Annie Shadrake
@annie_shadrake
Volunteer surveyor for @_BTO & @Natures_Voice. Waders, shorebirds & raptors. #ActuallyAustistic Aspire to ethical birding. She/her.
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10-12-2021 16:54:38
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Wow - that's an early Curlew chick.
Here's hoping this little guy fledges.
Based on a BTO paper by Aonghais, I estimate that 10,000 too few #Curlew are fledging each year in the UK:
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#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
Rosie and Sam enjoyed a bonus evening stroll and we all agreed we’d like to do it again really soon, how about it Rishi Sunak? #DogsAtPollingStations #GeneralElectionNow
Full of frog … time to rest in our ivy bush. Fledgling Blackbird, y’day. #YorkshireDales British Birds The British Nature Guide NorthYorksBirdNews Little Green Space 🐝 NatureUK #BirdsOfTwitter #birds
May Day tea! Smashed frog - yummy. In our #wildlife friendly #YorkshireDales garden. NorthYorksBirdNews Little Green Space 🐝 Joel Ashton 🍃🌳🍃 The Wildlife Trusts #Beltane The British Nature Guide Bradford Nature #BirdsofTwitter #birds BTO Garden BirdWatch
Making predator safe cages for beach nesting ringed plovers with the Essex Wildlife Trust. These will be used at Colne Point Nature Reserve 🪹🐣🐦🏖
#Essexcoast #essexbeaches 💙🦀🌞 #essexseaside BrightlingseaHarbour Visit Essex Parish Council BBC Essex Maldon Nub News Visit Mersea Island Secret Brightlingsea
Some lovely wildlife in Woodland Trust Cymru’s Ceunant Llennyrch woods today. Also another bloody balloon. She may be your Little Princess but the balloon you bought her could kill wildlife & farm animals. Please stop buying this 🤬🤬🤬rubbish
Looking lovely in the apple #blossom this morning- gorgeous female Brambling. Not keen to fly north? It’s 29 April!! #YorkshireDales NorthYorksBirdNews Mark Eaton The British Nature Guide BTO Garden BirdWatch RSPB BBC Springwatch #BirdsOfTwitter #birds #BirdsOfX
Cuckoo back on my RSPB vol survey wader patch in Forest of Bowland National Landscape y’day! Lots of #curlew action too, at least 2 pairs. Frank Osterberg Lancaster & District Birdwatching BTO Wader Quest Mary Colwell Curlew Recovery South Lakes Curlew Recovery Partnership Curlews in crisis #BirdsOfTwitter
Still have Redpolls (and Brambling!) daily in our #YorkshireDales garden! Confused by naming conventions so advice welcome 🙏 . BTO Garden BirdWatch Mark Eaton NorthYorksBirdNews The British Nature Guide RSPB #BirdsOfTwitter
Please remember Right to Roam lobby that (as you and your pet roam), you have obligations to the wildlife that inhabit any land, regardless of whether it is owned or not: 'Wildlife refuges are commonplace in other countries, and recreational disturbance is acknowledged as a major
Turning off wind turbines for the right few hours can massively stop kill of migratory birds. 🙏 researchers & also 🙏 Graham Appleton for the spot on précis. Global Flyway Network RSPB Science Mary Colwell Project Godwit Shire Jewels #BirdsOfTwitter #birds BTO