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Posted: Feels potentially birdy today - looked atmospheric from the train with the mist. Alas it's an office day... hopefully a birdy weekend too🤞 …Bluesky network
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Work-life balance hasn't been great lately (even after factoring in studying... plus it's been "summer") - need to sort that out... but was great to explore Portsmouth today, and gravitate towards the sea after enjoying the sculptures ☺️ Sandwich Terns the 'best' bird noted #PublicTransport.

  • Looking down towards the sea from a mound beside Southsea Castle. The castle has a white and black lighthouse. It is overcast
  • Artwork at Southsea, near Southsea Castle. Each of the 5 painting is colourful and abstract using lots of different lines to show the sea. By Stephanie Morgan. #Art
  • Close up of HMS Warrior. It has no sails and is painted black with a red stripe at the bottom.
Posted: Real and interesting art by real, creative people ❤️🎨 So much better than the sad, homogenous outputs genAI produces... Enjoyed the lion scu…Bluesky network
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Still some Strawberry Clover flowering in Lee-on-the Solent and pink Yarrow #WildflowerHour

  • Pink clover flowers
  • Lots of tiny pink flowers that look like one big flower
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Clancy's Rustic at Fareham station this morning, VC11 #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

  • Moth on a glass window that has metal bars on the outside. It is on the bridge between two platforms. The sun is just rising. The north is brown with 2 kidney shaped marked on the lower half of the wings
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Spotted in Winchester:

  • Yellow sticker on a traffic light poll. It says another HELLISH HEATWAVE brought to you by Shell. The Shell logo has devil horns. It is sunny and there are houses opposite
Posted: Thanks to British Summer Time dark commutes have prematurely returned... 😐 Lighter mornings were great while they lasted & we'd get a whol…Bluesky network
Posted: With all these World this or that days, how about one where all noise pollution - cars, pleasure-aircrafts etc etc - is silenced (somehow) …Bluesky network
Posted: Birders / naturalists - if you've got data science skills etc and free time for volunteering, how about seeing if your local species group …Bluesky network
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*grumbles* This is partly poor Public Health and the terrible attitude to infection control that's drummed in from school... We shouldn't still normalise infecting each other with unknown pathogens (as we don't test most infectious people - "colds" & "coughs" could be many things 😐)

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Posted: Car dependency and isolation in action, plus barrier to accessing nature & green/blue spaces etc - we need a more sensible transport system…Bluesky network
Posted: Mysterious person(s) keeps painting "SPREAD LOVE NOT HATE" on the wall by Fareham station - wise words. The world would be a better place i…Bluesky network
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That time of year again: @webs-gsmp.bsky.social by bus! Unsurprisingly for September, Port Solent (Portsmouth Harbour) was quiet with a grand total of 27 Black-headed, 3 Common & 1 Herring Gulls 😅 #LowCarbonBirding

  • Window view from the bus showing the top of the harbour on the opposite side of the road.
  • Paulsgrove Lake with shipbuilding yard and Portchester Castle in the distance
  • Marina with lots of white boats. Behind is exposed chalk from a quarry on Portsdown Hill. It is sunny with some white clouds. A few houses can be seen around the marina
  • Amy is wearing olive trousers and sat on a blue and pink patterned seat. In the gap is a grey and red hiking rucksack with a tripod strapped to it n the side pocket. The tripod is slightly taller than the bag. It is missing a head (packed inside bag). The tripod is held in place with an extra strap attached to the load-bearing strap used to lift bags. The frame is made of trampoline mesh. It has some tape to repair holes. The bus is mainly grey but has a photo with grass
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Decent numbers of Whitethroats, Willow Warblers and Blackcaps at Titchfield Haven plus Barn Owl, Glossy Ibis, 2+ Cattle Egrets, 2 Dartford Warblers, 4 Wheatear, Rock Pipit, Greenshank, trickle of hirundines & Meadow Pipits overhead etc #LowCarbonBirding

  • Three birds on brambles. One is a Whitethroat facing towards the camera. It has a white throat, creamy pink underparts and brown head. The other two are Dartford Warblers. They are a darker brown and have short bills and long tails
  • Willow Warbler and Long-tailed Tit in a tree. The Willow Warbler has olive brown upper parts and lemon yellow underparts. The long-tailed tot has pale underparts and dark head and wings
  • Two Whitethroats and two wheatears on brambles. The Wheatears are facing the camera and have pink ish breast and brown grey heads
  • Glossy Ibis feeding on mud at the edge of the River Meon. It is black with pale legs abs a down curved bill
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Soggy start to a week off with a wander over to Browndown - much needed and very welcome after a mostly too hot summer! Not much seen yet asides from Sandwich Terns offshore. Hopefully some birdy days to come 🤞 #LowCarbonBirding

  • Shingle beach with lots of MOD signs warning of DANGER and potential for explosives. One sign says not to enter if the red flag is flying - thankfully it wasn't today. Another sign warns of high wildfire risk. In the distance is lots of horse scrub. It is overcast and wet.
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Traveller's-joy was one of many species that distracted me on today's walk, and 100th species for @bsbibotany.bsky.social #100PlantsChallenge 🎉 Finished just before term restarts for masters yr2! #WildflowerHour Enjoyed trying to ID local plants - lots more to get my head round some day.

  • White flowers with many very thin petals growing beside chicken wire
  • Same species but this time gone over and looks more like its other name of "old man's beard"
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Asides from missing an Osprey (d'oh) it's been nice wandering around the seafront and must be a Flying Ant or something kind of day! Also an obliging Clouded Yellow at Elmore Triangle + many vocal Sandwich Terns offshore. #LowCarbonBirding

  • Mix of grey and white clouds. There are flats and a row of street lights, and some trees, plus one massive house. Above are lots of gulls that appear to be fly catching
  • Looking towards Fawley oil refinery from Lee-on-the Solent. There is a slope with gorse and vegetated shingle below. Some breakwaters are visible with tall markers. In the distance the tall funnels from the refinery are visible on the left, and Hill Head and Brownwich / Chilling farmland on the right, with Southampton Water just visible and a cruise ship in it if you squint! It is overcast
  • Orangey-yellow butterfly with a white circle. It is partially obscured by a small branch and sat on a green leaf
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Hill Head: trickle of Yellow Wagtails, Meadow Pipits & hirundines overhead + single Tree Pipit call heard. Also small flock of Terns, 2 Eider offshore, and brief check of boardwalk on reserve yielded Blackcaps & Willow Warblers. Ooh, and this boat... #LowCarbonBirding #PWC2026

  • Wonky photo that looks like the Isle of Wight is sinking or very sloped to the east. In front of it is a black and white steam boat with red funnels. There is a small white sailing boat. It is sunny with clear skies
Posted: Geez, the research summarised in Traffication is insane! 😨 Thought I'd already opened my eyes to roads/cars impacts but... wow. Population …Bluesky network
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