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Posts by Fiona Beckman

White Big Wheel ride under construction, with left side segment still missing.

White Big Wheel ride under construction, with left side segment still missing.

Been watching the #bigwheel construction on #PlymouthHoe as I walked to-and-from work this week. At lunchtime today, it looked rather like a giant #PacMan 😁

#Plymouth

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Definitely not about me…

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In contrast with yesterday’s glorious sunshine, today’s morning mist thickened and persisted all day - the red and white stripes of #smeatonstower were barely visible!
#plymouth
#plymouthhoe

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The enforced slow pace of traffic has made motoring less sexy. I may as well take the bus, says Helen Rumbelow

The enforced slow pace of traffic has made motoring less sexy. I may as well take the bus, says Helen Rumbelow

What's even the point of driving if you have to obey the speed limit?

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Good morning #Plymouth ☺️
There may be a risk of #aprilshowers today, but these glorious sunshine views of Plymouth Hoe and the Sound as I walked to work have set my happy mood for the week ahead. I don’t think even heavy rain could dampen my spirits 🌧️🥰🌊

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A Robin perched on a branch, its beak full of food and other material.

A Robin perched on a branch, its beak full of food and other material.

To reduce disease, we all need to make some urgent but simple changes to how we feed our garden birds.

See our website for the latest guidance: brnw.ch/21x1t4w

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South Cornish coast yesterday, and north Cornwall coast today.

Both stunning, as ever, but we were particularly lucky with amazing weather for early April 🥰
#southwestcoastpath
#RameHead
#StIves

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Call for citizen scientists to collect space dust Resident are urged to join a cosmic quest for micrometeorites from space landing in their gutters.

Unfortunately, our gutters are insanely high & pretty inaccessible for us (big old Victorian terrace on a steep hill 😬) - but others in and near #Plymouth might want to join this #citizenscience project ⬇️

📢 Call for citizen scientists to collect space dust www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Mmm. Tasty.

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It was really beautiful walking home along the Hoe this evening 🥰

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📆 SAVE THE DATE for the IQOE Passive Acoustics workshop - bringing together the ocean acoustics & bioacoustics communities: 22-24 Sept 2026 at @vliz.be in Oostende, Belgium.🌊👂

Find out more at www.iqoe.org/workshops/ch...
@iqoe.bsky.social
@scor-int.bsky.social
@pogo-ocean.bsky.social

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My first visit - an after-lunch stomp while visiting family in a nearby village. It was moodily impressive on a misty day - but I definitely want to come back when there are proper views to wales and north Devon 🤞☀️

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Hazy views of the Bristol Channel, looking from #BreanDown in North Somerset on Saturday.

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After the stress & fear of trying to leave a potential war zone (“combat operation” my ass) will UK people reflect in time on the horrors which make people flee towards asylum?

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Good morning Glasgow!! So pleased the sun decided to drop by for the final day of #OSM26 so we could see the Clyde looking so pretty and reflective 🥰🌊

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Yeah - but we can probably address that risk with a couple of supplements, so smugness not particularly diminished 😉

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Great OBON oral session this morning at #OSM26 - thanks to everyone who joined us!

Find out about even more #eDNA observing projects at the Poster session this afternoon: OT44F

Date: Thursday, 26 February 2026
Time: 16:00 – 18:00
Location: Hall 4 (Poster Hall) (Scottish Event Campus)

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Are you at #OSM26 in Glasgow this week?

OBON will be hosting two sessions on THURSDAY 26th:
- oral session 08:30 - 10:00 (Carron, SEC)
- poster session 16:00 - 18:00 (main poster hall - boards 1208-1236)

Drop by to find out more about this UN Ocean Decade programme and our associated activities!

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Hope to see lots of colleagues and friends at #OSM26 in Glasgow next week! Drop by the @obon-ocean.bsky.social oral & poster sessions on Thurs 26th to catch the OBON and POGO folks 🌊⤵️

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Cover image for OBON (Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network) newsletter Issue 12 (Feb 2026), including logo, multiple small images from the issue, and bit.ly link: https://bit.ly/OBON_NL12

Cover image for OBON (Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network) newsletter Issue 12 (Feb 2026), including logo, multiple small images from the issue, and bit.ly link: https://bit.ly/OBON_NL12

OBON's February newsletter has just gone live - with lots of updates on programme and project activities - including our sessions at #OSM26 in Glasgow next week

Read at: bit.ly/OBON_NL12 (link in bio).

#eDNA #biomolecular #oceanobservations

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‘It makes no sense’: the battle over plans for a windfarm by the Yorkshire Dales The fight for Hope Moor is set to be repeated across the UK as the government aims to hit its renewable energy targets

It makes no sense to build windfarm on wild and windy moor, area electricity users confirm.

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Frogspawn visible in watery ditch

Frogspawn visible in watery ditch

Frogspawn sitting on wet grass - not in the water!

Frogspawn sitting on wet grass - not in the water!

Frogspawn spotted on #Dartmoor yesterday. Feels early to me, but I looked up spawning dates, and apparently mid-Feb is pretty normal in the Southwest. My Isle of Man childhood memories are probably influencing my expectations :)
#spawnwatch
#what3words funds.pigtails.slips

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📢Our #EMBracingtheOcean #artistinresidence programme call closes on Monday! We are seeking #artists to co-create work with Ocean scientists to embrace connection to the Ocean, inspire behaviour towards sustainability & contribute new insights to science. Apply here: tinyurl.com/f7jc8b53

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Yes. It is all too much. I hate seeing elderly family and friends struggle with technology that is really hard to opt out of 😢

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Bored now :(.
And feeling very fortunate on the location of my house - the water runs like a river down the road, but we don’t flood 🤞

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Spring IS coming!!!!!

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Popped to @theboxplymouth.bsky.social to take a look at the new #BerylCook exhibit ‘Pride & Joy’ - an excellent way to spend a wet afternoon off work :). Never been a big fan of her work (sorry!), but it was beautifully curated, & I really enjoyed learning about her art/inspiration. Worth a visit 🥰

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