Bec Jones
@jbfarthing.bsky.social
Seabird ecologist and conservationist. Biophile worried about climate change and biodiversity loss. Migrant. Views my own.
Excellent and necessary (if scary) new report from MCCIP on how #ClimateChange is impacting plankton in UK waters. Unfortunate implications for #Seabirds and marine ecosystems as a whole. www.mccip.org.uk/plankton
Plankton | Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership
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“Why is climate action so difficult?” Mainly because the people who benefit most from not acting just made $93 billion, about $700,000 per minute, in three months. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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"Grocers are already bringing in more products from abroad because of the poor conditions at home" But the time is coming - soon - when countries will hold onto their own And the UK imports getting on for half its food www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farmers warn shoppers face smaller and more expensive vegetables due to hot weather
This year's harvest could be the worst on record due to the exceptionally dry spring and summer.
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Would like some Actual Good News about the environment ?
Joy as Irish bird feared gone forever returns to Cork
Return of the corncrake gives hope for other native species
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Sooty tern on Coquet Island and Bridled Tern on Inner Farne! Quite a fun discussion as we tried to work out if we'd mis-ID'd or the Farnes had, only for them to get eyes back on theirs while we were looking at ours! #BirdingNE
This would be rare here - a sign of the depth of the drought. Rabbits normally have no need to drink water - they are surrounded by pastures & hedgerows filled with green grass & juicy vegetation. Now the fields are scorched brown and dry - birds & animals & insects face dehydration. #Droughts
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate war zone, writes @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social - Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
theguardian.com
Genius
Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 2d agoRay Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...
Last year I posted the photo on the left, showing how our Banter See terns are perhaps not so scared of the neighbour's scarecrow. This year I can add the photo on the right, showing how the scarecrows have lots of company. Bird shit all around showing how well everyone is fed. It's a good season. ❤️
Our film An Irish Atlantic Rainforest is going down a total bomb with anyone who sees it. It's sold out for a 3rd night running at Bantry Cinemax, and is being brought back to the Irish Film Institute in Dublin for another week from Friday due to popular demand!!! 🥳 🎉 🪅 🎊 vimeo.com/1211649058/7...
An Irish Atlantic Rainforest Trailer_ProRes
When a Dublin sculptor trades city life for 73 acres of ecologically ravaged land on Ireland's wild Atlantic coast, he discovers that the most radical act of conservation is simply learning to do noth...
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Across the UK as a whole, the BBS coverage for 2026 is looking fantastic! If things carry on the way they are, we may break the record that was set last year. Thank you so much to all BBS volunteers, especially if you have entered your data already! @btobirds.bsky.social JNCC
I think this is the least of our worries right now
New Scientist@newscientist.com · yesterdayFrom tides to eclipses, the slow departure of our moon will affect life on Earth, say our correspondents
One of the most fascinating facts about the ocean, is that there are whales alive today who were born before Moby Dick was written. Some of the bowhead whales in the icy waters off of Alaska today are over 200 years old. Original post
The fabulous sooty tern on the wonderful Coquet Island this evening. Not what I was expecting to be watching, or where I was expecting to be after work today! #nebirding #RareBirdsUK
July was driest month in southern England since records began: England and Wales provisionally record driest July in nearly 200 years, Met Office says July 2026 was the driest month in southern England since records began nearly 200 years ago, the Met Office has said. England and Wales al...
July was driest month in southern England since records began
July was driest month in southern England since records began: England and Wales provisionally record driest July in nearly 200 years, Met Office says July 2026 was the driest month in southern England since records began nearly 200 years ago, the Met Office has said. England and Wales al...
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NatureScot are not issuing a licence for a Guga (Gannet chick) hunt in 2026 #Seabirds www.nature.scot/latest-guga-...
Latest guga hunt statement
NatureScot's latest guga hunt statement, updated on 3 August 2026.
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Rewilding is the best defence against wildfires (and why the Telegraph is unsurprisingly wrong): spectator.com/article/rewi...
Rewilding is the best defence against wildfires
Rewilding is not the cause of Britain's worsening upland wildfires. Increasingly, it looks like one of the most promising solutions.
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“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones, with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you’re the one filming it.”
The #HighSeasTreaty is now law, offering a historic chance to protect half the planet. Authors argue that science must lead its implementation, with strong, well-designed #MPAs at the heart of meaningful ocean protection.
A Landmark 'High Seas Treaty' Has Arrived. Here's Why It's a Big Deal.
The United Nations Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement (BBNJA) – nicknamed the 'High Seas Treaty' – comes into force on January 17, a massive milestone in efforts to conserve marine li...
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Job opportunity: Irish Bird Atlas Project Manager BirdWatch Ireland is seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to lead organisation of the upcoming Bird Atlas 2027-31 across the Republic of Ireland. Closing date 11th Sept. Find out more: birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved...
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We've been listening to climate delayers and minimisers for a long time, and the challenge keeps magnifying as a result Maybe it's time to start listening to those advocating urgent, transformative action
Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d ago"By now, limiting warming to ~1.7C requires the same transformational change that limiting warming to 1.5C would have required in 2018-2020"
Solar power toppling yet more records. You can focus on how this will deliver significant and well-understood challenges for the grid or you can recognise how cheap and clean power is becoming increasingly abundant in predictable and manageable ways. www.businessgreen.com/news/4533778...
'A major player': Solar generated record 14.4 per cent of Great Britain's electricity in July
UK 'firmly in its second solar boom' as all-time monthly generation record tumbles yet again, NESO figures confirm
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On our latest show (#1,101 Aug. 2): Twin Sisters from Gaza explain how watching birds helps them cope with conditions there. Plus, meet the amazing Sword-billed Hummingbird. Hear it here: Talkinbirds.com/archive #birds
Reposting this colour-ringed Sandwich Tern white J.L7 from St Mary's Island, Northumberland, on 16 July in the hope someone can find out when and where it was ringed, please! #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @birdingclimate.bsky.social
#SuperSeabirdSunday Roseate Tern, 2026 has been a record year on the Northumberland coast with 156 pairs. Highest total since 1970s. @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds. Here is my contribution, thousands of Gannet’s off the Bass Rock. A remarkable sight. #SuperSeabirdSunday
An urban Lesser Black-backed Gull reflected in the window of a flat in a Glasgow housing estate, for #SuperSeabirdSunday
I'm screaming inside reading this. The implications are beyond comprehension.
Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 5d agoBordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
