Jamie Hicken
@jamiehicken.bsky.social
WeBS Organiser for West Midlands
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31 species around Hill Hook NR this morning - in addition to the below WeBS count I also had Skylark, Nuthatch, Siskin, Grey Wagtail, Redpoll and Raven
@ecorecord.bsky.social @ruthnewby.bsky.social
@ecorecord.bsky.social @ruthnewby.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
31 species around Hill Hook NR this morning - in addition to the below WeBS count I also had Skylark, Nuthatch, Siskin, Grey Wagtail, Redpoll and Raven
@ecorecord.bsky.social @ruthnewby.bsky.social
@ecorecord.bsky.social @ruthnewby.bsky.social
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2025 has been a record year for BBS coverage! 4,054 visits to BBS squares have been made this year. This beats the 2018 record of 4,048. Thanks so much to all of the BBS volunteers across the UK who have contributed to this! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:18 AM
2025 has been a record year for BBS coverage! 4,054 visits to BBS squares have been made this year. This beats the 2018 record of 4,048. Thanks so much to all of the BBS volunteers across the UK who have contributed to this! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
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County boundaries weren't always as neat as we'd like them to be. The area around Meppershall in Bedfordshire was particularly complicated giving rise to this cartographical equivalent of a shrug of the shoulders:
HARTFORD SHIRE intermixed with BEDFORD SHIRE
The Limits uncertain
#MappyMonday
HARTFORD SHIRE intermixed with BEDFORD SHIRE
The Limits uncertain
#MappyMonday
November 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
County boundaries weren't always as neat as we'd like them to be. The area around Meppershall in Bedfordshire was particularly complicated giving rise to this cartographical equivalent of a shrug of the shoulders:
HARTFORD SHIRE intermixed with BEDFORD SHIRE
The Limits uncertain
#MappyMonday
HARTFORD SHIRE intermixed with BEDFORD SHIRE
The Limits uncertain
#MappyMonday
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Today, October 31st, is the final day to submit your breeding seabird data to the Seabird Monitoring Programme! #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Today, October 31st, is the final day to submit your breeding seabird data to the Seabird Monitoring Programme! #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
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Pure #PatchGold!
10 Crossbill @bibbeyswildfarms.bsky.social this morning!
It is so energising, inspiring and uplifting to fall in love with nature every day!
Every experience feels just as powerful as the first.
I would highly recommend that you fall in love with nature too! 😎
10 Crossbill @bibbeyswildfarms.bsky.social this morning!
It is so energising, inspiring and uplifting to fall in love with nature every day!
Every experience feels just as powerful as the first.
I would highly recommend that you fall in love with nature too! 😎
October 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Pure #PatchGold!
10 Crossbill @bibbeyswildfarms.bsky.social this morning!
It is so energising, inspiring and uplifting to fall in love with nature every day!
Every experience feels just as powerful as the first.
I would highly recommend that you fall in love with nature too! 😎
10 Crossbill @bibbeyswildfarms.bsky.social this morning!
It is so energising, inspiring and uplifting to fall in love with nature every day!
Every experience feels just as powerful as the first.
I would highly recommend that you fall in love with nature too! 😎
@nickpom9.bsky.social 2 Black Redstarts in my garden in Streethay, Lichfield today @Staffsbirdnews Last saw one here in December 2022!! :) @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
@nickpom9.bsky.social 2 Black Redstarts in my garden in Streethay, Lichfield today @Staffsbirdnews Last saw one here in December 2022!! :) @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
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Many thanks to the 20 sites who participated in yesterday's #westmidsalldayer - 4 sites managed to break the 100 mark with Blithfield narrowly pipping Belvide to the post. I'll pull together a list of all the species seen across the sites (usually c140 species). Well done all 👏
September 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Many thanks to the 20 sites who participated in yesterday's #westmidsalldayer - 4 sites managed to break the 100 mark with Blithfield narrowly pipping Belvide to the post. I'll pull together a list of all the species seen across the sites (usually c140 species). Well done all 👏
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If you are a WeBS counter and would like to take part in ISC at your WeBS site during your WeBS Core Count, email gsmp@bto.org. You can then take part without creating a GSMP account.
Photo: Sarah Kelman/BTO
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
#UKBirding
Photo: Sarah Kelman/BTO
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
#UKBirding
September 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
If you are a WeBS counter and would like to take part in ISC at your WeBS site during your WeBS Core Count, email gsmp@bto.org. You can then take part without creating a GSMP account.
Photo: Sarah Kelman/BTO
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
#UKBirding
Photo: Sarah Kelman/BTO
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
#UKBirding
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🦢The International Swan Census involves counters to carry out a one-off count on the weekend of 17th-18th January 2026.
This involves counting Whooper and Bewick’s Swans, as well as recording age assessments and habitat.
Visit the vacant site map⬇️
app.bto.org/gsmp/public/...
#Ornithology
This involves counting Whooper and Bewick’s Swans, as well as recording age assessments and habitat.
Visit the vacant site map⬇️
app.bto.org/gsmp/public/...
#Ornithology
September 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🦢The International Swan Census involves counters to carry out a one-off count on the weekend of 17th-18th January 2026.
This involves counting Whooper and Bewick’s Swans, as well as recording age assessments and habitat.
Visit the vacant site map⬇️
app.bto.org/gsmp/public/...
#Ornithology
This involves counting Whooper and Bewick’s Swans, as well as recording age assessments and habitat.
Visit the vacant site map⬇️
app.bto.org/gsmp/public/...
#Ornithology
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Next up for #WeBSSpeciesSpotlight ...🥁 Teal
The Teal is our smallest duck, with WeBS results showing peak numbers between October and February ❄️
Keep an eye out, as we have just seen our first Autumn arrival at the @btobirds.bsky.social reserve in Norfolk today!
#ornithology
The Teal is our smallest duck, with WeBS results showing peak numbers between October and February ❄️
Keep an eye out, as we have just seen our first Autumn arrival at the @btobirds.bsky.social reserve in Norfolk today!
#ornithology
August 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Next up for #WeBSSpeciesSpotlight ...🥁 Teal
The Teal is our smallest duck, with WeBS results showing peak numbers between October and February ❄️
Keep an eye out, as we have just seen our first Autumn arrival at the @btobirds.bsky.social reserve in Norfolk today!
#ornithology
The Teal is our smallest duck, with WeBS results showing peak numbers between October and February ❄️
Keep an eye out, as we have just seen our first Autumn arrival at the @btobirds.bsky.social reserve in Norfolk today!
#ornithology
Great Egret still present on Forge Mill Lake this am. 3 Tufted Duck broods, 2 Gadwall broods @ecorecord.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Great Egret still present on Forge Mill Lake this am. 3 Tufted Duck broods, 2 Gadwall broods @ecorecord.bsky.social
Drake Garganey still present on FML this am. Also 1 Common Sand + Kingfisher
June 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Drake Garganey still present on FML this am. Also 1 Common Sand + Kingfisher
Barnacle Goose at Wyndley Pool, Sutton Park this am. Also good views of Kingfishers.
June 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Barnacle Goose at Wyndley Pool, Sutton Park this am. Also good views of Kingfishers.
First time birding in Yorkshire! Greenshank, Spotted Redshank and Green Sandpiper all lined up within 10 mins of arriving @rspbblacktoftsands.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
First time birding in Yorkshire! Greenshank, Spotted Redshank and Green Sandpiper all lined up within 10 mins of arriving @rspbblacktoftsands.bsky.social
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🌟Tern up the good news!
We visited @SthStaffsWater Blithfield today to check on our Common Terns after early concerns about low adult numbers & we’re delighted to report a tern-around💚
✅ Active nests spotted
🐣 Chicks already hatching
Natures bouncing back🤩
We visited @SthStaffsWater Blithfield today to check on our Common Terns after early concerns about low adult numbers & we’re delighted to report a tern-around💚
✅ Active nests spotted
🐣 Chicks already hatching
Natures bouncing back🤩
June 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🌟Tern up the good news!
We visited @SthStaffsWater Blithfield today to check on our Common Terns after early concerns about low adult numbers & we’re delighted to report a tern-around💚
✅ Active nests spotted
🐣 Chicks already hatching
Natures bouncing back🤩
We visited @SthStaffsWater Blithfield today to check on our Common Terns after early concerns about low adult numbers & we’re delighted to report a tern-around💚
✅ Active nests spotted
🐣 Chicks already hatching
Natures bouncing back🤩
4 Common Sandpipers at Forge Mill Lake this am @ecorecord.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
4 Common Sandpipers at Forge Mill Lake this am @ecorecord.bsky.social
Saw this ringed Lesser Black-Backed Gull at Stubbers Green on Monday. Ringed as a chick in Worcester in 2023, next reported in A Coruña, Spain on April 24th this year, and now living the dream in Walsall this summer! @ecorecord.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Saw this ringed Lesser Black-Backed Gull at Stubbers Green on Monday. Ringed as a chick in Worcester in 2023, next reported in A Coruña, Spain on April 24th this year, and now living the dream in Walsall this summer! @ecorecord.bsky.social
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This Sunday is the last Priority Core Count date of the 2024/25 WeBS year! 🎉
Please ensure that you input your data for the whole year ASAP, so that our Local Organisers can carry out the annual job of data validation! 💻
@btobirds.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social
Please ensure that you input your data for the whole year ASAP, so that our Local Organisers can carry out the annual job of data validation! 💻
@btobirds.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This Sunday is the last Priority Core Count date of the 2024/25 WeBS year! 🎉
Please ensure that you input your data for the whole year ASAP, so that our Local Organisers can carry out the annual job of data validation! 💻
@btobirds.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social
Please ensure that you input your data for the whole year ASAP, so that our Local Organisers can carry out the annual job of data validation! 💻
@btobirds.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social
Red Kite and 5 LRPs at Whitemoor Haye this afternoon. Lots of ground works being done on the field opp. Roadside pit, with the sound of singing Skylarks directly above them! :( @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Red Kite and 5 LRPs at Whitemoor Haye this afternoon. Lots of ground works being done on the field opp. Roadside pit, with the sound of singing Skylarks directly above them! :( @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
We are looking for a @WeBS_UK counter for Edgbaston Reservoir - an accessible site close to the centre of Birmingham. If you think you can help please contact me via DM or via the "Contact the Local Organiser" button at bit.ly/4de8cHb
#WeBSSiteInsight #YourWeBSJourney
#WeBSSiteInsight #YourWeBSJourney
June 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We are looking for a @WeBS_UK counter for Edgbaston Reservoir - an accessible site close to the centre of Birmingham. If you think you can help please contact me via DM or via the "Contact the Local Organiser" button at bit.ly/4de8cHb
#WeBSSiteInsight #YourWeBSJourney
#WeBSSiteInsight #YourWeBSJourney
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“Nature holds the answers to so many of today’s problems.” 🌿💚 - @chris4patches.bsky.social
Check out Chris Millward's new piece for the West Midlands news - he connects the dots between Brum’s 600+ green spaces, our mental health, and the city’s future. A powerful read!
Check out Chris Millward's new piece for the West Midlands news - he connects the dots between Brum’s 600+ green spaces, our mental health, and the city’s future. A powerful read!
“Brum’s economy is ultimately built by the productivity of its people. And the productivity of Brummies is determined heavily by their state of mind,”
My piece for West Midlands News:
westmidlands.news/nature-happi...
@naturallybham.bsky.social @bosfonline.bsky.social
@bbcwildlifetrust.bsky.social
My piece for West Midlands News:
westmidlands.news/nature-happi...
@naturallybham.bsky.social @bosfonline.bsky.social
@bbcwildlifetrust.bsky.social
Nature = happiness = productivity
It’s quite easy to see how you can create a thriving city by embracing nature, if you start by considering the people of Birmingham. Brum’s economy is ultimately built by the productivity of its peopl...
westmidlands.news
June 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“Nature holds the answers to so many of today’s problems.” 🌿💚 - @chris4patches.bsky.social
Check out Chris Millward's new piece for the West Midlands news - he connects the dots between Brum’s 600+ green spaces, our mental health, and the city’s future. A powerful read!
Check out Chris Millward's new piece for the West Midlands news - he connects the dots between Brum’s 600+ green spaces, our mental health, and the city’s future. A powerful read!
Pair of Med Gulls and 4 LRPs at Marsh Lane NR yesterday
June 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Pair of Med Gulls and 4 LRPs at Marsh Lane NR yesterday
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This week is national Volunteers’ Week! So we’ll be taking the opportunity all week to celebrate and thank our amazing volunteers who fuel WeBS and GSMP and make the work that we do possible. #volunteersweek
June 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This week is national Volunteers’ Week! So we’ll be taking the opportunity all week to celebrate and thank our amazing volunteers who fuel WeBS and GSMP and make the work that we do possible. #volunteersweek
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Some more positive news from the #WITUK report 🎉📈
To see trends of non-breeding waterbirds in the UK, go to page 11 of the report linked below, or go to WeBS Report Online and search for individual species 🦆
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
To see trends of non-breeding waterbirds in the UK, go to page 11 of the report linked below, or go to WeBS Report Online and search for individual species 🦆
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Some more positive news from the #WITUK report 🎉📈
To see trends of non-breeding waterbirds in the UK, go to page 11 of the report linked below, or go to WeBS Report Online and search for individual species 🦆
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
To see trends of non-breeding waterbirds in the UK, go to page 11 of the report linked below, or go to WeBS Report Online and search for individual species 🦆
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
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The latest Waterbirds in the UK report (using data from WeBS & GSMP) shows positive news for Pink-footed Geese! 🎉📈
Read more on page 26:
🔗www.bto.org/webs-annual-report💻
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
#ornithology #CitSci
Read more on page 26:
🔗www.bto.org/webs-annual-report💻
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
#ornithology #CitSci
May 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The latest Waterbirds in the UK report (using data from WeBS & GSMP) shows positive news for Pink-footed Geese! 🎉📈
Read more on page 26:
🔗www.bto.org/webs-annual-report💻
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
#ornithology #CitSci
Read more on page 26:
🔗www.bto.org/webs-annual-report💻
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
#ornithology #CitSci