📣 #Manchester! Join @mcsuk.bsky.social for a FREE community screening of #Ocean with David Attenborough 🌊 📍 The Whitworth, M15 6ER 📆 3 December 2025 🕔 From 17:00 All ages welcome - book your ticket below and email [email protected] with any access needs 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ocean-with...

We're now starting to get reports of dead Whooper Swans with rings. If you find a dead bird & feel comfortable doing so - check for rings using the below @btobirds.bsky.social advice 👇🏻 Collecting information on ringed birds helps better understand the impact on different age groups.

From one of the largest, to the smallest birds we ringed today! Nice to ring with other people, learning new and sharing skills. All birds ringed under @btobirds.bsky.social licence, with @hughhanmer.bsky.social #BirdRinging

If you’re thinking of a job in the outdoors, in science, wanting to make a difference then this one could be for you. For #GreenCareersWeek discover more about the amazing work experience placements offered by @btobirds.bsky.social c-js.uk/49ebCtk

Worrying reports of bird flu (avian influenza) are coming in, including an outbreak in Whooper Swans in the Fens. Other waterbirds are also being affected, and cases are rising. 📷 Sick Whooper Swan by Kane Brides #UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

Join BTO Youth and the Essex Birdwatching Society for a brilliant and FREE bird ringing demonstration at Wat Tyler Country Park on 15 November. www.bto.org/our-work/eve... #ornithology #ukbirds 📷Robin by Alice Marlow / BTO (bird handled under licence)

🚨 Only 30 places left for #NBNconf25 ! With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿 🎤 Programme & speakers: bit.ly/NBNconf25 #Biodiversity #Data #Networking

One exhausted girly! Only our second #Obedience show, and another place! We then had an overdue catch up with a friend, so she spent the afternoon being sociable. #CleverCollies Hilariously, the show was down as Diss Obedience Show 🤣

One of my favourite garden birds! If you have them visiting your garden, please sign up to @bto-gbw.bsky.social to help monitor their population in your area.

Have you booked your place yet? Grab your ticket to our 2026 Annual Conference & join us for a full day of inspiring talks on a range of topics, from Nightjars and Curlews, to Blackbirds and seabirds. We'd love to see you there! 😀 #Ornithology Find out more and book ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work...#Ornithology

We are looking for new footage & photographs of Curlews to use to help us create engaging and beautiful information to share far and wide! If you have some bits you wouldn't mind us using with credit, please get in touch and we will add your photos to our Curlew database!

So well deserved! Both these individuals have played a part in where I am today - Heather via her amazing work on the Welsh Ringing Course (which I attended many moons ago!) and Geoff for entrusting me to monitor his Pied Flycatcher boxes until I relocated to East Anglia.

Diolch i @birdsinwales.bsky.social for letting me return to my Welsh roots and speak about @bto-gbw.bsky.social today. Great to catch up with folks and learn more about #WelshBird recording and how everyone can contribute!

Traffic jams meant I missed the #Starlings this evening in #Aberystwyth. Chattering away while I waited for my chips though! Looking forward to catching up with folks at the @birdsinwales.bsky.social conference tomorrow!

Lovely to finally make an effort to ring the local House Sparrow population in our garden. 19 of the 30+ flock now have some bling! Whether we ever catch them again remains to be seen! 😜 All ringing under licence and supervised by @hughhanmer.bsky.social #SuffolkBirds

Congrats to all the winners at the @btobirds.bsky.social Marsh Awards this evening! #Birds

Baby #Hedgehog found out in the open at lunchtime today. Taken to local rescue as far too small to be out and about, and a dead sibling also found 😥. Then, girls just found another bigger one! Max count 1 for @bto-gbw.bsky.social this week, but that's 4 (as we had a big one a few days ago too!)

(1/) Hi, I’m David, and I help to run the BBS social media channels. This #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek, I am sharing something about myself, rather than the usual BBS posts, in order to raise awareness of my mild learning difficulties.

Birds in stained glass, freestanding #art or wall sculptures, rarely window panels. My birds are celebrations, explanations, rants and sometimes tears; but like the birds that inspire them, they are all beautiful dancers-with-light…

The calm after the storm last night! No #Hedgehogs before bed, but a woof at 4.30am this morning led to one being found (must have tripped the light!) I think that brings us up to 3 recently... Big Bertha, baby and a smaller adult. #GardenWildlife @bto-gbw.bsky.social

Latest kinetic sculpture “We Were Angels” available to buy or exhibit - I love it in my home, but it seems selfish not to offer others the chance to enjoy the light glowing from these birds…

Looking forward to this next year!

Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

🦇 Make the most of today's warm evening and take part in our Sunset Survey. It's the perfect bat survey for beginners and you can do it from your garden, window or local park! More info: buff.ly/Unc13WI

Three young birdwatchers have raised and donated £1,112 to a charity close to their hearts, after completing a five-day Welsh cycling tour

Gethin from @btocymru.bsky.social will be running an “Introduction to Garden BirdWatch” online event to promote @bto-gbw.bsky.social on 4 November at 7pm. It is open to all regions. For more information please see the image of the flyer. To book your place go to www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Last year 100,000 people marched across London in support of nature and BBC News didn’t cover it, leading to complaints to Ofcom about political bias. Today BBC News covered a similar size march on front pages and every channel demonstrating fully its political bias. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Now that we've reached the end of the first survey season, make sure you enter your data by 21st September in order to be included in this year’s analysis! This analysis is the core purpose of the project, and only data submitted by that deadline can contribute to the first year report. #cudyllcymru

Proud of @hughhanmer.bsky.social being invited to talk at this event about his work. Gutted I won't be there in person (due to dog sitting responsibilities) - @nhm-london.bsky.social is always my favourite spot in London!

🚨Calling all GBW participants in the north of England! 30 years of Garden BirdWatch: our Doncaster conference features expert talks, panels & discussion on garden wildlife ecology & conservation. Book your tickets 👉 www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Bird conservation is only going to work if these species have healthy habitats to live in. Can citizen scientists help gather vital information on habitat condition? This new study investigates➡️ www.bto.org/citizen-science-habitat-monitoring #Ornithology #citsci @ukceh.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social

1/ Calling UK birders! 📢 We need your vital help to fill data gaps for bird populations outside the breeding season via the Winter Bird Survey ➡️www.bto.org/winbs #Ornithology #UKBirding

All our autumn events are now ready for bookings on our webpage. If you'd like to know more about our surveys or build your ID skills, be sure to sign up to an online or in-person session! ➡️ www.bto.org/cymru-events #BirdingWales

Last chance to apply! 📢 We're looking for a Seabird Monitoring Programme Organiser. For the full job role and to apply visit www.bto.org/jobs Deadline for applications is Monday 8 September. #Ornithology @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social

I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!

1/ New study! Camera footage showing nest predation on natural nests was collated and analysed from across the UK to increase understanding of nest predation events. Discover the findings ⬇️ and read the study ➡️ http://www.bto.org/n... #Ornithology

Looking forward to making a return to the @birdsinwales.bsky.social conference this year, where I'll be sharing some of what @bto-gbw.bsky.social has taught us about #gardenecology

Artificial grass: I absolutely hate the stuff. It's terrible for the planet (we really don't need more plastic), and terrible for nature - invertebrates can't live in it and it restricts access to the soil underneath. It also heats up during hot weather so it isn't safe for dogs or children. 1/3

Yesterday a game keeper asked me to safe a young kite that was stuck up a tree. It had one claw entangled in plastic. In eight years of ringing 1200 kites, I’ve seen every year chicks with ligaments entangled. Some 1-2 % already dies in the nest due to plastic. This one was ‘lucky’ to have fledged.

Seen a Southern Small White? Difficult to distinguish from other whites. James Corton @jamescbr.bsky.social has produced a guide based on data from @chrisvanswaay.bsky.social an expert on the species. Go to our home page suffolkbutterflies.org.uk & click on the link to the guide.

We’re delighted to announce Gwneud Traciau (Making Tracks) an exciting new project, based in #Dolgarrog, in the heart of the #ConwyValley. The village is well known for its industrial past and the 1925 Eigiau Dam disaster. Come and find out more 3pm - 7.30pm Thur 27/08 Dolgarrog Community Centre

It's fricking August... Why do I still have #tadpoles in my Suffolk #garden #pond? #frog @arc-trust.bsky.social

Sunshine and sunflowers today! @nationaltrust.org.uk Kingston Lacey #BorderCollie #NTDogs

Exciting Volunteering Opportunity for aspiring young leaders! Applications are now open to join the BTO Youth Advisory Panel 👉 bit.ly/_YAPVolunteer If you're aged 16-24, passionate about nature and people’s engagement in the natural world, then this is your chance to have a positive impact.

A flock of 12 Cattle Egrets dropped into the @btobirds.bsky.social‬ reserve in Norfolk today! They are rapidly increasing, with over 800 counted in WeBS in 2023/24 —explore where at app.bto.org/webs-reporti... 📷by @neilcalbrade.bsky.social

Scientists from the Royal Horticultural Society have reviewed and updated the RHS "Plants for Pollinators" list, and volunteers at RHS gardens are using PoMS FIT Counts to gather further data on insects visiting flowers www.rhs.org.uk/science/arti...

The Norfolk Biodiversity Partnership are still looking for nominations in each of the award categories listed below - if you know a person or group in Norfolk that would meet the criteria below then please nominate them via www.norfolkbiodiversity.org

There are still a couple of days left to take part in PondWatch! Spend 30 mindful minutes by a pond before 31st July, then submit your sightings and reflections using the online form. Every record helps support dragonfly conservation. 👉 british-dragonflies.org.uk/pondwatch-re...

📢Job alert! We’re looking for the next Seabird Monitoring Programme Organiser to join the BTO Surveys Team!🔭📈 ℹ️ For more information and to apply: www.bto.org/jobs 🗓️ Deadline for applications: 8th Sept 2025. #seabirds #citizenscience @btobirds.bsky.social, @jncc.bsky.social, @rspb.bsky.social