Followed by wine no doubt 😀

A Robin perched on a branch, its beak full of food and other material.

To reduce disease, we all need to make some urgent but simple changes to how we feed our garden birds.

See our website for the latest guidance: brnw.ch/21x1t4w

Birding Portland We're regularly being asked where locations mentioned on the website or Twitter are, or where is best to go and see a certain species. A ma...

This is worth a look Denise. Has all the regular Portland locations on it. www.portlandbirdobs.com/p/blog-page_...

Largest ever Government investment in threatened species recovery A total £90 million funding for species recovery across England

Really excellent to see this boost in government funding for nature - doubling the species recovery fund to £60m and investing £30m in wildlife restoration on the public forest estate

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Ongoing farmland bird monitoring this morning showed the importance of providing food during the hunger gap.
All except one Yellohammer this were young birds. After a long winter, this period is critical for 1st year survival.

Sequence of a Female Leucistic Hen Harrier successfully hunting on The Isle of Man, 2026 🇮🇲

This is excellent opportunity for 14(!) young birders to visit Lundy, boat and board included -- lundybirdobs.org.uk/news-and-sig...

Additional funding for young people to get out to a bird obs. through the BTO here -- www.bto.org/our-work/you...
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They’re back 💪💪 After CJ7’s arrival last night at 18:29, her mate, male 022 just arrived back this morning at 06:40. Brilliant news. Let the 2026 season commence 🎉🎉🎉
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Shooting restricted for six British wild birds to halt population decline Woodcocks and pochard, pintail and goldeneye ducks among threatened species protected by proposals

Shooting restricted for six British wild birds to halt population decline

Likewise! Was brilliant to see everyone.

Work took me to RSPB Arne today and got a very big dose of spring! Singing Dartford Warblers, Crossbills and Firecrest. A few Red Kites passing through overhead and a Sand Martin did the same. Best though was an Orange Underwing. Not a moth I see that often and usually in tops of birch!

Because of the ongoing rapid decline & persistent reports of disturbance we have taken the difficult decision this week to add Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in the UK to the long list of eBird sensitive species support.ebird.org/en/support/s... despite the cost to the science of #Ornithology #UKBirding

Checking up on local nest box cameras the other day I came across something I have not seen before in ~30 years of monitoring barn owl boxes....a tawny owl in a box with a pair of barn owls! Thankfully a couple of days later the barn owls were still present and the tawny owl had moved on.

New British and Irish bird atlas announced for 2027 A new bird atlas for Britain and Ireland has been announced by five conservation organisations. The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), BirdWatch Ireland, the RSPB, Scottish Ornithologists' Club (SOC) and Welsh Ornithological Society (WOS) have come together to begin work on Bird Atlas 2027-31.

A new bird atlas for Britain and Ireland has been announced by five conservation organisations:

Spring has begun... over the last week we have received 35 reports of Sand Martins, seven of Swallow, four each of Wheatear and House Martin, and two Red-rumped Swallows! #ukbirding

Someone reported it from Lodmoor by mistake so Birdguides was just correcting that record.

Now and the next 4 weeks are the very best time of year to find Willow Tits, which are paired and defending territories. They're at their most vocal and obvious until the leaves come out. Report all certain sightings to county recorder and @birdtrack.bsky.social to help monitor remaining populations

A rainbow forms over Gough Island

First confirmed cases of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus (HPAIV) on Gough Island represent one of the most geographically isolated detections of HPAIV to date. But how did it get there?

Read on for a summary

Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/2222...

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Last night we fitted new tracking tech to Jack Snipe @StaffsWildlife Cuckoo Bank.
The tags are Cellular Tracking Tech (CTT) and enable us to get live movements as they go.
A big thanks to @pulsarvisionukroi.bsky.social who sponsored our first tag.
This is a huge step for this species and us.

Wessex Stone-curlew Project Officer We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic individual with skills in farmland wildlife surveys (preferably Stone-curlew) to join our team conserving this RSPB Priority Species. The ideal ...

Wessex Stone-curlew Project Officer - RSPB - environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/109267-...

When your social media team have really lived life...

Coral background with faint heart illustrations. A glossy male Blackbird with a bright yellow bill faces left. Large title reads: “Birds as bad exes*” Smaller text reads: “*Yes, you read that right.”

Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox

Just a very pale Common Buzzard. That's very typical buzzard behaviour. Not something harriers tend to do.

A European storm petrel nesting among rocks in Mousa, Shetland.

The RSPB is looking for surveyors to census the UK’s largest Storm Petrel colony on Mousa, Shetland.

We need 2-4 volunteers who are comfortable working and camping in a remote location with limited facilities, to help complete playback surveys during mid-July 2026. 🪺🏝️🏕️

Happy to back James up here. The first pic is 100% a Sparrowhawk 👍

Petition: Stop the Guga Hunt Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for taking Gannets on Sula Sgeir.

Please help to end the senseless harvesting of Gannets. It’s a ‘tradition’ that needs stopping.

Please sign the petition which is already over 80,000 and I’m told the highest signed petition ever for a Scottish Parliament petition.

#birdingScotland

Really hoping the flock contains a few colour ringed birds!!

There are few Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa 花脸鸭 Huāliǎn yā) wintering at the Yellow River estuary in Shandong Province. Photo by "菜小hua". #birds #china #yellowriver

BREAKING: A Gamekeeper has pleaded guilty in England’s first-ever Hen Harrier persecution case.

Covert video and audio gathered lawfully by the RSPB Investigations team has helped expose the deliberate targeting of a Hen Harrier, leading to a landmark guilty plea:

www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈

So so so pleased! Common sense prevails but relentless campaigning made it happen. Amazing work!