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Grasshopper Warbler reeling away at the back of the house, Alnwick. Singing every evening at the moment after a few weeks of silence - hopefully raised a first brood in that period #NEBirding

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A new blog on our recent video topic - how to confirm breeding attempts in RBBP species. Keep looking! rbbp.org.uk/2025/06/27/c...

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Extremely proud to have my Pied flycatcher andanimated mindful moment on the @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social website and BBCiPlayer. Watch it here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

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Please continue to report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for avian influenza: 📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep... 📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/services/dae... 📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report

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Follow the new Bluesky account of the BTO’s #ornithology science journal: Bird Study @birdstudy.bsky.social

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Middle aisle of Lidl band names Glastonbury edition

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Oooh, there’s a sound I haven’t heard for years. A Turtle Dove purring in a quiet corner of Cambridgeshire. Entered into @birdtrack.bsky.social with breeding evidence and pinpoint location to help @ukrbbp.bsky.social monitoring, of course!

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Possibly for the first time ever, Milton Keynes was the best place in the world for 90 minutes last night. Kraftwerk headlining at MK Bowl.

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Bird news from Milton Keynes Bowl. Red Kite showing well over the Happy Mondays

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The Royal Albert Hall from the cheap(er) seats. Very impressive. That bright bit at the bottom is Bobby Weir, remaining torch-bearer of the Grateful Dead. He’s also very impressive.

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All seven of a brood of Stonechats still being fed by their hot and bothered parents at Thirlwall Common, Northumberland, yesterday. Normal clutch size is 4-6 eggs, so they’ve done well! #birds #NEBirding

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Summer’s a great time for confirming breeding by RBBP species, maybe by returning to sites where you’ve found possible or probable breeders in the spring to “upgrade” records. It can be challenging - here’s some tips on what to look for #UKBirding #birds #ornithology youtu.be/a3nDoucMHCk?...

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First-summer Little Gull at Boulmer this evening #NEbirding

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Seeing lots of the #fungi Egghead Mottlegill, Panaeolus semiovatus, this morning. I’m no expert, but it seems to have quite precise habitat requirements! 💩

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Beanley Woods this afternoon. c25 Crossbills and fledged Tree Pipits #NEbirding

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So, as we head through the summer there’s still loads of rare breeding birds to be found and recorded… here’s some ideas youtu.be/50fFUafiVgY?...

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Job alert: We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable marine ornithologist to join the JNCC Marine Species Team. More info here: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

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A sound I can never get tired of. Nightjar on Alnwick Moor #NEBirding #birds

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Seems to me that orchid numbers are down substantially in Northumberland this year. But there was still a fine show of Northern Marsh Orchids along the river Aln near Lesbury today #WildFlowerHour

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A fantastic cluster of Bird’s-eye Primrose near Brough, Cumbria #WildFlowerHour

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Bit of an unusual one for #WildFlowerHour… Germander Speedwell and Bush Vetch growing through a discarded target on an army range. Cumbria. Nature finds a way! @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Sea Milkwort, always a pleasure to come across. Alnmouth today #WildFlowerHour

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Another moth, don’t know what’s come over me… a Wood Tiger (actually two, it’s coupled with another out of sight behind it)

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Northern (?) Eggars - male (left) and female - on Butterburn Flow, Cumbria. The only ones I’ve seen that weren’t flying past at 100mph! #TeamMoth

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Fox, homeward bound across a Border mire last night having just retrieved prey from a cache. It detoured around me to reach its streamside den (where I had just glimpsed two cubs).

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A brood of 11 young Shelduck at Seaton Point Northumberland today, getting used to life on the waves #birds #NEbirding

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Still c30 northbound Dunlin at Seaton Point this afternoon, with some wonderful variation in size, shape and colour #birds #NEbirding

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Regarding UK Stonechats with features of the Continental race rubicola, e.g. white rumps and ‘shoulders’… how about this stunner in Cumbria over the weekend? #UKbirding #birds

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Regarding UK Stonechats with features of the Continental race rubicola, e.g. white rumps and ‘shoulders’… how about this stunner in Cumbria over the weekend? #UKbirding #birds

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RIP to Sly Stone, one of the best to ever do it www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqWQ...

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Wheatear family - Mum is at the back with dinner. Brough, Cumbria #birds

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Breakfast. Roe Deer stag, Cumbria

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Some mighty Greater Butterfly Orchids in woods near Brough, Cumbria this week #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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Other specialities in Teesdale on Friday Top row: Dwarf Milkwort, Globeflower, Mountain Pansy Middle: Scottish Asphodel, Birdseye Primrose, Alpine Bistort Bottom: Mountain Everlasting, Northern Bedstraw, Moonwort #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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More Teesdale excitement… the first time I’ve actually managed to see Shrubby Cinquefoil in flower, on the Tees below Raven Scar #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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The deep purple tones of Alpine Bartsia on Cetry Bank, Upper Teesdale #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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