📢 We're pleased to announce an exciting new appeal for nature! A once-in-a-lifetime chance to restore up to 205 acres of farmland into a thriving wild landscape! Once secured, this ancient landscape turned marginal arable land, will be returned to nature, creating a dynamic

Two really nice jobs to join us BirdWatch Ireland !

📢 SOS seeks Tree Pipit records from non-heathland sites in Sussex for 2025, outside of official surveys. Pls look out till mid-July & log sightings on BirdTrack/eBird with breeding evidence & habitat details. More info here; sos.org.uk/archives/6336

Breeding Bird Surveys starts next week! Whether it is out doing surveys, or just on a spring walk, remember to guard against tick bites! #TickAwarenessWeek

Effects of fungicide and herbicide on a non-target butterfly performance: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The purpose of Bearded Vulture's 'beard' has been a long-standing mystery, but new photographic analysis suggests a potential sensory function: bit.ly/4c6nSMg

Excellent article by Steven Falk in British Wildlife Mag about 14 species of bee new to Britain, since the publication of our field guide - 10years ago!

Amazing to come across a pair of courting Bittern on the edge of the marsh. Watched as the male repeatedly boomed & a first for me to hear the female calling in response to the booming of the male. Listen with sound up BTO KOS #wetlands

❗Volunteer needed at Spurn Bird Obs ❗ 1 May–11 June. Must be confident to ID birds by sight & sound. Great chance for birders post-uni or between jobs to join our small, friendly team during peak migration. Info: spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news/volunteer…

The UK's oldest known Oystercatcher was discovered on The Wash, at 43 years old, a new British record! Read the article by RSPB Science below to find out more about the importance of ringing and conserving these vital habitats⬇️ rspb.org.uk/whats-happenin…

Lapwing chick are precocial, able to feed themselves on hatching. The wet grassland & muddy rills provide a rich source of their preferred foods, earthworms, leatherjackets, insects & their larvae. Between hatching & fledgling, ≈ 30/7 they’re incredibly vulnerable to predation

Reminder: the KOS AGM is this Wednesday at 7.30pm and is followed by a talk on the birding highlights of 2024! Zoom link and details on kentos.org.uk/index.php/abou…

Shocking comment from Tómas Gunnarsson just now: "In my transect counts in South Iceland in 1999, Dunlin was the most commonly encountered wader". Numbers had already dropped by 2013 and dropped a further 60% by 2024. More here wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/ice… #ornithology

One of the 7 Whimbrel feeding on the grazing marsh, breaking their journey from West Africa to their breeding grounds in Iceland. #WaderWednesday

Kerton Pit, near Lydd-on-sea has been gathering waders on the high tides lately. One of the Bar-tailed Godwits on the 1st May was colour ringed - it was ringed in November 2022 in Mauritania, over 3700km away! Giving us an idea of where some of the birds passing are coming from.

1st confirmed Swallowtail sighting confirmed from Hickling on 1st May. #savebutterflies 📷Iain Leach BC

The numbers are in and it’s another record breaker! We're thrilled to announce that 43,626 Puffins were recorded on Skomer Island as part of our annual Puffin Count. Photo credit - Amy Compton, LTV

DUCKS: by now most ducks will have settled at potential breeding sites. So all records of scarce & rare breeding ducks, including Shoveler, Wigeon, Garganey, Pintail, Pochard and Red-breasted Merganser, should be submitted, with breeding evidence, to the relevant county recorder

We all know how small Temminck’s (and Little) Stints are but seeing one next to a Greenfinch really hammers it home. The third week of May is prime time for migrating Temminck’s around Oslo and there were 5 of my patch this morning.

Powerful message from James Rebanks - Elmley in 1970s was drained and farmed for arable crops. Government funded nature restoration at scale has recreated a lost landscape and the wonderful species tens of thousand of people enjoy each year. Long may it continue!