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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 16h

The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...

Front cover of the European Butterfly Red List, showing Polyommatus humedasae. The report can be downloaded at https://www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?name=red-list-butterflies-2025

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Kate R. @kredp.bsky.social · 2d

Out of control Muirburn near Dinnet NNR today. Now in the forest.

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Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 2d

Tens of millions of essentially factory farmed poultry are dumped into the countryside each year. They boost the population of mesopredators like foxes, reducing ground nesting bird populations. They are an obvious avian flue hazard. They eat declining reptiles. Turn out they're also a health hazard

British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 14d

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 2d

Are you sure it wasn't rockjack 😂😂 enjoy

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 2d

2 Cranes high over Portland Hbr heading towards the Nothe

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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 2d

@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @annaaubrey.bsky.social lovely morning on coombe distant wtes 8 spoonbills gwe buzzards lapwings avocets black tailed godwit redshank curlew sandpiper teal pintail shelduck dartford warblers stonechat chaffinch chiffchaff knot

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Joe Stockwell @joestockwell.bsky.social · 2d

2 Common Crane high east over Abbotsbury 12:07

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 4d

2/2 At each of the 24 pegs, the shotgun cartridges had been collected & I found no evidence of lead-free ammunition being used.
Black Gold were the most popular cartridge - an expensive lead shot cartridge, used for shooting high-flying pheasants.

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 4d

Victorian attitudes towards birds of prey /predators in general remain stubbornly persistent in many parts of the UK.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/07/s...

Sparrowhawk killed with banned poison in Aberdeenshire – Police Scotland appeals for information

Press release from Police Scotland: APPEAL FOR INFORMATION FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A BIRD OF PREY IN ABERDEENSHIRE Detectives are appealing for information after a bird of prey was poisoned in Aberd…

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leonwr.bsky.social @leonwr.bsky.social · 5d

Some pics of the whoopers that arrived from the east today. Looked nice and settled on fields from coly common hide seaton wetlands. #UKBirding. #Devonbirds.

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 8d

Reminder!
@jeroen-reneerkens.bsky.social appreciates reports of colour-ringed Sanderlings:
submit.cr-birding.org/projects/181/
Counts of adult/juvenile Sanderlings in flocks are great too.
Blog about the Greenland Sanderling project:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/t...
📷 @markaeaton.bsky.social

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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 5d

A few more from Arne this morning sika stag enjoying a dip after being spooked @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 5d

@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @paulth2025.bsky.social lovely warm morning arne 2 marsh harriers kestrel buzzard ravens avocets blacktailed godwits 3swallows dartford warbler siskins redshank waterfowl butteries bees dragonflies mippets

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LeedsBirder @leedsbirder.bsky.social · 6d

We’re waiting with great excitement to see the results of last year’s filming at the Leeds Swifts colony by superstar wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin. Look out for Leeds Swifts on “Hamzas Hidden Wild Isles” in the summer episode on 19th October at 6:15pm. t.co/ta3Y69pMXR #swifts #yorkshirebirding

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0l07b2y

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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you

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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 7d

Wow that’s an awesome photo love it

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 7d

29 'missing' Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015.

Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...

29 ‘missing’ Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015

Media attention has been drawn to the Yorkshire Dales National Park this week, following the RSPB’s press release on the suspicious disappearance of a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named &#821…

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Birds of Poole Harbour @harbourbirds.bsky.social · 8d

Forster’s Tern briefly from our Autumn Safari cruise this PM in the Wareham Channel, also 1 Glossy Ibis, 2 BN Grebe, 1 WT Eagle, 3 RB Merg’s (first of autumn), 113 Spoonbill, 3-4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Spotshank @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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Open Seas @open-seas.bsky.social · 9d

“We need Scottish and UK ministers to end overfishing and reform quota allocation so that public fish stocks deliver genuine public benefit and provide genuine security.”

Read the full article on @icesmarine.bsky.social latest mackerel advice here: www.heraldscotland.com/news/nationa...

Mackerel fishing should be cut by 70 to prevent stock collapse, scientists say

Conservationists have called for urgent action to stop the collapse of stocks in the north-east Atlantic.

www.heraldscotland.com

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Birds of Poole Harbour @harbourbirds.bsky.social · 9d

David Foster had the first Redwing of the autumn last night, noc-migged over Oakdale @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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Birds of Poole Harbour @harbourbirds.bsky.social · 9d

Hi all, we've been liaising with the team up at Holkham regarding their Spoonbill movements and departures this autumn and are keen to know if either NFNF or NHNZ have been seen in the harbour yet? Nicki, we can se 'NF??' in your photo, do you know the full number? @wildontheroad.bsky.social

Nicki T @wildontheroad.bsky.social · 10d

115 spoonbill again on the lagoon this morning...well spread across the whole area and very actively feeding #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 9d

Natural England confirms ongoing & relentless illegal persecution is reason why Hen Harriers are still rare in England.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/02/h...

Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running

Natural England has finally got around to publishing the data for the 2025 Hen Harrier breeding season, which demonstrate very clear differences between areas managed for conservation and those man…

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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 9d

Have a wonderful day will be thinking of you both x

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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 10d

@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social great morning coombe wte peregrine marshie 6curlew sandpiper 1 spoonbill gwe avocets godwits oycs green shank curlew swallows dartford warblers mipets wildfowl ravens

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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 10d

Brands Bay .
Peregrine missed a Pigeon feet from me .
R plover, pintail, Dartford popping up everywhere , big numbers meadow pip and linnet . Kestrel . Plus usual on what wasn’t best tide .
@harbourbirds.bsky.social
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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