Recently spent a few days in the Parc Natural de l'Albufera south of Valencia. Fascinating place and habitat - salt marshes, sand dunes and pine forests, rice fields. #birds #ornithology

A great day of birding around l’Albufera de Valencia today. Record shot of a Savi’s Warbler a highlight. 40+ Bee-eaters and then Balearic and Scopoli’s Shearwater on an afternoon seawatch enjoyable too. Hopefully better weather tomorrow!

Overall the decline of nightingales in the UK has been catastrophic. Let’s hope there is potential for a wider recovery. #UKbirds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sunday morning reading. Battered, second-hand but the prose is still incredible and the message as vital as ever. #booksky #cranes

Nearly 1 in 6 UK species are threatened with extinction. We've lost 97% of our wildflower meadows since the 1930s. We have 73 million fewer birds than in the 1970s - a decline of almost a third. And yet some politicians still just see wildlife as a blocker to progress.

Nice to find a Blue-headed Wagtail at Wykeham Lakes this morning. Distant record shot attached. Common Scoter still present also. #UKbirding @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

1/ The 2025 BBS Report is out now! It was a record year for volunteers taking part, with 2,800+ visiting 4,058 survey squares across the UK, Channel Islands & Isle of Man. A huge thank you to our volunteers! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology

Great morning put up nest boxes in the first instalment of our Tree Sparrow project. Landowner at the Mill Inn kindly allowed us to use his land. With fellow Scarborough Birders officers @longnabbirder.bsky.social and Chris Bell, plus some local Yellowhammers for company. @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Dipper and Grey Wagtail at Scalby Beck LNR and a hunkered down Little Ringed Plover at Harwood Dale Lake. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Regardless of the issue, it's always the same story: commercial interests allowed to ride roughshod over everything and everyone else. Faced with the urgent need for action, successive governments twiddle their thumbs. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Two boar in urban Warsaw. It isn’t unusual for them to traverse the green fringes along the banks of the Wisła, and occasionally find their way to the bigger city parks. But these two were in a very built up area with a busy road network. #WildBoar #Poland

One of the very obliging Tawny Owls in Łazienki Park, Warsaw today. A Syrian Woodpecker earlier in the morning was a nice tick for the trip. #Polishbirding

Two of five Common Crane at Mokre Łąki in Kampinoski National Park near Warsaw this morning. Highlights though were two Wild Boar and an Elk. #polishbirding #Poland

Another trip to Poland. Another chance to try and find one of these. Hoping a bit of research increases my chances! #polishbirding

‘On rewilded land, biodiversity surged across the board, with the number of bird species up 261% and their breeding territories up by 546%.’ #ukbirding #nature #rewilding www.birdguides.com/news/rewildi...

Took a while but finished this recently. Raw and real. I deal with the grittier, heavier side of what this book contains on a daily basis so I can say with some confidence that there’s truth and gut-wrenching honesty contained within. It’s also beautifully northern. #Keshed bsky.app/profile/bobb...

Thousands of gulls heading south-east to roost in Bridlington Bay. Always nice to see.

This government is so disappointing on just about every level. This is just unforgivable. #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Coming to scrubland near you… potential for this species to become a more regular vagrant to the UK, if not a more established breeding species in the future. www.birdguides.com/articles/wes...

Not on the site (therefore not on this list) but PLEASE investigate @bobbygant.bsky.social amazing collection A Decade Of Drinking With Ghosts. See thread below for text of the mini-review I did on my SubStack 🙏🖤 razurcuts.com/shop/a-decad...

Another step in the right direction. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This Shorelark showed well yesterday near Sandsend, North Yorkshire. Great find by Ollie Metcalf, as it was often skulking low in the winter crop. Photo by @longnabbirder.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Sun is up at Long Nab! Great Northern Diver flew north and a few early morning Curlews the best so far.

#Keshed Been looking forward to this one for a long time. @stuhennigan.bsky.social

Happy publication day to the deep, dark, beautiful ride that is Keshed by Stu Hennigan. We’re incredibly proud to be publishing this bold, uncompromising novel. Congratulations @stuhennigan.bsky.social, and thanks to @turnarounduk.bsky.social, Jack Smyth, Tom and Jaime Witcomb and Alex Billington.

Yes, it’s taken far too long to get to this point. But there’s a genuinely good chance that beavers will return to much of their former UK range within a generation or two. A very exciting prospect. #naturesky #wildlife #conservation www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Song Thrushes singing everywhere I’ve been today, even in awful weather. Spring is trying to spring.

Positive news. x.com/birdguides/s...

Just one example of the benefits of landowners adjusting their hedge cutting routines slightly. Saves them time and money, and benefits a huge range of wildlife. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Some Jelly Ear fungi and a discarded Duck Mussel on Flixton Carr today. #naturesky

A bit foggy in Wykeham Forest this afternoon. A pair of ravens added to the gothic-horror vibes.

For some reason @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social won't reply to my requests to add this to the site, which is odd cos it's available everywhere else, but top of The List is @bobbygant.bsky.social brilliant collection, Keshed's poetic brother-in-arms. Pls investigate. razurcuts.com/shop/a-decad...

Winter weather persists in North Yorkshire. Snow yesterday, wind and rain today.

🌱🪻🍀🌺🌸🌿 www.plantlife.org.uk/good-news-fo...

The power of restoring some natural balance to a landscape. www.goodnewsnetwork.org/missing-for-...

One day in the forests of North Yorkshire? Never say never. #booksky #nature

Snowy walk around Falsgrave Park and Lightfoot’s Lane today. Deep in places but beautiful to be out in. Glad I didn’t have to drive!

Potter Brompton Carr yesterday afternoon. Marsh Harriers coming in to roost. Gulls overhead. Little Egrets doing some last minute feeding and Tree Sparrows forming a large roosting flock. #scarborough

And, seeing as though @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social haven't replied to months of messages requesting they stock A Decade of Drinking With Ghosts by @bobbygant.bsky.social (which there's no reason for them not to do) so I can add to the list of Keshed related books I did for them,

Interesting project. www.birdguides.com/news/twite-c...

Great Grey Shrike in Harwood Dale Forest this afternoon. Well done to the finders Nick Gibbons & Rob Stark on a BTO winter survey. Kept its distance. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #YorkshireBirding #Scarborough

No crops or close field margins on either side. No risk to traffic. A hedge chopped back to the bone for no reason whatsoever. Our policy-makers and farmers have got so much to answer for.

Next read. Wildlife only found in Britain. So important we look after these species found nowhere else in the world. #endemic #booksky #nature #wildlife #reading

Absolutely shocking. We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases. We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.

Thank you so much for all the support you've shown for this series throughout the year. Its meant a great deal. For the final edition. The series started with David Bowie. It was always going to end with him too. 52 Albums To Shape A Soul - Part 52 🖤⚡x lippykidmusic.substack.com/p/52-albums-...