@dizzygirl66.bsky.social
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Sadly, we have seen a big increase in avian flu cases in the UK - particularly in waterfowl
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Sadly, we have seen a big increase in avian flu cases in the UK - particularly in waterfowl
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
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New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England, 2015-2023 - information that has been suppressed by government raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...
New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England, 2015-2023 – information that has been suppressed by government
Press release from independent group, Wildlife Poisoning Research UK, 15th November 2025. WHERE THE POISONED BODIES WERE FOUND! Many people probably imagine that the use of poisons to kill protecte…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England, 2015-2023 - information that has been suppressed by government raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...
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New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England 2015 - 2023 - info that has been suppressed by Govt.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...
New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England, 2015-2023 – information that has been suppressed by government
Press release from independent group, Wildlife Poisoning Research UK, 15th November 2025. WHERE THE POISONED BODIES WERE FOUND! Many people probably imagine that the use of poisons to kill protecte…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England 2015 - 2023 - info that has been suppressed by Govt.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...
Omg can it get any worse I bet he doesn't have a clue about wtes he is just jumping on a political bandstand 🤬🤬
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Omg can it get any worse I bet he doesn't have a clue about wtes he is just jumping on a political bandstand 🤬🤬
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Just had a Hooded Crow (or hybrid) fly north over the A35 at Winterbourne Steepleton with two Carrion Crows @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Just had a Hooded Crow (or hybrid) fly north over the A35 at Winterbourne Steepleton with two Carrion Crows @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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On our recent #BirdingTwoContinents tour this #Osprey flew over us on the fabled Merja Zerga lagoon in #Morocco
We now know that she was ringed by Roy Dennis at a nest near Loch Insh in #Scotland on 10/7/18 - this is the first time she has been recorded in over 7 years since her first migration!
We now know that she was ringed by Roy Dennis at a nest near Loch Insh in #Scotland on 10/7/18 - this is the first time she has been recorded in over 7 years since her first migration!
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
On our recent #BirdingTwoContinents tour this #Osprey flew over us on the fabled Merja Zerga lagoon in #Morocco
We now know that she was ringed by Roy Dennis at a nest near Loch Insh in #Scotland on 10/7/18 - this is the first time she has been recorded in over 7 years since her first migration!
We now know that she was ringed by Roy Dennis at a nest near Loch Insh in #Scotland on 10/7/18 - this is the first time she has been recorded in over 7 years since her first migration!
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Time to put an end to this madness.
Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🤬😢🤬😢
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social good to be back on coombe distant wte marsh harrier kestrel poss merlin avocets blk tailed godwits curlews lapwings oycs little egret goldcrest dartford warblers redshank dunlin
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social good to be back on coombe distant wte marsh harrier kestrel poss merlin avocets blk tailed godwits curlews lapwings oycs little egret goldcrest dartford warblers redshank dunlin
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So many & various shooting estates around this location & so many important sites for raptors...
Shot Pheasants found dumped in Dorset raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/s...
Shot Pheasants found dumped in Dorset raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/s...
Shot Pheasants found dumped in Dorset
Another week and another pile of shot and dumped gamebirds. Thanks to the blog reader who sent in this photo of a pile of dead, shot Pheasants he found yesterday, dumped on the road (B3081) running…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
So many & various shooting estates around this location & so many important sites for raptors...
Shot Pheasants found dumped in Dorset raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/s...
Shot Pheasants found dumped in Dorset raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/s...
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Appalling, illegal, unethical, disgusting. Oh, and in the midst of a severe outbreak of Avian Influenza #BirdFlu #H5N1 where free-range poultry are in mandatory lockdown to prevent viral spread.
#Ornithology #UKBirding
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/s...
#Ornithology #UKBirding
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Shot Pheasants found dumped in Dorset
Another week and another pile of shot and dumped gamebirds. Thanks to the blog reader who sent in this photo of a pile of dead, shot Pheasants he found yesterday, dumped on the road (B3081) running…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Appalling, illegal, unethical, disgusting. Oh, and in the midst of a severe outbreak of Avian Influenza #BirdFlu #H5N1 where free-range poultry are in mandatory lockdown to prevent viral spread.
#Ornithology #UKBirding
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/s...
#Ornithology #UKBirding
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/s...
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Compulsory housing orders across England, Wales & Northern Ireland to combat 'significantly elevated threat' of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu).
But ~60 million gamebirds still running around the countryside...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/c...
But ~60 million gamebirds still running around the countryside...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/c...
Compulsory housing orders across England, Wales & Northern Ireland to combat ‘significantly elevated threat’ of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Compulsory housing orders have been introduced across all of England, Wales and Northern Ireland in a bid to combat the ‘significantly elevated threat’ of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influe…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Compulsory housing orders across England, Wales & Northern Ireland to combat 'significantly elevated threat' of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu).
But ~60 million gamebirds still running around the countryside...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/c...
But ~60 million gamebirds still running around the countryside...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/c...
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I have just seen a swallow feeding over the Frome. Last for 25 maybe .
And 25 cattle egrets , 30 snipe , female marsh harrier plus . Lovely walk @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@harbourbirds.bsky.social
And 25 cattle egrets , 30 snipe , female marsh harrier plus . Lovely walk @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@harbourbirds.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I have just seen a swallow feeding over the Frome. Last for 25 maybe .
And 25 cattle egrets , 30 snipe , female marsh harrier plus . Lovely walk @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@harbourbirds.bsky.social
And 25 cattle egrets , 30 snipe , female marsh harrier plus . Lovely walk @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@harbourbirds.bsky.social
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Raptor recovery… Marsh Harrier, Goshawk, White-tailed Eagle and Osprey have all increased substantially over recent decades. Ospreys have colonised new counties at the rate of one a year, including Co. Fermanagh in 2023, the first breeding on the island of Ireland in 200 yrs #ukbirding #ornithology
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Raptor recovery… Marsh Harrier, Goshawk, White-tailed Eagle and Osprey have all increased substantially over recent decades. Ospreys have colonised new counties at the rate of one a year, including Co. Fermanagh in 2023, the first breeding on the island of Ireland in 200 yrs #ukbirding #ornithology
@dorsetheaths @dorstwildlifetrustWent for a short walk on Hartland Moor Friday and looked down instead of up the variety of funghi was amazing
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
@dorsetheaths @dorstwildlifetrustWent for a short walk on Hartland Moor Friday and looked down instead of up the variety of funghi was amazing
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Portland - Today's Pallid Swift which spent most of the afternoon in the area of Sweethill Farm. 🦉🌍🦜@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Portland - Today's Pallid Swift which spent most of the afternoon in the area of Sweethill Farm. 🦉🌍🦜@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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Hey @naturescot.bsky.social, would a 2 minute silence in memory of Merrick at the 'Revive' conference in Perth this weekend help to stiffen your resolve? 🧐
#ScottishEnvironment🌱
#RaptorPersecution
#SportingEstates
#ScottishEnvironment🌱
#RaptorPersecution
#SportingEstates
Merrick was shot & killed as she slept, over two years ago. NatureScot has had all the evidence on its desk for over 18 months. Now we're being asked to wait "a few weeks" more. It's pathetic.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
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#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
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NatureScot says “decision in next few weeks” on whether to impose General Licence restriction in relation to shooting & killing of golden eagle Merrick
The Scottish Government’s nature advisory agency, NatureScot, has been now been procrastinating for over 18 months on whether to impose a sanction on an estate in relation to the ‘shooting and kill…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Hey @naturescot.bsky.social, would a 2 minute silence in memory of Merrick at the 'Revive' conference in Perth this weekend help to stiffen your resolve? 🧐
#ScottishEnvironment🌱
#RaptorPersecution
#SportingEstates
#ScottishEnvironment🌱
#RaptorPersecution
#SportingEstates
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Another victim of a criminal with a shotgun. Hopefully this one will make it.
#WildlifeCrime #RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/04/s...
#WildlifeCrime #RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/04/s...
Shot Buzzard found in Herefordshire
A young Buzzard was found in a field in Leominster, Herefordshire last week, unable to fly. An x-ray revealed at least two shotgun pellets lodged in its body. It’s not known when the bird was…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Another victim of a criminal with a shotgun. Hopefully this one will make it.
#WildlifeCrime #RaptorResearch
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#WildlifeCrime #RaptorResearch
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Flood Alert for Dorset coast at Poole Harbour
Flood Alert for Dorset coast at Poole Harbour
High tides this evening may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible from 6pm to 10pm on 04/11/25
Areas most at risk include Poole Harbour and tidal stretches of the Lower Frome and River Piddle. Further flooding is possible during on the 05/11/2025 morning high tide between 06:30am and 10:30am.
The detailed tidal forecast for those who use it is for a peak level at Poole Harbour. The first forecast high water of 1.33mAODN is at 20:12, which is 0.41 m above tide tables, with southernly force 6 winds. The second forecast high water is at 08:36 on the 5th of November with a level of 1.33mAODN with southernly force 6 winds. (mAODN is height above average sea level.)
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Avoid beaches and coastal promenades, which may be flooded . Don't put yourself or others at risk
This message will be updated by 1:00PM on 05 November 2025 or as the situation changes.
www.floodmapper.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Flood Alert for Dorset coast at Poole Harbour
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Shot Pheasants & Red-legged Partridges dumped in Penicuik, Scotland raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/03/s...
Shot Pheasants & Red-legged Partridges dumped in Penicuik, Scotland
It’s another gamebird shooting season and that means shot Pheasants and Red-legged Partridges being illegally dumped (fly-tipped) by the side of a road. Thanks to the blog reader who alerted …
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Shot Pheasants & Red-legged Partridges dumped in Penicuik, Scotland raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/03/s...
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social coombe Heath ravens m harrier Merlin 200ish avocet blk td godwits 3 goldcrest ltts oycs redshank curlew buzzard little egret lapwing distant wte Dunlin butterflies single dragonfly poss hobby ? seemed to big for Merlin
November 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social coombe Heath ravens m harrier Merlin 200ish avocet blk td godwits 3 goldcrest ltts oycs redshank curlew buzzard little egret lapwing distant wte Dunlin butterflies single dragonfly poss hobby ? seemed to big for Merlin
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Hot summer and damp autumn cause UK boom in destructive honey fungus
Hot summer and damp autumn cause UK boom in destructive honey fungus
Huge increase in tree-killing disease is result of climate crisis, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Hot summer and damp autumn cause UK boom in destructive honey fungus
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Guest blog: Walshaw Turbine 13 by Nick MacKinnon
'Plans' for giant windfarm on deep peat get a very informed tongue-lashing from Nick & dog.
"This looks pretty steep to me. Woof!"
Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/31/g...
#peat #slopes #floods #daft #fenton-glynnMP #mooreMP #moor #walshaw
'Plans' for giant windfarm on deep peat get a very informed tongue-lashing from Nick & dog.
"This looks pretty steep to me. Woof!"
Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/31/g...
#peat #slopes #floods #daft #fenton-glynnMP #mooreMP #moor #walshaw
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Guest blog: Walshaw Turbine 13 by Nick MacKinnon
'Plans' for giant windfarm on deep peat get a very informed tongue-lashing from Nick & dog.
"This looks pretty steep to me. Woof!"
Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/31/g...
#peat #slopes #floods #daft #fenton-glynnMP #mooreMP #moor #walshaw
'Plans' for giant windfarm on deep peat get a very informed tongue-lashing from Nick & dog.
"This looks pretty steep to me. Woof!"
Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/31/g...
#peat #slopes #floods #daft #fenton-glynnMP #mooreMP #moor #walshaw
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You were had! @scottishgov.bsky.social @jimfairliesnp.bsky.social
Well done to @ariane-burgess.bsky.social for pointing out the fallacy of muirburn preventing wildfires. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Well done to @ariane-burgess.bsky.social for pointing out the fallacy of muirburn preventing wildfires. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Imagine being a Minister in Scottish Govt & sanctioning 6 months of torching this sensitive & important carbon-sequestering habitat, in a climate emergency & against will of Parliament, just so a handful of wealthy elites can get off on killing Red Grouse.
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Scottish Govt fiddles while grouse moors burn
Earlier this month the Scottish Government announced a delay, for the second time, of the implementation of muirburn licensing after caving in to pressure from aggressive lobbying by the grouse sho…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
You were had! @scottishgov.bsky.social @jimfairliesnp.bsky.social
Well done to @ariane-burgess.bsky.social for pointing out the fallacy of muirburn preventing wildfires. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Well done to @ariane-burgess.bsky.social for pointing out the fallacy of muirburn preventing wildfires. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social
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WaderTales blog about wader roosts and the energy that's lost when birds are disturbed.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/10/30/a...
Published on this day in 2016 🎂9️⃣
Over 3000 reads
#ornithology
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Published on this day in 2016 🎂9️⃣
Over 3000 reads
#ornithology
October 30, 2025 at 6:41 AM
WaderTales blog about wader roosts and the energy that's lost when birds are disturbed.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/10/30/a...
Published on this day in 2016 🎂9️⃣
Over 3000 reads
#ornithology
wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/10/30/a...
Published on this day in 2016 🎂9️⃣
Over 3000 reads
#ornithology
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The UK is among the most nature depleted counties in the world. A horrendous fact. Can you help reverse this by donating some cash to help the Wildlife Trusts buy the enormous Rothbury Estate so they can bring back wildlife? www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
Donate to Secure the Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife Trusts
Stretching over 3,800 hectares, the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is abundant with opportunity. It’s the largest continuous area of land to appear on the market in 50 years. Its sale creates a uni...
www.wildlifetrusts.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The UK is among the most nature depleted counties in the world. A horrendous fact. Can you help reverse this by donating some cash to help the Wildlife Trusts buy the enormous Rothbury Estate so they can bring back wildlife? www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...