Rarity assessment over time. Specimens to sight records, to photos and DNA. What will future generations make of records in the Badlands period supported only by descriptions? Will DNA take the fun out of birding? Drew this for the Bernard Tucker Memorial Lecture British Birds

It’s been a great few months so far down here in Cornwall, studying Conservation Biology and Ecology with University of Exeter, Cornwall and keeping myself occupied with great people, sports and socials. A few tempting twitches not executed… sure I’ll get a few though.

Cracking spot in Berwick St. John, just over the border in Wiltshire.

According to some people I am “sad”!🥲 Sad for the fact I spent hours and days by myself looking for wildlife and going on walks The sad thing is that those people don’t know how to enjoy their own company and rely on others to stay happy I’m infact lucky to love things I do!

Chough showing excellently at the Lizard yesterday evening. Earlier in the afternoon we also had 2+ calling cuckoos and a singing grasshopper warbler. Cracking Cornish day’s birding! (Reposted due to wrong location) Cornish Choughs 〓〓 Cornwall Birding Cornwall Birds

Treated with a very photogenic Kestrel and a handful of Choughs on our walk from Nanquidno yesterday evening. @bird_tours Cornish Choughs 〓〓 Cornwall Birds

Went to Old Harry this morning hoping for one lifer, and came away with two... 🙃 ✅ Alpine swift ✅ Sir David Attenborough

Job done! and we've added a half dead Acer just in case people think we don't do plants!

New for #globalbirdfair2022 Limited Edition Giclee Print of the spectacular Bempton Cliffs Black-browed Albatross, framed example currently on my stand, Puffin Art Marquee, #globalbirdfair 😁

Great work Dorset Bird Club !

3️⃣… 2️⃣… 1️⃣ week to go until the Global Birdfair 2023! We are thrilled to meet you there and exchange knowledge and ideas. 💙 Come visit us in the Falcon Marquee F1! Who will be participating? 🤩 zeiss.co.uk/consumer-produ…

Perhaps one of the easiest and most logical ways of cutting down unnecessary global emissions is reducing the number of private flights… this might just take the biscuit

In British Birds this month the winners of the ZEISS Young Birder Awards 2023 are announced ZEISS Birding Many congratulations! ➡️bit.ly/3R1V2UF 📷ZEISS Birding

Nice afternoon at Marazion Marsh with Alex Chapman Woodchat Shrike and Hoopoe still present with 2 Whinchat and few other odds and ends eBird list: ebird.org/view/checklist…

Meet Alex Chapman (➡ instagram.com/_alexpschapman…), a UK-based ecology student with passion for the environment 🌿🌍 As a ZEISS Ambassador, he shared his journey to becoming a "young naturalist" in our newest Blog Article: blogs.zeiss.com/sports-optics/…