Richard Fairbank

ageing birder, happily married, retired and travelling out of Sussex when able/allowed

[Neil G Morris @Neil_G_Morris]

From left to right, Cromer today:
fuscus, michahellis, argenteus, argenteus, cachinnans, cachinnans.

[Michael Caine @themichaelcaine]

Feed the Children of Gaza, no child should be starving.

[Michael Caine @themichaelcaine]

Cannot look at children in Gaza begging for food.
Geldof, Feed kids

[Matilda Thorpe @tillythorpe]

Kemi reshuffles her cabinet #KemiBadenoch #torycabinet #reshuffle #jamescleverly

[Richard Fairbank @sleepingbirder]

@MurielHelps Yellow-vented Bulbul

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

The Bibi Broadcasting Corporation has just torpedoed all its remaining credibility with this decision, confirming the impression both of extreme moral cowardice amongst its governing board, & their extreme partiality, not just for Israel but for actively shielding Netanyahu’s extremist government from the same proper journalistic scrutiny that would be extended to any other government accused of commiting war crimes

[Richard Fairbank @sleepingbirder]

Labour are backtracking on a plan to help save birds: by blocking a new rule that would make developers put a £35 nest brick in every new home. They think it'll help win them votes - we need to show it would do the opposite. Sign the petition https://t.co/pH9j9Y6J44

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

🔴230,000 badgers DEAD.
No proven benefit.
SIGN the petition NOW.
100k needed by May 28!
👉 https://t.co/x8Mu043dOs

[Mendip Hunt Sabs @mendiphuntsabs]

Today we joined @devoncountysabs, @plymwestsabs and South Devon Hunt Sabs on Dartmoor to sab the South Devon Hunt. This kinda sums up the hunt’s day. More to follow.

[Richard Fairbank @sleepingbirder]

@_MattEade Love the legs on that plover. I hope 2025 is as good or even better for you

[JmRoyle #LFC #YNWA #BLM #RejoinEU @MyArrse]

Why is a 77 year old woman climate protester in jail but a bunch of fox hunters who tore apart multiple foxes just given fines.

[Brian May's Save Me Trust @AnneatSaveMe]

Boxing Day is the busiest hunt day in the calendar. There is nothing more sick and twisted than chasing a fox with a pack of hounds with the sole purpose of tearing it apart for pleasure. Trail hunting is a cover for fox hunting, it’s illegal, it’s barbaric and it has to stop. Hunting the Clean Boot means the only quarry is a well licked human. We can normally see over the bay but today the mist swirled round us to obscure the view bringing a different beautiful backdrop. #huntinginthekingsspeech #huntsstuntsandlies #mayamendments #amendtheact

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

Up and down the country boxing day hunts are out . . . 'trail' hunting .

We know it's just a smokescreen for illegal fox hunting– we need a proper ban @UKLabour !

Add your name https://t.co/LbvwwrU4Ki

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

This is the lovely Nigel Farage. The photographer gave him a message before he went to support the Boxing Day hunt.

He’d hate it if people RT’d this and signed the petition for a proper ban on fox hunting - https://t.co/DsoK2CdZQE

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

It's time to put an end to Boxing Day hunt parades. Local councils must take a stand against these wildlife crimes and hold hunts accountable.

RT if you agree!

[Richard Fairbank @sleepingbirder]

Excellent first day around Bahia Blanca before joining Ornis Southern Argentina trip last month. Details at https://t.co/5sO4I7awgX

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

This is Jeremy Clarkson, who’s used Clarkson’s Farm to vilify badgers as scapegoats for bTB and has allegedly wiped them out on his own farm.

He’d hate it if people ‘RT'd’ this and signed the petition to end the Badger cull..

https://t.co/cElDJPaQLR

[Richard Fairbank @sleepingbirder]

Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting https://t.co/zwyLmtERCk

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

Revealed: tax loophole exempts 355 landowners from inheritance tax - including huge grouse moor estates & pheasant shoots

I FOI'd HMRC for details & found this tax break is worth *at least* £68m & likely far more

@RachelReevesMP please fix this! 1/

https://t.co/zPlvBLRJY4