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Kevin Thornton

@lowcarbonkev.bsky.social
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Posts on: #climate #LowCarbon Happily exploring n/ne #Kent by #train #bus #bike, centred on #Medway towns/ estuary #Allotment holder

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Keith Ross @ramsgatebirds.bsky.social · 8h
We watched a large gathering of Swallows at Sandwich yesterday. 🙂
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 7h
"A milky haze has shrouded the cities for more than a month as smoke drifted from fires on Borneo and Sumatra islands."
france24.com
Haze pushes Kuala Lumpur, Singapore into world's most polluted cities
Malaysia's capital topped a global pollution ranking on Wednesday and nearby Singapore came in third, with smoke from wildfires in neighbouring Indonesia blamed for the unhealthy conditions.
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 15h
Nepal. Again.
bbc.co.uk
Nepal: Buildings swept away as flash floods hit Budhi Gandaki river
A flash flood at the Budhi Gandaki River has swept away several buildings and bridges, two months after catastrophic floods hit the country.
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 23h
Just seen another 'WTAF' inducing post on the Medway elsewhere: "wildfowl not arrived (<500)" Some tidal flats out around the islands are very busy from time to time at mo'. (I pointed these duck to neighbour I showed those Kingfishers earlier in the week.)
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Dan Richards @danswiftr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Just bought myself a used EV car, and I'm loving it! 🥳
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Katharine Khamhaengwong @katharinegk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
and here we were assuming just the same…
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
One for the Brit birders thinking all the birds must be just the other side of the Channel..
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nobody move!
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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
As I had a day ticket, and the timings fitted, I took the opportunity to 'life tick' the 11 to Averstoke - only Fareham bus route I'd not done til now! 😄 Ended up in Stokes Bay for a walk afterwards before heading home. #PublicTransport
View from bus window showing a bus stop sign which says Solent & 11. There is a hedge behind it, then grass and some red brick buildings.Fareham Creek from the bus. On one side are trees hiding Cams estate and golf course and further along the creek are lots of boats. It is sunny with clouds Stokes Bay. Sparsely Vegetated shingle, sea with glare from the sun and Isle of Wight in the distance. More clouds in this photo Lovely painted stone on a bench which seems to be partly made with pebbles. It is orange and has a black bird with an orange- yellow bill.
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Jonathan Dodds @jdbirder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This smart Black Redstart looked right at home between the boulders of Winterstoke Steps at King George Park. A welcome #PWC2026 addition having missed any early spring arrivals ebird.org/checklist/S4... #kentbirding
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
UMA Day40 Leatherhead and Fetcham area, Surrey Undoubted highlight was a calling YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER in riverside wood/scrub near the town (only my 3rd in the county). Also: 4 Little Egret, 14 Gadwall, 1 Pintail, 3 Goosander, 2 Red Kite, 2 Water Rail, 2 Stonechat, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Firecrest.
Fetcham Mill Pond, Surrey 10/10/26
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Serendip-it-diddly-doo-dah(!) After posts here y/day about my grossly verbose threads, today walked into a local Museum to see a book I suddenly remembered I'm quoted in. Little me, nestling in index among likes of Shakespeare, Van Gogh and Gilbert White ☺️ Why? One of them rambling threads 😆😆
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
After a day in yesterday, guess where I went today? Clue: ended up outside a Reform-run County Hall, trying to mix in with the dinosaurs..
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TG42Birder🇵🇸 @tg42birder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Lovely chilly morning. Not much migration apparent.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
His infamous bother, the “crack smoking Toronto Mayor” Rob Ford, first popularized the lie about a #WarOnCars to divide urban/suburban voters and rage-farm. Now his brother Doug ramps up the real #WarOnWalking, biking and transit, weakening the city and costing everyone money and lives. #UrbanTruth
cbc.ca
Ontario will officially begin removing Toronto bike lanes on Tuesday | CBC News
Ontario will begin removing bike lanes from a stretch on Bloor Street W. in Etobicoke on Tuesday, the Ministry of Transportation says.
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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’m on a flexible Super Off Peak, but for the first time tried Seatfrog - and successfully upgraded to 1st class, £20 northbound, £18 coming back. Result…
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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Oh look, a tornado ripped through Sicily on Friday morning. #collapse
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Wowzah, this new game "Fast and the furious: Santiago drift" is so realistic(!) Out now- we getting it yet(?)
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
As today is damp and 'orrible, here's y/day's dawn, Sheerness Prom. And here's a birding 🧵, pondering how we stand on the shoulders of giants.
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
UMA Day38 Colley Hill, Surrey An early morning male RING OUZEL west with various other thrushes inc 46 Redwing & 9 Mistle. Chaffinches also on move (337 w). Hobby south. Clear out of Robin, Blackcap and Chiffchaff.
Colley Hill at dawn 8/10/26
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I ribbed young Katie not just to post these on her Intermilan a/c, so it would be rude of me not to forward her skeet 👍☺️ More importantly, I'm reskeeting because they're bloomin' luvly! 👏👏👏 #BirdArt
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Good gravy, it was a whole nine yrs ago I 'occupied' Horrid Hill out 'in' the southern Medway waters for a whole autumn, back in the days I was purposeful. Viz-migging sessions back then were split between the Hill and back on the seawall..
birdingsouthernmedway.blogspot.com
Visible migration; Horrid results for the finches
The question- is visible migration worth studying along the south Medway? The results from this year's early morning counts at the point ...
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TG42Birder🇵🇸 @tg42birder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Nine out of 10 people felt motivated to act after watching film outlining threats to food security, economy and public health” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing
Nine out of 10 people felt motivated to act after watching film outlining threats to food security, economy and public health
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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
📢Today Google has added motor fuel prices to the maps app so you can see how expensive driving is. 🚲Not wanting to be left out we have been around the city to check on the cost of fuelling a cycle and produced our own map. 🎉It's good news - fuelling a cycle is still free everywhere.
A screenshot of the Google Maps App showing petrol prices at fuel stations.A map of Newcastle with a number of cycle icons with the word 'Free' beneath them.
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
aljazeera.com
Girl pleads for world leaders to save her country from climate change
A 13-year-old girl has called on world leaders to act on climate change and save her country, Tuvalu.
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What a wonderful journey and what a staggering difference in emissions. 84-90% less carbon says it all. @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social
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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
'Breaking: September was Earth’s *most unusually moist month* on record! … This record is notable because of how far it deviated from the average. Moisture levels were 6.5% higher than the 1991-2020 Sept av, making it the most anomalous month on record.' x.com/BenNollWeath...
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Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) on X
Breaking: September was Earth's *most unusually moist month* on record! 💧 During September, moisture levels in Earth’s atmosphere were the highest on record for that month, considering data from @Cop...
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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
'The ninth month of the year brought not only unusually mild temperatures but also left large parts of the country almost completely without rainfall. The average temperature was 17.7°C, 1.7 degrees above the 1991–2020 climate reference average of 16.0°C.' hungarytoday.hu/january-sept...
hungarytoday.hu
January–September Was the Driest Period Since 1901
Hungary is experiencing one of its driest years since systematic weather records began in 1901. Hungary’s meteorological service, HungaroMet Zrt., reported that September extended a prolonged period o...
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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
'Last month was the hottest Sept since 1931 in mainland Portugal, with the max temp reaching 31.03°C, 4.21°C above normal, IPMA national met institute announced today – neglecting to add that ‘official and systematic met records in Portugal’ began in 1931.' www.portugalresident.com/september-wa...
portugalresident.com
September was hottest month since records began in Portugal – Portugal Resident
September was hottest month since records began in Portugal; Maximum temperature reaching over 4ºC ‘above normal’
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Charge of the first light brigade. Another short thread around me doing some food shopping in by quaxing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaxing
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Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
El Niño: Ten Things You Need to Know Includes forecasts of floods & droughts, why this El Niño is a 'Godzilla', and why this is not a good time for another hit to global food security And why the biggest problem with El Niño is that we've already superheated the land & seas by burning fossil fuels
campaigncc.org
El Niño: ten things you need to know | Campaign against Climate Change
The current El Niño is likely to be the largest in at least 1,000 years. It will add extra heat into an atmosphere in which temperatures are already rising rapidly, and supercharge extreme weather eve...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We need to be less hysterical about potential AMOC collapse in 2100 and way more hysterical about the actual mega El Niño in 2027.
politico.eu
A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wow I’ve never seen this photo before. The two figures from American Gothic (who turn out to be the family dentist and the artist’s sister!) www.ft.com/content/6015...
The artist's sister Nan Wood Graham and dentist Dr Byron Henry pose with the painting in 1942 © Image courtesy of the Figge Art Museum, City of Davenport Art Collection, Grant Wood Archive, Friends of Art Acquisition Fund, SB-4
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Out of water(?) Evacuate(?) In the middle of birding rarity season(?) We getting it yet(?) "..to evacuate.. is something that has never happened in the history of Lundy before. It would be hugely significant- we're on the cusp of having to make that decision."
bbc.co.uk
Puffin island Lundy on cusp of closure as it runs out of water
Lundy is in "real jeopardy" and could be evacuated if supplies run out, bosses say.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On-brand. 'Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin completed the purchase of an £800,000 Grade-II listed property on the southern coast of Anglesey (Ynys Môn) two days after raising concerns in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities.' www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Australia's High Court rules against coal mine in landmark climate case "We cannot dig up coal, ship it overseas, watch it drive climate change, and then pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us and won't be felt by us"... www.afp.com/en/australia...
afp.com
Australia's High Court rules against coal mine in landmark climate case
Australia's highest court ruled against a massive coal mine expansion on Wednesday, delivering judgement in what campaigners say is the first climate case to reach...
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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I attended the People’s Emergency Briefing in Topsham today. Find a showing of the film and attend if you can. Then call for a National Emergency Briefing. youtu.be/9tLUnWHkGG4?...
youtu.be
The People's Emergency Briefing - Latest trailer
YouTube video by The National Emergency Briefing
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
UMA Day36 Colley Hill + Mogador, Surrey. MARSH HARRIER (1 imm from S at 15.00hrs), HAWFINCH (2e 08.45hrs) Light w passage first thing - Chaff, Song Th, Redwing, Mistle Th, Skylark. 80 Skylark & 50 Mipit on stubble. 90 Robin around. 10 Clouded Yellow (inc 1 helice), 2 Vestal. Above the fog…
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Birders! When visiting RSPB Rainham marshes, why not make the short 7 minute drive to witness one of London's newer attractions, 'The Rainham Volcano'? After all, you've probably breathed it in a few times.. 😉 (Well worth a 20 minute watch) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launder...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Naturally, the Trump regime wants to cut its funding.
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Steve @kingsdowner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nodding bur-marigold Bidens cernua seeding in profusion in an East Kent fen. Lots of cleaning to do before I go to another site - no wonder bur-marigolds are called beggarticks @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Morning! (5x10 secs traffic cam video 0755-0835 on 6/10/26 looking towards Blackfriars Bridge as folk commute on their bikes on London's cycleway #C6 #CS6)
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 06/10/2026
It will cost the same as a road tunnel between Essex and Kent.
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
TIL the 3.4 El Niño area covers 5°N to 5°S, 170°W to 120°W longitude, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. And the water surface temperature there is now over 30 flippin' °c. That graph. Yellow line the average '91-'20. We're in uncharted waters.
en.wikipedia.org
1877–1878 El Niño event - Wikipedia
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Misty 'tumnal walk down to the allotment. Nice flock of Cranes in the distance☺️
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Quick visit to the allotment, popped into LNR next door. There's no washing in the wash mills at the moment. Driest I've ever seen them. Don't think water levels will see the usual flooding by spring '27. www.medway.gov.uk/info/200664/...
How the Wash Mills can be in April.
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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Research shows that one in four people would walk more if pavements were less cluttered. Related: I will never not be impressed by how Mancunians made their feelings known about unwanted pavement clutter:
A utilities cabinet on a pavement in Manchester has a bill posted to it which reads

"Fuck these stupid boxes"
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Chatham. Well done SEK and Medway Council. Food shouldn't end up on a tip.
bbc.co.uk
Community supermarket opens in Chatham shopping centre
Shoppers can access a wealth of budget-friendly groceries at the new social supermarket.
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Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 06/10/2026
Are there any active groups/resources for disabled birders in the UK? I'm trying to improve access at our local reserve (Portbury Wharf) and to get funding we have to show that people will actually use it (not just me). I have created a map to show how accessible it is so far #UKBirding
a map of Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve showing all the different path surfaces, ramps, gates & inclines.
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sun not up 'til 07:07? A typical pre-dawn sky in the s-e UK at this time of year. The Moon, Jupiter and high-carbon travel. Our airports have Night Quota Periods (NQP)- limits on flights and noise that, for Heathrow and Gatwick end at 06:00 from which time the sky begins to fill..
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