Chris Corrigan
@chriscorrigan3.bsky.social
All things nature and the environment! President @SussexOrnitholo, trustee South Georgia Heritage Trust and Enovert Community Trust. Ex-Sussex Wildlife Trust, RSPB and Birdwatch Ireland
Brilliant news for RSPB Coquet Island Roseate Terns after the #birdflu calamity @rspbengland.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Conservationists celebrate Coquet roseate tern rise
The RSPB says a record number of roseate terns have nested on Coquet Island this year.
bbc.co.uk
Presume lots of you are in the same (waterless!) boat? First time ever our garden pond has turned into a baked hole 😢 #climatechaos
Ponies on my local Mill Hill #SouthDowns reserve! Added to sheep grazing and amazing volunteer and staff efforts from Adur & Worthing DC and the South Downs NP the site can hopefully be restored to a chalky flowery and butterfly wonderland! @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @southdownsnp.bsky.social
The South Downs chalk grasslands are full of flowers with clouds of butterflies. Good news? Well yes for this year but the ground and plants are bone dry. Is there enough larval food for next year? @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social
These days this is my new office. Sunshine, surveys, no meetings or spreadsheets .....but no pay! 😀
I don't allows agree with much of the GWCT upland policy, but they have a long history of excellent work on lowland farms. This is a good eg - an interesting piece on insect abundance under different management www.gwct.org.uk/blogs/farmla...
What 2025 revealed about insects, birds and farm resilience - Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
gwct.org.uk
Not in Sussex...but my first Sussex Emeralds (many!) at an excellent Dungenes Bird Obs moth extravaganza this morning! Thanks to the Obs team for organising @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social
The Honey Buzzard live stream is surely the birding 'must watch' of the year! #AshdownForest
Sussex Ornithology@sussexornitholo.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are really excited to be hosting the Honey-buzzard live stream on our new website. As seen on Springwatch 2026. tinyurl.com/42ubayu8 The Society part-funded this work, which should contribute much to our understanding of the species’ breeding ecology in Sussex. Thanks to all partners.
Extreme saving a species from extinction! Briliant international collaborative effort with Kew and Wakehurst at the heart @rbgkew.bsky.social www.theargus.co.uk/news/2615947...
How Sussex could help save 'the last tree of its kind in the world'
Conservationists at Kew Wakehurst are in a race against time to prevent one of the world’s rarest island plants from disappearing forever
theargus.co.uk
If you are in Paris check out the Coulee Verte Rene Dumont. An imaginative linear park created from a decommissioned railway line. Singing Blackcaps and overhead city centre Swifts. Lovely!
A gorgeous and aptly named Burnt or Burnt-tip Orchid on the #SouthDowns. Took some finding on a big and steep chalk grassland! @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @southdownsnp.bsky.social
The Early Spider Orchids are nearly over at Castle Hill NNR #SouthDowns. Still the odd one plus the first Adonis Blues...and loads of Corn Buntings! @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @southdownsnp.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
Sadly Ash Dieback work has wiped out a strip of Early Purple Orchids. I also know 2 South Downs Birds-nest Orchid sites and a White Helleborine site lost in the last 2 -3 years. Checking the Biodiversity Records Centre data would save orchids! @southdownsnp.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
Seems to be a Painted Lady influx...3 in our Sussex coast garden this morning #AmazingMigrations @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Beautiful evening at the 'Nightingales and Bluebells' Sussex WT event. 2 Nightingales, distant Cuckoo, bats, Bluebells, big moon and a lovely group @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
Looking like a bumper year for Pearl-bordered Fritillaries in Rewell Wood #SouthDowns. Shocking year for photos tho'! 😀 @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @bchighland.bsky.social @southdownsnp.bsky.social
1000? 5000? Who knows! Countless Green-winged Orchids scattered across the South Downs. What a site...and sight! @ukorchids.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @southdownsnp.bsky.social
A glimmer of hope for Irish Curlews #headstarting @curlewaction.bsky.social www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Curlew conservation scheme makes breakthrough
A conservation measure aimed at reversing the decline in the curlew population has yielded a breakthrough as the first recorded instance of a 'headstarted' curlew that has established a breeding terri...
rte.ie
My orchid season is underway! Early Purple Orchid #SouthDowns @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @southdownsnp.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
What a treat! A surprise Large Tortoiseshell at the pocket-sized @sussexwildlife.bsky.social Brickfield Meadow reserve today #AshdownForest @savebutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social
Great speech. A joy to read in contrast to 'bats and newts' anti-nature nonsense! @wclnews.bsky.social www.pm.gc.ca/en/videos/20...
Prime Minister Carney announces Canada’s strategy to protect nature and biodiversity
Prime Minister of Canada - Video - Prime Minister Carney announces Canada’s strategy to protect nature and biodiversity
pm.gc.ca
A brilliant monitoring scheme. Same pattern as in all our taxa....generalists doing ok/well, specialists doing badly @savebutterflies.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Butterfly numbers are dropping but here are five species you may see more of
A warming climate has helped some to flourish, researchers say, but the outlook is troubling.
bbc.co.uk
Could re-nationalisation fix the water industry? As ever a polarised argument which is not that simple. Good article 👇 #water www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Could nationalisation fix South East Water?
Some argue the beleaguered company should be brought under public ownership after repeated failures.
bbc.co.uk
Blowy April afternoon at #RSPB Pulborough Brooks. Two Adders locked together...plus Sand Martins, Swallows and the odd House Martin. Also 2 Ruff a Common Sandpiper and Black-tailed Godwit. Not much Nightingale song in the wind! @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
1/2 Can someone please help explain why intelligent people are producing headlines like this? Is there anyone who agrees with the headline who can help me understand the argument and how it makes economic sense? #EnergyCrisis
Very important changes to advice on feeding your garden birds @rspbengland.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Want to help garden birds? Don't feed them in warmer months, says RSPB
The UK's largest bird charity has issued new guidance advising people to stop using feeders to help wildlife thrive.
bbc.co.uk
Green Hairstreak on Mill Hill LNR #SouthDowns. Here come the spring butterflies! @savebutterflies.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @southdownsnp.bsky.social
It's a question we hear a lot this time of year… What do you do if you find a baby bird out of the nest?
