It’s the time of year to be out finding, recording and enjoying rare breeding birds, but it’s vital to put their welfare first. Here’s some advice from @markaeaton.bsky.social, and there’s a blog here tinyurl.com/RBBPsafe [1/2] youtu.be/5xXc9Dl7vwk?...

With terns (and other birds) still being reported to be affected by #HPAI in their wintering areas, and the disease not having left the breeding areas either, we cannot rest assured that we won’t be facing further outbreaks in the upcoming breeding season.

PhD opportunity: I am looking for someone with a passion for the natural environment and an interest in developing applied research collaboratively with the RSPB. ONly two weeks left to apply! #phd #ecology #rewilding #naturerecovery #bird #plant #invertebrates #biodiveristy #research #teesside

February 26th: UK FIRST RECORDS: 🥇 AMERICAN HERRING GULL Larus smithsonianus A 1st winter on Ashton's Flash, Northwich, Cheshire on February 26th 1994. It was present for around seven days and was subsequently seen in Lancashire at Otterspool on March 6th 1994. #UKrares #rarebirdsUK #UKbirding

The Prime Minister is backing recommendations that could strip away vital nature protections and leave some of our most important wild places exposed to damaging development. Speak up and help stop this rollback before it starts 👇 action.rspb.org.uk/page/186397/...

I eagerly await her return each year & this morning, there she was! 🥰 #Curlew CJ6 ringed as a chick in central #Finland in 2012, this is her 13th spring staging on the #AlstonWetland patch. 3-4 weeks fattening up on #Lancashire's finest earthworms then she'll be off once again. #waders #shorebirds

Heartbreaking: Right now, thousands of Puffins are washing up along our coasts and further afield. It is devastating to see. These birds are Red-listed in the UK and already under serious pressure. Mass deaths like this, known as a “seabird wreck”, can take years for colonies to recover from...

Another 2 #RussianWhitefrontedGeese have joined the family party of 6 at #AlstonWetland #Lancashire. Lovely close views this afternoon through gaps in the hedge along Pinfold Lane. Always nice to get in on national influxes of any species on the local patch. #Lancsbirds #birding #geese

Not only have storms been hampering our plans to get to #islands recently, they've also been causing difficulties for #seabirds foraging on their wintering grounds at sea. We can help seabirds when they come to land, ensuring nest sites are free of invasive predators www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🚨 We’re recruiting! We’re looking for a Head Little Tern Warden and 2 Assistant Wardens to help protect the Beacon Ponds Little Tern colony at Spurn. 👉 Apply: spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news

BREAKING: A Gamekeeper has pleaded guilty in England’s first-ever Hen Harrier persecution case. Covert video and audio gathered lawfully by the RSPB Investigations team has helped expose the deliberate targeting of a Hen Harrier, leading to a landmark guilty plea: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈

This is George Monbiot's "X" leaving speech, and wow ❤️ @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Spring comes early when you're #wader #shorebird nut. 🙌

£8,282 raised — thank you 💙 Next milestone: £9,000 Weekend goal: £10,000 Every share helps: 👉 gofund.me/31d302f20

The RSPB reports six of its satellite-tagged Hen Harriers 'disappeared' on or close to grouse moors in England in 2025, and another one was illegally poisoned. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/20/r...

The Little Tern colony @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social is one of the most productive in the UK. A funding shortfall means eggs & chicks could be lost to disturbance & predation in 2026. Please donate and spread the word to keep our #LittleTerns safe. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds gofund.me/45a4b0054

Six roles with @rspbcymru.bsky.social to survey breeding waders in #Wales in March/April, with a particular focus on #Curlews. Closing date is 25 January. #ConservationJobs app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

Packed house at Oxford Farming Conference today - and no wonder. Farmers shared powerful, real‑world stories of nature‑restoring agriculture delivering hope, resilience and better livelihoods. Proof that farming working with nature just makes sense.

The freeze has livened things up a bit locally with a redhead (1stW drake?) #Smew on the River Lune in urban #Lancaster this morning. Thanks to Jennifer who alerted us to a chiffchaff feeing along the road verge which turned out to be a stunning #SiberianChiffchaff! #UKBirding #Lancsbirding #birds

New review! In the Dec. 2025 issue of Birding, Julian Hough reviews "Listers," a documentary on extreme birding that appeared on YouTube in a surprise appearance earlier this year. "Listers" was met with immediate acclaim in the birding community. Read here: www.aba.org/brothers-and...

Police and wildlife authorities are investigating the disappearance of White-tailed Eagles at several sites across the UK, amid concerns that the birds may have fallen victim to poisoning or other deliberate acts:

This is really great news. #Hoylake beach is a remarkable place and these dynamic green beach habitats are so so rare around our constrained and over-managed coastline. A big win for #nature. Well done @joshual951.bsky.social and all involved 💚

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This Government once vowed to be “the most nature-positive [we have] ever had”. Months of blaming wildlife and stripping back protections have already made a mockery of that promise. And if the rumoured cuts to BNG go ahead, it will deal yet another devastating blow to nature.

📣 New paper out now in @conbiology.bsky.social! #Headstarting - hatching eggs and/or rearing chicks in captivity & releasing them back to the wild - has been increasingly used for #wader #conservation. But it can be challenging and expensive. So why do it and when❓ 📷WWT/Bob Ellis #godwit (1/4)

After a 5 day no-show I was chuffed to bits to successfully root this little smasher out of the c20 km of coastline it's been frequenting since October. Initially bobbing about in the surf it swam in to the stream mouth for a good preen before flying off west. #HarlequinDuck #Donegal #IrishBirding

30th November marks Remembrance Day for Lost Species and we are remembering the Slender-billed Curlew. We want to keep the name of the Slender-billed Curlew alive and hold it in our hearts as we learn from the loss. This cannot happen again on our watch. 💔 📷 Chris Gomersall

Last night the Government steamrollered its Planning Bill through, slamming the door on vital protections for nature. They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature. But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.

Here is your late evening Avocet. Night all. xx

Popping back for something important… This is for those of you who knew & loved that golden human, Jamie Normington @movingslowly.bsky.social – and those who never met him but were amused, enlightened, touched by his gift for communication and compassion here and on Twitter.

Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇

Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!

Cutting reedbeds helps slow succession, diversifies structure & provides better viewing of wildlife. This cut area @rspbengland.bsky.social #Saltholme is currently hosting up to 9 #JackSnipe. Lots of happy #birders enjoying close views of the bobbing camo masters today. #RSPBEcology

Simply beyond belief. 🤬 #Swifts

What happens to shorebirds when the mud disappears? wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/10/15/w... Blog from 15 Oct 2022 🎂3️⃣ #ornithology

“To be a birder is to fall in love. Obsessively, irrevocably and, perhaps, foolishly. This love, it creeps up on you.”

Very exciting job opportunity @rspbscience.bsky.social! Help us track wader chicks & their prey to evaluate & improve interventions to address high levels of wader chick predation. 7 month contract, based @rspbengland.bsky.social Nene Washes. 🛎️Deadline 2nd Nov #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

Tens of millions of essentially factory farmed poultry are dumped into the countryside each year. They boost the population of mesopredators like foxes, reducing ground nesting bird populations. They are an obvious avian flue hazard. They eat declining reptiles. Turn out they're also a health hazard

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’, say environmentalists Pleased to have signed @campaign4parks.bsky.social's letter urging Ministers to drop plans to remove the Protected Landscapes Duty on public bodies 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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It's not often #Liverpool Bay is the envy of UK birders, but when everything aligns & #LeachsPetrels are dancing along the beach just feet away, it's a special place to be. Here's @dan-gornall.bsky.social's day being made on Wallasey beach. #StormAmy. #seabirds #superseabirdsunday

#StormAmy delivered today with a decent tally of wind-blown #seabirds on the Mersey. 35+ #LeachsPetrel the undoubted highlight. Here's two having a little feed together whilst battling out of the river mouth just beyond the #NewBrighton breakwaters. #seabirds #superseabirdsunday

Record breaking day at #Seaforth with 83 species seen, my highest day total there ever. Highlights were a male Hen Harrier heading stratospherically high SW, the Grey Phalarope showing much better, 5 juv Curlew Sands, juv Little Stint, Spotted Redshank, 2 Ruff & a juv Black Tern. #Lancsbirding

Our species is a disgrace and doesn't deserve this beautiful, irreplaceable planet.

💚 #Waders #Shorebirds

Remember, birding is there for you.

Pleased to see this getting discussed. There is a total lack of support in the UK for people with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome suffering Craniocervical Instability. We've been on this awful journey & fundraised for major neurosurgery in Spain, it saved Liv's life when NHS wouldn't help. #EDS #CCI

#SciArtSeptember 1: Islet Somewhere in the waves of Barents Sea, a rocky islet acts as a perch for seabirds. Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and skuas are still here, though threatened by heating oceans and spreading disease. With them sits a lonely ghost of a great auk that once roamed these seas.

We need your help again. Coul Links is an extraordinary coastal dune habitat, home to rare and remarkable wildlife. But it is now threatened for a second time by plans for an 18-hole golf course that would cause irreparable damage. Your voice could help save it. 👇