Not even close. 😁👍

📢 Job Alert: Monitoring officer I am looking for an experienced ornithological fieldworker to join the team this spring to lead on the monitoring of Black tailed godwits at WWT Welney. Closing date: 6 March 2026 Apply ➡️ vacancies.wwt.org.uk/vacancies/77...

Wheatfen reserve needs a new warden! Details of the job and how to apply can be found here: wheatfen.org/about-us/car...

Anyone given to doubting the existence of a political establishment can witness the avalanche of smears descending on the Green Party from all parts of the media right now. It's like they all got the same email telling them what to print and post. They might as well just ban voting.

I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Get a Green Party poster or posterboard! . Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/get-a-...

New role! 📢 We're looking for a dynamic and experienced Science Manager to join us at BTO. Apply now ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology 📆 Full time, Permanent. 📝 £46,344 per annum. 📍 Hybrid working. Deadline for applications: Monday 9 March.

We are receiving increased reports of dead auks, including Puffins, particularly in North East Scotland. It's quick and easy to report any dead or sick birds you find through the 'Deceased bird' function on the home page of the BirdTrack app Photo: Puffin by Richard Selman / BTO #ukbirding

Our brand new podcast, Folklore Matters, launches today. David Clarke, Sophie Parkes-Nield, and Diane Rodgers speak to people working with or researching folklore to find out more about their work, how they discovered folklore, and to get their thoughts on the findings of the Survey.

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Slightly random one... Wondering if there might be a Manchester/Salford birder who might be thinking of heading over for the Speke grackle tomorrow (maybe the roost?), please drop us a DM 👍 (...and if you've got a spare pair of bins, even better 😉😂). Thanks v much, Mark #manchesterbirders #grackle

Join us tomorrow at St Andrew’s for the BIG GARDEN BIRD WATCH 10.30am meet in the churchyard. Hot chocolate will be served at the end. Everyone is welcome.

Job opportunity! We’re looking for a dynamic leader to take on a truly rewarding role at the FBA's #SpeciesRecovery Centre. A pivotal role combining exceptional organisational skills with a love for species conservation. Interested? We'd love to hear from you! Apply:👇 www.fba.org.uk/species-reco...

The NOA has a rare and exciting opportunity for an Assistant Warden at Holme Bird Observatory to start this spring. Do you know anyone interested? Please share! environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/108723-...

🦢The International Swan Census is fast approaching, on the weekend of 17th-18th January. We still have vacant sites, particularly in Northern Ireland, Mull, Skye, Orkney and Uists. If you can help, please request a site on the map: app.bto.org/gsmp/public/... #UKBirding #Ornithology

🚨JOB OPENING🚨 We are looking to employ a housekeeper for the 2026 season, part or full time roles available! Accommodation at the observatory included. For more information and to apply please contact [email protected] Please share!

The next International Swan Census is almost here (17/18 Jan). Coverage is looking good, but there's a few small gaps. If you're able to help, please check the below map and get in touch with @webs-gsmp.bsky.social Birders on Mull, Skye, Orkney & Uists are needed in particular! Thank you!!

🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England! 4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September. Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk. Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪

BBC News - Government waters down inheritance tax plan for farms www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Fucking chinless wankers. When will they ever stick with a plan and see it through. Complete waste of time & space. Not a socialist bone in their bodies. I will never vote Labour again.

Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW goodlaw.social/8f6640

These young people were protesting like eg suffragettes, but as it was pro Palestinian and Lammy/Starmer/Cooper (nearly 50% of the Cabinet and 180 MP’s) received money from Israel they change laws and the right to protest to protect their paymasters. The trial is April ’26 - let them home meantime.

This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that? The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.

Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib have been on hunger strike for 46 days. They are at serious risk of death. They are in prison because the UK would prefer to lock up young opponents of mass murder than stop facilitating genocide. The Home Secretary must intervene.

"Qesser Zuhrah has been refusing food for almost 2 months now" #C4News last night. The first time I've seen the mainstream news cover the Palestine hunger strikers.

The media rptedly fear-mongers about "Australian Muslims funding terrorism". Why is there no criticism of Rabbi Eli Schlanger and Sydney Jews funding illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank & openly advocating for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians?! 🤔 #Zionism #terrorism #auspol #BondiBeach

The Landscape Partnership #EcologyVacancies We are looking for a graduate ecologist in Bedford and experienced ecologists in any of our locations, including London and Woodbridge (Suffolk), to start in the New Year - DM me if of interest.

If you are a masters or early stage PhD student interested in evolutionary biology, consider applying for a place on Guarda Summer School. Based in the Swiss alps, this was one of the best experiences of my PhD! Application deadline: 20 Jan 2026 tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...

“We aren’t complicit in genocide” Jog on Starmer Jog on centrists. Jog on sociopaths.

As the mainstream media continues to fail to cover the Filton trial it the Hunger Strike, this is very important read. open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

The condition of the Palestine Action hunger strikers is getting serious. The media are largely ignoring it.

The International Swan Census is nearly here! UK coverage looks strong, but key Whooper/Bewick's sites still need volunteers for 17–18 Jan 26. If you can help, please reach out to @btobirds.bsky.social. Check map for vacant sites lnkd.in/eWqWm7GW Thanks to all who are taking part! Photo: Ben Andrew

Portland Harbour North is now a vacant Wetland Bird Survey site. If there are any local birders willing to take it on, a couple of hours one Sunday morning a month. Then please let me know. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @webs-gsmp.bsky.social

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to save one of the largest areas of grassland left in Lincolnshire. Can you help us purchase and protect Hawthorpe for nature before it is ploughed and lost forever? Find out more: lincstrust.org.uk/hawthorpe-appeal

Only four days left to apply - get those CVs sent in now!

We are recruiting. If you want to find rare birds and witness spectacular falls & live among 30,000 Manx Shearwaters get your application in for the Bardsey Island Assistant job (Mar-Oct 2026) before 10 Dec. Apply here: tinyurl.com/2026-Assista... #RareBirdAlert #BardseyIsland #ConservationJob

As I'm planning next years field season, I wonder if anyone on here would like to run a small island project on Skúvoy with me. I will be catching and samling great skuas, but there will be good opportunities to investigate other aspects of seabird island ecology 🌍🧪 #seabirds

If you are a field mycologist, fungal biology researcher, or mycology student, join our free webinar on 11 December to hear how publishing your work with BMS journals can support both your career & the global mycology community. 👉 Register now: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/mycology_pub...

Studying for an MSc this year & looking for a #seabird research project? We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣 🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology

Are you an MSc student based at a UK university? Or do you know one? RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #ornithology #conservationscience 🌍

Vacancy on BOU Records Committee. Are you up for it? I found it a really interesting and educational experience. Happy to share my experience if you are interested. #RarebirdsUK #UKBirding

@birdguides.bsky.social Popes Marsh, Salthouse, Norfolk Grey Phalarope still present. Viewed from Walsey Hills NOA. Also Peregrine.

@birdguides.bsky.social Snow Bunting still in Seaview Car Park, West Runton, Norfolk.

"The prickly seed-shucks of the chestnut have fallen and burst open, some of them spilling the brown conkers out of the soft linings that have contained and nourished them“ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

JOB ALERT: We have an exciting Senior Research Assistant post available for a project tracking predators and prey simultaneously starting early 2026. We need someone with experience tagging adult raptors or wader chicks. This you? app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

UK Government arms exports to Israel hit a 'record high' in recent months, analysis has found

Were looking forward to working closely with the BTO and other partners on Bird Atlas 2027-31, and to supporting the vital role that Scotland’s birdwatching community will play in its success.