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One minute you’re young and wild, the next you’re searching the house for the pair of glasses that are on top of your head.

The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield. Painted tap (First Picture Book, 1970)

Reminder from 12 June 2021: "More Curlew chicks needed" Blog based on paper by BTO scientists, using data collected by British bird ringers. wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/mor… #ornithology

British #curlew need to fledge 10,000 more chicks/year just to halt the catastrophic decline - so if you see a curlew calling from a wall-top or field - stay back it’s protecting its young! Mary Colwell Wader Quest Curlew Recovery South Lakes Curlew Country Curlews in crisis #BirdsofTwitter #birds

A hunting hide to shoot migrating birds, one of many along the shore of Lac d'Hourtin-Carcans in the Médoc region of France. Decoy ducks and geese kept in cages all year. It is a challenging sight, yet the hunters helped preserve the surrounding marsh from development. The

Saw Oystercatcher parent trying to encourage chicks to jump from roof of a school, yesterday. Nest-site selection has changed in the UK since the first pairs moved inland from coastal beaches in about 1840. wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/06/13/oys… 🎂 #ornithology

The face of a Woodpigeon relaxing in the bath. 😁😍🐦

Everybody, say hello to my one spring onion I grew this year. One spring onion I grew this year say hello to everybody.

Corncrake back at RSPB The Oa. I’ll be honest, I had almost given up on one arriving this spring, and then a few days ago this delight arrived. We now have everything crossed he’ll find a female, and be productive. 🤞 #Corncrake

Purpose-built nestboxes for Swifts have been very successful here in coastal Suffolk... here's a brief look at two occupied boxes in Kelsale village centre today (13th June 2025) SaveOurSuffolkSwifts SuffolkWildlifeTrust Suffolk Bird Group RSPB Hannah Bourne-Taylor

Other work by the Ladybird artists, 1958 ‘June’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt

Farming and conservation. In a less predictable climate, we're going to have to get better at collecting and saving water. Successful example discussed in blog from 14 June 2019 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/06/14/man… #ConservationScience

It is now official, the Whimbrel is now 2 species not 1. It was thought that Whimbrel were the same species the world over, but now we have the Eurasian Whimbrel and the Hudsonian Whimbrel. Article below (but the article photo is not a whimbrel!) birdlife.org/news/2025/06/1…

Welcome to the 2025 Purple Emperor season! It could be a cracker. The first male was seen this afternoon at Bookham Commons, Surrey, by an experienced observer (Colin Kemp). And the weather's set fair...

Great to see “ardent nature campaigner” Mary Colwell featured in first HF Holidays members magazine! #walking #curlews #BooksWorthReading

Well done Charlie! At the Festival of Nature in Bristol.

Even my spin instructor, the lovely Sol (and his dad), loves curlews 💚🐦

“A branch of flowering lime hangs above the roof” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Each time when I stand in front of it I think: How did he do it! How did he create that reflection of the yellow lemon On the silver ewer WITH PAINT! Just simply incredible. Detail of Willem Kalf's still life in the Rijksmuseum.

Heartbreaking news- an intense storm (40 mm) while one of our #curlew families was hatching. All the chicks died of exposure, one in the egg. Poor Mum couldn’t keep them dry and warm. She lost her first nest this year to a stoat and all her chicks in the previous 2 years to fox