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Andy Paton

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There is no Maverick without Goose. A team worker looking out for wildlife.

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UK Rares @ukraritiesdaybyday.bsky.social · 5h
OCTOBER 13th: 🧾 Good morning folks...! 🖐🏻👋🏻 Here are today's listings....! ukraritiesdaybyday.blogspot.com/2026/10/reco... #UKrares #rarebirdsUK #UKbirding
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RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 13th:
Details of the most recently accepted: Alpine Swift      2001:      Essex: Hooks Marsh, Lee Valley CP. American Pipit      2020:      Isles ...
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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 4h
My review will appear on Sunday. Loving it so far!
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 4h
In a world of crises that can feel beyond individual control, rewilding offers something tangible. Inspiring story about retired Ozzies who've chosen to spend their time working for nature. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Still wielding a chainsaw at 85: the Australians restoring nature in retirement
For a growing band of older Australians, retirement has become an unlikely second act, spent rewilding mountains, counting sea slugs and coaxing damaged country back to life
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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 4h
A look at the industrial scale welfare issues surrounding recreational shooting of reared gamebirds for current Defra evidence call. markavery.info/2026/10/13/t... #pheasants #rlpartridge #shootingforfun #scale #welfare @rspcaoffficial.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 16h
Hen Harrier by the Keills, Argyll
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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 20h
Whooper Swans "migration break" by the River Add, Argyll
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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 20h
What a fantastic encounter, George !
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22h
Rupert Kirkwood, who took this photo, has now made some calculations, and estimates the tuna in it is between 7 and 8 feet long and weighs roughly 200kg.
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John Bowler @tireebirder.bsky.social · 21h
No new rarities on Tiree this weekend but nice to hang on to a group of 8 Brambling in the Balephuil garden #BirdingScotland #PWC2026
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
15 new birds have joined a growing flock of bald ibises in northern Spain, guided there by human migration guides in micro aircraft who helped them along the route. The birds are part of the growing European flock of the northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita). www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rare northern bald ibises take flight in human-led European migration project
Micro aircraft used to help guide birds to Spanish stopover as part of efforts to create sustaining migratory population
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The work of Babs Pease, contemporary artist and printmaker based in rural Perthshire, Scotland. #WomensArt
Print featuring a close-up of a seagull as it flies above a marina with small boats
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Pinetencolin @pinetencolin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I'll tell you this! Walking towards roaring stags has to heard to be believed 😳 We snuck through the trees heading towards jurassic park.🫢 So scary when he eyed me and did a prance.. we scarpered 🫡
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Shetland 2026, thats a wrap. A great list of birds, headed by the madness of Siberian Blue Robin, but equally a great craic as always. Many thanks to all the resident + visiting birders; special mention to @ashmabirder.bsky.social, @archieraven.bsky.social + Jake for sharing the experience with me
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Dundee Birding (stonefaction) @dundeebirding.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2026/10/1582... 2 unidentified flying objects out over the Tay... #naturewriting #BirdingScotland
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1582 : Unidentified Flying Objects (29/9/26)
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Pinetencolin @pinetencolin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Sharing, class isn't it!
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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
An Otter "working it" along the River Add, Argyll
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Yes. Fish farming everywhere appgamr.com/baroness-ben...
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Baroness Bennett helps highlight AMR risks in expanding aquaculture sector - APPG AMR
This week, Baroness Natalie Bennett hosted a parliamentary launch of a briefing document outlining the...
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Bruce Taylor @barrabirder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It's been a glorious day on Barra with warm sunshine and light winds for a change. The hoped for big rarity didn't materialise but there were more Redwings, Barnies and a few Whoopers on the move. The Barred Warbler at Creachan even showed quite well for once! #BirdingScotland
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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Your article reminds me of the environmental disaster that is Scottish salmon fish farming
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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This reminds me of the environmental disaster that is Scottish salmon fish farming @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
That picture reminds me of the environmental disaster that underlines Scottish Salmon Fish farming, too.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Huge regulatory failure. "No independent regulator oversees the trade-effluent process and there is no central register." On this #PoisonedPlanet huge #PublicHealth implications www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies
Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants
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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Otter hunting in the River Add, Argyll
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
If waders are 'asked' to carry tracking devices, we need to make full use of the data, as discussed here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... Nice example: identifying hot-spots for Black-tailed Godwit and Eurasian Curlew ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... #ornithology
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
'Hedgehog in a Landscape' by Giovanna Garzoni, 1643-1651, Italian painter #Womensart #AutumnWeek 🍂
Painting featuring a hedgehog on brown ground facing left next to sone oak leaves, a snail and two chestnuts
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Jemma @wildlifejemma.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hi, have a look at this petition: EU environmental laws have worked for decades but now they're getting dismantled for corporate profit. We need as many signatures as possible to defend people and nature 🤝#HandsOffNature www.birdlife.org/news/2026/02...
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Sign now: keep your #HandsOffNature
Our nature is under attack. We cannot let this happen.
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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Last couple of birds enjoyed in Isles of #Scilly Pectoral Sandpiper & Black Redstart making the trip list about 80 species, without trying too hard #UKBirding
2 birds. A wader in a reedbed & a passerine on a beach.
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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Pectoral Sandpiper today in Isles of #Scilly The last bird enjoyed before hot footing it to #FarewellScillonian111 #UKBirding A redid post as I forgot to take the background sound off
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
'The Pond' by Dee Nickerson contemporary English painter who explores themes of living in the countryside #Womensart
Painting featuring a woman and her cat standing next to a pond surrounded by trees as birds fly overhead
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Bruce Taylor @barrabirder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Barnacle Geese heading south past Barra today driven on by a strong tailwind. The same conditions also produced a small arrival of Icelandic Redwings around the island. Hopefully more birds will surface tomorrow when the wind drops. #BirdingScotland
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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Otter "wild swimming" in a squall, River Add, Argyll
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Otter feeding in a squall, River Add, Argyll
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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
GREAT news for wildlife!! But highly toxic lead *rifle* ammunition isn't included, so this fight must go on.
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UK Rares @ukraritiesdaybyday.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
OCTOBER 10th: 🧾 Good morning folks...! 🖐🏻👋🏻 Please find today's listings here....! ukraritiesdaybyday.blogspot.com/2026/10/reco... #UKrares #rarebirdsUK #UKbirding
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RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 10th:
Details of the most recently accepted: Alpine Swift      1991:      Isles of Scilly: St Mary's. American Pipit      2020:      Orkney: North...
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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WE WON. Lead in gunshot will finally be banned across the EU! Just now, the European Parliament approved in plenary the Commission's proposal to restrict lead in gunshot. This decision ends years of debate on one of Europe's most persistent forms of lead pollution.
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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Otter "wild swimming" by Machrihanish, Kintyre, Argyll
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UK Rares @ukraritiesdaybyday.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
OCTOBER 8th: 🧾 Good morning folks...! 🖐🏻👋🏻 Please find today's listings here....! ukraritiesdaybyday.blogspot.com/2026/10/reco... #UKrares #rarebirdsUK #UKbirding
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RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 8th:
Details of the most recently accepted: Alder Flycatcher   ●     2008:    Cornwall: Nanjizal. ● UK first record:  A 1st winter was processed ...
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Francis Sealey @globalnet21.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What are the effects of climate change on biodiversity? Climate change is dramatically shaping our world today. But its consequences are not limited to humans alone. www.greenpeace.org.uk/challenges/w...
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What are the effects of climate change on biodiversity? - Greenpeace UK
Climate change is transforming the natural world. Discover how climate and biodiversity are linked – and how we can make things better.
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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two subsequent Bonaparte's Gulls. A 1w/2cy in April 2021 & an adult in April 2024, both in the southwest #UKBirding
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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Day 3 & 4 in Isles of #Scilly Went back for seconds of lifer Wilson's Snipe once it was confirmed by underwing. From above the impression was of a large Jack Snipe. Shooters Pool was delightful, much bird activity incl YBW, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcaps & Water rails. Also Jack Snipe & Firecrests 🪶
A small bird with a firey crest & a wader amongst the reeds.
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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Otter "wild swimming" by Machrihanish, Kintyre, Argyll
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Should researchers be handling wader chicks? Important paper about conservation and disturbance by Camilo Carneiro, summarised in WaderTales blog #140: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/10/05/h... 🎂2⃣ #ornithology
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How do wader chicks respond to being handled?
Every wader researcher knows that their actions can have negative consequences for the birds they are studying. Given that most shorebird species are in trouble or causing concern, conservation sci…
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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Black Grouse by Amulree, Perthshire
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Brief views of an Olive-backed Pipit was the best of a difficult day on Shetland; missed Quail which Arch + Jake nearly stepped on at Aithsetter + dipped a GG Shrike. Also Yellow-browed Warblers, Lsr Whitethroat, Bar-tailed Godwit + 3 Purple Sand to round off the day. And there's always the views.
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
An idiosyncratic list of birds on a boat in the North Atlantic... #Ornithology #UKBirding
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Three of these six wader species are red-listed in the UK. Which ones? Answers in this blog about the eleven wader species on the list and how they 'earned' their places: wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/10/04/u... 🎂4️⃣ #birds
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 29/09/2026
This former golf course has been turned into a nature reserve 💚 Sandilands is designed to help nature thrive. The reserve is expected to provide important habitat for birds and forms part of the internationally important East Coast Flyway, one of Europe's major migration routes.
Two long-legged avocets with white chests and black heads and beaks at the edge of water, with four tiny white fluffy chicks following in their wakeAn aerial view of a former golf course at the edge of the coast, with a strip of beige sand on one side, and many ponds, pathways, wetland and marshes within it under a cloudy skyA view of long thistley grass under a hazy blue sky surrounding a vast pondAn adult avocet with long legs, a white body, black head and beak leading three fluffy grey chicks behind it along the water's edge with a scrubby bank rising behind them
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