Dogs have been banned from the main part of Skegness beach from May to end of September since I was young….

Yoshi is a dinosaur and thus is allowed. Hope the little guy isn’t left out.

The FBI Director, the DC US Attorney, and the Secretary of Defense walk into a bar.

Apparently like every day.

Female Blackcap

AMERICANS HAVE STATE DINOSAURS!??!!!! Most of the British Isles was sea bed for most of the dinosaur times, so we get lots of marine animals instead.

A four-panel comic. In panel 1, two people are standing in the forest, wearing backpacks. The red-haired person says "I've never hiked with a naturalist before! I'm excited. I hope I brought enough water." The brown-haired person says "I'm sure you did. Let's go!" In panel 2, the brown-haired person points at various nature features. "Look, a red eft! It's the teenaged form of the Eastern Newt. Ooh, wintergreen! Wanna smell it? I hear a Chestnut-sided Warbler. Glacial till. Rubble of the last ice age!" In panel 3, the naturalist points to more nature items. "This forest seems early successional. Aw, a leafcutter bee with a piece of leaf! Wow, deer poor! Wow, fungi growing out of the deer poop!!" The red-haired person says "Okay, but..." In panel 4, the red-haired person continues, "It's been an hour and we've walked three feet." The brown-haired person exclaims, looking excited, "Three amazing feet!"

Sometimes you make a new comic, and sometimes you redraw an old one because you lost the original high res file 😅

I think you missed an i to make 8th. Currently imagining your orange fella ranting on about beating Richard the third at the battle of Bosworth and burying him a car park in Leicester….

Cambridgeshire MP to introduce bill to protect UK chalk streams The 10-minute bill is set to go before Parliament on 25 February.

I co-sponsored this bill which aims to give chalk streams UNESCO world heritage status. These important habitats, 85% of which are in the UK, are at risk of drying out. Let’s protect the homes of plants, fish and aquatic mammals🌱🐠🦦
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It was wonderful to be involved in the work of the BOU for nine years.
If you have ever thought of volunteering to be on a BOU committee or to act as an Associate Editor, go for it!
Lovely people, working together for #ornithology and ornithologists.

the doctor on the plane equivalent to pigeons in the BOU conference hall would be that time when a woman needed a mid air chest drain and a dozen cardio thoracic surgeons were on the flight

#arteries

Extremely proud to see @wadertales.bsky.social be awarded the @bou.org.uk Janet Kear medal,for his excellent and tireless work on behalf of our Union and community #BOU2026

Important milestone for conservation and dealing with invasive non-native species: Ruddy Duck is now re-categorised as extirpated from Britain, and functionally extinct. Demonstrates that removal is possible for some established species, albeit challenging on several fronts. #ornithology

Our daughter sent us this ‘No Kings’ pic from Middletown CT today. Perfect!

A billionaire can get what they want with one donation to a political party. The rest of us must fight for years to get even the most basic rights recognised. Money destroys democracy, more than any other cause. The first step towards a better world is to stop the rich buying political outcomes.

And presumably there is now a complete press boycott of F1 in solidarity against this petulant behaviour? Thought not.

Overseas political funding capped and crypto donations blocked in blow to Reform UK Legislation subject to MPs’ approval but will be backdated due to urgency of threat to UK democracy, says minister

UK to ban cryptocurrency political donations and £100,000 cap on donations from Britons living abroad.

Long overdue.

£100,000 cap still enables the super rich to buy political parties, power and influence.

Banning all donations is the only way of curbing political corruption.

Very important here to acknowledge the completely unbiased commentary of the legendary Alistair McAlistair. I wholeheartedly recommend the uninitiated to look his videos up on YouTube, especially the Archie Gemmell compilation…..

"The women who changed the system so I could be here"
@greenpartyhan.bsky.social pays homage to women who fought for change in her maiden speech during the International Women's Day debate.

Terry Pratchett in a blue jacket and Akubra hat holding a young owl for release.

Eleven years since you crossed the black sands. I wish I could say that the world is better than you left it (although it will always be better for having had you in it) but at least there is a new Young Sam to help carry on the Pratchett name and ethos. Love you always ❤️

My call would be Elm with a cheeky White letter hairstreak. You get non-avian / mammalian wildlife and a wistful longing for something largely lost from the British Countrysid.

Wrens used to be on old farthing coins. I know now not to vote for your party as this is quite frankly a ridiculous position to take.

I believe Bounty Hunting is the preferred occupation of Corgi-owning Cowboy Bebop fans….

I'm not sure getting them drunk would be a good idea right now.

Unusual for Brimstone not to receive a mention given it is also possible to submit butterfly sightings on birdtrack!

Now watch the billionaire media throw all the dirt it can at the Greens, who could thwart its dream of a Farage government.

That is where I am from: Lincs bird club have a presence on Bluesky. Appreciate the intersection of waders and Sleaford mods signature tune ”tied up in Notts”

Slender-billed Curlew: shorebird lost forever Three decades on from the last documented sighting, Slender-billed Curlew was declared extinct a year ago. Arnoud van den Berg reflects on his experiences with this iconic bird at its final known wint...

This is a fascinating and utterly heartbreaking read. #ornithology #ukbirding

www.birdguides.com/articles/sle...

Our new paper 👇🏻

Peter Mandelson embroiled in scandal on Groundhog Day. Apt.