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Bec Jones

@jbfarthing.bsky.social
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Seabird ecologist and conservationist. Biophile worried about climate change and biodiversity loss. Migrant. Views my own.

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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds. Here is my contribution, some Puffins on the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Bec Jones @jbfarthing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Another reason not to scalp all grassy areas during the summer 🦋
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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
56% of breeding success records submitted to the SMP for 2026 are from sites in England! If you have records from any SMP-covered country, please submit them by October 31st. #Seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
An image of two adult Cormorants and their two young.
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Tom Lowe @saloplarus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Magical morning on the Wirral with 36 Leach's Storm-petrels heading west into the wind, some more offshore than others 😍 #seawatching #superseabirdSunday
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Peter Howlett @cardiffbirder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A Manx Shearwater taken in Galway Bay 10 Sept #superseabirdsunday #birds
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Alick Simmons @parliamentarygoose.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Mediterranean Gull, Dorset, February 2011. #SuperSeabirdSunday
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share videos, photos and artwork of seabirds. Here is my contribution; Puffins from the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A decade ago, a “weird” kitten was found on a road near a Bolivian forest. Too small to be a housecat, he had a scrunched-up face, short round ears, long whiskers, & a coat of leopard-like spots. DNA analysis now reveals him as the very first of a newly discovered species & I think I'm in love. 😻🧬🧪👇
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Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years
A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.
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SEO/BirdLife @seobirdlife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🦩¡Preciosa imagen de flamencos despegando! En estas fechas esta especie inicia sus movimientos migratorios en busca de humedales costeros en búsqueda de invertebrados acuáticos entre otros. Te explicamos un poco más en ➡️https://f.mtr.cool/triviu8u6r #cámarasendirecto
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Bec Jones @jbfarthing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Invented a new species of warbler in my dream last night: Savigny’s Warbler. Very pretty.
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Bec Jones @jbfarthing.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Annette Fayet @annettefayet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#Puffin chicks from different colonies have different gut microbes, but these differences disappear by adulthood—suggesting the environment is important in shaping the gut #microbiome early in life. New paper led by @eveliinahanski.bsky.social Link: tinyurl.com/4t7senvx #seabirds #ornithology
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diddlydog.bsky.social @diddlydog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Roseate Tern with a flower in his beak. #SuperSeabirdSunday
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds. Here is my contribution from the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Beginning to think we might want to worry more about out of control tech bros as compared to out of control AI.
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Bec Jones @jbfarthing.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#seabirds
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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 10/09/2026
Long-distance navigation is no easy feat, but for some seabirds it can involve traversing hundreds of kilometres of open ocean New research led by @plewin.bsky.social shows that even if Manx shearwaters can sense the earth’s magnetism, they don't rely on it to get home 👇
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Homing shearwaters don’t need magnetic sense to navigate
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Is plastic pollution getting worse?" It's the question we get asked more than any other. After 15 years of data from Lord Howe Island, we finally have a straight answer. 🧵 🔗 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
A hand holding a plastic fork piece in the foreground. In the background, another hand lays out plastics on a sheet of paper towel. The plastic was in a shearwater chick's stomach.
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Thirty young Northern Bald Ibis have recently completed the first stage of a human-led migration from southern Germany to Andalusia, as part of an ambitious conservation programme aimed at establishing a self-sustaining migratory population:
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Northern Bald Ibis begin extraordinary human-led migration
Thirty young Northern Bald Ibises have completed the first stage of a 2,600-km journey from Germany to Andalusia, following an ultralight aircraft.
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Bec Jones @jbfarthing.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Some gorgeous pictures here 👏
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World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Seabird science attracts seriously talented photographers, and the WSC4 Photo Contest proves it. Hours in hides and on rolling boats went into every frame. Help pick the People's Choice Award, announced in Hobart. Voting closes Thu 10 Sept, 12pm pollunit.com/en/polls/-i1... #WSC4 #Seabirds
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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The mission and vision of the #RNLI is “No Deaths At Sea” Not, Some Deaths Not, Those Deaths But No Deaths at Sea. They’re rescuing people not asking their views. One day it might be you Donate here rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Barry Yates @rxnature.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
When a Sanderling finds food on the shore, it's in danger of being mugged, so this one ran away from the Turnstone as fast as it could.
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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
1/ My latest newsletter covers the security implications of the climate overshoot report released by UNEP yesterday. The bottom line? Plan for 3 degrees, work like hell for 1.5. Five more takeaways threaded below....
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Security Takeaways from the UNEP Overshoot Report
Plan for Three, Fight for 1.5
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The Media Sovereignty Act Campaign @mediafreedomact.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The billionaire owned UK media has stoked fear and division about immigration for years. Now it's providing cover for thugs. Its time to Take Back Control of our media from the billionaires. Sign the Media Sovereignty Act petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 07/09/2026
We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question | Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego
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We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question | Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego
Our three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate policies are also public health measures
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ingilramus.bsky.social @ingilramus.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A collection of blackberries on a branch, in various stages of ripening, taken on the woodland trail at Bryn Euryn #conwy #northwales #wales #wildflowerhour #fruits
A collection of blackberries on a branch, in various stages of ripening, and thus in various colours from green, through red to black
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Trev Charlton @cliff-hanger.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
17 Arctic Skuas including this pristine adult on the RSPB Pelagic cruise this morning off Flamborough Head. Supporting cast included 5 Great Skuas, 8 Sooty’s, 6 Manx and at least 1,200 Little Gulls. #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Butler Service #seabirds #ukwildlife #photography #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Razorbill with sandeels for a growing chick @ Farne Islands, 2026.
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Emyr Wyn Jones @emyr-wyn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Lovely pair of Eider Duck photographed on Stronsay, #Orkney Islands - for #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds #Birds #BirdPhotography #Photography
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#SuperSeabirdSunday Red-throated Diver off the Northumberland coast. @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
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Alick Simmons @parliamentarygoose.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Always happy to oblige: Black Guillemot, Iceland, May 2011. #SuperSeabirdSunday
Black Guillemot perched on a rock showing its red feet and large white wing patch.
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds. Here is my contribution; a young Puffling exercising its wings before release having got lost on way to sea overnight #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Simon Gillings @simongillings.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
For #SuperSeabirdSunday, a recording of a flock of Sandwich Terns soundcloud.com/user-9092529... #UKBirding
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Sandwich Terns
Calls of a flock of Sandwich Terns in North Norfolk, August 2026 (S. Gillings) Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commo
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Dawn Balmer @debalmer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Bursary opportunity! The aims of the Eric Hosking Trust are to sponsor natural history and ornithological research through the media of writing, photography, painting or illustration. erichoskingtrust.com/apply/ Deadline 30 September - please apply!
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hugely wishful thinking If emissions peak by 2040 and fall rapidly, research shows we might get away with 'just' a reprise of the Pliocene ~ 3C higher temperatures and sea level eventually 15 - 25m higher If they don't, it will be worse - much worse www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’
But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere
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Climate.us @climate.us · 31/08/2026
Climate literacy isn’t about memorizing facts. It’s about understanding risks, asking better questions, preparing for change, and participating in decisions that affect your community. Climate knowledge belongs to everyone. www.climate.us
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Bec Jones @jbfarthing.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is heartbreaking
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Bec Jones @jbfarthing.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
From drought to this. If only we could rely on the water companies to capture and store it properly ahead of the next drought.
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Gina @createnewpaths.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come." ~Karen Joy Fowler This lovely tree from around 1440AD is one of two surviving white oaks known as The Three Sisters. The 3rd sister fell in 2008, she remains on the forest floor giving back to the earth I love trees💚🌳 #stunday #ECK
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calliesue.bsky.social @calliesue.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
S. Knutson - I always liked Geography so I was curious to see the names given to the Great Lakes by the First Peoples. Even then, 'Ontario' was part of the name. It was the Laurentide Ice Sheet which was part of the Wisconsin Glaciation that created those lakes.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We all know the urban greening Paris has been doing. But do we know what Warsaw Poland has been doing? Impressive. “Not so long ago, they were dominated by cars, concrete, & asphalt. Today, they're full of greenery, pedestrian-friendly, & better for the climate.” The New Center of Warsaw project.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A creamy pint of Guinness, and this panorama. Heaven.
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Bec Jones @jbfarthing.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Recently read LOTR for the first time and was delighted by this Legolas quote. “Look! Gulls!” he says “A wonder they are to me and a trouble to my heart” My feelings exactly 🙂 #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#SuperSeabirdSunday Caspian Tern in The Gambia. @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos and artwork of seabirds. Here is my contribution, an adult Guillemot with its young chick from this summer #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Ron McIntyre @ronmac11.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fleeing guillemots. #SuperSeabirdSunday
A white tailed eagle with 2 guillemot in flight
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 29/08/2026
Northumberland Wildlife Trust is now inviting people aged 16 - 24 to get involved in Habitat Heroes 2, taking place in Newcastle on 8 September  | Peter Sagar
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Northumberland Wildlife Trust calls on young people to be Habitat Heroes
Northumberland Wildlife Trust is now inviting people aged 16 - 24 to get involved in Habitat Heroes 2, taking place in Newcastle on 8 September
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john // OB // IC @johnjnicol.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
a whole city of fairy inkcap #fungifriends
several fairy inkcap fungi gathered on a moss log.
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