Our next talk is by the brilliant Ric Morris and it’s going to be fantastic!

Lovely aren’t they! 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Various fungi on my recent adventures.

No I don’t but maybe our paths will cross in the future. We share a name and a hobby! 😂

I’m not sure. Why do you think I’d know her?

Stunning photos Tom!

Some of the 40 birds that we ringed under licence in Shropshire this morning. #shropshire_birding @westmidlandsrg.bsky.social

Misty Shropshire skies at dawn this morning.

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It doesn’t get much better than a nightjar! Ringed under licence.

@westmidlandsrg.bsky.social #nightjar #birdringing

Helping to ring and monitor 4 beautiful Barn Owls in Shropshire today. Last year the brood didn’t survive due to the wet weather, so it was lovely to have a better outcome this year. Ringed and monitored under licence.

#owls #BarnOwls #Shropshirebirding

Haha

I can’t reply directly to you anymore Rhys. Speak to my agent 😂

This is great, and I got quoted!

I know, it’s great isn’t it!

I was really lucky to help ring two Barn Owl chicks today, a male and a female. Shropshire. Ringed under licence.
#barnowls #shropshirebirding

I know!

150 species for a garden in an inland county is a very impressive achievement, no wonder Tom's house is known as the Salop Observatory. Congratulations, Tom!

Ringing Nightjar chicks under licence with @westmidlandsrg.bsky.social

This was a hugely exciting thing to be part of. What a bird! @westmidlandsrg.bsky.social

Great to be part of this ringing session at the weekend. Thank you @westmidlandsrg.bsky.social

sosshropshirebirds.bsky.social

We can spell 😂

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A walk in my local fields at sunset. #Shropshire

We’ve been advised by Harper Adams Uni (who set it up for us) to look at the score (circled) and an 8 or 9 value means it probably is correct, anything less needs checking, and may well be a misidentification.

SOS Venus Pool Soundscapes. Listen to an Oystercatcher and Wren in the rain. Recorded at Venus Pool Nature Reserve, Shropshire at dawn this morning. #birdweather #birdweatherpuc #bioacoustics #Shropshireornithologicalsociety #sos #Shropshire_Birding #Shropshire

I’m in the paper 😂
#Shropshire_Birding