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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 22/09/2026

Forestry officials in Ghana’s Atewa Forest Reserve are being overrun by illegal miners, jeopardizing the water supply for millions. Conservation groups are urging the government to step in with essential resources to safeguard the 26,300-hectare habitat and its wildlife. By Mabel Adorkor Annang.

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Illegal mines threaten biodiversity and drinking water in Ghana’s Atewa Forest

Every day, scores of illegal miners on motorbikes swarm into the Atewa Forest Reserve, in eastern Ghana — ignoring the handful of Forestry Commission guards charged with keeping them out. Inside the…

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Tis a far cry from this: "Almost unbelievably, we have very early evidence from just after the New Testament (AD 96) that Christians sometimes sold themselves into slavery in order to donate the sale price to the destitute". From John Dickson's excellent Bullies & Saints.

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The extent to which the paper seeks to generalise the findings?

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

He he. My daughter did something like this for a primary school project using an Audiomoth to record the rhythmic sound the wheel made as it turned. She estimated her Russian Dwarf Hamster ran 5 km a night.

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Two of Cydia amplana seems like a decent record from last night, with only a handful of records in VC29. Poplar Kitten was the first I had for some time.

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Rob Thomas @robthomasbirds.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Really happy to see this paper out in the wild, after 27 wonderful years of sitting on a Portuguese cliff with a lot of lovely people, waiting for storm petrels to materialise out of the darkness. #seabirds

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Moth trap was good last night with 122 species. Four-spotted was NFG and couple of scarcer wainscots were nice.

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Friday night was good in the moth trap VC29. Kent Black Arches had me baffled for a while. Little and large pink-and-green-moths were resting together. And Marbled Clover got the pulse racing for a moment.

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The Western Reef Heron at Conwy gave me and Richard Bradbury the runaround this morning. After a brief early sighting it then eluded us for an hour. But finally gave us spectacular views and some great entertainment as it fished in tidal pools. #ukbirding

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Plenty of other dragon action around the garden pond today. And a very undistinguished wetland moth Monochroa lucidella in the trap.

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Something going on with Norfolk Hawkers round us. Yesterday there at least 5 flying around my garden in Cambs and the local nature reserve Ouse Fen is full of them. No Water Soldier I'm aware of.

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I find Nematopogon moths hard to identify but I believe these are N. metaxella @cambsmoths.bsky.social

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Indeed. And maybe BBC will learn what a White-tailed Eagle looks like.

BBC mock up of candidate bank note species depicts a Bald Eagle labelled as White-tailed Eagle

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Norfolk Hawkers are taking over locally. I counted 3 mating pairs and another half dozen along a 30m stretch of ditch today at Ouse Fen. Ditch full of Water Violet. Also my first Red-veined Darter yesterday at Fen Drayton, thanks to @deepseahugh.bsky.social

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

These look amazing John thanks for sharing. You might want to check the link to "Mark Telfer" on your contents page. Possibly not the Mark you were intending.

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I can't think either are worth considering as records. Banning accounts that post generative AI to birding groups seems like an uncontroversial policy for moderators even though some cases will be hard to tell.

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Also some trickier ones. A Dichrorampha which looks like alpinana. And another that I thought was Epinotia bilunana (which I did get 2 of) but I'm not so sure. Any thoughts @cambsmoths.bsky.social ?

Epinotia bilunana? Obs identify calls Crocidosema plebejana

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The hot weather finally lured my moth trap out and I guess I'm not alone in having an exceptional moth catch on Friday night. 415 of 85 species. Double my previous highest count in this week of the year. For 22 of those species it was the earliest in the year I had caught them... 1/

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

And me. And there was a spectacular Osprey one I think.

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Ridiculous birds and wonderful. Black-winged Stilt at Fen Drayton, Cambs today found by @brickert.bsky.social #UKbirding

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Biggest surprise of a day on the patch was finding this Tundra Bean Goose at Fen Drayton. Ended the day on 96 species, all within 5 km of home #UKbirding

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The Ross's Gull in Thurrock showed uncredibly well using a tern raft for a while, before it flew off NE at 3:45 #UKbirding

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Can anyone suggest what these insects are flying around crown of a birch, East Sussex recently. Thought Orange Underwing moths but they appear to be dark blue.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The first-ever Land Use Framework for England has been published. I think it is the most far-sighted plan for England's land since the Second World War. Here's my thoughts on what it does (& doesn't) do: 1/ www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Land Use Framework

How we can use our land more effectively to increase the resilience of our homes, communities, infrastructure, and food systems, while speeding up development and restoring nature.

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Glad I wasn't the only nerd to raise a cry when that came up😅

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Still going strong this evening doing circuits by the sluice

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Arjun Amar @arjundevamar.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

New 'letter to the editor' criticising a previous paper published in Ecological Indicators is well worth a read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Includes this quote 'At least two of them (Marazuela Pinela and López Espí) are self-proclaimed silvestristas—the Spanish term for songbird trappers'

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Letter to the editor concerning the paper “Attraction points: A new sampling design method to quantify common finches' populations” published by Marazuela Pinela et al. in Ecological Indicators, 171, ...

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

A beautiful barn owl in the headlights as I driving home this evening

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Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

1/6 Two upcoming book launch events... The stories we tell about human origins quietly shape our assumptions and intuitions about fundamental values like freedom and equality, and about how we relate to each other and to the natural world.

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I wonder whether anyone else spotted this

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British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

In this month’s News & Comment: A new study examines how breeding Little Terns respond behaviourally to different types of human disturbance. Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... 📸Thomas Willoughby

Little Tern flying over colony, Beacon Ponds, Spurn, by Thomas Willoughby

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Zoe Matties @zoematties.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

If you're looking for a practice to take on for Lent this year, check out Climate Stewards Carbon Fast. climatestewards.org/resources/ca...

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Carbon Fast for Lent | Climate Stewards

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Sorry to hear Nick. In dozens of visits I made to Beddington in the late 1980s I rarely failed to bump into Gary there. He was the first patch devotee I knew.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Climate warming is generally making trees grow faster, but the greater effect is that tree growth is becoming more unpredictable, creating a threat to the stability of forests. New paper by Li & He (2026). 🧪🌏🌐🌲🌳

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Variation in Tree Growth Increases With Global Warming

In recent decades, considerable research has focused on the long-term trend of tree growth rates under global warming, yet little attention has been paid to trends in high-frequency tree growth varia...

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Interesring! I'm sure I just didn't understand this well enough but I'm unclear whether they found a correlation of growth rate variance with temp itself or with changing temp. Is it the temp itself or is it the fact the temp is changing that would drive the increased variance

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The swan pic looks like an innocent mistake, but important lesson to understand when a once basic function like lighten or sharpen is now done with "generative" methods. Facebook on the other hand... 🤮

AI generated image posing as a photo of a Double-banded Courser

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

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 PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!

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Katie Fuller @katiefullerart.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

✂️ Yesterday I finally responded to @agakowalska.bsky.social’s challenge to make a collage from a single piece of packaging. I present to you a green (tea) woodpecker, made from a big Yorkshire Tea box. It was fun and I’ll be rooting through our recycling bin for more materials later on ♻️

Green woodpecker collage, made from a Yorkshire Tea cardboard box.

Collage assembly in progress - scissors used to dismantle box and cut pieces to form woodpecker shapes, and Pritt-stick used to fix pieces to paper

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Legs seemed OK just moved rather slowly

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

This Otter by River Ouse in Over was very confiding today making me suspect it was not entirely healthy. Can anyone comment on its back rubbing behaviour?

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Jeremy Lindsell @jeremylindsell.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

That one's a White-browed Crombec Mark. Nice photo.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I often get asked about the Miyawaki method of forest restoration, usually by people who have heard extraordinary claims for it. Morales et al. (2025) have reviewed the evidence and found it to be weak or absent. 🌏🧪🌳🌲 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Tiny forests, huge claims: The evidence gap behind the Miyawaki method for forest restoration

To scale up restoration effectively, practitioners and policymakers should prioritize methods supported by robust empirical evidence rather than relying on untested claims. Our findings highlight the...

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