Marcus Lawson
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Birds, moffs and CPFC. Kentishman currently residing in the Kingdom of Fife.
pinned post!
I will aim to predominantly post natural history related stuff on here but there will be occasional football & music posts too. If you don't want to see the football ones mute
#cpfc
For music ones mute
#livemusic
Moth posts mute
#teammoth
If you don't want to see bird related ones then unfollow😃
over 1 year ago
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Atmosphere building in Leipzig 🦅🍻
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Kris Gibb
3 days ago
Some shots taken last week of drake White-winged Scoter in Kirkcaldy (Fife). At least 2 have been present, along with singles of Black and Surf Scoter. This bird has attached itself to the local Eiders, offering some incredible views at times.
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Went out west today as my son was keen to see Chequered Skipper and thankfully Glasdrum didn't disappoint, in spite of overcast conditions. We managed to see at least 4 plus up to 10 Anania funebris (White-spotted Sable) but the latter weren't as cooperative in front of the camera unfortunately.
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Absolutely stoked to get a new macro moth for me in my Cupar (Fife) garden and it's one I've been trying to catch up with for a while: Broom-tip. First time I've had the trap out this year too given the cold nights. The other highlight was a funky Broad-barred White
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Mike Shewring
9 days ago
The headline findings are striking: 🔥 Moorland burning produces 0.7–1.6 kT of PM2.5 per year — equivalent to ~30% of PM2.5 from all road transport in the UK 👥 On active burning days, more than 2.32 million people on average were exposed to at least a 5% increase in PM2.5 concentrations
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Prescribed moorland burning in Great Britain exposes 2.3 million people to PM2.5 levels exceeding the WHO 24 h guideline limit
Prescribed moorland burning in Great Britain exposes 2.3 million people to PM2.5 levels exceeding the WHO 24 h guideline limit, Graham, Ailish M, Spracklen, Dominick V, Shewring, Mike P, Douglas, David J T, Pope, Richard J, Chipperfield, Martyn P
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae5de3
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Phil
[email protected]
9 days ago
Interesting possible Eastern Common Tern at Lodmoor yesterday before it flew off
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Dungeness Bird Observatory
10 days ago
We are running our now annual
#moth
event again this summer! Join us for the night of 3rd July and the morning after, to see a host of local specialities. Stay at the Observatory for £20 per night (£15 for friends) or just come down for the event which is £5 a person (U16s free). See you there!
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Oceana UK
12 days ago
🚨 Scientists have combed through 9,000 fisheries reports to lift a lid on just how horrific bottom trawling for our seas. It will shock you. ~3,000 different marine species have been documented in bottom trawl catches, however the true number may be double this 👇
theconversation.com/bottom-trawl...
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Bottom trawling is scraping oceans of wildlife
Bottom trawling operates by dragging large, weighted nets across the ocean floor, sweeping up most of the life they encounter along the way and destroying habitats.
https://theconversation.com/bottom-trawling-is-scraping-oceans-of-wildlife-280780
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Nigel Voaden
15 days ago
Getting behind with photos as is the case at this time of year. Safe to say this White-winged Scoter showed well yesterday at Kirkcaldy. Still thinks its an Eider despite the grief it gets from them
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#birdsseenin2026
@fifebirdnews.bsky.social
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Scottish Environment LINK
17 days ago
Join our demo to stand up for Scotland’s nature! With 1/9 species at risk of extinction, Scotland’s nature needs our help to recover. Join us on June 4 from 12:30pm–2pm at the Scottish Parliament to call for urgent government action to restore Scotland's nature! Sign up here:
rb.gy/lwsa09
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Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids
20 days ago
Your daily Avian Hybrids story! The reticulated evolution of the Bean Goose complex
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/01/25/t...
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The reticulated evolution of the Bean Goose complex
Hybridization partly erased the phylogenetic patterns of three goose taxa.
https://avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2023/01/25/the-reticulated-evolution-of-the-bean-goose-complex/
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@applewildlife.bsky.social
#birdhybrid
there's more photos on Steve's account from yesterday.
add a skeleton here at some point
21 days ago
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Raptor Persecution UK
22 days ago
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator Closing date for applications - 17 May 2026. Job description & details ⬇️
#RaptorResearch
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raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/05/06/j...
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Job opportunity: Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator
Job advert from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator Location: Stirling, ScotlandSalary: £29,130 per annumContract: Fixed term contract (2 years)Hours: Ful…
https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/05/06/job-opportunity-scottish-raptor-monitoring-coordinator/
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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
24 days ago
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UK Rarities - Day By Day
25 days ago
MAY 3rd: 🧾 Good morning! 🖐🏻👋🏻 There were fifty-seven (57) accepted records on this day... 😃
#UKrares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding
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...plus Marbled Duck on Dungeness ARC pit in 1993! That Mayday weekend was my best ever: found Western Subalp in Dengemarsh Gully on the 30th but missed a flyover Cattle Egret the next day. However, then found the Black-throated Thrush in the Gully on the 2nd which was the first UK spring record.
25 days ago
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Shaun Robson
25 days ago
I was looking at a Lemon-rumped Warbler when I saw a moving orange, red, white image moving through the grass behind. "TRAGOPAN". Then it walked slowly across the track 😲. Temminks 📷 by
@birdingvet.bsky.social
Then 1 hour later Blyths Tragopan, great work by Rofeeq Islam. 2 Tragopan morning 😁😁😁
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Reuben Singleton
26 days ago
This beautiful bird is a stock dove - an amber listed species of conservation concern in the UK. The Government is currently consulting on shooting seasons for wild birds. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation is lobbying to add stock dove and many other species to the quarry list.
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Reuben Singleton
26 days ago
Please respond to the Government consultation here to ensure this does not happen.
consult.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-cri...
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Protecting wild birds: Consultation on Amending the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 which allows certain species of wild birds to be killed or taken outside of their close seasons ...
This site contains consultations that are run by Defra.
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-crime-and-management/www-gov-uk-government-consultations-greater-protec/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQuGWFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETAwQkhZRzA0blVIUUpZTzlxc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHok058hpqvJcL-ImceYxGdrWG8eyIV81QwDXeuDcdJJt6PFons6M7BHiGfrf_aem_cwQPYfX6DjnLN0b7YSssww
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In Krakow for the latest leg of the magical Palace European tour. Certainly seeing some lovely places which I'd otherwise never have visited 🦅
#cpfc
28 days ago
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Emily Eade
29 days ago
Ecstatic to find a pair of Wood Sandpiper and watch them display over my head this morning!! Following Grasshopper Warbler, Snipe drumming and a possible Little Gull too!
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Steve Rogers 🟰🟰
30 days ago
Sensational news broke on the 27th Apr (13:22pm) of a dark ph Booted Eagle at Porthgwarra. Perry Smale was in the right place when this gorgeous raptor drifted past him at Roskestal Farm. He observed it for three minutes as it headed for St. Levan church. Pics courtesy of P.Smale.
#cornwallbirding
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St Kilda World Heritage Site NTS
about 1 month ago
White-tailed Eagles are an annual feature these days on
#StKilda
, but today's Golden Eagle joining the three White-taileds was remarkable! There had previously been single records in only 5 years between 1955 and 1976.
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Mike Buckland
about 1 month ago
The unpredictability of UK birding is so much part of the fun. Who would have predicted a Ross’s Gull in mid April walking around behind a tractor in a potato field in North Norfolk? Great find by Trev Girling who got the news out immediately and superb relocate by Matt Lonsdale.
#NorfolkBirding
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In Tuscany for a few days with my son and we're both really enjoying the early spring butterflies. Main target was Italian Festoon which we found at a couple of random sites as well as several Sooty Copper and plenty of Glanville Fritillary. Also seen were Southern and Scarce Swallowtail 😃
about 1 month ago
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Jo Rhodes
about 1 month ago
Names matter: the word ‘citizen’ carries legal, political, and cultural meanings that are not neutral, say
@britishecologicalsociety.org
. Instead, consider using the term ‘community science’.
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drake Blue-winged Teal with pair of Shoveler, look familiar 🤔
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about 2 months ago
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Dave Roberts.
about 2 months ago
Lots of Hares strewn across fields at Ancaster, massacred by farmer. More killed this way than Hare coursing.
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Paul Harris
about 2 months ago
I've just entered into a collaboration with these guys:
coastalvibescruises.com
They want to kick off some birding cruises around Weymouth Bay and along to the Purbecks this summer. Local Birders might fancy a trip out, £25 per head. I think we can all remember that Red-footed Booby! Timetable soon.
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Home - Coastal Vibes
Weymouth’s newest attraction! Scenic cruises, party nights & live music on the Jurassic Coast—perfect for families, tourists & nights out with friends.
https://coastalvibescruises.com/
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Oceana UK
2 months ago
The bottom trawling ban off Sussex is working! 🌊 5 years on, kelp is recovering, mussel beds stretch over 1km, and black sea bream are returning 🐟🌿🦪 Proof that when we remove destructive fishing, the ocean can bounce back 💙
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86y8z9wdnwo
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Jerome Foster II
2 months ago
Mono-culture farming devastates the rest of nature. Farmlands continue to lose much of their wildlife, bees, birds, & insects. So we don't mourn the Quagga, Eastern Elk or drained wetland. We never knew them. We each inherit a slightly emptier world & call it normal, a shifting baseline syndrome.
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Dungeness Bird Observatory
2 months ago
An excellent day of seawatching with highlights being 2708 Brent Geese, 318 Pintail, a Long-tailed Duck, a redhead Smew and a full summer plumaged Black-throated Diver all heading east. On the land there was an obvious arrival of birds with over 20 Chiffchaffs and at least nine Firecrests.
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Dungeness Bird Observatory
3 months ago
Come and volunteer at Dungeness Bird Observatory this year! We have a couple of positions available to help out with the monitoring of the wildlife on the Dungeness peninsula as well as helping in the running of the Observatory!
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Jon Holt 🟢💸⚖️
3 months ago
I've published my book Britain's Dandelions, A Photographic Guide. It's currently available on Blurb
blurb.co.uk/b/12805510-bri…
Next week I will be adding additional outlets
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3 months ago
If this had been found in England they'd be somebody wanting to 'reintroduce' Brown fish Owls.
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Edward Pollard
3 months ago
Here is the full paper
#conservationevidence
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besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The effect of different grazing managements on butterfly abundance, diversity and composition at a calcareous upland site
Research from an upland calcareous site in the Yorkshire Dales finds light cattle grazing supports 4.9× as many butterflies and 1.7× as many butterfly species as light sheep grazing, while ungrazed a...
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2688-8319.70210
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Andrew Russell
3 months ago
This Rough-legged Buzzard was a surprise find from the roadside near Moffat this afternoon! A smart looking bird and the first I've seen since the Wanlockhead bird many years ago.
#BirdingScotland
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saw this today at Letham Pools in Fife and thought of you Mark. Not particularly bright orange legs and a hint of an orangey hue to the bill. Obvs not a Tundra Bean Goose but have you seen similar in Norfolk before? Excuse the crappy digiscoped shots.
3 months ago
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Wildlife Trust BCN
3 months ago
After a series of dog incidents we’ve temporarily closed Hayley Wood (Cambs). Despite clear signs, dogs off leads have disturbed birds, damaged rare wildflower habitat, staff were verbally abused when asking for leads. Read more:
shorturl.at/RbGI0
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Tim Worfolk
3 months ago
Sorry to hear that Clive Byers died yesterday. There'll be many who knew Clive a lot better than I did but I considered him a friend. Always fun, always helpful to a fellow illustrator and always happy to provide a floor to crash on. A great guy I wish I'd known better.
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Dave Foster
3 months ago
Some of the 11 Taigas at Hoppen Kiln Flash this a.m. Absolutely amazing things, and so close 😃. A bit of variation in bill structure and there's at least one of 'em I'd struggle with if I saw it by itself. One of them was repeatedly shaking it's head, which is a worry😕.
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Luke Turner
3 months ago
We should eat more venison! There are too many deer, you can’t get more free range, yet it’s perceived and priced as a luxury meat, no doubt in part due to historical associations. This should change! The Epping Forest venison is delicious & I by eating it I am helping the woodland.
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CleySpy
3 months ago
Interested in purchasing your first thermal imager, at a price that won't break the bank? The new Nocpix Lumi P13 might just fit the bill! At just £539, this fab little gadget offers 2-8x magnification and a detection range of up to 670m.
www.cleyspy.co.uk/product/nocp...
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Craig Sammels
4 months ago
I’ve now set up a YouTube channel called Kent Birding with some poorly taken videos of some things I have seen, very rough no editing. Here is my latest uploaded, follow if you like!
#kentbirding
youtu.be/6ejXbcCjfMI?...
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Bewick’s Swans, Pink-footed Geese & Tundra Bean Geese - Walland Marsh, Kent, UK. 6th February 2026.
YouTube video by Kent Birding
https://youtu.be/6ejXbcCjfMI?si=t23-D3W7iPp6kE7t
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Dippers are one of my favourite birds so to see them regularly in Haugh Park, Cupar, is an absolute joy. Even better this afternoon was to hear one absolutely belting out its wonderful luscinia-like song.
#ukbirding
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4 months ago
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Sam Bayley
4 months ago
I caught this bird the day the day it arrived (17th) and it stayed until 25th. It was then seen on 28th 289km away in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. It would seem that the regular wintering bird at both locations is actually the same bird….🤯 🪶📷 Ronan Owens
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Footprint Ecology
4 months ago
* NEW COURSE * Introduction to QGIS 17th March 2026 Wareham, Dorset Contact
[email protected]
for more details.
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Good Morning Natalie, is there anything you think can be done about raising this in the house and stopping the import of Spanish strawberries?
x.com/SamaHoole/st...
4 months ago
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Guardian Environment
4 months ago
Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges
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Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges
More than 300 brown hairstreak butterfly eggs were recorded in hedgerows near Llandeilo this winter after decade of decline
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/30/wales-brown-hairstreak-butterfly-landowners-conservation?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env
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Cold War Steve
4 months ago
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