@birdsandbikes.bsky.social
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Shorelark on the Great Orme this morning (present since yesterday). #digiscoping #birdsinWales
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Shorelark on the Great Orme this morning (present since yesterday). #digiscoping #birdsinWales
Quick #beachclean on St Agnes, Scilly and picked up an ice cream tub from USA. #saveourseas #plasticpollution
August 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Quick #beachclean on St Agnes, Scilly and picked up an ice cream tub from USA. #saveourseas #plasticpollution
Locust Blowfly (f) - Stomorhina lunata
In garden in Abergele. Not many local records. @cofnod.org.uk #diptera
In garden in Abergele. Not many local records. @cofnod.org.uk #diptera
August 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Locust Blowfly (f) - Stomorhina lunata
In garden in Abergele. Not many local records. @cofnod.org.uk #diptera
In garden in Abergele. Not many local records. @cofnod.org.uk #diptera
July 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Anyone going to Global Birdfair who's into biological recording, we are running a pan-species listing stall for the 2nd year, and are going to try to get to 1,000 species over the weekend. Here's how to get involved analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/06/psl-...
PSL will be bioblitzing Global Birdfair again in 2025
Last year, with very little prep, we used the fantastic new pan-species listing website to collate all the sightings of all species recorde...
analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Anyone going to Global Birdfair who's into biological recording, we are running a pan-species listing stall for the 2nd year, and are going to try to get to 1,000 species over the weekend. Here's how to get involved analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/06/psl-...
Finished up a great run of Wood Warbler in the Conwy Valley with 30 males and 3 broods ringed this spring under licence.
Checked the broods again post-ringing and still doing well!
@cofnod.org.uk @btobirds.bsky.social #ringing #eryri #welshwoods
Checked the broods again post-ringing and still doing well!
@cofnod.org.uk @btobirds.bsky.social #ringing #eryri #welshwoods
June 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Finished up a great run of Wood Warbler in the Conwy Valley with 30 males and 3 broods ringed this spring under licence.
Checked the broods again post-ringing and still doing well!
@cofnod.org.uk @btobirds.bsky.social #ringing #eryri #welshwoods
Checked the broods again post-ringing and still doing well!
@cofnod.org.uk @btobirds.bsky.social #ringing #eryri #welshwoods
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Woodland owners, managers and volunteers are being asked to play a part in helping to monitor the health of the UK’s most iconic tree species
Researchers seek volunteers to help monitor new disease threat to oak trees
Woodland owners and managers are being asked to play a part in helping to monitor the health of the UK’s most iconic tree species. Scientists from Aberystwyth University and Forest Research, in partne...
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May 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Woodland owners, managers and volunteers are being asked to play a part in helping to monitor the health of the UK’s most iconic tree species
Also same spot 40+ Sphengina siberica @cofnod.org.uk #hoverflies
May 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Also same spot 40+ Sphengina siberica @cofnod.org.uk #hoverflies
An incredible hotspot in Gwydir, N Wales, with 3 Longhorn sp all within 5sqm:
Pachytodes cerambyciformis x1
Alosterna tabacicolor x20
Rhagium bifasciatum x1
All within 5sqm
@cofnod.org.uk @buglife31.bsky.social @theponker.bsky.social
Pachytodes cerambyciformis x1
Alosterna tabacicolor x20
Rhagium bifasciatum x1
All within 5sqm
@cofnod.org.uk @buglife31.bsky.social @theponker.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
An incredible hotspot in Gwydir, N Wales, with 3 Longhorn sp all within 5sqm:
Pachytodes cerambyciformis x1
Alosterna tabacicolor x20
Rhagium bifasciatum x1
All within 5sqm
@cofnod.org.uk @buglife31.bsky.social @theponker.bsky.social
Pachytodes cerambyciformis x1
Alosterna tabacicolor x20
Rhagium bifasciatum x1
All within 5sqm
@cofnod.org.uk @buglife31.bsky.social @theponker.bsky.social
Quite a few Spotted Flycatcher in N Wales this year. Found this nest whilst they were building. Lots of these root plates offering habitat too this year. #ringing #NRS #birdsinwales
May 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Quite a few Spotted Flycatcher in N Wales this year. Found this nest whilst they were building. Lots of these root plates offering habitat too this year. #ringing #NRS #birdsinwales
6 more Wood Warbler ringed this afternoon. Looks like a super year for them in the Conwy Valley. #ringing #woodwarbler #birdsinwales
May 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
6 more Wood Warbler ringed this afternoon. Looks like a super year for them in the Conwy Valley. #ringing #woodwarbler #birdsinwales
Red-rumped Swallow at conwy RSPB this eve was a nice SF tick. Thankfully a couple of others got to see it. Hope it’s there tomorrow. #birding #birdsinwales
April 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Red-rumped Swallow at conwy RSPB this eve was a nice SF tick. Thankfully a couple of others got to see it. Hope it’s there tomorrow. #birding #birdsinwales
Just going to float it again. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to colour code signage for substandard distance slipway on #trunckrosads ? #roadsafety
April 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Just going to float it again. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to colour code signage for substandard distance slipway on #trunckrosads ? #roadsafety
Can we stop setting fire to entire mountains please.
April 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Can we stop setting fire to entire mountains please.
A maintenance check on one of my pied flycatcher sites today. They’d had a bit of battering this winter so some needed replacing. #atlanticrainforest #bto #nestboxes #spring
March 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A maintenance check on one of my pied flycatcher sites today. They’d had a bit of battering this winter so some needed replacing. #atlanticrainforest #bto #nestboxes #spring
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European Stonechat - late evening at Cemlyn, 24/03/25. A number of birds were colour ringed by @birdsandbikes.bsky.social last summer. This bird has remained on site and can be seen around the general area of Tyn Llan pool. Worth keeping an eye out for colour-ringed birds if you are in the area.
March 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
European Stonechat - late evening at Cemlyn, 24/03/25. A number of birds were colour ringed by @birdsandbikes.bsky.social last summer. This bird has remained on site and can be seen around the general area of Tyn Llan pool. Worth keeping an eye out for colour-ringed birds if you are in the area.
Pygmy Cormorant still Natuurpark Lelystad 🇳🇱
And storks back on the nests. The trip continues @sophieshrike.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social
And storks back on the nests. The trip continues @sophieshrike.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Pygmy Cormorant still Natuurpark Lelystad 🇳🇱
And storks back on the nests. The trip continues @sophieshrike.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social
And storks back on the nests. The trip continues @sophieshrike.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social
Sandhill Crane in Saxony this morning with @hcbirding.bsky.social @sophieshrike.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social
#majorWPlisters 🇩🇪🇳🇱👌
#majorWPlisters 🇩🇪🇳🇱👌
March 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Sandhill Crane in Saxony this morning with @hcbirding.bsky.social @sophieshrike.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social
#majorWPlisters 🇩🇪🇳🇱👌
#majorWPlisters 🇩🇪🇳🇱👌
Spectacled Eider and very “Bril Eider” on Texel
The biggest WP twitch ever.
A few Smew on mainland too. With @sophieshrike.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social
The biggest WP twitch ever.
A few Smew on mainland too. With @sophieshrike.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Spectacled Eider and very “Bril Eider” on Texel
The biggest WP twitch ever.
A few Smew on mainland too. With @sophieshrike.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social
The biggest WP twitch ever.
A few Smew on mainland too. With @sophieshrike.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social
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Spectacled Eider on Texel, Netherlands, today. It had to be done! With @sophieshrike.bsky.social @birdsandbikes.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Spectacled Eider on Texel, Netherlands, today. It had to be done! With @sophieshrike.bsky.social @birdsandbikes.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social
A walk around #Fanalforest this morning in #madeira
January 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A walk around #Fanalforest this morning in #madeira
Great to find this Caspian Gull at Old Colwyn amongst 1000s gulls with @zspaull.bsky.social this afternoon. A huge congregation after last weeks storm.
December 15, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Great to find this Caspian Gull at Old Colwyn amongst 1000s gulls with @zspaull.bsky.social this afternoon. A huge congregation after last weeks storm.
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Nice Caspian Gull off Old Colwyn this evening with @birdsandbikes.bsky.social #birdingwales
December 15, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Nice Caspian Gull off Old Colwyn this evening with @birdsandbikes.bsky.social #birdingwales
A drake Teal, 4 new Woodcock, site-faithful retraps of Woodcock from 2021 and Common Snipe from Jan 23 in the Conwy Valley yesterday. #thermalbirding #ringing #birdsinwales @btobirds.bsky.social @cofnod.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 3:24 PM
A drake Teal, 4 new Woodcock, site-faithful retraps of Woodcock from 2021 and Common Snipe from Jan 23 in the Conwy Valley yesterday. #thermalbirding #ringing #birdsinwales @btobirds.bsky.social @cofnod.bsky.social
When it’s windy on the coast Turnstones find a furrow on the harbour wall a benefit to rest in over high tide #waders #birdsinwales #turnstones #digiscoping
November 23, 2024 at 4:57 PM
When it’s windy on the coast Turnstones find a furrow on the harbour wall a benefit to rest in over high tide #waders #birdsinwales #turnstones #digiscoping