Spring arrives early in the southwest, but seldom this early. My first sighting of a Swift this year, gliding over Porthleven—a good month ahead of their usual arrival. Cornwall Birds

Humpback and Minke Whale on the house list!! Both found by others this evening lingering in the Carrick Roads 😍

Also Sedge Warbler at Pendennis Earlier, and my first few Willow Warblers of the year dotted around Cornwall Birds

Was excited to see a fox just now in Dartmoor...which quickly vanished when it started running, pursued by 10 people on horses and about 50 dogs. How tf is this still happening 😤. Dreadful pic through windscreen only of the lead horse

EGYPTIAN GOOSE!!! Incredible scenes, hard to believe it’s only March but we’ve already had the Tremough 10k bird of the year!! Patch birding doesn’t get much better than this 🎉🥳🍻🎊🍾🤯 Matthew Broadbent James Drage Hubert Louis P Cornwall Birds

Calling anyone who’s seen and photographed Risso’s dolphins in Cornwall or Devon!
For my masters project I need photos that clearly show the dorsal fin, for more information on the project head to drive.google.com/file/d/17YrqNv…
Retweets appreciated! 🐬

Nothing like 3 Humpback Whales just down the road to end a posting hiatus! Two unique dorsal shapes in pics below, 3rd got away. Sociable Lapwing at Ruan Lanihorne and some good rockpooling (sea slug-Placida dendritica) the other highlights of the year so far…

When I popped down to Pendennis Point with my parents this afternoon for a little walk, I wasn't expecting to find a Humpback Whale! It got even better when it was joined by another two! All three showed very well until dusk. They certainly drew a crowd! MarineWatch

I'm incredibly grateful to Ben Hancock-Smith for managing to capture the unbelievable moment one of today's 3 Pendennis Humpback Whales breached, drawing audible gasps from the hundreds gathered at the point, and for letting me post the pics here. What a moment!

RIP Pam - an incredible lady who's impact on my growth as a person and on the community as a whole cannot be overstated. 💙🤍

Combining 3 of my favourite things this morning in keeping fit, being low carbon and nature. I took the ferry from Falmouth to St Mawes and had great views of dolphins before cycling to the Sociable Lapwing (nice green tick). Then jamming in on 3 Cirl Bunting on the way home!

At last we lay our debut album, ‘Prelude To Ecstasy,’ at your feet 🏹

Recorded amidst the enchanting echoes of church studios in crouch hill in january ‘23 is now yours to love, cherish and worship.

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An incredible 2 week field trip in Kenya with University of Exeter Conservation and Biodiversity MSc (U of Exeter) learning all about the successes and challenges of large mammal conservation and human wildlife coexistence! Some truely inspiring experiences, discussions and debates with peers, researchers and academics!

NEW PAPER: Ever wondered why insects fly in all sorts of crazy patterns around lights at night? So did we! We set about recording flying insects to work out what's going on. I'll summarise what we found in this 🧵. Spoiler: We don't think they confuse lights with the moon.