ANOTHER satellite-tagged hen harrier ('Shalimar') disappears in suspicious circumstances in the notorious Angus Glens. Yet another example why today's vote on the Wildlife Management Bill is so desperately needed, Jim Fairlie MSP SNP New blog ⬇️⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/03/21/ano…

Making most of a rare dry day. 2024.03.24: Barn Owl back & forth from about 4pm at RSPB @_Blacktoft_Sands #fsprintmonday #appicoftheweek RSPB #BBCWildlifePOTD NatureUK #BirdsSeenIn2024 #ThePhotoHour #WildlifePhotography #ethicsbeforeimages Nikon UK & Ireland 500+#Sigma600+crop

Miserable Mipit. 2024.04.10: Meadow pipit on stormy day, Isle of Mull. #fsprintmonday #appicoftheweek RSPB #BBCWildlifePOTD NatureUK #BirdsSeenIn2024 #ThePhotoHour #WildlifePhotography #ethicsbeforeimages Nikon UK & Ireland 500+#Sigma600+crop

More bling than you can throw a stick at. Or, “stately as a galleon.” 2024.04.16: Mandarin duck GoldenAcrePark, Leeds, Yorks. #fsprintmonday RSPB NatureUK #BirdsSeenIn2024 #ThePhotoHour #WildlifePhotography #ethicsbeforeimages Nikon UK & Ireland 500+#Sigma600+crop

Birds of prey get shot so frequently in Yorkshire that reports of new incidents have to qualify that they aren’t the same incidents that happened the previous week. The absolute shame of it 😧.

Back; all the way from Africa. 2024.04.24: Sand Martin RSPB #StAidans RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s, Leeds, Yorkshire. #fsprintmonday RSPB #BBCWildlifePOTD NatureUK #BirdsSeenIn2024 #ThePhotoHour #WildlifePhotography #ethicsbeforeimages Nikon UK & Ireland 500+#Sigma600+crop

Really exciting to see our first @uolperegrine chick hatching, and two more eggs showing signs of hatching as well. We've had some challenging and disappointing years but hopefully this year we'll be back on track #peregrine #peregrinefalcon @UoL_Sus Yorkshire Evening Post Daniel Sheridan 🐣

Indeed. Sickening.

Yay, bumper year. From previous year with 4: Fascinating to watch how each when given their fill, retire from asking and thus, all get their fair share.

The plunge. 2024.05.20 Grey Heron @NorthCaveWetlands, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - follow us on Bluesky 🦋, Yorkshire. #fsprintmonday RSPB #BBCWildlifePOTD NatureUK #BirdsSeenIn2024 #ThePhotoHour #WildlifePhotography #ethicsbeforeimages Nikon UK & Ireland 500+#Sigma600+crop

21st century english pastoral. 2024.06 03 Cattle Egret RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s, #Fairburn, Leeds Yorkshire. #fsprintmonday RSPB #BBCWildlifePOTD #BBCSpringwatch NatureUK #BirdsSeenIn2024 #ThePhotoHour #WildlifePhotography #ethicsbeforeimages Nikon UK & Ireland 500+#Sigma600+crop

Unexpected fly by #BirdsAtPollingStations Kingfisher finger-puppet assisted by wind gusts of 40mph. RSPB

“A little shaking, a little tenderising & down you go.” 2024.07.08 Male Kingfisher tophilllow, East Yorkshire. #fsprintmonday RSPB #BBCWildlifePOTD NatureUK #BirdsSeenIn2024 #ThePhotoHour #WildlifePhotography #ethicsbeforeimages Nikon UK & Ireland 500+#Sigma600+crop

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Fish not right happy. 2024.09.03 Great-Crested grebe feeding youngster at #StAidans RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s, Leeds. #fsprintmonday RSPB NatureUK #BirdsSeenIn2024 #ThePhotoHour #WildlifePhotography #ethicsbeforeimages Nikon UK & Ireland 500+#Sigma600+crop

Fresh in from across North sea. 2024.10.04, late pm , one of a “fall” of fair few Goldcrests into shrubs by YWT Discovery Centre Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - follow us on Bluesky 🦋 Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - North Yorkshire #spurnbirds #fsprintmonday RSPB NatureUK #ThePhotoHour #ethicsbeforeimages Nikon UK & Ireland 500+#Sigma600+crop

Among autumns branches, Little Owl with magnificent eyebrows. 2024.10.29 #StAidans RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s, Leeds. #fsprintmonday RSPB NatureUK #BirdsSeenIn2024 #ThePhotoHour #WildlifePhotography #ethicsbeforeimages Nikon UK & Ireland 500+#Sigma600+crop

2024.11.04 Kingfisher #StAidans RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s, Leeds. #fsprintmonday RSPB NatureUK #BirdsSeenIn2024 #ThePhotoHour #WildlifePhotography #BBCWildlifePOTD #ethicsbeforeimages Nikon UK & Ireland 500+#Sigma600+crop

Crouching tiger. 2024.12.30 Female Kingfisher perturbed by nearby male, #StAidans RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s, Leeds. #fsprintmonday RSPB NatureUK #ThePhotoHour #WildlifePhotography #BBCWildlifePOTD #ethicsbeforeimages Nikon UK & Ireland 500+#Sigma600+crop

Not often see a Kingfisher looking up. 2025. 01.13, #StAidans RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s, Leeds. #fsprintmonday RSPB NatureUK #ThePhotoHour #WildlifePhotography #BBCWildlifePOTD #appicoftheweek #ethicsbeforeimages Nikon UK & Ireland 500+#Sigma600+crop