We are going to irreversibly degrade the biosphere for the sake of people asking 'Grok' to explain simple memes and/or generating pictures of cats that look like Hitler.

A dapper wintering Bluetail at @wendlingbeck.bsky.social continues to show on & off today. Bird on private land & owners are keen for birders to be help not hinderance to the community. Therefore, I've been asked to organise a donation pot for St Mary's Church upkeep. ko-fi.com/simonleomitc...

...& the wing pattern, with that broad slash of white across the upperwing (seen easily on the underwing too), plus that isolated white belly patch & reduced, diffuse pale area behind the black nail all add up nicely to a pukka Ferruginous Duck. @linnetincley.bsky.social #norfolkbirding 3/4

Ferruginous Duck is still a rare visitor to the north Norfolk coast. A popular female on Holkham Park lake a decade ago & a young drake at Stiffkey & then Cley around 1996 (?) are the only ones I've seen on the coast in over 35 years + a pair in spring '92. @linnetincley.bsky.social #norfolkbirding

Went out locally to check for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, no sight or sound, I suspect they are no more, but will make further visits. I see Siskins every day in my garden, but watching these little acrobats as they fed on Alder seeds is always a pleasure. #Birds #NorfolkBirds

I had a chat with the brilliant @davidolusoga.bsky.social

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

It's voting time in the EBwS Winter 2025-26 Bird Photography Competition quarter-finals! Here are the entries in the 1st - please choose your favourite photo from these four and vote here: strawpoll.com/GPgVYWlv8na #essexbirding

It's voting time in the EBwS Winter 2025-26 Bird Photography Competition quarter-finals! Here are the entries in the 3rd - please choose your favourite photo from these four and vote here: strawpoll.com/40Zm40XLAga #essexbirding

It's voting time in the EBwS Winter 2025-26 Bird Photography Competition quarter-finals! Here are the entries in the 2nd - please choose your favourite photo from these four and vote here: strawpoll.com/X3nkPbk8EgE #essexbirding

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.

Apply for our Young Bird Observatory Visitors Programme grant ➡️ www.bto.org/ybov Each year the BTO provide a number of grants of up to £250, to support young people looking to visit one of the accredited British and Irish Bird Observatories. Closing date: Sunday 1 March. #UKBirding

A nice surprise at work today when @arjuncdutta.bsky.social found these Tundra Bean Geese at @btobirds.bsky.social HQ. Instructive trying to age them with @sconebirding.bsky.social #UKBirding

I arrived on Anglesey before first light and I was the first person to see this drake Bufflehead this morning, which was quite close in. Amazing pink legs! #ukbirding #birds #birdsseenin2026 #ducks #bufflehead #loveducks @angbirdnews.bsky.social

A successful return to the Severnside patch today, when a female Merlin made a spectacular appearance at Aust Warth. Scared the living daylights out of the Mippits before crossing the estuary towards Wales. Here's one of these superb predators from Cornwall a couple of years ago #ukbirding

Delighted to see this Sparrowhawk photo on the front cover of @britishbirds.bsky.social February 2026 issue. Photo taken at RSPB Strumpshaw Fen from the Fen Hide on the 2nd October 2025. Incredibly lucky to get an in-focus photo, as it sped past the hide on a hunting mission.

Find out who’s heading headfirst down a slippery slope - and who’s skating on thin ice… No, it’s not the Winter Olympics. It’s PRIVATE EYE WEEK. New issue in shops and with subscribers from Wednesday.

Fantastic #goosing in North Norfolk today: 1,000 Russian Whitefronts (570 Holkham, 310 Overy, 114 Titchwell), 570 Barnacles, 8,000+ Pinks and 💥32💥 Tundra Beans (19 Bircham, 8 Burnham Market, 3 Holkham, 1 Overy, 1 Titchwell) #beanfeast #norfolkbirding

Purple Sandpipers at Ness Point Lowestoft. These birds are so interesting to watch, scampering over the rocks with waves crashing around them. Won't be long before they migrate north to their breeding grounds. #Birds #SuffolkBirds

It was good to see the Hume's Warbler at Lowestoft on 14/2/26. It gave brief views in the morning, and then wasn’t seen for a few hours: I relocated it early afternoon, in the north-east corner of Sparrow's Nest Gardens, where it showed very well. #RareBirdsUK #UKbirding #Suffolkbirds

I really like the @birdtrack.bsky.social yearly summary email. I'm "part of a community of c.13,000 birders that collectively recorded 9.6 million records of over 400 bird species in Britain & Ireland". The app is so easy to use in the field. More info: www.bto.org/get.../volun... #ShropshireBirds

Alnmouth #Northumberland this morning were 4 Whitefronts, 1 Raven, 1 fw Little Gull, 3 Red breasted Mergansers as highlights of 52 sp. #LocalPatch #Lowcarbonbirding

Even better/closer views of Tay White-billed Diver today AM, with @lainy.bsky.social. Bird headed well out on river, few short flights (no flights Fri-Sat) just before ship passed through same area. Bird not seen since (3 hrs worth of looking E/W of castle to Stannergate). #Scottishbirding

Hen Harriers and other birds of prey are still being killed illegally. Enough is enough. Join us and call on the UK Government to license gamebird shooting and help protect these incredible birds before it’s too late. 👇 action.rspb.org.uk/page/185536/...

Willow tree fen: Crane 3 - White Fronts 14 - M Harrier 3 @lincswildlife.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdtrack.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social

"In Britain as a whole, you are never more than six feet from a rat. In Westminster, you are either right next to a rat or, as is more likely, you are actually a rat and haven’t realised." www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le... 👇

Nice to get a few hours of sunshine yesterday at Roundhay Park with the juvenile Iceland Gull. Had to wait several hours for the Gull to perform having gone AWOL several times. #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #BirdsSeenIn2026 @birdguides.bsky.social @britishbirdsbbrc.bsky.social

Mrs and Mr Goldeneye at Essex Wildlife Trust Abberton Reservoir yesterday when the sun was shining. Back to gloomy rain again today. It was interesting to learn that Abberton Reservoir was where the bouncing bomb was testing during WWII. www.essexwt.org.uk/blog/celebra...

#GaryLineker went on to state that Jim #RATcliffe can have a moan about immigration 'when he starts paying his taxes'. He shoots, he scores. Gary Lineker has made the most of his new-found freedoms since leaving the BBC www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/doe...

A trip to East Suffolk today, 5 Purple Sandpipers, 1 in photo at Ness Point Lowestoft, didn't see Shore Larks or Snow Buntings at Pakefield, Got good if brief views of the Humes Warbler at Denes Oval lowestoft. #Birds #SuffolkBirds

If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff

🆕 New episode out now. Walk with us across the sands to Holy Island, in the footsteps of centuries of pilgrims. Our hosts are The Brothers Gillespie, whose beautiful harmonies ring out across the waves. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/38eac6

Clearing East Acrylic on 120x60x4 cm canvas. New work at Fiona Dane Gallery, Craster

A local trip to look at the Swans which will soon be heading back North or East. Had a report of 100 Bewicks near the village of Ten Mile Bank, but out of 170 odd Whoopers (juv and adult in picture) I could only locate 2. No Tree Sparrows seen at Welney Wetland Centre. #Birds! #Norfolk

2/2 Juliet says, “I was so happy to read this and delighted that BTO, as an organisation, is doing so much to ensure my personal commitment to fostering an inclusive and empowering environment."

Looking forward to reading the newest book by @humanists.uk patron @profkepickett.bsky.social. A masterclass in how evidence-based policy can address chronic inequality in the UK, I'm sure!

Using data from the International Swan Census, the Goose and Swan Monitoring Programme, and recent GPS-tracking, this paper examines the subset of the Iceland/UK & Ireland population that winters at the Ouse Washes britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...

It seems that the link posted on our photo of the first guided walk around Prince Freddy’s meadows in January failed to work so here it is again! We need more donations to help us to restore the meadows and pay back our loan. Thanks to all who have donated! www.justgiving.com/campaign/pri...

A close encounter with a flock of starlings that decided they quite liked the tarmac road!

Tundra Bean Goose at SWT Carlton Marshes this afternoon.

Spent an hour or so sitting in the garden clutching a moth pot hoping to collect a Poo sample from the Lesser Whitethroat (halimodendri) to no avail, it was quite vocal. A House Sparrow challenged it on the feeder but not a single feather flew.🥲 #UKBirding

Fantastic find by Phil Davison - drake AMERICAN WIGEON at Carlton Marshes. Showing well on Peto's Marsh still.

A productive wander around my patch RSPB Lakenheath Fen yesterday saw me add Crane, Grey Wagtail and Barn Owl to the Patch List. I didn't have my camera with me, so of course the Barn Owl gave close views for over 15 mins! It was harassed by a Kestrel and 70+ Corn Buntings came into roost #PWC2026

My local patch bird report, covering species seen at Whitlingham & Thorpe Marshes (Norwich, UK) during 2025 is now available to view/download here: drive.google.com/file/d/12pEC... A big thank you to everyone who has reported sightings and allowed their photos to be used in the report.

Reform UK want us to remain locked into oil and gas because they make a huge amount of money from donations. This isn't about what is best for this country but what is best for Reform UK. We deserve better political parties than this. It is why I joined the Green Party.💚

The call of the Whimbrel. Using listening devices to study breeding waders? Careful! Need to understand breeding behaviour in different situations and years. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/06/t... 🎂1️⃣ #ornithology

Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton

🚨 Want to work with Little Terns? We’re recruiting a Head Little Tern Warden and 2 Assistants to protect the Beacon Ponds colony at Spurn. 👉 spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news

5 Shags continue to perform well at Castle Howard, here a blinged adult with a sinensis Cormorant @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social