As one of the 22% of households without access to a car, with a female partner who (justifiably) feels too #unsafe to #cycle on the road, and in living an area of south #Wales with disconnected and poorly maintained #cyclepaths, this video really hit home. #activetravel #equality

Yet more evidence suggesting that 'sustainable' aviation fuel is precisely the opposite. Reducing the number of flights is the only sustainable option. #SAF #sustainability #deforestation

Productive morning cleaning the beach between #Penarth and Lavernock Point. As always, lots of plastic bottles and drinks cans, with numerous smaller pieces of #plastic and polystyrene, which pose a particular hazard to birds and sea creatures. @keepwalestidy.cymru #beachclean

No sign of the hoopoe at Cosmeston during a quick lunchtime circuit. Instead: lots of dogs, dog poo bags in bushes, and dog poo. 💩

Juvenile #dalek spotted in #Penarth earlier. #facesinplaces #DrWho

A small group of us took part in the #GBSpringClean along the railway path in #Penarth this morning. Between us we filled more than 4 large bags with #litter in a 500m stretch!! #Lovewhereyoulive @keepwalestidy.cymru

Contary to claims from populist politicians and right-wing thinktanks "reaching #netzero would cost about £4bn a year... which (is) roughly equivalent to the energy-related costs of the #fossilfuel shocks that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine." www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climatechange

Stunning morning for a cycle round the Great Orme! Huge, noisy, rafts of common guillemots near the lighthouse (c.1000 birds), with 6 black guillemots amongst them. Also fulmar, shag, cormorant, herring gull, raven, and rock pipit. Significantly more meadow pipits than yesterday. #birdingwales

A return visit today to take photos from a different angle has confirmed without doubt that this is the lost Great Orme #menhir. Compare my photo (LH) with the 1951 image (RH) on #Coflein for site NPRN420360. coflein.gov.uk/en/sites/420... #GreatOrme @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social

I may have found a long lost #menhir during a trip up the Great Orme earlier. This stone at 53°20'20.6"N 3°52'00.6"W seems to fit the description of #Coflein NPRN 420360 coflein.gov.uk/en/sites/420... @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social #standingstonesunday

No luck finding the lesser yellowlegs near Rhuddlan, but close-up views of 2 water pipit were a decent consolation for the cycle along the coast. Also present: black-tailed godwit (1), curlew, lapwing, goosander, wigeon, Canada geese, teal, turnstone and many, many piping redshanks. #birdingwales

How it started. How it's going. Happy St David's Day! Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant hapus! #Landofmybananas #StDavidsDay

With months of continuous rain in the UK made more likely by climate change-induced jetstream anomalies it's worth reminding ourselves of the impact on food supplies and our wallets. "Between 2020-2024, harvests were below the twenty-year average in four out of five years" #climatechange

Cervine synchronicity this wknd with the #BBC #TheDarkisRising, @LisaKnappmusic.bsky.social & @GerryDiver.bsky.social singing #StarCarr at the @edfss.bsky.social #IndoorFestivalofFolk and an encounter w/ 10k y.o. stag headresses at the #BritishMuseum lisaknappgerrydiver.bandcamp.com/album/hinter...

Finally caught up with the black redstart on Cardiff Bay barrage and enjoyed the spectacle of a large flock of cormorants (c.50) hunting fish in the middle of the Bay. Also Chiffchaff at the end of the Tiger Yard promontory. #BirdingWales

A very special end to a lovely holiday as a #glossyibis flew straight past me at #NWT #Cley Marshes reserve whilst I saw in the middle of the three central hides. It came in low from the west and was heading SE towards Pat's Pool when it was lost from view. #Norfolkbirding

You only live twite! A beach walk from #Cley to #Salthouse and back was rewarded with a small, but confiding flock of #Twite. Cherries on a cake that included hundreds more geese (DBB are quickly becoming my faves), and a barn owl first thing. #norfolkbirding

A very wet afternoon, but an equally warm welcome at #CleyMarshes #NWT. 23 sp. seen with water pipit on Simmond's scrape the star. Incredible, close-up and prolonged views of little egret, common snipe, and water rail from Bishop's hide were also highlights. #WildlifeTrust #Norfolkbirding

Wonderful start to our first day in #Cley, with the sight of hundreds of geese squeaking like giant feathered balloons through the sky. #winter #geese

Pretty good start to a week in Norfolk when an Eastern Black Redstart flew into a bush next to me at the seafront in Sheringham 🤯 (epic binoco-scoped photo my own) #norfolkbirding

Rather terrifying report from DEFRA suggests a high likelihood that 'every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse', with associated risks to food supplies. #ecosystemcollapse #biodiversity assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...

Perhaps a bit early to claim wildlife sighting of 2026, but it's going to take something special to beat this Jaguar Shark...😉 #WesAnderson @designmuseum.bsky.social #jaguarshark #thelifeaquatic

World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam

The BBC have told everyone to bring their guinea pigs indoors during #StormGoretti. Imagine my surprise - until this point I wasn't aware that I even had any! Currently mustering a search party... #guineapigs

A frosty cycle through the Vale was rewarded with the beautiful bubbling sounds of lapwing. It's been a few years since I saw them in these numbers, so it was a very welcome sight. About 300 were in stubble fields near Dyffryn along with 6 golden plover, and 10+ stock doves. #birdingwales

Quite how shore nets like these are legal is beyond me. Two turnstones were trapped this morning at Rhos Point. I untangled both and they were able to fly off unharmed before being drowned by the rising tide.

A brisk walk to Rhos Point to try out my birthday binoculars was rewarded with a raft of 10 eider ducks floating east, 15 ringed plovers, c.5 turnstones, a couple of redshanks, and too many oystercatchers to count. #birdingwales

Another day, another #beachclean. On the short walk from #Penarth pier to the barrage I filled three bin bags. Plastic drink bottles, beer cans, and takeaway drink lids were the most common items. Time for a deposit return scheme? #takeyourrubbishhome @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social #singleuseplastic

Lovely morning walk to litter pick along Penarth shore. 2 curlew, 25+ oyks, 10+ turnstone, 3 rockits and a couple of cormorants seen. On the flip side, multiple drink cans & tobacco pouches left in piles with fishing detritus. 3 bin bags filled. #birdingwales #beachclean #keepbritaintidy #takeithome

Thought-provoking article on the government's derisory approach to planning and biodiversity protection. Lapwing and Kestrel have streets in their name on land that once supported both species near me. Sadly I suspect most residents rarely see either of them now. www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

“The researchers describe the bicycle as a kind of “lifestyle companion” for older adults—a tool that keeps them physically active, mentally sharp, socially connected, & confidently mobile. That combination appears to delay the need for long-term care, preserve independence,& ultimately extend life”

"The choice is between deep, rapid and fair decarbonisation...and an organised-ish technical and social revolution; or ongoing rhetoric and delay as temperatures [rise], [resulting in] a revolutionary style change that will be both chaotic and violent" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🏆Win🏆the perfect Christmas 🎄 gift for a stones enthusiast: STONE LANDS (on the Waterstones and Telegraph Best Books of 2025 lists) AND ALSO THE OLD STONES (The Megalithic Portal guide, winner of Current Archaeology Book of the Year) To win a signed (and dedicated if you like) copy of both books… 1/

"The accelerating climate crisis presents a range of deeply interconnected risks that threaten to destabilize the Earth system and society." This is what happens when you 'cut the green crap'... #climatechange #climatecrisis

Red throated diver still off Cardiff Bay barrage #birdingwales

Europe's Insect-Eating Birds Reveal a Hidden Crisis in the Food Chain www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/E...

Exciting wildlife encounter at #WALBEL with the appearance of a "large mouse" on the pitch! #JoeRodent showed excellent footwork to outsmart the Belgian keeper. #WALvBEL #JoeRodon #CroesoyGymru #Rat #Largemouse #FAWales

There were so many #fungi in #Casehill woods today that there wasn't #mushroom for anything else! 😄 35 species seen. My personal favourite was a delicate coral #fungus.

Fascinating walk along Penarth seashore on the lowest tide of the year. Amongst the usual beadlet anemones I found an unusual #seaanemone and would appreciate help with #identification. Could this be a red speckled anemone? @sewbrec.org.uk @thembauk.bsky.social #rockpooling #sealife

I finally paid the extra charge to visit the castle at #StMichaelsMount and I'm very glad that I did! Not only does the Chevy Chase dining hall have a fantastic frieze, but the windows are full of #stainedglass. @nationaltrust.org.uk #glitchart #digitalart #reimagined #glitchlab #glitch

Visited the @tatestives.bsky.social and was so inspired by the works of Liliane Lijn, Barbara Hepworth and John Wells that I created this digital re-imagining of #StNicholasChapel. #StIves #art #digitalart #otherworlds #landscape #photography #scifiart #landscapephotography #glitchlab #snapseed

Fantastic views of the rather charming phalaropes at Lisvane reservoir. Both grey and the single red-necked phal were very happy to feed close in. #birdingwales

A beautiful northern wheatear was the highlight of a pre-rain walk to Lavernock Point. Significantly fewer hirudines than yesterday. Also of note: skylarks over and a few chiffchaff in the hedges. #birdingwales

Professional #cycling has got a huge #sportswashing problem. Petrochemical companies, car makers, airlines and pariah states are all using cycling to create positive associations with their brands. Governing bodies need a credible plan for an ethical funding solution. www.reuters.com/sports/rider...

Full #TdF vibes on Caerphilly Mountain during the #TourofBritain earlier. Scary lack of coordination of road closures afterwards though - at least one RTA seen on a supposedly sterile course! #Safetyfirst

Enjoyed a great day with hundreds of fellow #cycling fans watching the #TourofBritain. Noa Isidore led the pack up The Tumble at a mind-boggling pace.

“Sustainable” aviation fuels are often promoted as the answer to aviation’s decarbonisation problem, but they are not a magic bullet. Here we summarise 6 reasons why SAF won’t be sufficient to mitigate increased emissions from airport expansion. 1/8 www.aef.org.uk/2025/09/04/h...

New studies suggest a 70% chance of #AMOC collapse by 2100 at current #GHG emission levels. This could cause severe impacts to food production and widespread coastal flooding in the UK within the lifetimes of our children. Urgent action is needed!

Wisps of gossamer cloud signal the last day of summer. 🌤 #timelapse #cirrus #clouds #cloudlovers #cloudporn #scape #skyphotography #HurricaneErin #Erin