Sarah Dalrymple

@sarahdalgulls.bsky.social

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Seabirder and gull fan in north-east England. RSPB Species Lead for Herring Gull, but my posts here are entirely my own

I'm a bit more active at @[email protected] on mastodon

https://sarahdal.github.io/

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Please, please take a minute to read this. It got around on The Bad Place - but we'll need to do some outreach/education here on Faked and Cruel "nature" photos. www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...

You didn't know that you needed a picture of a tiny frog riding a giant beetle, but now you do.

When whimsical wildlife photography isn't what it seemswww.pbs.org This photo looks cute, but it reveals the cloudy intersection of wildlife photography, animal welfare issues and photojournalism integrity.

I did my powerboat 2 training yesterday, me, two other trainees and the instructor in and about Hartlepool docks learning how to drive a RIB. An unexpected delight was that they (offshore workers) asked me about birds when I told them what I do..

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Terns are gathering in Liverpool Bay, so a team of watchers are busy reading colour-rings and flags before the birds head south. More, along with news of scarce visitors to #NorthWales this week, in the Daily Post Bird Notes. 📷 Mel Hughes #UKBirding www.birdnotes.wales/blog/terns-a...

Terns assemble!www.birdnotes.wales Europe’s migratory seabirds are gathering as the breeding season ends, before heading to Africa. I was moments too late to see a Little Tern in the Conwy estuary on Sunday morning, a scarce visitor...

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honestly, beautiful

Right, so this is the story of the old mate I was out with last night, didn't happen to me, but too good not to repeat. Will probably only work for the Brit adjacent.

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This is astounding. Over about 10 years the use of the livestock drug diclofenac wiped out nearly 50 million vultures. The result was spread of disease among humans causing an estimated half a million deaths. Just tragic all around. www.science.org/content/arti...

Loss of India’s vultures may have led to deaths of half a million peoplewww.science.org Find could offer lessons for conserving key species in other places

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Hey wanna see something not terrible? One of the Moth Appreciators brought a rosy maple moth stuffed animal for good luck, then we found a rosy maple moth. Gathering around the moth on a stick is a nice & wholesome activity. Sometimes things are good.

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The Berlin U Bahn is leaving twitter due to increasing hate content there.

'„Das kommunikative Umfeld hier passt nicht mehr zu unseren Werten im #TeamBVG“, heißt es zur Begründung auf dem Account @BVG_Unternehmen.' Selbst die BVG flüchtet. @fraukulli.bsky.social www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/hass-...

Hass und Hetze – BVG verkündet „Endstation“: Die Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe verlassen Twitter-Nachfolger Xwww.tagesspiegel.de „Nach 13 Jahren endet unsere Zeit heute auf X“: Die BVG hat am Montag all ihre Accounts beim Kurznachrichtendienst X deaktiviert. Der Grund: Hass, Hetze, Populismus und unkontrollierte Hatespeech.

Very lucky to be able to help out with some surveying on Ailsa Craig this week - I've written a bit and put some pics here, warning - not many bird photos! sarahdal.github.io/uav/2024/07/...

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Wild Cheviot goats put on rare breed listwww.bbc.co.uk The Cheviot goat is considered an

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It’s weird to see a headline about the murders of three women in their home by a man who seems to have been known to them, and the headline is about outlawing the highly specific weapon used. I don’t think the crossbow is the problem here.

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Book

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YOU GUYS WE HAVE TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING SO THE ECHIDNAS CAN DREAM

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not saying i'm in a particular mood but what are some good metal covers of ABBA tracks

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明

As my friend Dougal McNeill put it: "What is an author? Or, one for the "enshittification" files of late capitalism."

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Twelve Osprey chicks die in worst year for Kielder bird colonywww.chroniclelive.co.uk Bad weather has made it difficult for young ospreys to survive this year

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Color aberration in malachite kingfishers: Insights from community science observations in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology

if you like gulls (and who does not) Kevin Krebbs posts lovely updates of gulls he monitors in urban Vancouver kmkrebs.com/posts/2024-0... #Gulls #Seabirds

Kevin Krebs - Gull Nest Update, July 7thkmkrebs.com

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Cracking day at Lyminington-Keyhaven Marshes and Hurst Spit! Early start speed birding along sea wall with highlights of Roseate Terns, Ruff, Great White Egret, Eider family etc & lots of waders. Followed by interesting day in the field thanks to @ralphsian.bsky.social for guiding. #HantsBirds

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A few other highlights from a wonderful week's birding and walking in the Swedish arctic mountains: Bluethroat, Dotterel, Hawk Owl (lucky find along the roadside) and Siberian Tit - and in the most amazing landscapes

Death, taxes, and a newly elected Northumberland MP promising to dual the A1 www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/politic... #A1

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Michael Tae Sweeney

The perception of an inevitable fascist victory in Europe is largely just the wishcasting of mainstream media publications saying that fascist victory is inevitable. See how the BBC spins National Rally's loss.

can't stop watching this www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSr4...

Giuseppe Cassini performing with his pet raven (TikTok account @dusttodigital)www.youtube.com Vidéo provenant du compte TikTok de Giuseppe Cassini @dusttodigital.Je ne possède pas les droits sur cette vidéo

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Now he’s out of parliament, we need to team George Galloway up with Dutch footballer Denzel Dumfries to make a detective series, where Denzel does all the hard work and solves cases by debunking the mad conspiracy theories of his partner. The title of such a series is obvious.

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Birding nostalgia - my YOC membership card from 1978. Read carefully before signing!

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Why have some replies got this by them now?

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John Bull

Something that's important to do now is WRITE TO YOUR MP. Particularly if they are new. Not a form letter or autogenerated one. An actual personal one. Not frothy. Just firm and clear. Ask them their views. When they respond, tell them how it aligns (or doesn't) to KEEP your vote.

reminder that Rees-Mogg is currently filming his own reality tv show - from Popbitch #GE2024 #UKPolitics

Stockton West ruining things again, they can just go and sit with Yorkshire and think about what they've done #UKPol #GE2024