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Donna

@donnadean.bsky.social
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Birds, freshwater habitats & creatures, chalk bed streams, hiking, aurora, did I say birds? And Border Collies. BTO C permit bird ringer Norfolk, UK

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Nobody ever planted a tree in this photo. It was a working gravel pit 30 years ago. We need to get over our obsession with planting trees and let nature do the job. The results are just SO much better. It's also about realising we are not, in fact, central to everything. 🌍
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 20/12/2024
Anglia Square’s transformation begins. After years of uncertainty, Norwich City Council leads redevelopment with 1,100 homes, offices, retail spaces, & a focus on affordable housing. Sovereign House demolition starts this spring | Eleanor Storey
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Anglia Square redevelopment: a new chapter for Norwich
Norwich’s Anglia Square redevelopment advances: 1,100 homes, office spaces, and shops planned, replacing derelict Sovereign House
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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Research shows that the noise of human recreation—even just the sound of hikers talking—can be surprisingly disruptive to wildlife, including birds. #ornithology
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For Wildlife, Human Noise Is the Downside of Outdoor Fun
As more people explore wild places, researchers aim to understand and minimize the impacts recreation has on birds and other animals.
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Royal Institution @rigb.org · 04/12/2024
Set your reminders for the 2024 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI! 🗓️ 29, 30 and 31 December 📺 BBC Four and iPlayer ⏰9pm In the series, Chris van Tulleken will explore the surprising science of food – from production to digestion. More info: rigb.org/christmas-lectures/2024-christmas-lectures
Chris van Tulleken pouring milk into a cereal bowl. Text reads: Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution, supported by CGI. 29, 30, 31 December, BBC Four and iPlayer
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Donna @donnadean.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social Waiting patiently for #UEA Christmas 🎄 🎅 Lecture
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Donna @donnadean.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
youtu.be/MrpgqfybB48?...
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Leigh Harlen (Birch) @leighharlen.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I can't post a horny toad without a shoutout to this delightful @rosemarymosco.com comic because it lives in my head forever now
A comic titled "Animals with Misleading Names"
eight animals with the name, a picture of each, and a fact formatted into two columns. Starting from the top left and going down:
Electric Eel: Not an eel
Maned Wolf: Not a wolf
Peacock mantis shrimp: not a peacock. not a mantis. also, not a shrimp
Mayfly: active through the spring and summer
Starting from the top right and going down
Mountain goat: not a goat
King Cobra: not a cobra. Also, snakes are typically self-governing
Horning Toad: Not a toad. Only thinks of you as a friend.
Eastern Kingbird: Found in the west. Many birds do not recognize its authority
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West Midlands Ringing Group @westmidlandsrg.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Fantastic morning @bibbeyswildfarms.bsky.social ringing with @chris4patches.bsky.social 29 Linnet, 1 Dunnock and a single Wren. Dunnock often overlooked but are absolute stunners as the picture shows ❤️
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Donna @donnadean.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Short session of garden #birdringing today. All going well for about 10 mins, then next door had a furniture delivery that took ages and all the birds disappeared 🙈. These two the best of a tit flock. #greattit #coaltit
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Donna @donnadean.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Climate change - a thread
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Grants Hat @grantshat.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
#Ecologists suffer from a burden of knowledge unlike that of most careers... Not only are we often underpaid, but we are also forced to watch the things we most care about be destroyed by apathetic or malicious humans who live blissfully ignorant to the importance of the natural world.... #ecogrief
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Matt Berry @matthewberry.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Just because, here's a male Loew's Blue (Plebejus loewii). It's European range is restricted to a few southeastern Aegean islands. It is much more common & widespread across neighbouring Turkey. #butterflies
Male Loew's Blue butterfly (Plebejus loewii)
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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
7000 signatures already to ban driven grouse shooting - thank you!! Did you know you can see the number of signs in each constituency? Go to the petition and click on 'Show on a map'. Corby & E Northants has 16 signatures as well as mine. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
A close look at the fine details of a Kittiwake
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Etymology of the day: to be ‘blowing a hoolie’ (or ‘hooley’) was probably inspired by the Orkney word ‘hoolan’, a howling gale, with a touch of the ‘hooley’ that is a very noisy party thrown in.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I have worked on the slowing and the tipping point of the #AMOC since 1991. Here is what we know now - the short 15 minute summary. AMOC slowing is already affecting our weather. The AMOC tipping point may change your childrens' life. /5 🌊 youtu.be/mm_YZ2juQL4?...
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Is the AMOC Shutting Down?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
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Donna @donnadean.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Throwback Thursday #birdringing my first Marsh Harrier juvenile last year. Stunning creature 😍 North Norfolk river location
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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Jim Flanagan and Tristan Bantock are carrying out an IUCN status review/assessment on seedbugs for Natural England. It will cover the groundbugs Lygaeidae, stiltbugs in the Berytidae and the beetbugs in the Piesmatidae. Please submit any unsubmitted records ASAP via iRecord or direct to the authors.
A bug Parapiesma quadratum in the centre of a white mesh net, with a reddish aphid top right.Gampsocoris punctipes, a small stilt bug associated with Rest Harrow, walking across a finger.A reddish-brown coloured groundbug (Pachybrachius fracticollis) on the end of a leaf. The background is out of focus.
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Donna @donnadean.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Great List - thanks N&NN
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Very useful survey of British public opinion on hunting/shooting from @yougov.bsky.social. A thread on what conservationists can take from it. 1. It covers domestic & overseas hunting. But headlines are strong opposition to recreational hunting/shooting. yougov.co.uk/society/arti... #conservation
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I co-authored a paper with Dr Chris Redfern looking into how people actually benefit nesting Arctic Terns on the Farne Islands (in complete contrast to what we have believed and thought). Link to the paper: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/57ASV9... Photo: Siegfried Woldhek #Seabirds
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Donna @donnadean.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Beaver engineering in a Norfolk enclosure today. 2 years ago this was a dry woodland with a trickle of water in the headwaters of a chalk stream. Now it’s buzzing with wildlife and constantly evolving. 🙌 🦫
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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Two weeks ago there were 2000 or so #starterpacks Now we’ve got 40,000+ What an extraordinary change! You can search them all here: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
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All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
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Mark Duggan @markduggan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Little Owl - Isle of Sheppey. #UKwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ornithology
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Donna @donnadean.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
#wildflowerhour is back 🙌
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Mike Morse @bexbirder.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Kingfisher is far from annual here, in fact for the last few years it's been rarer than Woodchat Shrike! So, 'patch gold' this morning... it's all relative.
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Mary Gemignani @marygemignani.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I saw more than 1000 migrating Sandhill Cranes fly past high in the sky yesterday afternoon. Happy to get a few clicks. Sunday Silhouettes. #birds
10 large birds flying high in the sky during migration. The sandhill cranes were making loud calls as they pass by. The background is a clear blue sky.
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Donna @donnadean.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
One of the males - sharing his displeasure somewhat at the inconvenience to his day. #birdringing #ornithology #norfolkbroads
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Donna @donnadean.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Today I ringed my first Swans - one or two feisty, mature males. But on the whole, a calm and lovely autumn day in Norfolk #norfolkbroads #birdringing #ornithology
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Samantha Batty @yorkshireeden.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Pleased to have added another Hawk-moth species to the garden list this year, with 9 Convolvulus Hawk-moths visiting our S.Yorkshire garden through September. The highlight of my Mothing year.
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Jonathan (JP) @canary57.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
A handsome male Black Redstart was frequenting the wind turbine compound at Ness Point, Lowestoft this afternoon.
Black redstart
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North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory @northronbirdobs.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
The 2024 season is coming to a close! Its been an incredible year of birds. It appears we may have beaten last years yearlist total, but still need to wait on various rarities making the grade! A big thank you from me, Maddy and Alison to all the volunteers and guests this year!
Eyebrowed ThrushLanceolated Warbler Brown ShrikeBooted Warbler
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Mike Buckland @mcbuckland.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Cattle Egret is now a common sight along the North Norfolk coast year round. This was one of three at Holme NWT on 9th November. #UKBirding #NorfolkBirding
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Dave Andrews @pterodroma.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Just a reminder to Norfolk birders joining bluesky there's a Norfolk birding feed you can add to your feeds, if you use #NorfolkBirding it will also be picked up by the national UK birding feed too, no need to use both hashtags.
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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Who says November is dull? These autumn moths have such delicate patterning: Black-spotted Chestnut, a relative newcomer from the Continent, with black stigmata (markings on forewings), Juniper Carpet & Red-green Carpet (what a pair!) & Scarce Umber ♂️ (♀️ is almost wingless). #MothsMatter
Scarce umber moth - light brown with black kidney spot on cream background.Juniper carpet moth - brown with wavy lines across its wings on a pale background.Red-green carpet moth with greeny-brown wings on a wooden surface.Scarce umber moth - orange-brown wings with darker brown lines across  on a white background.
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Lundy Bird Observatory @lundybirds.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
🚨 We're delighted to announce that applications have opened for our residential, long-term volunteer positions in 2025. Vacant roles: 🪶 Bird Observatory Assistant 🐧 Seabird Fieldworker 🦭 Seal Fieldworker 🪚 Assistant Ranger Accommodation and meals are provided free for the duration of the roles.
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Mike Holley @mikeholley.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
Amazing views of this Buzzard as it tried to shake off harrassing Lapwings at WWT Welney on Wednesday. #norfolkbirding #UKBirding
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Donna @donnadean.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
1st post, finally given up on the other place. Here’s a friendly Alpine Chough and some great mountain spots from an epic hiking trip to the #Dolomites this summer
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