Ecologist/GIS & Birder in the Solent. HOS Assistant Recorder. Loves nature & islands. Mostly biological recording & low carbon travel posts (ðē ðĨūðâīïļ). Currently car-free. Views my own.
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How could I miss off being serenaded by Woodlarks and Yellowhammers?! That too was lovely! Common Green & Meadow Grashoppers also part of the soundscape ð #HantsBirds ðŠķ
Amazing what can happen when Public Health works to prevent infections & thus deaths! ð
(If only they tried this more often)
Literally NO cervical cancer in the vaccinated cohort! The HPV vaccine is so brilliant. A world without cervical cancer is within grasp - if we can get the vaccination rate back up to where it needs to be.
Sea views & species rich chalk grassland from Butser Hill: highest point in @southdownsnp.bsky.social and almost the highest point in Hampshire!
Trial shows e-cargo bikes can replace cars ðīââïļ
A major trial of e-cargo bikes, which saw families use them for shopping, leisure and commuting, shows they have the potential to reduce car use and improve health, say researchers from @envleeds.bsky.social ð
Read more ð
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This framing echoes the tactics public health and infection control leaders use to bury their mismanagement of COVID - and highlights how dependent Western institutions are on the Other to serve as the sacrificial canary.
"It's no big deal, the danger is only to people whose lives don't matter."
"The dominance of car amongst transport modes is at least partly the result of policy decisions made by successive governments" - Wow, Scottish Government have said it
Big thanks to @srd.bsky.social for flagging this brilliant Parliamentary policy briefing spice-spotlight.scot/2026/06/11/t...
Lovely day in East Hampshire with colleagues enjoying species rich chalk grassland including 6 species of orchid (4 pictured) #WildflowerHour
Strawberry clover and flowery verges at Daedalus, Lee-on-the Solent #WildflowerHour
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This post briefly introduces some key transport policy concepts, with a view to informing debate on transport matters in the new parliamentary session, with a particular focus on road transport.
Lovely day in East Hampshire with colleagues enjoying species rich chalk grassland including 6 species of orchid (4 pictured) #WildflowerHour
Amazing what can happen when Public Health works to prevent infections & thus deaths! ð
(If only they tried this more often)
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Although, of course, the #BBC had to slip this in -
"However, the WHO's declaration of a public health emergency of international concern does not mean we are in the early stages of a Covid-style pandemic. The risk Ebola poses outside Central & East Africa is minimal".
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
www.bbc.co.uk
Written a short blog post about the recent trip to Tiree as there's only so much you can write on Bluesky! #LowCarbonBirding #Hebrides
Tiree to Fareham in c. 19 hours + 5 hour gap in Oban to wander around: 3 trains (1 sleeper), ferry, cargo bike ride in London, taxi on the island & bus home #LowCarbonBirding #PublicTransport
