Great Northern Diver still #RipplePits north lake #WorcsBirds

Reform in a nutshell. £49,000 on a bunch of flags, and another £16,000 just to put them up. Local services will keep eroding, but hey, we've got some flags on poles. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Polders Poelgeest Leiden NL cold foggy brisk walk round couple of greater white fronted geese over 5 pintail 14 shelduck still a common chiffchaff 2 short toed treecreepers(absent spring & summer here) 10 common snipe 20 + teal buzzard 5 cettis 3 water rail little grebe jay #birds #dutchbirding

Has anyone else been asked to verify their age on bluesky. I understand the need to protect young people but at 71 I am unlikely to be a problem! They asked to take a photo of me which I did and it just jammed. I tried ti email them and they dont accept emails. So I dont know what has happened to me

Polders Poelgeest Leiden cold southerly wind a female hen harrier hunting on Veerpolder (8th record) was my 168th species here it stayed hunting for 30 minutes revealing the snipe in the Leede reed bed also 6 pintail a super close woodcock and 2 peregrine over male stonechat #birds #dutchbirding

BOOM!! 100,000 signatures! Now let’s have a date for the debate petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Worst media on God's green Earth

🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Vandaag een prachtig vogeltje gezien op het strand tussen Katwijk en Noordwijk: een Woestijntapuit. Vanaf 1970 is deze zeldzame dwaalgast 56 keer in Nederland waargenomen. Dus gemiddeld slechts 1x per jaar.

Polders Poelgeest Leiden mid am NE wind after rain.Late autumn fare with 2 firecrest 2+ stonechat 20 common snipe siskin chiffchaff small flock of chaffinch feeding by boatyard 11 shelduck great egret common buzzard kestrel little grebe.Duck no's generally well down this autumn #birds #dutchbirding

Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.” It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.

It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army. Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.

We have the full range of the #NEW Leica Televid HD & APO Televid 65 and 82 spotting scopes in stock. See these incredible scopes at our shop here in #Worcester and experience razor-sharp resolution, exceptional colour fidelity and contrast. 🔽 www.birders-store.co.uk/leica-televi... #BirdingGear

It would take peers 20 years to get through all the amendments at this pace. When an unelected chamber deliberately stalls a bill backed by the Commons, it does more than delay legislation; it undermines representative democracy. #AssistedDyingBill humanists.uk/2025/11/21/a...

NEW: Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP. Full story 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Polders Poelgeest Nr Leiden NL am cold NE wind water bodies part frozen 9 pink footed geese nfy the 3 stonechats reappeared 3 snipe 2 great egret 10 shelduck brambling woodcock 8+ water rail stock dove. A bullfinch seen after I left was only the 2nd record and first since 2014 #birds #dutchbirding

BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.

The 750-page document also has stinging criticism of “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then PM. actively embraced – in which loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined.

Findings partic brutal about early 2020, describing the Feb as “lost month”. If lockdown was imposed a week earlier than March 16, it could've cut deaths in England by almost half. Many of same mistakes then "inexcusably" repeated - @peterwalker99.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Adult Whooper Swan just dropped on to Clifton main pit #WorcsBirds

This Swallow at Balranald, N Uist this afternoon appears to be the American subspecies: erythrogaster due to the lack of a dark band across the lower throat.

Polders Poelgeest Leiden dry NE wind. Good to get out on the patch after consecutive wet days.2 woodcock over 2 firecrest calling pair pintail 2shelduck 2 goldcrest 3 chiffchaff still holding on siskin great egret 3 common snipe 3 water rail a late spoonbill reported circling #birds #dutchbirding

Requesting opinion/thoughts on a possible AGP with 30 GP at Hayle pm today. Retained summer plum, slighter in size, strong head pattern, grey-er background colour, thinner bill. Didn’t get underwing nor primary proj - face-on the whole time until it flew W #idhelp #cornwallbirding #please #begentle

And let’s not forget….

PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal. Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly. Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/

If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!

Just 7 1/2 hours to go to Vote in the National Trust Council elections. Your vote will help keep out the Restore Trust entryists.

Polders Poelgeest SE wind. Excellent morning 4 whooper swans dropped in then flew south. Hawfinch brambling 48 + siskin 60+ fieldfare skylark female pintail 22 greater white fronts good no's starling redwing chaffinch & wood pigeon goldcrest stonechat. Yellow browed finally gone #birds #dutchbirding

Heard news tdy that there were 50,000 blue tits on Vlieland & similar numbers on Texel during the recent irruption!!! At Polders Poelgeest today the yellow browed warble again it's 12th day & further possible heard. 2 stonechats f brambling 350 starling 100 wood pigeon #birds #dutchbirding

The UK is among the most nature depleted counties in the world. A horrendous fact. Can you help reverse this by donating some cash to help the Wildlife Trusts buy the enormous Rothbury Estate so they can bring back wildlife? www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...

Other firsts include a first West Indies occurrence of Sharp‑tailed Sandpiper and first records on Montserrat of both White‑collared Swift and Alpine Swift.

There are 2 days left for National Trust members to vote in their AGM, for NT Council members. Once again the entryists from astroturf outfit Restore Trust are trying to get elected. Keep Restore Trust Out by voting for the recommended slate of candidates. nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/con...

Interesting(!) that these captive-bred ducks for sale in East Yorkshire seem to be unringed in very many cases. Baikal, Blue-winged, Green-winged Teals, plus Garganeys. Dread to think how many end up in the wild and in local bird reports... #ukbirding

Next general election is relatively simple: If you oppose racism and the deepening of divisions in our society because they make Britain weaker not stronger, vote tactically for whichever candidate can block Reform. All other considerations come behind this need. 🗳️

Has there been any sightings of the Baikal Teal today? Anyone looked? #DorsetBirding #RareBirds Thanks

ReFuk Election vote catching: “We’ll make efficiency savings and cut your taxes” ReFuk reality “No we aren’t. We lied”.

Rangers have signed another youngster from Vale on work experience. Apparently he's highly rated. Be interesting to see if he comes straight into the team against Runcorn Linnets today #uptheboro www.staffordrangersfc.co.uk/logan-cousin...

www.dutchbirding.nl/dbactueel/20... Well worth a read and listen if you haven't already. #UKBirding

October 19th: Did you see this one? NUTCRACKER - Nucifraga caryocatactes Cocknage Wood, Stoke-on-Trent from October 14th to November 9th 1991. #UKbirding

Polders Poelgeest NL found a yellow browed warbler ! Vismig 17 gwhite fronts 500 wood pigeon 550 redwing 12 fieldfare mistle &10 song thrush 8 brambling 350 chaffinch 2 marsh harrier 4 GWE 12 skylark pintail on the deck 8 redpoll 6 goldcrest 2 stonechat 15 song thrush mpintail #birds #dutchbirding

Polders Poelgeest Leiden NL light north wind. A crossbill south was new for me here &1st record since 2013 also a few bramblings over &80 woodpigeon juvenile stonechat continues great egret has taken up residence for it's 3rd winter 7 snipe only a few chiffchaffs now on Polders #birds #dutchbirding

Edinburgh birders queueing opposite the shop this morning..😇

If you continue to hold on to your X account.. If you continue to drive a Tesla... If you continue using Starlink... Remember who and what you’re supporting. Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson’s legal costs. Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Polders Poelgeest Leiden NL a flock of 48 fieldfare were first of the autumn 6 siskin 25+ redwing & a few meadow pipits & chaffinch all S also 2 stonechat min 10 common snipe no firecrest today barnacle roost continues for 5th day c350 this am never happened before here #birds #dutchbirding

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack. Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia. Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

Mourning Dove - Lower Town Farm, St Agnes #islesofscilly

Polders Poelgeest Leiden NL west wind. Little/ no movement the whinchat remains but a little more obliging a few redwing over + 15 chaffinch & c10 meadow pipits 5 barn swallow a little grebe new in last 3 spoonbill headed south c150 starling on pylons c50 barnacle geese in roost #birds #dutchbirding

Polders Poelgeest Leiden NL a misty start then brighter SW wind record 220 barnacle geese left the roost a late whinchat &common redstart first goldcrests of autumn (2)small no's of redwing& meadow pipits through south min 7 water rail &9 cettis calling/singing 3 pochard new in # birds #dutchbirding