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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 20h

Breaking News! y-Axis Alert! With yesterday's preliminary Niño 3.4 sea-surface temperature spiking to a new record at 29.975°C, the y-axis was raised to 30.5°C. Meanwhile, the Niño 3.4 anomaly now sits at 3.33°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. Until tomorrow ...

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 17h

Dormans 2 Bearded Tit calling pallet viewpoint, M Harrier, 6 Cettis; Saltholme W 3 Ruff, 6 Blackwit, 1 Barwit, 4 Avocet; Calor Gas 2 Avocet, 10 Pinkfeet with c600 Greylag; Holme Fleet 103 Wigeon, Dunlin, M Harrier @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How can the same El Niño cause drought in one part of the world and floods in another? theconversation.com/how-can-the-...

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How can the same El Niño cause drought in one part of the world and floods in another?

The climate science behind 2026’s super El Niño.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/09/2026

Breaking News! The preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly for Sept. 29th came in at 3.18°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. This marks yet another record all-time high and the 123rd consecutive record daily high at 1.1°C above the previous daily record set in 1997.

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every glaciated region on the planet lost ice for four years in a row now. From 2023–2025 alone, glaciers lost around 1,400 gigatonnes of ice, equivalent to roughly 560 million Olympic swimming pools (the official weird measure for anything water related). Source: bit.ly/WMOStateofWa...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Here’s another way climate change will kill us: the expansion of mosquitoes and the deadly diseases they carry. In Paris, the invasive Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), an aggressive, day-biting nuisance, is now everywhere. So excited to get Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika in Paris.

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Scientists explore new ways to target mosquitoes as warming climate expands threat

It doesn't have sharp teeth or claws, but the mosquito kills more people than any other animal on earth. As the climate warms, mosquito season is lasting longer, giving them more time to spread danger...

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hartlepool Headland 1500-1645 decent seawatch - 12 L Gulls, Bonxie - nabbed auk on sea, 4 Arctic Skua, 5 Manx, GC Grebe, 3 RTD, 58 Scoter, 6 distant Swan sp S, c750 Auks N, c400 Gannet, c200 Terns S & lots more v distant @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hartlepool Headland 1730-1900 - 3 Arctic Skua, 4 RT Diver, 6 C Scoter, c80 Gannet, c150 Commic Tern all S @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

To mark the Autumn Equinox, I offer you a biscuit tin. Designed in 1958 by CF Tunnicliffe

A large rectangular biscuit tin with a decorative lid showing red squirrel perched on a tree stump in front of a vivid blue ground

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Almost 40 years ago... 😂 Blackadder: “Criminal record?” Baldrick: “Absolutely not.” Blackadder: “Oh come on Baldrick, you’re going to be an MP for God’s sake! I’ll just put fraud and sexual deviancy” (Rowan Atkinson & Tony Robinson, Blackadder the Third, 1987)

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Now there’s a fall & a half. Just imagine that selection at the coast!

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What is a Rube Goldberg machine and why is it so fascinating?

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/09/2026

Tell me again that climate change is a hoax.

Chart showing global annual temperature abnormalities between 1880 and 2024

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hartlepool Seawatch 1730-1900 gusty SW didn’t look promising, but…c300 Sandwich/Commic Terns S, 60 Gannet S, 2 RT Diver N, juv Arctic Skua on sea, handful of Auks on sea & Peregrine S over sea @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Castle Lake - Pectoral Sandpiper juv in front of hide with 12 Ruff, 6 Blackwit, C Sand, Dunlin, Greenshank & 60 Curlew. Thanks to finder @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

North Gare car park 1900 - single Whinchat & 2 Stonechat on fence line nr path to NG. Thanks @ianfouk.bsky.social for heads up. No sign of Whinchat along Zinc Rd tho v gusty. Just a single Greenshank Dormans @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Castle Lake & surrounds - SE Owl, Marsh Harrier - v poor phone pic!, GW Egret, Curlew Sand, 4 Ringed Plover, 10 Ruff, C Sand, 3 L Egret (1 c ringed Red left), W Tit, Y Wag @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

And somehow it’s time for the first page of ‘What to Look for in Autumn’. Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

“In front of the farmhouse the oats have been bound in stooks waiting to be threshed. The Wood pigeons are here together what seeds they can. A stoat is on the hunt for fieldmice”

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Cracking day at Beamish. Been meaning to visit the 1950s village for ages & we finally had a free Saturday. Fish n’chips, electrical store with a washer my mum had until the 1980s, Formica covered houses & a decent step back in time 1910 pint in the Sun Inn.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The title really says it all.

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Palustris @palustris.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Removal of nature protections is fundamental to the far-right's agenda: anything which might constrain corporate profits must go. This follows hot on heels of steps to reduce protection of wetlands and many similar measures. They'll do same here if they ever get chance. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Trump signs order to remove endangered species status for grey wolves

The US president says the move will help ranchers, but conservationists say it could derail efforts to recover populations.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

‘Honest Bob’ Jenrick says he wants to “abolish” Natural England, and at the very least stop funding it, in the first 100 days of a putative Reform government. Reform may appear to be on the rocks currently but their plans are terrifying, mad & must be stopped. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Jenrick: “Even if you can’t abolish, I don’t know, Natural England within the first 100 days, you can stop funding it, you can turn the tap off and the tap will be turned off a lot of these quangos, and that will drive savings.”

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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Dormans - 1830 - 58 Curlew, 3 Greenshank; Saltholme W - 72 Blackwit; Holme Fleet - 5 L Stint, 4 Ruff, 2 Water Rail & just 4 C Tern hanging on @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Osprey just flown over Tees Uni campus fairly low heading S @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Took dad around Burdon Moor yesterday- first time in 20 years I’ve been up there. No Whinchat & only a short walk but what superb habitat - handful of Chiffs, 300 Goldfinch, load of Hirundines S & 6 Buzzard of note.

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Always had in mind to visit Usher College in Durham, but never seemed to get round to it, until yesterday. Stunning architecture, art & quite a few classic cars too.

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Newcastle United @newcastleunited.com · 29/08/2026

"Oh Jaissle, I can boogie..." 🎶🕺

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Saltholme W - 9 Curlew Sands, 3 GW Egret, 80 Dunlin, 6 Ruff, 30 Ringed Plover; Saltholme E - 52 Blackwit, Marsh Harrier; Holme Fleet - 12 Dunlin (v poor visibility); Calor Gas - 22 Redshank @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The urge to keep all the tabs open is not a recent thing. Pictured: a 300-year-old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once, yet conveniently nearby (Palafoxiana Library, Puebla) @unmlawlibrary #globalmuseum #library #libraries #reading #history

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

New on my Boro bird list last night - Pheasant ran across the A66 at Cannon Park @teesbirds.bsky.social

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TG42Birder🇵🇸 @tg42birder.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#ukbirding No wonder Arctic Skua numbers are so low on seawatches now - climate change-driven declines of 93% since the late 1980s will do that. We are projected to lose them completely by 2050. 😮🤷‍♂️ Stop burning fossil fuels - reduce damage and buy us time. www.mpa-management.eu/wp-content/u...

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Pipistrelle out & about at 2pm this afternoon.

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My superb photography skills captured a Holly Blue in the garden this afternoon. Buzzard & Kestrel over - no photo!

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hartlepool Seawatch 1815-1930 - Corys Shearwater N (1915 - thanks to finder), 5 Arctic Skua, 5 Manxie, good nos N of Gannets, Kittiwakes & Terns inc single Roseate S. (missed Black Tern heading into Estuary) & small nos of Auks on Sea @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Dormans - juv Perg tangling with 4 Marsh Harriers & hunting L Egret, Teal, LRP & Curlew without success but brilliant to watch for 20 mins; Saltholme - adult Perg took wader, 12 Ruff, 70 Blackwit, 40 Dunlin, 25 Ringed Plover, 2 Scaup back on west pool @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Castle Lake - 3 Ruff, 2 Greenshank, 2 C Sand, 10 Snipe; Stoneybeck - Blackwit @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Dormans - 12 Greenshank, 2 GW Egret, LR Plover, 12 Blackwit; Saltholme W - 38 Blackwit, 6 Ruff, 5 Ringed Plover; Calor Gas - Green Sand, 4 Y Wag, 28 Redshank @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Saltholme West 1930 - 54 Blackwit, 4 Ruff, 12 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, 14 Avocet, 2 GW Egret; Saltholme E - 8 Spoonbill @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Jen aka Grantifa 🐸 @grantifa9.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Here’s a thought…. Let’s focus on the Colorado River drying up rather than the Reflecting Pool fiasco. The Colorado River provides water 💦 to 40 million people.

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Rapid River Flow in Mountain Landscape

ALT: Rapid River Flow in Mountain Landscape

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Castle Lake - 2 Ruff, 2 Green Sand, 3 C Sand, 4 LRP, Kingfisher. Wood Sand briefly but flushed by birder/togger walking edge of lake with dog off lead. Please stay on paths outside stone walls - v yng birds on lake still. Stoneybeck - Ruff & Wood Sand @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Dormans Pool 1800 Water Rail, 5 Greenshank, Ruff, 10 LRP; Saltholme E 3 Scaup - thanks to M Blick; Saltholme W breeding plumage Curlew Sand, 54 Blackwit, 3 Ruff; Back Saltholme 8 Spoonbill; Seaton Snook Arctic Skua, 2 Whimbrel, 4 Roseates amongst c800 Terns @teesbirds.bsky.social

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