birdernick
Birding - BOU #333 (two Redpolls, a Crow and a Stonechat stolen), #98 for 2026, cycling, THFC, out of focus photography. RSPB, LACS, EBWS, EWT and BTO member. Prefer to be @ White Hart Lane or in The Cairngorms.
- Scafell Pike hikers left Wasdale rescue team to pay hotel bill - BBC News share.google/azvWoSe0ba7N...
- Reposted by birdernickFor years, experts have warned that nature loss would become a security threat. Now a national security assessment confirms it: biodiversity collapse risks food shortages, economic instability and global disorder. Nature underpins our global safety. So why is UK Government failing to protect it?
- Reposted by birdernickThis is a truly horrifying account of increasingly likely collapse of essential natural systems which would bring mass food shortages, price rises & global disorder. Commissioned from UK intelligence chiefs but scandalously suppressed by Govt, & sneaked out now while attention is elsewhere 👇
- The Great Northern Diver yesterday at King Geo V Res, Chingford. It was tucked into the northeast corner of the north basin, so easily missed if you don't go beyond the causeway. #LondonBirds #RarebirdsUK
- The drake Smew yesterday at King Geo V Res, Chingford. #Londonbirds #RarebirdsUK
- GN Diver, Scaup (?), Smew, 2 Black Redstart, 2 Common Scoter at King Geo V Res yesterday. The Scaup had a white area on the bill - not something I've noticed before as my sightings are usually distant. Is this a sign of being a hybrid or normal? #RarebirdsUK #LondonBirds
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- Anyone planning a trip to King George V Res, in Chingford - the lock doesn't work. It was also reported yesterday and may possibly be sorted later today. Worth phoning the rangers at Walthamstow before making a wasted trip.....like mine was today. #LondonBirds
- Reposted by birdernickIt’s not adding up. Nature in England is in freefall, yet today’s Office for Environmental Protection report warns the Government is at serious risk of missing its legally binding targets to restore it. That must be a wake-up call. ‼️ (1/2)
- Spotted Flycatcher west side of Coopersale Fields, Epping in bat box tree. #Essexbirds @essexbirdnews.bsky.social #VisMig
- Found near the seawatch. Off the bottom of someone's tripod. #Spurnbirds #MigFest @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social
- I have a Nikon D500 and a Z50. I photograph mainly wildlife stuff. Would I gain anything by part-exchanging both for a Z50ii? #Nikon #D500 #Z50 #Z50ii #Wildlifephototgraphy
- Single Greenshank Traeth Dulas this evening. #BirdingWales #AngleseyBirding
- Hooded Crow still near RSPB South Stack. At roadside - SH219806. Loads of Manx Shearwater off shore. #BirdingWales
- Third year running, we've come to Anglesey. Last year and the year before - still hundreds of Terns at Cemlyn at this time. Today - 2 Sandwich Terns off shore. That was all. No Common or Arctic. Anyone know why? #BirdingWales
- Approx 6 Black Terns Abberton viewed from Wigborough hide towards Billetts. Only 2 Yellow Wags for far. Lsr Whitethroat and Whitethroat. Calling Cuckoo. #BirdingUK #EssexBirds @essexbirdnews.bsky.social
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- First Wheatear of the year. King George V Res, Chingford. Also Black Redstart, Great Northern Diver and Blankc-necked Grebe so far. #LondonBirds #RareBirds
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- Another fine trip out with @essexbirdnews.bsky.social - this time to The Brecks. Lots of birds seen inc a few year ticks. Thanks to Gerry, @esbr-essex.bsky.social and @swallowbirding.bsky.social
- 3 Stone Curlew Cockley Cley a handy year tick.
- Pre @essexbirdnews.bsky.social walk visit to Cockley Cley RWatchpoint.
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- Membership as a birthday present, as I recall. #YOC @rspb.bsky.social
- Red-necked Grebe at Amwell this morning, through branches and mist - makes it #151 for the year.
- Bar-tailed Godwit (40c at Nairn Bar) today makes it #150 for the year.
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- (Lesser) Redpoll and Goshawk today take the year list to #149. Nairn area tomorrow, so should add a few waders.
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- Does anyone know if the Bealach Na Ba is open to traffic yet? Need to try and find Ptarmigan feathers for my daughter's school project. (The year tick will come in handy as well....). #BirdingScotland
- Spent 5 hours in the cold at Strathdearn and not seeing an eagle......then drive to Loch Insh and see 1 WT near Carrbridge and another over the hills opposite from The Lookout. Also 3 Fallow bucks a short drive away - the first I've seen alive in Scotland, let alone the Cairngorms. #ScottishBirds
- Another 18 for the (year) list. Best Iceland Gull but also some not so commons - Tree Sparrow, Purple Sandpiper and a summer plumage Black Guillemot.
- Seven year ticks today inc. Crested Tit at Loch Mallachie (only 1, which was a lot harder to find than they usually are), Black Grouse (only present at one lek) & Snow Bunting - about 15 at Cairngorm Mtn car park. Now #127 for the year. #ScottishBirds
- Just imagine going to a nature reserve and leaving this.
- Currently on 120 for the year. Scotland next week, so guessing it's going up by about 30...... @corvidcrazychap.bsky.social
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