Ynysyfro WeBS: not much in the way of waterbirds but Red Kite flopping about and 2 male Red-veined Darter at Fourteen Locks on the walk over. Unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera, fortunately, one showed down to doughnut distance. #gwentbirding #lowcarbonbirding #gwentdragonflies
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Siri, define ‘invertebrate’,… *boink*,…
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Red-footed Falcon has now made it to Massachusetts (3,000 miles across the Atlantic) and Barbados (4,000 miles across the Atlantic),… yet to be seen in Gwent (zero miles across the Atlantic). 🤦♂️
For anyone *still* on Facebook or Twitter/X.
Second significant upgrade to the hardtail: RockShox SID SL 3P 100mm fork and Shimano XT rotors (180/160mm). Just tinkering from here on. #shiny #birdingbybike #speedbirding
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Reform UK in govt would destroy UK's green economy
"On whose behalf do they make this choice? Not their own voters, who strongly support renewables.... But its funders. 2/3 of the money it has received comes from very rich people with interests in oil and gas"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How Climate Change is Making Your Life More Expensive
#climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
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Absolutely crucial piece of research on misinformation in local news on Facebook, X and Nextdoor by @smfthinktank.bsky.social Full report is here (www.smf.co.uk/publications...) but these are some key findings:
Claims that our prosperity depends on oil and gas are bunkum – unless you’re a Reform backer with fossil fuel interests, of course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Red-footed Falcon has been recorded in the West Indies for the first time after a bird was seen on Barbados:
Keir Starmer's spokesman tells me there has been "no change" to the Government's policy on using X, despite Elon Musk helping to incite the hateful scenes we saw in Belfast last night.
Also no new plans to take action against X for its role in the violence
