A contender for sure!
05.03.2026 20:02
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A contender for sure!
Mike Warburton wins today's Photo of the Week for his outstanding Eurasian Goshawk portrait:
Here are a couple of jaunty Guillemots to start your week.
(Etching by Robert Gillings)
👏 very true
Very nice reference Mike! Love that logo (and a lot of their output!)
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Yup!
All the ones with teeth are canny!
Indeed! Gets points for the whole nesting in trees trunks carry on though.
Bit fancy 😜
Up in the wilds of Northumberland- displaying with Goldeneye no less! 😍
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Forgive me! What was I thinking!
A drake smew
Best duck in the world.
Given the news about a certain nature writer’s new book, my brief discussion of truth in non-fiction here seems rather timely.
🎶 I'll protect you from the Hooded Crow
Keep the vampire bats from your door 🎶
Sign here to voice your disgust at the annual Guga slaughter. Gannets are magnificent and this old ‘tradition’ needs to end.
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Let’s get as many signatures as possible to end the Guga hunt before Wednesday!
It was a great and very memorable day out!
Still can’t believe we didn’t find LTT though!
Incoming whiteout at Budle Bay
Bagging Little Auk at Birling Carrs
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My car, with a busted boot and bumper courtesy of an over enthusiastic Range Rover driver who rear-ended me by the A1
The toughest winter bird race I’ve ever done, with frequent blizzards and treacherous roads - we got rear-ended by a Range Rover and had to limp home to change cars - but excellent company from @yolobirder.bsky.social @dlangstonbirder.bsky.social @shoremark.bsky.social & Sam 🐕.
THREE satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances in England, Wales & Scotland - two tags had been cut off.
Press release from Isle of Wight WTE Project Team & additional commentary from me ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/17/t...
Cheers Matt and all the best to you too!
No new designs this year I’m afraid, but maybe we will be more productive in 2026!
BBC Tweet of the Day audiobook cover on Spotify
Picture of the 3 chapters that o re I order for BBC Radio 4 many years ago. The Redwing, Waxwing and Peregrine.
Well what a nice surprise! I was genuinely listening to this and then some doofus with a microphone shows up. Still can’t believe they let me do this.
Listening to @drmjwarren.bsky.social and @yolobirder.bsky.social excellent podcast and I’m going off on my own tangent : Friends Named After Medieval Birds. Having found @robyaxley.bsky.social (cuckoo) I’ve just bagged @luciemr.bsky.social (Ruddock =robin)
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Inspired by my recent chat with @yolobirder.bsky.social about winter birds, and as I drink coffee from my brambling mug this morning, bird place-name of the day 117 is Finchale (Priory) in Co. Durham. OE finc + halh. ‘Nook of land inhabited by finches’. #birdsandplace #PlaceNames #naturewriting
It’s a wonderful book and lovely to see you in there! It was a nice surprise with you and @themarshtit.bsky.social popping up !
This’ll be a treat with @yolobirder.bsky.social! Always an excellent & entertaining listen, & #TheCuckoosLea is wonderful!
New podcast episode to wrap your lugs around as you scan the fields for geese and hedgerows for thrushes!
I agree!
