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The wonderful sound of a couple of hundred Twite - known here in Shetland as 'Linties' - at Loch of Spiggie in one of the 40 'Bumblebird' wildlife-friendly crops grown by crofters and the Shetland Species on the Edge team in 2025. 👏
#BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife
The wonderful sound of a couple of hundred Twite - known here in Shetland as 'Linties' - at Loch of Spiggie in one of the 40 'Bumblebird' wildlife-friendly crops grown by crofters and the Shetland Species on the Edge team in 2025. 👏
#BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Volume up 🔊...
The wonderful sound of a couple of hundred Twite - known here in Shetland as 'Linties' - at Loch of Spiggie in one of the 40 'Bumblebird' wildlife-friendly crops grown by crofters and the Shetland Species on the Edge team in 2025. 👏
#BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife
The wonderful sound of a couple of hundred Twite - known here in Shetland as 'Linties' - at Loch of Spiggie in one of the 40 'Bumblebird' wildlife-friendly crops grown by crofters and the Shetland Species on the Edge team in 2025. 👏
#BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife
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This Swallow at Balranald, N Uist this afternoon appears to be the American subspecies: erythrogaster due to the lack of a dark band across the lower throat.
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This Swallow at Balranald, N Uist this afternoon appears to be the American subspecies: erythrogaster due to the lack of a dark band across the lower throat.
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A trip to Aylestone Meadows, Leicester for the Dusky Warbler, which showed well despite its reputation as a 'skulker'. A bogey bird put to rest, my 7th British lifer for 2025.
Thanks to the finder @beidaihebirder.bsky.social for help locating the bird. Photo by @jcbirder.bsky.social
#UKbirding
Thanks to the finder @beidaihebirder.bsky.social for help locating the bird. Photo by @jcbirder.bsky.social
#UKbirding
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A trip to Aylestone Meadows, Leicester for the Dusky Warbler, which showed well despite its reputation as a 'skulker'. A bogey bird put to rest, my 7th British lifer for 2025.
Thanks to the finder @beidaihebirder.bsky.social for help locating the bird. Photo by @jcbirder.bsky.social
#UKbirding
Thanks to the finder @beidaihebirder.bsky.social for help locating the bird. Photo by @jcbirder.bsky.social
#UKbirding
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Proof lightning does strike twice. @beidaihebirder.bsky.social found the second Dusky Warbler at Aylestone Meadows, 100m from the site of the Christmas Eve 2021 bird. Proved patchworking works. #vc55birds #ukbirding
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Proof lightning does strike twice. @beidaihebirder.bsky.social found the second Dusky Warbler at Aylestone Meadows, 100m from the site of the Christmas Eve 2021 bird. Proved patchworking works. #vc55birds #ukbirding
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After a dawn raid on the Point, this little beauty was cowering in the buckthorn on my birding walk back, not far south of the Breach at Spurn. Thomas Willoughby’s brilliant pic. Bird of a lifetime. A British tick as well 😂
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
After a dawn raid on the Point, this little beauty was cowering in the buckthorn on my birding walk back, not far south of the Breach at Spurn. Thomas Willoughby’s brilliant pic. Bird of a lifetime. A British tick as well 😂
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Eastern Yellow Wagtail on St Kilda today! Sound recording on a phone isn't easy, but the bird had a short raspy call, not dissimilar to a Citrine Wag.
@hebridesbirds.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
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October 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Eastern Yellow Wagtail on St Kilda today! Sound recording on a phone isn't easy, but the bird had a short raspy call, not dissimilar to a Citrine Wag.
@hebridesbirds.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
@hebridesbirds.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
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Hand held iPhone Bempton Swift.
October 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hand held iPhone Bempton Swift.
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Wow! Tracking a butterfly with motus!
Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿
#invertebrates 🌿
October 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Wow! Tracking a butterfly with motus!
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Just published: Conservation genomics of two
endangered buntings reveal genetic diversity
before and after severe population declines. doi.org/10.1186/s129... Despite severe population declines, both species retained high genetic diversity but experienced increased inbreeding. #ornithology #birds
endangered buntings reveal genetic diversity
before and after severe population declines. doi.org/10.1186/s129... Despite severe population declines, both species retained high genetic diversity but experienced increased inbreeding. #ornithology #birds
October 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Just published: Conservation genomics of two
endangered buntings reveal genetic diversity
before and after severe population declines. doi.org/10.1186/s129... Despite severe population declines, both species retained high genetic diversity but experienced increased inbreeding. #ornithology #birds
endangered buntings reveal genetic diversity
before and after severe population declines. doi.org/10.1186/s129... Despite severe population declines, both species retained high genetic diversity but experienced increased inbreeding. #ornithology #birds
Nothing obvious here at present.
October 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Nothing obvious here at present.
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Yellow-browed Bunting trapped, ringed and released at the Swannery. It's flown to the hedge which runs alongside the Swannery grounds and the bird may be viewable from the permissive path heading west from Grove Lane.
September 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Yellow-browed Bunting trapped, ringed and released at the Swannery. It's flown to the hedge which runs alongside the Swannery grounds and the bird may be viewable from the permissive path heading west from Grove Lane.
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Pechora Pipit wasn’t on my radar this morning, so a quick trip south under the Tyne for this mainland mega was somewhat of a a surprise!
#NEBirding #RarebirdsUK
#NEBirding #RarebirdsUK
September 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Pechora Pipit wasn’t on my radar this morning, so a quick trip south under the Tyne for this mainland mega was somewhat of a a surprise!
#NEBirding #RarebirdsUK
#NEBirding #RarebirdsUK
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It is remarkable that, in a region as heavily studied as the Mediterranean, it is still possible to discover places were a "raptor river" takes place
tinyurl.com/mu77m7hc
Mellone et al. 2025. Akritas Cape: a new raptor migration hot spot in the Balkans. Bird Conservation International
tinyurl.com/mu77m7hc
Mellone et al. 2025. Akritas Cape: a new raptor migration hot spot in the Balkans. Bird Conservation International
June 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It is remarkable that, in a region as heavily studied as the Mediterranean, it is still possible to discover places were a "raptor river" takes place
tinyurl.com/mu77m7hc
Mellone et al. 2025. Akritas Cape: a new raptor migration hot spot in the Balkans. Bird Conservation International
tinyurl.com/mu77m7hc
Mellone et al. 2025. Akritas Cape: a new raptor migration hot spot in the Balkans. Bird Conservation International
New raptor species for the Americas!
More than ten years ago John Webster photographed a harrier at Christ Church, Barbados. It was filed as a Northern in eBird all these years, until spotted by Paul Buckley and confirmed by Dick Forsman.
Via DF.
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
More than ten years ago John Webster photographed a harrier at Christ Church, Barbados. It was filed as a Northern in eBird all these years, until spotted by Paul Buckley and confirmed by Dick Forsman.
Via DF.
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
eBird Checklist - 26 Dec 2014 - Searles Private impoundment and Irrigation ponds - 1 species
Submitted by John Webster.
ebird.org
June 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
New raptor species for the Americas!
More than ten years ago John Webster photographed a harrier at Christ Church, Barbados. It was filed as a Northern in eBird all these years, until spotted by Paul Buckley and confirmed by Dick Forsman.
Via DF.
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
More than ten years ago John Webster photographed a harrier at Christ Church, Barbados. It was filed as a Northern in eBird all these years, until spotted by Paul Buckley and confirmed by Dick Forsman.
Via DF.
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
A patch Fox taking advantage of a water bucket early this morning.
Spare a thought for our urban wildlife in these temperatures and leave some liquid refreshment out. #FoxOfTheDay
Spare a thought for our urban wildlife in these temperatures and leave some liquid refreshment out. #FoxOfTheDay
June 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A patch Fox taking advantage of a water bucket early this morning.
Spare a thought for our urban wildlife in these temperatures and leave some liquid refreshment out. #FoxOfTheDay
Spare a thought for our urban wildlife in these temperatures and leave some liquid refreshment out. #FoxOfTheDay
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1960s acid jazz album cover.
These birds are way too hip.
Agami Herons, Agami Island #CostaRica
#birds #nature #herons
These birds are way too hip.
Agami Herons, Agami Island #CostaRica
#birds #nature #herons
June 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
1960s acid jazz album cover.
These birds are way too hip.
Agami Herons, Agami Island #CostaRica
#birds #nature #herons
These birds are way too hip.
Agami Herons, Agami Island #CostaRica
#birds #nature #herons
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A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
June 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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💥🔥😍 Male Eyebrowed Thrush at Gutcher, Yell today. Could be extremely elusive, but does occasionally hop out of cover onto the lawn. Amazing find by Christian! 😎👍 #YellBirding #Shetland ##RareBirdAlertUk #Birdguides #RareBirdsUK
June 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
💥🔥😍 Male Eyebrowed Thrush at Gutcher, Yell today. Could be extremely elusive, but does occasionally hop out of cover onto the lawn. Amazing find by Christian! 😎👍 #YellBirding #Shetland ##RareBirdAlertUk #Birdguides #RareBirdsUK
The recent wet weather has given the patch some respite in the last few days. Hopefully a bit more to come🤞but has produced some nice surprises.
A rather magnificent Chicken of the Woods/Sulphur Polypore on this mornings walk.
A rather magnificent Chicken of the Woods/Sulphur Polypore on this mornings walk.
May 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The recent wet weather has given the patch some respite in the last few days. Hopefully a bit more to come🤞but has produced some nice surprises.
A rather magnificent Chicken of the Woods/Sulphur Polypore on this mornings walk.
A rather magnificent Chicken of the Woods/Sulphur Polypore on this mornings walk.
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Our new paper led by Rachel Carmenta explodes the myth that poverty drives biodiversity loss - we show that it is wealth that has a disproportionate role 🌍
authors.elsevier.com/c/1l3Im6gsyP...
authors.elsevier.com/c/1l3Im6gsyP...
May 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Our new paper led by Rachel Carmenta explodes the myth that poverty drives biodiversity loss - we show that it is wealth that has a disproportionate role 🌍
authors.elsevier.com/c/1l3Im6gsyP...
authors.elsevier.com/c/1l3Im6gsyP...
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Of all the things I was hoping to find today in Georgia today, a Bateleur was not one of them! This juv drifted in from Azerbaijan and over David Gareja before returning that way. First for Azerbaijan and 3rd for Georgia!
April 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Of all the things I was hoping to find today in Georgia today, a Bateleur was not one of them! This juv drifted in from Azerbaijan and over David Gareja before returning that way. First for Azerbaijan and 3rd for Georgia!
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This is insane - a cautionary tale for bird photographers intent on changing bird behaviour for a better photograph! 🪶
April 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This is insane - a cautionary tale for bird photographers intent on changing bird behaviour for a better photograph! 🪶
Competition on Madrid-Barcelona: Average fares down 40%; rail’s share of the air/rail market increases from 59% to 82%.
300+ mile journey where cheapest ticket is the same price as a 12 mile journey by train locally.
inspain.news/competition-...
300+ mile journey where cheapest ticket is the same price as a 12 mile journey by train locally.
inspain.news/competition-...
Competition on Spain’s railways is driving down prices
Spain’s high-speed railways have had a major shake-up in recent years. The result? Lower prices, greater availability and more passengers.
inspain.news
April 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Competition on Madrid-Barcelona: Average fares down 40%; rail’s share of the air/rail market increases from 59% to 82%.
300+ mile journey where cheapest ticket is the same price as a 12 mile journey by train locally.
inspain.news/competition-...
300+ mile journey where cheapest ticket is the same price as a 12 mile journey by train locally.
inspain.news/competition-...