Lovely local Ring ouzel found by Ed Bateman #Essexbirding

Paired LBB and what looks like the returning (now adult) LBBxHG. Lacks full dark band on P5, which YLG normally shows #Essexbirding

Nearly 1 in 6 UK species are threatened with extinction.

We've lost 97% of our wildflower meadows since the 1930s.

We have 73 million fewer birds than in the 1970s - a decline of almost a third.

And yet some politicians still just see wildlife as a blocker to progress.

2cy Bonaparte’s gull, Abberton- found by Peter Low #Essexbirding

Little stint and friends, Minsmere.

A surprise Little stint on Minsmere's West scrape today.

Lesser scaup, m & f, Abberton #Essexbirding

Since Saturday

Drake Canvasback, Abberton #Essexbirding

Pochard that seems to be the same bird first seen in December and showing features of possible Pochard x Canvasback, Abberton #EssexBirding

Wow! Stunning count.

Nice hybrids!

Peregrine falcon, Colchester.

Daurian/Isabelline shrike, North Warren, Suffolk.

Little stints, Abberton.

Lesser scaup, with scaup, Abberton

Brambling, Aldeburgh.

1W Brown shrike, Upper Hollesley Common, Suffolk.

Lovely Jay in the garden today #essexbirding

Aldeburgh's weekend Yellow-browed warbler.

Juvenile Hobby, Minsmere, Suffolk.

Turkestan shrike, Dunwich.

The stunning ad male Turkestan shrike, Dunwich.

Beautiful pale juvenile sinensis Cormorant, Abberton #essexbirding

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Very striking gingery Grey Squirrel, Castle Park, Colchester.

Glossy ibis, distantly, Abberton #essexbirding

Juvenile Little stint, Abberton #essexbirding

Juvenile Curlew sandpipers, Abberton #essexbirding

Some of the impressive Curlew sandpiper flock at Abberton, with the associating Little stints.