Revealing the unknowns of Ancient Murrelet foraging ow.ly/7hqy50RiH2g

On #theBOUblog science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses classifying at-sea movement behaviour using GPS & hidden Markov models.

From this recent BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈 paper: ow.ly/pviq50RiGSA | #ornithology

‘Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)’ Offshore perspective the magnificent Northumberland coast.

Mike Toms explains how birds keep cool in hot weather

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Avocet on the Aln Estuary, Northumberland.

Enormous ancient sea reptile identified from amateur fossil find bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Chestnut-bellied flowerpiercer, endemic of the higher altitudes in Colombia

Bumblebee species able to survive underwater for up to a week theguardian.com/environment/20…

'You're the First, the Last, My Everything' The glorious Aln Estuary, Northumberland.

#WaderWednesday Temminck's Courser in The Gambia.

‘Early Bird’ etc… Curlew on the Aln Estuary, Northumberland, getting breakfast! ⁦Mary Colwell⁩ ⁦Curlew Action⁩ ⁦

Indigo-capped Hummingbird in Colombia.

Where will Black-tailed Godwits flocks turn up during this period of strong northerly winds?
Blog about what has happened previously when the wind has been from the north:
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*** Please check any flocks for colour-rings ***
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Collared Trogon in Colombia.

On April 15th 2017 we had the most amazing and fantastic experience when we were in the Greater Prairie Chicken lekking ground near McCook in Nebraska.

'Sunshine Superman' the Aln Estuary on this fine and dandy morning!

Blue-throated Starfrontlet, a mountain-gem from Colombia.

A great chance to check out some new optics Northumberland Wildlife Trust Hauxley today SWAROVSKI OPTIK ZEISS Birding Vortex Optics UK @optoptics Hawke Optics Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club Wild Northumberland Northern Experience nuk ics

#SuperSeabirdSunday ‘White-breasted’ Great Cormorants ‘enjoying’ the heat in The Gambia, David ⁦David Steel⁩

Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan in Colombia.

Greenshank on the Aln Estuary, first of the ‘spring’ for me. Also two pairs of Shoveler and three pairs of Gadwall, both species are quite scarce here.