Delighted my YouTube channel has >1/4 million views and >5k subscribers. Keen to find new audiences especially students and practitioners. Also keen for new subjects either in UK or online interviewing someone in the field. Ideas welcome! youtube.com/@bill_suther...

Always love late autumn on the Norfolk coast when thousands of thrushes and Starlings make landfall here. Today st Holme there was a steady passage of Starlings and lots of Blackbirds, Redwings, and Song Thrushes in the bushes.

Whilst no2 son attended Hockey training this morning I spent part of my day off at the Fisherfleet in King's Lynn Docks trying to get some arty shots of the Herring Gulls feeding by the fish processing plant outflow pipe. It was a fun if rather a smelly way to spend 90 minutes.

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o... "...After an accident, drivers are required to exchange names, addresses and vehicle registration but nothing else. Avoid sharing any unnecessary information such as copies of an insurance policy or your driving licence..."

phys.org/news/2025-08... "...Now, a new analysis suggests that one of the most mysterious features of these aerial displays—the behavior of birds at the edges—may stem from accident rather than intent.." @rspbengland.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @wadertales.bsky.social

Took no1 and no2 sons to see @leicestertigers.bsky.social beat Sale 36:35. As they get older its nice to have things like this that we can do together. Cultural mishmash of Rugby, Bhangara drums and dancing, and a group in fancy dress as Crusaders, oh and not forgetting the Guinness!

Took no1 and no2 sons to see @leicestertigers.bsky.social beat Sale 36:35. As they get older its nice to have things like this that we can do together. Cultural mishmash of Rugby, Bhangara drums and dancing, and a group in fancy dress as Crusaders, oh and not forgetting the Guinness!

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? www.theguardian.com/technology/2... "... when merchants raise their prices on Amazon, they are required to raise their prices everywhere else, even on their own direct-sales stores.."

bsky.app/profile/thea... @campaignstrat.bsky.social might be of interest

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "...Last year it made DNA tests for dogs compulsory so that any abandoned excrement could be tested, and its owner then tracked down and fined..."

Late morning walk RSPB Titchwell Marsh down to Thornham Point where for two minutes this Black Redstart popped out of the Sea Buckthorn. @rspbengland.bsky.social

The tree you climbed as a child. Gone. The Swifts over your town. Gone. The air you breathe. Polluted. The river. Unsafe. This is the reality of deregulation. Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy. Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈

With the wind in the East, I took the day off work and had a q6km stomp through the coastal dunes and woods at Holkham with Dave Tipling. Didn't see a huge amount, but find a southbound pair of Ring Ousels was a small reward for our efforts. And now for a curry.

Autumn sunshine filtering through the trees at #KenHillWoods this afternoon.

19km walk at #Holkham Norfolk today under a blue sky and a warm September sun. Saw some great birds, including skeins of newly arrived Pink Footed Geese, 4 Hobby's hawking for Dragonflies, and 3 Whinchats. But perhaps the highlight of the day was half a dozen Clouded Yellow butterflies.

#Ospreys occupy a special place in my life. I started volunteering for the @rspb.bsky.social / @rspbscotland.bsky.social back in the 1980s when their recolonisation of the UK was starting to pick up steam. Decades later it was a joy to see one this morning at #RSPBTitchwellMarsh on the Norfolk coast

Glossy Ibis flying over #WallaseaIsland today against a backdrop of Southend on Sea. A climate refugee on a reserve built to help the coast adapt to a changing climate. Apt as today, 10 years after breaching the seawall, I met up with members of the project team that created this amazing landscape.

Had a couple of hours to play with this afternoon grabbed the chance to go & look at a couple of good local birds. First stop near Ringstead for a distant & hunkered down Dotterel & then down to Thornham for this Red Backed Shrike. Any day with a #Shrike in it is a good one in my book! #Norfolk

www.theatlantic.com/science/arch... "...ecologists have come to value wetlands not only as wildlife habitats but also as carbon sinks, defenses against rising seas, and filters for harmful pollutants..."

New meta-analysis underlines that Grey Squirrels are really a very minor nest predator in UK, despite once considered probably very important in woodland bird declines. Good example of evidence overturning dogma, allowing focus on real issues. #ornithology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

How can England possibly be running out of water? "...The Environment Agency (EA) assess that 15% of surface water bodies and 27% of groundwater bodies in England have unsustainable levels of abstraction..." www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Long-stay car park, Edinburgh Airport today. I pity the traveller who’s going to return to find that a Crow’s wedged a rabbit’s head into their windscreen wipers in order to pick the brains out 😂 #birds

Some scientists believe that there is an approximately 12-per-cent chance of a severe solar storm striking the Earth in the next decade—which could devastate our power grid and communication systems. Are we prepared?

Popped into Little Snoring churchyard yesterday evening. Wonderful long golden grass framing the old church, which had House Martin's nesting under the eaves. And on the gravestones were Wall Brown butterflies sunning themselves. A species that has undergone huge declines finding a home here.

Not seen this before a #Stonechat with a young Common Lizard in it's beak. The Stonechat's fledged young were nearby begging so I guess one of them was in for a treat. # DersinghamBog @naturalengland.bsky.social

Road deaths are a policy choice.

www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.... "...So while we're typically taught about how trees breathe in carbon and store that in the wood, here salt marshes are doing that as mud. So the mud here is just as important for climate mitigation as trees are."

The seagulls have landed: why gulls are encroaching on our towns "Rather than merely ousting the birds from their facades, for instance, building owners are now encouraged to build bespoke nesting ledges for them on more discreet walls away from public footpaths" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... "...Hill says. “The Ukrainians are fighting with drones. Even though they have no navy, they sank a third of the Russian Black Sea fleet..."

t.co/pYASZ6ENOA "In 2019, researchers found that almost a third of US birds – about 3 billion – had disappeared from the skies since the 1970s. The losses, however, were not evenly distributed: those birds that ate insects as their main food had declined by 2.9 billion..."

#BedstrawHawkmoth a nice find whilst walking through the Sand Dunes at Brancaster today.

It's that Poppy time of year again in north Norfolk.

A day with some wild giants at RSPB Strumpshaw Fen Common Cranes our largest bird, Swallowtail our largest butterflies, and our largest Spider the Fen Raft Spider, didn't see our largest Snake the Grass Snake today. @rspbengland.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/family/archi... - "...When young people have a sense of purpose or competence, when they have an “island” on which they can stand, this capacity frequently carries over to other parts of their lives..." @theatlantic.com

Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started? "... It may or may not be a world war but it is a world at war..." www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

"...I think it's always going to be easier to build a dystopia than a utopia and easier to build a utopia than something realistic. I think realistic, hopeful visions of the future are something that it would be good to have more of..."

"...Labour would not be able to change the law on habitat protection had Brexit not happened, as it would mean flouting the EU habitats directive... “We’ve had successive governments promise to strengthen protections after Brexit, but this is the opposite...” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A few snaps from pre and post work walks at @rspbengland.bsky.social #FramptonMarsh. Osprey, Stoat, Sedge Warbler and Tufted Duck pictured.

Brown Hare this evening enjoying a scratch in the warm Spring sunshine.

"...It erases decades of environmental protections, including legislation we inherited from the EU, which even the Tories promised to uphold.."

Same bird, same photo, 3 slightly different images after processing on the computer. Started wondering which I preferred. Now the question is, do they work better together as a threesome? @rspbengland.bsky.social #RSPBStrumpshawFen #Lapwing #Photography

Just got this back on this Marsh Harrier that I saw at Holme on Friday. "This female bird was ringed and tagged near Hardley, Norwich, on 23.06.2023 and was one of 4 in the brood (3♀️ and 1♂️). This is the first sighting of her away from her natal area where she was last seen on 28.08.2023!"

I don't seem to bump into as many Grey Partridge as I used to on my wandering around NW Norfolk, so a pleasure to bump into thisvpair whilst out photographing Hares this evening.

Love it when the Terns come back! #SandwichTern at @rspbengland.bsky.social #TitchwellMarsh this morning

It's that Marsh Harrier time of year, when a spell in my favourite wooden box overlooking a small north Norfolk Marsh gives me a close-up and personal view of these amazing birds of prey. Today, there was a fine display of roller coaster sky dancing and a pair taking sticks into a patch of reed.

www.theguardian.com/environment/... "In the media, CWD is often called “zombie deer disease” due to its symptoms, which include drooling, emaciation, disorientation, a vacant “staring” gaze and a lack of fear of people. As concerns about spillover to humans or other species grow,..."

Back from a 2 days in Essex at #LifeOnTheEdge #LIFEProgramme conference. A chance to learn & share from others involved in this brilliant conservation programme, followed by a field trip to Northey Island on the wonderful Blackwater estuary, where this picturesque wreck caught my eye.

outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/2025-03-sile... "...Above all, Jang is a self-described frog man. He really likes frogs. He talks about frogs and to frogs all the time. He picks frogs up and holds them delicately in his palm..."

BREAKING: Plastic nurdles are washing up along miles of the Norfolk coast, including RSPB Titchwell, following last week’s North Sea collision.🚨 This area is vital for migrating & nesting birds. We have just days to act before this pollution spreads further. (1/2)