Happy World Curlew Day! 🎉

Thank you from us too!

Thank you from us too!

Beautiful birds! 😍

Great WeBS count!

A picture of a male Tufted Duck floating on calm water with the heading 'April WeBS Core Count TODAY!'. Underneath is the WeBS logo and web address www.bto.org/webs

Today is the April WeBS Priority Core Count! WeBS data contributes towards reporting how our wetland birds are faring and the latest WeBS report, Waterbirds in the UK 2024/25, was published this week and can be read here - www.bto.org/wituk!

#ornithology
#birding UK/IRE

If you know of any regular roosts in your WeBS sites/local area, you can record this by clicking on the ‘Roosts’ tab in WeBS Online.

🚨New feature in WeBS Report Online 🚨
You can now look at Roosts that have been entered into WeBS Roosts online. Simply go into WeBS Report Online and click on the roosts tab. Here, you can zoom in and look at roosts in your area.

2/ As always, this year’s Waterbirds in the UK report would not have been possible without the dedication from our volunteers, contributing to these trends to give us a better understanding on how our waterbirds are faring. Thank you!

@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

1/ The latest 2024/25 Waterbirds in the UK report has just been published and can be viewed online www.bto.org/wituk 🎉

Physical copies will be reaching your doorsteps very soon! 🗞️

To view the updated numbers and trends, visit www.bto.org/webs-reporting

#Ornithology #CitSci

Underneath the headline 'WeBS Site Insight: Scoulton Mere, Norfolk’ is an image of two adult Mallards, one male and one female on calm water, with a map of the site boundary and location within the UK. The WeBS logo is beneath with the text ‘ Join WeBS - Can you help count waterbirds here?’

Are you a birder in Norfolk? We are looking for a volunteer to count Scoulton Mere, between Watton and Hingham as it hasn’t been counted since 1976! If you think you can help please contact us
via the "Contact the Local Organiser" button at
app.bto.org/websonline/s...

#Ornithology #NorfolkBirding

Image of an adult male Tufted Duck on water (John Harding/BTO). Title reads 'WeBS Species Spotlight'. The image has labels, describing the small tuft on the back of the head, yellow eyes, black on the head, neck, chest and back and white on the sides. Text on the right of the image reads: 'Status: Common. Weight: 853.4g. Eggs: 8-11. Habitats: Lakes, ponds, estuaries and rivers'.

Tufted Duck is up next for #WeBSSpeciesSpotlight!

These characterful little ducks can be found on lakes and ponds in the middle of our busiest towns and cities, where they can be observed diving for their favoured food of aquatic invertebrates and bivalve molluscs.

#Ornithology

We hope you enjoyed our WeBS species Easter Quiz! Answers below:

1. Coot
2. Goosander
3. Mute Swan
4. Avocet
5. Canada Goose
6. Mallard
7. Eider
8. Shelduck

How many did you get correct? 🐤

Although we don't count birds until they are at least ¾ grown, it's Easter and we love a quiz, so guess the chick of these WeBS species!

Answers will follow on Sunday 🐣

The deadline to apply to this funded PhD looking at Climate, Land use and Protected Area effects on Migratory Waterbirds is fast approaching! Please do apply/share with your networks.

www.essex.ac.uk/postgraduate...

@ecoevoenviro.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social

Underneath the headline 'WeBS Site Insight: River Ely - Ely Bridge, Cardiff’ is an image of two adult Mute Swans swimming on calm water, with a map of the site boundary and location within the UK. The WeBS logo is beneath with the text ‘ Join WeBS - Can you help count waterbirds here?’

Are you a birder in Cardiff? We are looking for a beginner birder to count this section of the River Ely, which hasn’t been counted since 1985! If you think you can help please contact us
via the "Contact the Local Organiser" button at
app.bto.org/websonline/s...

#Ornithology

#BirdingWales

Image of an adult Little Grebe on water (Alan Drewitt/BTO). Title reads 'WeBS Species Spotlight'. The image has labels, describing the pale gape patch behind bill, bright chestnut throat and 'fluffy' rear end. Text on the left of the image reads: 'Status: Common. Weight: 224.9g. Eggs: 4-6. Habitats: Lakes, ponds, estuaries and rivers.'

Little Grebe is up next for #WeBSSpeciesSpotlight ! 🙌

The smallest of our grebes, they are found across lowland Britain & Ireland and occupy a broad range of waterbodies. They can be overlooked due to their shy nature, often remaining hidden in emergent vegetation.

#Ornithology

WeBS count sunday! It is lovely to have the sun back on the WeBS surveys ...small numbers of curlew, teal & redshank linger along Oglet Shore, with buzzards, lapwings & skylark displaying overhead, wheatears on the fields & Cettis exploding into song! @webs-gsmp.bsky.social @mbblerc.bsky.social

Thank you!

Sounds like a great WeBS visit!

Wonderful birds to see on your WeBS count!

A picture of a Tufted Duck standing is accompanied with the heading 'March WeBS Core Count TODAY!'. At the bottom is the WeBS logo and the web address 'www.bto.org/webs'.

Today is the March WeBS Priority Core Count day!

A picture of three Gadwall flying across a pond is accompanied with the heading 'March WeBS Core Count' and 'Sunday 21st'. At the bottom is the WeBS logo and the web address 'www.bto.org/webs'.

This Sunday is the WeBS Priority Core Count! Although WeBS is a year-round survey, March is the last month of the core winter period, which runs from September to March (inclusive). Let's make our counting count!

#BirdingUK
#Ornithology

Underneath the headline 'WeBS Site Insight: Upperlands Dams, Londonderry’ is an image of a flying adult Mute Swan, with a map of the site boundary and location within the UK. The WeBS logo is beneath with the text ‘ Join WeBS - Can you help count waterbirds here?’

Are you a birder in Londonderry, Northern Ireland? We are looking for a volunteer to count waterbirds at Upperlands Dams once a month! If you think you can help please contact us
via the "Contact the Local Organiser" button at
app.bto.org/websonline/s...

#Ornithology
#UKBirding

Underneath the headline 'WeBS Site Insight: Kelhead Quarry, Dumfries and Galloway’ is an image of a Moorhen standing on a branch, with a map of the site boundary and location within the UK. The WeBS logo is beneath with the text ‘ Join WeBS - Can you help count waterbirds here?’

Are you a birder in Dumfries and Galloway? We are looking for a volunteer to count waterbirds at Kelhead Quarry once a month! If you think you can help please contact us
via the "Contact the Local Organiser" button at
app.bto.org/websonline/s...

#Ornithology
#UKBirding
#BirdingScotland

Underneath the headline 'WeBS Site Insight: River Don - Rheidol GP, Ceredigion’ is an image of a Little Grebe swimming, with a map of the site boundary and location within the UK. The WeBS logo is beneath with the text ‘ Join WeBS - Can you help count waterbirds here?’

Are you a beginner birder near Aberystwyth? We are looking for a volunteer to count waterbirds at Rheidol GP! If you think you can help, please contact us via the "Contact the Local Organiser" button at app.bto.org/websonline/s...

#BirdingWales

#Ornithology

#UKBirding

Thank you to everyone who attended the BTO Annual Conference on Saturday, we hope you enjoyed it! Please let us know your highlights/comments below ⬇️

A group of seven people stand with their backs to the camera, looking through binoculars across a calm lake.

Today is the February WeBS Priority Core Count! What have you seen on your WeBS site today? 🦆 👀

#Ornithology
#UKBirding

RSPB
JNCC

An adult Greylag Goose stands on a wall while waves crash around it. The headline says 'February WeBS Core Count' and below says 'The Priority Core Count date is 22nd February. At the bottom of the image is the WeBS logo and the web address 'www.bto.org/webs'.

This Sunday, 22nd, is the February WeBS Core Count! Let's get out and count our wetland birds! 🌊

#Ornithology
#UKbirding

@rspbscience.bsky.social
@jncc.bsky.social

Underneath the headline 'WeBS Site Insight: River Don - Kemnay to Inverurie’ is an image of a Goosander swimming, with a map of the site boundary and location within the UK. The WeBS logo is beneath with the text ‘ Join WeBS - Can you help count waterbirds here?’

Are you a birder in Aberdeenshire who can count this section of the River Don? We need more data from rivers and this attracted a mix of species when last counted in 2022. If you can help, contact us via the "Contact the Local Organiser" button at bit.ly/4tCNpVG

#WeBSSiteInsight #YourWeBSJourney