We are proud to announce that our wonderful partners @bosfonline.bsky.social will be at the very heart of the Brum Biosphere mechanism.
We warmly invite you watch their celebration of 20 years of voluntary action to inspire your community 😎
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A MASSIVE heads up to everyone that is proud of Brum and the West Midlands!
Our social historian Professor Carl Chinn MBE is starting a new podcast to create a living record of our time through conversations with grassroots campaigners & changemakers!
ourlives-ourstories.kit.com/launch
This is the most beautiful Mistle Thrush song I have ever heard!
What made it even more magical was the fact that it was gracing a new collaborative nature project in Nechells.
It’s worth taking 26 seconds just to heal the mind and enjoy the wonder of Brum’s birdsong 😎👌
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An early start and long shift to clear, set up and monitor feeding stations @bibbeyswildfarms.bsky.social was rewarded with some quality birding:
Jack Snipe
90+ Stock Dove
Peregrine
3 Stonechat
14 Crossbill SW ➡️ Uffmoor Wood
10+ Lesser Redpoll
Now 45+ Yellowhammer!
12+ Reed Bunting
Ahh Happy New Year Phil! Great to hear from you. 60+ was the all-time record set in the 90’s and we came close in late January 2023 with 55+ but this latest count bodes well for another attempt at the record.
Hope life is treating you well and best wishes to your dad and rest of family too 😎👍👊
Fantastic to see that Yellowhammer numbers have now reached 30 at @bibbeyswildfarms.bsky.social 😍
A little sample of them were captured in this photo.
Don’t you just love Nature Friendly Farming on Brum’s urban fringe! 😎
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Exactly, I have been saying the same 😂😂😂
Hi Andy,
Really sorry, got into a comfort zone of assuming it was settled but the unexpected weather appeared to put pay to its stay 🙏🙏🙏
Sent full info to both sets of county recorders 🙏🙏
Hi Phil,
favoured site was in Worcs but on 3 occasions seen circling over Stour and into West Mid’s between Breach Farm & Uffmoor Wood.
Alec sent me the photo asking whether it was a Redpoll and I nearly passed out when I saw the image! 😂😂
Keen to find precedents on farms in our region…
Nature Friendly Farming does it again!
This gorgeous Snow Bunting found refuge @bibbeyswildfarms.bsky.social during horrendous weather on 22nd November 2025
It was allowed to settle, found our winter bird provisions and stayed till New Year’s Day!
Well done to finder Alec Longhurst
👌👏
Place happiness, health, wellbeing & wonderment at the heart of your New Year’s resolutions and kick off by joining me for a FREE guided bird walk with the volunteers who help Brum look after the fabulous Quinton Meadows LNR. 10:00am-11:30am this Saturday 3rd January 😎
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Find out about @bibbeyswildfarms.bsky.social success story & how Nature Friendly Farming can feed nature into our lives on the urban fringe & within the @bbcwildlifetrust.bsky.social conurbation
Doors/bar open 6:30pm at Fairfield Village Hall, B61 9LZ, this Saturday. FREE community social event
Great to return to @bibbeyswildfarms.bsky.social today after a leg injury
Finch numbers have predictably fallen after fireworks/storms but Yellowhammer are building and great to record 6 Reed Bunting.
Stonechat are wintering again at a new site but no sign of XC or BZ yet. Also Peregrine noted.
It is an absolute honour to be facilitating the development of the Sheepcote Street Nature Group.
This is such an exciting project in the heart of our great city!
There are so many amazing projects and positive news stories rising across Birmingham!
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#BrumBiosphere
A nice local story: Rare purseweb spider discovered by visitor at Kinver Edge - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It was great to join Friends of Stechford Hall Park on Monday
The park’s birds put on a real show and it was wonderful to feel the happiness as everyone connected with nature 😎
Highlights:
2 Green Woodpecker
9+ Pied Wagtail
13 Goldfinch
75+ Starling chasing a Sparrowhawk!
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Last time out 2 Spotted Flycatchers stole the show
I’m looking forward to teaming up with Friends of Stechford Hall Park again tomorrow to connect the local community to nature for their happiness, health & wellbeing
Meet 11am at the play area off Stechford Road, B34 6AB
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Hi Rob,
Had a few fly through over the years but these were my first “on the deck”. A real unexpected treat. They actually circled me four times as I walked across the field so it felt like a really magical experience 😎
Pure #PatchGold!
10 Crossbill @bibbeyswildfarms.bsky.social this morning!
It is so energising, inspiring and uplifting to fall in love with nature every day!
Every experience feels just as powerful as the first.
I would highly recommend that you fall in love with nature too! 😎
Join me and Friends at Highbury Park this Saturday 25th October to discover the miracles of bird migration!
Meet in the car park at B13 8NZ from 9:15am
Last time out a Tree Pipit was found showing how much birdlife there is in Brum waiting to be discovered!
#BrumBiosphere
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This is the 5th year that I’ve witnessed the return of winter finch & bunting flocks to @bibbeyswildfarms.bsky.social - it gets more and more exciting!
Nature Friendly Farming on this urban fringe has served thousands and thousands of birds in that time!
Time to roll it out around Brum! 🚜
A win for nature-friendly farmers! 🎉 The Govt has confirmed 1-year extensions to Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier agreements - providing certainty for those delivering for food, nature & climate. 👉 “This was a key ask from NFFN, and it’s a strong signal,” says our CEO @linesmartin.bsky.social. #nffn
This morning’s gratitude was based on a sample of 3 bird species populations that are increasing on Brum’s urban fringe as a result of Countryside Stewardship that is being withdrawn on 31st December without a replacement!
Also Linnet, Skylark, Yellowhammer…
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This morning’s gratitude was based on a sample of 3 bird species populations that are increasing on Brum’s urban fringe as a result of Countryside Stewardship that is being withdrawn on 31st December without a replacement!
Also Linnet, Skylark, Yellowhammer…
www.linkedin.com/posts/chris-...
It’s fabulous to sense the growing connection with Brum’s birds and butterflies across the city and demand is growing!
42 bird species have been recorded during guided walks with the Friends of Swanshurst Park, and the local community are loving the boost to their happiness and wellbeing! 😎
2 Raven circling low over Colmore Row near Snow Hill Station earlier this afternoon.
A tick for this area of Brum and great to hear their gronking calls echoing around the buildings here
Congratulations guys and no surprise at all! Well deserved recognition for an amazing network of Brum’s “unsung heroes” who passionately and unconditionally give so much to our great city 👌👏👏👏👏👏
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Discover Nature in Autumn!
Join @wardendgftc.bsky.social & @chris4patches.bsky.social @brumcjc.bsky.social for a guided autumn Walk & Talk.
Explore the changing season, learn about local wildlife, & enjoy a morning in nature.
Sat 4th Oct
10am-12pm
Ward End Park, #Birmingham
Free and open to all!
An important Cuckoo host species, the Meadow Pipit is often overlooked but has huge character and claw!
Their “parachute” display is a delight to watch!
They are declining; Amber-listed and on the global IUCN “near threatened” list
Great to see 130+ @bibbeyswildfarms.bsky.social today 😎
