Saw this piece at the weekend and it is AMAZING!
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Saw this piece at the weekend and it is AMAZING!
Rare and Sensitive Breeding Birds. Please avoid posting photos of rare and sensitive breeding birds and divulging their location and nest sites from 1st March to 31 July. #CornwallBirds #BirdsInCornwall #CBWPS #Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #ConnectWithNature #WildIsles #BritishWildlife #WildCornwall
A clump of frogspawn in a murky pond.
Top right corner sits a Goldfinch, with a fawn back and breast, black and yellow on the wings and a red face. It sits on some brown Teasel heads. Below, another Goldfinch takes flight, showing the yellow of the wings as it flies towards the fence behind the birds.
Success! Finally had Goldfinches on the Teasel in the garden! 6 of them counted for @bto-gbw.bsky.social this morning, along with the first frogspawn of the year!
📢 Job Alert: Monitoring officer
I am looking for an experienced ornithological fieldworker to join the team this spring to lead on the monitoring of Black tailed godwits at WWT Welney.
Closing date: 6 March 2026
Apply ➡️
vacancies.wwt.org.uk/vacancies/77...
A Wren is perched with its bill wide open as it sings. Wording above reads: Bird Songs & Calls Practice Sessions.
Join our our expert team to learn bird songs & calls.🐦 #Ornithology
Events are taking place at ⬇️
📍 RSPB Rye Meads, Hertfordshire ➡️ bit.ly/BirdSongsHerts
📍 Irchester Country Park, Northamptonshire ➡️ bit.ly/BirdSongsNort...
📍 Ascott Estate, Bedfordshire ➡️ bit.ly/BirdSongsBedf...
Image announces the bird with the most votes for the Birds in Greenspaces app icon. Writing at the top of the picture reads: The winner is ... An illustrated image of the head of a Woogpigeon is featured with a number one rosette on. Smaller illustrated images underneath for 2nd and 3rd place feature a Goldfinch and Pied Wagtail. Artwork credit bottom left reads: Artwork by Will Rose.
📢 Our new Birds in Greenspaces app icon is … the Woodpigeon! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who voted, here’s how the top birds scored.
1️⃣ Woodpigeon – 802 votes.
2️⃣ Goldfinch – 749 votes.
3️⃣ Pied Wagtail – 549 votes.
🎨 Artwork by Will Rose
I did this training a couple of years ago and it really helped me to identify the birds I encounter in the garden, and when out for walks.
A Dunnock has its bill open in song as it perches on the top of a bush. Wording to the left reads: Bird Sound ID Training Course. When. Tuesdays at 7pm & Wednesdays at 10am or 7pm for set dates in March. Where. Two online sessions. www.bto.org/training. Image credit bottom right reads: Dunnock by Allan Drewitt / BTO.
Want to learn what birds are singing? Join our Bird Sound ID in Early Spring training course ➡️ www.bto.org/training #Ornithology
February brings us closer to the return of bumblebees – you might be lucky enough to see some this month 🤞
Bumblebee queens emerge from hibernation in spring. Keep your eyes peeled this month for early emerging Tree and Buff-tailed bumblebees 👀
Have you spotted your first bumblebee of 2026?
Ciwt! @bto-gbw.bsky.social
Not surprised to see House Sparrow in top spot for our @bto-gbw.bsky.social last year (100% recording rate!).
Such an easy way to get involved with citizen science, and knowing that our records are making a difference (we had Greenfinch for the first time last year!)
@hughhanmer.bsky.social #ukbirds
A Spotted Flycatcher perches on a piece of wood. White writing over the green background reads: Rivers vital for Spotted Flycatchers according to new research. Image credit bottom left reads: Spotted Flycatcher by Edmund Fellowes/BTO.
1/ Spotted Flycatchers are in trouble, declining by 92% in the UK between 1967 and 2020. New work led by @cateden91.bsky.social & involving BTO has revealed the importance of rivers for the survival of this Red-listed migratory species. ⬇️ #Ornithology
📖 www.bto.org/Spotted-Flyc...
For all the #nightjar enthusiasts out there - www.globalnightjar.org/post/size-ma...
A map of a vacant BBS square on South Uist.
(1/) This week’s featured square is a difficult one to get to! It is a two hour walk from the closest civilisation, and if the tide isn’t right, it is a much longer walk! Read on to find out more… @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social
A map of a vacant BBS square in Buckinghamshire.
(1/) This week’s featured vacant BBS square is situated just northwest of Buckingham in Buckinghamshire. There are plenty of similar vacant squares across the UK at present, so please read on to find out more! @btobirds.bsky.social JNCC RSPB Science #Ornithology
A Curlew, a wading bird with a long downcurved bill, stands on an estuary shoreline with water in the background. Wording below reads: PhD opportunity with BTO and Liverpool John Moores University. BTO logo is top right of the image.
📢 We're looking for a PhD student to focus on habitat use of wintering Curlew in and around coastal SPAs. Apply now ➡️ bit.ly/CurlewPhD
The student will be based at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social and BTO, starting in October 2026 for four years.
📆 Deadline to apply: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology
We're looking for some help to classify the final images for our project with Mammal Web. You'll be asked to identify species in gardens during our NE pilot study to help monitor garden wildlife using camera traps.
Plus there's a chance of winning a camera trap. Each image counts as one entry!
Back out doing some @btobirds.bsky.social #BirdRinging this morning. Nice variety on a steady morning, and the woofs did a good job supervising as always. Thanks to @arcanelove.bsky.social and @hughhanmer.bsky.social for running the session.
All birds ringed under licence.
We saw one on Christmas Eve at Knapdale while staking out the loch for Beavers (who remained elusive)
I knew they were, but didn't realise it was just them! Had a couple of Emus at the Zoo - found a Blackbird nest lined with them once!
Not that I'm biased, but @bto-gbw.bsky.social is the easiest to take part in! You don't even need to leave the house! All you need is a garden, a little bit of time and basic garden bird ID.
Also, research on health and welfare done in zoos with captive animals has helped to save species from extinction in the wild, and reintroductions using captive bred animals continue to support wild populations around the world.
Zoos not only give "laypeople" the chance to learn and connect with species they might not ever see in the wild, but encourages them to support conservation efforts around the world.
International Biodiversity Consultants Ltd - agroforestry
Large-scale #acoustic surveys across 448 European #hedgerows showed tall, tree-rich, well-connected hedges boost bat 🦇 activity. Low-intensity trimming (like pollarding) outperforms heavy coppicing benefiting #biodiversity across farms 🌍
Paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
Can you help us fill the remaining vacant sites for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January? 🦢 Find and request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/public/... Thank you! #UKBirding
Woodpigeon 1
Blackbird 3
Robin 3
Blue Tit 3
House Sparrow 6
Wren 1
Dunnock 1
Treecreeper 1
Coal Tit 1
Chaffinch 2
Great Tit 1
Long Tailed Tit 4
First bird of 2026 was a Woodpigeon stomping around our holiday garden in the Lakes. Having found some seed in the cupboard, we put some out to see who else we might attract. Very sad this isn't my @bto-gbw.bsky.social garden, clocked up 12 species in a short time. @hughhanmer.bsky.social #UKBirding
Who says Christmas is just for human families? Today we met up with Freya's dad and brother (Wish's half brother and nephew). Here they are after our beach walk taking in some WW2 history in north Cumbria #BorderColliesOnTour
Currently up West Coast of Scotland and tripping over them! 😍
Was not expecting to spend Christmas Eve in glorious sunshine! Having a fab few days up north exploring, some new places and some I've been to many years ago!
#Birds seen today include Tysties, Hoodies and Loons, but the Beavers are still staying hidden! @hughhanmer.bsky.social