Interested in all that flies in air ✈or Space🚀. Former RAF & airline pilot. Manxman 🇮🇲 living in God's own county.
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One of the rare days in the realm of the raptors.
View the full video here.
youtu.be/-ona2U2PP-0
Making light of dead Hen Harriers is crass and an attempt at misdirection from their persecution on or near grouse moors. What about the one missing in the Moorfoot Hills and the 100+ elsewhere? #raptorpersecution
Campaign group Hen Harrier Action today announced that 75% of the hen harriers they tagged this summer with the RSPB have died, including one way out to sea on its way to Greenland.
Not many grouse moors around there now...
c4pmc.co.uk/post/hen-harrier…
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“managed burning reduces fire risk” from the @MoorlandAssoc 🤡show.
🔥 Natural England’s 2025 review on heather burning ignored key wildfire evidence from the James Hutton Institute, a study showing managed burning reduces fire risk. Selective science makes for bad policy.
Read the full story - link is in replies 👇
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Incredible that Kurt Vonnegut imagined a Mars rocket nearly the same size as Starship back in 1959. #scifi #Starship #SpaceX
Starship is built to deliver millions of tonnes to Mars. We’re now offering Starship services to the red planet, recently signing our first agreement with the Italian Space Agency
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I beg to differ.
#raptorpersecution
🦅 Golden eagles are thriving where gamekeepers are working the land – and vanishing where they’re not.
Read how tradition and stewardship are helping bring eagles back:
moorlandassociation.org/post…
Regurgitating the bogus 75% claim and rightly condemning those guilty of #raptorpersecution and the illegal killing of Hen Harriers. @LandEthics
Any replacement would be better than an activity relying heavily on #raptorpersecution to sustain itself. Yes to rewilding, tree planting and ecotourism.
Olivia Blake, Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam, sharing vague details about what could replace driven grouse shooting - 'ecotourism'?
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One for @LandEthics. That 75% figure yet again! Do the @MoorlandAssoc ever read your corrections?🤦🏻♂️
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…..and why ground nesting hen harriers are not thriving.
youtube.com/watch?v=VKVU6gO7…
🪶 Did you know grouse moors are home to more ground-nesting birds than many nature reserves? Here's why they thrive there.
moorlandassociation.org/post…
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I wonder why?
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025…
The study recorded over 1,000 threats, over 1,500 insults, and 30 physical assaults on gamekeepers and their families within a 12-month period.
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A rocket ride above the Karman Line may technically mean you've been in Space but calling this lot #astronauts is disrespectful to the true professionals. #Space #BlueOrigin
youtu.be/M3B3vpXzjao?feature…
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@FirstWestYorks
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Bus stop 45011098 Stonegate Road Leeds . All times on the electronic display are 10 mins out. Bus will arrive 10 min before the display indicates.
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About 50 sleeps.
Event this Thurs 20 March.
Only about 60 sleeps until the #Swifts return. Learn all about the incredible life of swifts @LeedsSwifts free event(donation welcome) 1800 20 March in 1912 Mill Sunnybank Mills Farsley. Please share. #YorkshireBirding #swifts eventbrite.co.uk/e/leeds-swi…
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