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Great Crested Grebe...dinner time
Going..going....gone 🤣
Treecreeper, long tailed tit & Goshawk are today's sightings in Purbeck..
March 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Surveys conducted as part of a major habitat-restoration project have recorded nearly 40 rare species in the New Forest:
Rare species recorded in New Forest restoration project
Surveys conducted as part of a major habitat-restoration project have recorded nearly 40 rare species in the New Forest. The work was carried out in 2023 through the Species Survival Fund, which aims to halt species declines by creating and restoring habitat. The surveys, undertaken at 10 sites on t...
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February 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Great Crested Grebe...dinner time
Going..going....gone 🤣
February 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A few photo's from around Purbeck so far..getting to grips with my Sony RX10 lv now 😊
#birdsofpooleharbour #DeniseWildlife
#purbeckbirds
February 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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"Currently, there is nowhere in Britain that to my knowledge has successfully reversed, or even stopped, Willow Tit decline." #ukbirding #ornithology
With news of yet another county extinction for Willow Tit (this time in Warwickshire) I'm prompted to offer some personal reflections on the effort to save Britain's "Turtle Dove of the North", and what is says about woodland bird #conservation as a whole...

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How do you solve a problem like Willow Tit?
With news of yet another county extinction in Warwickshire, things are looking bleak for Britain's second fastest declining bird (Turtle Dove takes the unwanted crown of No 1). Even more worryingly, f...
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January 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Snow Bunting still on Hamworthy Beach this AM
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January 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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After Chequered Skipper went extinct in England some 50 years ago, the reintroduction of the butterfly has been declared a success by conservationists:
Chequered Skipper reintroduction declared a success
After Chequered Skipper went extinct in England some 50 years ago, the reintroduction of the butterfly has been declared a success by conservationists. The species was always scarce, but died out in 1976 with changes to woodland management being blamed. However, in 2018, ecologists brought a donor p...
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January 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A beautiful and not so shy Snow Bunting in Dorset
January 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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20 years on from the start of a novel avian disease epidemic that has led to catastrophic population declines in several UK species we are finally getting some significant movement on advice regarding bird feeding
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RSPB stops selling flat bird feeders owing to deadly finch disease
Feeding birds from flat surfaces such as tables could be contributing to spread of finch trichomonosis, says charity
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January 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Who’s that BIRD?! 🐦

Time to test your bird-spotting skills for the #BigGardenBirdwatch...

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January 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The beautiful and not shy Snow Bunting at Hamworthy
January 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A very Happy Christmas to all 🎅🎄🎁
December 25, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Our beautiful baby boy Gizmo passed away yesterday. We miss him more than I can say..why does it hurt so much 😢 💔 He was a beautiful soul...
December 5, 2024 at 4:32 PM