It’s #WorldBookDay and my new guide to birding is out . Suitable for wannabe’s , early birders and obviously . . . young people . Thanks to the great team at DK Books UK . Available here and at independent book shops waterstones.com/book/chris-pac… Independent Bookshop Alliance

Happy #WorldBookDay! 📚 We've got your next wildlife-read covered, with uplifting tales for nature-lovers of all ages, identification books to help you out and about, or stories from conservationists saving endangered species from Megan McCubbin 🦅🦉 👉 ow.ly/F54G50QKONk

Long-eared Owl time 🦉

Fantastic to see that the first Osprey is back at Rutland Water - and what’s more it’s Maya the most successful bird in the local population. She’s reared 37 chicks at the Manton Bay nest since first breeding in 2010. Today equals her earliest ever arrival too. Rutland Ospreys

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We’re delighted to reveal that Megan McCubbin will be presenting the BBC #Radio4Appeal for Beaver Trust! You won’t want to miss this - tune into BBC Radio 4 this Sunday, April 21st, at 07:54 and 21:25 to hear it live or you can listen back shortly after the first broadcast 📻

Bowled over to have the podcast on this list. Thanks Megan McCubbin 🙏🏻 and Happy #EarthDay all.

New paper, brilliant led by Dr Clément Daboné, "Hooded #Vultures (Necrosyrtes monachus) are at risk of #extinction in Benin: A result of #poaching for belief-based use & decreasing food availability". 🇧🇯 DABONE Clément 📖 doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1… 📸 © edgeofexistence.org

Bring your school to the Hawk Conservancy Trust! 👩‍🏫🦉 A day at the Trust provides a fun, immersive learning experience outside of the classroom and close to nature. We bring the curriculum to life with flying displays, workshops and more! Find out more: ow.ly/2ZJP50RqX9k

Such an impressive species the Martial Eagle but sadly one with a great many threats. You can hear all about the work being done to support the species on the latest episode of Nature’s a Hoot.

The Hobbies are back! 🌍🐦 #LoveNature #LoveWildlife Travelling from sun-Saharan Africa, these migratory birds of prey spend the summer breeding in the UK. Have you spotted one this year? 👀 🌞🐞 They are often seen on warm days hunting over water, catching prey on the wing

There is no planet B , we must do all we can to fight to protect Earth , for all life . #RestoreNatureNow

Listen live on Friday night or catch up with last week’s show here whitehorseradio.net

It was amazing to open the show with a bespoke poem for Chris and Megan's Night of Nature at the Hawk Conservancy! Such a brilliant event, raising money for bird of prey conservation across the globe. Hawk Conservancy Trust Chris Packham Megan McCubbin

Hear Nature's a Hoot on the Whinchat Stage at Global Birdfair with special guests! 🦉 🎧 Jenny Weston, RSPB Friday 12 July 10:30am 🎧 Asshole Animals with Alice Friday 12 July 2:30pm 🎧 Indy Kiemel Greene Saturday 13 July 2:30pm 🎧Dr Sean McCormack Sunday 14 July 10:00am

Recent work by Willows-Munro Lab shows low genetic diversity and shallow population structure in Cape #Vultures, Gyps coprotheres, in South Africa 🇿🇦 doi.org/10.1038/s41598… 📸 © Shem Compion

Congratulations to Bird Team members Owen and James who completed their Spartan Assault course yesterday, despite scorching 29 degrees temperatures! 💪💚 Support our team that are raising funds for our work conserving Lappet-faced Vultures in Africa: ow.ly/G1RH50SVIuO

I’m kicking off the weekend over on White Horse Radio - join me? whitehorseradio.net

💛 FOUR more Egyptian Vultures tagged! 💛 Our conservation partners, Central Asian Vultures, continue to monitor the migration of these threatened birds, tagging four more vultures this season and training eight team members to tag even more into the future! #ScienceSaturday