For #BirdOfTheDay, Oriental Turtle Dove from Japan. Going off the recent pattern of vagrancy, who knows where the next one will appear? Didn’t Shetland have 2?

Birders! What was your birding highlights of this year? Certainly one of mine, hearing a Corncrake on Rathlin Island. #birds White Stork in my home county will take some beating.

Winter therapy #birds Nightingale, ft Cuckoo and ChiffChaff. Vienna, May 2024.

#NatureLoversOnFacebook This one is a doozy, coupled with a tragedy. Enjoy.

After the success of the recent Dune movies, excited to read the next chapter…. Oh no *Reads on* Oh, no This guy Paul is an asshole #BookSky

County tick ✅ Crossbill heard at Glenariff Forest Park this morning. #birds

1 hour at a very flooded Portmore RSPB. #birds Great Egret, Water Rail calling, flock of Pochard and Tufted Ducks at Lough Neagh. Hide was inaccessible.

#NatureLoversOnFacebook Ladies and Gentlemen, we have another one. #birds Comment no 3

Go birds and fuck fascism! #birds Red-Breasted Merganser

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen Iron Maiden Madness Green Day Bon Jovi Queen and Adam Lambert

ebird.org/checklist/S1... Wow, what a checklist. #birds

Well humanity, it was nice knowing you. We had our time

Raven at work today, mobbed by Hooded Crows. Perched up for good views. #birds.

I’m not sure that’s a bird…. #birds #ebird Found on Ebird, a photograph of a sign, with an illustration of a bird.

I will not apologise for bawling at @ryanhollinger.bsky.social latest video. A very good boy indeed.

Goal for 2026. 150 birds in County Antrim. Also target birds and locations. #birds Hopefully, I’ll achieve my goal this year.

If I have to work Saturdays, I’ll arrive with some metal. Coroner, Dissonance Theory. #metalsky Soundtrack to another Saturday

Black Vulture for #BirdOfTheDay. Black upon Black. Costa Rica, July 2024. Abundant across Costa Rica. #birds

Checking in. Have Labour resigned yet?

#NatureLoversonFB Sparrowhawks are the devil reincarnate on FB. At the same time, nothing wrong with taking feeders down. Might help to clean them. Feeding the birds means feeding the birds. All of them.

Fun morning around Portrush. Great Northern Diver feeding in Portrush Harbour. Merlin hunting at Ramore Head and plenty of Purple Sandpipers around Ramore Head. Earlier this month, I actually got my county ✅ Merlin and forgot to post it. 162 for County Antrim. 136 this year.

Decided to Head Out to The Highway, stayed Out in The Cold. Before I got a Fever, got a Painkiller to Take These Chains off from the week of Sin after Sin. (Hot Chocolate, Portrush).🤘

Having seen the AI photos, I’m once again sharing a bird photo. Combat the AI slop. #birds Starling, 2022.

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild. African Elephant Southern Right Whale African Elephant Grey Seal Orca

Rewatching Listers. A lot of fun. #birds

Is Ebird down?

Spent a few hours at RSPB Window on Wildlife today. Quiet today, flocks of Teal and Shelduck, the odd Shoveler and Gadwall. Handful of Curlew and Black Tailed Godwit on the reserve. #birds

Fuck Harry Potter, watch Live After Death instead

FFS DEEZER!

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Considering what my year list for 2026 will be. Lessons have been learnt from this year. A higher list is possible, while considering time constraints and trips planned. Also, I failed to reach 160 this year sooooo #birds

Latest rabbit hole: New Zealand endemic penguins.

Labour are driving themselves off a cliff chasing Reform over immigration policies. The far-right now have an official foghorn supplied by Labour. Racist bastards, the lot of them.

Another jigsaw completed. #birds

Official slogan of Monday.

900 day Ebird streak!

What has the RSPB got to say about farming in the UK?

Life is meaningless Our future is in ashes The world is burning Societal apathy has rendered us helpless No one will save me

Pair of Stock Dove for #BirdOfTheDay Only seen once, hence only one photo. #birds

Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide. The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵

Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird for #FlyDay. Costa Rica, June 2024. #birds

Me likey. There isn’t a volume high enough for this album. Highly recommend

Quick Cop 30 update: Leaders haven’t done shit to protect the planet, and they won’t start now. Starmer only listens to lobbyists anyway. Nobody will save us. Fuck Starmer

In just two months, nearly half of Hektoria Glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula disintegrated — retreating 8 kilometers, the fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history.

I’m more confused than ever 😂 Decent scares, exposition heavy, alright I guess. Now, can someone talk to me about that ending? Who is Beverly?

Back at Fisherman’s Walk Parkrun this morning. Lovely morning for it.

Concerning thread. Certainly throws the idea of wildfowl vagrancy in doubt. Especially Garganey….