Close views of a Raven calling.

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Unbelievable. King Charles is STILL set to fly to the US to celebrate with Trump in April. With everything Trump is saying and doing right now - and the hate and chaos he's spreading - this trip must be cancelled. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

Lovely bit of sunshine at Goldcliff this morning. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/02/blue... #birdingwales #gwentbirds

A female Kestrel, taken at Pilning Wetlands the other day, whilst checking out the Hooded Merganser #UKBirding

A nice rarity at Pilning Wetland this morning, and a lifer for us, this female Hooded Merganser #UKBirding #RareBirdsUK

Portrait of a Spoonbill captured in Slimbridge this week.

Newport wetlands in the pouring rain this morning, 3 woodcock j snipe✅ hawfinch✅ little owl✅ marsh and hen harrier (no Northern) no bittern or beardies. 8 Brambling✅ briefly at Penderyn on my way home. #birdsseenin2026 #birds #165 fty

Slimbridge, in February, home to thousands of overwintering birds.

It's been a poor winter for Short-eared Owls in the southwest of the UK, so I was glad to see three at Steart Marshes, without any rain! #BirdsSeenIn2026 #UKbirding #birds

I was beginning to wonder whether I'd manage to photograph a Firecrest this winter... Alexandra Park, Penarth #BirdingWales #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Lesser yellowlegs at Rhyl this morning #BirdingWales #BirdingUK #RarebirdsUK

This is not photoshopped, Ai, or posed. I tried to pour from a watering can and found that the spout was blocked by this handsome chap.

A quick visit to a very muddy Goldcliff but worth getting muddy to see my first Short-eared Owl. The camera wasn’t on a tripod so dodgy video but OK for still images. youtu.be/gHAIXCqUnac

Absolutely gobsmacked. One of the most amazing birding sights I’ve seen in Northumberland - here’s some of the 30 Cranes (up to 38 were reported by others) that spent the afternoon in a field next to the A1 just north of Alnwick. #NEbirding #UKbirding #birds

Very pleased to capture this Jack Snipe doing what the guide books describe as ‘bobbing’.

Jack Snipe was a lifer for me, so small and cryptically marked it’s almost impossible to see in its wetland habitat. Luckily this one was accessible on a small island in front of the Martin Smith Hide in WWT Slimbridge.

Must be a coincidence that they keep ripping off Nazi phrases

Q: What's the difference between someone in NATO and Donald Trump? A: Donald Trump would never put on a uniform to defend the United States.

Baird's Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, White-Rumped, Pectoral and more. A set of sandpipers rare visitors to the U.K. youtu.be/cZfVC0xWmF4

Single male Brambling at my feeders today.

The first visit of 2026 to my local reserve in Newport Wetlands.

@slimbridge-wild.bsky.social Wish the person who has this account would update it as the old Twitter account was with daily sightings.

Make this denial by Trump go viral. ABC: Will you release video of that strike. Trump: Whatever they have, we'll certainly release, no problem. Trump 5 days later: I didn't say that, you said that. You said that. This is ABC fake news." LYING SACK OF SHIT!

Philippine citizen here. Read the replies from middle-aged & older White Right-wing/MAGA readers in the comments sections to news posts on FB about the killing. Watch what Far-Right/Alt-Right/White Supremacist accelerationists are saying about the killing. These federal agents are MAGA's deathsquads

My first video of 2026. youtu.be/pJGGvEkFWI0

Reform UK David Thomas' dodgy business practices. It was revealled that his company Dr Squeegees had been taking down signs of his rivals and driving off with them. So the rivals put an air tag on the sign and tracked it to a vehicle on the job. BUSTED Cllr David Thomas of Reform UK Torfaen.

Vaccines save lives - yet Reform council leaders question their effectiveness and spread misinformation. They can’t be trusted with our NHS. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The last of four compilations from Slimbridge showing what can be seen in mid-December. Includes a record shot of a Little Stint, it seems some are now choosing to overwinter.

A visit to the Zeiss Hide in Slimbridge.

It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love. youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng

Another compilation of clips, this time from the Robbie Garnett Hide, overlooking the Tackpiece with a flock of Egyptian Geese being the stars of the show.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Beyond parody. We have an attorney general who is covering up the Epstein Files and a President who is proud he could identify a giraffe

Slimbridge December '25 - Rushy Pen and Willow Hides 4K youtu.be/tpvWixvbIys

Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire this morning. The River Towy and its floodplain.

Nice day out yesterday with @john-l-uk.bsky.social and @gos-birds.bsky.social at WWT Slimbridge.

Pic of one of the Owls coming out of their tree cavity.

A quick trip to Llanishen Reservoir in Cardiff this morning to see this Great Northern Diver before the weather turned nasty. Great to see though lovely bird.

Avocet 🖤🤍

Few hours at Dawlish Warren, nice views of the Lesser Crested Tern fishing. #ukbirding

The G.O.P. watched this Sacha Barón-Cohen vídeo in 2012 and didn’t realise it was supposed to be satire.

No Hawfinch as yet but nice to see the other regulars in Parkend.

Pied Flycatcher showing well today at Glebelands, Newport in my lunch break. Still a little baffled at the date #gwentbirding #ukbirding

Charlie Kirk and Tommy Robinson have tried to stir up trouble by sowing fear of people just for being Muslim. I’m sure they hate it when evidence counteracts their propaganda. Samir ‘Sam’ Zitouni put his own life in danger to stop train stabbings and Hamzah Albar chased and held a rapist.

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

Whoops! 😂

Alaska was Russian until 1867, if Russia invaded to ‘right historic wrongs’ would Trump just hand it over? Of course not , but that’s what he expects the Ukrainians to do. A man with no courage or morals has thrown them under the bus.

My latest visit to Slimbridge, always something new to see.