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Tom Williams

@pterodaktyl

Ecologist, photographer, sound recordist and occasional writer. Dartmoor dweller. Happiest in the woods and wild places.

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Ah yes, those good old pre-invasion days when the high streets all looked like AI slop, complete with hobbit-sized phone boxes...

21.02.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely a Goldcrest! Listen out for Firecrest at Pullabrook as well... similar pitch but a series of accelerating single notes.

07.02.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah cool, cool, we're DOGEing human anatomy today πŸ˜‚

04.02.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds like a good day! πŸ‘

31.01.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Many people seem to be trying to frame this as some kind of pragmatic, harm-reduction, "try and change Reform from inside" exercise, rather than admitting the much more obvious explanation that many of Reform's policies likely align with Ben's own beliefs and he wants to help them win the next GE.

31.01.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dartmoor fog laying deep in the valley...

28.01.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can't believe you missed out:
e) Drawing fake moustaches on people
f) Going to a rave

28.01.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Twilight fog in the woods...
#dartmoor #temperaterainforest #relaxation

18.01.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Same thing people said about fish 375 million years ago and look where we are now

17.01.2026 08:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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First light on a Dartmoor winter morning...

15.01.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/quee... They're pretty much digging themselves

14.01.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sadly, for a large number of people I think the pinnacle of "being out there in nature" is hiking up a catastrophically sheep-grazed hill to gaze at a lot of other similarly bare hills, so perhaps the two quotes aren't as dissonant as one might think...

08.12.2025 12:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A real puzzle then! What happens if you try and delete the unwanted vertex (circled red below) post-merge?

03.12.2025 14:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My guess would be that either the brown polygon has an additional vertex along the edge that touches the yellow one, or the two leftmost vertices on the shared edge aren't perfectly aligned. You should be able to fix by going into vertex tool and deleting the unwanted vertices from the merged shape.

02.12.2025 15:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Bribr - swipe right to match with a morally bankrupt government official near you.

10.02.2025 19:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We are pleased to be working with Simon Gillings at BTO on this exciting project to use acoustic monitoring to help detect the presence of elusive Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers.

03.02.2025 17:10 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pet owners accidentally poisoning garden birds.
Our latest research finds pet flea treatments (fipronil and imidacloprid) in 100% of blue tit and great tit nests, with nestling mortality higher in the more contaminated nest. @SongBirdSBS @SussexUni @CannelleTassin

27.01.2025 08:53 πŸ‘ 441 πŸ” 298 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 42

I see genetic modification has finally given us the basil-mato we've been dreaming of.

20.01.2025 15:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s gone public… beavers are back in the Somerset Levels, specifically in the Avalon Marshes area - spreading naturally from other populations. Woohoo! We look forward to them spreading throughout the Levels, and they will always be welcome if they turn up on our sites. Somersetwildlands.org

09.01.2025 21:35 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 8
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Hello Bluesky! Here's my first post!
I write the monthly night sky guide for the beautiful Almanac book, here's December night sky for you stargazers out there πŸ˜Šβœ¨πŸŒ• Wishing you clear skies, warm toes and lots of magic βœ¨πŸ‘‹πŸ» Hannahbella

www.instagram/Hannahbella_nel

03.12.2024 15:03 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks! This one was actually filmed with a handheld gimbal.

02.12.2024 07:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From a couple of weeks ago before the wind and rain swept away much of the autumn colour...

01.12.2024 10:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dartmoor autumn...

18.11.2024 20:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0