The St. John Cathedral Oak, Lafayette, Louisiana A Southern Live Oak of epic proportions Photo: The St. John Cathedral

Quinces. It’s that time of year.

🏛️ Beautiful mosaic floor of the Roman baths at the Sanctuary of Poseidon, Isthmia, Greece. The baths were built ca 150 CE and were used by the athletes who performed in the Isthmian Games. The mosaic depicts Triton and sea creatures. Video filmed yesterday.

THIS TEAM 😍 #TeamEurope | #OurTimeOurPlace

Bert’s favourite tree has been empty for weeks now He uses various branches for his morning & evening repertoire depending on which location he hears other blackbirds Today he landed on the same branch he sat when I took this video. Just one very short song & he was gone

Ryder Cup Europe ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR... EMBARRASSED BY THE AMERICAN FANS

The Turkestan Shrike now present for its fifth day at Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, showing very well, and finding plenty of insects to eat within a relatively small area. Here's my new video taken in much better light this morning (7th October 2025) RareBirdAlertUK

A Turkestan Shrike bumble bee watching Dunwich Heath 07/10/2025

Tragic. Preventable. Final. The Slender-billed Curlew is officially extinct, declared today by the IUCN. On our watch. We are technically brilliant and carelessly blind. Sit with the silence. Then fight for what remains. #Extinction #BiodiversityCrisis #Curlews David Gray

how heart breaking. all curlews are amazing and lift the spirits. to think of extinction of the slender billed curlew is tragic.

#Extinction I was going to write a post about this today, but I can't say it better than Mary Colwell. Sit with the silence. Then fight for what remains.

#Extinction Three eggs laid by one of the last slender-billed curlews. Officially confirmed extinct by IUCN October 10, 2025. She invested in the future of her species; we invest in wiping them out.

I don’t do twitches! But seeing as this Turkestan Shrike was on our doorstep I took a walk to Dunwich Heath to see it yesterday #birds #birdphotography #ukwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #NaturePhotography RSPB BTO Suffolk SuffolkWildlifeTrust NatureUK

そんな中で、IUCN（国際自然保護連合）がシロハラチュウシャクシギが絶滅したことを正式に発表しました。 いつか見たいと思っていた憧れの鳥。自分が生きている間にいなくなってしまいました。 こんな悲しいことはありません。 我々はこんな悲劇を繰り返してはいけないと思います。

'We're politicians fleeing France to avoid being made prime minister' My latest cartoon for tomorrow's The Telegraph Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com

It seems the Turkestan Shrike might have finally gone, no more reports today. I think all of us hope he gets home or as close as he can safely. I really have enjoyed watching a Shrike doing what they do when catching prey. He gained a great deal of repect and affection from me 😊

My podcast on the Slender-billed Curlew with Richard Porter, who took the last photos. soundcloud.com/curlewmedia/ri… David Gray

My interview with Horatio Clare on the Slender-billed Curlew’ on his beautiful book "Orison for a Curlew." A sad listen on this tragic weekend after the official notice of extinction. on.soundcloud.com/wnEJFyxBDKkwY8… David Gray

Some come, some go. This is a short eared owl🦉, a bird that migrates here from Northern Europe for the winter -although you do get some that also remain here all year round. Happy #WorldMigratoryBirdDay