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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 06/10/2026

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! For the first time in recorded history, the Niño 3.4 sea-surface temperature (SST) is above 30.0°C, reaching a preliminary SST of 30.06°C on October 5th. The Niño 3.4 SST anomaly is now 3.41°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. Everything is not fine.

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Another skein of 100 5 mins later also S

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Great sighting Steely. Was at Castle Lake today & got wondering, as we all do, what would be today’s good bird find? Plumped for crane, sadly didn’t come to pass & not much else there tbh - v quiet.

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The first eight days of October will be the hottest on record across much of California, according to NWS forecast data. October can certainly get hot along the CA coast, but this heat wave is unusual because it is widespread. There aren't strong Santa Ana or Diablo winds only heating up coast.

Forecast average mean temperature from Oct. 1-8, 2026. Generally 5-15 degrees above normal across CA.

Forecast average mean temperature ranking from Oct. 1-8, 2026. Generally top-5 warmest start to October on record for most of CA.

Forecast average mean temperature percentile from Oct. 1-8, 2026 across California. Generally 95th percentile or above.

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One got drowned & nabbed by a Bonxie at Hartlepool last week 😔

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TG42Birder🇵🇸 @tg42birder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Marsh Tit is going the way of Willow Tit. With very little mention. #ukbirding 🤔

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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Castle Lake & surrounds - 5 BT Godwit feeding in new sown field - not seen that behaviour before - wonder because so dry?, 120 Curlew, 90 Lapwing, Pintail at CL, 45 Wigeon, 2 Chiffs, 6 Grey Wag - v quiet & desperate need of rain. Fascinating info board in Bish Mid cemetery @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 04/10/2026

The final results are in and 2026 came in 2nd place behind 2023 for the total number of days with global surface temperature above 16.0°C. 2023: 128 days 2026: 126 days Don't fret. There's always next year ...

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 02/10/2026

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 · 02/10/2026

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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Fred Milton @sedgefred.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Eye browned thrush tmrw? Suit you sir!

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

Love it - the best Xmas present I think I’ve ever had was my red Raleigh Grifter bike in 1979. Despite its weight I cycled miles, took it scrambling, used it for my paper round & gave ‘backers’ to & from school.

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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 · 27/09/2026

They’re superb wee birds Tom. Was waiting for a bus last week & entertained by a flock that worked the trees around the stop, with a single Chiff. Sadly my waiting fellow commuters all oblivious to it all.

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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 · 14/09/2026

100% agree! I used to CBC a Gateshead farm - always 10-12 pairs of swallows to 2010. Farmer now reports none. Similarly huge falls of autumn migrants relatively regular, memorably 1000s of Goldcrests in South Shields & 100s of redstarts in streets of Hartlepool early 90s. When were last big falls?

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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

Brilliant image Andy. Not on my CL list!

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

No, shame, but was a cracking pint, they do tasty pork pies (sampled of course) & not bad prices given it was Beamish. Chippy decent too - £9 for fish supper in beef dripping.

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

Bad news Steely - can’t be rain this year, so declining fish stocks? Would it have been too hot for them?

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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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