17.1% young Black-headed gulls in the flocks we've assessed this week, compared to 4.1% in 2023, when many colonies were affected by avian influenza. #Monitoring

Hidden in plain sight #CumbriaBirds 🟡🟤⚫️🟢

Flock of 24 Twite happily feeding on saltmarsh at Cavendish Dock, Barrow-in-Furness #CumbriaBirds

Yesterday's Christmas work party with my CumbriaWildlifeTrust team of amazing volunteers, assistant, apprentices and student, with a few nibbles round the bonfire. Happy Christmas to you all, and everyone else supporting wildlife in #Cumbria 🐿🦆🦋🪱🐝🌳🪻🕷🌿🦔🐦‍⬛🌾🐟🦀

Interesting article ⬇️ Biodiversity is still declining, but conservation is working, we just need more of it 🌳🕷🦔🌿🐦‍⬛🌾🦀🦆🦎🦋🦫🐟🪻 theconversation.com/nature-conserv…

When you change your mind... 🦤 #uksnow

Leisurely winter walk from the front door, via local cafe and back home adding 33 species to my #CumbriaBirds year list, inc Woodcock and Goosander

First light over the hills from home this morning, and sunset over the Kent Estuary this evening #Cumbria

Slavonian Grebe again on Cavendish Dock (Barrow-in-Furness) also 7 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, Red-breasted Merganser, Great Crested Grebe and 93 Redshank #CumbriaBirds

Flock of 17 Whooper Swan (inc brood 2 juveniles) in Lyth Valley near Brigsteer this lunchtime with Mute Swan herd #CumbriaBirds

Sad to hear Bettie Sloane passed away at the weekend. I'll always remember her with a smile, like this day when we raced her in her wheelchair out to the hide to see her first ever Black-winged Stilt. RIP m'dear 💙 Slimbridge Sightings WWT Slimbridge #GlosBirds

It's not rained for well over 48 hours now, but obviously that doesn't matter... 💩 💦

Interesting study from Denmark 🇩🇰 looking at wetland restoration shows biodiversity still struggles and "time alone will not heal things because the areas are too small and dry...". We need bigger, better and more connected wetlands #WetlandsAreAmazing 💙 phys.org/news/2025-02-y…

In Feb 23 we undertook a census of the UK naturalised Barnacle Goose population. The aim to produce an updated population estimate & report on winter distribution. Results have now been published in @BritishBirds, with our thinking on future monitoring needs #Ornithology 1/7 ⬇️

Saltmarsh. It's just mud, right? WRONG. They’re carbon-capturing, flood-busting, water-purifying, economy-boosting and mood-lifting ecosystems that are vital to many species, but sadly 85% of England’s saltmarshes have been lost since 1860. Learn more: wwt.org.uk/our-work/resto…

Hi Royal Mail - I'm not sure my recycling box is a safe place, or an enclosed porch... Good job it wasn't bin collection day

Long-tailed Duck still on River Kent off Halforth this evening, also 12 Goldeneye, pair Goosander, 60+ Curlew #CumbriaBirds

Nice article on success of bringing Ghost Ponds back to life in Norfolk, reviving lost populations of many rare and declining species #WetlandsAreAmazing 👻💙⬇️ edp24.co.uk/news/24950331.…

Nice to catch up with a Kingfisher today National Trust Park End Moss, near Brigsteer #CumbriaBirds

Heard Whooper Swans over home last night in south Cumbria, heading north. From the GPS tracks below ⬇️, they weren't the only ones on the move 💛🇮🇸