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 · 16/02/2026Now straight out from the groyne #BirdingLothian 020
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 · 15/02/2026Still there, just now, but easy to miss - seems to be spending most of its time under water - took 7 scans to find it, this time - still off Golf House Road #BirdingLothian 041
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Did indeed come closer, late morning, but now back where it was, first thing, probably best viewed off Golf House Road #BirdingLothian 110
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 · 28/01/2026Are the very tiny dark marks in the white near the tip of left p10 real, or photographic artefacts? It looks as though they might be symmetrical with right p10 but it's hard to be sure from just the one picture... 100
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 14488273
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
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 01/09/2025ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015JSR....ui.adsabs.harvard.eduGrey seal (Halichoerus grypus) predation on harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) on the island of Helgoland, GermanyThe prey spectrum of grey seals has to date been described as largely consisting of different fish, cephalopod and shrimp species. On the German island of Helgoland Düne, where harbour seals (Phoca vi... 010
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Unfortunately not head-on, but some indication of how bright the marginal coverts appeared in flight, as was mentioned by @aberladybirder.bsky.social, this afternoon - not sure how significant this might be, in this plumage, though... 030
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Looks to me like green on left for Tyninghame bird, so a different bird - makes one wonder how many adult Black Terns there are north of the Humber, at the moment, and how many of those carry green rings.... 110
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Any ring details from your photos? The Long Nanny American Black Tern bears a green ring, doesn't it? 110
apetrosus.bsky.social @apetrosus.bsky.social · 22/06/2025On trend! flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/20...flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk20th June 2025 - Flamborough Bird ObservatorySunny throughout, with a light onshore wind and a high of 20 degrees C. A record-breaking day for Mediterranean Gulls: six adults were off the Fog Station in the morning; a lone adult then flew south ... 010
