Good news (albeit tempered by concern) on the godwit front from deepest #Suffolk. BTO Suffolk Wader Quest Wader Study Project Godwit Suffolk Bird Group Graham Appleton #BirdsOfTwitter #birds

On 6th - 8th September Wader Quest will be attending Spurn Migration Festival if you happen to be nearby come & say hello to us For more info please check the site below: spurnmigfest.com Ringed Plover © Ruben van Dijk #inspired by #waders or #shorebirds Spurn Bird Observatory

Please read this hugely important and courageous blog by Alicia Hayden. We were thrilled that Alicia was a key part of the Young Conservationists’ Hub that we organised at Global Birdfair - she is an inspiration.

Please sign & share to stop “irreversible damage to a protected wetland of enormous fragility and beauty” - Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, threatened by #Guggenheim Bilbao expansion in heart of the estuary! Dr Amir Khan GP Global Flyway Network Global Birdfair Graham Appleton Iolo Williams

Desperate news - yet more fabulous seabirds added to Red List. I had the joy of seeing nesting Arctic Tern at RSPB Scotland Balranald in #NUist in May. We must do better for birds! Women in Seabird Science Seabird Surveys Iolo Williams Indy Kiemel Greene BTO Scotland #BirdsOfTwitter #Birds

Stunning ten minutes of hirundine migration at Boulmer, late afternoon. Maybe 2-3 thousand Swallows and House Martins heading north (!) over land and sea, passing all around me. None before or after this period. Spine-tingling, hair-raising, the magic of nature!

Flags on birds' legs? How to avoid problems when trying to answer conservation questions. See latter part of this blog (from 4 Sep 2020 🎂4⃣) wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/fla… #ornithology #waders #shorebirds

Now that the BBS/ WBBS data entry deadline has passed, the BBS Team at BTO HQ and Regional Organisers across the UK are busy verifying data! Whilst we are busy doing that, here is how far BBS and WBBS volunteers have walked whilst surveying this year! BTO JNCC RSPB Science

Can’t wait for #Migfest this weekend, not just for birds (!) but to meet new folk! And I’m up for chats about all things #Nature & #Neurodivergency! Photo from last year’s fab ringing demos. Wader Quest Curlew Action BTO Spurn Bird Observatory NorthYorksBirdNews #BirdsOfTwitter UK Youth for Nature

Over 376M birds expected to move across Central USA tonight! Help them by turning off lights at night and treating glass. Check the areas where #LightsOut is critical tonight. Learn more about BirdCast tools here: allaboutbirds.org/news/heres-how… #birdcast #featherfriendly #savebirds

Fab time at #Migfest24 - sun was out y’day for this gorgeous Common Redstart - fingers crossed weather fairs up today! Spurn Bird Observatory BTO NorthYorksBirdNews #BirdsOfTwitter #birds The British Nature Guide RSPB

Bums up beautiful blackwits in #goldenhour Kilnsea pond last night, fab start to #Migfest24. Spurn Bird Observatory Wader Quest Wader Study #waders NorthYorksBirdNews Graham Appleton

Incredible photo of a really lovely bird. #Migfest24 Weather against us today, but I did see a Lifer ✅ Red backed Shrike. Even the rubbish dump bushes are special at Spurn!

Many of us can identify with Julie's frustration! Three blogs with some facts and figures about energetics/disturbance of #waders #shorebirds: 1⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/10/30/a-p… 2⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/02/03/dis… 3⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/04/01/in-… #ornithology

EIGHT more hen harriers for the dead/missing list. The illegal killing continues...what will Mary Creagh CBE MP Steve Reed MP Sue Hayman Daniel Zeichner do about it? New blog 👇👇 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/09/10/eig…

Just brilliant work as ever by Ruth Tingay of Raptor Persecution UK. If estate owners & shooting industry acted on continued rampant persecution of birds of prey, she wouldn’t need to do all these FOIs and blogs. Brood meddling being a “Ludicrous pantomime” is quote of my day.

Love a #plover! Here’s some sleepy, early rising Grey Plovers waking up on R.Stour mudflats y’day. Sound up for piping calls! Graham Appleton Ed Keeble Species on the Edge Suffolk Bird Group Bird Aware Essex Coast BTO Suffolk Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape Essex Birdwatching Society Wader Quest Wader Study Global Flyway Network

Nothing as trivial as nature cd possibly stop people having fun in an important nature reserve

We have lodged a complaint to the Competition & Marketing Authority about Waitrose & Partners & M&S still selling gamebird meat contaminated with toxic lead shot ☠️ whilst simultaneously claiming not to stock it anymore. Details on our blog: wildjustice.org.uk/general/press-…

Great to see coverage of the perennial problem of disturbance of wildlife here, but some of the case studies here are a bit problematic and warrant some more context 🧵