The Northern Bottle-nosed Whales off East Cliffs this morning: youtu.be/bw2dzcI1IUE?...

Northern Bottle-nosed Whales, Portland Bill, 2nd September 2026

YouTube video by Martin Cade

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Have this terrible video of me trying to film a humming bird hawk moth on the buddleia iny garden

Future Islands look like a super group made of Jeff Goldblum, Ricky Gervais, @sjpemberton.bsky.social and @mikewozniak.bsky.social

A pleasure to have contributed some science and graphics to The Wonder of Birds at the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk; inspired by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social’s words and Jackie Morris’s art, curated by Antonia Harrison. Free admission, through 3 January 2027.

Here‘s the real story from @nafeez.bsky.social The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...

The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday

The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network

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Annual reminder that the Community Shield used to be called the Charity Shield, but so little money actually went to charity that the government told them to either start making serious contributions or change the name. So they changed the name.

You don't see the comb over that often in football these days. #Donnarumma #communityshield

To the surprise of no one, one of those "protect women and children from foreign invaders" ghouls turns out to be a sex offender.

Sarah Owen MP@sarahowen.org.uk · 2mo ago

Ben Cullen, a leading figure of the "Raise the Colours" campaign, will stand trial for three separate charges regarding a total of 78 indecent images of children. I have only seen this covered in local newspapers, so far. Grim as it is, it needs wider coverage www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2624087...

Serena is 44! #wimbledon

But 1976 was fine...

Annie Leymarie@annieleymarie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"The London ambulance service said it had recorded the highest number of life-threatening emergencies in its history in a single day, driven by the extreme heat. The NHS was already under enormous pressure owing to rising demand, workforce shortages, an ageing estate. Those challenges intensified."

Jesus Christ, the 1976ers have to be the most insufferable bunch of people. Making this heat wave even harder to endure. #climatechange #ukheatwave

Apart from anything else, it's the unionists rioting, the last thing they want is to be Irish.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Kilmeade to an agreeing Markwayne Mullin: "In Belfast they're standing up because their leaders have let them down. They're trying to take their country back. They want to label them as racist. All they want to be is Irish. They want Ireland back. I see a lot of the same fights here."

“The truth is that the global far right have spent the past few years using a billionaire-owned social media platform to deliberately whip up racist violence on Britain’s streets and now they are finally starting to succeed.” @adambienkov.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/t...

Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage and the ‘Pure Cold Rage’ Used to Trigger a Racist Pogrom in Belfast

Mainstream politicians have stood by as the global far-right campaigns for anti-migrant violence on our streets. Now we're suffering the consequences, argues Adam Bienkov

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Scarcely into June, and already more or less completed this year's tit field season in Wytham, marked with the now traditional group photo. Great teamwork once again led by @mcmahok.bsky.social with excellent support from @ellafcole.bsky.social & Sam Croft. Will update with some data summaries soon!

This week has been one of the warmest on record in Oxford. This heatwave has also been recorded by the thermologgers we have in @wythamwoods.bsky.social. The period between 23rd and 28th May has been ~8°C (+2.6 SDs) warmer in 2026 than the same period between 2023 and 2025.

Not much in the moth trap last night. First outing this year. Did get my first Lime hawk moth and the invasive Australian orange tip (also a first for the garden).

Reform won 2 seats in my district 😭. Shocking turnout 40%. Yes everyone moaning about the state of town on local Facebook groups.

Happy 100th Birthday Sir David! Short clip from a film with Sir David Attenborough featuring @ellafcole.bsky.social explaining research in @wythamwoods.bsky.social into how Great Tits adjust behaviour during incubation to fine-tune hatching date: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGjL...

How Do Birds Incubate Their Eggs? | Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs | BBC Earth

YouTube video by BBC Earth

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Edward Grey Institute@egioxford.bsky.social · 4mo ago

On the occasion of his 100th Birthday - many happy returns Sir David! - we remember fondly the time Sir David Attenborough came to do some filming of Great Tits in Wytham Woods (and with clip of the resultant film here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGjL...) wythamtits.com/the-day-sir-...

Happy 100th Birthday to David Attenborough. They say never meet your heroes. He was as awesome as you'd imagine. Made everyone feel special the day he came to Wytham Woods to film the birds and their eggs.

Also to hell with audible and Spotify for audiobooks, get the British library app, Libby. Loads of stuff there to listen to

Mark Alice@alicemark.bsky.social · last yr.

Lesser white throat singing in my back garden this morning. A first. Lots of them about so far.

Planning a nestbox temperature manipulation experiment in birds? We’ve just published a preprint that may be useful! 🪺🪶 We review 46 studies and also share our own blue tit pilot experiment from Wytham Woods, highlighting some very real practical challenges doi.org/10.32942/X25387

We’d really love it if you came! It’s an incredible program but we struggle to advertise for reasons. So if you’re interested in saving the planet please join us! www.nhm.ac.uk/events/gener...

St.Marks flies out in their thousands today, never seen so many.

First sight of a new generation... The first Great Tit eggs have hatched in Wytham Woods this morning.

bUt wHy sHOulD we dO nEt zERo wHeN INdIa aNd CHiNa dONT

Peter Head@peterheadcbe.bsky.social · 5mo ago

With 150GW solar, India achieved its target of having 50% of its total installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources in June 2025, reaching this milestone 5 years ahead of its original 2030 deadline set under the Paris Agreement www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/10/i...

Couple of woodland inhabitants spotted while checking nest boxes yesterday. A shiny pill millipede and a common Morel. Have never seen a morel in the woods before.

The bluebells are peaking in Wytham Woods already. About 15-20 days earlier than normal.

1/🧵My first preprint!🐛🌡️ We examine how environmental effects experienced during one life-history stage persist and modulate environmental responses in later life-history stages. With Lea Beaupere, @sheldonbirds.bsky.social, @rona-learmonth.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Yes, David!! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘We didn’t want to be preachy’: David Attenborough’s unexpected new show – which might enrage cat lovers

The great naturalist, who is about to turn 100, is still surprised by wildlife in his new series about British gardens. But not every pet owner will be happy with his top tips

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