#Bass 'Look into the eye' Black eye occasionally opaque/or a flecked iris appear to be early sign of AI. Mingling among healthy birds. Sadly we saw the first chick fitting,the eye cloudy. Is it a haemorrhage?Thoughts and debate . It's neurogical. Necropsy may bring understanding

On December 31, 1995, Bill Watterson published the final 'Calvin & Hobbes' comic strip. #CalvinandHobbes

Said farewell to my beautiful Bruno on Friday . Hearts broken. Lover of all humans, soft words, fuzz heads, food and football. Thanks for 12 amazing years, a privilege right to the end ❤️💔🐾🐾🌈 Life won’t ever quite be the same without you.

If you use a spot-on flea treatment like frontline on yr pet, here’s how its astonishingly toxic active ingredient fipronil & deadly breakdown products get into the environment. One dog-dose suffices to kill 60 million bees. It was found in every river recently tested. Think on.

It's not unusual to find a few dead seabirds washed ashore on Barra's beaches at this time of year, but the numbers of dead Fulmars in recent weeks is concerning: we've found 16 in past ten days alone, way more than usual. Got a bad feeling about this...

A new report setting out the required response to Avian Flu has been published today by BTO and JNCC, following a meeting of more than 100 experts 👉 bto.org/our-science/pu… #Ornithology #HPAI #AvianFlu #AvianInfluenza #BirdFlu (1/3)

Two of the UK's ultimate predators face to face, in the Shetland Islands. This image features in the British Wildlife Photography Awards book this year.

Spring definitely springing. Small tortie butterfly in the garden , chiff chaffs singing and the birds breaking off old twigs for nesting ☀️☀️

The UK is home to 73 million fewer birds this #DawnChorusDay than it was in 1970. This staggering decline of almost a third is almost impossible to comprehend, so we have created a website that allows you to see what’s changed in your area 👉 bto.org

#Seabird fieldwork opportunity! The South Iceland Nature Research Centre (Náttúrustofa Suðurlands) are offering 2 paid field assistant positions (3 months) as well as volunteer positions (1 month minimum) for summer fieldwork with Iceland's nocturnal #seabirds starting ASAP 👇🧵

The first-ever issue of 'SMP news' is out now! This newsletter is packed full of articles from species and site focuses, to seabird identification tips and Frequently Asked Questions. Thank you to all the contributors to this issue. Enjoy the read at bto.org/smp-news! 🔭

Back from monitoring seabirds on Isle of Canna. Thankfully no sign of birds currently being affected by bird flu, but following last summer's outbreak razorbill down 32%, guillemot down 58% and fulmar down 68%. Shag, kittiwake and puffin OK.

We may look at our cliffs and assume perfect for seabirds but what affects colony creation, utilisation, growth and abandonment is a multifaceted question. insights 👇

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EMPTY LEDGES. First visit to North Sutor colony revealed the extreme impact bird flu, storms and rising sea temps have had on seabirds. Cormorants down by 36% to only 86 nests, shags by 60% to 60 nests and Guillemots down by a massive 83% on last year.

It's been a very worrying start to the season for Guillemots on the Isle of May, with large swathes of the cliffs remaining hauntingly empty... #seabird #island #fieldwork #Scotland

#Bass landing last wk in areas I can see I felt Guillies are down UKCEHseabirds The few near the S landing were skittish The cave sounded quiet . I seldom sail around so difficult to have a clear picture . #FSG counts soon. Breeding Gannets ok but many solo birds . All healthy