Happy new year everyone! 🥳 And a massive thank you to all our volunteers who put their time into aiding conservation via citizen science ❤️🏆 #BTO #WeBS #birds #science #conservation #wildlife #nature #Derbyshire #newyear #wetlands #citizenscience

🎄🎁 Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all have a nice day, whatever your plans are 💕

Happy Christmas from BTO! 🎄🐦 Thank you to all who have supported us during 2025. 💚 📷 Curlew by Edmund Fellowes / BTO

Wishing all our counters, Local Organisers, volunteers and supporters a very happy Christmas and New Year. Thank you for all your hard work and support this year and we are looking forward to seeing what WeBS counts show in 2026! 🎄

Saw this twist for the first time this year 😅 #joke #meme #birds #christmas

I came across this on FB and felt moved to share it. This is just one rescue. It is happening all over. If you can, please support a rescue local to you 💌 #nature #birdflu #HPAI #avianinfluenza #conservation #support #birds #wildlife #ornithology #rescue #swanrescue #help

My study buddies for my Academic Integrity session online with the OU tonight 🙂💕📝 #dogs #study #student #science #openuniversity

Wildlife rescue Linjoy, based in Burton upon Trent & sanctuary at Etwal Derby are often the first to shout out if anything is off with Swans in the local area & surrounding areas. Today they are once again alerting coming across many cases of avian influenza 💔😞 Screenshot taken from their FB #news

Well done to the West Midlands! 💕 #conservation #wetlands #nature #wildlife #birds #science #ornithology #ecology #rewilding

You can make it to the end of Monday, I believe in you 🤗 *Author of image unknown #meme #duck #joke #funny #monday #bird #nature #wildlife

A reminder from Our Blue Planet, for those thinking of using fake webs as decorations this year 😕 #safety #birds #halloween #decorations #nature #traps #wildlife #spooky #october #dangerous

Author is birdandmoon 👍🏻 Gave me a giggle 😁 #birds #halloween #meme #funny

A peek at Indie's set up. Custom made with additional viewing panels (partially obscured so she feels safer). 4ft long, 2ft tall & just shy 2ft wide. Low wattage UV tube at hot end. Lots of clutter to wriggle through & feel safe. She also gets a night-time temp drop. #snake #python #viv #royal

*Added warning label hoping it will help those with a snake phobia - 1st time so not sure if it'll work. Wanted to share Indie breaking the 'pet rock' myth (for once!) today & showing off her semi-arboreal skills 💕 She needs to muscle up after a 5month fast 🤦🏻‍♀️ #snake #royalpython #python #pets

On World Migratory Bird Day, today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight is the Grey Plover! 🤩 These impressive fliers migrate from the Arctic, capable of non-stop flights of 6,500 km to reach UK coastlines. Some stay for winter while others continue their journey to western Africa.

Record-breaking morning on Cannock Chase! ➡️ 208 Redpoll ringed yesterday ➡️ 258 total including our test hour the previous day. Unbelievable numbers for the season, a real Redpoll influx! 🔴 #BirdRinging #Migration #Redpoll

The audacity 😆 I'm always saying one of the perks of working with Black-headed gulls is they bite but they don't hurt 😱 Had some grumpy ones this morning 😅 #conservation #birds #gulls #birdringing #colourringing #nature #science

Yuk! I really got used to those summer holiday lie-ins! Looks like I'm out tomorrow 😆 Black-Headed Gull colouring ringing season is back! 💕 And on that note, I'm going to sleep 💤 #gull #ringing #colourringing #conservation #birds #science #biology

👩‍🔬🧬 UNIVERSITY HAS STARTED❗..again 😅 My 1st level 3 module with #TheOpenUniveristy , S317 Genes to Species started this weekend! 🫣 It's been 2yrs since I did genetics, so this will be a bit of a crash course back into it 🤯 Wish me luck! 🤞📗 #Student #Study #Biology #OU #University #MatureStudent

It begins. The names I grew up with 😢

📢 Wanted: WeBS counters for Derbyshire! You can count a site all year round, but Sept-March is the core period with all the migrating winter birds 🦆🪿 It's free to join & only takes up 1 morning a month! 😁 Help wetland bird conservation 💕 ✨ National project ✨ #WeBS #bird #wildlife #survey #BTO

Tonight was a remembrance event for Mikey. He ran the local community hub. It was for everyone, but particularly a safe haven for LGBTQ & neurodivergents. Coffee mornings with crafts, toddler play sessions, evening youth groups + more. The brightest flames burn out fastest 💔 #mentalhealthmatters

Hi! 👋🏻 The Derbyshire WeBS team have been asked to find temporary cover for Cromford Canal - Whatstandwell to Ambergate 😁 If you think that could be you - or you'd like to see what other Derbyshire sites are available to count near you - then please drop us a message! #birds #conservation #survey

I try to keep out of politics, but when it fits, it fits 😅🫣

I thought I'd share both our legless scalies 😁 Indie ➡️ 3yr old female Royal Python. Morph: pastel yellow belly 100% het albino. Went on food strike for 4months but is feeding again 👍🏻 Vlad ➡️ 3mth old male Western Hognose. Morph: arctic 100% het albino 66% het lavender #snakes #pets #royal #hog

Two weeks to go before Capturing Ecology closes!  Explore our 8 categories and enter your best photos 📸 that champion the wonders of ecology.  Competition closes on 30 September.  https://f.mtr.cool/bbujqjypnj

I post mostly about birds, but I'm still into herpetology 🐍🦎🐢💕 Last friday I took eldest daughter with me on an adder survey. DARG had received reports in the area but still needed to confirm. We didn't find any adders, but we did find a toad! #toad #ARG #DARG #herpetology #nature #amphibian

Today is #PloverAppreciationDay! The UK holds host to six plover species, the commonest of which is the Ringed Plover, though its cryptic colours mean that it can be hard to spot! You can learn more about each species on the BTO Bird Facts page ➡️ bto.org/birdfacts

The Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) and Goose & Swan Monitoring Programme (GSMP) are now on Bluesky! 🦢 We'll be sharing our latest research findings, how to get involved & vacant survey sites. We’d love to know what you’ve seen on your surveys too, so tag us in your posts. 🦆 #Ornithology #UKBirding

A lovely morning for birding in my local woods 🥰 Took my coolpix P950 so may have some nice pictures later 🤞🏻 Although❗ Just noticed the lens is chipped internally on part of the edge 😱 How to get trusted repairs in UK? (And a good clean 🫣) Thank you 😊 #photography #nikon #cameras #bridge #p950

I was checking all my nest boxes earlier this week to mark final outcomes. I'd intended to do it at the end of July, but life kept happening 🙄 Anyway, I don't think you can blame me for not opening this one up! 😱 Thankfully it had been marked as unused all season 👍🏻 #nest #wasps #nature #birdbox

✨My boyfriend loves me 😍✨ Recently I had a little bit of spare cash & decided to upgrade our royal pythons vivarium instead of upgrading my binoculars. I felt she deserved it 😊 Apparently he felt I deserved new binoculars too 💕 Feeling so happy & loved right now 😄 #hawke #birding #binoculars

Reminder of our upcoming Charity Dog Show! 🐕🐾 📍Branston (Burton on Trent) 🗓️ 30/08/25 Registration opens 12.30pm Show starts 1.30pm Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place 🦴🎀 🌟 All 1st place automatically entered for best in show £2 per dog, per class #event #dogshow #charity #family #staffordshire

A lovely day for my WeBS count in Derbyshire! Nice to see the juvi cygnets, mallards, tufted ducks & moorhens 🥰 We still have a lot of Derbyshire Wetland sites that need a counter. It's 1 fixed day a month. Interested? Visit: www.bto.org -> surveys -> WeBS #BTO #WeBS #birds #nature #volunteer

The next place you can find me (in public 😂) will be Clays Lane Pavillion in Burton On Trent, as I help run Harley's hounds animal rescue charity dog show 🐕🐩 (yet again! 🥰) It's running alongside party in the Park, a fun family day out with stalls and entertainment 👍🏻❤️ #events #dog #dogshow #family

Are you a birder in Durham who can take over counts at this High Priority site? The current counter is stepping down so handover is available. If you think you can help please contact us via the "Contact the Local Organiser" button at app.bto.org/websonline/s... #WeBSSiteInsight #YourWeBSJourney

There is still time to apply for one of these roles with the BTO ❤️👍🏻 #job #hiring #birds #conservation

Not the real Sir Attenborough I'm sure 😅 #toads #meme #nature #funny #amphibian

A bit naughty but it made me giggle 🤭 #meme #bird #trending

Today we went to a family fun day with a casual style dog show included. 'The boys' entered a few classes but didn't win anything. Fizgig is 8.5 years old, Riker is 7 months. Riker likes to chew his 'older brother's ears & tail when playing 😂 so he's lost some volume 🫣 #dogs #papillon #pets

Another good post day. I had this on pre-order. Hope it's as good as the reviews make out 🤞🏻😊🤞🏻 #book #AuDHD #nature #neurospicy #neurodivergent #conservation #wildlife

Good post day today 👍🏻😊 #plantlife #nature #conservation #climate #books #wildlife

Stayed still long enough to catch a picture 📸🥰 (Photo taken with my Nikon Coolpix P950 in a preset mode) #WeBS #wetlands #bird #wagtail #nature #wildlife

Waiting for humbugs 🥰 (Photo taken with my Nikon Coolpix P950 in a preset mode) #WeBS #birds #nature #wetlands

Saw this floating around on another platform earlier this week 😁 Never underestimate the little guy, he might pack a punch 🫣 #meme #bird

Nope! My snek is 100% Mrs Royal Sneky-noodle 😅 We do however refer to our large woodpigeon in the garden as 'the blimp' 😉 You may need to click the image to see the whole thing 👍🏻 #meme #bird

Had a nice time yesterday at Bakewell Country Festival representing the BTO 😃 2nd year in a row 👍🏻 Maybe I'll see you there again next year?

Tomorrow I'm at Bakewell Country Festival, sharing a gazebo with Derbyshire Amphibian & Reptile Group (DARG)🦎 I'll have information about Garden BirdWatch (GBW) 🐦‍⬛ & the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) 🦆 Plus colouring for the kids 🖍️ Find us in the conservation area 😊 #ARG #BTO #Bakewell #event #Nature

If you are a counter for WeBS, don't forget July core count is tomorrow! 😁 If you can't make it this month (like me 🫣) we can accept counts conducted 7 days before the main date, or 7 days afterwards 👍🏻 Please keep them coming! 🦆🦢 WeBS can be conducted all year round ☀️🍃❄️🌧️ #WeBS #BTO #birds #fowl