Great to catch up with the Long-tailed Shrike recently with @bardseyobswarden.bsky.social what a great little twitch! #ukbirding
Great to have a selection of Dragonflies @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social recently including our first Lesser Emperor! Also Emperor, m&f Ruddy darter, Black-tailed Skimmer & Migrant Hawkers (not pictured) Plenty of terns and waders about and the first returning Phylloscs. #ukbirding #ukdragonflies
Our team are at Global Bird Fair this weekend. Call in to say hi and learn about Bird Observatories in the Swallow Marquee (S15&16). Thanks to Limosa/Wildwings for their sponsorship and the £250 prize off any holiday for our quiz.
Our review of 2025, BOC News, is now available at tinyurl.com/BOC-News-2025 Many thanks to Limosa/Wildwings for their sponsorship
An excellent opportunity for 14 young birders to visit Lundy, boat and board included -- lundybirdobs.org.uk/news-and-sig... Additional funding for young people to get out to a bird obs, through the BTO here -- www.bto.org/our-work/you...
A few more Wood Warbler pics from St Agnes, Isles of Scilly because I just love them, I wish they were still in our local woodlands. #ukbirding
A few nice birds from a flying visit to St Agnes Isles of Scilly, always nice to see a Wood warbler and Turtle Doves which are becoming increasingly uncommon sadly. #ukbirding
Lovely to see a Long-tailed duck @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social and some fantastic Dunlin plumages as they move North #ukbirding
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Great to see Gannets passing again, not many Brent geese remaining now and the locals getting busy @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social #ukbirding
Couldn’t believe my eyes when this stunning Sardinian Warbler appeared in front of us @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social reward for all the efforts the team put in. A cracking Redstart was nice too. #ukbirding
As well as the Pinks heading North, Wheatears continued to move through @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social and a Sparrowhawk was escorted off the island! #ukbirding
Thousands of Pink-footed geese headed North out of the Dee and over @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social (sound on) a few passerines around too. #ukbirding
Young birders offered rare chance to work at Fair Isle Bird Observatory www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Y...
Young birders offered rare chance to work at Fair Isle Bird Observatory
New research reveals the scale of losses after a 2021 cold snap - and why increasingly unpredictable weather could pose growing risks for early-arriving migrants.
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Not just the team @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social getting on with spring maintenance, a nice Black Redstart near home too. #ukbirding
Cracking morning @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social with @philwoollen.bsky.social & my eldest. Highlights a c-ringed Stonechat (ringed on Mull🏴 Aug25), another which we caught&ringed (1 of 5 on), 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tits (scarce spring migrant at Hilbre) and much more (all on our blog) #UkBirding #Ringing
My earliest ever #Wheatear this morning @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social - a beautiful male just returned from Africa. The wonder of migration 🌍 #UKBirding
Another lovely early spring morning @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social ... male Stonechat and Wheatear #Birdringing #Ukbirding
Our blog for another great early spring day on Hilbre Islands LNR is uploaded, click on the link to view: hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/2026/03/5th-march-2026.html?m=1
5th March 2026
Weather: SE force 5 with mist, later SE backing north 4 But the sun shone through later. The first Wheatear of the year, on this excepti...
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Spring was in full swing @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social with all the locals back in full voice, Stonechats buzzed around the paddock fences & waders fed as the tide moved them. Great to see a male Hen Harrier come in from the North before heading West, a sadly rare bird here now. #ukbirding
BTO's Young Bird Observatory Visitors Programme opens doors for the next generation of birders www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/B...
BTO's Young Bird Observatory Visitors Programme opens doors for the next generation of birders
Free placements at UK bird observatories give young people hands-on experience in fieldwork, migration study and life at the sharp end of bird monitoring
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The winter regulars greeted me @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social in the cold & damp, we were rewarded after doing a few repairs with a couple of Porpoises off the North end headed into the estuary
A recent trip to Norfolk for the @birdobscouncil.bsky.social meeting meant we birded the poor weather and caught up with the Eastern Black Redstart eventually, Cranes in the mist and a nice Hume’s warbler (honestly!)
We’re recruiting at Spurn Bird Observatory 🐦 Head Little Tern Warden + 2 Assistant roles available at Beacon Ponds this season. Details here 👉 spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news
Latest developments in this crucial story summarised: eastangliabylines.co.uk/opinion/a-su... Please share!
A suppressed warning finally appears: ecosystem collapse as a national security threat
A government report on the national security implications of ecosystem collapse is finally out, and it’s even more shocking than feared
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Rupert Read@rupertread.bsky.social · 7mo ago🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share: “Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.” (link below)
Slightly random one... Wondering if there might be a Manchester/Salford birder who might be thinking of heading over for the Speke grackle tomorrow (maybe the roost?), please drop us a DM 👍 (...and if you've got a spare pair of bins, even better 😉😂). Thanks v much, Mark #manchesterbirders #grackle
