A few photos from a morning's birding in a Madrid park.

Chaps! Do yourself a favour and get a blood test done to have your PSA levels checked. I did last month and my elevated levels triggered off a scan, biopsy and prostate cancer diagnosis. The good news is that is a tiny amount, confined and not aggressive. Seems a good time to urge others to check!

Sharing this again as I'm so tired of this bullshit.

I feel obliged to repost this! Thanks @chrisddarby.bsky.social for the excellent photos.

This was the highlight of my afternoon.

Adore this. If you've ever been lucky enough to go to a citizenship ceremony you'll know that it's big-hearted and deeply nourishing. Our immigration debate could learn so much from them. open.substack.com/pub/christin...

Folks in Europe: my book is out today for you. It’s pretty North America centric, but I think there are plenty of universal jokes as well ❤️

Three of the five Red-footed Falcons present at Carlton Marshes @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social this evening.

every day we see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos

I'm much more a birder than I am a seabird scientist but I can still claim a minor contribution to this useful paper.

One of four Brambling on my Suffolk patch yesterday.