Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 15hFor #BirdOfTheDay #BestBeaks, it has to a razorbill on the Farne Islands. Oh, did you think I was going to say Puffin? #UKwildlife 0100
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It has to be a long tailed tit for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, which is #Borbs, birds looking plump. 2161
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Redheads. So for me it has to be a little grebe on a windy day. #birds #ukwildlife #naturephotography 0110
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Paridae, so here’s a blue tit at RSPB Fowlmere who’s just had a bath and is now sitting in the sun trying to dry out. 051
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdsWithBerries. Set by Helen @helenbennett.bsky.social. So here’s a Long tailed tit enjoying the sun on Devil’s Dyke, Cambridge 1191
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Silhoutte; any bird in silhouette, so, better late than never, is a cormorant in a tree 0100
Reposted by Kate KingFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026For the last 6 months, I’ve been working on a story of prejudice, bureaucracy, and misplaced cost-cutting. In today’s paper: the disabled people who are being banned from going abroad by the state. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... - by me and @patrickjbutler.bsky.socialtheguardian.com‘I want to live’: the disabled people unable to go abroad because of care funding refusalCampaigners say care users face a postcode lottery for support overseas – despite no extra cost to taxpayer 315368
Reposted by Kate KingNorth East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 26/08/2026Eventually somebody was going to realise there were votes available in supplying a very simple answer that Disabled people are the problem. Enter Reform | James Watersonnortheastbylines.co.ukFrom PIP reform to Reform UK: how disabled people became a political targetEventually somebody was going to realise there were votes available in supplying a very simple answer that Disabled people are the problem. Enter Reform 12014
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #ReflectionsAndShadows. I had a lot of fun photographing local little grebes this spring. When they come up from a dive, their feathers are slicked back and they look almost black. 090
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Happy to see Chalk Hill Blues on dyke near Swaffham Prior. Have to remember the ‘paw prints’ on the upper wing 040
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Simple, so here is a welsh meadow pipit in the sun. Wish I was there today, though walking along Devil’s Ditch nr Swaffham Prior and listening to chattering flocks of young goldfinches was a nice way to spend the morning. 3351
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Good to see clouded yellows still flitting around Magog Down. Thanks to @andrewknights.bsky.social for this. I should have laid down to take the photo… but you can see the warm buttery yellow of the wing showing through. Butterflies making the best of very dry conditions. 0131
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #PeekABoo. So here’s a Stock Dove peeking through the greenery in rather late light. 2150
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 06/08/2026So nice to have cooler weather on Magog Down. Following a tip (thank you!) we did get to fruitlessly run around after a beautiful clouded yellow butterfly. Also a couple of Latticed Heath moths, tiny with chunky little stripey bodies, and willing to sit around long enough even for me.. #ukwildlife 050
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026#BirdOfTheDay theme #FabulousWaders makes me a bit sad as I’m missing the sea and its wildlife. Here’s a foraging curlew from my first trip last September to Cley Marshes - and what lovely friendly birdwatchers there were there! 1110
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026@alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OverTheRainbow - a bird looking skyward: so here’s rainbow seeking wood pigeon. #ukwildlife #birds 0193
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 31/07/2026#BirdOfTheDay theme is #EgretsAndHerons, so here is a heron sat in a tree and doing a Jarvis Cocker impression #birds #ukbirds 1140
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Posting this because it’s just a wren in the green, singing its heart out. #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #YourChoice #birds #ukbirds 1110
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Three Jersey Tigers hanging out in hedges in our Cambridge street today. First saw them last year, glad to see they’re back! #ukwildlife 030
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I thought maybe a chiffchaff among hazel (?) leaves, wrangling a delicious insect would be suitable for #BirdOfTheDay #FeathersInFoliage 080
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 05/05/2026A little dappled bird on the Dyfi: a Grasshopper warbler for #BirdOfTheDay #Dappled. 4232
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 04/05/2026A pair of wary stock doves in a cypress tree for #BirdOfTheDay #Pairs 3201
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026This is such a lovely piece of writing about being in nature with a child of insatiable curiosity claireivywaters.substack.com/p/unfurling-...claireivywaters.substack.comUnfurling amongst living fossils full of air bubbles, under the green glow of woodpeckers.Yesterday our nine year old wanted to make his first pilgrimage of the year to visit his patch of carnivorous sundews on the north facing moor across the valley, to see if they have started growing. 000
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Thought I’d add to today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Petals&Perches with a Rook in Cowslips 0100
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Definitely spring at the Cambridge Botanics today @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social 030
Reposted by Kate KingFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Have you ever been criticised in public for using a Blue Badge? I’m looking to gather disabled people’s experiences for The Guardian to explore hostility around the Blue Badge and Motability schemes. We’ve made a quick form you can fill in here: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... (Please share.)theguardian.comBlue badge holders: how are you treated by other members of the public when out?Have you experienced reactions from other people when using your blue badge? We’d like to hear from you 54165
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 28/03/2026This is such a lovely author interview, on the level. Don’t think the title really indicates the emotional and intellectual breadth of the piece. 000
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Lovely to see the little grebe back in his breeding colours @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social 020
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 04/03/2025some days the weather is beautiful, but the birds are too far away, all you can photograph is a water deer, but, on the upside, you see your first bittern #ukwildlife. 030
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 02/02/2025And belatedly realise it’s World Wetlands day. So here’s a little grebe being photobombed by a Mallard..gotta love a Dabchick. #ukwildlife 010
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 01/02/2025As a woman with a MH disability, I now identify strongly with newts and bats. So, I guess, when I have to give up most of my work because I’m disqualified from PIP, at least I’ll have a hobby 010
Reposted by Kate KingDoctors Without Borders @doctorswithoutborders.org · 24/01/2025Hi Bluesky community! We're excited to be here to share important humanitarian stories. Would you let your network know where to find us? This is just a snapshot of what we stand for as an emergency medical organization: 12606243
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Hungry watervole at RSPB Fowlmere today. #ukwildlife 130
Reposted by Kate KingAnn Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Yes, many of us in the academic fields have to take very good care of ourselves, after reading endless documents filled with derogatory descriptions of our loved ones (& ourselves). It's heartbreaking, damaging, and unnecessary. captapnetwork.wordpress.com/2023/09/19/h... is recommended.captapnetwork.wordpress.comCAPTAPWe have created a free and downloadable guide that can be used by anyone who talks to or about autistic people. Download and print for free: A poster Download it here An explanatory text document D… 111
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Completing a PIP application is one of the most destructive things that people with disabilities have to do. I still have physical symptoms that started due to stress of my PIP transfer 5 years ago. Emily Wooden’s blog is worth a read. ndconnection.co.uk/blog/pip-liv...ndconnection.co.ukApplying for PIP as an Autistic person — Neurodiverse ConnectionEmily Wooden shares a frank account of her difficult experience applying for PIP as an Autistic person, and how it forced her to confront some challenging reflections around masking and identity. 000
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Such a grey day, then we get a garden visit from two foxes, and everything seems brighter #ukwildlife 010
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Happy New Year! Hope your days are filled with tasty flowers. 000
Reposted by Kate KingDr Agnes Ayton @agnesayton.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Sobering read about the increasing numbers of people dying as a result of medically assisted suicide in Canada. 7% 😳 blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2024/...blogs.bmj.comDiscrimination-driven deaths – Analysing Ontario Coroner Reports on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide – BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 013
Reposted by Kate KingDr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 29/11/2024New and important from @thementalelf.bsky.social: "This review has highlighted the critical lack of evidence supporting the use of surveillance technologies. #Oxevision has the potential to enable iatrogenic harm, however this is not being acknowledged". tinyurl.com/3jajvst6 #StopOxevisiontinyurl.comThe use and impact of surveillance in inpatient mental health settingsNima Hunt blogs a systematic review which finds no real evidence that surveillance in inpatient mental health settings has positive outcomes. 23619
Reposted by Kate KingGreater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People @gmcdp.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Don't fight the DWP alone! Join us for our PIP Social - an evening of PIP tips and peer support Thursday 21 November 6pm to 9pm Online via Zoom - captions available Other access needs on request Free places: gmcdp.com/civicrm/even...gmcdp.comPIP Social! | Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People 032
Kate King @katekingmh.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I’m newly active here, having a look around. Hoping this place is going to be a better place. 000
Reposted by Kate KingChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Almost all mental health problems and mental illnesses are more common in autistic people than in the general population. This new publication by R . C . Psychiatry is an excellent resource for information and practical matters surrounding autism and mental health www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-healt...rcpsych.ac.ukAutism and mental healthThis resource looks at autism and mental health. It explains what autism is, how it’s diagnosed and what support is available for autistic people. 40903211
