We’re not on a birding trip so the spots are whatever we see around the golf course or town in #Alvor , #Portugal 🇵🇹 - #housemartin #hoopoe #cattleegret #iberianmagpie

World's largest Seafood Expo happening in Barcelona today. Bottom-trawled langoustine is being marketed as 'responsibly sourced', despite high levels of bycatch + industry failure to resolve environmental issues
Our advice #SayNoToScampi until the fishery is better managed #SEG24

ICYMI: An enormous wind farm, four times the size of Edinburgh, has been proposed off the east coast of Scotland. Along with National Trust for Scotland, Scottish Seabird Centre & Scottish Wildlife Trust, we believe the Berwick Bank development will have a serious impact on our already struggling seabird populations.…

We’re making progress towards our £5k (to be matched to £10k) ask for support for Scottish Seabird Centre #conservation & #education activities but we need a little more help over the next 24hrs to get over the line. If you can help it would be appreciated ⬇️🙏🏻

#seabirds #learning …

Huge thanks to the #volunteers including MSP Paul McLennan - MSP for East Lothian for joining us on #EarthDay 🌎 for a #NurdleHunt with Fidra 🌟

Over 1000 #nurdles collected & we barely scratched the surface.

Find out what you can do to help⤵️
nurdlehunt.org.uk

#PlasticTreaty UN Environment Programme

Good to have the distraction of #Hoopoes & #wildflowers on the #Palmares #Algarve ⛳️ course today as the course was rather subject to painfully slow play ahead of of us … 5 hour round 🥱

📷 (c)SMDavies

How much of global warming is human-caused?

MORE THAN 100%

That’s right: according to natural factors, including the sun and natural cycles, the Earth should be slowly, gradually cooling right now. Instead, it’s warming.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=k5_zpj…

🚨 EU challenges UK sandeel fishery closures 🚨

This is a direct threat to our struggling seabirds.

Sandeels should end up in Puffin beaks, not hoovered up for livestock.

We need the UK Government to stand firm. The closures must remain!

Relieved that work is now progressing to strip out Scottish Seabird Centre discovery experience & wildlife theatre following our flood in mid-Feb. All setwork, plasterwork and flooring to be lifted, the exhibits that have been saved have been moved offsite for now. Onwards with our…

Can you help our Scottish Seabird Centre team to continue their great work to help people appreciate, learn about and act for #nature
#BigGive #GreenMatchFund is open until 25 April, midday where every £1 donated being doubled to help reach our £10k target. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 ⬇️🙏🏻🙏🏻

Spend a morning collecting treasure on the beach and then make your own piece of art the @seabirdcentre in a guided beachcombing workshop. Saturday 27th April, 10am-1pm #beachcombing #eastlothian #craftworkshop #visiteastlothian 🔗 seabird.org/events/the-art…

The new exhibition at the SOC in Aberlady is now Open! Wed-Sun (10-5). Entitled 'Nature Re-imagined' it presents the work of 3 artists who use unconventional media to depict wildlife: collage by Paul Bartlett, recycled sculpture by Barbara Franc and stencil paintings by Jo Ruth.

Lord grant us the confidence of a lapwing chick that hatched literally hours ago

Our Big Give #GreenMatchFund launches on Thursday!📢

Double your donation from 12pm on 18 April & help us do even more to protect & restore Scotland's incredible marine wildlife & habitats.

Find out what your donations will support⬇
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a0569…
#2for1Nature

Definitely feels a lot more like #springtime today - with a nice walk through our local #communitywoodland . Always consider ourselves lucky to have this #greenspace on our doorstep.

Board meeting with #DarrochNurseries today - bursting at the seams with trays of hand-collected seeds for #nativetrees . The opportunity to grow more & engage more people is there to grasp. Crowdfunder is still live & going well thanks 🙏🏻 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/darrochnurse…

#WestLothian

Home to rare species found nowhere else in the world, Ingleborough has the potential to be one of the most important limestone landscapes in the world!

Find out more about how we’re reviving Yorkshire’s rarest upland landscape.

ywt.org.uk/Wild-Ingleboro…

📷David Berry

Woodland floor Scottish Wildlife Trust #BrockWood is carpeted in #wildgarlic that’s ready to burst into flower. #Primroses dotted through the #woodland and a wee #wren posed briefly.

📷 (c)SMDavies

It’s breezy but the Puffins love it as they return to the Isle of May this morning…

This month is all about puffins in our gift shop as we celebrate their return to our shores and islands.

We're very lucky to have a beautiful range of puffin prints and cards from some very talented artists.

Check them out:
seabirdshop.org/collections/al…

#sustainablegifts #charity