Day out on the Gower, YBW, Black Redstart, Firecrest at Middleton. Showy Dartford at Mewslade. Pallid, 2 M Hen, Ringtail and Marsh Harrier at Llanrhidian. #birdingWales

🌼 Wildflower Seed Sowing – Sully Linear Park 🌼 Join us on Fri 14 Nov at 11am to help sow native wildflower seeds and boost local biodiversity! 🌱🐝 📍 Meeting point: what3words.com/hook.aims.ci... (Off Westminster & Dulverton Drive) All welcome – no tools needed! 💚 #ValeLNP #NatureInTheVale

Here is our open letter to the new NRW Chair asking him what he will do to reverse the decline in nature. He says his priority is to ‘position NRW as a national leader in nature recovery’. We want to hold him and NRW to those words. Here's our letter: www.natureconservation.wales/news/

A walk at Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social, more planes flying over than birds, but can't wait to try here in the Spring.

Very breezy walk up to the trig point on Rhossili Down this morning enlivened by a confiding Snow Bunting, looking a bit out of place really. Also 2 Chough, Buzzard, Skylark and Snipe. #birdingWales #gowerbirds

Breezy walk at Whiteford, c150 Brent, Rb Merg. Quick stop at Llanrhidian F And Juv Marsh Harrier. #birdWales

Nice few hours at Strumble, 2 Great, 2 Sooty Shearwater, BND, RTD and GND, 2 Little Gull, Arctic Skua, missed the Little Auk. Rounded off with Pallid, M Hen Harrier at Dowrog. #birdingWales Couple of terrible skoped photos of the Pallid.

Break in work, so managed to get to Murton to see my first Glamorgan Hooded Crow, nice. #birdingWales

Really pleased to find a Red-throated Pipit on North Ronaldsay today. Other highlights today being Turtle Dove, Lapland Bunting and Yellow-browed Warbler. Nice to see that the Easterlies are producing birds. #BirdingScotland #OrkneyBirding

Local patch walk on Mynydd Gellionnen, c30 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 3 Swallow. Highlight was a Ringtail Hen Harrier on Mynydd y Betws. #birdingWales

Nice couple of hours yesterday afternoon, Lapland Bunting found by @markhipkin.bsky.social on the Vile and then the Pallid Harrier at Llanrhidian. #birdingWales

Nice couple of hours at Llanrhidian Marsh this afternoon with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social. Pallid, Ringtail, Male Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier and Glossy Ibis.

The Brown Shrike at St Davids today - a belter and a bit of a show off. Found it whilst driving down to Porthclais to look for Yellow-browed Warblers. First for Wales if accepted. Hope it sticks around. #birdingWales

Great views of the Brown Shrike found by Steve Jones. #birdingWales

Walk before work at Banc y lord, 9 Glossy Ibis, 6 Whooper, Marsh Harrier. #birdingWales . A couple of jets zipping about too.

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Local patch walk with @dmesg.bsky.social spotted quite a few 'galls' on the back of oak tree leaves that belong to the Cherry Gall Wasp, few #butterflies around mainly Speckled Wood and Red Admiral #autumn #ukwildlife

Breezy walk out to Sker, didn't expect much and that's exactly what I got.

Monmouthshire dragonfly newsletter number 12 is now available, with news on Willow Emeralds, Scarce Chaser, Lesser Emperors, Red-veined Darters, Common Hawker and Hairy Dragonfly. DM me if you’re not on the mailing list but would like to be. #gwentdragonflies cc @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

A paddle around Eilean Donan last week with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social

Glorious last day in the Highlands with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social, a walk from Shiel Bridge to Sgurr Mhic Bharraich, great views of the Five Sisters of Kintail and the Cuillins on Skye.

Beautiful Red Deer Stag keeping an eye on myself and @dmesg.bsky.social whilst on our walk today #ukwildlife

In the hills again, walk at Corran with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social, first roaring stags of the holiday.

Walk in the hills with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social, nothing much of note, but nice all the same.

Seawatch from Peterburn, Gairloch today with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social, 2 Minke, WTE, lots of RTD, Dolphins, plus all the usual.

Trying to reclaim the scrape 'shoreline' at the privately owned John Bennett Nature Reserve began yesterday with Luke Hall. We got off to a great start strimming the reeds but there's plenty to do! If you fancy getting involved please DM me. #WorcsBirds maps.app.goo.gl/nHhWFacXzhQi...

Few hours staring at the hills yesterday, 1 Golden Eagle, 2 WTE.

Breezy Cairngorms on Thursday, a few Pinkfoot skeins over, Crossbills, Crested Tit at Loch Garten.

Hellish wind and rain yesterday as we walked up to the aerial on Bealach na Bà. A couple of Wheatear still around, dried off and had food at Kishorn fish bar 👍

A few hours around d the Dornoch Firth, Pom Skua and 2 Arctic Skua at Loch Fleet. A few Arctic Skua and RTD at Tarbet Ness.

Couple of hours @rspbscotland.bsky.social Udale Bay Nature Reserve and Ivy Cottage with @dmesg.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

A few hours out in the rain at Udale, first Pinkfoot c200 of the Autumn and c50 Scaup at Ivy Cottage, along with all the Eider, RB Mergs. #birdingScotland

Rainy couple of hours on Skye, 4 Curlew Sand at Broadford Bay, Sabs Gull at Sconser. #birdingScotland

View from the cottage window this morning, WTE and a few Porpoise, looks like it's going to be a nice day.

After overnight in Dumfries headed over to Maidens for the Western Sandpiper, local birder Dylan got me straight on the bird, cheers 👍. #birdingScotland

Yay back in Scotland with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social

A warm welcome to the Pollinator Academy which is hosting all types of training materials to learn about European pollinators, including our training materials to identify and monitor European butterflies

Still getting a few #butterflies visiting our #wildlifegarden #ukbutterflies @savebutterflies.bsky.social @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social

A few hours in Carmarthenshire, 5 Green Sand at Banc y lord, Grey Phal, Marsh Harrier, Spoonbill, Ruff, Pintail at Penclacwydd. #birdingWales

Nice Willow Warbler foraging in the raspberries in our #wildlifegarden today, first for us #birdingwales

🐾 Well done to our partners @wtsww.bsky.social, National Resources Wales, South East Wales Rivers Trust & Restore The Thaw Project for helping bring back water voles to the Vale! Read the full article here! 🔗 BBC article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nearly 1,000 trees have already been ordered to be planted late autumn. Reserves manager Paul Thornton aims to nurture a mosaic of habitats - brilliant for biodiversity!

A very happy day! Huge thanks to The Gower Society for buying this land and leasing it for a peppercorn rent to WTSWW for the next 25 years to allow nature to return and thrive! 🦋🍃🌳🦦🦉

Great views of the Lesser Yellowlegs, refound by Dom, at Banc y Lord #birdingWales

Grey Phalarope at Sandy water park #birdingwales #birdphotography

Early trip to Strumble, Balearic, Sooty Shearwater, Bonxie, Arctic Skua. #birdingWales

Nice half hour dinner break at Penclacwydd, Grey Phal, Spotshank, Cattle Egret, Green + Common Sand. #birdingWales

Worth the drive up this evening. #birdingWales

Some shots from a trip to @skomerisland.bsky.social with @dmesg.bsky.social on Sunday @wtsww.bsky.social