A hoopoe stretches in a field
A hoopoe perches on a stonewall
Superbly confiding Hoopoe today at the Equestrian Centre near Gronant. Hot on the heels of yesterday's Wryneck at Burton Marsh Farm, and Wood Warbler at #RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands. Here's hoping the Dee Estuary purple patch continues... #BirdingWales
It’s Ringed Carpet. Scottish subspecies paler and darker than nominate.
A truly wonderful film, couldn't agree with @kitenet.bsky.social more
Mine arrived from the publisher last week. They are truly wonderful 😍 #TeamMoth #MothsMatter
A Bee-fly rests on dead leaves in spring sunshine
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major, at Connah's Quay, Flintshire, yesterday (21.03.26). My first of the spring. #BeeFlyWatch
Record shots of Common Crane at RSPB Burton Mere this morning.
Landing on your doorsteps - The British Birds journal’s March 2026 issue
Highlights:
• Eurasian Curlew conservation
• North American landbirds on boats
• Britain’s first ever Canada Warbler
britishbirds.co.uk/journal/volu...
Raptor Persecution UK blog reaches 16th birthday and passes 13 million views.
Thanks to everyone who follows the blog & supports its aims 🙏
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/03/r...
Our new guide to #FliesofBritainandIreland HAS JUST ARRIVED AT OUR OFFICE – We're now starting to mail out copies to all those who pre-ordered the book @rdimond.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
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Wild Bird Acoustics
Season 3; Ep 6
Microphones in the Moss
The wonderful sounds of pristine Swedish woodlands are featured in this episode. A feature length sound magazine, packed with audio from Spring 2025. Enjoy and share with friends!
Part of the flock of 507 Russian White-fronts off Bradshaw Lane, Pilling this afternoon found by Bob Danson, over ten times the previous Fylde record count before this weekend #LancsBirding
16 at BMW yesterday
Lovely views of drake White-winged Scoter at Buckhaven carpark in choppy seas along with the cracking white headed Velvet. #RareBirdsUK Fife
open.spotify.com/episode/37Vo... Wild Bird Acoustics drops a new episode this morning. Listen to the wonderful sounds of Northern Sweden in July, a long form sound magazine of high quality field recordings. A nice compliment to a relaxing Sunday afternoon….
It's arrived! Pan-species Listing: How to Become a Super-Naturalist published by @pelagicpublishing. My first book.
I am so pleased with it. It looks amazing, all those photos of incredible British species really make this a very colourful book and a celebration of how fantastic our wildlife is.
Come on birders…
#ukbirding
Willow Tit arrived last August, and been great to have it wintering on the reserve.
Maps like this one - for the Dee Estuary - illustrate that Black-tailed Godwits rely on a network of sites during the course of a year.
More in this blog from 9 Jan 2025:
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#ornithology
@amigodeaves.bsky.social @joseaalves.bsky.social @numenini.bsky.social
Recommended listening
BUFFLEHEAD, Foryd Bay, Gwynedd, Wales - 21.12.25 - Sketches done on site and watercolour added on return home. #birdart #birds #ukbirding on @DalerRowney Langton Cold Pressed Block
With colder temperatures and easterly winds we are starting to see some arrivals of White-fronted Geese and Tundra Bean Geese, as well as the smart Smew. Numbers of Smew wintering in the UK fell by 84% between 1996/97 and 2022/23 #ukbirding
Smew, by Graham Catley / BTO
European White-fronted Goose, James Lees/WWT
Our latest paper in Wildfowl presents the most comprehensive assessment yet of micro-particle ingestion in wild geese. From 809 faecal samples across five species, 46.5% contained synthetic micro-particles, detected at every sampling location. Open access paper - tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/art... ⬇️
In just three weeks, David Padmore will be taking on the mammoth challenge of running 268 miles across the Pennines in the Spine Race!
The best part, he is doing it to raise money for Curlew Action! Find out more about David's journey and donate today:
www.curlewaction.org/david-padmor...
Done 💪💪💪
This is really great news. #Hoylake beach is a remarkable place and these dynamic green beach habitats are so so rare around our constrained and over-managed coastline. A big win for #nature. Well done @joshual951.bsky.social and all involved 💚
Have you checked out our 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland yet? Free to download in 3 digital formats!
The new update to the BirdTrack app introduces several features aimed at helping us collect accurate bird data and alert you to those slip of the finger data entry errors #ukbirding
Exciting to catch up with the drake Bufflehead that graced Point of Ayr #RSPB over high tide today. No sign of rings & behaving like a wild bird.
@rspbcymru.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social #birdingWales @birdsinwales.bsky.social @rspbburtonmere.bsky.social @penrhynbirder.bsky.social
It's been a long wait but an advance copy of 'Grasshoppers' has finally arrived. It's been worth the wait with excellent printing
