Andrew Weston

Scottish Ministers have decided to #SaveCoulLinks from golf! Decision letter 21 October 2026 & Reporters' Report 29 August 2025: www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.... Thank you @38degrees.bsky.social for your contribution to use your platform for this petition & campaign information. 🍺🍷Cheers!

Fairfield Mirage (on his blarge) Dónal Lunny (1947 - 2026) 'Blarge' is his big flat-backed μπουζούκι (bouzoúki) www.youtube.com/watch?v=831h...

The Orkney Vole is found nowhere else on Earth! Thought to have arrived with Neolithic settlers over 5,000 years ago, this remarkable vole evolved in isolation into an unusually large subspecies. Learn more w/ @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social on 28 Oct. Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977170639...

Birds caught on glue sticks in Essex. Hope the police manage to arrest and get evidence to convict the person responsible. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Victory for Lula, who has already reduced Amazon deforestation by 70% since 2022, means there is now a chance of ending deforestation of the rainforest entirely I’m weeping with joy for Brazil, for the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon, and for life on Earth 🇧🇷🌳🌎 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

4) Herring Gulls, Larry & Laura, evicted from a neighbour's solar panel, then nesting at my chimney foot until a big hailstorm, will eat practically anything except vegetarian sausages with rosemary. I haven't been able to obtain Clagthorpe nobs to test comestibility. Isn't correct spelling 'knobs'?

Monstrous beyond all reckoning. The US is using remote sensing *designed for humanitarian purposes* for the opposite purpose, potentially drowning civilians en masse. Trump hates Somalis. His troops appear to be exploiting the weather to help slaughter them. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

My political education began in Brazil, where I lived from 1989-91. I learnt that the only defence we have is "conscientizaçao": raising awareness about the relations between exploiters and exploited, and the violence that underpins them. The Brazilians have once again demonstrated its power. ✊❤️‍🔥

(2/) If you would like to find out some of the possible reasons for recent declines in this species, take a look at our BirdFacts page:

1/ The 2025 BBS Report is out now! It was a record year for volunteers taking part, with 2,800+ visiting 4,058 survey squares across the UK, Channel Islands & Isle of Man. A huge thank you to our volunteers! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

Why do shareholders get the rewards when workers create the wealth a company generates? Is it time to rethink just what companies are for and to require that the rewards be shared more fairly? youtu.be/15r28WaimP8?...

A Serbian nationalist leader who courted MAGA just lost in a landslide

A common loon enters stealth mode on green-colored water #LMNO #birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdoftheday #loon #commonloon #stealthmode 🦉 🪶

It's been a while since I was able to participate in #BirdOfTheDay. Now finally a contribution to the ALT theme #FightingFeathers: birds in conflict with other #birds ⬇️ 2 Eurasian Oystercatchers in a bit of a dispute... #nature #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching

Bolsonaro's loss is not just a loss for Bolsonaro. It's a loss for Trump. For Musk. For Milei. For Netanyahu. For Farage. For Meta and Zuckerberg. For the meat barons, the fossil fuel corporations, and the rest of the neocolonial looters. And it is a massive win for humanity and the living planet.

A life in acting. It’s been good to me. Richly rewarding and utterly ridiculous… in equal measure. 😄 Long may it continue!

Fantastic news for rare wildlife, including the Small Blue and Northern Brown Argus! 🦋 Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the years in helping to protect this special place. We would also like to thank those who have provided their expert advice, which has been crucial to the outcome.

This is an excellent read! If we aren't going to have an elected second chamber (as we probably should), why not appoint notably smart people to it, rather than notably wealthy ones? People like a certain Professor Roberts (or Professor Cox) spring to mind... And Sir David Attenborough! 👍

Amazing! Arrived for a week in Norfolk as the Nutcracker was found. I actually saw the '91 bird in Stoke. Taking our 7-week-old baby along went way better than expected . And the 11yo was in charge of the camera. Sad to report no bad behaviour & everyone parked considerably. Disappointing. 😃

I warned 3 years ago that mink farms are a likely route to a new and horrific human pandemic, and once more I'm fervently praying it doesn't map out that way. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Remember to change your clocks tonight, UK people. Here's how ...

Just a reminder to all Reform UK members to put your clocks back to 1936 tonight.

I've written Joe Harkness's obituary for the Guardian. I hope it pays good tribute to a wonderful man who was brave, honest and made the world a better place. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It's been a hectic few months - time to catch you up on latest developments! 📣📣📣The European Red List of Moths and associated report outlining conservation priorities were OFFICIALLY published in September! Congrats to all involved! 👏👏👏 environment.ec.europa.eu/news/new-red...

Do you know your Sphagnum? Britain's 36 Sphagnum species occupy different peatland habitats, making ID essential for conservation & restoration Join @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social on 3 Nov for a practical introduction to identifying all six species groups 🌎 🧪 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980357119...

Obama argues that we won’t fix our political problems unless we rediscover our moral compass first

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#Scotland #Greens co-leader has said she firmly opposes #nuclear motion proposed by small faction. "Nuclear is hugely expensive, takes an age to build, it's not clean energy like renewables, there's waste to be disposed of." www.thenational.scot/news/2666521...

Please, Brazil, give the planet a break and spare the rest of humanity a Bolsonaro redux. 🙏 'Nearly 159m Brazilians will vote in the election’s runoff on Sunday, with the pair tied in the polls after Bolsonaro won the first round on 4 October by 47% to 45%.' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Is this the beginning of the end for neoliberalism? It's not just what is happening in France that makes me think so. Everywhere, there are signs that neoliberalism is out of road, and a replacement is needed. Thankfully, there is one. youtu.be/jAV2v60GgBw?...

Băneasă's Green Glade by Andy Irvine & Mominsko Horo (trad. Hungarian) Andy Irvine (mandola?) Paul Brady (guitar) Dónal Lunny (bouzouki) (1947-2026)

A sad day. RTE news: Renowned Irish musician Dónal Lunny dies aged 79 www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

Dipper, Big Burn, Golspie, Sutherland.

RIP Donal Lunny. An important figure in Irish traditional music for decades www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyP4...

Dónal Lunny has passed away. In terms of Irish music, he was the fulcrum. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. This is one of my favourite as Gaeilge tunes. Donal on vocals & bouzouki, featuring Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh & the late Danny Thompson. #DonalLunnyRIP youtu.be/tmfmLxsVlzk?...

Campaigns to #SaveCoulLinks habitats, biodiversity & landforms from successive destructive golf courses are now successful. Hopefully future management, including non-intervention, will maintain & enhance this extremely fine & undeveloped dune system for wildlife & responsible quality public access.

(1/) The bobbing, fast flowing water loving Dipper dropped in numbers along waterways by just over a third since the survey began in 1999. This species is mainly restricted to the western areas, especially in the south of the UK. @btobirds.bsky.social JNCC #Ornithology

Sure, we should, if we can (many cannot). But as I keep pointing out, the government itself is making no provision at all. No stockpiles, no back-up, no alternative sources. It's individuating the response to a collective problem, and that never ends well. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Terrific piece. 'Burnham, Macron, Merz and Carney must confront Trump, even at the cost of a break with Washington. The US leads by consent, not by right. Burnham could start by ordering the closure of US military bases. Trump’s treachery must not stand.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

They smashed the globe. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Testimony by arrested #poachers in #Indonesia finds 26 of the remaining 72 #Javan #Rhino 🦏 are still alive 😭 We must scramble to protect these beautiful and unique #animals urgently! #Boycottmeat #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-91C

Old photo: if Maggie Thatcher had got her way, this would have been - at best - a disused monument to our engineering heritage. Happily, Ribblehead Viaduct (strictly speaking, Batty Moss viaduct) and the Settle and Carlisle line remain important parts of our working transport infrastructure...

Yeah, sorry Sarah, no one believes you. Reform council leader breaks silence as historic posts unearthed www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politic...

we asked for news, we got propaganda mediafreedomact.org

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Red Kite found poisoned in Cairngorms National Park - Police Scotland appeals for information. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/08/31/r...