Ruth Peacey
@ruthpeacey.bsky.social
Natural history, specialist factual and conservation producer director with a passion for adventure (and penguins)!
Back in Cyprus to expose illegal bird persecution with @chrisgpackham.bsky.social & Megan McCubbin. Two hours sleep. Back out now. We go live in three hours & you can watch here… opdeadair.org/live
Operation Dead Air: Confronting One of Europe's Biggest Illegal Hunters
We’re back in Cyprus to investigate the deadly persecution of wildlife with CABS, where over half a million birds are illegally killed each year.
We were last here 7 years ago to document the slaught...
opdeadair.org
September 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Back in Cyprus to expose illegal bird persecution with @chrisgpackham.bsky.social & Megan McCubbin. Two hours sleep. Back out now. We go live in three hours & you can watch here… opdeadair.org/live
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Join us at #WildSummitUK on Thurs 9 Sept for our Phabulous Pheasant Show, where we'll be ridiculing the absurd annual release of 50 Million non-native Pheasants & exploring the environmental impacts of this grotesque 'sport'.
Our show runs 1pm - 1.45pm, Lantern Hall.
+ All-day stall, ground floor.
Our show runs 1pm - 1.45pm, Lantern Hall.
+ All-day stall, ground floor.
September 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Join us at #WildSummitUK on Thurs 9 Sept for our Phabulous Pheasant Show, where we'll be ridiculing the absurd annual release of 50 Million non-native Pheasants & exploring the environmental impacts of this grotesque 'sport'.
Our show runs 1pm - 1.45pm, Lantern Hall.
+ All-day stall, ground floor.
Our show runs 1pm - 1.45pm, Lantern Hall.
+ All-day stall, ground floor.
This morning is rather wonderful! I took a stroll along the coast path & saw more butterflies than I could keep track of, heard the water gentle lapping at the rocky shore & the evocative call of a curlew - all while feeling the warm heat from the sun on my back. Great way to start the day!
July 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This morning is rather wonderful! I took a stroll along the coast path & saw more butterflies than I could keep track of, heard the water gentle lapping at the rocky shore & the evocative call of a curlew - all while feeling the warm heat from the sun on my back. Great way to start the day!
This was such a treasured book for me as a child! I took it on every holiday, desperate to see and identify more butterflies.
I’m crap at identifying butterflies these days (probably because it’s been years since I looked inside this book) but the lessons of how to use guides like this remain. 🦋
I’m crap at identifying butterflies these days (probably because it’s been years since I looked inside this book) but the lessons of how to use guides like this remain. 🦋
July 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This was such a treasured book for me as a child! I took it on every holiday, desperate to see and identify more butterflies.
I’m crap at identifying butterflies these days (probably because it’s been years since I looked inside this book) but the lessons of how to use guides like this remain. 🦋
I’m crap at identifying butterflies these days (probably because it’s been years since I looked inside this book) but the lessons of how to use guides like this remain. 🦋
Just when I thought things couldn’t get any more dramatic on the #Springwatch live wildlife cameras, a weevil invaded the ant colony. It’s been a dramatic battle as the ants have fought to keep the weevil out of their nest for the past 20mins!!
June 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Just when I thought things couldn’t get any more dramatic on the #Springwatch live wildlife cameras, a weevil invaded the ant colony. It’s been a dramatic battle as the ants have fought to keep the weevil out of their nest for the past 20mins!!
Either I’ve been spending too much time staring at these chicks or this is really starting to resemble a monochrome macaroni penguin… it’s got the “crest” and the grumpy look. Do I just need to get out more?! Thoughts? #springwatch
June 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Either I’ve been spending too much time staring at these chicks or this is really starting to resemble a monochrome macaroni penguin… it’s got the “crest” and the grumpy look. Do I just need to get out more?! Thoughts? #springwatch
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It was so exciting when my photo was shown on @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social this time last year! Lots of juvenile starlings in the garden again this year but none trying to eat the adults heads so far! 🤣
#BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #SpringWatch
#BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #SpringWatch
June 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It was so exciting when my photo was shown on @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social this time last year! Lots of juvenile starlings in the garden again this year but none trying to eat the adults heads so far! 🤣
#BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #SpringWatch
#BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #SpringWatch
Spoiler alert… all is not as it seems in the short-eared owl nest on #Springwatch All will be revealed on tonight’s show at 8pm on BBC2.
June 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Spoiler alert… all is not as it seems in the short-eared owl nest on #Springwatch All will be revealed on tonight’s show at 8pm on BBC2.
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Got questions about wildlife? #Springwatch wants to hear from YOU 🫵
An insect buzzing around you’re curious about? Not sure what bird you’re hearing? Comment with your questions & @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Michaela & co will answer some live on the show
#Springwatch20
📸 Cuckoo by Kieran Redmond
An insect buzzing around you’re curious about? Not sure what bird you’re hearing? Comment with your questions & @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Michaela & co will answer some live on the show
#Springwatch20
📸 Cuckoo by Kieran Redmond
June 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Got questions about wildlife? #Springwatch wants to hear from YOU 🫵
An insect buzzing around you’re curious about? Not sure what bird you’re hearing? Comment with your questions & @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Michaela & co will answer some live on the show
#Springwatch20
📸 Cuckoo by Kieran Redmond
An insect buzzing around you’re curious about? Not sure what bird you’re hearing? Comment with your questions & @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Michaela & co will answer some live on the show
#Springwatch20
📸 Cuckoo by Kieran Redmond
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8pm TODAY on @BBCTwo
Springwatch, 2025
Ep 5 of 12
Chris Packham + Michaela Strachan are getting to know the spring A-listers at the National Trust’s Longshaw Estate, and Iolo Williams is off to Rathlin Island.
#Springwatch #Springwatch2025 @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
Springwatch, 2025
Ep 5 of 12
Chris Packham + Michaela Strachan are getting to know the spring A-listers at the National Trust’s Longshaw Estate, and Iolo Williams is off to Rathlin Island.
#Springwatch #Springwatch2025 @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
BBC Two - Springwatch, 2025, Episode 5
Chris and Michaela are getting to know the spring A-listers at the Longshaw Estate.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
8pm TODAY on @BBCTwo
Springwatch, 2025
Ep 5 of 12
Chris Packham + Michaela Strachan are getting to know the spring A-listers at the National Trust’s Longshaw Estate, and Iolo Williams is off to Rathlin Island.
#Springwatch #Springwatch2025 @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
Springwatch, 2025
Ep 5 of 12
Chris Packham + Michaela Strachan are getting to know the spring A-listers at the National Trust’s Longshaw Estate, and Iolo Williams is off to Rathlin Island.
#Springwatch #Springwatch2025 @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
Obsessed with the tawny chick today on #Springwatch cameras 😍 It seems to have a young dead rat as a ready meal in its nest, although it’s proving a little big to eat right now!
May 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Obsessed with the tawny chick today on #Springwatch cameras 😍 It seems to have a young dead rat as a ready meal in its nest, although it’s proving a little big to eat right now!
Best seat in the house for the live show! Another fab evening enjoying #Springwatch from the story developer’s truck watching all the action on the live nests alongside the programme.
May 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Best seat in the house for the live show! Another fab evening enjoying #Springwatch from the story developer’s truck watching all the action on the live nests alongside the programme.
Am completely in love with the short-eared owls on #Springwatch Fascinating insight into a nest you rarely come across, let alone get a front seat to view!
May 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Am completely in love with the short-eared owls on #Springwatch Fascinating insight into a nest you rarely come across, let alone get a front seat to view!
UK government drops healthy eating push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms - The Guardian
May 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
UK government drops healthy eating push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms - The Guardian
This is something I never thought I’d write for Portishead… I’ve heard a cuckoo 😱 I heard it at the weekend & assumed someone was playing a recording. Upon examination of this assumption, I’ve realized this is far less likely than it actually being a passing migrant due to perfect location & timing!
May 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is something I never thought I’d write for Portishead… I’ve heard a cuckoo 😱 I heard it at the weekend & assumed someone was playing a recording. Upon examination of this assumption, I’ve realized this is far less likely than it actually being a passing migrant due to perfect location & timing!
A curious Southern rockhopper checks me out with a somewhat bemused expression (who can blame them?!)
They are such characterful penguins & it was great to spend so much time with them in the Falklands while filming #secretsofthepenguins
#penguins #falklands #rockhopper
They are such characterful penguins & it was great to spend so much time with them in the Falklands while filming #secretsofthepenguins
#penguins #falklands #rockhopper
April 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A curious Southern rockhopper checks me out with a somewhat bemused expression (who can blame them?!)
They are such characterful penguins & it was great to spend so much time with them in the Falklands while filming #secretsofthepenguins
#penguins #falklands #rockhopper
They are such characterful penguins & it was great to spend so much time with them in the Falklands while filming #secretsofthepenguins
#penguins #falklands #rockhopper
It’s #WorldPenguinDay which seems like a pretty good excuse to start sharing the latest series I worked on as a producer - #SecretsOfThePenguins is out now on Disney Plus.
Have you seen it yet? 🐧
#penguins
Have you seen it yet? 🐧
#penguins
April 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It’s #WorldPenguinDay which seems like a pretty good excuse to start sharing the latest series I worked on as a producer - #SecretsOfThePenguins is out now on Disney Plus.
Have you seen it yet? 🐧
#penguins
Have you seen it yet? 🐧
#penguins
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Great day on the Somerset Levels - Glossy Ibis, Crane, 4+ Garden Warbler, 50+ Cattle Egret, 8 Great Egret, 3+ Bittern heard, Ruff, 7 Marsh Harrier, dozens of Reed Warbler, 30+ Sand Martin etc with @ruthpeacey.bsky.social #birding #ukbirding #birds
April 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Great day on the Somerset Levels - Glossy Ibis, Crane, 4+ Garden Warbler, 50+ Cattle Egret, 8 Great Egret, 3+ Bittern heard, Ruff, 7 Marsh Harrier, dozens of Reed Warbler, 30+ Sand Martin etc with @ruthpeacey.bsky.social #birding #ukbirding #birds
I don’t know whether I was more surprised to see a hedgehog or the hedgehog more surprised to see me at 0350 this morning! A wonderful wild treat in Portishead 😍
April 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I don’t know whether I was more surprised to see a hedgehog or the hedgehog more surprised to see me at 0350 this morning! A wonderful wild treat in Portishead 😍
Back in the UK and I saw two swallows yesterday! Always great to see these birds, especially after a long migration.
April 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Back in the UK and I saw two swallows yesterday! Always great to see these birds, especially after a long migration.
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Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork to brighten up timelines. As puffins returned to North Sea colonies last week here they are on Isle of May on Wednesday #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds
March 30, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork to brighten up timelines. As puffins returned to North Sea colonies last week here they are on Isle of May on Wednesday #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds
It’s #SuperSeabirdSunday and todays picture is another from Nightingale Island… an Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross chick! This bird was right next to the path and a little curious as I carefully sauntered past. Check out those huge feet!!
March 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It’s #SuperSeabirdSunday and todays picture is another from Nightingale Island… an Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross chick! This bird was right next to the path and a little curious as I carefully sauntered past. Check out those huge feet!!
Well it’s #SuperSeabirdSunday and I have news as well as a picture to share… this week, I landed on Nightingale Island near Tristan da Cunha 😁 It was wildlife heaven. First time seeing a colony of Northern Rockhoppers, distinguished by long crest feathers that mimic the tussock in which they nest.
March 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Well it’s #SuperSeabirdSunday and I have news as well as a picture to share… this week, I landed on Nightingale Island near Tristan da Cunha 😁 It was wildlife heaven. First time seeing a colony of Northern Rockhoppers, distinguished by long crest feathers that mimic the tussock in which they nest.
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🧪 Seabirds and Plastic
New research shows seabird chicks that ingest plastic suffer multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration - even if they look healthy.
Plastic pollution is more than an eyesore - it is a biological threat.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm #Seabirds #Plastic
New research shows seabird chicks that ingest plastic suffer multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration - even if they look healthy.
Plastic pollution is more than an eyesore - it is a biological threat.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm #Seabirds #Plastic
Seabirds in crisis: Plastic ingestion induces proteomic signatures of multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration
Plastic consumption in seabirds causes blood signatures of widespread organ damage including brain, stomach, kidney, and liver.
www.science.org
March 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🧪 Seabirds and Plastic
New research shows seabird chicks that ingest plastic suffer multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration - even if they look healthy.
Plastic pollution is more than an eyesore - it is a biological threat.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm #Seabirds #Plastic
New research shows seabird chicks that ingest plastic suffer multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration - even if they look healthy.
Plastic pollution is more than an eyesore - it is a biological threat.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm #Seabirds #Plastic
It’s still Sunday here in South Georgia so I’m able to share some penguins for #SuperSeabirdSunday
Feeling grateful to have been able to watch some moulting macaronis this afternoon, before they head off to spend winter at sea! These guys will leave next month and won’t be back until October.
Feeling grateful to have been able to watch some moulting macaronis this afternoon, before they head off to spend winter at sea! These guys will leave next month and won’t be back until October.
March 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It’s still Sunday here in South Georgia so I’m able to share some penguins for #SuperSeabirdSunday
Feeling grateful to have been able to watch some moulting macaronis this afternoon, before they head off to spend winter at sea! These guys will leave next month and won’t be back until October.
Feeling grateful to have been able to watch some moulting macaronis this afternoon, before they head off to spend winter at sea! These guys will leave next month and won’t be back until October.