Happy #WorldCurlewDay ! ❤️ Let’s give teeny chicks like her a brighter future! Mary Colwell Curlew Action Curlew Recovery Partnership Curlews in crisis Curlew Recovery South Lakes BTO Graham Appleton Mark Avery NorthYorksBirdNews Indy Kiemel Greene Megan McCubbin #BirdsOfTwitter

Happy world curlew day. These two were battling each other for best feeding space in order to put on weight they need to migrate. They will now be at their staging site around the Yellow sea before continuing on to sub-arctic breeding grounds. Be safe. See you again in August.

My first Wheatear of the Year! Gorgeous & confiding male setting out his stall. On my RSPB vol wader survey in Forest of Bowland National Landscape today. 🙏 to farmer for access. Also saw #curlew ! Lancaster & District Birdwatching NorthYorksBirdNews The British Nature Guide #Birds SeenIn2024 #Birds OfTwitter #Birds

Précis - “a perfect combo to clear beaches of birds. Little Tern & Kentish Plover ceasing to breed on many natural beaches due to inc in rec. activities in spring. If no control, no birds”. Alex Lees Little Terns at Beacon Lagoons Beach-Nesting Birds (East Norfolk & North Suffolk) Wader Quest Wader Study Bird Aware Solent 🦆

Country diary: Holding our breath as we watch the bearded tits | Jamey Douglas theguardian.com/environment/20…

NEWS: Wild Justice and Badger Trust force extension of Badger cull consultation period wildjustice.org.uk/badgers/badger…

Sky dancing as the sun goes down 🥰 local barn owl
RSPB BTO NHSN BBC Springwatch #NaturePhotograhpy #owls

From Raptor Persecution UK blog “at least 24 of the 123 hen harriers known to have ‘disappeared’ in suspicious circumstances or been illegally killed in the UK since 2018, took place in the Yorkshire Dales National Park”. Shameful. Raptorforum RSPB RSPB Science Keith Tordoff MBE

#curlew on brink of extinction or unsustainable popn in most of Britain & Ireland. We know this 🙏 Mary Colwell & other great campaigners/conservationists. Hurrah for #WorldCurlewDay ! A celebration & call to action. Curlew Action Graham Appleton Curlew Recovery South Lakes #BirdsOfTwitter

In case you missed the drama 👇👀

On the other side of the coin, a walk on Grassington grouse moor on Saturday. A bit of ecological gaslighting to welcome you. Did we see Curlews, Lapwings and a Red Kite? Yes. Does it justify burning and persecuting the ecosystem to support that? Probably not.

Inspired by a recent tweet from Wilder Norfolk, I went back to look at childhood/teen haunts in the woods behind my parents this weekend.

The holly tree den is all but gone but for scattered rotten branches that once formed it’s walls, but my brothers initials remain. *thread*

Warning!
Depressing article about the future for Scotland's breeding #waders .

Thanks to Ben Webster openDemocracy for this piece opendemocracy.net/en/uk-governme…

Coffey said ... nothing as usual and expressed no regret at making unlawful decisions against the interests of wildlife as Environment Secretary. Even Coastal Suffolk is vulnerable to Labour these days.

Bumped into Frank Osterberg on my RSPB Bowland Wader vol farm survey y’day. Setting up AudioMoth recorders. Lovely pr #curlew back on site! Hilary McGuire Mary Colwell Curlew Recovery Partnership Graham Appleton Wader Quest Forest of Bowland National Landscape Curlew Recovery South Lakes #BirdsOfTwitter Curlews in crisis

NEWS: A Wild Justice victory!

Defra has conceded that some of their gamebird licensing was unlawful.

Ministers did not adhere to the legal requirements of the Habitats Directive and the advice of Natural England.

Read the full story in our blog: wildjustice.org.uk/gamebird-relea…

Sardinian Warbler, Salgado, Portugal.

Real treat to see Greenfinch in the garden today. #YorkshireDales #Birds OfTwitter #Birds The British Nature Guide BTO RSPB #wildlifephotography NorthYorksBirdNews Little Green Space 🐝

Brambling been hanging out with Siskins (2 wks. Must like the 100 yr old apple tree in our #YorkshireDales garden. Fab garden ✅ but - when will he fly north?!? Little Green Space 🐝 Joel Ashton 🍃🌳🍃 BTO Mark Eaton NorthYorksBirdNews The British Nature Guide British Birds #BirdsOfTwitter #BirdsSeenIn2024

Raptor champion Keith Tordoff MBE standing for new role of Mayor of North Yorkshire in 2nd May election.

Keith has pledged to tackle the rampant killing of raptors in N Yorkshire if he's elected.

Further details & how to vote ⬇️⬇️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/04/15/rap…