Tom Lane
@tomsconservation.bsky.social
Countryside management, Conservation advisory and Ornithological surveying at your service.
Let’s talk land and wildlife.
Let’s talk land and wildlife.
Just opened the parcel I’ve been eagerly awaiting and wanted to say a huge thank you to @songbirdsurvival.bsky.social , for providing some wonderful literature and informative guides, in readiness for our junior bird surveying event!
August 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Just opened the parcel I’ve been eagerly awaiting and wanted to say a huge thank you to @songbirdsurvival.bsky.social , for providing some wonderful literature and informative guides, in readiness for our junior bird surveying event!
An influx of Peacock Butterflies on the Buddleia today!
August 2, 2025 at 11:17 AM
An influx of Peacock Butterflies on the Buddleia today!
Was fortunate enough to get this Sedge Warbler song flight right over my head
May 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Was fortunate enough to get this Sedge Warbler song flight right over my head
First Cuckoo of the year, heard here in the highlands of Sutherland!! Still chilly though, with this easterly wind 🥶
April 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
First Cuckoo of the year, heard here in the highlands of Sutherland!! Still chilly though, with this easterly wind 🥶
From the wilds of surveying in Sutherland yesterday. Today brings us to the Ise of May on Puffin patrol!
April 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
From the wilds of surveying in Sutherland yesterday. Today brings us to the Ise of May on Puffin patrol!
Wow, wow and WOW!!! Just had 6 (3pairs) of Cranes fly over from Tain direction, over the Dornoch Firth and heading north! What a welcome surprise and a wonderful sound. @btoscotland.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social @wildlenslife.bsky.social @kanebrides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Wow, wow and WOW!!! Just had 6 (3pairs) of Cranes fly over from Tain direction, over the Dornoch Firth and heading north! What a welcome surprise and a wonderful sound. @btoscotland.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social @wildlenslife.bsky.social @kanebrides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
31st of March sees the close of the winter bird surveying season and in 15c conditions, it couldn’t have felt any less wintery up in Fraserburgh today.
A wonderful mix of farmland birds, waders and wildfowl, including a flyover of 12 Golden Plover. Also to note, Sycamore breaking leaf already!!!
A wonderful mix of farmland birds, waders and wildfowl, including a flyover of 12 Golden Plover. Also to note, Sycamore breaking leaf already!!!
March 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
31st of March sees the close of the winter bird surveying season and in 15c conditions, it couldn’t have felt any less wintery up in Fraserburgh today.
A wonderful mix of farmland birds, waders and wildfowl, including a flyover of 12 Golden Plover. Also to note, Sycamore breaking leaf already!!!
A wonderful mix of farmland birds, waders and wildfowl, including a flyover of 12 Golden Plover. Also to note, Sycamore breaking leaf already!!!
Cleaning out the Tree Sparrow nest boxes before the beginning of April and look at the mass of material bought in to one box by a pair, in a single season!!!
March 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Cleaning out the Tree Sparrow nest boxes before the beginning of April and look at the mass of material bought in to one box by a pair, in a single season!!!
Moine House in the Flow Country of Sutherland, this afternoon!
February 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Moine House in the Flow Country of Sutherland, this afternoon!
Nice start to the day, here on the highland coast. #Scottishhighlands #Nature
February 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Nice start to the day, here on the highland coast. #Scottishhighlands #Nature
Question to the panel, about these Larks from this morning here in Morroco!! Are they Thekla’s or Crested?? Thank you in advance 🙏 #birds #nature #birdsofMorroco
February 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Question to the panel, about these Larks from this morning here in Morroco!! Are they Thekla’s or Crested?? Thank you in advance 🙏 #birds #nature #birdsofMorroco
A male Bullfinch above the feed station earlier today! One of the females is now confident coming onto the sunflower heart tubes. Whereas the males are still quite content to pick at the wispy tips of the Rowan tree, where the berries hung before December.
January 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A male Bullfinch above the feed station earlier today! One of the females is now confident coming onto the sunflower heart tubes. Whereas the males are still quite content to pick at the wispy tips of the Rowan tree, where the berries hung before December.
This big Beech took some shifting! One of many trees, that succumbed to storm Eowyn. Thank you to the local farm guys for restoring access along the road #stormeowyn
January 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This big Beech took some shifting! One of many trees, that succumbed to storm Eowyn. Thank you to the local farm guys for restoring access along the road #stormeowyn
Starlings spooked and on high alert after a Peregrine stooped on something I couldn’t see. But the whoosh made me look up, to watch it then gaining height after not being successful. #birds #biggardenbirdwatch #nature
January 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Starlings spooked and on high alert after a Peregrine stooped on something I couldn’t see. But the whoosh made me look up, to watch it then gaining height after not being successful. #birds #biggardenbirdwatch #nature
Goldfinches in the glow of the early morning sun!
Numbers have really increased since the beginning of the week at the main feed station, from a moderate ‘charm’ of twenty to forty plus today @btoscotland.bsky.social
Numbers have really increased since the beginning of the week at the main feed station, from a moderate ‘charm’ of twenty to forty plus today @btoscotland.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Goldfinches in the glow of the early morning sun!
Numbers have really increased since the beginning of the week at the main feed station, from a moderate ‘charm’ of twenty to forty plus today @btoscotland.bsky.social
Numbers have really increased since the beginning of the week at the main feed station, from a moderate ‘charm’ of twenty to forty plus today @btoscotland.bsky.social
Excellent work👏! Here’s the other two 😁
January 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Excellent work👏! Here’s the other two 😁
More from the Fife Finch Frenzy and Bunting Bonanza at Elie! #birds #nature #wildlifefriendlyfarming
January 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
More from the Fife Finch Frenzy and Bunting Bonanza at Elie! #birds #nature #wildlifefriendlyfarming
After the icy grips of winter last week, in complete contrast it would now appear to be mild enough for some Bees to become active again. This one pausing momentarily in the sun, on the handle of the chainsaw #nature
January 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
After the icy grips of winter last week, in complete contrast it would now appear to be mild enough for some Bees to become active again. This one pausing momentarily in the sun, on the handle of the chainsaw #nature