This is Farage’s Britain. A hellscape of racism and riots. Decency cast aside. No responsible media platform should have given him this opportunity. A disgraceful, disrespectful day. Yet another warning to us all that all Farage will ever do is hurt and ruin and divide.

A superb Red Necked Phalarope along the causeway at Farmoor early afternoon. Showed to a few feet but flew over F1 at 2.50pm and yet to be relocated.

The UK’s strangest avian couple at the Long Nanny, Northumberland this morning - the female American Black Tern with the same male Arctic Tern she bred (unsuccessfully) with in 2024. A small nest scrape but no eggs as yet. #NEbirding #rarebirdsUK

Incredible views of a migrating Common Quail as it flew past the ship in the English Channel! @sophieshrike.bsky.social

2 bull Orca (possibly Hulk & Nott) going west past John O’Groats harbour #caithness #OrcaWatch2026🫍 #dolphins #ceatacens @marinemammalogy.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @whaletalesorg.bsky.social

Obama had 11 attempts on his life. Biden had 5 attempts on his life. Bet you never heard of them. Because MSM never reported on them. Why? The WH asked for them not to, so not to invite copycat scenarios. Trump promotes them.

Salah in tears listening to You'll Never Walk Alone one last time. He'll always be one of us... 😢 #LFC

Bird singing in a bush (Part Six) Greenish Warbler singing and showing very well at the south end of the Long Pits, Dungeness this morning - found by Jacob. A Dungeness tick for me 🕺 and it is the first record for over 30 years for Dungeness of a very scarce bird in the South East #KentBirding

I've now posted my final update (of three) after my recent trip to Cadiz Province. A short note on the legacy of the civil war in the region & a new associated museum in Jimena to follow ... birdingcadizprovince.weebly.com/cadiz-birdin...

Mamdani for President 💥

The Great Glen skua portal opened up today, amazing to see Long-tailed Skuas thermalling over Loch Linnhe like giant Bee-eaters up to 1000m before whizzing northeast towards Inverness! 🪶 #ornithology #highlandbirds

Forgot to post this blast from the past. The Citril Finch at Burnham Overy Dunes on 10th May 2015. #birds #UKbirding

"Come to Great Yarmouth - the beaches are beautiful and the place is definitely not full of racists and far right nutters"

Liverpool have confirmed they have scrapped their ‘Three Year Plan’ and ticket prices will now increase by 3% for the 2026/27 season before a price freeze is put in place for the following season. Brilliant news. Unity is strength ✊

He didn’t build a political movement, he built an angry rage filled mob of cruel people

Calling Cuckoo from my house this afternoon in south Essex. He arrived back on 30th April. #EssexBirding

Stunning photo

Interesting. This must be a new kind of chess where you compete to put the pieces back where they were before you smacked them off the board.

Today marks the 25th anniversary for one of my most memorable encounters at Dungeness: a Black-browed Albatross which lingered offshore long enough for me to arise from my slumber in the 4-dorm @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social & get to the hide in time thanks to Gary Taylor 🙏 @mcbuckland.bsky.social

A few from #BemptonCliffsRSPB on the 30th April 2026 #ukbirds #birds #ukbirding #eastyorksbirds #yorkshirebirding @rspbengland.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @britishwildlife.bsky.social

Why isn't anyone in the media asking what happened to the millions Trump claimed he raised from rich guys for his ballroom, and why Trump has reneged on this promise to pay for the rest himself? Was that all lies? Or has he stolen the ballroom money like he stole his 1st inauguration funds?

Some pics of the stunning lesser kestrel at goonhilly Downs Cornwall this morning. Well worth the early morning wake up call & the wait it gave us all. Nice to meet simon @rockinbirder.bsky.social. #UKBirding #CBWPS1. #UKWildlife.

Tawny Pipit at Languard #birds #ukbirding #suffolkbirds

A few days Honey Buzzard holiday in Tarifa with LP this B/H weekend. I couldn’t resist wetting the whistle before the season ahead. A couple of thousand so far ❤️

Absolutely beautiful

One of the most beautiful tributes I’ve ever heard for Dolores O’Riordan of the Cranberries. 500 voices gathered at the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland Better get the tissues ready 😭 #Pinks #ProudBlue

Another early-morning vismig session paid off when 135 Arctic Terns, in 3 groups, flew north east past Severn Beach on their long migration. For me, witnessing their spectacular journey to the far north is the highlight of Spring on the Severnside patch. Pic: @migrationmatt.bsky.social #ukbirding

Millions of Americans looked at this fuck face and thought….ya he should be President.

Repulsive that millionaire Farage who grifts his arse off on side gigs while taking a salary from the state for the MP job he fails to do, should target those who earn the least, threatening to lower NMW, scrap improvements to workers’ rights, enable discrimination and tear up the welfare safety net

Yesterday we enjoyed fabulous views of Orcas as they cruised from Burra south and then east to Sumburgh, Shetland. We identified them as four members of the '140s' pod - one of the least known and recorded pods in Shetland waters. 🖤🤍 #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

🙄🇬🇧🙄🇬🇧🙄🇬🇧🙄🇬🇧🙄 We now have an entire media who would rather see a Farage govt, leading to the demise of the NHS and an alliance with the far right US Christian Nationalist fuckers than support the govt we elected And its drift towards EU alignment Putin must be laughing his head off.

Exceptional

This glorious adult Ferruginous Flycatcher graced my local patch at the end of March. The first time I've encountered the species on spring passage.

What a bird! Yesterday a Wryneck in Cheshire, today a Hoopoe in North Wales. Despite 60+ people watching and two horses actively chasing it around the field, this Hoopoe was determined to keep eating and walked within 3 metres of us at times. #ukbirding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 for Wales

OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened. Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah. (h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

Anyone know whether today is a ‘ceasefire’ day or a ‘destroy your civilisation’ day yet?

At Dungeness today

Continuing the subject of gorgeous summer visitors, grab your sunglasses! 😎 This male Yellow Wagtail at Titchwell this evening certainly caught my eye. #NorfolkBirding

Walrus on Orkney!! Must be the 1st UK one in about 4 yrs or so? #VagrantBlubber orcadian.co.uk/walrus-spott...

A stop-the-car moment to photograph this greeting to Nigel Farage on his rather unspectacular visit to Shetland today. Apologies to any frogs offended. 🐸

Scientists in Spain have developed a groundbreaking solar panel capable of generating electricity from both sunlight and raindrops.

Nothing could have prepared them for that.

In Turkey, an elderly man who earns his living by shining shoes is visited every morning at the same time by a cat that asks to have its fur brushed. The man never turns down this little friend.😍👍💙

Blue Pansy butterfly (Junonia orithya) photo taken by Webby Jr in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. #butterfly #BluePansy #BluePansyButterfly #butterflies #wildlifephotography #wildlife #indonesia #nature

“The Who” Juvenile Screech Owls/Mason, TX #BirdOfTheDay #Juveniles

Red-rumped Swallow - Sewardstone Marsh/KGV (Essex/London) 11/4/26 #londonbirds #ukbirds #ukbirding #birds #bocshot @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

I haven't posted anything about it for a while, but I'm still plodding on with writing and illustrating my Birds of Eyebrook Reservoir book with a view to hopefully publishing next year. Here are a few more illustrations from it. #art #WildlifeArt #birds #UKBirding

Australian superb lyrebird: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

This is a Tailor Bird. It makes a nest by stitching leaves together. Original post