@anneb-13.bsky.social
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There’s so much we can learn about birds by listening to them. Acoustic Monitoring involves the placement of small programmable recorders to capture the sounds of birds and other wildlife, particularly in remote places. Find out more & donate➡️ www.bto.org/support-us/a... #bioacoustics #ornithology
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There’s so much we can learn about birds by listening to them. Acoustic Monitoring involves the placement of small programmable recorders to capture the sounds of birds and other wildlife, particularly in remote places. Find out more & donate➡️ www.bto.org/support-us/a... #bioacoustics #ornithology
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We are recruiting. If you want to find rare birds and witness spectacular falls & live among 30,000 Manx Shearwaters get your application in for the Bardsey Island Assistant job (Mar-Oct 2026) before 10 Dec.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/2026-Assista...
#RareBirdAlert #BardseyIsland #ConservationJob
Apply here: tinyurl.com/2026-Assista...
#RareBirdAlert #BardseyIsland #ConservationJob
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We are recruiting. If you want to find rare birds and witness spectacular falls & live among 30,000 Manx Shearwaters get your application in for the Bardsey Island Assistant job (Mar-Oct 2026) before 10 Dec.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/2026-Assista...
#RareBirdAlert #BardseyIsland #ConservationJob
Apply here: tinyurl.com/2026-Assista...
#RareBirdAlert #BardseyIsland #ConservationJob
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⚠️ NRW’s new report shows that almost 3,000 species are found at five sites or fewer in Wales! ⚠️
💡 *Urgent* action must be taken to manage, extend and connect our protected sites, which provide the only refuge for nearly half of them. 💡
Full report 👉 cdn.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/4bqlg3ic/nrw...
💡 *Urgent* action must be taken to manage, extend and connect our protected sites, which provide the only refuge for nearly half of them. 💡
Full report 👉 cdn.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/4bqlg3ic/nrw...
‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds
‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds
Environmental body says modest investment and changes can help preserve long list of animals, fungi and lichen
Almost 3,000 species ranging from glorious birds to tiny lichen are in peril in Wales because they are clinging on in a handful of locations or even fewer, a groundbreaking report has revealed.
The report from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) highlights that since the millennium, 11 species have already been lost to Cymru, including the turtle dove and belted beauty moth. It warns that 2,955 other terrestrial or freshwater species are at serious risk because they are confined to five locations or fewer. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
⚠️ NRW’s new report shows that almost 3,000 species are found at five sites or fewer in Wales! ⚠️
💡 *Urgent* action must be taken to manage, extend and connect our protected sites, which provide the only refuge for nearly half of them. 💡
Full report 👉 cdn.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/4bqlg3ic/nrw...
💡 *Urgent* action must be taken to manage, extend and connect our protected sites, which provide the only refuge for nearly half of them. 💡
Full report 👉 cdn.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/4bqlg3ic/nrw...
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Join us for an inspiring webinar on disability inclusion in conservation 🌱 Hear two speakers share lived experiences, challenges & opportunities for a more accessible, equitable sector 💚
🗓️ 3 December
🕕 6:00pm - 7:30pm
👉 event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
🗓️ 3 December
🕕 6:00pm - 7:30pm
👉 event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Join us for an inspiring webinar on disability inclusion in conservation 🌱 Hear two speakers share lived experiences, challenges & opportunities for a more accessible, equitable sector 💚
🗓️ 3 December
🕕 6:00pm - 7:30pm
👉 event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
🗓️ 3 December
🕕 6:00pm - 7:30pm
👉 event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
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⚠️ Mae adroddiad newydd CNC yn dangos bod bron i 3,000 o rywogaethau i'w cael mewn pum safle neu lai yng Nghymru! ⚠️
💡 Rhaid cymryd camau *brys* i reoli, ymestyn a chysylltu ein safleoedd gwarchodedig, sy'n darparu'r unig loches i bron i hanner ohonynt. 💡
👉 cdn.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/4bqlg3ic/nrw...
💡 Rhaid cymryd camau *brys* i reoli, ymestyn a chysylltu ein safleoedd gwarchodedig, sy'n darparu'r unig loches i bron i hanner ohonynt. 💡
👉 cdn.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/4bqlg3ic/nrw...
‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds
‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds
Environmental body says modest investment and changes can help preserve long list of animals, fungi and lichen
Almost 3,000 species ranging from glorious birds to tiny lichen are in peril in Wales because they are clinging on in a handful of locations or even fewer, a groundbreaking report has revealed.
The report from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) highlights that since the millennium, 11 species have already been lost to Cymru, including the turtle dove and belted beauty moth. It warns that 2,955 other terrestrial or freshwater species are at serious risk because they are confined to five locations or fewer. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
⚠️ Mae adroddiad newydd CNC yn dangos bod bron i 3,000 o rywogaethau i'w cael mewn pum safle neu lai yng Nghymru! ⚠️
💡 Rhaid cymryd camau *brys* i reoli, ymestyn a chysylltu ein safleoedd gwarchodedig, sy'n darparu'r unig loches i bron i hanner ohonynt. 💡
👉 cdn.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/4bqlg3ic/nrw...
💡 Rhaid cymryd camau *brys* i reoli, ymestyn a chysylltu ein safleoedd gwarchodedig, sy'n darparu'r unig loches i bron i hanner ohonynt. 💡
👉 cdn.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/4bqlg3ic/nrw...
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NEW BLOG - the RBBP reviews what species we should collect data on regularly. Here’s an explanation of what we consider when species are removed, and why Avocet and Mediterranean Gull are staying on our list, for now rbbp.org.uk/2025/11/25/r...
Reviewing the RBBP species list
Reviewing the RBBP species list
Mediterranean Gull, Mark Eaton
The RBBP collects data and reports upon all native species with UK breeding populations of fewer than 2,000 pairs. In addition, s...
rbbp.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
NEW BLOG - the RBBP reviews what species we should collect data on regularly. Here’s an explanation of what we consider when species are removed, and why Avocet and Mediterranean Gull are staying on our list, for now rbbp.org.uk/2025/11/25/r...
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Something to celebrate - our 2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker report - successful breeding season, the most nests monitored & highest number of chicks fledged per nest since we started in 2015. Acoustic monitoring giving amazing results too, download here www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/images/L_S_W...
November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Something to celebrate - our 2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker report - successful breeding season, the most nests monitored & highest number of chicks fledged per nest since we started in 2015. Acoustic monitoring giving amazing results too, download here www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/images/L_S_W...
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A million mile Manxie...? I will never not be in awe of the ocean distances travelled by a bird weighing the same as three large bananas. News from #Uruguay, @bardseybirdobs.bsky.social and other parts of #NorthWales in @northwaleslive.bsky.social. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/travell...
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/travell...
Travelling Shearwaters never cease to impress
While we shiver in shorter days, Manx Shearwaters that left their nest burrows on Ynys Enlli/Bardsey just 10 weeks ago are rafting off the South American coast. The Bird Observatory reports one...
www.birdnotes.wales
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A million mile Manxie...? I will never not be in awe of the ocean distances travelled by a bird weighing the same as three large bananas. News from #Uruguay, @bardseybirdobs.bsky.social and other parts of #NorthWales in @northwaleslive.bsky.social. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/travell...
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/travell...
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One Shore Lark does not make a winter... a story of Reindeer and climate change in @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes.
Plus recent sightings around #NorthWales, @cofnod.org.uk's 20th anniversary conference and a lot of Woodpigeons.
#BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/single-...
Plus recent sightings around #NorthWales, @cofnod.org.uk's 20th anniversary conference and a lot of Woodpigeons.
#BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/single-...
Single Shore Lark tells a global story
The black-and-yellow stripes of a Shore Lark were a welcome surprise on the Great Orme at the weekend. It is the only lark to have colonised Arctic tundra and alpine habitats – I have seen them in...
www.birdnotes.wales
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One Shore Lark does not make a winter... a story of Reindeer and climate change in @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes.
Plus recent sightings around #NorthWales, @cofnod.org.uk's 20th anniversary conference and a lot of Woodpigeons.
#BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/single-...
Plus recent sightings around #NorthWales, @cofnod.org.uk's 20th anniversary conference and a lot of Woodpigeons.
#BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/single-...
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Did you know that the two Light-bellied Brent Goose populations – from Canada and Svalbard – largely winter on Strangford Lough and Lindisfarne respectively, while the birds wintering elsewhere in Britain come from the Russian Dark-bellied population?
📷 Philip Croft / BTO
📷 Philip Croft / BTO
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Did you know that the two Light-bellied Brent Goose populations – from Canada and Svalbard – largely winter on Strangford Lough and Lindisfarne respectively, while the birds wintering elsewhere in Britain come from the Russian Dark-bellied population?
📷 Philip Croft / BTO
📷 Philip Croft / BTO
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Job opportunity at Cofnod: www.cofnod.org.uk/news/we-need...
Cofnod Manager Vacancy - Cofnod
Cofnod Manager Vacancy
www.cofnod.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Job opportunity at Cofnod: www.cofnod.org.uk/news/we-need...
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New report with @WWFCymru.bsky.social exposes the hidden link between Welsh food, Brazilian deforestation and river pollution in Wales 🌍
Read Food, Forests and Injustice:
👉
sizeofwales.org.uk/news/new-rep...
#SizeOfWales #WWFCymru #ClimateAction #COP30 #CymruatCOP30
Read Food, Forests and Injustice:
👉
sizeofwales.org.uk/news/new-rep...
#SizeOfWales #WWFCymru #ClimateAction #COP30 #CymruatCOP30
New Report Exposes Hidden Link Between Welsh Food, Brazilian Deforestation and river pollution in Wales - Size of Wales
sizeofwales.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
New report with @WWFCymru.bsky.social exposes the hidden link between Welsh food, Brazilian deforestation and river pollution in Wales 🌍
Read Food, Forests and Injustice:
👉
sizeofwales.org.uk/news/new-rep...
#SizeOfWales #WWFCymru #ClimateAction #COP30 #CymruatCOP30
Read Food, Forests and Injustice:
👉
sizeofwales.org.uk/news/new-rep...
#SizeOfWales #WWFCymru #ClimateAction #COP30 #CymruatCOP30
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If you have ever reported a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit, you have helped to establish connections that cross country and continental boundaries.
Here's how the Dee Estuary links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
Here's how the Dee Estuary links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 AM
If you have ever reported a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit, you have helped to establish connections that cross country and continental boundaries.
Here's how the Dee Estuary links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
Here's how the Dee Estuary links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology
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👍 It’s great to hear the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment signal his intent to work with others to improve the Bill.
💪 Let’s make sure it provides a strong platform for environmental protection, access to environmental justice, and nature recovery in Wales.
🔚
💪 Let’s make sure it provides a strong platform for environmental protection, access to environmental justice, and nature recovery in Wales.
🔚
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
👍 It’s great to hear the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment signal his intent to work with others to improve the Bill.
💪 Let’s make sure it provides a strong platform for environmental protection, access to environmental justice, and nature recovery in Wales.
🔚
💪 Let’s make sure it provides a strong platform for environmental protection, access to environmental justice, and nature recovery in Wales.
🔚
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Bore da! 🥳 Fantastic news!
🌱 The Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) Bill passed its first hurdle yesterday, with resounding support from the Senedd.
So why is this bill so important? 🤔
🧵
🌱 The Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) Bill passed its first hurdle yesterday, with resounding support from the Senedd.
So why is this bill so important? 🤔
🧵
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Bore da! 🥳 Fantastic news!
🌱 The Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) Bill passed its first hurdle yesterday, with resounding support from the Senedd.
So why is this bill so important? 🤔
🧵
🌱 The Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) Bill passed its first hurdle yesterday, with resounding support from the Senedd.
So why is this bill so important? 🤔
🧵
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🤝 Gyda'n partneriaid, rydym wedi amlinellu rhai meysydd allweddol lle credwn y dylid gwneud y Bil yn gliriach, yn gryfach ac yn fwy uchelgeisiol: bit.ly/489uwkg
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Briefings on the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill - Wales Environment Link
Briefings on this page set out WEL and Green Alliance’s positions on the Environmental Governance Bill. The Bill has been eagerly awaited, and there is significant public interest in the Bill ensuring...
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🤝 Gyda'n partneriaid, rydym wedi amlinellu rhai meysydd allweddol lle credwn y dylid gwneud y Bil yn gliriach, yn gryfach ac yn fwy uchelgeisiol: bit.ly/489uwkg
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…fel y mae'r Pwyllgor Newid Hinsawdd wedi'i wneud yn ei adroddiad Cyfnod 1: bit.ly/47yPHvU
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Worrying reports of bird flu (avian influenza) are coming in, including an outbreak in Whooper Swans in the Fens. Other waterbirds are also being affected, and cases are rising.
📷 Sick Whooper Swan by Kane Brides
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
📷 Sick Whooper Swan by Kane Brides
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Worrying reports of bird flu (avian influenza) are coming in, including an outbreak in Whooper Swans in the Fens. Other waterbirds are also being affected, and cases are rising.
📷 Sick Whooper Swan by Kane Brides
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
📷 Sick Whooper Swan by Kane Brides
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
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For months, ministers have been pushing a false choice between nature and growth.
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
For months, ministers have been pushing a false choice between nature and growth.
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
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The impacts of avian influenza are profound and far reaching. Hopefully 🇮🇸 Gyrfalcons will recover in time but this is near catastrophic #RaptorResearch 🌎 🪶
Avian flu taking a severe toll on Iceland’s falcon population
icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/20...
Avian flu taking a severe toll on Iceland’s falcon population
icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/20...
Avian flu taking a severe toll on Iceland’s falcon population
The Icelandic gyrfalcon population has been hit hard by the ongoing wave of avian influenza in recent years. Once numbering around 2,000 birds, the population has now collapsed to roughly 500 individu...
icelandmonitor.mbl.is
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The impacts of avian influenza are profound and far reaching. Hopefully 🇮🇸 Gyrfalcons will recover in time but this is near catastrophic #RaptorResearch 🌎 🪶
Avian flu taking a severe toll on Iceland’s falcon population
icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/20...
Avian flu taking a severe toll on Iceland’s falcon population
icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/20...
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This week, we are sharing the most widespread species recorded on BBS squares across the UK in 2024. They are all common and familiar species! Find out more about taking part in the survey here: www.bto.org/get-involved... @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This week, we are sharing the most widespread species recorded on BBS squares across the UK in 2024. They are all common and familiar species! Find out more about taking part in the survey here: www.bto.org/get-involved... @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology
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Our work to restore peatland on our nature reserves; expand seagrass habitat with our Living Seas work; and restore woodland are helping to sequester carbon and expand habitats.
Read more on our impact:
www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/our-impact
📷 Vaughn Matthews, Dan Bolt, NWWT, Mark Hamblin
Read more on our impact:
www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/our-impact
📷 Vaughn Matthews, Dan Bolt, NWWT, Mark Hamblin
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Our work to restore peatland on our nature reserves; expand seagrass habitat with our Living Seas work; and restore woodland are helping to sequester carbon and expand habitats.
Read more on our impact:
www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/our-impact
📷 Vaughn Matthews, Dan Bolt, NWWT, Mark Hamblin
Read more on our impact:
www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/our-impact
📷 Vaughn Matthews, Dan Bolt, NWWT, Mark Hamblin
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On our watch.
Let us not be needing to write obituaries of and eulogies for too many more species.
More importantly, may we alive in 2025 not put more species in the extinction pipeline for future generations to have to do so.
Let us not be needing to write obituaries of and eulogies for too many more species.
More importantly, may we alive in 2025 not put more species in the extinction pipeline for future generations to have to do so.
The Slender-billed Curlew was declared extinct in October 2025.
At #AEWAMOP9, delegates paid tribute to it, with this rare taxidermied specimen on view.
Read personal reflections and testimonies from those who searched for, studied, and cared deeply about it: www.unep-aewa.org/en/news/reme...
At #AEWAMOP9, delegates paid tribute to it, with this rare taxidermied specimen on view.
Read personal reflections and testimonies from those who searched for, studied, and cared deeply about it: www.unep-aewa.org/en/news/reme...
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
On our watch.
Let us not be needing to write obituaries of and eulogies for too many more species.
More importantly, may we alive in 2025 not put more species in the extinction pipeline for future generations to have to do so.
Let us not be needing to write obituaries of and eulogies for too many more species.
More importantly, may we alive in 2025 not put more species in the extinction pipeline for future generations to have to do so.
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Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic
Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic
Study estimates 53,000 females have died on South Georgia since 2023, with ‘dramatic impact’ on future of the species
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic
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And now summer home to the dedicated @rspbcymru.bsky.social wardens who monitor and protect one of the most important #seabird colonies in Wales, including the UK's largest Arctic Tern population and a growing population of Puffins.
The Skerries lighthouse, located 1.9 miles off the NW coast of Anglesey, was first lit #onthisday in 1717, warning ships of the rocks and guiding them to Liverpool port. Its story is told in my new book Lighthouses of Wales. lighthouses.wales/lighthouses-...
November 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
And now summer home to the dedicated @rspbcymru.bsky.social wardens who monitor and protect one of the most important #seabird colonies in Wales, including the UK's largest Arctic Tern population and a growing population of Puffins.
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Autumn migration is coming to a close, so here's our final weekly Migration Blog for now. As always let us know what you spot when you're out and about, and don't forget to log your records on @birdtrack.bsky.social.
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
#UKbirding
📷 Iceland Gull, by Scott Mayson / BTO
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
#UKbirding
📷 Iceland Gull, by Scott Mayson / BTO
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Autumn migration is coming to a close, so here's our final weekly Migration Blog for now. As always let us know what you spot when you're out and about, and don't forget to log your records on @birdtrack.bsky.social.
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
#UKbirding
📷 Iceland Gull, by Scott Mayson / BTO
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
#UKbirding
📷 Iceland Gull, by Scott Mayson / BTO