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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 9h

The sabre rattling against Iran has stepped up.

Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Enjoy your Eastern Thrushes and other rare birds. I’ll enjoy my Stonechats and Chiffchaffs, here in Antrim. It’s a long Autumn for me #BirdingUK

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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

11 people murdered to get marching here and it’s reduced to both sides need to behave. We mean nothing to these people and have to pay taxes for the privilege of indifference

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

7 miles run this morning, in the pouring rain!

Running
Sep 27 @08:19
County LondonDerry Running
7.39 miles
151bpm
47:57 total time
815 calories

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Has the Orange Order considered eating shit?

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alt-DUP @duponline.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026

The Parades Commission bottled this adjudication, having been caught out literally phoning in decisions. The courts must show that procedural mistakes must not become dangerous real-world mistakes. Many lives have already been lost because the Orange Order demands supremacy above equality.

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Housing? Fucked Health care? Fucked Budgetary concerns? Fucked Sectarianism? Full throttle

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

10 miler in the bag With refreshments afterwards, of course.

Running
Sept 24 @ 08:33

County Antrim Running
10.04miles
151bpm
1:19:29
7:55/ mile
1232 total calories.

A coffee cup is on a table. There are chairs.
The cup is covered in chocolate, with the name Manns.
The lid is off the cup.
The table is outdoors

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

5 Whooper Swans flew over the lane this morning, at 10:37. Male Stonechat perched on a hedge, not always seen on the lane. At least 5 Meadow Pipits hanging around as well. #UkBirding #PatchBirding As well as butterflies still lingering.

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Great Spotted Woodpecker briefly in the garden. Landed on the telegraph pole for a minute, then off again. #BirdingUK

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I have been thinking about this all day.

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for- in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it. Ellen Goodman

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Recorded the 600th Hooded Crow on the patch. And not much else. #PatchBirding.

Grey skies and empty fields.

Hedgerows shredded.

Lifeless

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Are there any wild Turtle Doves left?

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Lifer Lapland Bunting!! #BirdingUk 2nd time lucky at Ramore Head!

A blurry photo of a Lapland Bunting. A bird is crouched in long grass.

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This would be a great week for it to happen.

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

FOY Twite at Ramore Head, Portrush today. Missed the reported Lapland Bunting. Photo of a Wheatear. 134/150 #BirdingUK

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Fed up with Merlin now. Belted Kingfisher 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ #BirdingUk

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

1200 day Ebird streak! Also, gearing up for a split of Great Egret? #birds

A screenshot of an Ebird page.
Great Egret (American)

My stats. United Kingdom
175 species
144 photos
1200 days of checklist streak
1315 complete checklists
26 species with audio

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hello! Random and pointless question: What is the bird with the most photographs uploaded to Ebird? #birds

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Did I say migration is quiet? As soon as I go back to work 4 days a week, birds are reported. Whatsapp hasn’t shut up all day. #BirdingUk

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Meanwhile, in the real world. A spell of easterlies has provided sweet fuck-all, locally. Nothing happening at all. #BirdingUK

A hedgerow has been shorn and massacred. The sky is grey. The area is devoid of birds

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Lapwing says Trans people are welcome at Parkrun. Daily Mail, get in the bin

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Out of curiosity. Has anyone got records of an American Great Egret that showed up in Ireland? Thanks. I have a vague memory of reading about one. #IrishRareBirds

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Looking forward to another birding autumn. Hoping to find sweet fuck-all. Can’t wait to see pretty much nothing #BirdingUK

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Tech Broligarch @techbroligarch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This newds to be a more popular meme/theme:

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My top 10 (12) lifer targets for Northern Ireland. #BirdingUK Will try to find a Scaup by the end of the year

103 species observed in Northern Ireland, GB, that you need for your World Life List (494 species)
Greater Scaup. 0.37% frequency
European Storm Petrel
Greater White Fronted Geese
Iceland Gull
Curlew Sandpiper
Red Billed Chough
Eurasian Woodcock
Bonaparte’s Gull
Lesser Scaup
Smew
Roseate Tern
Ruddy Duck

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I’m too tired these days to be looking for Barn Owls I will see one eventually

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Wheatear at Ramore Head this morning. Autumn is here, I guess #BirdingUK

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Asking for Bird ID on this gull. At Antrim Marina this morning, pale mantle, yellow legs. Possibly Common Gull? Thanks. #BirdingUK

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The largest freshwater lake in Europe is being poisoned

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Failed to find Spotted Redshank this morning Or anything, for that matter #BirdingUK

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Eveale @eveale.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If Bluesky really were dead, we wouldn't be able to post a link to our little black metal album and have hundreds of people repost it... eveale.bandcamp.com/album/enter-...

eveale.bandcamp.com

Enter the Woodland Realm, by Eveale

9 track album

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Monday with a new job* Nothing else for it * Old job with a better contract That title track kicks ass

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Megadeth tickets sorted. Also excited for Testament

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

One Redstart in Antrim this autumn Just one. Please. #BirdingUK

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Lifer Comma Butterfly at Portmore RSPB today And not much else 8 species of Butterfly seen at Portmore. Can we have more rain please? #BirdingUK #Birds

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

No cheating post your lock screen Osprey, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia.

An Iphone lockscreen. An Osprey is perched on a branch, looking right.

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“Grouse shooting moors” should be taxed to hell

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I CAN NOT I WILL NOT I SHALL NOT OBEY!!

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I need help with ID for this bird. Costa Rica, Arenal province, 6 June 2024. Thanks. #Birds Small, red bird perched on a fence. #BirdID

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Lough Neagh is a fucking crime scene. A crime scene. I only wish you could smell these images. The smell is overwhelming.

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Made a playlist for Dune Part 3. Hopefully it is accurate for the film.

Dune Part 3

Tyrant. Judas Priest
Messiah of Death. Rising Steel
Leper Messiah. Metallica
Invader Judas Priest.
Genocide. Judas Priest

Am I Evil. Diamond Head
Kill The King. Rainbow
No Remorse. Metallica.
Disposable Heroes. Metallica
The Evil That Men Do. Iron Maiden
Wave Of Death. Municipal Waste

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I am still thinking about this novel, 24 hours later. In short? I need therapy. I need to talk about this novel. From the night out to the final dinner is seared in my brain. Has anyone else read the book? #BookSky

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Steve Dudley @stevedudley.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

“But our study offers a second conclusion with more hope. The science around migratory birds has changed dramatically over the past two decades, and conservation can help save these incredible species – if governments act before they become endangered.” 🪶 #ornithology

theconversation.com

More than half of Earth’s migratory bird species are declining – here’s how we can still save them

A new global assessment of the world’s migratory species finds reason for alarm, but also hope – and a road map for helping them survive.

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