A great little venture out to RSPB Snettisham last weekend where this White-rumped Sandpiper showed well once picked out from the thousands of Dunlin on site. #NorfolkBirding

A rather cool experience on an evening sea-watch (in a cold easterly breeze) at Winterton Dunes yesterday. Saw a flock of 5 Black Tern passing south only to be harassed by a pale morph Arctic Skua, forcing them to circle upwards and back out to sea until I couldn't see them anymore! #NorfolkBirding

Eurasian Bittern has bred in Dorset this summer for the first time in more than 140 years: https://f.mtr.cool/rbxtyhtocy

Mark your calendars! 🐦 Our 2027 Annual Conference will take place in Sheffield, from Friday 5 to Saturday 6 March. Join us for the whole event or just Friday or Saturday only! #Ornithology Find out more and book your place today ➡️ www.bto.org/landing-...

This is huge! A massive well done to all involved! #UKBirding

Breeding Bird Surveys (BBS)@bbs-birds.bsky.social · last wk.

The BBS coverage across England is looking great this year! As things stand, we are on for setting a new record of survey coverage for the country. If you survey a square in England and you haven’t entered your data yet, please do so by 31 August! @btobirds.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social

After a record breaking year last year, it looks like the BBS coverage in Wales could be even better this year! Thank you so much to all BBS volunteers across the country. Your time and effort is very much appreciated. Keep up the good work! @btobirds.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social

A Hudsonian Godwit within an hour of home, yes please! Got there with little time to spare before it seemingly departed RSPB Minsmere (for now) - my first British tick of 2026. Loads of bonus birds too including 2 Roseate Tern, Arctic Tern, 11 Spotted Redshank and more. #SuffolkBirding #UKBIRDING 🤩

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Excellent views of the patch Crane family and a drake Garganey in the same scope view at one point. RSPB Strumpshaw Fen remains my favourite place to be! #NorfolkBirding #UKbirding

A few highlights from the mid-Yare Valley (and nearby) so far this spring, including an arboreal Black Redstart, some stunning Black Tern, a drake Garganey and great views of Bittern. A flock of 8 Wood Sandpiper at Strumpshaw Fen was excellent too. Just need that rarity next! 🤞 #NorfolkBirding

Thanks to the fantastic guided walk at Strumpshaw Fen last week by @djlbirding.bsky.social for getting my ears in Garden Warbler song. Left me suspecting we had one singing in the bushes opposite the house, among all the Blackcap activity. Picked one out by sound, and then sight at 5am this morning

It's Swallowtail season soon! I'll be leading walks at the fantastic RSPB Strumpshaw Fen in celebration of it's 50th year of being open to the public, in hope of spotting these plus lots of other scarce wildlife of the area. #UKButterflies #UKBirding ➡️ Book here: events.rspb.org.uk/browse?filte...

Great to get in on the Bar-tailed Godwit movement taking place across the UK this morning, with one (then shortly joined by another four!) at RSPB Cantley Marshes. #NorfolkBirding

Some spectacularly colourful invertebrates from Taiwan over the last couple of weeks! If anyone can ID the butterfly from the 400+ species found there, that would be great. 😄🇹🇼

A selection of highlights from the last couple of weeks spent in Taiwan including Mikado Pheasant, Taiwan Rosefinch, Collared Bush Robin and Malay Night Heron. #BirdsSeenIn2026 🇹🇼

Our two week trip to Taiwan featured a little excursion to Okinawa (Japan) for some endemics - here's just a taster of some of the brilliant birds we saw on that wondeful little island (Okinawa Rail, Robin and Woodpecker plus Ryukyu Flycatcher!). #BirdsSeenIn2026 🇯🇵

1/ For #WorldAutismAwarenessDay we asked some of the members of the BTO team who are on the Autism spectrum to share their experiences of working for the organisation. At BTO we’re committed to becoming more inclusive, find out more about this work at www.bto.org/inclusivity

A new record Sahara crossing 🪶 Ashok is not only the first of our tagged Cuckoos to reach Europe this year but his arrival is also the earliest ever date that one of our satellite-tagged birds has done so! He crossed the Sahara, reached Algeria, then crossed the Med & arrived in Spain on 25 March!

Are you a skilled birder and want to help others to improve their skills? 🐦 Apply for our Training Officer role via www.bto.org/jobs The successful candidate will join the team at BTO HQ in Norfolk who deliver courses, both in person and online. Application deadline: Sunday 5 April. #Ornithology

Here we go! Bookings for RSPB Strumpshaw Fen guided walks during the reserves best season (in this naturalist's opinion) just opened!! First two weekends of June! Don't miss out: events.rspb.org.uk/events/155515 #NorfolkBirding @norfolknats.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

It feels like such a rare treat to encounter a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker these days (especially in the UK), so seeing this male showing so well in the Spanish Pyrenees last week really was epic! #BirdsSeenIn2026

A few highlights from patch (RSPB Strumpshaw Fen) today, including Sand Martin, Raven and Woodcock. The sunset was worth sticking around for too. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #NorfolkBirding

A new bird atlas for Britain and Ireland has been announced by five conservation organisations:

New British and Irish bird atlas announced for 2027

A new bird atlas for Britain and Ireland has been announced by five conservation organisations. The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), BirdWatch Ireland, the RSPB, Scottish Ornithologists' Club (SOC) and Welsh Ornithological Society (WOS) have come together to begin work on Bird Atlas 2027-31.

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The UK Government has unveiled a 10-year deer management strategy for England, pledging to make culling easier in a bid to address what it describes as an expanding deer population that is damaging woodlands and farmland and impacting ground-nesting birds:

Government deer strategy unveiled as rising numbers threaten woods and wildlife

A new 10-year deer-management strategy for England aims to tackle soaring deer numbers and woodland damage – a move that should benefit ground-nesting birds affected by habitat degradation.

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The Dutch Spectacled Eider is to be released back into the Wadden Sea after it was taken into care at the end of 2025:

Dutch Spectacled Eider to be released back into wild

The Dutch Spectacled Eider is to be returned to the Wadden Sea following its recovery after being taken into care at the end of 2025.

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David Waugh summarises the findings of two key studies surrounding the Critically Endangered Swift Parrot:

Swift Parrot faces habitat loss at each end of its annual migration

David Waugh summarises the findings of two key studies into the Critically Endangered Swift Parrot, highlighting ongoing threats from deforestation and introduced predators.

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There's still some spaces left on my guided walk at RSPB Buckenham Marshes this Saturday. On the last one we saw Pintail, Ruff, Peregrine, Crane and thousands of Wigeon and Lapwing! 🤩 #NorfolkBirding #PatchBirding #RSPB Book tickets here: events.rspb.org.uk/browse?filte...

Top afternoon's birding in east Norfolk with @sophgoesbirding.bsky.social. The Iceland Gull was showing well at Sea Palling where Sophie also picked out a Purple Sandpiper on the beach. Afterwards at Great Yarmouth North Denes, we bumped into a trio of SEO and 7 Snow Bunting. 😄 #NorfolkBirding

Three eider were quite the inland surprise on Filby broad today! Found by @djlbirding.bsky.social when they drifted into view outta nowhere on the piece of broad I had just checked 😌🤨 (not that I’m salty)