Bird nerd, patch worker and BTO surveyor. MSc Ornithology (mostly a seabirds thing). Proud Devonian currently exiled to North Shropshire. I also run the #Shropshirebirds feed.
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Some rare but very welcome good news about the UK’s breeding #seabirds.
RSPB buys Bass Rock in the outer Firth of Forth, home to about 10,000 Puffins and 100,000 Gannets, after 300 years in private hands.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cattle in England to get tuberculosis vaccine from 2030 as badger cull to end
Surprised to find a few tardy waders along the beach at Wembury this morning with a Whimbrel, a Dunlin and 4 Sanderling still present #devonbirds
Incredible views of a migrating Common Quail as it flew past the ship in the English Channel!
@sophieshrike.bsky.social
Amazing find by Simon H-R! First for UK Western Reef Heron at the Foryd Bay. Looks the real deal 👍Great twitch with @owen27.bsky.social #ukbirding #welshbirds
Martin George
Bruce Taggart, Cornwall Birds chair talks to Toby Buckland on Radio Cornwall about the Cornwall Birds House Martin Project. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002x177
Find out about the plight of House Martins and take part in the survey surveys.cbwps.org.uk/house-martin/
#CornwallBirds #CBWPS #Birds
Guardian Environment
Sad to see the news from Farlington Marsh NR, I have very happy memories from that reserve.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Black-headed Gull causes big twitch in Western Australia.
“The closest regular populations of the Black-headed Gull are in India, Japan and the Philippines”.
#Gulls
#Seabirds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Phone snaps of a female Goosander with five ducklings on the River Severn in central Shrewsbury today, viewed from the Frankwell footbridge.
#ShropshireBirds
Just disgraceful. Will the consequence be custodial sentences for the company directors, or a token fine that makes the outrageous act a profitable business activity? 😡
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Stuart Green
The charity says the purchase is an important step in halting declining seabird numbers in the Firth of Forth.