Counts of birds migrating past Hunstanton between 06.15 and 08.45 on 3rd April 2026

A portrait of a medium-sized black, grey and white shrike towards the top of a small bush

A picture of a black female sawfly with a brighy orange head resting on a pine cone

A group of orange-coloured fungi growing and glowing in a peaty stream

A grand day in northwest Norfolk, with a good movement of passerines along Hunstanton cliffs followed by Great Grey Shrike in the nearby dunes and a fine display of Bog Beacon and my first ever Red-headed Pine Sawfly (a female) in the woods at Dersingham

Asian Leopard

Dohl or Indian Wild Dog

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

Tiger

Central India trip report is now up and online www.oriolebirding.com/wp-content/u... @oriolebirding.bsky.social

Photo of the Week: 23 February-1 March 2026 Mike Warburton wins this Monday's award for his outstanding Eurasian Goshawk portrait.

Mike Warburton wins today's Photo of the Week for his outstanding Eurasian Goshawk portrait:

So all I’ve heard is 6 US serviceman have died on mainstream media. Whatever your opinions on the war, the tragic deaths of school children & teachers in Iran should be equally portrayed. @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social @nbcnews.com @nbcnews.com

Little Owl ‘singing’ from our garden this evening. Reminiscent of Scops Owl #ukbirding #cheshirebirding

There is that difference in structure as well possibly sexual, our bird being a ♂

Yes Tom you’re right, I aged mine as a 1w or 2cy but the East coast bird is clearly much paler and just checked is on RBA as a 2w. Should’ve checked that before! Well spotted.

Interesting looking at your pics, here’s a pic of the bird I had on Blakeney Point on 17th Feb not a great image, but surely a different bird. The bill structure and head to me feel obviously heavier!?

It was good watching the local Pink-feet earlier this week and not too difficult to find some nice Tundra Beans amongst them, especially when there was a total of 18 amongst them! Also 3 Russian White-fronted Geese with this group.

Some decent weather at last! Good to see my local Goshawk population is doing very well, managed at least 3 different males this morning, possibly four! @danmartinwildlife.bsky.social

First winter/2cy Glaucous Gull

A good long walk yesterday down Blakeney Point with @mandymyers007.bsky.social proved worthwhile with a Merlin, Great N Diver and this beefcake Glaucous Gull on the end, which unfortunately got flushed before I could get some better pics, real chunky one with a colossal bill.

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We have had multiple Yellow Weather Warnings and one Amber Weather warning for snow this winter covering our Peak District village. Snow depth peaked at about 7 cm with nothing on the last Yellow. Meanwhile images of yesteryear below... #ShiftingBaselines #ClimateChange

A collage of 10 portrait pictures of BTO's new Youth Reps. An orange banner at the top of the image reads: Meet our new Youth Reps. BTO Youth logo is top right.

We're delighted to be welcoming 10 new BTO Youth Reps! 😀 Read all about their passion for nature and connect with your local rep at www.bto.org/our-work...

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman

Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.

It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.

ICE MUST GO‼️

Out locally on the bike this pm. Rode past these fields with margins and cover strips, but might we be better off putting those subsidies towards educating #farmers on how to cut hedgerows? Plus not smash all the bramble down, a really important nectar source?
#farmland #conservation

Pale bellied Brent

Pale bellied Brent

Thornback Ray eggcase

Irish Moss

Great morning around Salthouse & @nwtcley
with Steve Lewis, Twite, Jack Snipe, lots of Red-throated Divers and a Pale-bellied Brent showing at point blank range. Some nice shoreline delights to be found too!

Accept that trichomonosis has been an issue, though is they’re evidence that it has killed millions of Chaffinch & Greenfinch. The article you were referring to deals with the increase of competition in species where generalists such as Blue, Great Tit & GSWP may benefit.

A Goldcrest perches on a plant showing its small size, olive plumage and yellow stripe on the top of its head.

Goldcrests might be tiny, but they can certainly travel a long way. A male Goldcrest ringed in Lincolnshire was caught alive 1,665 km away in northern Sweden 11 months later! #Winterwatch

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Blimey, the Firecrest was ringed on 03/11/25 at the Skagen Fugelstation on the northernmost tip of Denmark #birdingFife

Our landscapes & the food for our wildlife is so vastly manipulated it’s tricky to just come down hard on garden bird feeding. Plus the article doesn’t reach conclusions, it just raises questions of what are or aren’t the benefits.

Tricky to leave it here!? Interesting & relevant arguments/debate. But to give context Wn Europe has had massive artificial supplies of food from many sources over 60+years, benefiting certain sp. Sugar beet, winter stubbles, artificial lakes full of fish, refuse tips, fishing fleets etc 1/2

China has the largest installed wind capacity in the world.

There was a wonderful selection of the rare & scarce showing well at Filby broad but you couldn’t ignore this showy stunning ♂ Goldeneye!

A thoroughly enjoyable day out East started with sifting through a few thousand Pink-feet, great to watch at least 7 Tundra Beans, this group of three showing nicely!

Leopard

Lioness

African Wild Dog

Southern Carmine Bee-eater

A wonderful experience to have guided this Botswana tour for @oriolebirding.bsky.social the full trip report is now online here www.oriolebirding.com/.../Botswana....
This tour runs again in November 2026 - if you're interested, an amazing trip!

For me, the prettiest flower of our New Year Plant Hunt had to be the exquisite soft indigo & snow white of the Ivy-leaved Toadflax. I mean, this is just wow!
@linnetincley.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
#cleyplants

Meeting Andy!?

Have a great day tomorrow!