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Nick

@gasbirder.bsky.social
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In no particular order...birder, novice botanist, Gashead, art, film and book lover, husband, dad etc.

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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Great Northern Diver in virtually every night scene, e.g. Flanders in 1917, Harris Hawk in Hamnet, Red Kites in the 1950s home counties in Agatha Christie. I always thought I might set up as an ornithological consultant to the film industry when I retire....
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Did they then resettle in the new area or return to the 'home' site they started from?
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A few but if I was pushed off the fence it would have to be The Clash
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I think you have to be a certain age...😄
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
By Timothy! That's nice
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A really great film
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I haven't laughed this much in a cinema since Spinal Tap. It's a really great film
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Open Country going as well. Wildlife/natural history has almost completely disappeared from Radio 4 when it used to be one of the cornerstones
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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It turned into a bit of a John Piper weekend... #johnpiper #stainedglass #art @simonknott.bsky.social
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most TV is just this now.
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Clifden Nonpareil. Fantastic addition to the parish moth list, unfortunately not in my trap! #moths @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Chris Mason joins us now with an adorable kitten he claims Nigel Farage rescued from a house fire..." Cartoon: @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social (UK) #BBC #BBCbias
A BBC news reader with a background image of Chris Mason holding a kitten into the camera.
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Short walk along the river at Morton-on-Swale this morning. Great White Egret, three Green Sandpipers, five Grey Wagtail, eight Grey Partridge, two Kingfishers, five Little Egrets and four Goosander. Also large numbers of Skylark moving south over. @nybirdnews.bsky.social
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What I want is a TV documentary channel entirely devoted to documentaries with no quick-cut montages of everything about to happen, which don't give a fuck about keeping my attention, presented by extremely knowledgeable people in a terrible mood who have no interest in trying to make me like them
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Owen Leyshon @dungenessowen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A wonderful spectacle of the thousands of House Martins gathering on wires and on the Power Station at Dungeness early this morning I reckon 8,000+ #KentBirding
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
All anyone talked about at school the next day
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I used to work there, can't remember too many visits from Babs but I did sell a Twix to Tony Hart.
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No To Racism @notoracism.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy.
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I went to see them in about 1978, they steadfastly refused to play 'I am the fly' because the audience were shouting for it 😂
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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 10/09/2026
My country has achieved the feat of making the most universally loved and respected charity in the land afraid for its own safety. And yet the dark pantomime of aggressive grievance and its media legitimation continues. If Hippocrates is a traitor for not cherry-picking lives, then are doctors next?
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Just out of interest my dad was a real milkman for this area at the time!
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Darryl Jones @profdarryljones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ is published today! Seven years in the writing, many more in the planning, and - here it is!
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First Among Equals @pyncster.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Some 50 million pheasants are released into the countryside annually. Now DEFRA have opened a Call for Evidence on gamebird rearing, releasing & shooting, it’s vital that the public input - because you can be sure that the shooting industry will do so: consultations.defra.gov.uk/call-for-evi...
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Call for Evidence on Gamebird Release, Shooting and Welfare during Rearing in England
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is seeking evidence on the environmental and animal health and welfare impacts of gamebird rea...
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Dear BBC News, If you'd like to actually fulfill your mandate to inform the public of the reasons people take small boats please feel free to invite me onto any of your shows. I'm a world expert in this with an award winning book on the topic. Or you can just have a man stood shouting in the sea.
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Interesting, thanks for that
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Where did you get that trap Andy?
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yesterday I had *four* Great White Egrets on the river at Morton-on-Swale (plus three Green and one Common Sandpiper and two Grey Wagtails) @nybirdnews.bsky.social
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Simon Wren-Lewis @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This week's post: Media regulation is partly about protecting individuals and groups from powerful organisations and the wealthy, but it is also about protecting democracy. mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/08/medi... The unregulated US media has totally failed to guard against fascism and corruption
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Media regulation is partly about protecting individuals and groups from powerful organisations and the wealthy, but it is also about protecting democracy.
Are pile-ons by the media on individuals acceptable? It depends on the individual. If it’s a politician then probably yes, in that the pol...
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The Isles of Scilly is home to amazing marine life, but South West Water plans to pump untreated sewage straight into these protected waters. They deserve the best sewage treatment, not a cheap fix. Help protect this beautiful ecosystem and add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/gi...
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Stop untreated sewage polluting the Isles of Scilly
South West Water plans to pump untreated sewage into one of the UK's most protected marine environments. Add your name to demand the highest standard of sewage treatment for the Isles of Scilly and he...
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I would definitely buy one!
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hello, in the interest of giving really talented young musicians a boost (and also because it’s a genuinely gorgeous song), Taylor Mitchell’s debut single is out on Friday 28th and you can pre-order/save here. She’d love it to be shared widely, thanks in advance. ffm.to/tell-me-all-...
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Pre-save my debut single! <3
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Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It’s a big allegation but a fair one.
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Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026
BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Great exhibition
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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
How cool is this? Just got home and there's a Striped Hawk nectaring in broad daylight in the back garden - fantastic!
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Wow!
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Fantastic place to visit, would really recommend their Christmas tours
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
JOB OPPORTUNITIES X 3: UK National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU). 1 x permanent Intelligence Analyst 1 x temporary (2yr) Intelligence Officer 1 x temporary (2yr) Investigative Support Officer Working on raptor, badger & bat crime, illegal trade, hunting. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/07/30/j...
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Job opportunities x 3: UK National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU)
The UK National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) is a specialist police-led unit that provides intelligence, analysis and investigative expertise to support law enforcement agencies tackling wildlife cri…
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Beautiful Norman font at Lullington, Somerset. #fontsonfriday
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Voxpops
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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Emitting the following involuntary “body noises”: *Standing up = dying manatee winched from mineshaft *Sitting down = air escaping from punctured pouffe *Bending over = concussed bison wrestled into sack *Sneezing = final roar of once-proud warrior race
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Whistle Down the Wind is in my top ten films
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
My daughter would be very keen, slightly over your age limit but just started birding
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I saw them ovipositing and I think they have been breeding there for at least a couple of years.
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Nick @gasbirder.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I was there today. Saw my first UK Lesser Emperors, probably the commonest large dragonfly there, another sign of change.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
*Farage removes all his clothes in public and takes a dump on the floor* Chris Mason: "some might say this is not the act of a PM in waiting but others note in today's politics the public appreciate authenticity."
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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