Day out with all ladies birdwatching group. Was lovely to meet like minded ladies. #Attenboroughnaturereserve @nottingamshirebirding #birds

Is that no some sort of mite/tick?

Important update! 🎉 We've satellite-tagged six Cuckoos this year in Scotland and England. Follow their migrations and sponsor a bird ➡️ www.bto.org/cuckoos #Ornithology 🌍 🌐

Limited out and about time, so garden it is

Few from recent #CarsingtonWater

Rather proud looking crow strutting his stuff at #TheSanctuqryNR @derby @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social #DWT

Deceased Common Gull on ground with wings outstretched. Image by Dawn Balmer.

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Great break in Cornwall and trips out with @birdwatchingtours.bsky.social @cbwps.org.uk

18th March

3 Avocets @ Carsington, on Millfields Island, & a Rock Pipit for third day, w/ 2 divers, 2 Scaup & RCPochard still yesterday

2 groups of Whooper Swans over Pilsley last night

yesterday, BNGrebe still @ Ogston w/ 611 Common Gulls headed north, 2 Hawfinch @ Willersley

#UKBirding

A wander down the riverside in Wadebridge #curlew #birds

A cold and windy morning at Bedruthen NT @cbwps.org.uk #Birds @nationaltrust.bsky.social

Another good day at Respryn Bridge @cbwps.org.uk #Birds #ResprynBridge @nationaltrust.bsky.social

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Two weeks in Cornwall equates to birding holiday 😁 #ResprynBridge @cbwps.org.uk #Birds

Red Kite found shot dead near Strathdon in Aberdeenshire Details on the killing have emerged as new statistics show a fall in wildlife crime in Scotland.

Yet again, a protected bird of prey has been shot in an area dominated by intensive gamebird shooting management. We had hoped the new legislation introduced by the Scottish Parliament last year would help, but clearly there are still those motivated to break the law. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Earlier in the week, I took a visit to Carsington Water for some waterbird action - a nice first winter female Lesser Scaup providing useful ID comparisons with the local Tufties. Female Ring-necked Duck, GT Northern Diver, RT Diver and Willow Tit was best of the rest.

Productive afternoon at Allestree Park Wood. Year list for Treecreeper and Goldcrest amongst others @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social #birds #AllestreePark

Wood Warbler with ring in the hand, alongside the wording: Young Bird Observatory Visitors Programme. www.bto.org/YBOV

Visiting a Bird Observatory? Apply for our Young Bird Observatory Visitors programme! 🐦➡️ www.bto.org/ybov #Ornithology #UKBirding

So our Chancellor believes industry should “focus on getting things built, and stop worrying about the #bats and the #newts”.

Please read @batconservation.bsky.social's response... and click on their link to find out what they're doing about these so called 'reforms' and how we can help 🦇

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Some decent photos taken over the border at Attenborough Nature Reserve yesterday. #Birds #Attenboroughnaturereserve #Nottinghambirds

Jennifer Sizeland: video killed the wildlife stars The welfare of nature must come above any filming, writes Jennifer Sizeland, who has spent her career in the media industry.

Video killed the wildlife stars

The welfare of nature must come above any filming, writes Jennifer Sizeland, who has spent her career in the media industry:

Another productive day at Ogston Reservoir
#birds @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social #ogstonreservoir

Cold, early trip to Carsington and Ogston today. Not a great photo of the GND as it was too far out for my lens 🥲 @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social #OgstonBirdClub #Redpoll #Kestrel #Stonechat #Snipe

Some dubious quality photos from Ogston Res yesterday #Bullfinch #GSWoodpecker #ReedBunting #WaterRail #Derbyshire @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social

Tufted, Song Thrush, Great Crested and Gadwall, taken at NWT Attenborough Reserve

BTO Youth Rep Raman alongside the wording: BTO Youth. Raman, Youth Rep for Reading and Birmingham.

🎉Huge congratulations to our incredible Youth Representative, Raman, for winning the Countryfile Young Countryside Champion award!🌿🐦 #UKBirding #Ornithology

I agree, we shouldn’t be building on an area that was marked for a nature reserve when there are plenty of brown sites that can be used first

Image of a Black-headed Gull alongside the wording: Winter Gull Survey (WinGS). We need your help to monitor gull populations this Winter. To learn more visit www.bto.org/wings.

Can you help? 📢 We're seeking volunteers to take part in the final Winter Gull Survey (WinGS) on 19 January 2025! Monitoring overwintering populations of gulls in the UK is vital to gain a better understanding of potential declines.❄️ Sign up ➡️ app.bto.org/wings/public... #UKBirding #Ornithology

A screenshot of a social media post from USFWSPacific that reads: "SHE DID IT AGAIN! Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg. At an approximate age of 74, the queen of seabirds returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week and began interacting with a male." This tweet is paired with an image of two Laysan Albatrosses at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Wisdom, the oldest known wild bird, is shown alongside her new partner, demonstrating her enduring legacy as a remarkable seabird.

We humbly interrupt your scroll to bring you the news that Wisdom—the world's oldest known wild bird—is breeding again, age 74.

Go on girl. 😍

Got to admit, I’ve never thought about going there, was it the old side?