Back in Cyprus to expose illegal bird persecution with @chrisgpackham.bsky.social & Megan McCubbin. Two hours sleep. Back out now. We go live in three hours & you can watch here… opdeadair.org/live

Join us at #WildSummitUK on Thurs 9 Sept for our Phabulous Pheasant Show, where we'll be ridiculing the absurd annual release of 50 Million non-native Pheasants & exploring the environmental impacts of this grotesque 'sport'. Our show runs 1pm - 1.45pm, Lantern Hall. + All-day stall, ground floor.

This morning is rather wonderful! I took a stroll along the coast path & saw more butterflies than I could keep track of, heard the water gentle lapping at the rocky shore & the evocative call of a curlew - all while feeling the warm heat from the sun on my back. Great way to start the day!

This was such a treasured book for me as a child! I took it on every holiday, desperate to see and identify more butterflies. I’m crap at identifying butterflies these days (probably because it’s been years since I looked inside this book) but the lessons of how to use guides like this remain. 🦋

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any more dramatic on the #Springwatch live wildlife cameras, a weevil invaded the ant colony. It’s been a dramatic battle as the ants have fought to keep the weevil out of their nest for the past 20mins!!

Either I’ve been spending too much time staring at these chicks or this is really starting to resemble a monochrome macaroni penguin… it’s got the “crest” and the grumpy look. Do I just need to get out more?! Thoughts? #springwatch

It was so exciting when my photo was shown on @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social this time last year! Lots of juvenile starlings in the garden again this year but none trying to eat the adults heads so far! 🤣 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #SpringWatch

Spoiler alert… all is not as it seems in the short-eared owl nest on #Springwatch All will be revealed on tonight’s show at 8pm on BBC2.

Got questions about wildlife? #Springwatch wants to hear from YOU 🫵 An insect buzzing around you’re curious about? Not sure what bird you’re hearing? Comment with your questions & @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Michaela & co will answer some live on the show #Springwatch20 📸 Cuckoo by Kieran Redmond

8pm TODAY on @BBCTwo Springwatch, 2025 Ep 5 of 12 Chris Packham + Michaela Strachan are getting to know the spring A-listers at the National Trust’s Longshaw Estate, and Iolo Williams is off to Rathlin Island. #Springwatch #Springwatch2025 @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

Obsessed with the tawny chick today on #Springwatch cameras 😍 It seems to have a young dead rat as a ready meal in its nest, although it’s proving a little big to eat right now!

Best seat in the house for the live show! Another fab evening enjoying #Springwatch from the story developer’s truck watching all the action on the live nests alongside the programme.

Am completely in love with the short-eared owls on #Springwatch Fascinating insight into a nest you rarely come across, let alone get a front seat to view!

UK government drops healthy eating push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms - The Guardian

This is something I never thought I’d write for Portishead… I’ve heard a cuckoo 😱 I heard it at the weekend & assumed someone was playing a recording. Upon examination of this assumption, I’ve realized this is far less likely than it actually being a passing migrant due to perfect location & timing!

A curious Southern rockhopper checks me out with a somewhat bemused expression (who can blame them?!) They are such characterful penguins & it was great to spend so much time with them in the Falklands while filming #secretsofthepenguins #penguins #falklands #rockhopper

It’s #WorldPenguinDay which seems like a pretty good excuse to start sharing the latest series I worked on as a producer - #SecretsOfThePenguins is out now on Disney Plus. Have you seen it yet? 🐧 #penguins

Great day on the Somerset Levels - Glossy Ibis, Crane, 4+ Garden Warbler, 50+ Cattle Egret, 8 Great Egret, 3+ Bittern heard, Ruff, 7 Marsh Harrier, dozens of Reed Warbler, 30+ Sand Martin etc with @ruthpeacey.bsky.social #birding #ukbirding #birds

I don’t know whether I was more surprised to see a hedgehog or the hedgehog more surprised to see me at 0350 this morning! A wonderful wild treat in Portishead 😍

Back in the UK and I saw two swallows yesterday! Always great to see these birds, especially after a long migration.

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork to brighten up timelines. As puffins returned to North Sea colonies last week here they are on Isle of May on Wednesday #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

It’s #SuperSeabirdSunday and todays picture is another from Nightingale Island… an Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross chick! This bird was right next to the path and a little curious as I carefully sauntered past. Check out those huge feet!!

Well it’s #SuperSeabirdSunday and I have news as well as a picture to share… this week, I landed on Nightingale Island near Tristan da Cunha 😁 It was wildlife heaven. First time seeing a colony of Northern Rockhoppers, distinguished by long crest feathers that mimic the tussock in which they nest.

🧪 Seabirds and Plastic New research shows seabird chicks that ingest plastic suffer multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration - even if they look healthy. Plastic pollution is more than an eyesore - it is a biological threat. 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #SciComm #Seabirds #Plastic

It’s still Sunday here in South Georgia so I’m able to share some penguins for #SuperSeabirdSunday Feeling grateful to have been able to watch some moulting macaronis this afternoon, before they head off to spend winter at sea! These guys will leave next month and won’t be back until October.

In other news, I was on a ship passing by the now famous iceberg A23a when this plane flew over. Weird to see aircraft down here, so was very interested to see this story to find out what they were up to… news.sky.com/story/amp/wh...

Hello! Anyone out there studying giant petrels? We spotted a banded northern GP flying between Elephant Island & South Georgia with a red ring / band L10! Would love to know this bird’s story 😊

World's largest iceberg runs aground in South Georgia and blocks off key penguin feeding ground

Rockhopper penguin on a bleak, muddy, rainy day...

The light, the backdrop and the still calm water makes for a pretty magical experience in Antarctica. In our frantic world, it’s nice to switch off and enjoy these peaceful moments. This is the Neumayer Channel 😍

News here is that I am on a boat heading back to Antarctica! Excited to be back to sharing my passion for penguins (and other birds, wildlife, snow, etc) as a guide for the final month of the season 🤩

On this day, we honor the fearless women who broke barriers in exploration. While Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole in 1911, it was Caroline Mikkelsen who, in 1935, became the first woman to step onto the Antarctic continent. #women #womenwhotravels #empoweredwomen

Despite Trump denying this, #ClimateChange is still alive & well. World's sea-ice falls to record low. "Every year, every data point we get suggests this isn't a temporary shift, but more permanent," Walter Meier, senior research scientist at NSIDC.

More #Kingfisher spam! I returned on Friday to spend another hour with this cracker! She was busy catching wee fish, managed to capture her with one on the bank, now to try for in flight! #bird #birdphotography #ukwildlife #nature #wildlife @rspb.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social

I love a pooping puffin… 🤩

Light mantled albatross!! Sharing a special photo for #SuperSeabirdSunday … this is an IPhone shot!! 😱 This gorgeous bird landed right next to me while I was sat on a cliff top path on Marion Island. 🥰 (distinguished from sooty albatross by blue line along beak - sooty has a yellow line)

WWF helping facilitate trade in polar bear fur, investigation reveals

New footage shows what it’s like to be an adelie penguin at sea! 🐧 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Love… penguin style 💕🐧

10 seconds of pure bliss 🐧

50,000 signatures will make an impression on the decision-making politicians (petition currently has 46,206 sigs). Can we get it to 50,000 by next week? Pls sign! ☠️🦅🙏 #RaptorResearch #Ornithology #WildlifeCrime #BritishEcologists raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/13/p...

Fantatstic listening. Two minutes of penguin colony bliss with Robert Fuller. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Wow! Such great footage 🤩

Housing🤝Nature To deliver much-needed housing while ensuring that our natural environment is protected and enhanced, the Government must work closely with ecologists, planners, landscape architects and other environmental experts.

Thanks to everyone who shared and got a kick out of my old ‘owlgorithm’! I’m like a 90s indie band releasing new songs when actually the ‘early stuff’ is still the best!

Interested in working to protect endangered #seabirds in #Hawaii? Check out this job to rehabilitate and release birds with Save Our Shearwaters on #Kauai. Applications due by May 31....

WISDOM PREVAILS, returning yesterday 2/6 from her sea respite. World's oldest known banded wild bird met and preened her week-old chick! Now Wisdom parents until her mate returns to relieve her. Sign up for our newsletter friendsofmidway.org/sign-up-news... #addBirder #seabirds #Papahanaumokukea

Woodpecker drumming this morning. It might feel a bit chilly out there but spring is on the way!