Eve
@eve-pellow.bsky.social
Long-term BTO volunteer (RR for Somerset). BBCT trustee. Birding and botanising in Cornwall, Somerset and beyond. Bit of art too!
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1/ The UK Biodiversity Indicators, some using BTO data, have been updated by Defra and @jncc.bsky.social ➡️ jncc.gov.uk/our-work/uk-...
Here’s how BTO contributes to these indicators, which show the state of #biodiversity, its pressures and conservation responses. ⬇️
Here’s how BTO contributes to these indicators, which show the state of #biodiversity, its pressures and conservation responses. ⬇️
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
1/ The UK Biodiversity Indicators, some using BTO data, have been updated by Defra and @jncc.bsky.social ➡️ jncc.gov.uk/our-work/uk-...
Here’s how BTO contributes to these indicators, which show the state of #biodiversity, its pressures and conservation responses. ⬇️
Here’s how BTO contributes to these indicators, which show the state of #biodiversity, its pressures and conservation responses. ⬇️
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Carl Zeiss Award by the British Birds Rarity Committee has been announced in the latest British Birds Journal!
Read about the short-list and winner in the December issue:
Read about the short-list and winner in the December issue:
The Carl Zeiss Award 2025
The Carl Zeiss Award aims to acknowledge outstanding or particularly notable rarity submissions to BBRC. Currently, the award is presented for the best...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Carl Zeiss Award by the British Birds Rarity Committee has been announced in the latest British Birds Journal!
Read about the short-list and winner in the December issue:
Read about the short-list and winner in the December issue:
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1w m Black Redstart Wyndham Estate, Yeovil on Jellicoe Road #somersetbirding #ukbirding
December 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
1w m Black Redstart Wyndham Estate, Yeovil on Jellicoe Road #somersetbirding #ukbirding
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It's December and time for your next Winter Bird Survey visit! Here are some thoughts from James Heywood, @bbs-birds.bsky.social and WINBS Organiser, after his second visit.
Discover more ➡️ www.bto.org/winbs
Survey guidance ➡️ www.bto.org/get-involved...
Thank you to all our WINBS surveyors!
Discover more ➡️ www.bto.org/winbs
Survey guidance ➡️ www.bto.org/get-involved...
Thank you to all our WINBS surveyors!
December 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It's December and time for your next Winter Bird Survey visit! Here are some thoughts from James Heywood, @bbs-birds.bsky.social and WINBS Organiser, after his second visit.
Discover more ➡️ www.bto.org/winbs
Survey guidance ➡️ www.bto.org/get-involved...
Thank you to all our WINBS surveyors!
Discover more ➡️ www.bto.org/winbs
Survey guidance ➡️ www.bto.org/get-involved...
Thank you to all our WINBS surveyors!
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Great Tit is a familiar species to most of us. Despite a moderate decline in this species across the UK since the mid-2000’s, this species remains one of the most widespread species recorded on BBS squares in most calendar years. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Great Tit is a familiar species to most of us. Despite a moderate decline in this species across the UK since the mid-2000’s, this species remains one of the most widespread species recorded on BBS squares in most calendar years. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
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GBW data has been used in many scientific papers over the past 30 years.
Blackcaps now frequently overwinter in the UK. A paper published in 2015, using GBW data, connected the provision of winter food to both behavioural & phenotypical changes. Read more at bit.ly/WileyGBW
📷 Philip Croft / BTO
Blackcaps now frequently overwinter in the UK. A paper published in 2015, using GBW data, connected the provision of winter food to both behavioural & phenotypical changes. Read more at bit.ly/WileyGBW
📷 Philip Croft / BTO
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
GBW data has been used in many scientific papers over the past 30 years.
Blackcaps now frequently overwinter in the UK. A paper published in 2015, using GBW data, connected the provision of winter food to both behavioural & phenotypical changes. Read more at bit.ly/WileyGBW
📷 Philip Croft / BTO
Blackcaps now frequently overwinter in the UK. A paper published in 2015, using GBW data, connected the provision of winter food to both behavioural & phenotypical changes. Read more at bit.ly/WileyGBW
📷 Philip Croft / BTO
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New issue of #BirdStudy
Little Terns nesting in Morocco
Urban Sparrowhawk diet
Urban Blackbird & Robin song shifts
Goosander tracking
Alpine Wheatears
Supplementary feeding of Turtle Doves
Red Kites and wind turbines
Białowieża Robin paternity
www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/c...
#ornithology #birds
Little Terns nesting in Morocco
Urban Sparrowhawk diet
Urban Blackbird & Robin song shifts
Goosander tracking
Alpine Wheatears
Supplementary feeding of Turtle Doves
Red Kites and wind turbines
Białowieża Robin paternity
www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/c...
#ornithology #birds
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New issue of #BirdStudy
Little Terns nesting in Morocco
Urban Sparrowhawk diet
Urban Blackbird & Robin song shifts
Goosander tracking
Alpine Wheatears
Supplementary feeding of Turtle Doves
Red Kites and wind turbines
Białowieża Robin paternity
www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/c...
#ornithology #birds
Little Terns nesting in Morocco
Urban Sparrowhawk diet
Urban Blackbird & Robin song shifts
Goosander tracking
Alpine Wheatears
Supplementary feeding of Turtle Doves
Red Kites and wind turbines
Białowieża Robin paternity
www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/c...
#ornithology #birds
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Did you know our BTO HQ in Thetford was once a Benedictine monastery founded in King Canute’s time (1016-1035)? The site was then taken over by Benedictine Nuns & was run as a Nunnery until 1537. The oldest existing remains here date back to the late 12th century.
#ExploreYourArchive #EYAMedieval
#ExploreYourArchive #EYAMedieval
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Did you know our BTO HQ in Thetford was once a Benedictine monastery founded in King Canute’s time (1016-1035)? The site was then taken over by Benedictine Nuns & was run as a Nunnery until 1537. The oldest existing remains here date back to the late 12th century.
#ExploreYourArchive #EYAMedieval
#ExploreYourArchive #EYAMedieval
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Now that Christmas is on its way, it's time to launch our BBS Advent Calendar 2025! Each day in the run up to the big day, we will share a Breeding Bird Survey trend of a resident bird species from across the UK! Blue Tit is first… @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Now that Christmas is on its way, it's time to launch our BBS Advent Calendar 2025! Each day in the run up to the big day, we will share a Breeding Bird Survey trend of a resident bird species from across the UK! Blue Tit is first… @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
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This #ExploreYourArchive Week we’re delving into our BTO collections, starting with lantern slides belonging to pioneer wildlife photographer Oliver G. Pike (1877-1963). #EYAConservation #WildlifePhotography 🪶
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This #ExploreYourArchive Week we’re delving into our BTO collections, starting with lantern slides belonging to pioneer wildlife photographer Oliver G. Pike (1877-1963). #EYAConservation #WildlifePhotography 🪶
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From much to minimal black - take a look at the graphic below to see how Kittiwakes change in appearance from chick to adult! #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
From much to minimal black - take a look at the graphic below to see how Kittiwakes change in appearance from chick to adult! #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
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At BTO we hold Robert T. (Bobby) Smith’s incredible bird photographs taken over his decades in the field in our archives. 📷 Here are some of our favourites of particularly colourful birds the European Bee-eater, Hoopoe and Kingfisher! 🐦 🪶 #ExploreYourArchive #EYABeauty
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
At BTO we hold Robert T. (Bobby) Smith’s incredible bird photographs taken over his decades in the field in our archives. 📷 Here are some of our favourites of particularly colourful birds the European Bee-eater, Hoopoe and Kingfisher! 🐦 🪶 #ExploreYourArchive #EYABeauty
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Survey of Exmoor moorland has revealed encouraging signs for a number of upland birds. South West Peatland Partnership has helped Exmoor remain a stronghold for Grasshopper Warbler, Common Reed Bunting and Common Snipe britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
📸David Tipling
📸David Tipling
News & Comment - November 2025
Nest predation is a major cause of breeding failure in many bird species, and understanding the species responsible for this is important in designing...
britishbirds.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Survey of Exmoor moorland has revealed encouraging signs for a number of upland birds. South West Peatland Partnership has helped Exmoor remain a stronghold for Grasshopper Warbler, Common Reed Bunting and Common Snipe britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
📸David Tipling
📸David Tipling
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Firecrest in the garden today, the first to our knowledge
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Firecrest in the garden today, the first to our knowledge
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Wimbleball Goosander roost this evening from the Dam
8 males, 18 Redheads plus 9 Grey Herons and 24 Cormorants roosting in the trees #somersetbirds
8 males, 18 Redheads plus 9 Grey Herons and 24 Cormorants roosting in the trees #somersetbirds
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Wimbleball Goosander roost this evening from the Dam
8 males, 18 Redheads plus 9 Grey Herons and 24 Cormorants roosting in the trees #somersetbirds
8 males, 18 Redheads plus 9 Grey Herons and 24 Cormorants roosting in the trees #somersetbirds
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Gore pt Porlock Weir
7 Red-throated Diver drifting up on the tide plus a Shag and 2 Guillemot #somersetbirds
7 Red-throated Diver drifting up on the tide plus a Shag and 2 Guillemot #somersetbirds
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Gore pt Porlock Weir
7 Red-throated Diver drifting up on the tide plus a Shag and 2 Guillemot #somersetbirds
7 Red-throated Diver drifting up on the tide plus a Shag and 2 Guillemot #somersetbirds
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The drake & Redhead Goosander showed quite well from the dam at #ChardRes early this am, shame the light was so poor! #PWC2025 @somersetbirds.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The drake & Redhead Goosander showed quite well from the dam at #ChardRes early this am, shame the light was so poor! #PWC2025 @somersetbirds.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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Short-eared Owl, this morning on Tealham Moor
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Short-eared Owl, this morning on Tealham Moor
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Last but not least, here are the most encountered mammal species recorded on BBS squares across the UK in 2024. Again, these are all common and familiar species. Find out more about mammal recording: www.bto.org/get-invo... @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Last but not least, here are the most encountered mammal species recorded on BBS squares across the UK in 2024. Again, these are all common and familiar species. Find out more about mammal recording: www.bto.org/get-invo... @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
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A superb achievement by the County Recorder, Editors and all who submitted records. #somersetbirding
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A superb achievement by the County Recorder, Editors and all who submitted records. #somersetbirding
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Red Kite over the Dorset patch this am, also Brambling heard inflight. Dipper on a Somerset stream near Chard late this pm. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @somersetbirds.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Red Kite over the Dorset patch this am, also Brambling heard inflight. Dipper on a Somerset stream near Chard late this pm. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @somersetbirds.bsky.social
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No sign of Scaup this am. Didn't realise the significance of my find yesterday...this is the first record at #ChardRes for 24 years & the largest group since the 1950's! #PWC2025Mega @patchbirding.bsky.social #LocalPatchBirding
3 Scaup still present at #ChardRes at dusk. Also drake & redhead Goosander & 14 Tufties. @somersetbirds.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
No sign of Scaup this am. Didn't realise the significance of my find yesterday...this is the first record at #ChardRes for 24 years & the largest group since the 1950's! #PWC2025Mega @patchbirding.bsky.social #LocalPatchBirding
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(1/) As well as being monitored by the Heronries Census since 1928, there is also a BBS trend for Grey Heron! It declined across the UK by 13% between 1995 and 2023. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology #CitizenScience
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
(1/) As well as being monitored by the Heronries Census since 1928, there is also a BBS trend for Grey Heron! It declined across the UK by 13% between 1995 and 2023. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology #CitizenScience