Mel S-W

@corvidcrazychap.bsky.social

Birder - Plants - Insects - MOTHS & more Essex - Rye meads volunteer - did I say birds I am definitely a Biophiliac 🤭

(2/2) so re; previous post it will be the last #BigWildSleepout as @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social will from November 2026 no longer manage the reserve so It may well be closed to the public #ThamesWater who own the site looks for new tenants 🤞🥴

Mel S-W@corvidcrazychap.bsky.social · 3d ago

(1/2) So I did the 2nd of the year #BigWildSleepout on Friday @rspbengland.bsky.social #RyeMeads Which will be the last one *… some good pond dipping & Great bat walk @batconservation.bsky.social with Soprano Pipistrelle the star of the night then back for marshmallows & hot chocolate 😍

What were your #Top5Birds or bird moments from the past week? Mine: 1. Seeing a Firecrest feed its young 2. Sharing joy as a friend saw her lifer Marsh Tit (& my FOY bird) 3. 12 Swifts overhead - they'll soon be gone for another year 4. Red Kite flying over my garden 5. Bullfinch on woodland walk 🪶

Square graphic design. Pale mint green with greyish blue wavy-edged bands at top and bottom.  Portrait format photo on the middle left of a Firecrest. This tiny bird has an olive-green back and pale undersides. It has a white eyestripe with a thin black stripe above and an orange crown (slightly visible in the photo). The bird is facing to the right of the frame and is perched on a small branch. The background is blurred green leaves.  Caption below the photo reads: Firecrest  Text on the right reads: #Top5Birds What were your best bird moments from the past week?

Threads do odd things here in the Bluesky so I’m hoping that by reposting with the #BirdingGear tag this wee thread on testing my scopes for autumn seawatching will come out better 🤞🏼

Steve Dudley@stevedudley.bsky.social · last wk.

So, the #WestrayBirding seawatching season is upon me and I wanted to look at which of my scopes, my new Swarovski AT Balance 65mm stabilised scope or my trusty Leica APO Televid 82mm scope, I’m going to use for the hours staring at the sea this autumn. #BirdingGear 🧵 1/8

What were your #Top5Birds or bird moments from the past week? Mine - from my garden: 1. Long-tailed Tits feeding right next to me 2. Red Kite flying very low overhead 3. Three Swifts flying around my house 4. Rook vocalising with caws and chirps 5. Young Woodpigeon being fed by its parent 🪶

Square graphic design. Pale mint green with blue wavy-edged bands at top and bottom.

Portrait format photo on the left side showing two Long-tailed Tits on a suet feeder, against a brown tree trunk. One bird on the left of the photo is facing the camera, the other bird is on the right of the photo and is pecking at the suet. 

Caption below the photo reads: Long-tailed Tit

Text on the right reads: #Top5Birds What were your best bird moments from the past week?

Aderyn yr Wythnos | Bird of the Week Mae Bronwen y Dŵr yn un o adar mwyaf unigryw Cymru. Mae ei bresenoldeb yn arwydd o afonydd glân ac iach. The Dipper is one of Wales’ most distinctive birds. Its presence is a great indicator of clean, healthy rivers.

Are you at Global Birdfair this weekend? This is where you can find me and Victoria Hillman Vic will be on stand Puffin P37 + make a Smylt at 1pm everyday at the puffling mini workshop stand..cont

Poster showing events, txt repeated in post. 
Photo os smylt, a Pink wool axolotl, a photo of jumping spider and a diving beetle larva