Graham Jones
@gnature.bsky.social
Birds, moths, general nature stuff
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Our report for 2023 is out now in @britishbirds.bsky.social. There's a summary at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-... but if you prefer to watch rather than read then here's RBBP secretary @markaeaton.bsky.social with a few key points and some lovely photos! #ornithology #ukbirds youtu.be/arj1m7NfKmY
Rare Breeding Birds in the UK in 2023
YouTube video by Rare Breeding Birds Panel
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November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Our report for 2023 is out now in @britishbirds.bsky.social. There's a summary at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-... but if you prefer to watch rather than read then here's RBBP secretary @markaeaton.bsky.social with a few key points and some lovely photos! #ornithology #ukbirds youtu.be/arj1m7NfKmY
Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!
Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Yesterday, @britentsoc.bsky.social published the 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Completely updated and free to download in 3 digital formats: PDF, spreadsheet, and an Android App! Further details at www.benhs.org.uk/publications... #TeamMoth
A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SMALLER MOTHS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (4th Edition-Digital) - British Entomological & Natural History Society
www.benhs.org.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Yesterday, @britentsoc.bsky.social published the 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Completely updated and free to download in 3 digital formats: PDF, spreadsheet, and an Android App! Further details at www.benhs.org.uk/publications... #TeamMoth
I ❤️ Leach’s Petrel
‘Some of the most remarkable creatures on the planet’
This summer a team from the RSPB travelled to North Rona – an uninhabited island about 44 miles north of Lewis – to survey one of Scotland’s most incredible birds: Leach’s Storm Petrel. 🌊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEQm...
This summer a team from the RSPB travelled to North Rona – an uninhabited island about 44 miles north of Lewis – to survey one of Scotland’s most incredible birds: Leach’s Storm Petrel. 🌊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEQm...
Take a wild journey to remote Scottish islands with an RSPB team searching for a remarkable seabird
YouTube video by RSPB
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October 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I ❤️ Leach’s Petrel
Well done @penrhynbirder.bsky.social 👏
Our Dilys Breese Medal winner is Julian Hughes @penrhynbirder.bsky.social! Julian is editor of the Welsh Bird Report, Co-editor of The Birds of Wales and a dedicated birder. Taking part in many BTO surveys he uses his writing skills to regularly share BTO work, including in his BirdNotes column. 📝
October 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Well done @penrhynbirder.bsky.social 👏
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Rewarding seawatch at Point of Ayr this morning, with a single Leach’s Petrel and 3 Arctic Skuas including these two very dark chocolate brown juveniles. Beautiful markings. Glad I had my camera at the ready when they flew along the beach. #birdingwales @birdsinwales.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Rewarding seawatch at Point of Ayr this morning, with a single Leach’s Petrel and 3 Arctic Skuas including these two very dark chocolate brown juveniles. Beautiful markings. Glad I had my camera at the ready when they flew along the beach. #birdingwales @birdsinwales.bsky.social
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Fantastic day on the Wirral watching wind blown Leach's Petrels leaving the river Mersey. The last couple of birds passed within metres over the beach on the ebbing tide!
October 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Fantastic day on the Wirral watching wind blown Leach's Petrels leaving the river Mersey. The last couple of birds passed within metres over the beach on the ebbing tide!
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#StormAmy delivered today with a decent tally of wind-blown #seabirds on the Mersey. 35+ #LeachsPetrel the undoubted highlight. Here's two having a little feed together whilst battling out of the river mouth just beyond the #NewBrighton breakwaters. #seabirds #superseabirdsunday
October 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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The 1stw Grey Phalarope at Crosby Marine Park, Merseyside was typically confiding today, here's @gtalstonwader.bsky.social getting checked out by the waif @birdguides.bsky.social #ukbirding #autumnbirding #waders
September 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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The juv Monties showed really nicely in great light this morning at #Marshside #UKbirding - what a cracker
August 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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The long-awaited first proven nesting of Great White Egrets in #Wales, with young fledging from nests on an #Anglesey wetland. Read all about it in this week's @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes.
📷 @rspbcymru.bsky.social and Bob Garrett. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/first-f...
📷 @rspbcymru.bsky.social and Bob Garrett. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/first-f...
First for Wales: Great Whites breed on Anglesey
Exciting news from Cors Ddyga, the wetland restored in the Cefni Valley over the last quarter century, where RSPB Cymru has announced that four Great White Egrets have fledged from two nests this...
www.birdnotes.wales
August 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The long-awaited first proven nesting of Great White Egrets in #Wales, with young fledging from nests on an #Anglesey wetland. Read all about it in this week's @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes.
📷 @rspbcymru.bsky.social and Bob Garrett. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/first-f...
📷 @rspbcymru.bsky.social and Bob Garrett. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/first-f...
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2024 NE Wales Bird Report now available to download from @cofnod.org.uk Big thank you to all contributors. Majority of records via @birdtrack.bsky.social.
@birdsinwales.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social
@birdsinwales.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Good news from Wim Van den Bossche:
"decree published, no Curlew and Black-tailed Godwit hunting allowed in #france till (at least) 1 july 2026 🙏"
legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORF...
#ornithology
Hunting bans can make a difference - see what happened in GB:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/04/21/c...
"decree published, no Curlew and Black-tailed Godwit hunting allowed in #france till (at least) 1 july 2026 🙏"
legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORF...
#ornithology
Hunting bans can make a difference - see what happened in GB:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/04/21/c...
August 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Good news from Wim Van den Bossche:
"decree published, no Curlew and Black-tailed Godwit hunting allowed in #france till (at least) 1 july 2026 🙏"
legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORF...
#ornithology
Hunting bans can make a difference - see what happened in GB:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/04/21/c...
"decree published, no Curlew and Black-tailed Godwit hunting allowed in #france till (at least) 1 july 2026 🙏"
legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORF...
#ornithology
Hunting bans can make a difference - see what happened in GB:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/04/21/c...
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Wonderful news this evening! A pair of Montagu's Harrier has bred at a secret location in England this summer, the RSPB has announced:
Montagu's Harrier pair successfully breeds in England
A pair of Montagu's Harrier, Britain’s rarest breeding bird, have successfully raised four chicks at a secret site in England, the first UK nesting success since 2019. Monitored by the RSPB and a farmer, the rare birds' return offers hope for the species' future in Britain.
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July 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Wonderful news this evening! A pair of Montagu's Harrier has bred at a secret location in England this summer, the RSPB has announced:
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First 'autumn' Little Stints and Curlew Sandpipers are being reported in UK.
Will the first (Siberian) Pectoral Sandpipers be far behind?
Blog about autumn migration:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w...
Graphs from 2023 - @birdtrack.bsky.social
#ornithology
Will the first (Siberian) Pectoral Sandpipers be far behind?
Blog about autumn migration:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w...
Graphs from 2023 - @birdtrack.bsky.social
#ornithology
July 15, 2025 at 6:49 AM
First 'autumn' Little Stints and Curlew Sandpipers are being reported in UK.
Will the first (Siberian) Pectoral Sandpipers be far behind?
Blog about autumn migration:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w...
Graphs from 2023 - @birdtrack.bsky.social
#ornithology
Will the first (Siberian) Pectoral Sandpipers be far behind?
Blog about autumn migration:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w...
Graphs from 2023 - @birdtrack.bsky.social
#ornithology
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Have you heard Swift screaming parties? ✋😀Our historical @birdtrack.bsky.social data shows in July we reach peak Swift records! Come August, birds will begin their migration to their non-breeding grounds in Africa. 🌍
📷 Swift by Graham Catley/BTO
📷 Swift by Graham Catley/BTO
July 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Have you heard Swift screaming parties? ✋😀Our historical @birdtrack.bsky.social data shows in July we reach peak Swift records! Come August, birds will begin their migration to their non-breeding grounds in Africa. 🌍
📷 Swift by Graham Catley/BTO
📷 Swift by Graham Catley/BTO
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Good news Friday! 🌞 Even with a super dry spring at RSPB Ynys-hir we kept water levels high in two swampy spots, and guess what? FOUR singing male Spotted Crakes showed up! 🎶 That’s a reserve record AND the first ones we’ve heard in years.
📸 : Andy Hay
📸 : Andy Hay
July 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Good news Friday! 🌞 Even with a super dry spring at RSPB Ynys-hir we kept water levels high in two swampy spots, and guess what? FOUR singing male Spotted Crakes showed up! 🎶 That’s a reserve record AND the first ones we’ve heard in years.
📸 : Andy Hay
📸 : Andy Hay
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GOOD NEWS: Lead shot will be banned! RESULT!
After years of campaigning, the use of toxic lead ammunition by the shooting industry will be banned. This is excellent news for people's health and for wildlife.
Read the Defra press release here: wildjustice.org.uk/general/toxi...
After years of campaigning, the use of toxic lead ammunition by the shooting industry will be banned. This is excellent news for people's health and for wildlife.
Read the Defra press release here: wildjustice.org.uk/general/toxi...
July 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
GOOD NEWS: Lead shot will be banned! RESULT!
After years of campaigning, the use of toxic lead ammunition by the shooting industry will be banned. This is excellent news for people's health and for wildlife.
Read the Defra press release here: wildjustice.org.uk/general/toxi...
After years of campaigning, the use of toxic lead ammunition by the shooting industry will be banned. This is excellent news for people's health and for wildlife.
Read the Defra press release here: wildjustice.org.uk/general/toxi...
Reading this now. It’s a great book. Somehow slipped under my book-radar when it was first published. Recommended reading for all wader-philes
Interested in waders/shorebirds?
If you've not read Flight Lines by Andrew Darby you've missed out.
Here's the WaderTales review, as part of a broader article about Grey Plovers:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/p... 🎂5️⃣
#ornithology
If you've not read Flight Lines by Andrew Darby you've missed out.
Here's the WaderTales review, as part of a broader article about Grey Plovers:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/p... 🎂5️⃣
#ornithology
June 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Reading this now. It’s a great book. Somehow slipped under my book-radar when it was first published. Recommended reading for all wader-philes
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New digital publication available for free on our website! A checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles (2nd Edition): covering all British macro-moths, micro-moths and butterflies, this is an indispensable reference for any serious lepidopterist. www.benhs.org.uk/publications...
A CHECKLIST OF THE LEPIDOPTERA OF THE BRITISH ISLES (2nd Edition) - British Entomological & Natural History Society
www.benhs.org.uk
June 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
New digital publication available for free on our website! A checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles (2nd Edition): covering all British macro-moths, micro-moths and butterflies, this is an indispensable reference for any serious lepidopterist. www.benhs.org.uk/publications...
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The Roseate Tern continues it's stay at Seaforth NR and showing well, we can only hope it brings a mate back and join the Common Terns on the island, ringed on Couquet Island in 2021 as a chick so it's 4yrs old and ready to breed. #Lancsbirding #UKBirding #Terns
May 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Roseate Tern continues it's stay at Seaforth NR and showing well, we can only hope it brings a mate back and join the Common Terns on the island, ringed on Couquet Island in 2021 as a chick so it's 4yrs old and ready to breed. #Lancsbirding #UKBirding #Terns
🪶Back at Seaforth NR this morning to see a newly arrived Roseate Tern. Photo 4 shows Roseate together with Common Tern for contrast. With @merseybirder.bsky.social @gnature.bsky.social & @lancsbirder7.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Wet at RSPB Burton Mere 1st thing but great birding @gnature.bsky.social @britbirdweather.bsky.social @whitbynats.bsky.social gropper, reed warbler, whitethroat. Plus LRP, common sand. Spotted red., barwit, blackwit, knot. 4 song thrushes singing
April 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Wet at RSPB Burton Mere 1st thing but great birding @gnature.bsky.social @britbirdweather.bsky.social @whitbynats.bsky.social gropper, reed warbler, whitethroat. Plus LRP, common sand. Spotted red., barwit, blackwit, knot. 4 song thrushes singing