Reposted by Mick HighfieldResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Cartoonist: Slyngstad 22392342730
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Bird of the month so far - Golden Eagle over Horse Thief Canyon, Alberta 011
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 12/09/2026If you’re into Palaeontology the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta is absolutely superb! The landscape surrounding it is unique too! 010
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A very good visit to the Saline Lagoon at Arne. Osprey perched close to viewing screen. Curlew on far shore with trio made up of Grey Heron, Cormarant & Little Egret. Firecrest and Dartford Warblers on approach among others 020
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Shetland - Whalsay 01/06/2026 Nice list of birds on our first visit to the island Gt. Northern Diver 2 RT Diver 1 Arctic Skua 1 Curlew 1 Whimbrel 2 Rock Dove 5 Oyc 25+ Wheatear 2 Skylark 2 Common Gull 8 Starling 40+ Wren 1 Etc 030
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 31/05/2026From our rented house overlooking Aith Voe, Shetland, we found out, using the scope, that there were a few Puffins mixed in with the Black Guillemots! Had we been missing them the previous week? 2 very nice Red-throated Divers joined the mix shortly after 020
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Shetland - Muckle Ror 30/05/2036 Arctic Tern 2 Fulmar 30+ Greylag 5 Hooded Crow 1 Meadow Pipit 4 Oystercatcher 6 Ringed Plover 1 Rock Dove 15 Siskin 1 Twite 2 Wheatear 2 Wren (Shetland?) 2 020
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Shetland - Scarvataing 30/05/2026 Arctic Tern 2 Black Guillemot 5 Common Gull 1 Cuckoo 1 Hooded Crow 1 Oystercatcher 3 Shag 2 Whimbrel 1 010
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Yell & Unst 28/07/2026 Hermaness - saw the massive Gannetry to South East for the first time. Also a small number of Puffins (10) and a colony of 50+ Fulmar. Great Skua numbers were down with only 15 seen from the new boardwalk. Very pleased to see 2 Red-Necked Phalaropes, possibly 4 while on Unst 010
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Scarvataing, NW Mainland, Shetland - 26/05 RT Diver 2 Raven 1 R Plover 1 Oyc 9 Whimbrel 1 Common Gull 2 BH Gull 1 GBB Gull 1 Herring Gull 1 Commic Tern 4 Rock Dove 5 Wood Pigeon 1 Starling 6 Blackbird 1 Previous Day:- Arctic Skua 1 Black Guillemot 3 010
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Lucky to be on Fair Isle for a mega rarity . First Northern Parula on Fair Isle and second for Scotland! 25 people watching, a lot of people for Fair Isle.! Also Hawfinch ringed this morning 050
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Fair Isle 22/05 Highlights were: - Arctic Skua 2 Whooper Swan 2 Twite 4 Pied Flycatcher Redpoll Lesser Whitethroat Snipe 2 020
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Made it to Fair Isle on schedule thankfully, with the previous 2 days flights cancelled due to high winds and then fog! The new Bird Obs is excellent. Well done to all involved 020
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Birding highlights of short stay nr. Kirkby Lonsdale at weekend were Barn Owl, Tree Sparrow, Goosander, Grey Wagtail & Siskin 020
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Good to be back on Shetland after 10 years! 4 Eider, Black Guillemot & Kittiwake from the Ferry while having breakfast! Hooded Crow from apartment on outskirts of Lerwick 020
Reposted by Mick HighfieldBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Caroline Lucas of the Green Party reckons that Water needs to be Renationalised. RT if you know it has to be. 17408266
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 26/03/2026This is absolutely right. I’m glad I took the time to think it through at 15 and decide that I don’t believe in gods! 010
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 13/03/2026However weren’t Iran supplying Russia with drones to attack Ukraine? 000
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Dead seabird on Hamm Beach just south of waymarker for Coast Path. I notified Chesil VC of presumed GN Diver. Later it occurred to me that the large bill was white! Not sure if this will be confirmed and yes! I should have took a photo! @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 021
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Absolutely. Just walk away. There’ll always be the next one! 020
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Lovely bird. Very happy to get this Weymouth tick! 020
Reposted by Mick HighfieldSt Aldhelms Birder @staldhelmsbirder.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Abandoned plans to look at Brands Bay due to mass flush of 500 plus Duck thanks to 3 bloody wildfowlers shooting on the Rempstone side of the bay Most of the freshwater is frozen locally so they need places like BB to feed and rest Time these bastards stopped killing birds for fun 2135
Reposted by Mick HighfieldPhil Cheeseman@bsky.social @philcheeseman.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Lodmoor and Radipole to include some path closures PLEASE come and offer your opinions 264
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Firecrest & GS Woodpecker in the garden then into trees in wooded area of Rodwell Trail nr. Wyke Road. First time for both these species in garden for at least 3 years! 040
Reposted by Mick HighfieldBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/11/2025When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna. Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up. Like if you want Mone on trial. RT if you want them both facing the music. 14594422
Reposted by Mick HighfieldBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Of course it is. Mussolini and Hitler and Franco all blamed immigrants to seize power. The same old playbook is being used. 12653231
Reposted by Mick HighfieldPaul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Of course he's lying. You can tell by the way he moves his nasty, hateful mouth. 083
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 20/10/2025You can’t bring that pile of pus into disrepute! 010
Reposted by Mick HighfieldColin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 12/10/2025 0269
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Hello Graham. I have sent an email to Becky Speight and also forwarded it to my colleagues at the RSPB South Dorset Group. Thanks for raising this issue 040
Reposted by Mick HighfieldBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Greta Thunberg “I'm not scared of Israel. I’m scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity.” Stand with Greta, stand with humanity. 6641561252
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Yes the government have got this one very, very wrong! 080
Reposted by Mick HighfieldBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/10/2025RT if you will keep using Wikipedia and not Elon Musk's AI crap. 34230158
Reposted by Mick HighfieldBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Elon Musk v Wikipedia. Like if you are choosing Wikipedia RT if you are choosing Wikipedia 1030490
Reposted by Mick HighfieldBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/10/2025This ruling is a joke. PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny. Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally. RT if you want to see her pay it all back. 53687486
Reposted by Mick HighfieldMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Israeli quadcopters shooting children. And our government continues to materially supporting Israel every day. Even as Israel rejects a two state solution, votes to fully annex the West Bank, and murders more doctors, nurses, journalists, children. And our government continues to assist it. 11388224
Reposted by Mick HighfieldJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Right-wing media fluffs Farage for years, to the point where he now leads the polls, and then start whining about Starmer being 'obsessed' when he starts telling some long overdue home truths. It's actually hilarious. 2684577970
Mick Highfield @mickhighfield.bsky.social · 01/10/2025@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social Back for more close views of the long-staying Wryneck this afternoon. West Cliffs, end of Barleycrates Lane 061
Reposted by Mick HighfieldBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 29/09/2025Incomers: the myth vs reality of refugees in the UK Britain hosts just 1% of the world’s refugees – far fewer than many nations – yet myths of handouts and 'overwhelm' still dominate debate By Jeremy Leslie-Spinks @yorkshirebylines.co.ukyorkshirebylines.co.ukIncomers: the myth vs reality of refugees in the UKBritain hosts just 1% of the world’s refugees – far fewer than many nations – yet myths of handouts and 'overwhelm' still dominate debate 16838307
Reposted by Mick HighfieldBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist." RT if Mick is right. 35961606
