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@birdernick.bsky.social
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.
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Scafell Pike hikers left Wasdale rescue team to pay hotel bill - BBC News share.google/azvWoSe0ba7N...
Scafell Pike hikers left Wasdale rescue team to pay hotel bill
The mountain rescue team says it feels obliged to settle the debt on their behalf.
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January 26, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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For 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?
January 21, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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This 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 👇
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January 20, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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
January 20, 2026 at 1:25 PM
The drake Smew yesterday at King Geo V Res, Chingford.

#Londonbirds
#RarebirdsUK
January 20, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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We've got two fun events coming in the next couple of weeks - a guided walk at Walthamstow Wetlands on 18th and a Winter Birding Day at EWT Fingringhoe Wick on 1st Feb. Members and non-members welcome, full details at ebws.org.uk
#essexbirding
January 15, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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An update from @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social on the running of Grafham Waters nature reserve @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
January 14, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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
January 14, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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It’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. ‼️

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January 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Spotted Flycatcher west side of Coopersale Fields, Epping in bat box tree.

#Essexbirds @essexbirdnews.bsky.social
#VisMig
September 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Found near the seawatch. Off the bottom of someone's tripod.

#Spurnbirds #MigFest

@spurnbirdobs.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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
August 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Single Greenshank Traeth Dulas this evening.

#BirdingWales #AngleseyBirding
July 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hooded Crow still near RSPB South Stack. At roadside - SH219806.

Loads of Manx Shearwater off shore.

#BirdingWales
July 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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
July 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
May 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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
April 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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It's time to ban driven grouse shooting – help us get to 100K on @wildjustice.bsky.social Govt petition to trigger a Parliamentary debate .

govpetition.uk/700036
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
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April 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
First Wheatear of the year. King George V Res, Chingford.

Also Black Redstart, Great Northern Diver and Blankc-necked Grebe so far.

#LondonBirds
#RareBirds
March 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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I don't often ask people to write to their MPs. But I think they might listen to you on this, as it's so jaw-droppingly awful, and they're almost certainly unaware of it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please also write to the Environment Secretary: [email protected] Thanks.
What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge spread on to UK farmland? Toxic waste – and ministers don’t care | George Monbiot
Water companies let waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. When it is recklessly used as fertiliser, we are all at risk, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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
March 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
3 Stone Curlew Cockley Cley a handy year tick.
March 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM