A bit breezy but managed to get some Barnie rings read today around Balranald, N Uist. D6 was ringed at Hofn, S. Iceland in 2023 whilst HN (white) was ringed as a juvenile at Breidamerkur, S. Iceland in 2019. He now has a yellow family with him. #BirdingScotland #BirdingOuterHebs

Following the recent disastrous news about Greenland Whitefront numbers, yesterday's count of 2,423 on Kintyre, including some decent age ratio counts (~12%), was encouraging. Such smart geese 👌 #goosing #birdingscotland

Great conditions today for reading rings on the Tiree Barnacle Geese - 22 read amongst this flock of 1,200 birds at Traigh Bheagh, Balephetrish including birds from Iceland, Ireland and Islay #BirdingScotland @stevepercival.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social

This is such an excellent book full of great tips. Should be used widely.

Great to see that the National Soil Map will finally be made open data! www.cranfield.ac.uk/press/news-2... This is a crucial dataset that was generated under public contract, but remained proprietary for far too long. I've called for its release since 2016! - www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-so...

Oystercatcher 2C back from Dawlish Warren, Devon today at Kirkapol, Tiree for the third spring running - in amongst hundreds of Oystercatchers now back to breed on the island #BirdingScotland

42 ringed Barnacle Geese found between Sollas and Berneray, N Uist today. T9 and 6D were both ringed as adults at Hofn, S. Iceland in 2023. No idea where 0DV is from! Bonus female Ring-necked Duck showing well in Carinish on the way home. #BirdingScotland #OuterHebridesBirding

Amazing example of the lightning speed of improvement in renewable energy This wind farm in Ireland is getting an upgrade after 34 years *EACH ONE* of the new wind turbines will produce more electricity than *ALL* of the 21 old turbines combined

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share: “Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.” (link below)

An early 40 pink-footed geese migrating north over Old Cassop, Durham, this morning @durhambirdclub.bsky.social

📉 Our new paper shows Bewick’s Swan numbers in NW/NE Europe have fallen to ~12,900 birds - a 56.7% decline since 1995, with further losses predicted by 2026 unless survival or breeding success improves. Flyway-wide conservation is urgent. 🦢 Download paper > tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/art... #Ornithology

Important paper detailing the huge ecological costs of planting non-native Lodgepole Pine in Iceland, and the urgent need to consider these costs in plantation planning

A great opportunity for anyone in a marine or conservation MSc! Work with some wonderful birds, (and wonderful folks) I got to call colleagues this year 🐧 (The project timeline would fit wonderfully with a taught MSc) @exetermarine.bsky.social @exetergses.bsky.social @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk

Now online in Journal of #Ornithology Behavioural responses of the Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) to different human disturbances link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Pink-footed Geese on the move over Old Cassop, Durham, again today. Three skeins totalling 220 heading SE in an hour. @durhambirdclub.bsky.social

A flood of 44,110 Woodpigeons past #salopobs this morning was a new site and county record, and almost overwhelming at times. 5 Egyptian Geese high east were a bit of a surprise #vismig #ukbirding

Longevity record! Last night, @washwader.bsky.social recaught this Black-tailed Godwit, first caught and ringed 29 years ago. The metal ring was wearing thin (and was replaced) but the bird is still going strong. Blog about longevity of waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w... #ornithology

I think bluesky needs a #BirdID feed. So I built one. To start it off, and topical to the #irishrarebirds feed, a blog post on Tundra and Taiga Bean Goose identification. helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2021/04/finn...

Why track waders? This blog has two aims – to share important scientific and conservation stories revealed through shorebird tracking work and to encourage scientists to make their data available via the Global Wader platform. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... #ornithology Whimbrel tracks 👇

We're now starting to get reports of dead Whooper Swans with rings. If you find a dead bird & feel comfortable doing so - check for rings using the below @btobirds.bsky.social advice 👇🏻 Collecting information on ringed birds helps better understand the impact on different age groups.

Here’s the on from @oceancare.bsky.social: www.oceancare.org/en/stories_a...

Red-breasted Goose at RSPB Loch Gruinart this morning brightening up a dull damp day

Cackling Goose at Nerabus, Islay this afternoon. Very dark brown and nice little gular stripe fits tavernii?

With HPAI bird flu resurging in UK and Western Europe, here's the link to the 2 recent special issues of #BirdStudy on avian influenza: 20 papers on impacts, mitigation, patterns and control. Part 1/2: #ornithology #seabirds #raptors #birdflu

The parvipes type Lesser Canada Goose was at Ballinaby, Islay this morning showing well in the wind and rain

out to greet the newly returned barnacle geese, present in number (1 leucistic member) - right to the horizon, wavering in heathaze, line upon line of geese (mostly pink footed)

The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...

Whooper swans migrating over Old Cassop, Durham this morning- 14 heading south @durhambirdclub.bsky.social

One of the best sounds of the Autumn - Barnacle Geese, yapping like a flock of airborne Yorkshire terriers, arriving at Lindisfarne #NEbirding #birds

The 2 Pectoral Sandpipers were still at Newton Pool this afternoon. Interesting to see the differences in size and plumage, one bird is smaller and paler (presumably female ?), the other is noticeably larger and warmer toned. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Our most recent report, Rare Breeding Birds in the UK in 2022, is now available open access on our website at tinyurl.com/2xf23keu All reports dating back to 1973 can be found at rbbp.org.uk/annual-repor.... Our next report, for 2023, will be published in @britishbirds.bsky.social in November

This is a game changer for marine conservation. Now we need to build on the momentum and designate high seas marine protected areas to conserve Key Biodiversity Areas @keybiodiversity.bsky.social

First pinkfeet of the winter heading south over Old Cassop, Durham this morning. 270 in 4 skeins in just 30 minutes @durhambirdclub.bsky.social

This month, WaderTales will be ten years old. I'm going to create a thread that highlights some of the research findings that have surprised me. Plenty of "Wow!" & "I didn't know that!" moments. Here's a link to the catalogue of 150 blogs wadertales.wordpress.com/about/ #ornithology

The ringing of chicks and nesting Arctic Terns in Northumberland reveals high natal philopatry but dispersal to non-natal sites is mainly by females. Recruitment is not affected by the presence of public visitors and females breed at an earlier age than males. doi.org/10.1111/ibi....

22 papers across two issues document the impact of #AvianInfluenza and assess effectiveness of management responses. They show the unprecedented scale of the outbreak, decimating populations across Europe, Africa, North and South America to the South Atlantic. 📚 bit.ly/bird-study-h... #Ornithology

We've just launched AviList! - the new unified global taxonomic checklist for the world's birds, developed through the Working Group on Avian Classification, including BirdLife, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, IOC and others @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.avilist.org

nice paper by Michael #Schaub & @jaumebadiaboher.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social in @ecol-evol.bsky.social on #CMR models in #bayesian framework to estimate #survival #rstat #ecology 🧪🌍 #openaccess ! doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Labour promised to restore nature. ❌ Instead, their Planning Bill contains a licence to destroy it. We offered solutions. We’re done waiting. Part 3 of the Bill would gut the laws protecting our most precious habitats & species. Without significant change, it must be scrapped.

Brilliant to watch packs of Swifts charging into the wind and rain in NE Lincs this morning. 177 in total #vismig #lincsbirding

New report on UK Special Protection Areas for birds published Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are important to support the conservation of rare and vulnerable birds and other regularly occurring migratory birds.

Applied Solutions to Balance Conservation Need With Practical Applications: A Case Study With Eagles Movement Models and Wind Energy Development | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

@martgilli.bsky.social Turns out the colour-ringed Whimbrel here on Tiree on 27th April was the same individual you observed on North Uist on 22nd April 2024!

Wow. Went out hoping the damp easterlies might produce a Black Tern, and found a BLACK KITE 💥 The first for #shropshirebirding hanging over Wood Lane landfill with 5 Red Kites, on view constantly for 2hrs! Absolutely awesome

Some of the transient Barnacle Geese are still hanging on in North Uist. Spotted this albino / leucistic bird in the distance on Vallay today whilst on the 10th had radio-collared DAF and NUK at nearby Griminish #birds #birdingscotland

An outcome of years of collaboration among ecologists, meteorologists and open science developers, working together to support a broader research community #ornithology and radar aeroecology. Supported by eCOST, @biodiversaplus.bsky.social and more. Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Carry-over effects of winter conditions on nesting Somateria fischeri (Spectacled Eider), a sea ice-associated sea duck | academic.oup.com/auk... | Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶🧪

As a BirdLife Datazone user, varying from occasional to frequent, this is a brilliant resource, and the refresh makes it even better and clearer. 👏 #SciComm

Swallows back at home in Old Cassop, earliest in the 20 years we've lived here @durhambirdclub.bsky.social