Chris Sharpe @sharpebirder.bsky.social
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Conservation biologist: threatened birds, Redlists, bird vocalisations, RAPs, shorebirds. Working in 🇻🇪 & Latin America since 1988. Made in 🇬🇧
Norfolk/Venezuela
Joined July 2015
Twitter censorship, content suppression and 'algorithm tweaking' has rendered this platform virtually useless. I've switched over to Bluesky
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I have been targeted twice by another of your racketeering members @BritishParking, this time Civil Enforcement—another bogus demand for payment > 5 months after the alleged 'offence'. Appeals predictably denied so this will go to court. Why don't you clean up your act?
A year ago this week I was targetted by fraudsters at @ParkingEyeLTD, with approval of @BritishParking, in a parking fine scam that used stored images of my car to allege that I had overstayed at one of their @LidlGB car parks when my vehicle was miles away. Initial demand £100.
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A refreshingly well-informed, balanced and pragmatic reaction to a difficult topical question from @marshallmarcus: how do we treat art and artists associated with authoritarian regimes, especially since they are proliferating.
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What about taking on the "troubling reality" of wildlife crime closer to home? In the UK? On your royal estates?
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Not for the squeamish, 'our glorious English countryside': "apparently, it belongs to an animal. "😉.
Whilst walking our dogs yesterday, Clifford and I came across these organs. I contacted the police. I met with them to show them the location, and the organs were sent for tests. Apparently, it belongs to an animal, and shockingly, it was said to very likely be a victim of a
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RT @PhytoKeys: New annotated checklist of Rubus species in South America establishes a foundation for future taxonomic and evolutionary stu….
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RT @birdsoftheworld: Massive news from Birds of the World: our entire catalog of species accounts has been translated into Spanish! Read mo….
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RT @NOAA_HurrHunter: Bumpy ride into Hurricane #Milton on @NOAA WP-3D Orion #NOAA43 "Miss Piggy" to collect data to help improve the foreca….
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Can confirm. Sea uncomfortably hot off Puerto Rico. Heat warnings in force on land.
Gulf of Mexico surface temperatures are 2-3 C above normal right now, and that's with Helene and Milton mixing up cooler waters from below. Total heat averaged cross depth is also at record levels.
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A nice break from farm bird surveys with @pepe_clavijo: 11 species of (mostly migrant) shorebird feeding at this tiny sewage treatment plant, Punta Jacinto, Guánica, Puerto Rico
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RT @JLowenWildlife: Delighted to have been one of the writers for DK's sumptuous, fascinating new book on birds. In good company too, hey @….
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RT @chrisvanswaay: "the increase in neonicotinoid and pyrethroid use is a major driver of changes in occupancy across hundreds of wild bee….
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More on this 0.03 ha parcel of Rocklands Parish Council land, under community management for conservation for over 25 years (with guidance from @NorfolkWT and assistance of @NorfolkCC), here:
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RT @frogsatuea: The @BroomFen team have been lent this reed eating machine by our Barton Turf pals & gave it a try this evening - aim of cu….
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RT @WHSRN: El Premio Pablo Canevari 2024 va para Sandra Giner de Venezuela🏆 @Manometcenter otorga este reconocimiento a un individuo u orga….
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RT @philgunson: #Venezuela's rubber-stamp legislature takes another step towards closing down space for civil society by approving an anti-….
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My penultimate Bolaño. Seems appropriate under the circumstances.
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RT @philgunson: "[T]he announcement of an election outcome without the publication of its details or the release of tabulated results to ca….
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