Park, Ramsey. #IsleOfMan 🇮🇲

Some interesting skies up at Bowland Knotts today… #Nature

Sad news. Manx Birdlife reports that the number of choughs breeding on the IOM 🇮🇲 has fallen by 24% since the 2014/15 census. manxbirdlife.im/manx-birdlif... For me, no trip back to the Island is ever complete without a trip to Langness or Scarlett to see these stunning birds. @rspb.bsky.social

Brilliant photo (again!) Peter. That young Osprey seems to be revelling in all the attention it’s getting.

It has to be time to license grouse moors - and for national parks to do more to put their house in order. The situation in the #YorkshireDales is shameful.

Two very different books: one fiction, one non-fiction; one firmly rooted in a single, closely defined location, the other celebrating different cultures across the globe. And yet the common themes and shared passions are striking. I can’t recommend them highly enough. 📚 #Helm #IsARiverAlive

29 in 10 years! I love living here in the #YorkshireDales but this makes me feel angry & ashamed. www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... This is happening on your watch, @yorkshiredales.org.uk Will you now demand compulsory licensing of grouse moors? #HenHarriers @raptorpersuk.bsky.social

‘… the new data show an accelerating pattern of decline in our bird populations, whether on our farmland, wetlands, uplands or seas…’ www.theguardian.com/environment/... @rspb.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social

Amazing to see two dolphins hunting so close to the shore on Ramsey’s North Prom this morning! @manxwildlifetrust.bsky.social #Nature #IsleOfMan 🇮🇲 🐬

So much going on in Ramsey Harbour this weekend! #Birds #Nature #IsleOfMan 🇮🇲 @manxwildlifetrust.bsky.social

Gotcha! #Birds #Nature 🇮🇲 @manxwildlifetrust.bsky.social

Good to see the Eiders back in Ramsey harbour. Always a treat! #IsleOfMan 🇮🇲 @rspb.bsky.social @manxwildlifetrust.bsky.social

Stepping out and looking good! #IsleOfMan 🇮🇲 @rspb.bsky.social

Lots of Ringed Plovers foraging among the pebbles on the incoming tide at Ramsey - and one interloper. A visiting winter plumage Sanderling, I think. #IsleOfMan 🇮🇲 @rspb.bsky.social

Richly deserved - a must read for anyone who cares for our environment and wants to be better informed about how we got to our current perilous position. #Wainwright #Conservation

Quite a few of these out on the moor this afternoon. Fox Moth caterpillars, perhaps? #YorkshireDales @mothiduk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

A lot of good news here - but sadly, the persecution continues… @rspb.bsky.social #HenHarriers www.rspb.org.uk/england/engl...

Might need my wetsuit to retrieve this pot of gold! #YorkshireDales

Ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis Ruddii) on our porch windowsill. Beautiful insect. A first for our #YorkshireDales garden, I think. Are there any experts out there who can offer a more detailed ID? #NatureUK #Insects

More #Manx 🇮🇲 choughs… @rspb.bsky.social

Wall Brown, Marine Drive. #IsleOfMan 🇮🇲 @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Another highlight from a weekend walk around Langness. (Taken from a distance & cropped - it’s so important not to disturb these beautiful creatures when they’re resting on the shore). #IsleOfMan 🇮🇲 @manxwildlifetrust.bsky.social

Ramsey Harbour this evening - and the swing bridge is working again! #IsleOfMan 🇮🇲

Such a treat to see so many fledglings on yesterday’s Langness walk. #IsleOfMan #birds @rspb.bsky.social

Such a handsome bird! #IsleOfMan 🇮🇲 #birds @rspb.bsky.social

With #butterflies it’s always worth looking at the underwing. One thing you’ll learn is where the Comma gets its name. #YorkshireDales @savebutterflies.bsky.social

It’s been a good #butterfly day here in the #YorkshireDales #BigButterflyCount @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Hard to believe that this is in slow motion! Hummingbird Hawk Moths certainly live up to their name! #YorkshireDales @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Good to see these little beauties here in our #YorkshireDales garden again. #BigButterflyCount @savebutterflies.bsky.social @mothiduk.bsky.social

Horrible, sickening & all too familiar news. As an RSPB volunteer, I’ve enjoyed getting to know ‘Dynamo’ over the past six years - a remarkable bird who during that time sired so many chicks in the Bowland fells. How can there be any argument against the strict licensing of grouse shooting estates?

Singing in the rain - or maybe just chatting? #Birds @rspb.bsky.social

‘Well that’s breakfast sorted…’ #birds #nature @rspb.bsky.social

Hope the curlew chicks are OK. The farmer knows where they are and is being really careful but all those LBB Gulls are an ominous threat. 🤞 #YorkshireDales @rspb.bsky.social

Fairly common in some parts of the country, I know. But we don’t often see a Red Kite soaring over our #YorkshireDales garden. #Birds @rspb.bsky.social

Quick trip back to Singapore 🇸🇬 to attend a wedding - and look who showed up! #SingaporeOtters #Nature