apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Adult White-billed Diver off east beach, Dunbar, drifting SE & further out; was preening & flapping at first - appeared almost full-winged. @birdinglothian.bsky.social 082
Reposted by @apetrosus.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 11/02/2026“The settled state of politics in the UK has dissolved. The bedrock of the old parties—its class its intellectual weight, its organisational prowess has crumbled.” What comes next?prospectmagazine.co.ukThe party is overThe glory days for Britain’s old parties are in the past. A new kind of politics is required 031
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 16/02/2026White-billed Diver still off Dunbar east beach, this morning , probably best viewed from Golf House Road -just passed a flock of 8 Red-throated Divers - like HMS Hood passing a Flotilla of destroyers - very majestic. #BirdingLothian 1141
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 15/02/2026White-billed Diver still off Dunbar east beach, this morning , slightly further SE than yesterday but perhaps it will move closer on the flood #BirdingLothian 170
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 14/02/2026White-billed Diver off the groyne, east beach, Dunbar #BirdingLothian 160
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Black-necked Grebe, Whitesands Quarry, this afternoon, best viewed from towards the cement works end of the new cycle path #BirdingLothian 080
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 31/12/20251cy Iceland Gull NW off Dunbar east beach at 15:55 #BirdingLothian 080
Reposted by @apetrosus.bsky.socialAlan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the extraordinary influence of former Tory spin doctor Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC. It's still a helpful backgrounder for what's going on now. New readers start here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...prospectmagazine.co.ukHow the government captured the BBCA right-wing cabal, largely unaccountable, is waging war on the principles that made our public broadcaster great. It must not succeed 14489274
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 12/10/2025A remarkably confiding Whimbrel snacking on crab, Dunbar east beach, this morning - no stalking, just stayed still and quiet - snapped with the old FZ82. Also Peregrine, again, and Little Egret feeding on the rock pools #BirdingLothian 050
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Cormorant gular angles at Dunbar east beach, this afternoon, also: c150 Pink-footed Geese in-off; young Peregrine hunting Turnstone; 2 Little Egrets NW #BirdingLothian 140
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Barns Ness: Red-breasted Flycatcher in the old caravan site plantation, half way along , opposite the gate #BirdingLothian 0252
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Barns Ness, this p.m.: 3 Great White Egrets SE (16:00); f. Great Spotted Woodpecker & Chiffchaff, old caravan site, #birdinglothian. 070
