@teesbirds.bsky.social White tailed Eagle on Substation flood

@teesbirds.bsky.social Dorman’s pool this morning. Nothing fabulously rare but several pintail and gadwall, lots of Shelduck, a Marsh Harrier drifted over flushing the ducks, and a Cetti’s Warbler really going for it. Plus I digiscoped this little film of a Little Egret in front of the hide

@teesbirds.bsky.social Loads of geese in the field opposite Macklin Avenue as it’s starting to get dark this evening. At least 34 White-fronts, 4 Tundra Beans and three Pink-feet plus 30-odd Greylags

@teesbirds.bsky.social 30 White-fronted Geese, 20 Greylags and 2 Tundra Bean Geese by pool in field opposite end of Macklin Avenue now (11.43am Sunday 8th Feb)

I often get asked about the Miyawaki method of forest restoration, usually by people who have heard extraordinary claims for it. Morales et al. (2025) have reviewed the evidence and found it to be weak or absent. 🌏🧪🌳🌲 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social This seems to have passed the bbc by so here is some news for you www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

@teesbirds.bsky.social does anyone know if Northern Experience Wildlife Tours (that run pelagics out of North Shields) are still operating? Their website is showing trips with spaces available but the booking system doesn’t work and they are not answering emails or the phone

Brilliant podcast from the BBC World service- ‘Birding the gender gap - how studying female birds is reshaping our understanding of nature’. Featuring the Galbatrosses team at the World Series of birding www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @n8swick.bsky.social @hannahgoesbirding.bsky.social

@teesbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social We’ve got a wildflower walk at Middle Marsh on Sunday (10-12) led by brilliant local botanist Martin Allen. It promises to be really good. Click on the attached link for details and to book www.eventbrite.com/e/wildflower...

@teesbirds.bsky.social Reed Warbler singing in the reeds by the biggest pond at Middle Marsh just now. The first here since the ponds were dug (we had them occasionally before)

@teesbirds.bsky.social My first visit in ages to South Gare. Very quiet. Most exciting thing was 1 Purple Sandpiper with a Turnstone towards the end of the lighthouse pier

🚨 620,000 songbirds were illegally trapped and killed in Cyprus in autumn 2024 alone. A new report by @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social reveals mist net trapping is on the rise in the Republic of Cyprus, driven by organised trappers. Action is needed now. More in the video below 👇

i hope he sues the fuck out of this government holy shit is this disgusting

A prime objective of the Far Right is to roll back decades of hard-won environmental protections so that their Oligarch paymasters can reap greater profits. If Trump's British cheerleaders in Reform ever get a sniff of power, the same will happen here. www.epa.gov/newsreleases...