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Rock Bunting, Foia 🇵🇹 earlier this week.

At least 1 Long-eared Owl at a regular roost site on private land near Bedale NorthYorksBirdNews

Christmas in Rojava where Christians are safe and can celebrate Christmas in peace. Protected by their own forces - Christian soldiers, both male and female - part of the military coalition that is the SDF.

Red-crested Pochard drake still on Ropner Park Lake, also 34 Gadwall, 7 Goosander, RN Parakeets teesbirds

"A women’s resistance movement in Russian-occupied Ukraine that claims hundreds of members, from Crimea in the south to the Luhansk region in the east... The movement is called Zla Mavka..." theguardian.com/world/2024/dec…

NYD birding: a meagre 73 species on Teesside before rain set in around 2 pm. Snow Buntings are always a joy (7, South Gare), other highlights inc Spoonbill, Great Egret & Marsh Harrier at Saltholme; Purple Sandpiper & Knot among waders on Redcar rocks

If the US army is having to build a base to protect Kobane (NE Syria) from Turkish attacks, it's surely time to acknowledge that Turkey - under Erdogan - is a rogue state and kick it out of NATO.

160+ Common Scoter on sea btwn Bydales and Marske but not much else. 200+ Golden Plover w Lapwings & small nos Curlew and Turnstone on Bydales school fields but repeatedly disturbed by toy drone. teesbirds NorthYorksBirdNews

Quite literally terror bombing. Turkey are carrying out collective punishment of a civilian population because their ground forces are getting humiliated by a bunch of 20 year-olds with off-the-shelf drones in Manbij and the Americans won't let them roll into Kobani.

#LosAngelesFires

Priority grassland species-rich #grasslands are being converted to herbal leys in #SFI & we have some thoughts, feelings, & questions for Defra about this 📢 Plantlife's Grassland Advocacy Officer, Jo Riggall, chatted to ffinlo Costain - 8point9.com & Farm Gate podcast about it👇

Freedom & Rebirth – Since daffodils bloom at the end of winter and at the start of spring, they are closely associated with Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, which marks renewal and resistance against oppression./3/

Tesla collapsing

Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, has been convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 4 years in prison. She has been barred from running for public office for 5 years. Bravo, France for doing what the U.S. could not! 🇫🇷

Many of Europe's internal problems are caused or intentionally exacerbated by Russia's hybrid war on the free world. Vance, Trump, and Musk endorse every fascist, nationalist, and racist movement in Europe—many Kremlin-supported of course.

Simply insane.

Perspective:

Reform:

🚨Reform UK have declared war on public sector pensions, including firefighters and council staff. Multi-millionaire Richard Tice wants to slash pensions, cut pay to cover existing schemes and put new recruits on worse terms. Tice plans pension poverty for hard working public

Meet the billionaires, hedge fund owners & tax avoiders who fund Reform Ltd To save us from the metropolitan elite 🤔 #FarageRiots opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…