Andy Field
@merseabirder.bsky.social
Birder from Mersea Island in Essex.
Arctic Tern still off Stone Point, East Mersea this morning, Great Northern Diver on the Colne, scarce this end of the Island, and a Common Scoter flew in and landed. Merlin just north of Cudmore Grove car park. #Essexbirding
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Arctic Tern still off Stone Point, East Mersea this morning, Great Northern Diver on the Colne, scarce this end of the Island, and a Common Scoter flew in and landed. Merlin just north of Cudmore Grove car park. #Essexbirding
Thanks to a prompt message from Neil Harvey, we finished our WeBS count with an adult and juv Arctic Tern from Stone Point, East Mersea. #Essexbirding
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Thanks to a prompt message from Neil Harvey, we finished our WeBS count with an adult and juv Arctic Tern from Stone Point, East Mersea. #Essexbirding
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This month's fascinating talk is about Recording Rare Breeding Birds in the UK and Essex, by Mark Eaton from the RBBP. It's streaming live on YouTube from 8pm on Friday: youtube.com/live/VlTi7GS...
#essexbirding #RareBirdsUK @ukrbbp.bsky.social
#essexbirding #RareBirdsUK @ukrbbp.bsky.social
Recording Rare Breeding Birds in the UK and Essex
YouTube video by Essex Birdwatching Society
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November 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This month's fascinating talk is about Recording Rare Breeding Birds in the UK and Essex, by Mark Eaton from the RBBP. It's streaming live on YouTube from 8pm on Friday: youtube.com/live/VlTi7GS...
#essexbirding #RareBirdsUK @ukrbbp.bsky.social
#essexbirding #RareBirdsUK @ukrbbp.bsky.social
Arctic Skua again today chasing Sandwich Terns off Kingsland Rd and Esplanade, West Mersea. Seems to be hanging around in the area. #EssexBirding
October 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Arctic Skua again today chasing Sandwich Terns off Kingsland Rd and Esplanade, West Mersea. Seems to be hanging around in the area. #EssexBirding
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My blog about days 3 and 4 of the Scilly trip, and a difficult Pipit that we still haven't 100% identified. #ukbirding #birds
Red-throated Pipit? Scilly Days 3-4, 13th-14th October 2025
After a long day trudging around St Mary's seeing little (aside from a Garden Warbler that was briefly kicked up to Booted before being unce...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
My blog about days 3 and 4 of the Scilly trip, and a difficult Pipit that we still haven't 100% identified. #ukbirding #birds
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BirdLife International has issued a firm warning against proposals to cull Great Cormorant across Europe, arguing that the measures would fail to address pressures on fish stocks and could damage years of conservation progress:
Mass culling of cormorants won't save European fish stocks, BirdLife warns
BirdLife International has rejected proposals from eight EU Member States to reclassify Great Cormorant as a huntable species and co-ordinate continent-wide culls. The organisation warns that such measures would not restore fish stocks, could create legal uncertainty and would undermine decades of conservation work. Instead, BirdLife advocates for targeted local action and habitat restoration to tackle the real drivers of fish population decline.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
BirdLife International has issued a firm warning against proposals to cull Great Cormorant across Europe, arguing that the measures would fail to address pressures on fish stocks and could damage years of conservation progress:
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It wasn't all birds for our Isles of Scilly tour. We also encountered RED SQUIRRELS, PRICKLY STICK INSECTS, the endemic subspecies of SPECKLED WOOD and HUMMINGBIRD HAWKMOTH. #wildlife #nature #islesofscilly #mammals #uknature
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It wasn't all birds for our Isles of Scilly tour. We also encountered RED SQUIRRELS, PRICKLY STICK INSECTS, the endemic subspecies of SPECKLED WOOD and HUMMINGBIRD HAWKMOTH. #wildlife #nature #islesofscilly #mammals #uknature
First Mersea Arctic Skua for some years for me yesterday, off West Mersea Esplanade, flew off high West but reappeared later chasing gulls off Bradwell. #EssexBirding
October 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
First Mersea Arctic Skua for some years for me yesterday, off West Mersea Esplanade, flew off high West but reappeared later chasing gulls off Bradwell. #EssexBirding
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October 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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An almost birdless slog around the patch was finally rewarded when a distant airplane turned out to be a White-tailed Eagle. Unfortunately stayed rather distant but never mind, a full fat patch tick.
#HytheLagoons
#EssexBirding
#HytheLagoons
#EssexBirding
October 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
An almost birdless slog around the patch was finally rewarded when a distant airplane turned out to be a White-tailed Eagle. Unfortunately stayed rather distant but never mind, a full fat patch tick.
#HytheLagoons
#EssexBirding
#HytheLagoons
#EssexBirding
A tusker in the reeds! Highlight of yesterday's WeBS count on Mersea Island.......which says it all about the WeBS count!! #Essexbirding
October 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A tusker in the reeds! Highlight of yesterday's WeBS count on Mersea Island.......which says it all about the WeBS count!! #Essexbirding
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29 'missing' Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015.
Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...
Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...
29 ‘missing’ Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015
Media attention has been drawn to the Yorkshire Dales National Park this week, following the RSPB’s press release on the suspicious disappearance of a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named ̵…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
29 'missing' Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015.
Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...
Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...
Excellent thread from @alexanderlees.bsky.social
More I'll thought out "conservation".
More I'll thought out "conservation".
More ill thought out 'conservation' translocations 🌍
www.theguardian.com/environment/... - so much to unpack here #Ornithology #UKBirding 🧵
www.theguardian.com/environment/... - so much to unpack here #Ornithology #UKBirding 🧵
‘It proves this can be done’: Berlin the blueprint to bring goshawks to UK cities
Conservationist plans release of 15 each of the apex predators sourced as chicks into Chester and London
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Excellent thread from @alexanderlees.bsky.social
More I'll thought out "conservation".
More I'll thought out "conservation".
A bit of a surprise when we returned to our holiday lodge in Cornwall this afternoon. An Unarmed Stick, Acanthoxyla inermis I presume, on the door!!
September 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A bit of a surprise when we returned to our holiday lodge in Cornwall this afternoon. An Unarmed Stick, Acanthoxyla inermis I presume, on the door!!
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Swainson's Thrush at Cuithir this morning, a well deserved find by Stuart Beeby, incredibly the 4th Barra record, making it our second most frequent North American vagrant passerine. #BirdingScotland #RareBirdsUK
September 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Swainson's Thrush at Cuithir this morning, a well deserved find by Stuart Beeby, incredibly the 4th Barra record, making it our second most frequent North American vagrant passerine. #BirdingScotland #RareBirdsUK
Hard work at Porthgwarra this morning but eventually a few Cory's and Great Shearwaters picked out by the small group of Birders there. Also a couple of Sooty Shears and half a dozen Balearic's, a few Storm Petrels and 2 Chough. #UKBirding
September 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hard work at Porthgwarra this morning but eventually a few Cory's and Great Shearwaters picked out by the small group of Birders there. Also a couple of Sooty Shears and half a dozen Balearic's, a few Storm Petrels and 2 Chough. #UKBirding
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We've changed the location of this month's coach trip from Oare Marshes to RSPB Dungeness and there are still a few places left. Members and non-members are welcome, visit ebws.org.uk/events/field... for further details and to book
#essexbirding
#essexbirding
September 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
We've changed the location of this month's coach trip from Oare Marshes to RSPB Dungeness and there are still a few places left. Members and non-members are welcome, visit ebws.org.uk/events/field... for further details and to book
#essexbirding
#essexbirding
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Sunday 7th anyone visiting wigborough Church Arctic warbler please note we are keeping the church side of carpark clear for churchgoers from 10.30am.extra parking been arranged opposite first entrance(gate is open please park in there only)noParking on vergeFrontGates )
#Essexbirdnews #EssexBirding
#Essexbirdnews #EssexBirding
September 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Sunday 7th anyone visiting wigborough Church Arctic warbler please note we are keeping the church side of carpark clear for churchgoers from 10.30am.extra parking been arranged opposite first entrance(gate is open please park in there only)noParking on vergeFrontGates )
#Essexbirdnews #EssexBirding
#Essexbirdnews #EssexBirding
Moulting adult Curlew Sand at East Mersea this morning. #EssexBirding #UKBirding
September 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Moulting adult Curlew Sand at East Mersea this morning. #EssexBirding #UKBirding
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Don't forget to watch tonight's Birds of Essex - it's going to have a special start...! With the usual mix of birding news, a look ahead to the new season, & the winner of the Summer Photo Comp, it's going to be another packed show. Watch LIVE here: youtube.com/live/O8FNv7anN
#essexbirding #birds
#essexbirding #birds
August 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Don't forget to watch tonight's Birds of Essex - it's going to have a special start...! With the usual mix of birding news, a look ahead to the new season, & the winner of the Summer Photo Comp, it's going to be another packed show. Watch LIVE here: youtube.com/live/O8FNv7anN
#essexbirding #birds
#essexbirding #birds
A different Pied Fly at Feldy View, West Mersea this morning per Dougal, and 2 Spot Flies still.
August 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A different Pied Fly at Feldy View, West Mersea this morning per Dougal, and 2 Spot Flies still.
August 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A different Pied Fly at Feldy View, West Mersea this morning per Dougal, and 2 Spot Flies still.
The Pied Fly had gone but 2 Spot Flies at Feldy View, West Mersea today. #Essexbirding
August 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The Pied Fly had gone but 2 Spot Flies at Feldy View, West Mersea today. #Essexbirding
A mobile Pied Fly at Feldy View, West Mersea today, thanks to Dougal. #EssexBirders
August 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A mobile Pied Fly at Feldy View, West Mersea today, thanks to Dougal. #EssexBirders