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Sitting 50m away from our car on Skye... 😄 @BTO_Scotland @iNatureUK @NatureUK @RSPBNorthScot @RSPBScotland @Natures_Voice

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Wow was not expecting to look up in Wimborne today and see a white tailed eagle! Circling low this morning for a while before heading towards Holt Heath @DorsetBirdClub

[Dorset Bird Club @DorsetBirdClub]

Terrible news

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@DorsetBirdClub What?????????

[Mike Gibbons @cloudedyellows]

Just received a phone call from Steve Guy to let me know he has seen and photographed a white phase Gyr Falcon at Durlston Country park today at 13.30. Last seen flying west towards Winspit/Seacombe direction. @freebirdnewsuk @RareBirdAlertUK @DorsetBirdClub @BirdGuides

[Harjap Singh Bhangal @HarjapBhangal]

Scenes at Edgbaston where India are playing Pakistan but people are watching the England game.

2 sets of rival supporters united by their love of England!

#PakvsInd #ENGSUI #comeonengland #england

[Muriel Gray @ArtyBagger]

Guys. This is my bird table. To attract and feed birds. Yes. Birds. You’re not helping.

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@Pub_Quiz_Ringer @CloudxRaven @allurequinn Just looked it up 🤦‍♀️

[Ryan Hamilton @TheRyanHamilton]

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like.
Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out.
The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked.
I'll let you decide how you feel about that.
After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way.
The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?!
No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!".
Can you even imagine how that must feel?
The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck.
I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances.
So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved.
So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C.
They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home.
So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget.
She had to be rushed to the hospital.
By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out.
They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her.
Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD!
God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done.
If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view.
It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be.
If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

[Raptor Persecution UK @RaptorPersUK]

Police appeal for information after Osprey remains found nr Loch of the Lowes reserve in Perthshire.

This is believed to be the famous breeding male, Laddie (LM12).

Details ⬇️⬇️
https://t.co/nzKTrntQkC

[Jessica Rosenkrantz @nervous_jessica]

Exciting update about our sculpture at MIT, a robin has built a nest in it! And it's having babies! (photo credit Bill McKenna)

[Jenks @TheLostBride]

While walking down by the river today, I noticed the insects now have a church.

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen!🙏
To make it worth sharing, here's 'The Watcher'... a Barn Owl on the Somerset Levels. 😍���
Thank you very much! 😊🐦

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Great grey shrike west of the decoy pond at Morden, showing well but distant @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub

[Jemima Harrison @JemimaHarrison]

This French Bulldog - with no discernible nostrils and an almost concave face - won not just Best of Breed at Crufts today but also the Utility Group.

A terrible day for the breed. Am gutted.

[Aurora #LicencedBirdRinger @Au_Erithacus]

Una de les làmines que més m’agrada d’en @tonixllobet

Happy internacional women’s day!

[Birds of Poole Harbour @harbourbirds]

First Osprey back on nest in Scotland 👀

[Danica Priest🦇🦎🦇🦎🍃💚🍃 @DanicaPriest]

Imagine being so obsessed with concrete that the existence of allotments, which bring so many people so much joy and benefit the community and planet makes you angry because it’s not a tower block 😬 This is a director of Yimby Astroturf group @PricedOutUK by the way 🤦🏻‍♀️

[Richard Dowling 🐝 @DowlingWildlife]

We inevitably take from nature to survive, whether it be the food in our mouths or the land we build our houses on. But what we can do is use our gardens to give back to nature. This is something some need to seriously think about...