Been in the garden looking at the Harvest Moon.

A lucky spot, a male Kingfisher at the lake on our morning dog walk. 🪶

1/ Despite a reasonable difference in size, Cormorants and Shags can be quite difficult to differentiate unless side by side! In this thread ⬇️, we take a look at some of the key differences between adults and juveniles... #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Last call for my talk tomorrow, in Looe! 'Tis free, and there are 11 tickets remaining... www.ticketsource.co.uk/looe-festiva... #bees #naturewriting #cornwall

My binoculars are Opticron Discovery WP 8x42. I am very pleased with them. I am saving up for my first scope but I feel overwhelmed trying to choose one. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. #BirdingGear #CornwallBirding

Let's hear it for Ivy! An often misunderstood plant, but one which has incredible benefits for wildlife. 🦋🐝🐦

I’m so sad to hear Jane Goodall has left us. What a wonderful human being. My condolences to her family, friends, and colleagues. This book is a favourite of mine, I highly recommend it.

Managed to see the beautiful Red-necked phalarope at St Gothian Sands this morning. Many thanks to birders Chris and Jeremy for pointing me in the right direction. Shocking phone pic record shot. #CornwallBirding 🪶

Red Squirrel Awareness Week is from 6th to 12th October! Dedicated to increasing awareness of and action for the UK's endangered red squirrels and their conservation. See the UK Squirrel Accord post below for more details and links! #RedSquirrelAwarenessWeek

URGENT ALERT: the invasive YELLOW-LEGGED ASIAN HORNET has reached the Isles of Scilly. #CornwallBirds #BirdsInCornwall #CBWPS #Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #ConnectWithNature #BeautyAndWonderOfNature #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifeMatters #WildIsles #BritishWildlife #WildCornwall #Cornwall #Kernow #UK

Poor bit of video of a beautiful Kestrel on Cornish Coast this afternoon. 🪶

Face to fox ! Thank you @Em_Evergreen for today's #FoxOfTheDay

I meant to video this singing Robin, but here’s a nice pic. Seen on our morning dog walk. Hope the sky is blue where you are. 🪶

Firecrest still in our back garden, calling all day. We do well for them here as there is still a large area of fir, bay, ivy etc surrounding our garden, while houses around us have mostly chopped all their trees down. Loving those rictal bristles in pic 3 #UKBirding

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

We've had a brilliant beach find brought in for us to see this #FossilFriday! This chunk of bone is from an ichthyosaur's jaw and even has a few small teeth sitting in their dental groove!

Red-billed chough seen on my walk this morning. 🪶

This isn't just any fox ... it's a fox created out of the remains of a Cornish Red rhododendron tree. Standing 6 metres tall in the Lost Gardens of Heligan, it is made up of 600 pieces of wood, all from a tree that predated WW1 and was blown down during a recent winter storm.

Yesterday, the UK’s leading insect conservation charities launched the Declaration on the UK Insect Declines Crisis at the @WildSummitUK🚨 This united front calls for change across governments, land managers, businesses, and the public. @savebutterflies.bsky.social 1/5

One Glossy ibis at Gannel Estuary view from car park NOW! #CornwallBirding

A huge Glossy Ibis influx is currently under way across Britain and Ireland, with large flocks appearing and all modern records for the species being broken. Josh Jones reports on the extraordinary events of the last few days:

Will be @ @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social for Migfest this weekend and would like to giveaway my old scope and tripod. If there's any young birders looking for a used but well loved scope that's seen plenty of rare birds please either point them in my direction or come find me over the weekend! #ukbirding

Chough Sightings #Chough #Choughs #CornishChough #CornishChoughs #ChoughWatching #Palores #PaloresowKernewek #CornwallBirds #BirdsInCornwall #CBWPS #Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #ConnectWithNature #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifeMatters #WildIsles #BritishWildlife #WildCornwall #Cornwall #Kernow #UK

Calling South West #birders The BTO South West Conference is coming up, and it looks like a really interesting day Talks about locally important species by local and @btobirds.bsky.social speakers - & I'll be there speaking about #Wildlife Gardening More here: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

I’ve read, and loved, all of Sally Rooney’s books. Intermezzo is by far my favourite, highly recommend it. #Books 📚

Really enjoyed #TheLifeofChuck and came out of the cinema to a double rainbow. The universe trying to tell me something?! 🌈🌈

Unboxing my book with my parents 🥰 We've had our ups & downs over the years, but they are so proud of me now! #naturewriting #nonfiction #unboxing

Close up of the Glossy Ibis from the causeway across RSPB Carnsew Basin, Hayle. Even got to take the converter off they were so close and obliging 🙏 @rspb.bsky.social @cbwps.org.uk #🪶 #🦅 #cornwallbirding #ukbirding #birdphotography

Washing done. Hoovering done. Phone charged. #FreeElectricity 🐙 Cheers @octopus.energy 🩷

The fledglings are pretty demanding, they are almost ready to go. 🪶 (sound on)

That Calamagrostis grass hedging was stunning. #GardenersWorld

A Large White on my Dreameria this afternoon.

The wait is almost over. 🦅 RETURN - the breathtaking story of how the White-tailed Eagle was brought back from extinction - premieres this Friday 29th August on our YouTube channel. Fifty years in the making... Who's ready? youtu.be/i_A7_E6vIwQ?...

THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, by @deanrlomax.bsky.social, is out NEXT month! The book tour will include talks and book signings across the UK, USA, Canada, and Europe. I hope you can join us at one of these events. #PaleoArt #SciArt #SciComm #Dinosaurs #Pterosaurs #Palaeontology #Paleontology

Dipped my toe into the world of eAudiobooks. Download David Attenborough’s The Life of Birds from the library. Can not recommend highly enough. So relaxing, and informative. #Books #Birds

Emperor Dragonfly on Bodmin moor today. #Wildlifephotography #UkWildlife #Wildlife #Naturephotography #insects #Naturelovers

Wildlife Emergency Contact Numbers. #CornwallBirds #BirdsInCornwall #CBWPS #Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #ConnectWithNature #BeautyAndWonderOfNature #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifeMatters #WildIsles #BritishWildlife #WildCornwall #ILoveCornwall #Cornwall #Kernow #UK

We know what you're thinking but we promise it's not planted! This ichthyosaur vertebra was begging to be found, sometimes you just have to be in the right place at the right time! Remember most of our fossils are loose already, your job is to spot them!

The White-tailed Eagle. 🦅 The UK’s biggest bird of prey. Once extinct here, now soaring back into our skies. With our new film 'Return' about to launch, let’s celebrate these giants of the sky... (1/5)

Ladybird wisdom, 1976 “Life would cease without water. Seas and rivers MUST be kept clean” Artist: Pat Oakley (1976)

@hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social still seeing Swifts daily down here in Cornwall, thought you’d like to know.

Look at that stunning tail. 😍 🪶

Male Mallard was hiding in a small bush at Kingsgate Park, Yate this evening. @bristolbirding.bsky.social

A small problem with my van this morning resulted in a change of birdwatching plan. Fate drew me to my first Marsh tit pair. Sorry I didn’t get a pic, but here’s a beautiful Speckled wood butterfly, saw a few in the woods. 🪶 🦋

Really annoyed to read the fabulous #BetweenTheCovers has been axed. Seriously, the odd half an hour of #books isn’t much to ask for is it #BBC ?! You should be extending it, not axing it! 📚

I was on BBC Points West tonight talking about discovering the cave lion jaw 🦁💗🦣 (Only available for 24 hours) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

PLEASE HELP by keeping an eye out, sharing & letting me & the #police know if you see this car…My black #AlfaRomeo #Giulia, reg (if not changed) OE67 DCF, was #stolen from Aylesbury, #Bucks last night - the car I don’t care about but I’d really like back my #birdwatching #optics hidden in the boot.

Absolutely gutted to be missing the inaugural #DinoConUk Grab your tickets now it’s going to be epic, and the World Parrot Trust is their chosen charity. The Trust was born here in #Cornwall @paradiseparkhayle.bsky.social #Dinosaurs #Birds 🦖🦜 paradisepark.org.uk/conservation...

Disposable barbecues are a serious risk to wildlife and the environment. Saw several of these burn patches on my walk today. Please don’t buy them.

⚠️ Visitors are reminded to stay safe around #Cornwall’s cliffs. Unstable cliffs can collapse without warning, putting lives at risk. ❌ Never sit directly under cliffs 📵 Keep a safe distance from cliff edges (especially when taking photos!) 🧗 And please don’t try to climb them