Red-breasted merganser. North Wales. Those teeth!

Had a walk along the Wandle Trail, south London. Amazed to see so many firecrests. Singing and displaying in the sunshine right by the path. Absolutely stunning little birds. #ukbirding

A black-and-white duck day, locally. A close ring-necked duck in St Helens and a distant smew at Seaforth. Lovely.

Happy New Year, everyone. Warblers from the Far East and America were my 2024 highlights. I wonder what 2025 will bring.

Yellow warbler. A bird I've always wanted to see in England. Happy Christmas to me!

Today, one month after our petition launched, we've reached 33,000 signatures calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.

That's a third of the number we need, in one sixth of the time we've got - pretty good!

Please keep it up - sign and share: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#SayNoMoor

The ring-necked duck in St Helens showed well today. Shame it wasn't better light to be able to see the purple sheen on its neck from which it gets its name. You can just about see it here.

Wild Justice has launched a petition to ban driven grouse shooting, with the appeal already garnering more than 20,000 signatures: bit.ly/3Zydc4j

Came across this beautiful, long-eared owl. Waited a while, hoping he'd fully open his golden eyes, but he didn't, so we left him in peace to doze in the winter sunshine.

A landmark day in Scotland as snare ban commences raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/11/25/a...

Brrr! With temperatures plunging, here's how we can help wildlife weather the cold. ❄️

Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own.

Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/

So, I've just joined Bluesky. I'll continue to post on Ex too, for a while. My first post here is a picture of a goldfinch I took yesterday. Lovely birds.

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