American Kestrel deep dive. Toronto, Canada, April 17th 2026.
Photo by Jose Raposo

Here's a male chaffinch mid-flight, from a hide session up in Leeds last weekend 🐦😍 #birds #birdphotography

I caught a little aurora and SAR arc in my #timelapse this morning, April 17-18, 2026 from Crestone, Colorado USA

The full video is at youtu.be/fykc6siQYRY

#astronomy #astrophotography #aurora #northernlights

China just completed a fully solar-powered high-speed railway — 2,800 kilometers of track from Beijing to Guangzhou running entirely on clean electricity.

A side-profile photograph of a White-faced Heron wading in shallow, dark blue water. The heron has sleek, blue-grey plumage with long, delicate feathers draped over its back and a distinctive white patch covering its face and forehead. Its sharp, longdark beak is pointed downward toward the water's surface. The bird is perfectly reflected in the still water below, which is broken only by several concentric, shimmering ripples radiating from where the heron stands. The background features the soft, dark reflections of tree trunks and overhanging branches, creating a calm and moody atmosphere.

Old pic of White-faced Heron taken with my beginner's Canon & 300mm lens for today's #BirdOfTheDay and #Reflections theme. 📷🐦

It was all so new & I remember thinking it was so cool to get that close! 🤩✨

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #photography #nature #NaturePhotography #Canon #R5 #birding

A sunny view down a rushing river through woodland with tree buds just bursting. Wood anemones and wild bluebells growing in the foreground. Blue sky with clouds.

Bore da ☕️
A tad grey and damp on the Swansea riviera today but glorious at Penllergaer Valley Woods yesterday so not moaning 😎💚 Happy Tues!

That calendar sounds awesome

A copse of trees silhouetted against a starry sky. Through the murky skyglow on the horizon, the extremely faint band of the Milky Way can just barely be seen.

Finally had almost a week of clear skies after such a dreary March. 🔭

Doomsday seed collectors aim to save Wales' native species Should the apocalypse arrive, Wales as we know it may depend on these two conservationists.

Great seed-banking story from Wales, saving seeds of rare plant species, and the challenge to obtain them. Has nice photos as well. #botany #conservation #botanists #PlantBlindness

Llwydfron yn canu ar ben brigyn gyda awyr las tu ol iddo.

Hoffech chi loywi eich sgiliau adnabod caneuon a galwadau adar?

Mae @btocymru.bsky.social yn cynnal dwy sesiwn hyfforddi ar-lein gyda'r hwyr ar 14 a 21 Ebrill. Ond brysiwch, dim ond 48 awr sydd ar ôl i archebu'ch lle.

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📷 Amy Lewis

Holkham National Nature Reserve Spoonbills YouTube video by Holkham Hall

So, if you love the peregrine live cams, there's a new one from Holkham NNR.

Watch the lives of Eurasian Spoonbills.

This bird became extinct as a breeding bird in UK but has recently reappeared.

In France, legislation came into effect recently for all car parks that have over 80 spaces to be covered with solar panels. Estimated to add around 11GW of renewable energy capacity to the national grid. Why not do likewise in Scotland? Braehead, Silverburn, Glasgow Fort etc.

HOUSTON (AP) — Artemis II’s astronauts return to Earth, ending a record-breaking trip around the moon with a splashdown in the Pacific.

Adaptive reuse of a 1935 parking garage in Paris to create 16 new social housing apartments, with a shared courtyard.

Total cost = €6.67m. Design by UR Architecture Urbanism

A short thread 🧵

Anyone hear from the Board of Peace lately?

Do it, enjoy it. Carpe Lego 🥳

Text reads: Olympics / The International Olympic Committee’s recent decision to reintroduce ‘sex testing’ for athletes is more likely to exclude women identified as female at birth than trans women, experts have said, as opposition to the policy change grows. Athletes, governments and experts have been objecting to the genetic sex testing that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to reintroduce – including the scientist who originally identified the SRY gene that the tests check for.

The French government opposes the ban, saying enforced genetic testing is an invasion of privacy

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Caerphilly town to lose post office with TGJones closure url:caerphilly.observer/news/1058007/caerphilly-...

Just going to send some positivity, peace and love out into the universe because we need a whole lot more of it.

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The Olympics Has a New Sex Testing Policy. The Evidence Doesn’t Add Up I’ve spent over 10 years obsessed with so-called “gender verification” tests. Proponents claim they have history and science on their side. They don’t.

Or here: www.coyotemedia.org/the-olympics...

“I, along with many other experts, persuaded the International Olympic Committee to drop the use of SRY for sex testing for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

It is therefore very surprising that, 25 years later, there is a misguided effort to bring this test back.”

“The last time "DNA-style" (chromosomal/genetic) testing was used on a widespread scale, it was largely abandoned for being inaccurate in determining athletic advantage and causing severe emotional distress to athletes.”

“The Olympics stopped universal DNA-based "sex verification" testing in 1999, as it was deemed discriminatory and scientifically flawed, often unfairly targeting women with intersex conditions.”

Hmmm DNA testing for the Olympics, I wonder how that’s going to end? If only we had some past experiences to look back on…

It feels like something has shifted in Cardiff recently. It’s hard to describe but it noticeable. People are looking outward rather than inward. They are looking up. Smiling, helping, welcoming. I think a shadow has passed over. It feels hopeful again.

a man with a beard wearing a blue shirt Alt: Mirror Spock

There’s a universe somewhere with all of them in it I guess ☺️

Can electricity pylons ever be beautiful? With Jeremy Hunt expected to announce £1,000 boost for households living near pylons, could better design calm objections?

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