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Steve Ormerod
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Freshwater ecology, global change, nature conservation; env policy; Dep Chair @natreswales.bsky.social; Joint Committee @jncc.bsky.social; VP @rspb.bsky.social; bumbling acoustic guitarist
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Me too :)
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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I think they'll be around for a while - possible all winter? They're mostly at the northern end. There's a fairly vocal Teal lek also on some days.
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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I’ve posted a link to the paper on LinkedIn.

And I agree.
November 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Appalling.
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Natural - and probably climate-mediated - range expansion. Several other Eurasian herons also involved (Great White Egret, Cattle Egret and others to follow?)
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Just checked BTO numbers - and the UK has had a 2725% increase since 1995
November 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Clearly should be a No-regret, but there are other options...
November 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Would be interesting to see data from other locations to see if these are ‘eruptions’. And also how things fluctuate in future years.
October 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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🤞
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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I even brought some of the 6th floor dust…
October 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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This was my first of the year: never more than a handful turn up.
October 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM