Fears that this could be the year Ukraine loses the war against Russia. My report:
bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

Coming up on BBC Breakfast at 0830 - what to make of this talk of the current tension in the Middle East and Iran’s threat to attack Israel.

OK so I may well be proved wrong on this but my view is that if #Iran is about to attack #Israel - as lots of people are now talking about - it’s not going to do it when everyone expects it.

The Pounce: Marsh Harrier closing in on its prey. BTO

Excited to announce my new novel, the 4th in the Luke Carlton spy series after Crisis, Ultimatum and Outbreak. It comes out on May 23 and you can pre-order it here: linktr.ee/invasionhb Hope you enjoy it!

Summer visitor: Yellow Wagtails have started to appear. Saw first Swallow of the year today. BTO

Nature pic for today: Crabapple in blossom, London

Fighter aces: Marsh Harriers duelling above Kent today

Nature pic for today: a Short-eared Owl in flight, hunting for voles in Kent.

Nature pic for today: Blue Tit amongst the spring buds. Happy Easter!

Nature pic for today: a Northern Wheatear, a summer migrant to UK that’s just started to arrive in southern Britain. BTO

The full story on that Moscow concert hall attack. Our film on iPlayer. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Who carried out the #MoscowAttack and why? My report: bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Coming up at 10pm on BBC1 TV News: as France raises its terror threat level to the highest we’ll be looking at what could have been behind the ISIS attack on a Russian theatre.

Coming up at 6.30pm on BBC1 TV News, we’ll be looking at why ISIS has attacked Russia, in Friday’s horrific theatre raid.

On final approach: a Marsh Harrier bringing in nesting material on a north Kent marsh yesterday. BTO

The Curlew, an iconic bird of Britain’s coasts, marshes and moors. This one was yesterday in north Kent. BTO

Cloud over Kent this afternoon

#Spring

Nature pic for today: the Chiffchaff. They got that name from the sound of their song and this week some of the woods and hedgerows in Britain are starting to resound with their singsong voices. BTO