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Peter Driver

@peterdriver.bsky.social
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Artist. Birder. Fenman living in West Berkshire #BerksBirds. @BerksBirdClub. #lowcarbonbirding. See my stuff here: linktr.ee/peterdriverstudio

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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It's not an entry for a photographic competition but I saw my first Osprey in Berkshire this afternoon, at Moor Green Lakes. They have evaded me for a long time! I'm glad to finally get it off my County-bogey list (which is still quite long). #berksbirds
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
To one of my local gravel pits yesterday to see a young Pectoral Sandpiper and Little Stint. Both County firsts for me, bringing my Berkshire life list to 205. Now on 175 for this year. Not too bad for a non-twitcher. I should add several more on the Scilly Isles next month! #berksbirds
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A plump juvenile female Marsh Tit joining the Monks Wood population. That's what we like to see. Colour-ringed, biometrics and GIS registered for the long-term study. #ornithology
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
On 13th October 2022 a juvenile bar-tailed godwit flew from Alaska to Tasmania without stopping – the longest nonstop flight by any animal. It took 11 days at an average speed of 51 kph. Supplementary fun fact: New Zealanders celebrate the return of bar-tailed godwits by ringing cathedral bells.
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A juvenile Long-tailed Skua, on its 1st journey from the Arctic tundra to winter in the South Atlantic, stopped-off in Berkshire this Bank holiday weekend. A lifer for me and 203rd Berkshire species. I was with Andy Merrick when he took this photo. See the diagnostic undertail barring. #berksbirds
Image of a Long-tailed Skua in flight against a clear blue sky. Viewed from below, it appears mainly chocolate brown with long pointed wings. There is a small pale patch in the underwing at the base of the primary feathers. The central tail feathers appear rounded and extend beyond the rest of the tail.
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Please sponsor me as I join in the Reading Legal Walk, raising funds for leading advice charities in Reading. Funds go to charities including Age Concern, Launchpad, Citizens Advice and Refugee Support Group. I'm in the RSG team. londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/refugee-s... #refugeeswelcome
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Reading Legal Walk 2026
Thank you for supporting our team for the Reading Legal Walk 2026. Our team is: Ellie Moore, Najwa Al Abdallah, Taitum Caggiano, Francis O'Neill, Doon and Peter Driver. At Refugee Support Group, our C
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
My friend John Froy took me to see the Long-tailed Shrike in Gloucestershire. I wouldn't normally go to another County to see a rare bird found by someone else but I'm rather glad i connected with this smart central Asian vagrant. The third UK record. It's been here over a month now so no crowds...
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Marc Hunt @somersetbirder.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Male Redstart on the Mendip Hills, Somerset, yesterday 😍
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Amy R. @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 23/07/2026
#DataVis using QGIS in this case helps highlight outliers and errors/typos easily missed in spreadsheets and by thresholds based on counts & dates. Once visualised/mapped, these can be followed up. All of these records have the same site name - notice anything about the grid refs? #Ecology
Screenshot from QGIS of bird data where each data point is a square. The square is an OS grid reference like SU50 or more detailed. Many of the record are concentrated in one area, Titchfield Haven. Other data points are away from this location, for example one square is miles away in the New Forest and has a blue arrow pointing to it. All of the data points have been given the same location name and so should have the same or more detailed grid reference. SU50 is a 10km square which covers a huge area. The other squares are much smaller.
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Marburymoths @marburybirds.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I am so moved by the Ravens: their obvious affection for one another, how they raise a family, how they just soar & tumble having fun. I am biased but I can’t think of another species of bird so complex & interesting! Listen to their little chortles this morning How can you not love them! 😁
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I was pleased to see this exciting project taking shape on the Kennet floodplain in Hungerford. Nature restoration. wetland creation and public education. Project by the venerable Town & Manor of Hungerford, in partnership with ARK @riverkennet.bsky.social #naturerecovery #conservation
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I'll be on the stand most of the day. If you're around, come and have a chat about birds. #berksbirds
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nffn.bsky.social @nffn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Are you at the Great Yorkshire Show this week? Come and have a chat about all things nature-friendly farming! 🐑 Find us at Stand 260 near the sheep pens and judging rings.
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
On a 21% turnout, Reform hold by five (5) votes. An 11.2% increase in Labour's vote, didn't quite persuade enough people to fmtrun out, or enough Greens or Lib Dems to vote tactically. But the 4.9% decline in support for Reform UK Ltd is at least a consolation.
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
In deepest, hottest, Berkshire watching Kestrels and Whitethroats with young gasping, in the third heatwave of this record-breaking summer. Yet more evidence of the accelerating #climatecrisis, which is demonstrably caused by human activity. We must act, individually and collectively. #berksbirds
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I've never seen Dotterels on their British breeding grounds. Looks like I probably never will. www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
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UK could be set to lose Dotterel to climate change
We look at the worrying results of the latest national Dotterel survey. Discover how climate change appears to be a cause of decline.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is a brilliant essay, which, in my view, accurately describes the predicament of the post-Boomer generations, and the vast infrastructure of lies designed to disguise it. "Degeneracy is a symptom. The disease is rent." 🧵 henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/degeneracy...
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Degeneracy is a Symptom
On Conspicuous Despair, the Ponzi stage of being alive, and why your grandparents are wrong about you.
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Adult Grey Partridge with eight young scurried out of a wheatfield and across the farmyard outside my studio window. First I've seen here this year. #berksbirds
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Chris Foster @chrisfoster.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Shaping up to be the most extraordinary run of warm months as recorded on the @unirdg-met.bsky.social field station.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Two MPs have been murderered in the last 10 years but Nigel Farage claims AGAIN to be the most attacked politician in modern times
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Very strong “fraudulent timeshare salesman who pocketed millions tracked down in his Costa Del Sol hideaway by Roger Cook” vibes here
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PINO FOTUS @pino-fotus.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Make EVERY Vote Count
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
WE HAVE AVOCET NEWS!!! An Avocet spotted at RSPB Middleton Lakes has been confirmed as the oldest ever recorded in the UK. At 36 years old, it's lived more than five times longer than the species' average lifespan. First ringed in 1990, it's still out there doing Avocet things. Go on Avocet. 😍
An Avocet strides across the edge of a wetland, one leg lifted mid-step as if caught in an elegant strut. Its striking black-and-white plumage and long upturned bill stand out against a softly blurred backdrop of green reeds.
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I'll be pleased if the Mexico game is brought forward to earlier on Sunday. I get that there's some excitement about the football but I wasn't going to lose sleep to watch. The last time I went to a professional match Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, Pat Jennings and Alan Gilzean were on the pitch.
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I’m not saying the debate in the U.K. has moved to the right, but Ed Miliband is basically seen as Pol Pot for aiming for a climate target first agreed to by…I think Theresa May’s government? Definitely Johnson’s. And this chat is going on during the middle of a record-breaking heatwave
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I'm at the end of three days in East Anglia visiting an old birding friend from our schooldays (we didn't call it birding in the Seventies). 97 species including Spotshank, Cattle Egret, Crane, Spoonbill and Hobby. We visited Fen Drayton Lakes, Welney WWT and Snettisham RSPB. #ukbirding
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This is great. He's getting absolutely hammered on this and every answer he invents is worse than the one which preceded it
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Well, it turns out all those Russian bots don't get a vote.
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Andy Burnham is now MP for an important constituency of Willow Tits! Key areas of Amberswood Common and the Flashes of Wigan & Leigh NNR are in Makerfield, where our study was based. There's dozens of Willow Tit territories there, and likely hundreds in the wider area. doi.org/10.1080/0006...
Willow Tit territories (and dots showing nests) in an area of Makerfield, Wigan.Willow Tit by Philip Schofield
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The Major Oak has stood at the heart of Sherwood Forest for over a thousand years. This spring, it failed to come into leaf and experts now believe it has died. But its story isn’t over. Its ancient trunk & branches will continue to support life for years to come: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
My first Hobby in the parish this year puts me on 84 species in this landlocked County parish with only a small brook and a couple of small ponds, mixed arable land and forestry. Best specialties include Nightjar, Woodcock, Lapwing. Still looking for a SpotFly for my parish year-list. #berksbirds
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Really important that this story gets out there. Classic Kremlin disinfomation and smear campaign and lots of people even on this site fell for it. inews.co.uk/news/starmer...
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Starmer was targeted by sex worker conspiracy straight from Putin's playbook
It was a conspiracy shared by a handful of social media accounts and ultimately ended up in Russian state media
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Sign the open letter seeking an inquiry into Russian Interference in our politics and public discourse. I am fed up of Russian bots and hacked accounts spreading division and disinformation to destabilise society. secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/193695/...
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Russia set Britain on fire. Demand an inquiry.
The men who tried to set fire to Kier Starmer’s house were taking orders from Russia. Our research shows this was not an isolated plot. It was part of a wider Russian operation on British soil. Add yo...
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Claire Leach @claireleach.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A recently finished woodland inspired drawing.
Black and white ink and brush drawing of a landcape.
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Claire Leach @claireleach.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Available in my shop now if anybody’s interested. claireleach.com/shop
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
It's World Swift Day! ❤️ Swifts raise their chicks high in eaves or nestboxes, returning to the same site year after year. When the young fledge, they launch into open air... & just keep going! They’ll remain airborne for the next two or three years, until it’s time to breed themselves.
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
It's seven years today. I think of her every day and often think she would have something incisive to say about whatever noise is going on in the world. #bekind #bemorealice
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
We are a brand new start-up, funded by our members, & this one story underscores how woefully under scrutinised our political class are. Please consider being part of changing that. Thank you! 🙏 www.thenerve.news/membership
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membership | The Nerve
Fearless, independent journalism on culture, politics and tech
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
We saw the Unthanks at Reading Concert Hall last night. They didn't play this one but they were still exquisite. Seeing them perform Starless at Greenbelt Festival a few years back remains one of my all-time magic moments. youtube.com/watch?v=MTEq...
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The Unthanks Starless
YouTube video by PavilionTheatreDL
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I was so pleased to see this Whiskered Tern on its brief visit to Berkshire this week. Found by Andy Merrick. This photo by Dave Rimes really shows it in all its glory. My 202nd Berkshire bird and what a cracker! #berksbirds
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/05/2026
Immigration make Britain brilliant
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
In the run up to the 10th anniversary of Brexit I think we need to remember what was promised by the Brexiters and what threats they made about what would happen if we didn't leave. Here's Farage 10 years ago this month. www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-p...
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Migration anger 'could lead to violence'
UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who is campaigning to leave the EU, has suggested that anger over migration could lead to violence on the streets.
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
One for the #birdinggear folks: I have a Leica Trima tripod on which the plastic shims have shattered on two of the legs, meaning they easily fall off, when unclipped. @leicacamera.bsky.social no longer support this model. Any suggestions on how to remedy?
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The Red-headed Cardinal Beetle is a smart little critter.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"A conventional data center—... cloud storage... —draws as much electricity as 10,000 to 25,000 households, according to the International Energy Agency. But a newer, AI-focused 'hyperscale' data center can use as much power as 100,000 homes or more." www.lincolninst.edu/publications...
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Data Drain: The Land and Water Impacts of the AI Boom - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Communities across the US are wooing data centers with tax breaks and other incentives. But data centers are resource-ravenous, creating demands for land, water, and power that many host communities a...
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Took the plunge and bought a PhoneSkope Lollipop from @cleyspy ready for when I change phones and join @ecotalk next week. First used it this evening at Main Pit and got these record shots of a Black-winged Stilt some 500m away. It was very easy to use/fit onto my Opticron scope. #birdinggear.
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
On my way back to the studio to carry on refining this LTT woodcut, I stopped off for this Wood Sandpiper and Whimbrel, bringing my 2026 list to 151 (113 in Berkshire, 78 in my home village) #berksbirds #lowcarbonbirding
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
A 3 hour sea-watch at North Foreland this morning produced Black-throated Diver, 18 Common Scoter, Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2auk sp, lots of Gannets, Wheatear and hirundines. All in the company of very experienced local birders. #kentbirding
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Peter Driver @peterdriver.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
One of the two PurpleSands among the Turnstones at North Foreland this morning, thanks to @eastkentbirder.bsky.social for finding them. I risked my neck leaning over the railings but worth it for a year-tick. Several passing Gannets, Med Gulls and hirundines. A pleasant couple of hours. #kentbirding
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