A 3 day trip to Norfolk with Ali started well with good views of the 2 Spotted Crakes at Titchwell @rspbtitchwellsnett.bsky.social @norfolkbirding.bsky.social

Another good moth trap sesh in Cornwall. Convolvulus Hawk, 7 Striped Hawks, a real surprise Portland ribbon wave, Grass Eggar, Vestal Scarce Bordered Straw & Bordered Straw 57 sp/280 moths. Then a call from mate down the road for a Blair’s Mocha! #moths @mandymyers007.bsky.social

The @dailymail.co.uk as ever, misinformed, misguided, fact-free, clueless and shameless.

Guy Shrubsole@guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The grouse moor lobby is out in force today, blaming ‘rewilding’ for wildfires and demanding government lift restrictions on… burning moorland! They want to burn heather because it increases grouse numbers. You don’t fight fire with fire. You fight it with water! www.dailymail.com/news/article...

Fantastic set of moths out of our ‘holiday’ trap down in Cornwall, this morning! Stunning (2) Striped Hawks were new for us, also Lackey, Scarce bordered Straw, Ni Moth, White Speck, Mullein Wave, Olive Tree Pearl, Dark Swordgrass & Marbled Green. #moths #Cornwall @mandymyers007.bsky.social

Great to see @norfolkbirding.bsky.social this weekend and @tg42birder.bsky.social today on his patch. The Black-winged Kite performed this afternoon, much better in flight! Eventually settled but distantly. Hobby was nice and then we did your Little Tern colony! Superb and so many! #Norfolkbirds

Couple of great moths and one a nice surprise this weekend from our garden moth trap in Harpley! Plus good to track down several Sundew Plumes locally. #moths #norfolk @mandymyers007.bsky.social

Amazing looking Eared Leafhopper (Ledra aurita) came to light last night. @norfolknats.bsky.social

Recent moths….microtastic ♥️ #moths

We like to encourage accelerated recycling! #toxic #waste

This little Cosmopterix scribaiella (Reed Beauty) was a nice surprise in my garden moth trap on Tuesday night. They’re spreading but not many record in Norfolk yet. There are no reed beds in my little garden so presumably it wandered here from somewhere else. #NorfolkMoths #TeamMoth

Can we finally all agree that the argument “we should run the country like a business, and therefore elect businessmen to run it” has been a failed experiment?

Icterine Warbler trapped at the Bird Obs this morning. @birdguides.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social Photo’s by George Gregory and Kev Wilson.

Farage is now on a losing streak. He keeps losing by-elections, his party’s vote share peaked last year and is on a downward trajectory. Most deliciously of all, his vote is fracturing thanks to Restore - which wouldn’t exist if Farage’s ego had let Lowe stay www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A losing streak? Makerfield shows mounting dangers for Nigel Farage

From Restore and tactical voting to questions over that £5m gift, the Reform leader faces challenges on several fronts

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Some nice moths this weekend & I do love micros. But these two cracking macros stole the show! Great find yesterday by @mandymyers007.bsky.social the Scarlet Tiger & this Lilac Beauty out of the garden trap was new a moth for us. #moths #norfolk

The referee and VAR are awful. A definite penalty for Egypt (anywhere else on the pitch that’s a foul!) followed by a free kick for barely any contact on Doku!? #Belgium #Egypt

A really quite incredible 24 hours on the Severnside patch! Avon's first record of Great Shearwater followed Thursday's scarce Pomarine Skua sighting. Then our first ever June record of Leach's Petrel (left) turned up alongside six-plus Euro Stormies. Pics: @severnsidebirds.bsky.social #ukbirding

A few pics from a recent visit up to the Scottish Highlands. Plus spectacular views of a 2 close Golden Eagles during a 20km hike…no camera! 😀

I’m going to enjoy watching the FIFA Club World Cup on TV, but the whole economic model and pricing is a disgrace, is FIFA still as corrupt as ever!? $1000 a game ticket prices??! Plus official FIFA resale of tickets & taking a cut?! Shame on you. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #FIFACWC

Why the economics make this the craziest World Cup ever

From trade wars to soaring ticket prices, the 2026 World Cup is unlike any before it. Faisal Islam explores what this tournament reveals about our changing global economy.

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A grand day in northwest Norfolk, with a good movement of passerines along Hunstanton cliffs followed by Great Grey Shrike in the nearby dunes and a fine display of Bog Beacon and my first ever Red-headed Pine Sawfly (a female) in the woods at Dersingham

Central India trip report is now up and online www.oriolebirding.com/wp-content/u... @oriolebirding.bsky.social

Mike Warburton wins today's Photo of the Week for his outstanding Eurasian Goshawk portrait:

Photo of the Week: 23 February-1 March 2026

Mike Warburton wins this Monday's award for his outstanding Eurasian Goshawk portrait.

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So all I’ve heard is 6 US serviceman have died on mainstream media. Whatever your opinions on the war, the tragic deaths of school children & teachers in Iran should be equally portrayed. @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social @nbcnews.com @nbcnews.com

News Eye@newseye.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Extraordinary crowds as a mass funeral procession begins in Minab, Iran for the 165 school girls & teachers killed in the US/Israeli school strike on Saturday. Many outcomes of this war are uncertain. But a renewed generation of hatred towards the West is now baked in. (🎥 Alireza Akbari)

Little Owl ‘singing’ from our garden this evening. Reminiscent of Scops Owl #ukbirding #cheshirebirding

It was good watching the local Pink-feet earlier this week and not too difficult to find some nice Tundra Beans amongst them, especially when there was a total of 18 amongst them! Also 3 Russian White-fronted Geese with this group.

Some decent weather at last! Good to see my local Goshawk population is doing very well, managed at least 3 different males this morning, possibly four! @danmartinwildlife.bsky.social

A good long walk yesterday down Blakeney Point with @mandymyers007.bsky.social proved worthwhile with a Merlin, Great N Diver and this beefcake Glaucous Gull on the end, which unfortunately got flushed before I could get some better pics, real chunky one with a colossal bill.

William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them. They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear. While helping to consign us all to catastrophe. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn

States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

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We have had multiple Yellow Weather Warnings and one Amber Weather warning for snow this winter covering our Peak District village. Snow depth peaked at about 7 cm with nothing on the last Yellow. Meanwhile images of yesteryear below... #ShiftingBaselines #ClimateChange

We're delighted to be welcoming 10 new BTO Youth Reps! 😀 Read all about their passion for nature and connect with your local rep at www.bto.org/our-work...

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️