Please don’t put out hair for bird nests. Chicks get entangled in hair balls. Just had to cut hair strands that were tying 3 blue tit chicks together, and wrapped round the throat of one skinny chick that couldn’t swallow food. Hopefully saved in time 🤞

Today I spoke in Parliament to congratulate Dorset Wildlife Trust and local people on their incredible efforts to secure Upton Heath. I asked the Prime Minister to demonstrate his commitment to nature and to legislate to extinguish historic planning consents.

Beautiful bluebells in Wimborne this afternoon. #bluebells #wildflowers

Of course!

Bluethroat is still at Swineham! Gave us a shock when it landed on the path in front of us #ukbirding @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Nursery web spider in my garden today. Enjoying the lovely weather! #spiders #ukspiders #ukwildlife

🚨 SAVE UPTON HEATH 🚨 Dorset Wildlife Trust is urgently raising funds to protect vital internationally important heathland at risk. ⚠️ Home to rare species such as smooth snake and Dartford warbler, this special place could be lost. Donate and share 💚👉 bit.ly/4mbKIqQ ~ Jack

3 eagles circling low at kimmeridge yesterday, unfortunately not the best light for photos but still the first time I’ve been able to photograph them with my camera! From what i could see they all looked like juveniles #dorsetbirds #ukbirding

Very windy at dawlish warren today, the highlights were at least 5 wheatear and 2 beautifully plumaged little grebes on the pond. Also 10+ sandwich terns, single red throated diver, reed buntings, curlews, stonechats. Feels like spring despite the wind! #devonbirds #ukbirds

BBC headline utterly failing. ‘The saga of a £165m rail line that keeps causing travel chaos’ It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.

Just seen at least 3 white tailed eagles over the river in Blandford #dorsetbirds #ukbirding

FOURTH White-tailed Eagle disappears - RSPB offers reward for information leading to a conviction for this one or any of the other three. New blog ⬇️⬇️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/19/f...

Rainy bowling green marsh this morning - c150 avocet, blackwits, redshanks, curlews, lapwings, snipe, dunlin, kestrel, 1 barwit, 6 greenshank, 1 spot red #devonbirds

Great to see some velvet scoters at Dawlish warren today, a tick for me. Also a spoonbill flyover and at least 7 common scoter #devonbirds

Was lovely to see the Hamworthy snow bunting so close earlier! #dorsetbirds #birds @harbourbirds.bsky.social