“Oh my god… I have no words.” Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina Machado finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news with her directly before it was

One of those most incredible WTF!! moments I have witnessed in 41 years birding at Belvide. I was just about to go home but decided to pop in the West End Hide to count the Wigeon. Didn't think I'd be counting 8 White-rumped Sandpipers instead. Patch birding at it's best.

888 Barnacle and 90 Greenland White-fronts in-off from NW over Ardnave, Islay today in pin drop still conditions.

!!! Bull and Raven at Cornabus Farm on Islay

Beachy Head: It's that time of year when finch flights become most apparent, this mornings 50+ Crossbill made up part of a large movement which also contained, Siskin, Redpoll, Goldfinch, Chaffinch & Brambling. A Woodlark also went west. Sussex Birding

Peak Hill vismig good. 17400 woodpigeon, 1740 Chaffinch, 216 Siskin, 23 Redpoll, 5 Brambling, 55 Goldfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 15 Crossbill 79 Skylark, 90 Starling. Thought there might have been more pigeons

British icon, hilarious comic & bird-kind ⁦Bill Bailey⁩ thinks securing homes for birds reliant on cavity nesting habitat is an ace idea. The swift brick debate is tomorrow. Help the birds. Email SWIFT BRICKS to [email protected] & [email protected]

An all day seawatch with birds moving from dawn till dusk with the highlights being a Grey Phalarope, 61 Little Gulls, 3332 Razorbills, three Little Auks, a Leach's Petrel and two Sooty Shearwaters west. 3757 Starlings arrived in-off the sea as well as smaller numbers of Skylarks

Sand Point vismig: Pallid Swift circling over early AM w/ 3560 Woodpigeon, 13 Ringed Plover, 53 Dunlin, 1 Lapwing, 2 GBB Gull, 830 Starling, 1 Mistle Thrush, 10 Redwing, 1 Water Pipit, 251 Chaffinch, 12 Brambling, 1 Redpoll & 18 Siskin. BristolBirding

OBITUARY: Patrick Stirling-Aird MBE, Secretary of the Scottish Raptor Study Group. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/10/obi…

The Slender-billed Curlew - A bird with no story. Thread. 🧵🧵👇 📷 Chris Gomersall

Spectacular Woodpigeon migration at West Bay with 116,560 counted + 24 spp inc. 331 Stock Dove, 606 Chaffinch, 6 Brambling, Woodlark, 6 Brent Geese, Shelduck, 5 Common Scoter, Yellowhammer, Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 1188 Starling, 130 Goldfinch, 103 Linnet, 37 Meadow Pipit, Redpoll

West Bay migration 106,600 Woodpigeon, Great White Egret, Red Kite, 4 Woodlark, Curlew, Lapwing, Red-throated Diver, Red-breasted Merganser, 9 Redpoll, 3 Brambling and low hundreds of Starling & Stock Dove. Also Purple Sandpiper, Grey Seal & Oysctercatcher at the Bay

Thank you, Ian! We're really going to miss you on the panel - your broad knowledge of birds and habitats, questioning mind and great company have made you a wonderful person to work with.

So that's what 32 tonnes of Wood Pigeon looks like... stevesbirdingblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/monume…

Genuinely can’t see anyone other than Scotland winning this World Cup. What a team man.

Hey Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Wanna save our swifts? Ask your MSP to support ⁦Mark Ruskell⁩ swift brick amendment to The Natural Environment Bill. Show England how it’s done!!!

In today's snowy landscape I headed into Aberdeen City to photograph the small flock of Bohemian waxwings feeding on the berries of a Yew tree. They've almost stripped the entire tree so will soon be on the move to pastures new. #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #NatureGoneWild

Labour coaxed you to vote for it with nature promises. Steve Reed told me to my face that Labour would mandate swift bricks and then blocked them. Are they mocking their own voters?

The ringing of Shoveler ducklings is somewhat of an #LDV speciality, so it was nice to receive a BTO recovery of one this week (ringed as a young male at Wheldrake Ings in July 2021 - recovered at Valle Morosina, Padova, Italy last week) 1,338 km SE of the reserve York Birding