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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

submitted 23 hours ago • 195 comments

Cuddy ducks at dawn. A blog at jonathanpomroy.wordpress.com

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

An amazing record. Hundreds of Turnstone winter in Cornwall. Presumably some of the Cornish birds make the same vast journey. Thanks for sharing.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

What a joy to see the first Sand Martin of the year over the Sailing Pool #uptonwarren this morning found by @andypitt.bsky.social Feeding well. The earliest date ever for the reserve (previous early date was the 25/2/2021). #worcsbirds

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Starting to hear reports of Avian Influenza hitting Whooper Swans. Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing. In 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 contact DefraGovUK, in N Ireland Daera & in Republic of Ireland Dept of agriculture. Please also report to @birdtrack.bsky.social for monitoring

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

"We will also undertake an environmental impact assessment for the proposed high energy salmon development." “It has been uninhabited for a number of years, but continued to be a visitor destination mainly due to its large numbers of seabirds” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Let us hope it is contained. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

I know it's small in the whole scheme of things, but the bloodbath at NPS in Hawaii is almost certainly going to lead directly to the extinctions of no fewer than 4 native Hawaiian songbirds in the next 4-5 years.

submitted 13 days ago • 14 comments

This made me smile today, an escape from the doom. The 1984 Scilly autumn with old friends and memories, some sadly no longer with us. I dipped that Eyebrowed, but found the Hermit Thrush a week later. Enjoy. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Great to see this important study now out in #BirdStudy. Here’s the link to the paper: doi.org/10.1080/0006... @btobirds.bsky.social #ornithology #ukbirding

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

👏 “After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%”

submitted 22 days ago • 18 comments

“No future”: Climate projects face existential threat after Trump’s aid shutdown - The Trump administration’s attack on USAID puts at risk close to $500m a year in grant-based climate funding for developing countries #climatecrisis HT @carbonbrief.org www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/05/n...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Stunning!!

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

I regularly submit using the ProjectSplatter app, do you? More info here: www.theroadlab.co.uk/get-involved #Citizenscience

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Given how much critical data for climate science and beyond is held by NOAA, NASA etc, are there any efforts to move it to different servers before it gets deleted or paywalled?

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

The agency that tells you if there’s a hurricane coming btw

submitted 24 days ago • 34 comments

35 Woodcock on this ‘game cart’. That really P’sses me off.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Worth a Follow. Some great advice on Thermals and a great blog too!

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Could be some interesting cold weather movement if this modelling proves to be accurate. The #TexSpex should feel right at home.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

We’re the makers of participatory science apps Merlin, eBird and so much more. We have dozens of ways for you to be a part of our mission to study and protect birds. Find your passion project here: www.birds.cornell.edu/home/get-inv... #Birding #BirdWatching #BirdSong #🌎

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

“Like all birds who live in high mountain areas, the effects of global warming brought on by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, especially those linked to the burning of fossil fuels, has become the primary threat to their existence.” www.torres.es/en/blog/wine...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

So, the breeding season is here (for some species)! The first Woodlarks are warming up their vocal chords, Goshawks are practicing their display stoops, Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers are limbering up their drumming muscles. And birders should get out there looking and listening!

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Mammals #HPAI #H5N1 #BirdFlu #mammals www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Some excellent views of two Spoon-billed Sandpipers at Khok Kham (just 45 minutes from home!) early on Sunday morning. #birding

submitted 32 days ago • 3 comments