Amy S
@lizardschwartz.bsky.social
senior ecologist | birder | part-time twitcher | naturalist | bat carer | C-permit bird ringer | nerdy about wildlife/dogs/Pokémon
Hit and killed a Badger yesterday with my van. Couldn't avoid it. Cried so hard I nearly threw up and haven't slept. Might go and make a peace offering of peanuts to a local sett to try and assuage my awful guilt 😭
June 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Hit and killed a Badger yesterday with my van. Couldn't avoid it. Cried so hard I nearly threw up and haven't slept. Might go and make a peace offering of peanuts to a local sett to try and assuage my awful guilt 😭
I like it when they immediately get that you're feeding them
May 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I like it when they immediately get that you're feeding them
"Why aren't there more women in birding?!"
May 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"Why aren't there more women in birding?!"
My mum has an interesting delivery to make today 😂🐝🐝🐝
May 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
My mum has an interesting delivery to make today 😂🐝🐝🐝
New guy just dropped (Dan's had this tank set up for like 2 months, and yes it's just him and snails)
May 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
New guy just dropped (Dan's had this tank set up for like 2 months, and yes it's just him and snails)
Not the sort of message you want to get whilst being away but one of my newer hens, Junco, died unexpectedly overnight last night. Really gutted, she was so nice.
May 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Not the sort of message you want to get whilst being away but one of my newer hens, Junco, died unexpectedly overnight last night. Really gutted, she was so nice.
Fun afternoon near Bristol checking nest boxes, three Barn Owls and two Jackdaws! Ringed the Jackdaw chicks, will come back when the owls are bigger 😁
May 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Fun afternoon near Bristol checking nest boxes, three Barn Owls and two Jackdaws! Ringed the Jackdaw chicks, will come back when the owls are bigger 😁
Fucking hell. 🙄 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes
MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Fucking hell. 🙄 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
If you saw her on the first 5 minutes of an on-lead walk where she knows she's going somewhere exciting, you'd be forgiven for thinking she's had no training at all 😂
May 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If you saw her on the first 5 minutes of an on-lead walk where she knows she's going somewhere exciting, you'd be forgiven for thinking she's had no training at all 😂
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Amazing to see and handle my first ever Barbastelle bats (under license) as part of a long-term monitoring scheme with Vincent Wildlife Trust!!! 😍 I've wanted to see one of these for years!
May 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Amazing to see and handle my first ever Barbastelle bats (under license) as part of a long-term monitoring scheme with Vincent Wildlife Trust!!! 😍 I've wanted to see one of these for years!
Amazing to see and handle my first ever Barbastelle bats (under license) as part of a long-term monitoring scheme with Vincent Wildlife Trust!!! 😍 I've wanted to see one of these for years!
May 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Amazing to see and handle my first ever Barbastelle bats (under license) as part of a long-term monitoring scheme with Vincent Wildlife Trust!!! 😍 I've wanted to see one of these for years!
Today am in trees, looking for bats (hoping not to find any!)
May 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Today am in trees, looking for bats (hoping not to find any!)
My native mix hedge is starting to look hedge-y 😁
May 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
My native mix hedge is starting to look hedge-y 😁
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Has the Nechisar Nightjar Mystery Been Solved?
A fascinating summary on the identity of the mysterious single wing found in Ethiopia in 1990.
www.aba.org/has-the-nech...
#birds #birding #ornithology @aba.org
A fascinating summary on the identity of the mysterious single wing found in Ethiopia in 1990.
www.aba.org/has-the-nech...
#birds #birding #ornithology @aba.org
Has the Nechisar Nightjar Mystery Been Solved? - American Birding Association
The authors of a new study believe they have solved one of the world’s great rare bird mysteries: the case of the Nechisar Nightjar, Caprimulgus solala.
www.aba.org
May 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Has the Nechisar Nightjar Mystery Been Solved?
A fascinating summary on the identity of the mysterious single wing found in Ethiopia in 1990.
www.aba.org/has-the-nech...
#birds #birding #ornithology @aba.org
A fascinating summary on the identity of the mysterious single wing found in Ethiopia in 1990.
www.aba.org/has-the-nech...
#birds #birding #ornithology @aba.org
Definitely got this for her and not for me so I could get the Pokémon cards (I had the juice)
May 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Definitely got this for her and not for me so I could get the Pokémon cards (I had the juice)
"Merlin is making people stupid and losing field skill-" hey, how about shut up and be happy people are engaging with wildlife, my mum sent me these from Spain and is having a great time recording new bird species, she would never have bothered before
May 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Merlin is making people stupid and losing field skill-" hey, how about shut up and be happy people are engaging with wildlife, my mum sent me these from Spain and is having a great time recording new bird species, she would never have bothered before
That's it for our first Pawsability show, one 3rd in jumping and a few Es, but she hit all the training targets I wanted her to do, thrived in the show environment, and had loads of fun. I'm so pleased with her, she tried SO hard 💕
May 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
That's it for our first Pawsability show, one 3rd in jumping and a few Es, but she hit all the training targets I wanted her to do, thrived in the show environment, and had loads of fun. I'm so pleased with her, she tried SO hard 💕
She was running clear this morning but we were told to stop as the timer wasn't working 😭😭😭
May 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
She was running clear this morning but we were told to stop as the timer wasn't working 😭😭😭
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🔴 DIRECTO #Eurovision | "Frente a los derechos humanos, el silencio no es una opción". RTVE arranca la emisión de Eurovisión con este mensaje a pesar de las amenazas del certamen de multar a la cadena si sus comentaristas mencionaban el conflicto en Gaza dozz.es/mbmnv4
May 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🔴 DIRECTO #Eurovision | "Frente a los derechos humanos, el silencio no es una opción". RTVE arranca la emisión de Eurovisión con este mensaje a pesar de las amenazas del certamen de multar a la cadena si sus comentaristas mencionaban el conflicto en Gaza dozz.es/mbmnv4
World's tiredest puppy, Swedish Eurovision stream (I don't have iPlayer)
May 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
World's tiredest puppy, Swedish Eurovision stream (I don't have iPlayer)
So proud of Raven I could cry. Her first outdoor Kennel Club show, smashed the course apart from having to re-do the weave entry, just me to speed up now 😂 all our hard work is paying off 🥹
May 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
So proud of Raven I could cry. Her first outdoor Kennel Club show, smashed the course apart from having to re-do the weave entry, just me to speed up now 😂 all our hard work is paying off 🥹
Camping. Lesser Whitethroats rattling
May 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Camping. Lesser Whitethroats rattling