Winterdune.bsky.social
@winterdune.bsky.social
Birder, amateur classical guitarist. He/him. Trans rights. Gay rights. Women's rights. Anti-racism. Tax the rich. Asylum seekers are not illegal.
New guidance from the eBird Team - summarising - don't use AI tools to edit your bird photos! ebird.org/news/threat-... link to original paper: rdcu.be/ftx6h #Ornithology #UKBirding 🧪🌎
From Truth to Fake: The Threat of AI to Media Archives - eBird
As AI becomes commonplace, what you see in a photograph may no longer represent reality. Learn about how this impacts eBird and what you can do to help.
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Like I suspect many Norfolk birders, today I sat on a high spot on my patch to scan for a distant Black Stork-and was overjoyed when I actually saw one! But I didn't expect it to fly towards me and drop out of the sky onto a tiny pool right next to me for few lovely mins, until a jogger flushed it!
I just added my name to ClientEarth's open letter to the new Energy Secretary standing against new drilling in the North Sea. Will you join me? act.clientearth.org/page/195975/...
Stand against North Sea oil and gas drilling: Add your name
I just signed ClientEarth's open letter asking the government to stop new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. Together, we can take a stand to protect the planet. Will you join me?
act.clientearth.org
It's a start, but as a lifelong Labour voter, unless he de-proscribes Palestine Action and bans all arms trade with Isrsel I will still be voting Green from now on. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Andy Burnham says Labour ‘didn’t get it right’ as he apologises for its stance on Gaza
Exclusive: PM-in-waiting says party must ‘do better’ in approach to Middle East and he will put more pressure on Israel
theguardian.com
"Kemi lost her head at PMQs - and afterwards too. It’s not the first time. She’s compared me to a Gestapo officer. I wonder what it is about a working class woman driving record investment in state schools by ending private schools’ tax breaks that the Tories hate so much?" Bridget Phillipson
#norfolkbirding A bit on the occurrence and identification of the Montagu’s Harrier(s) at Horsey recently. tg42lowcarbonbirding.wixsite.com/tg42/post/mo...
Montagu's and Mysteries.
Firstly, thanks to Sean and Chris for taking and sharing the photos, Sean and Andy for early and rapid discussions of the ID, and Sean and Mick for their company and their skills in the field. Montagu...
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Our government are fascists We didn't even have to wait for Farage
Revoltinghippie@revoltinghippie.bsky.social · 2mo agoWoolwich Crown Court today with over 200 pacifists being arrested for holding placards.
I've called on the UK government to step up to its legal and moral obligation to stop ALL arms sales and military support to Israel. This is a crucial step towards accountability and justice. #StopArmingIsrael www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Oxfam GB | Stop arming Israel: sign our petition now
I've called on the UK government to step up to its legal and moral obligation to stop ALL arms sales and military support to Israel. This is a crucial step towards accountability and justice. #StopArm...
oxfam.org.uk
I’m joining the campaign to Defend Our Juries - Take action here: www.defendourjuries.net
Home - Defend Our Juries
Jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience Juries put the moral intuition of ordinary people into the heart of the criminal justice system. Over the last few yea...
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Certain to be far better but for now, a few record shots of todays Great Shearwater as it passed Waxham this morning. Hell of a buzz!.. #NorfolkBirding
Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW goodlaw.social/8f6640
Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW
Palestine Action activists are in the middle of their hunger strike, and their situation is desperate. Some of them have not eaten for 46 days. They have been refused medical attention, their communic...
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Both Hume's Leaf warblers are still present on my patch today, within half a mile of each other. Since it was sunny I spent a lot of time trying to photograph them. It's amazingly difficult! I took about 1000 photos and these are a couple of the only half-decent ones. #ukbirding #norfolkbirding
Both Hume's Leaf Warbler still on the patch today. Here are some shots of the second one. Hume's is brilliant species I think - different from YBW in quite a few ways, and such a soft shade of green - I’d like to paint my lounge the same colour 😀. How many must there be here this autumn?
You wait 25 years to find your first Hume's Leaf Warbler then they're along like London buses! Found another on the patch today, on other side of village! It's possible it could be the same bird though, as it was blowing a right hoolie where yesterday's was... #ukbirding #norfolkbirding
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XC1056020 Hume's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
Calling from mixed mature hedgerow/small trees (willow, Hawthorn, bay).
xeno-canto.org
Winterdune.bsky.social@winterdune.bsky.social · 9mo agoGreat morning on patch - found a Hume's Warbler, v active and calling along a track at the edge of the village. I contacted some local birders who duly arrived, and as we were waiting for it to reappear a Dusky Warbler flew over a fence and landed at the base of the same tree! Both v hard to photo!
Great morning on patch - found a Hume's Warbler, v active and calling along a track at the edge of the village. I contacted some local birders who duly arrived, and as we were waiting for it to reappear a Dusky Warbler flew over a fence and landed at the base of the same tree! Both v hard to photo!
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/end-...
End the Prosecution of Peaceful Protestors in the UK
Police have made 2100+ arrests under terrorism laws in the UK for protesting peacefully against the banning of Palestine Action. This cannot go unchallenged. The UK’s chief prosecutors must now decide...
amnesty.org.uk
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Help save nature by rewilding the Church’s massive landholdings!
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Birders and others who have visited Ecuador please consider supporting this. The situation is very bad at the moment. #ukbirding Ecuador Indigenous Protest Solidarity Fund chuffed.org/project/ecua...
Ecuador Indigenous Protest Solidarity Fund
The state’s repression in Ecuador has reached a level of extreme violence.
chuffed.org
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STOP UK HATE FEST - email the Home Office
Over 5-6 September, Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. We’ve stopped gigs like this before, now we need to put pressure on the Home Office to block the...
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Wtf ?No word of criticism for the far right demos over the weekend ,that would interfere with Starmer’s real job of demonising foreigners .He is the most owned, dishonest & disappointing PM in recent history because he won pretending to represent change & something better 😔..
Autumn on the patch has properly begun now. New boy Chris earning his keep... #UKbirding #norfolkbirding
@birdguides.bsky.social is there a way to make the new app open my filters already applied or do I have to click the button every time?
At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating "I support Palestine. Action must be taken." My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
