Budds Farm sewage treatment plant has been discharging the sewage waste of 400,000+ people for 160 hours continuous (~7 days & counting) into Langstone Harbour: a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Area of Conservation (SAC) & Internat. RAMSAR site for rare birds

Amazing news from "720 acre" roost site created at Tiaozini in China's Yellow Sea #WorldHeritage Site: Beijing Forestry Uni. counted 188546 waterbirds of 32 spp incl 86700 Great Knot, 1630 Nordmann's Greenshank, 5 Spoon-billed Sands & 240 Eastern Curlews! x.com/numenini/statu…

With easterlies forecast Don’t forget to check your lawns this weekend!!

The delicate flowers of Spiranthes spiralis supposedly clockwise following the sun ⁦wildflowerhour⁩ ⁦Worcs Wildlife Trust⁩

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A gloomy late afternoon visit to Ripple Pits today was enlivened by a Black necked Grebe loafing with the Wigeon flock plus a drake Red crested Pochard ⁦@WorcsBirding⁩

A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. RT if you agree 🌳

With perfect gloomy conditions for Knot passage it was time to check around locally. Amazingly a seasonal flash on local farmland produced the goods today with 2 birds present late afternoon GHP SMW #SEWorcs ⁦@WorcsBirding⁩

Gamekeepers shoot beautiful owls like this Shortie on a routine basis. That’s how Grouse Shooting operates. It’s the definition of unsustainable. Let’s move our uplands into the 21st century and ban it. Please sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7000…

Glossy Ibis Longdon late pm from causeway then flushed by Buzzard @WorcsBirding

Record shot of this evening’s Glossy Ibis at Longdon, still present at dusk. Favours wet field north of causeway viewable from bridge ⁦Worcestershire Bird Records⁩ ⁦@WorcsBirding⁩

Drake Ring necked Duck with Tufted’s this afternoon at Longdon from viewing screen #WorcsBirds ⁦Worcs Wildlife Trust⁩ ⁦Worcestershire Bird Records⁩ ⁦@WorcsBirding⁩

Having always had the food plant growing in the garden it was a mystery as to why we hadn’t recorded this clearwing before…until today. 4 individuals seen this morning #Currant #SEWorcs Worcs Wildlife Trust

Spot the moth! The exquisitely marked Tree lichen Beauty blending in with a garden stone #SEWorcs Worcs Wildlife Trust

A touch of glamour greeted us this morning! A garden first #JerseyTiger #SEWorcs Worcs Wildlife Trust

After a lifetime of Worcestershire birding today was finally time to add Night Heron to the county list! #Grimley

Occasionally even the most unlikely bits of habitat host something interesting! This juvenile Spotted Redshank dropping into a small lagoon @PershoreHouseholdRecyclingCentre yesterday.

Big blue to the garden light heralds the start of autumn! Now an expected moth at this time of year #Clifden #SEWorcs Worcs Wildlife Trust

With good numbers nationally this autumn it was a question of being patient and to keep on checking local waters. This one at Ripple Pits this afternoon. #CurlewSandpiper Worcestershire Bird Records

PershoreHouseholdRecyclingCentre does it again hosting another good wader! This time a Temmink’s stint has dropped into same small lagoon Worcestershire Bird Records