BirdsMBS
@birdsmbs.bsky.social
Marylebone Birdwatching Society based in London Borough of Camden UK with members from across London. Zoom talks for members only. Coach outings, Local Outings and weekly walks on Hampstead Heath.
mailchi.mp/1da376341265... Latest Enews sent out last night with sneak preview of new programme to be launched 20th August.
MBS Enews mid-July 2025
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July 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
mailchi.mp/1da376341265... Latest Enews sent out last night with sneak preview of new programme to be launched 20th August.
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The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is here and butterflies need our help 🦋🚨
This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved.
No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️
Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved.
No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️
Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
July 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is here and butterflies need our help 🦋🚨
This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved.
No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️
Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved.
No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️
Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
mailchi.mp/a1c05baf20e9... Latest @BirdsMBS Enews. Still a few seats left on our last 2 coach trips of the current season. Pic of our trip to Thursley Common back in 2009.
May 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
mailchi.mp/a1c05baf20e9... Latest @BirdsMBS Enews. Still a few seats left on our last 2 coach trips of the current season. Pic of our trip to Thursley Common back in 2009.
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Review of the Week: 19-26 May 2025
Western Sandpiper, Collared Flycatcher and a third Eastern Bonelli's Warbler of the spring made for another excellent spring spell:
Western Sandpiper, Collared Flycatcher and a third Eastern Bonelli's Warbler of the spring made for another excellent spring spell:
Review of the Week: 19-26 May 2025
Sam Viles looks back at the top birds seen in Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic during the week of 19-26 May 2025. Western Sandpiper, Collared Flycatcher and a third Eastern Bonelli's Warbler of the spring made for another excellent spring spell.
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May 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Review of the Week: 19-26 May 2025
Western Sandpiper, Collared Flycatcher and a third Eastern Bonelli's Warbler of the spring made for another excellent spring spell:
Western Sandpiper, Collared Flycatcher and a third Eastern Bonelli's Warbler of the spring made for another excellent spring spell:
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The latest Breeding Bird Survey report for 2024 reveals a mixed picture for the UK's birds:
Cuckoos up, finches down: latest Breeding Bird Survey report published
The latest Breeding Bird Survey report for 2024 reveals a mixed picture for the UK's birds. On one hand, the report shows positive news for a range of birds including Firecrest, Western Marsh Harrier and Common Cuckoo. However, the it also reveals worrying declines for familiar woodland and garden s...
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May 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The latest Breeding Bird Survey report for 2024 reveals a mixed picture for the UK's birds:
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The @btobirds.bsky.social Blackbirds in Gardens is such an important survey!
Find out in this blog in @springernature.com why #bird diversity could help us control the prevalence of #mosquito-borne viruses #Usutu & #WestNileVirus
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#ecology #onehealth #biodiversity
Find out in this blog in @springernature.com why #bird diversity could help us control the prevalence of #mosquito-borne viruses #Usutu & #WestNileVirus
go.nature.com/4dvj3g4
#ecology #onehealth #biodiversity
May 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The @btobirds.bsky.social Blackbirds in Gardens is such an important survey!
Find out in this blog in @springernature.com why #bird diversity could help us control the prevalence of #mosquito-borne viruses #Usutu & #WestNileVirus
go.nature.com/4dvj3g4
#ecology #onehealth #biodiversity
Find out in this blog in @springernature.com why #bird diversity could help us control the prevalence of #mosquito-borne viruses #Usutu & #WestNileVirus
go.nature.com/4dvj3g4
#ecology #onehealth #biodiversity
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April 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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The @rspb.bsky.social #BigGardenBirdwatch results are in, and it's worrying to see declines noted including in Starlings. @bbs-birds.bsky.social shows a 54% reduction in the UK population from 1995 to 2022. Help monitor bird populations near you by taking part in our vital surveys ➡️ www.bto.org
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The @rspb.bsky.social #BigGardenBirdwatch results are in, and it's worrying to see declines noted including in Starlings. @bbs-birds.bsky.social shows a 54% reduction in the UK population from 1995 to 2022. Help monitor bird populations near you by taking part in our vital surveys ➡️ www.bto.org
Timely reminder of #BirdFlu #AvianFlu guidelines as @birdsmbs.bsky.social will be visiting #RyeHarbour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social 29th March where there has recently been a confirmed case.
⚠️ If you find any dead wild birds, please report it at www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
or call 03459 33 55 77.
⚠️ If you find any dead wild birds, please report it at www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
or call 03459 33 55 77.
Report dead wild birds
How to report dead wild birds.
www.gov.uk
March 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Timely reminder of #BirdFlu #AvianFlu guidelines as @birdsmbs.bsky.social will be visiting #RyeHarbour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social 29th March where there has recently been a confirmed case.
⚠️ If you find any dead wild birds, please report it at www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
or call 03459 33 55 77.
⚠️ If you find any dead wild birds, please report it at www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
or call 03459 33 55 77.
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It's been so lovely getting so many new followers here - welcome! We've tried to keep up, but if you are a Sussex/wildlife sort of person that we haven't followed back yet, please give us a wave!
March 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
It's been so lovely getting so many new followers here - welcome! We've tried to keep up, but if you are a Sussex/wildlife sort of person that we haven't followed back yet, please give us a wave!
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GOOD news! RSPB Geltsdale has secured even more vital habitat for wildlife, forever. 💚
That means space for Red Squirrels, Ring Ouzels, Hen Harriers & more to flourish, healthier rivers for Otters & amphibians, and farmland buzzing with life...
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
That means space for Red Squirrels, Ring Ouzels, Hen Harriers & more to flourish, healthier rivers for Otters & amphibians, and farmland buzzing with life...
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
February 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
GOOD news! RSPB Geltsdale has secured even more vital habitat for wildlife, forever. 💚
That means space for Red Squirrels, Ring Ouzels, Hen Harriers & more to flourish, healthier rivers for Otters & amphibians, and farmland buzzing with life...
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
That means space for Red Squirrels, Ring Ouzels, Hen Harriers & more to flourish, healthier rivers for Otters & amphibians, and farmland buzzing with life...
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
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The RSPB is celebrating a highly successful year for Bearded Tit on its reserves in 2024:
RSPB celebrates Bearded Tit boom
The RSPB is celebrating a highly successful year for Bearded Tit on its reserves in 2024. Last year, no fewer than 120 pairs of Bearded Tits nested at the charity's Blacktoft Sands reserve in East Yorkshire, producing some 500 fledged youngsters – more than double the success rate of previous year...
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February 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The RSPB is celebrating a highly successful year for Bearded Tit on its reserves in 2024:
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Floods formed by stored clay & soil for flood defences in Rye. Today 400 Lapwing, 12 Shelduck, 15 Shoveler, Wigeon & Teal. Recently Greenshank, Redshank, Avocet, Curlew, Dunlin, egrets... even unintended & unsophisticated 'habitat creation' attracts birds.
#UKbirding
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#UKbirding
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February 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Floods formed by stored clay & soil for flood defences in Rye. Today 400 Lapwing, 12 Shelduck, 15 Shoveler, Wigeon & Teal. Recently Greenshank, Redshank, Avocet, Curlew, Dunlin, egrets... even unintended & unsophisticated 'habitat creation' attracts birds.
#UKbirding
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#UKbirding
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
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Great to see the Breeding Bird Survey team join Bluesky @bbs-birds.bsky.social! Follow them for bird news, findings from this important survey and details about how to take part! #Ornithology #UKBirding
The @btobirds.bsky.social, @jncc.bsky.social and @rspb.bsky.social Breeding Bird Survey and Waterways Breeding Bird Survey are now on Bluesky! 🐦🦆 Follow us to find out more about the surveys, including how to take part and our key findings. Posts by the BBS team. #Ornithology #UKBirding #addBirder
February 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Great to see the Breeding Bird Survey team join Bluesky @bbs-birds.bsky.social! Follow them for bird news, findings from this important survey and details about how to take part! #Ornithology #UKBirding
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In honour of #WorldWetlandsDay, the magnificent Bearded Tit!
Have you got out and about in nature this weekend?
Share your snaps and stories... 👇😍
Have you got out and about in nature this weekend?
Share your snaps and stories... 👇😍
February 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
In honour of #WorldWetlandsDay, the magnificent Bearded Tit!
Have you got out and about in nature this weekend?
Share your snaps and stories... 👇😍
Have you got out and about in nature this weekend?
Share your snaps and stories... 👇😍
Reflection from David Bentley @sussextangerine.bsky.social known to some @birdsmbs.bsky.social members of old from his time in Hampstead. Marylebone Birdwatching Society Coach trip from Embankment, London, to Rye Harbour 29the March. birdsmbs.org.uk/coach.html
January 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Reflection from David Bentley @sussextangerine.bsky.social known to some @birdsmbs.bsky.social members of old from his time in Hampstead. Marylebone Birdwatching Society Coach trip from Embankment, London, to Rye Harbour 29the March. birdsmbs.org.uk/coach.html
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Review of the Week: 20-26 January 2025
An arrival of Swedish Lesser White-fronted Geese in Norfolk provided some excitement, while the Booted Eagle gave itself up in Cornwall. Sam Viles reports:
An arrival of Swedish Lesser White-fronted Geese in Norfolk provided some excitement, while the Booted Eagle gave itself up in Cornwall. Sam Viles reports:
Review of the Week: 20-26 January 2025
Sam Viles reports on the best birds in Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic during the week of 20-26 January 2025. An arrival of Swedish Lesser White-fronted Geese in Norfolk provided some excitement, while the Booted Eagle gave itself up in Cornwall.
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January 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Review of the Week: 20-26 January 2025
An arrival of Swedish Lesser White-fronted Geese in Norfolk provided some excitement, while the Booted Eagle gave itself up in Cornwall. Sam Viles reports:
An arrival of Swedish Lesser White-fronted Geese in Norfolk provided some excitement, while the Booted Eagle gave itself up in Cornwall. Sam Viles reports:
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1/ 🔊 We need your help to survey Heathland Birds! 🐦 For the first time in two decades we’re asking birders to survey for key species, including Woodlark, Dartford Warbler and Nightjar. Visit our website to sign up. ➡️ www.bto.org/heathland-birds-survey #Ornithology #UKBirding
January 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
1/ 🔊 We need your help to survey Heathland Birds! 🐦 For the first time in two decades we’re asking birders to survey for key species, including Woodlark, Dartford Warbler and Nightjar. Visit our website to sign up. ➡️ www.bto.org/heathland-birds-survey #Ornithology #UKBirding
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Only 1 day to go until the #BigGardenBirdwatch!
Chirpy House Sparrows took 1st place as 2024's most spotted BGBW bird.
Will they stay on top this year? 🏆
Get involved: https://buff.ly/4gXUE3y
📷 Carl Bovis
Chirpy House Sparrows took 1st place as 2024's most spotted BGBW bird.
Will they stay on top this year? 🏆
Get involved: https://buff.ly/4gXUE3y
📷 Carl Bovis
January 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Only 1 day to go until the #BigGardenBirdwatch!
Chirpy House Sparrows took 1st place as 2024's most spotted BGBW bird.
Will they stay on top this year? 🏆
Get involved: https://buff.ly/4gXUE3y
📷 Carl Bovis
Chirpy House Sparrows took 1st place as 2024's most spotted BGBW bird.
Will they stay on top this year? 🏆
Get involved: https://buff.ly/4gXUE3y
📷 Carl Bovis
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Wallasea Island RSPB is to expand by some 100 ha as part of major habitat-restoration work:
Wallasea Island RSPB set for major expansion
Wallasea Island RSPB is to expand by some 100 ha as part of major habitat-restoration work. Work is to begin later this year and will turn newly purchased land into natural grassland and a coastal lagoon, supporting rare and threatened birds such as Northern Lapwing, Common Redshank and Avocet.
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January 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Wallasea Island RSPB is to expand by some 100 ha as part of major habitat-restoration work:
A local patch for some @birdsmbs.bsky.social members.
From a stroll in Finsbury Park in North London this lunchtime, an Egyptian Goose plus a trio of wintering thrushes - Mistle Thrush, Redwing and Fieldfare @rspb.bsky.social Heartening to see how many species have adapted and thrived in urban areas @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2025
January 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A local patch for some @birdsmbs.bsky.social members.
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January 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Up for a Boxing Day challenge? It's time to play...
Who's That BIRD? 👀⁉️
A little practice now and you’ll be ready for the #BigGardenBirdwatch!
Don't forget to sign up: https://buff.ly/4iDDY2D
Who's That BIRD? 👀⁉️
A little practice now and you’ll be ready for the #BigGardenBirdwatch!
Don't forget to sign up: https://buff.ly/4iDDY2D
December 26, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Up for a Boxing Day challenge? It's time to play...
Who's That BIRD? 👀⁉️
A little practice now and you’ll be ready for the #BigGardenBirdwatch!
Don't forget to sign up: https://buff.ly/4iDDY2D
Who's That BIRD? 👀⁉️
A little practice now and you’ll be ready for the #BigGardenBirdwatch!
Don't forget to sign up: https://buff.ly/4iDDY2D
Waxwings! Memories of Boxing Day last year when we diverted the @birdsmbs.bsky.social Tuesday walk from an overcrowded @hampsteadheathcol.bsky.social to see the Tufnell Park Waxwings.
December 24, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Waxwings! Memories of Boxing Day last year when we diverted the @birdsmbs.bsky.social Tuesday walk from an overcrowded @hampsteadheathcol.bsky.social to see the Tufnell Park Waxwings.
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male kestrel posing nicely on my local patch @wrenwildlife.bsky.social #londonbirds #birds #raptors #wansteadflats #wansteadbirders
December 21, 2024 at 10:23 AM
male kestrel posing nicely on my local patch @wrenwildlife.bsky.social #londonbirds #birds #raptors #wansteadflats #wansteadbirders